MNZ board nominations

[Ronin]

So yes a person took it upon himself to see what he could do about that and got three rounds at Vic club meetings during their winter series something the NZSRA exec or membership seemed to be incapable of doing

The NZSRA had plenty of time before the events to tell the club they wouldn't support them if they didn't want to do them

The then (I think) president refused point blank to even discuss the invite to the VMCC series. But then showed up to race.

[scracha]

R.i.p. Mnz

[Kickaha]

R.i.p. Mnz

You're dreaming, like it or loathe it, that's all we have

[jellywrestler]

What does Mo Haley think of the whole Sidecar thing.
84 years old, been doing chairs since the fifties and there are still machines of his on the track racing
Life Member of the NEW ZEALAND SIDECAR RACING ASSOCIATION
He must have got the latest newsletters and given his thoughts to someone?????

[sugilite:Me]

Thank goodness the pollies have bought back the biff to KB! The stifiling onset of political correctness was making the site bring there for a while. There is gold to be mined in this thread for sure.

Just a comment on a post from yesterday regarding a national road race series direction poll only being open only to nat competitors. I feel this is akin to preaching to the converted. Club race numbers are absolutely booming and the pits are packed, the nats, well yeah, hmm. So why is there currently such a small conversion rate from clubmans to national level racing? Well, obviously the recession and many other factors are coming into play. I believe you will get more useful info out of asking the club racers for their opinions and reasons as to why they do not compete in the nats, get that info and go from there.

There is so much of a squeeze on entertainment $$, especially with the recession blah, blah. I have supported and helped my wife with her market stalls for many, many years, as a result I've attended a mind numbing amount of entertainment events over all sorts of disables, sports and hobbies etc and witnessed a fair few well run events, and seen what "works". After going to the nats at Manfield, it's not hard to see why the spectator numbers are best described as modest, thats because the event needs to appeal to a broader cross section of people, like FAMILIES and partners of racing enthusiasts, and I'm not just talking about putting on a bouncy castle and a coffee tent! Getting other interesting clubs to put on demonstrations of what they do, like medieval jousting, they create massive interest where ever I've seen them, and I believe they often don't charge for doing it either. People just love watching other people smash each other over!
Even a an idea of getting a local Holden and Ford V8 racing teams to set up a display and play on the ford vs holden grudge race at lunch may have merit. Put on a good enough event and attract market stalls, women and kids love that stuff, and it's as a stall holder not unusual to pay $100 to $130 per day for a 3x3 meter stall and have 150++ stalls turn up, manfields definitely got the room and the club rakes in an extra $30,000 + in extra revenue while adding entertainment value. I know one particular organizer of such events (not personal friend or anything!), born to do the job, and I "think" she works for peanuts compared to most professional organizers. Usually I don't bother posting ideas like this in KB, but since movers and shakers are contributing, I thought I'd give it a go

[racer40]

To answer a couple of questions from awhile ago:
Do we need a licence increase? NO .
I dont really think there needs to be much change in the club racing scene as there are plenty of events and plenty of competitors attending them.
I agree the SI guys have been great at getting young riders into the sport. There have been some up North, including Avalon Biddle and Daniel Mettam, who learnt their trade in Buckets. I personally have been inviting young MX riders to have a go on my bucket, a couple have and enjoyed it but they enjoy the MX as well and cant do both.
I too have worked with Jim in the past setting up Yamaha promotional tents at events with no problems. However things turned to custard when I couldnt do all the National rounds.
Chris

[jellywrestler]

custard

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Custard...

[Ronin]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Custard...

Custard Wrestling?

[jellywrestler]

Custard Wrestling?

What time and what do I wear?

[scrivy]

What time and what do I wear?

This is you to a tee!

[Ronin]

What time and what do I wear?

I'll check with Dee. She's in charge of the camera.

[jellywrestler]

This is you to a tee!

mate I was ten years ahead of him with that one, made do with the Y fronts I was wearing on the day thanks

[CHOPPA]

Thank goodness the pollies have bought back the biff to KB! The stifiling onset of political correctness was making the site bring there for a while. There is gold to be mined in this thread for sure.

Just a comment on a post from yesterday regarding a national road race series direction poll only being open only to nat competitors. I feel this is akin to preaching to the converted. Club race numbers are absolutely booming and the pits are packed, the nats, well yeah, hmm. So why is there currently such a small conversion rate from clubmans to national level racing? Well, obviously the recession and many other factors are coming into play. I believe you will get more useful info out of asking the club racers for their opinions and reasons as to why they do not compete in the nats, get that info and go from there.

There is so much of a squeeze on entertainment $$, especially with the recession blah, blah. I have supported and helped my wife with her market stalls for many, many years, as a result I've attended a mind numbing amount of entertainment events over all sorts of disables, sports and hobbies etc and witnessed a fair few well run events, and seen what "works". After going to the nats at Manfield, it's not hard to see why the spectator numbers are best described as modest, thats because the event needs to appeal to a broader cross section of people, like FAMILIES and partners of racing enthusiasts, and I'm not just talking about putting on a bouncy castle and a coffee tent! Getting other interesting clubs to put on demonstrations of what they do, like medieval jousting, they create massive interest where ever I've seen them, and I believe they often don't charge for doing it either. People just love watching other people smash each other over!
Even a an idea of getting a local Holden and Ford V8 racing teams to set up a display and play on the ford vs holden grudge race at lunch may have merit. Put on a good enough event and attract market stalls, women and kids love that stuff, and it's as a stall holder not unusual to pay $100 to $130 per day for a 3x3 meter stall and have 150++ stalls turn up, manfields definitely got the room and the club rakes in an extra $30,000 + in extra revenue while adding entertainment value. I know one particular organizer of such events (not personal friend or anything!), born to do the job, and I "think" she works for peanuts compared to most professional organizers. Usually I don't bother posting ideas like this in KB, but since movers and shakers are contributing, I thought I'd give it a go

Those are some good ideas! There needs to be some thinking outside the square. A DJ and a freestyle rider to entertain while the pick up truck goes out or the ambo goes out or something..

THe reason why most club races dont do the nats is cause theres only a handful of people capable of getting around the track in 115% of Andrews time. Tell him to slow down

[CHOPPA]

The grass is always greener....

http://thomasr.org/blog/2011/04/fixi...-in-australia/

[jellywrestler]

THe reason why most club races dont do the nats is cause theres only a handful of people capable of getting around the track in 115% of Andrews time. Tell him to slow down

that's pretty well on the money, most don't want to get out of their comfort zone.
I rocked up to levels for the nats, talked to a local who was pretty quick in the winter races who said he was the man when he was in the top three, wasn't interested in his mates seeing him 10th or similar so didn't even bother.
Reality is Mr Choppa, even if there were two rounds for the nationals what other superbikes would be out there compared with the five rounds???
I can think of sweet FA, Tony Rees maybe, he's happy with doing the odd meeting but who else?
And if it were two rounds who would bother (individual or importer) building up a bike for that?