This event is a Buffalo Bicycling Club race. You must be a member to participate. Membership categories eligible for this: Full, Rookie, Junior/College, Out-of-Town.  Not eligible: Group Ride/Workout or Cyclocross. To join, click here.

Parking:

Park at the small parking lot just outside of Beaver Island State Park on West River/West Oakfield Rd.  There is additional parking inside Beaver Island State Park, Lot 4.  Then meet at the finish line at West River and Ferry Rd.

Course:

Click Here to View the Course Page.  A 15-mile loop around Grand Island followed by 5 laps of a 1.8-mile circuit.  You won’t find it much flatter than this!

What You Should Expect on Race Day:

1. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes early to get into your riding clothes and get your bike ready
2. Write down your name on the sign-in sheet when it becomes available, head out on the bike get a few pedal strokes in the legs to warm up
3. At 10am, we will be rolling out together for a neutral rollout from the finish line at West River and Ferry to Fisherman’s Landing under the South Grand Island Bridge.  (Remember, the sign-in is at the finish line!)
4. We’ll start the A, B, and C groups in waves to race the amount of race laps noted in the Course Description
5. At the end, make sure you know your finishing place and report it to the event organizer

Sunday Series Club Races Individual Scoring:

This race is part of the club’s two halves of the season with 4 races each. There will be an ‘A’ and ‘B’ field scored at each race, with additional separate scoring below. Points are awarded in each race by finishing place:

1st = 15 points

2nd = 14 points

3rd = 13 points

4th = 12 points

5th = 11 points

6th = 10 points

7th = 9 points

8th = 8 points

9th = 7 points

10th = 6 points

11th = 5 points

12th = 4 points

13th = 3 points

14th = 2 points

15th and after = 1 point

First and Second Half of the Season

The Sunday Series Club Racing season will be split into two halves for scoreboards reflecting a first half and second half of the season.  This allows for more focused leaderboard competition and a reset mid-season to start over to compete on a new leaderboard!

First half of the season will be:

• 4/26/2026- Grand Island Fireball Full Loop
• 5/17/2026- Corfu
• 5/28/2026- Grand Island Individual Time Trial (also the club time trial championship!)
• 5/31/2026- Marilla Expansion (also the club road race championship!)
• 6/21/2026- Strava Segment Group Ride

Second half of the season will be:

• 7/2/2026- Grand Island Two-Man Time Trial
• 7/19/2026- Strava Segment Group Ride
• 8/23/2026- Corfu
• 9/13/2026- Grand Island Fireball Full Loop

You get to drop 1 race from each half-season to determine your overall score (best 4 of 5 in the first half, best 3 of 4 in the second half)

Master’s Sunday Series Racing

We are including a version of separate scoring for Masters Men’s 50+ racers!  Master’s 50+ will race in the A field and will be scored against the A’s, but Master’s points will be pulled out into a separate Master’s leaderboard.  How does this work?  If Master’s 50+ riders get 4th, 7th, and 8th in the A race, their 4th/7th/8th place points will go towards their Master’s standings.  They’ll be on the Men’s A leaderboard and the separate Master’s leaderboard.

Women’s Sunday Series Racing

Women racing in the Men’s A field will have the same version of separate scoring as the Men’s Master’s 50+ above.  If women riders get 4th/7th/8th in the Men’s A race, their 4th/7th/8th place points will go towards a Women’s A leaderboard, as well as the Men’s A leaderboard.

Women racing in the Men’s B field will have the same version of separate scoring as well.  If women get 4th/7th/8th in the Men’s B race, their 4th/7th/8th place points will go towards a Women’s B leaderboard, as well as the Men’s B leaderboard.

Marshalling a Race

We always need volunteers to score our races!  If you volunteer to be a scorer/timer for a Sunday Series club race yourself, you’ll get 10 points towards your Sunday Series standings at that race!  You can do this up to 2 times per season.  Please note that one marshal or mentoring duty is required this year for your club points to count!  Sign up to marshal here.

Mentoring the B/C Race

We’re always looking for B/C-race mentors!  If you are an A level rider with experience and would like to help out the B/C race with in-race coaching and work on tactics, we’d love for you to help!  As a token, you will get 13 points for mentoring the B/C race one time during the season.  Use the marshal sign-up link above.