NE Regional Venues for 2009

[ben]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

if the dates on RHRW are correct in the link above for 2009 it's a double @ RHRW

BRCA North East Regional - 2wd: 11th / 4wd: 12th July


Looks like someone's got my shift calender again

I hope the date stays like this... a regional on my birthday

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by turbo_brick

at the end of the day clubs from anywhere in the country can be in any region it is up to you if you want to go. Personally i don't think i would travel down to blyth.

Originally Posted by Col

because Blythe isn't in the North East?

Or the North?

Or the East?

For my 2 cents worth if our region can't be bothered to support the tracks and clubs it's already got (batley...), who can be bothered to drive all the way to Blythe?

so why should i drive from doncaster to teeside all the time? blythe is on my door step so thumbs up for me!!

[telboy]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

here's the old / NEW venue

you can just make out the old banked corner and a few other features

Tell you what.
I've helped on the odd occasion with the track revamp, and when its done, you will all want to race on it.
Theres a hell of a lot of hard work going into it, and it will be one of the best tracks in the country once it is finished.
The concrete banking is still there, bit it has loads of new features that you wont be dissapointed with.

[Lee]

Agreed Tel,

I have seen a few pics and it will be very good

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by AndyM

Whereas, if it's a weekender, then you only need to travel the distance twice (once there, once back).

Not in my case

I like my own bed and it's only 90 mins away

Fuel v B&B is not that much different so I prefer to travel

[telboy]

Even better for me, I'm only about 16 miles away (as the crow flies).

[baD]

Originally Posted by Northy

No venues or dates are confirmed yet, we (the NE consortium) are working on them, so there is nothing to tell.

G

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

if the dates on RHRW are correct in the link above for 2009 it's a double @ RHRW

BRCA North East Regional - 2wd: 11th / 4wd: 12th July


Looks like someone's got my shift calender again

mmmmmmm ....... after G's quote above, I was surprised to read the RHRW anouncement. Which is it G, have they published before ratification, or has someone made a unilateral decision before the NE Consortium meeting takes place?

[johnboy]

Originally Posted by baD

As a spill over from another thread, it appears that YORCC are running an event for the NE & one for the ME at somewhere called Blyth.
Now if YORCC call their new track New York, there will be even more confusion about how long it will take to get there, than there is already, between the various places called Blyth in the (so called) North East.

If there is another thread re Venues for NE Off-Road Regionals, can someone point me to it? If so, please delete this. If not, would anyone else like to share their views here?

As a comparison,
ME round trip of their venues in 2009 is 175 miles
MW mileage around theirs is 251 miles
NE - as was, (ex Bury) was 216 miles - add Bury and it becomes 290 miles - then add Blyth (the right one) instead of York, you get 321 miles

As a starter comment - stretching the region so far, will simply limit the numbers going to the extemity venues, and whereas Blyth may well benefit from non-regional entries, the Northern Clubs will not.
I hope for the continuance of Off-Road clubs in the Far North, that Bury is part of NE 2009 and Blyth is part of ME 2009.

ba - a Northern driver on occasions

Here we go again the same topic every year . Lets talk about distance then i live in halifax and i dont moan about travelling up to race in the north east. I hope Blyth is in our calender for regionals.


ps maybe there should be a new region consisting of Blyth , Batley , Bury and Southport . Then i wouldn't have to travel as far (this last comment is a wind up not to be taken seriously)

[Jez]

surely a wider choice of tracks is better for everybody.it is each persons preference to as many or as few meetings they attend.not all rounds count do they?so missing the farthest shouldnt matter to most of us should it?is bury entering ne region as well as nw?hope so.thanks jez.

[Lindsay]

Originally Posted by Col

because Blythe isn't in the North East?

Or the North?

Or the East?

For my 2 cents worth if our region can't be bothered to support the tracks and clubs it's already got (batley...), who can be bothered to drive all the way to Blythe?

Get your facts right.
Worksop as always been in the North East as was Scarboro,Harrogate.
We never had to Travel as far as Durham and Jarrow as they had there own region.
Do yo see any of us who have to travel at least 50 miles [currently] to get to a outdoor meeting complaining.
May be you should check how the regions were originally formed and which clubs had a big part in it. You will find that those in the FAR NORTH were not in it.

[Col]

Originally Posted by Lindsay

Get your facts right.
Worksop as always been in the North East as was Scarboro,Harrogate.
We never had to Travel as far as Durham and Jarrow as they had there own region.
Do yo see any of us who have to travel at least 50 miles [currently] to get to a outdoor meeting complaining.
May be you should check how the regions were originally formed and which clubs had a big part in it. You will find that those in the FAR NORTH were not in it.

Maybe you should check how the regions are now - that's what counts not how it was when you were 12. I've no personal problem with Blythe because I'm not doing regionals again this year. I was just pointing out that as a N/E region Blythe goegraphicaly does not qualify (which scarborough and harrogate do...)
My original post is still valid - with Batley struggling to survive due to lack of people, is Blythe viable?

[hazzelarator]

Just spotted this thread! If it helps I'd be happy to come to an arrangement to use the venue where the 'indoor special' was held on the 20th December? I was considering more frequent use and have pretty much secured some of my own track marking. Probably a bit late but if not feel free to drop me an E-mail or msg on here! cheers HV

[Lee]

Originally Posted by baD

mmmmmmm ....... after G's quote above, I was surprised to read the RHRW anouncement. Which is it G, have they published before ratification, or has someone made a unilateral decision before the NE Consortium meeting takes place?

I think if people think a bit, its pretty obvious that we will be visiting Blyth as part of our regional series.

1. Its run by york club, why would they race on a field when they have a purpose built astro (all weather) track

2. It has a national, so it would be daft not to hold a regional.

3. York is the local club to the regional rep and one of the people behind the resurrection of the blyth track.


Now for me, without seeing dates etc, i would say it had a fantastic chance of getting a NE regional

[rcracer]

The more tracks available the better all new tracks should be welcomed with open arms.

[Lee]

Totally agree Neil, people would complain if we only had 2 grass tracks to race on, and no matter how good jumps are made its never the same as racing on a purpose built track.

[Mike Hudson]

my dream regional venues for this year...
Blyths purpose built astro track
South Shields grass track by the beach again
Batleys purpose built astro/grass track
Teeside grass track

[Lee]

Teesside are not doing one this summer Mike, from my reliable source

[ben]

Flat grass tracks Gotta admit the best man made jump ive seen on a grass track has to be the table top-kicker at jarrow

[Mike Hudson]

whos gona fill in for them? grass track at york then?

[Alan1467]

Originally Posted by Mike Hudson

my dream regional venues for this year...
Blyths purpose built astro track
South Shields grass track by the beach again
Batleys purpose built astro/grass track
Teeside grass track

South Shield / NERCR will not be happening