Erm No! Durham is Definately in N/E..
As for the travelling issue, Myself and a couple of other Jarrow members got together and decided to car share. We've done all rounds of the Worksop indoor series and its cost on average about £12 each per round for fuel. Thats a round trip of 260 miles and we heve to get out of bed at 4.00am and dont get back til after 8.00pm, but we do it because its a great competition with the best drivers and they build good tracks.
So if a club is willing to put a lot of time into a purpose built track for us to do battle on then a few extra miles aint gonna stop me!
Fingers crossed Blyth gets a round in the N/E