NE Regionals splitting???

[daz]

I have a simple solution to this: Sell up and buy a big dirty crosser loads more fun the rc racing

[nobby]

i thought it was just the uk but if thats the case

12th euros march last year
newcastle to eskilstuna in sweden 1398 miles

newcastle to munich 1000 miles+ this year

[Chrislong]

In 2006, Bury to Leeds to Austria - 1500 miles each way.

[Lee]

Does florida count

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by Lee

Does florida count

Yes, you win.

[bigred5765]

chorley to colegano 1400 plus miles chorley to vienna 1400 plus miles
chorley to batley which was are local club for 5 years 66 miles, matty loved racing in the north east, but moved to northwest which should have been are local bury 22 ish miles southport 22 ish miles, lol im in the middle, but it soon gets boring racing on same track week in week out, the nationaals are not just a break but exerience as well,well worth the miles,

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Lee

Doncaster is not a bad run jim, when i raced on road i did the donvalley british championships for a while, it was 109 mile from mine to DV, my record at 5am on a sunday morning was 66 mins

Its just A1/M1, dead easy and straight

donny aint where the DV serries is held though tha would be sheffield.

im in donny and if i were to do the NE id be travelling allot more than those moaning, come on jim, make this imaginary track real please

[Lee]

I understand that mark but it is pretty close to sheffield


Carl, did you get lost on the way to italy, i think its only 1100 from durham

[nobby]

newcastle to monchengladbach 1600 miles each way in my vr6 golf (oh the autobarns are cool)

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by Lee

I understand that mark but it is pretty close to sheffield


Carl, did you get lost on the way to italy, i think its only 1100 from durham

no just avoided toll roads,scenic route, were did you sale from,and dont forget i took the caravan

[Lee]

Going from dover to calais.

Caravans only make the car feel longer not the roads

[Lindsay]

Originally Posted by nobby

is this turning into a competition to see who travels the most miles to race?

ok i'll start i travel to chesterfield for a club night on the odd saturday
=320 miles round trip

Think about the person who travelled from America to Race at a rain affected Kidderminster all for the love of 1/10th RC Rcaing.

[nobby]

Originally Posted by Lindsay

Think about the person who travelled from America to Race at a rain affected Kidderminster all for the love of 1/10th RC Rcaing.

he wins

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by Lee

Going from dover to calais.

Caravans only make the car feel longer not the roads

hahaha, carvans dont do big hills, or low bridges, the scenic route added to it slightly

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by Lee

Going from dover to calais.

Caravans only make the car feel longer not the roads

wouldnt it be better for you to go from hull

[Lee]

Not really, i looked at it all ways and the saving on the ferries and mileage outweigh the need for a bed

[bigred5765]

just run the route on my tomtom door to door it say 1200 miles more of you avoid all the tolls, but from past experiences, wrong turns missed turns etc its way more,

[Spencer Mulcahy]

I raced in the north east last year and had some realy good weekends or single days racing but I have decided that I cant afford to race up there this year because of fuel prices but I dont want anything to change as it works as it is if its not broke dont fix it.

[dave p hall]

Originally Posted by jimarea51

Well, well, welll

I wondered how long it would take for my minor indescrassion to be brought back up, (prehaps a personal vendetta is being launched?)...

Well for the one's amongst us that can remain constructive, I think this thread has been very informative, and given people a good insight into the opinions of the region as a whole, weather it be for or against less travelling to compete...

chris68nufc, I'm sorry you feel this way, I can assure you no harm was intended from this discussion, as I keep on stating, the biggest part of racing costs is the fuel... Therfore we thought it would be good to see if other's felt the same way, which apparently doesn't concern the majority of you out there...

I for one will continue to travel to race, no matter how far it is, but you must concider that one day you'll all think, Hmmmm I going to miss this meeting because it's too far/expencive on fuel...

I think its nice that the region can express its views on here through the week, this eliviates the need for consortium meeting etc. Or use up valuble time at the race track, although I feel people wouldn't say some of the things they have if it were face to face...

Until I return...

JIm

i wish people would forgive and forget on your behalf jimwhen it get's to the point about fuel been to expensive to travel to regional's.could it reach a point where,we'll just race club championships,if your lucky to have a local club

[barnyard]

Back onto the topic of should NE split into 2 regions

Is traveling cost alone a good enough point for splitting up a region, from a personal point of view i have to say no. I believe the primary justification for splitting up ANY region is when the numbers of entries is regularly going over the places available and also when the situation arises when venues have to be turned away as there aren't enough events to go around. All these point can apply to any region not just NE.

It might be worth looking into the reasoning behind the midlands region splitting into 2 regions midWest & midEast (might have been 3 as i aint sure where midSouth comes into the equation)

As to the question of boundaries i think these are more of guidelines for the racers, clubs and regional committee to decide upon what is reasonable. We all know of the bury situation and them hosting events for NE & NW in the same year. In the past the old Worksop club was NE for many years before changing to ME in the mid 90's.

From a personal point of view i live in Sheffield so technically NE but my house is within 2 miles of the derbyshire border so close enough to the ME region. As it happens i race in the MW region this is for a number of reasons ME was not a competitive region leaving NE the problem is i work on saturdays meaning i could only compete at the minimum number of events per class assuming those weekends dont clash with other commitments.

As i race in the MW region i don't feel it is correct to say one way or the other as to what the NE region should do but i do think my comments would be valid for any region.