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Events => Old School Series Racing => Topic started by: weavill on March 02, 2011, 09:09 PM
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has anyone got the dates for the summer races yet?
i need to build a bike and just wondered how long iv got
cheers
Mark
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The last 2 seasons the 1st race has been mid-end of april :daumenhoch:
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Rd. 1 April 17th Leeds (Fearnville)
Rd. 2 May 15th Bradford
Rd. 3 May 29th Crewe
Rd. 4 June 12th Mid lancs
Rd. 5 June 26th North East
Rd. 6 July 17th Preston
Rd. 7 August 7th Manchester
Rd. 8 August 28th Goldcoast
July 17 might get moved because they've moved the Redditch National to July 16/17.
There's also rumblings that people might want to move the Bradford one in case some riders want to go to the Birmingham regional on that date :idiot2:
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Don't forget your license too Mark ;)
First race 17th April
http://northregionbmx.co.uk/hello/index.php?option=com_gcalendar&view=google&Itemid=54
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you doing the preston series Mr Christian?? on os or new??
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nice one guys :daumenhoch:
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you doing the preston series Mr Christian?? on os or new??
Just edited my post Cotty as it showed only the Preston series on BCF site ???
New school me ,,,are you kidding
This is an ol' school site ;) :4_17_5:
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Preston date has been moved to June 5th, so dates are:
Rd. 1 - April 17th Leeds (Fearnville)
Rd. 2 - May 15th Bradford
Rd. 3 - May 29th Crewe
Rd. 4 - June 5th Preston
Rd. 5 - June 12th Mid lancs
Rd. 6 - June 26th North East
Rd. 7 - August 7th Manchester
Rd. 8 - August 28th Goldcoast
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4 meets with 1 week between them,can see this upsetting a few.....
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4 meets with 1 week between them,can see this upsetting a few.....
Possibly; I don't think there were many other options after the calendar got messed up so that a handful of riders could get to practice before a Euro meet :wtf:
As before 6 rounds needed for end of season trophy and official ranking.
5 rounds needed for Brits qualification.
If you miss rounds through injury [doctor's note needed] or working abroad etc then dispensation can be granted via application to the North region, at a cost of the normal race fee for your class.
There was a suggestion that 'day passes' could be used for non-BCF OS riders to race at the Show n Shine at Preston. This will be looked into.
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last date is on august bank holiday,a few may be away 4 that as well.....Hmmm
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4 meets with 1 week between them,can see this upsetting a few.....
4 meets with 1 week between them... then no meet for 5 weeks. I'm sure it's difficult to arrange the North Region calender but this seems absurd.
And wasn't one of the reason the Winter series was cancelled was so that the Summer series could start earlier and avoid fixture congestion?
Here's visual aid to show the distribution of races (1's being races, 0's non races) over the weekednd from start to finish of the series:
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Sorry to sound like a whinger - I think North Region do a great job and I know it must be really difficult for the comittee to juggle International, National and Regional races.
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I think you need to take in to account the whole of the race diary:
JANUARY 2011
9 Braintree (EA Winter Rd 4)
22-23 Kortrijk (Belgian indoor)
FEBRUARY
6 Dagenham (Pride of Essex Rd 1)
13 Norwich (EA Winter Rd 5)
20 Braintree (Pride of Essex Rd 2)
26-27 Caen (French Indoor)
MARCH
6 Bournemouth (Sth Rd 1)
13 Milton Keynes (EA Winter Rd 6)
20 Gosport (Sth Rd 2)
20 Bulwell (Mids Rd 1)
27
APRIL
2-3 Zolder-BELGIUM (UEC Rds 1&2)
3 Royston (EA Spring Classic)
3 Mansfield (Mids Rd 2)
8-9 Pietermaritzburg- RSA (UCI SX)
10 TBC (Sth Rd 3)
10 Decoy (SW Rd 1)
17 Leeds (Nth Rd 1)
17 Peterborough (EA Rd 1)(Mids Rd 3)
23-24 Compiegne Clairoix-France (UEC Rds 3&4)
24 Andover (Sth Rd 4)
24 Tiverton (SW Rd 2)
30-1(May) Peterborough (Nat Rds 1&2)
MAY
1
7-8 Bohnice, Prague-CZECH (UEC Rds 5&6)
8 Dagenham (Sth Rd 5)(EA Rd 2)
15 Bradford (Nth Rd 2)
15 Ipswich (EA Rd 2)
15 Burnham (SW Rd 3)
15 Birmingham (Mids Rd 4)
21-22 Dagenham (Nat Rds 3&4)
27-28 Papendal- Holland (UCI SX)
29 Hersden (Sth Rd 6)
29 Crewe (Nth Rd 3)
29 Milton Keynes (EA Rd 4)
29 Bideford (SW Rd 4)
JUNE
4-5 Winterthur-SWITZERLAND (UEC Rds 7&8 )
5 Duchy (SW Rd 5)
5 Nuneaton (Mids Rd 5)
12 Mid Lancs (Nth Rd 4)
12 Braintree (EA Rd 5)(Sth Rd 7)
18-19 Perry Park-ENGLAND (UEC Rds 9&10)
26 Brixton (Sth Rd 8 )
26 North East (Nth Rd 5)
26 Redditch (EA Rd 6)(Mids Rd 6)
26 Bristol (SW Rd 6)
JULY
2-3 Braintree (Nat Rds 5&6)
8-9-10 Haaksbergen-HOLLAND (UEC Rds 11&12 + Euro Champs)
10 Exeter (SW Rd 7)
10 Royston (EA Rd 7)
16-17 Redditch (Nat Rds 7&8 )
17 Hayes (Sth Rd 9)??
17 Preston (Nth Rd 6)??
17 Rotheram (Mids Rd 7)??
28-31 Copenhagen (World Champs)
31 Gosport (Sth Rd 10)
31 Cornwall (SW Rd 8 )
AUGUST
7 Manchester (Nth Rd 7)
7 Norwich (EA Rd 8 )
7 Derby (Mids Rd 8 )
13-14 Gosport (Nat Rds 9&10)
19-20 London (UCI SX)
21 Bath (SW Rd 9) tbc
28 Bournemouth (Sth Rd 11)
28 Goldcoast (Nth Rd 8 )
28 Peterborough (EA Rd 9)
28 Harworth (Mids Rd 9)
SEPTEMBER
3-4 Manchester (Nat Rds 11&12)
3-4 Valkenswaard-HOLLAND (UEC Rds 1&2)
11 TBC (Sth Rd 12)
11 Braintree (EA Rd 10)
16-17 Sarasota-USA (UCI SX)
18
24-25 Cheddar (British Champs)
30-1 Chula Vista-USA (UCI SX)
OCTOBER
2
8-9 Geneva-SWITZERLAND (UEC Rds3&4)
8-9 Paignton (SW Champs)
9 Milton Keynes (EA Champs)
16 Cyclo Park, Kent (Sth Champs)
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I say fook 'em . dont do the series .The whole series squeezed to accomodate a bunch of world class moto fillers. Its my opinion that the whole things sucks big bangers and I personally will be doing the bare minimum , just enough to keep my hand in . They ( BCF ) dont give a fook about the common man who just wants to go racing and have a laugh and a bit of banter , and race our old 20" bikes , its all too elitist with only a handfull of elite quality riders. :angrysoapbox: Im normally quite reserved but the whole thing is bugging me :shocked:
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I think you need to take in to account the whole of the race diary:
Agreed - the dates obviously have to be agreed from "top to bottom" so to speak - so that the internationals are set before nationals, and nationals before regionals etc. I'm certainly not suggesting that a North Region regional should take precedance over a UEC race.
Looking at that huge list of dates it looks like the South and Midlands summer series' start/started in March, I just wonder if it would have made sense to start the North reigion series in March too? There was no Winter series to clash with.
To reiterate, I think the North Region comittee do a great job of arranging the regional meets :daumenhoch:
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I say fook 'em . dont do the series .The whole series squeezed to accomodate a bunch of world class moto fillers. Its my opinion that the whole things sucks big bangers and I personally will be doing the bare minimum , just enough to keep my hand in . They ( BCF ) dont give a fook about the common man who just wants to go racing and have a laugh and a bit of banter , and race our old 20" bikes , its all too elitist with only a handfull of elite quality riders. :angrysoapbox: Im normally quite reserved but the whole thing is bugging me :shocked:
does this mean you are now a permanent o/s fixture :daumenhoch:
re dates: shame a few are so close together especially with fuel costs :2gunsfiring_v1: but im just lookin forward to taking my brain out in the sunshine, roll on summer :daumenhoch:
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just noticed, manchester will be a points bonanza for those not goin to MK
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just noticed, manchester will be a points bonanza for those not goin to MK
That'll be me then :)
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With there being so many races there`s always going to be clashes, you just need to choose which races are the most important to you :daumenhoch:
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just noticed, manchester will be a points bonanza for those not goin to MK
you should do well daz..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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imo they (north region committee) should have brought preston forward to either march 27th or april 3rd and got the summer series going early instead of having 3rds a week after each other :2gunsfiring_v1:
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:shocked: Thanks BCF you really know how to look after your NE members. The winter racing was non existent and now the SS is to be crammed in to selective summer months.
Why not start the series in Feb or March?
Nice one, thanks for financial thinking behind your decision. I'll be sending my 6 year old out on Monday to look for extra work. A pair of Clown Shoes are heading your way :daumenhoch:
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Is it time for a rebel organisation, anyone feeling the need to kick the system a little ?
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I say fook 'em . dont do the series .The whole series squeezed to accomodate a bunch of world class moto fillers. Its my opinion that the whole things sucks big bangers and I personally will be doing the bare minimum , just enough to keep my hand in . They ( BCF ) dont give a fook about the common man who just wants to go racing and have a laugh and a bit of banter , and race our old 20" bikes , its all too elitist with only a handfull of elite quality riders. :angrysoapbox: Im normally quite reserved but the whole thing is bugging me :shocked:
Yeah.. Go bof.
that is b*llocks if they have moved the Preston race to June. I've booked my hols around all the dates,. It was bad enough they moved the Reddich National but I presumed they would just move the Preston regional to that date. :2gunsfiring_v1: :2gunsfiring_v1:
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With there being so many races there`s always going to be clashes, you just need to choose which races are the most important to you :daumenhoch:
Yes we do that Bill. Then someone goes and changes all the fookin dates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I fear it is the season of discountent
http://www.outdoormegastore.co.uk/
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Im feeling a summer on the water coming on :coolsmiley:
Anyone want an OS race bike ;D
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Is it time for a rebel organisation, anyone feeling the need to kick the system a little ?
I woul dgo with that . :daumenhoch: I know its frowned upon but lets go and enjoy ourselves . Daz dont think I will race OS just pissed off with the way you guys have been treated in the last 2 years.
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them dates suck big time ,,,bit like diggler really
but god 4 races week afte week,,,,us north east lads will struggle with that
wat posseses them to arrange dates like that ,,,,fook all in july
like it has been said ,,,should dtart it a month earlier and spread em
rant over
love n peece
dawg
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5 regionals in 7 weeks with a National in the middle!!!! wtf
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If you have any concerns over the schedule, or anything else for that matter that's related to the North Region please email me on
james.tresman@hotmail.co.uk
This is far easier than me checking out multiple forums everyday and will hopefully lead to your queries being answered quicker.
It seems I'll have to draft a statement on the date switch as a few chaps over on Talk have issues with it too!
Please be patient with us as we are trying our best!
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Race scheduling
The Preston Regional date has been switched to June 5th due to the National Series rounds at Redditch themselves being moved due to the rescheduling of World Championship practice.
Preston informed the North Region Committee that they were only available to run an event on the 5th which means the calendar becomes even more congested but the club maintained that this date was the only viable one for them to be able to host.
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With having to buy a licence and the cost of fuel i'm wondering if its worth bothering... :-\
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With having to buy a licence and the cost of fuel i'm wondering if its worth bothering... :-\
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that's exactly what I was thinking marc. The end of may begining of June is gonna be a killer in fuel prices for us lot from north east :-\
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same thing for me , i understood i would have to travel to take part in the os but the ones next to each other i'll struggle with, looking at 2 or 3 rounds i'll be able to get to , may have to rethink things,
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sad really , that u cant turn up and just race as when it suits. Afterall old school is more for the fun than the seriousness and point collecting. must be hard for the organisers to set dates that most are happy with and all credit for you for all the effort you put in behind the sceanes coz it cant be easy. just reading this thread i getthe feeling numbers may not be as high during this summer as it could be. :'(
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Are there any club meets in the summer?
We have just proven that we can make a series out of club meets (weather being the only problem during winter months).
We could make a series up out of club races and therefore not need any licenses. The downpoint is not enough clubs have meets on a sunday (if at all i.e Hartlepool, Leeds etc, etc).
Or..........................
pay for a membership/license and race most of the regional meets and hopefully Preston has a club meet on a sunday that isn't in June and use that for the preston round.
Also........................
We dont have to follow the regionals or BC. If we need to we can just meet up at Hartlepool/Heywood/Leeds (both tracks) and someone can say go to start. If someone is filming then so long as the finish is covered then we should be able to figure out who finished where.
BTW. I like racing regionals. I enjoy the atmosphere and racing............................but OS is about the craic.............and the craic...............for us anyway is the OS riders.
The only other downside to making our own series using club meets or turn up at track days is it could devalue our series and people wont be arsed turning up but the cheaper fees might have the opposite effect.
Also BC will miss out on
2010 OS Summer (31 riders x Silver Membership cost) and £960+ in regional race day fees
2009 OS Summer (39 riders x Silver Membership cost) and £1208 in regional race day fees
2008 OS Summer (30 riders x Silver Membership cost) and £808 in regional race day fees
If everyone is just bothered about the Preston Date then we can arrange if for a club meet at preston, they must have one.
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FYI: Bradford will be having a full summer series as usual with Floodlights on Tuesday evenings. Old Skool/novice adult class at every race.
CLUB-Summer Series 2011 (provisional)
Tuesday 26/04/2011
Tuesday 17/05/2011
Tuesday 07/06/2011
Tuesday 28/06/2011
Tuesday 19/07/2011
Tuesday 09/08/2011
Tuesday 06/09/2011
Tuesday 27/09/2011
Tuesday 18/10/2011
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Preston Summer series is usally on a Tuesday night.
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9 rounds at Bradford then :daumenhoch: can do that ;D 7 out of 9 gets ya a tshirt :LolLolLolLol: ,,,
can't realy comment being a new addition to series, and i'm unsure if i've missed the point but, i think Moley has got a great point of view, can the series be run by the participants as per the winter series, tbh i don't give a shite about finishing somewhere on the bcf points table etc etc , what use is it to me, not going to the olympics to race old school ::)
i agree the regional races are great from what few i saw last year but i'm more interested in meeting up with like minded people who just appreciate the fact that were there to enjoy our old bikes and enjoy the day out , the regional dates as they are mean that for most of the rounds i won't be able to manage that, not all of us have unlimited budgets to use. :'(
at manc' all the fun of racing that i remember from bitd was amongst the old school, hand shakes at the end of the race, bit of banter, piss taking , what i recall racing was like, is'nt that the idea behind Old School, i personally am more than happy to race at club meetings/level as i know thats all i want to do, and more so, am capable of ;D .
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at manc' all the fun of racing that i remember from bitd was amongst the old school, hand shakes at the end of the race, bit of banter, piss taking , what i recall racing was like, is'nt that the idea behind Old School, i personally am more than happy to race at club meetings/level as i know thats all i want to do, and more so, am capable of ;D .
You were obviously doing it right then OT :daumenhoch:
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You could have gone to the North Open Meeting, or if you were unavailable, made sure there was someone from your club going who could represent your views. I was interested, so I went. My understanding is that once the Redditch national was moved, then the North region HAD to move the Preston regional, so no choice in the matter.
I think riders should do whatever suits them, official regionals and/or club races and whichever bike/class they want to. I'm in a different position to many of you as I've got a son who wants to race at the Brits so we'll be doing 5+ regionals whatever happens, and well both be doing the Brits. Only thing is, a summer OS series really needs to be agreed before the first summer regional. I personally couldn't afford to travel massive distances for club races on top of regionals, but I'd try my best to get to club races within striking distance, eg Manc, NE, Preston, Heywood.
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Preston Summer series is usally on a Tuesday night.
It looks like we are stuck with the regionals.
Regionals is best 6 of 8 so maybe we can make ours best 5 of 8 so people can get around the congested fixture list. by missing 1 or 2 out
That way people can still get a trophy if they do 6 out of 8 regionals but ours will be worked out slightly different. .
Just an idea................discuss!! :D
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At a struggle I'll be at these 4 and thats it :yahoo_silent:
Rd. 4 June 12th Mid lancs
Rd. 5 June 26th North East
Rd. 6 July 17th Preston
Rd. 8 August 28th Goldcoast
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I think a simple solution for Summer 2011 would be for the qualification for Brits and Trophies to be reduced to 5 out of 8 rounds, with the best 5 results to be used towards a final score.
For 2012 the series should start in late Feb!
I'll be emailing James (Rooster) with my suggestions too rather than just chucking 'em up on a forum.
After giving this some thought I personally don't think that setting up an OS series outside of the regionals is a good idea - this was discussed at length in a thread last year and I think that was also the general consensous. Remember - this scheduling problem affects ALL riders, not just OSers.
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At a struggle I'll be at these 4 and thats it :yahoo_silent:
Rd. 4 June 12th Mid lancs
Rd. 5 June 26th North East
Rd. 6 July 17th Preston
Rd. 8 August 28th Goldcoast
You'll be on your own at Preston then ;) That's the one they've moved to June 5th...
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At a struggle I'll be at these 4 and thats it :yahoo_silent:
Rd. 4 June 12th Mid lancs
Rd. 5 June 26th North East
Rd. 6 July 17th Preston
Rd. 8 August 28th Goldcoast
You'll be on your own at Preston then ;) That's the one they've moved to June 5th...
R! Thanks :daumenhoch:
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Yeah Yeah, what ever! Elbows ;D
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After giving this some thought I personally don't think that setting up an OS series outside of the regionals is a good idea - this was discussed at length in a thread last year and I think that was also the general consensous. Remember - this scheduling problem affects ALL riders, not just OSers.
Yep I prefer the regionals.
A shame about the 3 races in June..............especially as they are ones I'd want to race anyway.....Preston, Coppull and Hartlepool. 3 good ones. Might be good for a few points if you make all 3.......coz a few wont be able to make em all.
I wont make Preston or Coppull due to being in the Isle of Man for the TT (from 3rd June till 12th June)!! >:(
At least I can make Hartlepool which is always the best craic :)
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...Isle of Man from 3rd June till 12th June!!
Moley - I think the correct spelling is I LOVE MAN.
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I'm sure it will a good outing :)
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Is it just the april race you dont have to have a bc license?
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yeah john just the first race :daumenhoch:
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...Isle of Man from 3rd June till 12th June!!
Moley - I think the correct spelling is I LOVE MAN.
You big homo!!! :D
yeah john just the first race :daumenhoch:
I think you've just found the reason why Preston aint been shifted to the start of the season. :LolLolLolLol:
................so we can't have another race without a license!! ::)