Club meeting - Sunday 28th July CANCELLED- TRACK FLOODED!

[DianneH]

Club meeting this Sunday - usual time - arrive at about 10.15 am for track preparation then open practice

Heats start at 11.30 am

Meeting finishes no later than 4pm

Last week managed to do 5 rounds and 7 minutes finals

Aim is to give as much track time as possible

[Aire valley]

Thanks Dianne....... Ollie and I will be there.... Forecast is for heavy rain overnight be should be dry tomorrow. Hopefully..

[Danny Harrison]

Are we on today then? I need to set off soon if im gonna get there ontime

[Oscar]

Track is flooded!! please do not travel

[Aire valley]

Bit late...! Drove 25 miles to find that out....

[DianneH]

Sorry Alan - was not aware until I arrived at the track this morning. I did try to get the message out as soon as I could.

Dianne

[Bells]

Quite bad

[Aire valley]

Originally Posted by DianneH

Sorry Alan - was not aware until I arrived at the track this morning. I did try to get the message out as soon as I could.

Dianne

That's ok Dianne...not your fault it rained..! Just looking forward to racing today...... Perhaps it is time , with other things that have been mentioned , to consider resiting the track to a less vulnerable area as flooding is such a regular occurrence .?

[Danny Harrison]

I think so too and id be happy to help do the hard work. I was on route to the track too when I found out

[NeilRalph77]

Yeh the heart and soul of Batley has to stay the same, the straight the banked curve still with the options to cut in and out, and the double and table top both work well but does anyone remember them recently being run the other direction? if we do move things need to be considered

[Aire valley]

Building a new track is not easy.! It takes a lot of thought..... I was heavily involved in the design and build of Aire Valleys dirt track back in the day...
The best system is to lay out a design with pipes or whatever and try different layouts before deciding..then think about permanent features such as jumps and table tops, finally leaving room for variations... Don't rush it !

[ASR]

Again, another reason why we need to move location, as much as I like our track I find it hard to justify investing any time and effort in maintaining or improving the track due to problems with vandalism or flooding. "IF" we do find another location I am in no doubt that there would be plenty of people willing to help build our new track. Also, has there been anymore news on pulling the baths down?.

[smokes]

any chance of using our indoor venue next week?

thanks

[Aire valley]

Originally Posted by smokes

any chance of using our indoor venue next week?

thanks

Why would you want to race indoors during the summer...? Expecting rain again !!

[Danny Harrison]

Originally Posted by smokes

any chance of using our indoor venue next week?

thanks

Pretty sure the indoor venue needs to be block booked. I'd love to see a new venue though. Batley is such a great club with large membership. It would be ace to see something new

[Aire valley]

Couldn't agree more Danny.... Batley has arguably been the most successful club in the area over a very long time, mainly due, IMO, to its consistency.. In order to maintain that reliability, the track needs to be available and less subject to the vagaries of weather... This would be my main reason for moving to a better drained site. Apart from that, the existing facilities ( and members ) are great.

[smokes]

The cost of relocation would be pretty expensive though.

I was just thinking if the track end up getting flooded like last year we might as well run indoors.

[NeilRalph77]

Anyone been down? has the water drained? what sort of condition is the track in?

[Bells]

Originally Posted by NeilRalph77

Anyone been down? has the water drained? what sort of condition is the track in?

It had drained away but we've just had some heavy rain today , I will call down sat morning and have a look

[Aire valley]

I was there this afternoon and, as Bells says, the water had drained away... the track looked suprisingly ok apart from some of the astro turf in the straight bubbling.. no doubt needs to dry out further.. However it has rained since then but forecast for tomorrow is good..

Any chance of resurrecting the Keighley track.!.