South West Regionals

[rowley]

Hi all,

We recently had a TRCCC committee meeting and this included discussing the way forward for the South West Regionals.

Now, currently there is no committee specifically for the South West Regionals as in previous years the regionals have been small to non existent to say the least. Whilst we understand that 1/10th off road has really taken off, this year I think will be a bit of a trial and error when organising, running and the overall logistics of each event.

So as some of you know, each club will designate a club race day as a qualifier for the regional series for collecting points. Most of this should be explained on the South West Regionals website.

At our committee meeting we discussed the rules and dates for these qualifiers. As a BRCA sanctioned event, each club should comply with the BRCA rules set out within the handbooks/website. This includes track rules, i.e. 2.4m wide etc, qualifying and finals structure etc. This does also include the dimensions/weights of the cars by which each car must comply with. The problem with this is manpower. We all know what it takes to run a club and how many people it takes to keep things going. We also do not want to rely on one person to run around to each event carrying a box/scales for cars to be tested in. The proposal is to get some boxes made and allow each club to hold onto them for their regional qualifiers. We will update progress on this to the clubs shortly.

The manpower issue will always be difficult to cover but as these are BRCA events, there has to be a structure to them and it is the responsibility of the host club to cater for these rules, albeit to the best of their ability. I can't think that there should be a designated referee, however those of a more experienced nature should be vigilant in keeping an eye on things. Lets be honest, nobody likes cheating and blatant cheating I can be positive about, would not be accepted at a club level event, let alone a BRCA qualifier.

As a number of you know, at Tiverton we try to keep a structured day with every event, with drivers briefing, not leaving the rostrum until race over etc. These are items that you will find in the BRCA rules which we will ask each club to stick with, again to the best of their ability.

Each driver wishing to race for points at a regional qualifying event will pay an additional £1 onto top of the club race day fee to cover trophies mainly.

We have confirmed dates as follows:

28 April - 4wd qualifier at TRCCC
14 July - 2wd qualifier at TRCCC

We have proposed and will gain confirmation on the following:

19 May - 2wd qualifier at WORM
30 June - 4wd qualifier at WORM

West Cornwall will be asked to find two dates, not clashing with either of the above or BRCA nationals.

Some of the above may need a little more discussion/sorting out but as I mentioned, this is really a first year back in the regionals situation so it will be a little trial and error.

If you have any queries, please contact one of either of the club committee and we will try and answer/sort it in the best and most fair way we can.

David Rowcliffe will contact the clubs to fill them in a bit more but for now, I hope that it answers questions and allows planning.

Thanks and I look forward to a great year of racing.

Chris