2007 Dates

HeatherF wrote: Don't forget to ask about cost!! Income and outgoings etc. Just to note that Hillingdon had 45 racers and cost £95; Newport had 14 racers and cost £300 Heather

We (BPCC) were quoted £150 all in for Wombwell (use of buildings, water, power and toilets included), two years ago. And told by the track secretary that she'd "like to see it in use every weekend" because it's there and it's a shame to have it stood doing nothing when it can't be noisy.

That was based on all-day use, i.e. 6 hours of race with access for a couple of hours either side for arrival and departure stuff. So the cost for a couple of 40-60 minute races might be negotiable (downwards!). Or it might not!

None of which makes the blindest difference if your desired date isn't available or "just north of Sheffield" is deemed to be too far away from too many people to be worth a try. But from inspection it looks like a lovely circuit.

McDee wrote:     How about the Quennevais sports centre track ?

In an attempt to find an track plan / aerial photo, I went looking for the postcode of the track. I found this address on the gov.je site:

Education, Sport and Culture
PO Box 142
Highlands Campus
Jersey
JE4 8QJ

(Admittedly, not the venue, but it's a start)

Put that postcode into google maps and it has no idea.

Put it into multimap and you get a location about 50 miles west of the Scilly Isles.

So it might get declared a wet race...

More amusingly, although multimap will happily assure you that that's the location you're looking for, ask it for direections (from anywhere) and it tells you it can't navigate to your chosen destination.

Looks nice!

Finally found it - search maps.google.co.uk for "Les Quennevais, St Brelade, Jersey"

Handy for the airport...

Edited by antony - 25 May 2007 at 9:40am

There will be a last race though whether at Herne Hill or Hillingdon or on the river at Henley, is yet to be sorted. Cost might have a part to play here.

Mine too!