As Scott has said the club was started with limited funds. It soon came apparent that manually counting laps was becoming a PITA.
We looked into what we could do…
The AMB system was out of the running due to costs, the I lap system was chosen due to it having a good reputation both in the USA and the small number of clubs that use it in the UK. The I lap system still had to be funded somehow. Everyone at the club agreed to add an extra couple of £’s to the cost of the transponder to help cover the cost of the main I lap system, as the club did not have the funds to purchase the system outright.
With the sale of the transponders to the members, funds that the club had and additional contributions by others we had enough money to purchase the I lap system.
I guess the whole thing comes down to money or the lack of it. For the club to have purchased the whole I lap system with funds coming in by weekly revenue it would have still taken a long time before we could afford it and to afford the AMB system even longer
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