When i first started our club the most important thing to me was that anyone any car can turn up and have a race,
Young,old,mid life crisis, it didnt matter who or what car.
Last year i really started to notice that the young guns had not been coming through, we have quite a few but not enough.
So that got me thinking, why ?
1 we race on a tuesday night competition can be tight and to a newbie very scarry seeing grown men shouting at marshall
2. they would feel that they was getting in the way!
3.they dont know we exist
4.they feel there car is not good enough.
So this year we have set up practice,newbie nights, this happens on a thursday were they can bring anything down we help them and support and give advice like a buddy system really.,.
i have also set up going down to the local carnival with the local shop so we can set a track up and let kids have a go, get them involved...
my next step is to visit local schools have a demonstration show them all the cars that are available let them have a go, let them realise it doesnt cost the earth. and there is life after xbox
Another thing that was mentioned at our regional meeting was to have a regional at a public event, it didnt happen this year but i would champion this to every region in the country to show off and get what we do out there,(we sometimes get to rapped up in what we do that forget we have got to get out and promote!!!
we as a club are really focusing on grass roots and i feel that in a couple of years we should start to see the difference..
justa few thoughts and hopefully productive measures