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What a top idea Fards!!!!
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Originally posted by fards fards wrote:

aldersley (wolverhampton) is going as a "trust" so hopefully at a more sensible pricing structure..

surface is still very good and one of the faster outdoor velodromes, also opens up options for double header weekend option with stourport or shrewsbury.
Doh! I was hoping to present this as a nice surprise when next year's calendar came out!
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Originally posted by Andrew S Andrew S wrote:


Originally posted by fards fards wrote:

aldersley (wolverhampton) is going as a "trust" so hopefully at a more sensible pricing structure..

surface is still very good and one of the faster outdoor velodromes, also opens up options for double header weekend option with stourport or shrewsbury.
Doh! I was hoping to present this as a nice surprise when next year's calendar came out!


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Oh, Shrewsburee-eeeee, Oh Shrewsbury, we love you.... Hug




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That sounds like a good weekend to me! Thumbs Up

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Originally posted by graydog graydog wrote:


From a norfies point of view the race calander tends to be quite south east centric.

I wonder if we held more
Races north would we attract more rider up there and so more
Members?
 
A fair question, and one I asked myself pretty much annually during my tenure as CompSec.  Looking at it in plain geography, yes, the density of races in the south-east is greater than in the rest of the island.  If you were to measure it by races per head of population or BHPC membership you would get a different picture.  Attendance numbers tell us that the most popular races (with the exception of Hog Hill) are those closer to That London.
 
That said, I always believed that there was a strong case for keeping a good geographical spread of races.  Venturing to Rhyl may not have attracted a big total attendance, but it did entice one or two brand-new racers, and an old friend who we haven't seen for several years.  Getting someone into their first race is the biggest hurdle, so a result like that potentially pulls in a couple of additional regular racers. 
 
I always felt in a bit of a quandary over the lack of races in Scotland, Wales, East Anglia and the South West (as a native of Devon, no, Wiltshire doesn't count).  Being the British Human Power Club I felt we should have races in all those regions, but also knew that attendance in at least some - Scotland and the South West, anyway - would probably be very low.  I'm glad I was saved from feeling too guilty, because, as far as I could find, those regions lack suitable venues.


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Should a 24 hour be considered it should be on a circuit where it was possible to keep the speed up in an attempt to encourage riders to obtain a high distance covered in 24 hours.  It might also attrack some European riders too.
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Nice idea....
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I'm not dismissing a 24 hour race - but if it is a points race then it would have to be individual - I suspect that would only appeal to a small number of people.
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Points or otherwise, we would need some reliable way of timing a 24 hour race, I doubt anyone would want to sit for 24 hours with a stopwatch. Also I don't think using the homebrew timing system in it's current state would be a good idea when half the riders don't have times because the tags had died at some point in the race. I belive fowlmead have an AMB system we could use if we did it there. If we were to use coltishall or another track then we would need to figure out some way of timing it.



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