| Folks,
Dont worry I have caught any haymakers yet and am still feeling rather perky.
I have to agree with the comments that Dickie, TP, Flanks, etc have put up, in that I put this thread up to assess interest before the real hard work starts.
From what I have seen on the message board and the responses that have come direct to me, we have a general level of interest that would tend to suggest that this one will be a goer.
I am mindfull of Skids and The Old Man's comments about not making it complusory (Say best 6 out of 7 rounds to count or whatever) and the necessity that we have the rules and proposed schedule out before the Brands Hatch round. Accordingly the ground work has to be done now for next year.
I have heard back from the race organiser and will be speaking with them in the next couple of days to ensure that it is something that can happen (insurance, Club membership, etc) before we really get stuck into things.
I would re-iterate that I am mindfull of costs and would look to ensure that the event is going to be ecenomically viable for everyone. The other thing is that people will have at least 6 months warning on this, to enable them to save up to do it. Also where we are looking at is a damn site closer to England than Italy (estimate is 4.5 hours driving from Calais), I just checked and London to Knockhill comes up at over 8 hours!.
I realise that there are a lot of ifs and buts at the moment; however I see it as an opportunity to experience something different through the Club, being expansive rather than inward looking, growing rather than shrinking what we do. Subject to more information there will be a lot for general members to do than just watch a DD race.  |