[MattADH]

Just wanted to say a big thank you for everyone who was at the track today, battling the very bitter cold conditions. Special thanks to our resident "Sparks" Paul and brother-in-law Gary for their efforts that began at 8.30am!!! Approximately 100m of 10mm armoured cable has been run back to the social club's consumer board with our own isolation switch. The cable runs along the fence and has been clipped in place - that’s a lot of clips and cable ties!

Now that we have a mains feed from the clubhouse, we can semi-retire the trusty Honda generator that has served the club for as long as I can remember...

So now we have a mains feed, we have gone to town with lights in both scrutineering and race control, security floodlights on both as well as some 20 sockets distributed between them. We are still considering fitting a couple of exterior waterproof sockets (one on each building) for our future plans.

Although scrutineering doesn’t have the power connected at the moment as believe it or not we managed to underestimate the distance between the two buildings, all the first fix has been carried out so all that needs is another couple of hours work.

All we would like to do in race control is ply line the inside and install a new 3m run of worktop for the race officials. This is something that we will start next week.
With more timber in mind, our next order will include enough 3”x2” and 8’x4’ sheets to board the rostrum and then we will be reaching some of the goals we set out to achieve just over a year ago!

Just one sad thing to mention was that the burger van caught fire last Sunday at 7am when a faulty timer inside kicked in and set the unit alight! I am sure that some of you who are reading this are actually glad to see the van go up as their tea was sometimes not the best that you have ever had and I can confirm this from m own experience!!! This means that it is unlikely that there will be any hot food or drinks available at the final round of our Winter Warmer series on 2 March. The bar in the main clubhouse will be open from midday for cold drinks and bar snacks, but this is very limited. Our apologies for this as clearly this is something that we didn’t bargain for.
With the football season coming to end shortly, we are unsure of what the club owners will do in the future and this is of particular concern for the National but we will of course keep everyone updated and book external caterers if necessary.