Championship rounds

[Webmaster]

Hi all,

I've got a draft race calendar here (yes, finally) that reflects us racing every week - http://hinckleyrccc.co.uk/index.php?page=datesdraft

I've split the championship in half but to be honest, I think it could go either way. A long one or two short ones and they're, of course, vulnerable to the weather too.

In short, do we want one 9 round, championship and an 8 round championship or one long 17 round championship? We could probably stick some non-scoring meetings for fun in the latter?

What d'you think?

[Eddystone]

Personally I think stick with one long championship. Most people will be missing a number of rounds over the season due to holidays / weddings / etc etc and there's also the likelihood of meetings being cancelled due to poor weather. One long season gives more flexibility. Then there's also the benefit of not wasting club funds doubling up on the cost of tacky trophies by artificially splitting the season. I'm not sure I can see a good reason to split the season - but that's just my view. What do others think?

[Fludey]

So 17 in total how about drop worse 5 rounds so 12 to count?

As said above I know I will miss 2 through holiday and 1 for a wedding and another for Great North Charity Bike Ride.

So rather than specific fun days just have 5 rounds not to count be it a bad week or a missed week, that way makes it more flexible for everyone to meet the requirement for a championship of 12 out of 17 rounds.

[OMarston]

Run 17 rounds and I agree with Paul make 12 to count.

[Wacker1]

1 Summer Buggy Championship consisting of 17 Rounds, with your best 12 to Count, definately sounds like the best bet to me!

I will be there this Saturday(19th May) - really looking forward to it already!

[wackyracer]

I think we shud run same dates n have 8 rounds to count to be fair cause already not had gd start cause off how many meetins got cancelled ?

[Webmaster]

I think we shud run same dates n have 8 rounds to count to be fair cause already not had gd start cause off how many meetins got cancelled ?

It's already been taken into account. If we'd ran the 3 that we'd cancelled, it'd be 20 rounds.

[Webmaster]

Seems that the general consensus is that we do 17 rounds with 12 to count so I've updated the dates page.
Sorry for the delay - exams and coursework have kept me busy

The championship will be updated with the next load of results. I'm back in Leicestershire so I'll be able to collect the results this Saturday.