Working Parties 2010

The main reason for creating this blog was to let everyone know how we as a club are getting on with the MX track for the 2010 season.

While we are not running a Maxxis (ie a British Solo MX championship round), we are still running a full programme of events (SEMX, enduros, XC's, etc) that will need a maintained and improved mx track (see our dates list). Thus we are (as usual) going to have several working parties in the run up to the first MX of the year, on the 28th March (which we are going to make into something a bit special).

As we are a volunteer motorcycle club, everyone (members or not, old or young, etc) mucks in to help in what way they can (and more help is always welcome). We will be up the track every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) from the end of January until the meeting. The dates are as follows;

SATURDAY 30th January and SUNDAY 31st January
SATURDAY 6th February and SUNDAY 7th February
SATURDAY 13th February and SUNDAY 14th February
SATURDAY 20th February and SUNDAY 21st February
SATURDAY 27th February and SUNDAY 28th February
SATURDAY 6th March and SUNDAY 7th March
SATURDAY 13th March and SUNDAY 14th March
SATURDAY 20th March and SUNDAY 21st March
SATURDAY 27th March and SUNDAY 28th March (the BIG day itself!)
MONDAY 9th March – clearing up day (and we really need more people for this day)

We do look after you at the working parties, there is copious tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Most days we have our chef at lunch times supplying us with hot Cornish pasties and cakes. We also have a tea urn, oven and microwave for other culinary needs (eg cup a soup, pot noddle, etc).

Update - Here is a brief sketch plan of what track changes we are intending to do (subject to changes and workers of course).

Above : Sketch on a Bing Maps "Birds Eye" view of the track.

The line in red the finish area as it was during the later half of 2009. The bottom left line of green is how are going to change to approach to the "orchard" tunnel which we find very one liney. The bit above the "orchard" tunnel is a turn left into "Eastwood" (instead of the 2009 turn right into "Derek's Dive"). The photo doesn't show last winter's changes in "Eastwood" (which brought the loop lower and away from the woods). After this we intend to turn right and enter "Derek's Dive". Following the track around as before, through "Madden's Hole" and up the washboard, the intention is to now bear right into "Claggy Maggy" (by the water tanks) instead of carrying straight on into "Eastwood".

Obviously this is a a different change and we hope that it will give everyone something different as well as trying to do away with some of the one line corners we suffer from. We even hope to "save" (ie reduce) a marshal point.

See you there!