Newcastle R.C. Racers @ TyneMet

[lazysurfer]

Wow the debate on numbers of rounds and heats has certainly woken you lot up. Sorry to hear the pace of the night is the reason you haven't been back Bill. The club is run for everyone so issues such as this are open to votes but last time the frantic pace was mentioned the only ones who responded were against loosing a round,it would be easier for me but I, like those who expressed a view think that if we make the effort to put the track out and away, turn up and pay to race we may as well get in as much racing as possible. As for time to relax & chat if I can fit socialising in I'm sure the rest of you can and I can honestly say I've NEVER considered racing relaxing, for that there's the old tradition of the pub afterwards which could be ressurected?
If the club as a whole wants to drop a round then fine but if people want to get in as many races as possible I think we owe it to them to do that, If anyone wants to sit out a round there's nothing stopping them.
As for preferring to drop a round than run a mixed heat I think it would be an idea to have tried before writing it off. I ve raced mixed heats with Buckle before and it was VERY close!
Were running 3 mins between heats at the moment so 4 rounds of 4 heats would need to reduce to 2 mins between rather than 1 which would be too tight. Or as mentioned, more people to set out the track to start earlier :-)
As I mentioned the club as a whole must decide but remember, slow the pace AND have to fit in 4 rounds and we go from 5 races per night to 3 and I'm sure nobody wants to loose 2 races!