Criterium racing is conductive to inter-schools racing, as scholars from a school can use the same bicycles across age groups/genders. The idea here is that a school can purchase bicycles through a size curve and have racing though the day, as different age groups race at different times. Interschool's racing can lead to the selection of district teams for inter-district racing. This allows provinces to then invite the district teams to provincial races, with ultimate selection into a provincial franchise team. From there, riders may be invited to be selected into professional race teams. The launch NCAF's In-Community Grassroot series has seen clubs host events that have grown in popularity.