2006 races?

The 2006 Calendar is with committee for final tweaking. It will be published before the end of next week (16 December).

No Milton Keynes this year

I suppose no one knows who will be running it yet.

 

 

Pete

I think I might meander over

Although, , that does depend on building the new bike and giving yours back ....

Looking forward to them. My social secretary is trying to stop me as I type - we're looking at moving house, so decorating/tidying/clearing mumble mumble is being mentioned at the moment ...

For any spectators out there, I can heartily recommend the area for a good get out on the wheels ...

I'm very surprised to see Milton Keynes excluded from the 2006 events schedule as I had been led to believe it was on for August 26th to the extent that a firm booking with the venue has been made. It now seems an unconfirmed event at Welyn may be in the last part of August and I have had no notification that MK is excluded.

Since MK is a centrally placed circuit that is very cheap to use (£50 for the day) why has it been shoved aside when 2 other tracks are being used twice. I know Reading is more expensive for just a half day having organised there myself and I suspect Hillingdon is more than 50 quid for the day. In times of dwindling club funds, dwindling members and increasing costs is this the right way to be headed? Surely we should be saving money where possible and even using MK more than once on the different circuit formats available (I can think of 7) so as not to repeat.

I must say as a willing volunteer to organise it and others I am very disappointed in the treatment received here.

 

Phil

Please note that this is my personal opinion, and not that of the committee.

I can say that there was a long and intensive discussion about the events for 2006, and I feel that Sherri has done a great job.

I will say that I don't like Milton Keynes at all. It is badly designed - G*d forbid anone who comes off in the top corner between the gate posts - either hit one of two fences or end up in the bushes. It has a poor surface (equal measures of gravel, leaves and dog s**t). It has open access to the public. It has dogs roaming free without any consideration from their owners (in fact, on the occasion that I am remembering, the dogs were nicer than their owners - I don't like personal abuse ...). In plain, no matter how many marshalls you put over it, it is dangerous and unpleasant to race there. There are also no easily accessible changing or toilet facilities.

I suggested Hillingdon twice for the simple reason that it is also easy to get to, has ample space, has no problem with crowd control, is a clean, well designed circuit, and is a sensible replacement to doing Eastway twice.

I was not lead to believe that Milton Keynes had been booked at the committee meeting. Indeed, with a new Race Director appointed at the AGM, then changes to the whole calendar were likely.

In terms of finance, the race fees are separate from other issues in the club - the racing has always been and will continue to be self funding. The committee spent quite a while looking at the sums from last year, and costings from these affected decisions about the locations of this year's events. We also do not have a problem with race attendance - that has been much more constant that membership.

I'm not sure what "treatment here" you allude to. If you feel that you have been mistreated, please can I suggest you email or otherwise contact someone on the committee and we can take this on from there.

Edited by rob gillions