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Originally Posted by losichris
exactly.and if clubs dnt get together and arrange sumat so places arnt running at the same time .more clubs will fold especially as theres only 2 nw clubs left it seems daft how one another cant help each other out.the wont be any nw regional series anymore  |
I don't think Southport closing on alternate weeks is really going to help you out much. Southport club closes for NW regionals at Bury and actively encourages its members to go and support the series.
There are a lot of Southport members though that are only interested in club level racing for fun and aren't interested in travelling. One of the reasons they come to Southport is beacuse its a family venue where kids can enjoy the park and wives and girlfriends can walk in to town for shopping. If Southport closed a few would make the trip to Bury, but a lot of people would just stay home.
I think the result of runnning alternate weeks would be detrimental to the future of the Southport club and give little gain to Bury.
If Bury does close (I sincerly hope it doesn't as its a great track) the NW region will survive... with all 6 rounds at Southport if needs be!
Not to sound funny but where was Bury's support for the North West series a few years ago (2004 or 5 I think) when they dropped North West to run North East? Southport kept the series alive and ran all 6 rounds.
In my opinion there are plenty of racers in and around the Manchester area, but they just don't seem interested in club racing and choose to travel far and wide to follow bigger events.
I also think its a big ask with regards to running Bury alternately with Batley... I've looked at the Batley calander and there seems to be plenty of weeks already when they are closed for NE regions, if they started closing extra dates they would end up with no club days!