For those racing Cross on the Rock, you’ve probably noticed the Tripleshot Tent at races. The tent is funded by our members and sponsors and youth program and is primarily focused on providing support to members of our Youth Team who race at these events in large numbers. Coaches and mechanics in the tent also provide support to adults racing for Tripleshot, by helping with mechanical issues, lending tools and a pump, and offering a dry seat on a soggy day.
If you want support from the Tripleshot Tent, please wear your Tripleshot Kit to the race and in the tent.
Resources are limited and we owe it to our sponsors to show them some love by wearing their logos on the course and, especially, in the tent that they help pay for. That’s one reason to wear Tripleshot kit. Another reason to wear our kit is that Tripleshot Youth members are *required* to wear their Tripleshot kit as thanks to club members and sponsors who make race-day support possible. It sends mixed messages when the kids are told they have to wear their Tripleshot kit to receive race-day support, but then they see adult members using the tent who aren’t wearing our kit. I know the situation isn’t exactly the same, but we make the coaches’ lives easier and set a good example when we follow the same rule that we set for the kids.
Of course, the best reason to wear the kit is that it’s an awesome kit from an awesome club that we’re proud to be members of.
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I’m not objecting to Tripleshot members wearing other teams’ kit (or non-team kit) at the race. Many of us are members of multiple clubs and some of those other clubs race too. We’re not requiring Tripleshot members to race exclusively with Tripleshot. But if you want race-day support of the Tripleshot Tent, I’d ask that you wear the kit of the club whose tent you’re calling on for support. It helps our sponsors and it helps our coaches. And other Tripleshot racers and members love seeing you wear it. Thanks.
Cheers!
Martin