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06-03-2008
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Permanent outdoor track in North East
When will we see a permanent venue in the North East? I know there have been enquiries into this from a few people but how do you make this happen? I have noticed my local council have started building Skateparks/BMX type parks so why would they not help us fund towards getting an off road/on road track built. I know that model car racing is a very small percentage of people but arent BMX bandits/Skate dudes about the same percentage? Maybe i am picking on BMX ers but im sure that an off road track wouldnt cost half as much to build!
I can appreciate that a club with a permanent outdoor venue would take a lot of commitment by club members and that it would probably only get used in the summer months and maybe a little bit in the winter but im sure that it could work. I have been thinking this due to the lack of tracks around the area an the ammount of racers that would love to see it happen. What do you think? 
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06-03-2008
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That always pisses me off.......lots! Those skate parks cost thousands to build. I know a firm that builds them. There are about three in our area...........never seen anybody on a skatebord, just kids smoking , drinking behind them ( I sound a bit old there
 ) yet the council think they are the nuts!!! some are even floodlit. Yet will they help an RC club in any way? NO.. not unless you spend years hounding them, then they may give you a bit of land but thats normaly in such a rough area you are lucky if the track stays in one peice from week to week. Same thing could be said about bowling greens how many of them do you see? round here there is about 6 in a five mile radius of my house. Look at the age of 90% of you local or parish councils members.maybe part of the reason. Rant over........off to crush a grape now 
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06-03-2008
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Chris, i know exactly what you mean, my nearest 10th track is batley and im sure you are the same, i have been driving round locally while i have been off and there is so much unused land around me which must all be owned by the council as a lot of it is unusable (to them anyway)
I would love to get something like this going but i really wouldnt know who or what section of the council to contact. If anyone can point me in the right direction im more than willing to have a go  Of course i will use such phrases as "team building" and "learning life skills" in the email/letter
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06-03-2008
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Chris Pattinson has done loads of ground work for NERCR getting a permanent venue and i hope i am not speaking out of turn on this matter. I wanted to post this to see what others thought or maybe start something going again. I work for a few people that own lots of land but im not sure how to go about asking them. I know 1 lad im particular that has 2 farms in northumberland but would people travel/is it a waste of time?
The thing is that i would love to get this going and am sure that there would be local support but i think the council approach is a waste of time. The lottery is a worth a try. We could put a balet shoe on the gates to the track and a tree bent over a bit to satisfy the ART ticky box. What do you think?
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06-03-2008
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Would it be worthwhile approaching your local MP and explaining how much interest there is in a hobby like this, and that with sufficient Local Authority funding to set up a track you are sure that club members would help to maintain the grounds. It's perhaps worth a try?
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06-03-2008
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Good idea mrs oOple
here is the woman i need to contact http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/214.stm i never realised there were so many and they all cover small areas, maybe its worth us all draughting up a letter to our nearest MP and see if anyone gets a response. 
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06-03-2008
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York club have looked into the possibility of building an outdoor track and this is what was decided - total failure!
You cannot rely on non club members turning up, so unless you have an extremely dedicated, large membership and secure, superb facilities, it's not even worth thinking about. The answer has already been posted in the "only 4 events" thread - Bury was brought into the N/E to help the club out (and that's the best outdoor track for miles around) Batley has massive problems with location and dedicated members and both these are clubs that have run nationals in the past.
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