Winter Series

[chrispattinson]

Guys .... Something ridiculous is about to occur.
Benfield are planning a winter series. And NEAM / Teesside are planning a winter series. Can't we have one winter series???? There's not enough support to make both series great.

How about a ..... Radical ... NE indoor winter series. One at Seaham, Benfield, Teesside .... York and Batley.

We need big attendance's to justify the hall cost, and ensure a good atmosphere and level of competition.

I know Seaham NEAM and Benfield want to support a series. Do the others?

[N7ELA]

Originally Posted by chrispattinson

Guys .... Something ridiculous is about to occur.
Benfield are planning a winter series. And NEAM / Teesside are planning a winter series. Can't we have one winter series???? There's not enough support to make both series great.

How about a ..... Radical ... NE indoor winter series. One at Seaham, Benfield, Teesside .... York and Batley.

We need big attendance's to justify the hall cost, and ensure a good atmosphere and level of competition.

I know Seaham NEAM and Benfield want to support a series. Do the others?

Am sure we used to do this but called it an indoor regional series...???

[chris68nufc]

I think Dex had already tried to sort it with Benfield but It didn't happen for whatever reason?? Dex needs to comment really or Benfield as to why it didn't happen??

[cmgreen]

Think this could be a great idea!

[Dkfream]

As long as the dates don't clash why can't 2 separate events work, just means more dates for racing apart from club nights

[chrispattinson]

Originally Posted by Dkfream

As long as the dates don't clash why can't 2 separate events work, just means more dates for racing apart from club nights

From experience, the best series, most competitve and attended will only be had if there is one local series over the winter.

It's a lot of effort to support a series for a racer. I know some of the guys from York etc took part in only one or two of the Benfield rounds last year.

I personally, cannot support more than one local series of all day Sunday racing.

[Steven Forster]

Originally Posted by chris68nufc

I think Dex had already tried to sort it with Benfield but It didn't happen for whatever reason?? Dex needs to comment really or Benfield as to why it didn't happen??

Was 2 or 3 people asked the same question around running a joint winter series and was basically blanked and never got any kind of reply......doesnt really take much effort to reply to a question regarding a joint series ???

It's not the first time I've been blanked by Paul Carr.......dont even know why TBH !!!

This could be another opportunity to help RC racing grow in the north east by having these kind of joint series, not only for new racers but also to race against other local/regional racers in the area to help improve your driving skills.

Im not gonna lose any sleep over whether benfield want to have there own series.......I am looking at the bigger picture, and looking forward to a joint series with any other clubs, near or further away.

I will check dates with Worksop, Batley and Benfield and will work something out with Teeside to see if its worth going ahead with it, if not it will be racing as normal on sunday at Seaham

[Col]

Originally Posted by N7ELA

Am sure we used to do this but called it an indoor regional series...???

We did indeed.
It stopped due to poor attendance I think. Was a great series though

[DAVO]

I would love this to happen I have really enjoyed the summer regionals

[Jedward]

We would support this series; sounds good.