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Events => Old School Series Racing => Topic started by: baldbmxer on August 13, 2010, 10:08 PM
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I heard there wasnt a winter regional series, but will there be an OS series around the races that the clubs are holding?
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no winter regionals jj ????
wat ya supposed to do all winter
go to midlands ,,probs closer
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come to scotland. we will be having a winter series
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The rumour is there's no winter series in the north but whether the clubs do an os meeting when they have their meetings is a diffrent matter ???
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We could cobble together a series from the club races that will be going on. If we race with non-OSers we can always tally results based on where we finish compared to the other OS riders.
Bradford already put OS with 17+ novices, which often ends up as just OS on our own :daumenhoch:
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As russ said if nothing materializes then us lads from the north east wil be heading to the midlands for a roll around during the winter
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I was told that it is Preston who have started this because they have afew races and club days of there own. They have suggestednot to run a winter series because of the sometimes overall low turn outs. Last year was abit up and down because of the weather. Lytham cancelled, manchester cancelled then held the week after etc
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Dont fret!!
If there is no Regional Winter Series then we'll make our own!!
Any club that holds a club race meet so we get use of gate, start and finish bods etc, etc will be eligible for an OS round.
We could even venture in the Midlands and across the border if peeps want to do that.
Hartlepool (if I'm correct) does not have club meets on a Sunday but if we can persuade them to have a race meet on a Sunday before the Summer Regional and National Series and get a good OS turnout and advertise it a bit then they might be persuaded to run one. We can then have this as our traditional end of series meet at Hartlepool (like the last 5 out of 6 Winter and Summer series).
We'll wait for the announcements and then find out about the club meets. I suggest a 5 or 6 race series because it will be a shorter winter series due to the North Region Championships being held in October and we could have a short mid winter break to hopefully avoid most of the shitty weather!!
I think this is the best way to do it. With the amount of injuries, I think a properly staffed meet with gates and officials is the way to go.............Plus Smoothy would jump the start if we had no gate and just staffed it ourselves!!! :D
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Worse case:
We can always just meet up at a track and have a sesh, racing is good but skills are honed during these types of meets cos you encourage each other to do stuff.
We can always race too, we dont need a gate and marshalling to have the O/S craic :4_17_5:
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Worse case:
We can always just meet up at a track and have a sesh, racing is good but skills are honed during these types of meets cos you encourage each other to do stuff.
We can always race too, we dont need a gate and marshalling to have the O/S craic :4_17_5:
Wise words from the Dungeon Master!! :daumenhoch:
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I think 4 rounds would be better, let folks know dates as early as
poss and have 4 well attended races rather than 6 not as well attended :daumenhoch:
For me...........Coppul, Lythum, Preston, Leeds (not the one you are at tomz the other)
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Worse case:
We can always just meet up at a track and have a berm, racing is good but berming skills are honed during these types of meets cos you encourage each other to do stuff.
We can always race too, we dont need a gate and marshalling to have the O/S craic :4_17_5:
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We need burgers and medics though...
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BBQ and neurofen cover that :daumenhoch:
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We need burgers and medics though...
BBQ and neurofen cover that :daumenhoch:
Sounds good to me .. :daumenhoch:
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i would be happy doin the odd club race,and as diggler suggests a few meet ups at different tracks
I already go to Yeadon every couple of weeks,and ive seen Diggler lurking around there as well :D
So thats settled it Yeadon every 2 weeks :daumenhoch:
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if it goes this way then lytham coppull preston are a canny hike as hartlepool would be but of the choice given, coppull, yeadon (deffo yeadon as the last meet there was mental :daumenhoch:) n preston sound cool n what about one of the more central midlands tracks for a change?
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Aye, sounds like there are plenty of options with even the north midlands tracks near the A1 or M1 being easy to get to :daumenhoch:
I don't think Yeadon (Leeds) is having meets for a while due to a moaning minnie nearby - despite the track being established there nearly 30 years.
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Preston is a good track but should be boycotted IF they are to blame for ending the winter series >:(
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I will go anywhere for a play on the bike once the body lets me......
:)
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You are correct - there will be no winter series in the North region.
The reason I was given, which makes sense to me is that the summer season doesn't finish until after the Club Champs in October and next years summer season will have to start in March to fit everything in.
The North Region have said to me that they can't fit a regional in at all of the clubs in the available time, when you also take into account club racing expected at some of the clubs.
But fear not my OS chums!
A few clubs, including CGR, are thinking about getting together and running an inter club winter series. I reckon we could be talking about 6 races in total but all of that needs to finalised.
If this comes off, and I really think it will, the OS crew will always be welcome. You boys will probably be our biggest revenue stream!!
I reckon the clubs thinking about doing this probably need a few weeks to get the plans drawn up and with a few big races still to come this year you may not see any comms until after the Brits. But something is sure to come out and I fully expect to see some sort of Club run winter series this winter in the North.
So keep your eyes and ears open.
Dex
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::) :daumenhoch:
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I won't be able to commit to doing a full series at this point but I'm definitely up for some racing over the winter. One or two of the longer distance treks might not be feasible. Also, a few proposed dates would be really useful asap as my diary for next year is already filling up with gigs.
Whatever happens, I'll be up for a few sessions at Yeadon/Bradford/Fearnville and maybe the odd roadtrip to H'pool/Heywood, just keep in touch dudes :daumenhoch:
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We'll sort summat out!! :daumenhoch:
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It's disapointing that there is no winter series. I agree that fitting in 8 races is probably a bit tight but I always thought the winter series should be only 5 or 6 races anyway. But I guess that would mean 2 or 3 clubs loosing out on revenue (although by not having a winter series at all aren't all clubs loosing out on revenue?).
However, I'm also keen join in a cobbled together series of OS races (be it at club meets or whatever) and race at inter-club meets. So long as we co-ordinate ourselves via RAD we can maximise the turnout at these chosen events.
I suggest we vote for somekind of "Northern Old Skool Racing Chairman" to facilitate this fairly.
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in the meantime, should we class this 17th October North Club Champs Preston (TBC) as the first race of whatever likkle winter series we come up with? and if mr mole updates his ossracing site we (he, coz he's super sexy n awesome and keeps us dudes rolling) can keep tabs on scores n shit innit?
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I'm gonna find out and see if the North Region Champs is open to all OS'ers and not just BC Members.
The winter series of OS should be open to anyone who wants to race!! :daumenhoch:
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doesnt the summer membership cover us for this anyway as the theivin gypsy c*nts take wor spondoolies n blank us at the brits
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Aye but there are a few that didn't get BCF licenses that might be up for it (or could be persuaded :knuppel2:)
Now that BCF have almost entirely stopped supporting BMX I feel properly robbed, as that was the only good thought; that my money was helping the sport generally :dick turpin smiley:
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Aye but there are a few that didn't get BCF licenses that might be up for it (or could be persuaded :knuppel2:)
Steve Stunts is planning a winter series (licence free) comeback.
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in the meantime, should we class this 17th October North Club Champs Preston (TBC) as the first race of whatever likkle winter series we come up with? and if mr mole updates his ossracing site we (he, coz he's super sexy n awesome and keeps us dudes rolling) can keep tabs on scores n shit innit?
I agree - so long as it's open to non-BC members. I think the winter series is a good way of getting newbies to "try before they buy".
I might be worth deciding how many rounds we are going to have in the OS Winter Series - that way it'll give us something to pin the chosen races to.
I suggest a format of 6 rounds, with the 4 best results being used to calculate final standings. I think a 6/4 format will be enough to keep us ticking over until next summer but shouldn't be too demanding on the commitment front. Perhaps one race in October, December, January, February and two in November? I believe the (BC) summer series is due to start a little earlier than usual, in March.
How does this sound??
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As a rough idea it seems fair James. I guess we'll have to see how many club races there are going to be, and when they all are.
Going back to Nohj's point earlier, I'd be interested to know how much this was a democratic decision for the good of all the region, and not just 1 or 2 of the bigger clubs making the decisions ???
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All of the clubs voted on it. They have to by law. So blaming one person or one club is just wrong.
Its run by a committee so every club has a vote!!
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All of the clubs voted on it. They have to by law. So blaming one person or one club is just wrong.
Its run by a committee so every club has a vote!!
Fair enough, no complaints from me then. I'm sure squeezing a full winter series in a short off-season was a big consideration.
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Just to clarify my earlier remarks which I heard on the grape vine afew weeks ago. I have since heard from the same person that it is just down to a very busy/tight calender with nationals etc. Apparently it would have meant races every other week or something similar.
I thought the world rotated around the old skool northern region but apparently there is life beyond :crazy2:
Apologies if I made out other clubs etc to be the bad guys :daumenhoch:
On another note, Leeds said that they should be able to run a club race thing at Yeadon or Fearnville if it was all done properly. We should get some clubs/dates booked soon as really :smiley6600:
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I thought the world rotated around the old skool northern region but apparently there is life beyond :crazy2:
Thats true, its on wikipedia!!
I dont think there's any bad guys. I think the North Region Champs is an extra race (Champs last year was doubled up with Rnd 8 of the SS).
Having 8 races squished up when some people are hard up along with (some) clubs winter race meets which are revenue building for that club etc, etc, something had to give. The finish line ladies said that there were talks about having a smaller winter series but that was squashed because it wouldn't be fair on any that didn't have a regional.
If Barnard Castle new BMX Track is long enough for a regional then that would be another track to join the series.
I think we need more Tracks in the North North North West of England!! One at Kendal, Ulverston and Barrow would be okay!!! :)
On another note, Leeds said that they should be able to run a club race thing at Yeadon or Fearnville if it was all done properly. We should get some clubs/dates booked soon as really :smiley6600:
Yeadon!!! I haven't raced there yet!! :daumenhoch: