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13th Annual Norman Conquest Bike Tour Benefits
Camp ClapHans
Conquer the hills.
Conquer the heat. That's the mantra for the
Norman Bicycle League's 13th annual Norman Conquest
bicycle tour scheduled for Saturday, July 19.
The ride will begin and end at the J. D. McCarty
Center at 2002 East Robinson Street.
"The bicycle
league is proud to be supporting the Camp ClapHans
summer camp scholarship endowment fund through
this event," said David Ferguson, president
of the Norman Bicycle League.
Camp ClapHans is a summer
camp project of the J. D. McCarty Center for
children with developmental disabilities in
Norman. Camp ClapHans will be the first camp
in Oklahoma to be specifically designed and
built for children with disabilities. The scholarship
endowment fund will help children attend the
camp who might not otherwise be able to afford
it. The camp will be built in the southwest
corner of the McCarty Center's 80-acre campus.
"Ground breaking for
the first phase of Camp ClapHans will take place
sometime this year," said Uwe von Schamann,
the McCarty Center's director of development.
"The scholarship endowment fund is an important
piece of the Camp ClapHans project and we really
appreciate the Norman Bicycle League's support
of this project."
"The Norman Conquest
offers something for all level of riders,"
said Rick Gutierrez, the Norman Bicycle League's
director of the Norman Conquest. "We offer
a 10-mile family tour, a 26-mile route with
some hills, a 46-mile route that's hilly and
then there is the 66-mile route that is very
hilly."
The ride begins at 7:30
a.m. and leaves from the J. D. McCarty Center.
Parking is available at the McCarty Center and
at the Norman Veterans Center next door to the
McCarty Center. More than 600 cyclist are expected
to participate in this ride.
Pre-registration for the
Norman Conquest can be done on-line at www.normanconquest.bicycleleague.com
or by contacting Rick Gutierrez at 405.314.3165
for a registration brochure. Registration packets
can be picked up at the conference center at
the McCarty Center on Friday, July 18 from 7
- 9 p.m. or the morning of the ride beginning
at 6:00 a.m.
The cost for a single rider
to register is $25 prior to July 11. Registration
includes a great t-shirt and lunch. After July
11 registration is $30 per rider. Registration
at this time does not guarantee a t-shirt, but
it does include a great lunch. The family tour
registration is $10, which includes lunch, but
no t-shirt.
The cost for tandem riders
to register is $35 prior to July 11. Registration
includes two Norman Conquest t-shirts and two
lunches. After July 11, the registration fee
is $40, which includes two lunches, but does
not guarantee t-shirts. For family tour tandem
riders the registration cost is $15, which includes
lunch, but no t-shirt.
"New for this year's
event will be an optional King of the Mountain
event on the 66-mile route for more competitive
riders," explained Gutierrez. "There
will be four hill sprints along the course.
The top three riders of each sprint section
will be awarded points. The rider with the most
points at the end of the fourth sprint will
be named King of the Mountain. The winners will
receive prizes, plus the Norman Conquest will
make donations of $100 for first place, $50
for second place and $25 for third to Camp ClapHans
in the names of the three winners."
There will be rest stops
strategically located along the tour routes
and mechanical and SAG support will be provided.
SAG is a cycling term that means support and
gear. At the end of the tour there will be live
music by Super Freak, an Oklahoma City area
70's and 80's music group, a drawing for a free
bicycle and other prizes and air conditioning.
The conference center's executive chef Galen
Oliver will prepare lunch at the McCarty Center.
The J. D. McCarty Center
is Oklahoma's center of excellence in the care
and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities. Founded in 1946, the hospital
only treated one diagnosis…cerebral palsy.
Today the McCarty Center has treated more than
70 different diagnoses in the developmental
disability category. In an average year, the
McCarty Center will treat children from 70 of
Oklahoma's 77 counties.
For more information
about the 13th annual Norman Conquest including
route maps and registration forms visit www.normanconquest.bicycleleague.com
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