NE Regional Venues for 2009
 

As a spill over from another thread, it appears that YORCC are running an event for the NE & one for the ME at somewhere called Blyth.
Now if YORCC call their new track New York, there will be even more confusion about how long it will take to get there, than there is already, between the various places called Blyth in the (so called) North East.

If there is another thread re Venues for NE Off-Road Regionals, can someone point me to it? If so, please delete this. If not, would anyone else like to share their views here?

As a comparison,
ME round trip of their venues in 2009 is 175 miles
MW mileage around theirs is 251 miles
NE - as was, (ex Bury) was 216 miles - add Bury and it becomes 290 miles - then add Blyth (the right one) instead of York, you get 321 miles

As a starter comment - stretching the region so far, will simply limit the numbers going to the extemity venues, and whereas Blyth may well benefit from non-regional entries, the Northern Clubs will not.
I hope for the continuance of Off-Road clubs in the Far North, that Bury is part of NE 2009 and Blyth is part of ME 2009.

ba - a Northern driver on occasions

I may well be entirely wrong, but I believe that there is no NE regional at Blyth, only a national

haha, so basically we need to take the blyth track out of the NE regional series for next year :confused:

Really?:confused:

Must just be me who doesnt want 4 rounds of grass racing then the for NE 2009 series...

:confused: where ya find that out from COL?

because Blythe isn't in the North East?

Or the North?

Or the East?

For my 2 cents worth if our region can't be bothered to support the tracks and clubs it's already got (batley...), who can be bothered to drive all the way to Blythe?

I though we were having a NE at Blyth little Ben?

Come on G let us know.

Regarding the distances Dont forget that the ME meetings are only sundays, so its double the distances as you will race at each venue twice.
I worked this out last year and the ME actually worked out at more travelling than the NE.

No venues or dates are confirmed yet, we (the NE consortium) are working on them, so there is nothing to tell.

G

I may be wrong, and playing Devil's Advocote, but was the Blyth venue not a NE Venue before both Bury and Jarrow?

Therefore if the region had not moved so far north/west, the previous club at Blyth would not have folded?

This thread subject appears every year, normally ending in a bit of a slanging match about what is where and who drives the most distance.

It's never ultimately helpful to the region(s) or the sport in general.

Stupid internet forums are not the place for it.

There is no such thing as a defined regional boundary, the consortium can consider applications from any club, regardless of its geographical position.

Yes

raced there twice I can recall when Worksop club 1st used it.

at the end of the day clubs from anywhere in the country can be in any region it is up to you if you want to go. Personally i don't think i would travel down to blyth.

I say just be thankful to race on a decent track lads, regardless of driving time. We in the ME were last year when we used one of the EOE tracks to race on :)

If the Blyth track is where Worksop raced then yes for some years they raced in the NE Region - and even back then a good proportion of drivers wished they would go back to the ME.
I wasn't aware they folded ! Can anyone shed light on that?

If this is a stupid forum I am suprised you admit to reading it, let alone writing in it ! ;)

Unfortunately there are are few places for the masses to air our views so that the NE Consortium can take on board.
I personally feel that the NE can run a good series at 5 regional venues without including Blyth.

maybe as dates for Worksop meetings are on their website although it doesn't say 2009 the NE region didn't race there in 2008;)

here's the old / NEW venue

you can just make out the old banked corner and a few other features

Can we throw in eden park too, i could do with a bit of practice for the national.:thumbsup:


I can see peoples point about travel and distance, but im sure it will be an event that is a weekender, nobody would be thick enough to put the furthest tracks on for 1 day regionals.......would they :confused:

Lee does the distance change if its 1 or 2 days racing....??? wots your point....???

if the dates on RHRW are correct in the link above for 2009 it's a double @ RHRW

BRCA North East Regional - 2wd: 11th / 4wd: 12th July


Looks like someone's got my shift calender again ;)

Because if its a single day event, you may have to travel up on a different weekend for the second class that was not catered for the first time round.

So, you would have to travel 4 times there/back (twice there, twice back).

Whereas, if it's a weekender, then you only need to travel the distance twice (once there, once back).

Does that make sense? ;)

HTH.

:thumbsup: I hope the date stays like this... a regional on my birthday :drool:

so why should i drive from doncaster to teeside all the time? blythe is on my door step so thumbs up for me!!

Tell you what.
I've helped on the odd occasion with the track revamp, and when its done, you will all want to race on it.
Theres a hell of a lot of hard work going into it, and it will be one of the best tracks in the country once it is finished.
The concrete banking is still there, bit it has loads of new features that you wont be dissapointed with.:thumbsup:

Agreed Tel,

I have seen a few pics and it will be very good :drool:

Not in my case:p

I like my own bed and it's only 90 mins away

Fuel v B&B is not that much different so I prefer to travel

Even better for me, I'm only about 16 miles away (as the crow flies).:p

mmmmmmm ....... after G's quote above, I was surprised to read the RHRW anouncement. Which is it G, have they published before ratification, or has someone made a unilateral decision before the NE Consortium meeting takes place? :D ;)

Here we go again the same topic every year . Lets talk about distance then i live in halifax and i dont moan about travelling up to race in the north east. I hope Blyth is in our calender for regionals.


ps maybe there should be a new region consisting of Blyth , Batley , Bury and Southport . Then i wouldn't have to travel as far:lol: (this last comment is a wind up not to be taken seriously)

venues
 

surely a wider choice of tracks is better for everybody.it is each persons preference to as many or as few meetings they attend.not all rounds count do they?so missing the farthest shouldnt matter to most of us should it?is bury entering ne region as well as nw?hope so.thanks jez.

Get your facts right.
Worksop as always been in the North East as was Scarboro,Harrogate.
We never had to Travel as far as Durham and Jarrow as they had there own region.
Do yo see any of us who have to travel at least 50 miles [currently] to get to a outdoor meeting complaining.
May be you should check how the regions were originally formed and which clubs had a big part in it. You will find that those in the FAR NORTH were not in it.

Maybe you should check how the regions are now - that's what counts not how it was when you were 12. I've no personal problem with Blythe because I'm not doing regionals again this year. I was just pointing out that as a N/E region Blythe goegraphicaly does not qualify (which scarborough and harrogate do...)
My original post is still valid - with Batley struggling to survive due to lack of people, is Blythe viable?

Just spotted this thread! If it helps I'd be happy to come to an arrangement to use the venue where the 'indoor special' was held on the 20th December? I was considering more frequent use and have pretty much secured some of my own track marking. Probably a bit late but if not feel free to drop me an E-mail or msg on here! cheers HV

I think if people think a bit, its pretty obvious that we will be visiting Blyth as part of our regional series.

1. Its run by york club, why would they race on a field when they have a purpose built astro (all weather) track

2. It has a national, so it would be daft not to hold a regional.

3. York is the local club to the regional rep and one of the people behind the resurrection of the blyth track.


Now for me, without seeing dates etc, i would say it had a fantastic chance of getting a NE regional :lol:

The more tracks available the better all new tracks should be welcomed with open arms.

Totally agree Neil, people would complain if we only had 2 grass tracks to race on, and no matter how good jumps are made its never the same as racing on a purpose built track.

my dream regional venues for this year... :drool:
Blyths purpose built astro track
South Shields grass track by the beach again
Batleys purpose built astro/grass track
Teeside grass track

Teesside are not doing one this summer Mike, from my reliable source ;)

Flat grass tracks :cry: Gotta admit the best man made jump ive seen on a grass track has to be the table top-kicker at jarrow :drool:

:o whos gona fill in for them? grass track at york then? ;)

South Shield / NERCR will not be happening