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Originally Posted by markwilliamson2001
I have a strange opinion on this... from having been involved in a number of clubs over the years...
Yes the club could have let the lad have a few laps with dad driving/helping.
They are also allowed as others have mentioned 3 goes before BRCA membership.
However, I have seen many newcomers to the sport who were totally disinterested in the running of the club, and that existing members were there to serve them up a track and put it all away again at the end of the night...
Literally just sitting and watching myself and a few other dedicated members unroll carpet, tape it down, come up with a track design and setup jumps and the temp rostrum.
P***ed off was not the word, and scarpering off early before everything was being put away just was the cherry on top!
I have been to a few clubs like this, and often the driving standards of said people was also rediculous and daft!
I hope that the thread starter is not of this mentality and that he understands my post with a view from both sides of the fence. I also like to think that many hands make light work, and that if we all did a little the kit gets setup out away easily and quickly, and we all have some respect for the other club members...
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+1! Well said, I was also allowed onto the commitee of a club at the age of 15 as I was so eager to help out etc, after 2 years I got massivly fed up with new comers having no interest in helping set up or put away. (one or the other is all we used to ask) so stopped going full stop as the club was becoming more and more argumentative.