NE Regional Venues for 2009

[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

[Col]

I may well be entirely wrong, but I believe that there is no NE regional at Blyth, only a national

[ben]

haha, so basically we need to take the blyth track out of the NE regional series for next year

Really?

Must just be me who doesnt want 4 rounds of grass racing then the for NE 2009 series...

[ben]

Originally Posted by Col

I may well be entirely wrong, but I believe that there is no NE regional at Blyth, only a national

where ya find that out from COL?

[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?

[telboy]

I though we were having a NE at Blyth little Ben?

Come on G let us know.

Regarding the distances Dont forget that the ME meetings are only sundays, so its double the distances as you will race at each venue twice.
I worked this out last year and the ME actually worked out at more travelling than the NE.

[Northy]

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

G

[RcRob]

I may be wrong, and playing Devil's Advocote, but was the Blyth venue not a NE Venue before both Bury and Jarrow?

Therefore if the region had not moved so far north/west, the previous club at Blyth would not have folded?

[Stu]

This thread subject appears every year, normally ending in a bit of a slanging match about what is where and who drives the most distance.

It's never ultimately helpful to the region(s) or the sport in general.

Stupid internet forums are not the place for it.

There is no such thing as a defined regional boundary, the consortium can consider applications from any club, regardless of its geographical position.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by RcRob

but was the Blyth venue not a NE Venue before both Bury and Jarrow?

Yes

raced there twice I can recall when Worksop club 1st used it.

[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.

[RSharpy]

I say just be thankful to race on a decent track lads, regardless of driving time. We in the ME were last year when we used one of the EOE tracks to race on

[baD]

Originally Posted by RcRob

I may be wrong, and playing Devil's Advocote, but was the Blyth venue not a NE Venue before both Bury and Jarrow?

Therefore if the region had not moved so far north/west, the previous club at Blyth would not have folded?

If the Blyth track is where Worksop raced then yes for some years they raced in the NE Region - and even back then a good proportion of drivers wished they would go back to the ME.
I wasn't aware they folded ! Can anyone shed light on that?

[baD]

Originally Posted by Stu

Stupid internet forums are not the place for it.

If this is a stupid forum I am suprised you admit to reading it, let alone writing in it !

Unfortunately there are are few places for the masses to air our views so that the NE Consortium can take on board.
I personally feel that the NE can run a good series at 5 regional venues without including Blyth.

[Irri Tant]

Originally Posted by telboy

I though we were having a NE at Blyth little Ben?

Come on G let us know.

maybe as dates for Worksop meetings are on their website although it doesn't say 2009 the NE region didn't race there in 2008

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by baD

If the Blyth track is where Worksop raced then yes for some years they raced in the NE Region

here's the old / NEW venue

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

[Lee]

Can we throw in eden park too, i could do with a bit of practice for the national.


I can see peoples point about travel and distance, but im sure it will be an event that is a weekender, nobody would be thick enough to put the furthest tracks on for 1 day regionals.......would they

[N7ELA]

Originally Posted by Lee

Can we throw in eden park too, i could do with a bit of practice for the national.


I can see peoples point about travel and distance, but im sure it will be an event that is a weekender, nobody would be thick enough to put the furthest tracks on for 1 day regionals.......would they

Lee does the distance change if its 1 or 2 days racing....??? wots your point....???

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by Lee

but im sure it will be an event that is a weekender, nobody would be thick enough to put the furthest tracks on for 1 day regionals.......would they

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

[AndyM]

Originally Posted by N7ELA

Lee does the distance change if its 1 or 2 days racing....???

Because if its a single day event, you may have to travel up on a different weekend for the second class that was not catered for the first time round.

So, you would have to travel 4 times there/back (twice there, twice back).

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

Does that make sense?

HTH.