Outdoor calendar - discussion!

[DianneH]

I have looked at trying to put an outdoor calendar together this morning and this is not an easy task!

I had thought that the club was moving forward, old and new members, more youngsters starting at the club - and we could look forward to a good outdoor season. What problems do I face?

I am now informed that some of our club members are racing in the North East, some in the North West and some in the Mid East. Everyone has a choice which region they race in so no problem there - but what about Batley for its club racing?

Put all 3 regions together and 6 national weekends thrown into the mix + other events Supercup, Oople etc - where is our outdoor calendar?

We had a fantastic Supercup event last year and even this is now affected because a Mid east regional is the same weekend and a large number of drivers that would have attended will do the regional instead.

As drivers you can choose what you do - turn up or not, go to another club when you want, but someone has to commit to the club to attend meetings that are put on the calendar - and we also have the weather to contend with!

1. Will we ever have a Sunday where we get a good attendance?
2. Do I personally have to commit to every Sunday in order to catch a few racers at a meeting to bring funds into the club?
3. If attendance is low at each meeting because a third of the drivers are away at whichever of the 3 Regional Series they are attending will other drivers come back again because there was no competition to race against?
4. Can we run a Club Championship series?
5. Will we ever have enough U13s at the same meetings to be able to put them into the same heat? This worked so well last year and encouraged others into the club.

I am sure you all have your reasons for selecting the regional series you have chosen to do - travel distance, quality of tracks etc but planning a club calendar is made more difficult when club members are divided in their choices.

Have I come up with a suitable calendar - not yet!!