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ChrisH
Committee Joined: 22 August 2009 Location: South norfolk Status: Offline Points: 726 |
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Posted: 16 January 2017 at 7:18pm |
Alas Curborough have had to cancel our BHPC race booking for Sun 24th Sept. We have been superseded by the Austin Martin Club who will be using the sprint circuit on that day. But fear not, the BPCC Pedal Car Racing will still be there on Sat 23rd Sept (and I sure that any BHPC member who can strip the engine out of their Austin Martin, replace it with a chainset, and slip under the radar to get some Curborough track time on the 24th would be a strong candidate for the 2017 Home Builders award...). Instead we now have Stourport booked for Sun 1st Oct. |
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ChrisH
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At the last AGM we agreed to put Derby Velodrome into the race calendar as a 13th points-scoring event. As yet we haven't got a date firmed up for Derby as securing a suitable timeslot is proving to be challenging. Due to the high demand, about once every three months Derby Velodrome now circulate list vacant slots (to previous velodrome hirers) (e.g a list gets sent out in Feb for vacancies in March-May etc). Once the timetable is released, they only take requests for slots via email and then allocate them on a first come first served basis. For the past two booking request rounds (sent out in Nov and Feb) I've put in requests but been beaten to the post. In the Feb round, my email request went in within 60 mins of the vacancy list being distributed and still didn't get it. Unless we want a 7-9am slot on a weekday, the chances of getting one of the limited availability 3 hr weekend slots (during the day) will be slim. But I will keep trying. In the meantime, I will take a punt at securing a slot in one of the other indoor velodromes, subject to their availability/affordability/amenability Watch this space
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ChrisH
Committee Joined: 22 August 2009 Location: South norfolk Status: Offline Points: 726 |
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I've got the laptop, Andrews got the TimeLord race-tag kit. Does anyone know who has the rest of the race kit (flags, bells etc) stashed in their garage? Thanks CHris |
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HeatherF
Committee Joined: 06 October 2005 Location: East Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
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We have the stop watches. I think Slash has the rest of the kit.
Heather
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AlanGoodman
Admin Group Club Chairman Joined: 04 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7809 |
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Are we going to use the stopwatches this season or have we now reached a point where we are able to rely on electrickery and wizardiness??
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atlas_shrugged
BHPC Member Joined: 03 November 2014 Location: Cambs Status: Offline Points: 1003 |
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Did Andrew not make the point he wanted a camera to act as a backup? This sounds like a good plan to me. Not that I have a bitter experience with 'puters or anything.
Possibly related or not. Does anyone know anything about video recognition of QR bar codes flying by? This would be an area of expertise of DHL or Parcel Force. Second question is does anyone have experience of using RF tags for Geofencing of bikes. Cambridge has a new wonderous multistory bike park and there is a perfect market for stopping the light fingered gentlemen. |
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AlanGoodman
Admin Group Club Chairman Joined: 04 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7809 |
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Didn't somebody (Neil Hood maybe?) offer to donate a video camera?
It may well be in the AGM minutes... |
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tincanracer
BHPC Member Joined: 11 May 2009 Status: Offline Points: 287 |
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I thought we could only use the electrickery where there was a power supply for the laptop. That means we will still need to use stopwatches for Redbridge, unless someone has a very long extension lead!
Could we bring to stopwatches along anyway so that people (OK Ludites like me) can still use them if we bring a timimg person along, and my mate feels redundant if he doesn't have something to do. As he is a qualified first aider I am trying to encourage him along as much as possible this year. Stuart |
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HeatherF
Committee Joined: 06 October 2005 Location: East Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
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Absolutely correct. If there is no power at a track and they don't have a generator we are stuck with stop watches. If anyone has a generator they are willing to bring along to such tracks, then that would be useful.
We should definitely take the stop watches to as many events as we can just in case! Note: we could use the timing system at Redbridge if we use the top track and the hill!! |
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tincanracer
BHPC Member Joined: 11 May 2009 Status: Offline Points: 287 |
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Thanks Heather,
I'm all for using the hill at Redbridge, paradoxically its a great leveller! Stuart |
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