2011 Northern Inland Pony Express Dates

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November 24, 2010 at 3:59 am #99201

Roy
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Hello All

Thought I might post these up for anyone interested in a race next year. It is a 7 round pony express series. Dates are:

Uralla 3/04/2011

Bike Territory 15/05/2011 (near Narrabri)

Coolatai 26/06/2011

Narrabri 31/07/2011

Moree 28/08/2011

Inverell 18/09/2011

Upper Horton 22/10/2011

It is a 4 hour race classes are

A Grade (2 riders/2 bikes)
B Grade (2 riders/2 bikes)
C Grade (2 rider/2 bikes)
Over 35’s (1 rider/1 bike/ 2 hours)
Over 45’s (1 rider/1 bike/ 2 hours)
Ladies (1 rider/1 bike/ 1.5 hours)
Iron man (1 rider/1 bike/ 4 hours)

All the tracks are great. Everyone has a great time and the series has a great social aspect as well (ie everyone knows and helps each other). Riders of all abilities can and do come and ride. If you’re even half interested then you will fit in. Come and give it a crack. Haven’t met anyone who hasn’t come back for a second go yet. (Have you been back after your stack on the very first corner Boony)?

November 24, 2010 at 4:10 am #191289

Mick D
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Hey Bundy, do they do a junior series??

November 24, 2010 at 4:19 am #191303

Roy
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Not at the moment Mick. We had a crack at it a couple of years ago and nobody showed so it was canned. It’s a bit of a pain as the juniors can’t ride at the same time as the seniors unless you have a second track just for them. Of course this means more work and volunteers are required. Unfortunately volunteers are not in great supply as I’m sure you are aware. Last time we did it we ran Juniors on Saturday ans Seniors Sunday to overcome the volunteer problem. Not sure if this contributed to the lack of numbers though.

I’ve been getting the feeling lately that there is a bit of a swing for juniors to be interested in leaving the MX track (ie do both MX and enduro) so have been half thinking of giving it another go but until some others with juniors start knocking on my door or putting their hands up I don’t think it will happen.

November 24, 2010 at 4:20 am #191304

Greg
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micknmeld wrote:

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Hey Bundy, do they do a junior series??

Why Mick are the girls kicking your arse still :laugh:

November 24, 2010 at 4:43 am #191309

Mick D
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Trailboss wrote:

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micknmeld wrote:

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Hey Bundy, do they do a junior series??

Why Mick are the girls kicking your arse still :laugh:

Yes Gregory, there are some really fast girls out there at the moment.

November 24, 2010 at 5:59 am #191310

Bruce Curtis
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Correction Michael, there has always been some really fast women in Narribri, Inverell & Glenn… hang oh we’re talking about bikes aren’t we????

November 24, 2010 at 11:36 am #191290

Aaron Wilde
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Gday Roy hey is Moree club running the Coolatai round any info. What is the go with the Tamworth club why have they given up on the series? What ever happened to Goanna tracks? Or have they not got over their development application woes yet?

November 24, 2010 at 7:38 pm #191291

Roy
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Tamworth club has no manpower to run a race. Thought about approaching Goanna Tracks directly to see if they would be interested in organising a round if they got the cash themselves but Moree had offered to run the Coolatai round last year so I thought I may as well support the clubs that are already putting in the effort. I don’t know anything about Coolatai so I hope it is good.

November 24, 2010 at 10:10 pm #191292

Jarrod Lucia
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Hey Bundy,

Do you need to be a member of the club or can you just turn up ? or do you need to be a member of any club ?

Also costs (need to work the budget out for next year and get it past my lovely wife).

Cheers,

Sneezy

November 24, 2010 at 10:14 pm #191293

simon burke
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Hey sneezy….they let me ride in em…and if the let me….well…you know the rest. :laugh:

They join you up to a club at your first one.

they are good fun :cheer:

i know this question was directed to Roy…sorry 4 butting in

Bol :woohoo:

November 24, 2010 at 10:18 pm #191294

Jarrod Lucia
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woo hoo thanks Bol

Been wanting to try one,

Thinking of doing Ironman though 4 hours 1 bike sounds like nice punishment

Although they do have a over 35’s for 2 hours maybe walk before I run

November 24, 2010 at 10:28 pm #191295

simon burke
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A few old bulls go….Boony did his first one abit over 12 months ago…he got taken out big time 20 m after the start :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

it was worth going ,,,just to see that

let us know which ones you might go to and we can organise a big tent fullof bulls (and Bulls@#t)

i missed em all this year due to a number of lame excuses,but i’m gonna get back into em in 2011.

usually do the 4 hr ironman.Bloody hard work but fun.
Over 35’s 2 hr is looking pretty attrative,for some reason i don’t seem to be getting any fitter :laugh:

Bol :woohoo:

November 24, 2010 at 11:18 pm #191296

Roy
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Good idea with the costs. Haven’t been finalised for next year but will be similar to this year.

Pre enter $25
Enter on the Day $45
Club membership $30
Club membership if already a member of one of the clubs in the series $10
One day racing licence $50

A bit of an explanation on all that

1. To pre-enter just fax in entry form before race and pay the reduced rate on the day. Don’t need to send money to pre enter.

2. All races are what’s called club race days. This means to comply with MNSW rules and insurance you have to be a member of the host club to compete. To save riders a bit of money here once you are a member of one of the clubs then you pay a reduced membership rate at the remaining races. (eg say your from Sydney and your first race is Uralla you pay $30 membership there and then your next race is Moree you would pay $10 membership there)

3. Just to confuse the issue even more there are 3 clubs that hold two rounds. If you are a full member of a club (have paid the $30) then you pay no membership cost at the second race that they host. (eg if you pay $30 membership at Uralla you pay no membership fees at Upper Horton).

4. Depending on how many races you plan on doing there a few ways to og with membership. Genarally the cheapest option is pay $30 at the first one you turn up to an then $10 per race after that. Just make sure you don’t pay at the second round held by the club you are a full member of.

5. The MNSW one day race licence is not your RTA bike licence. It is effectively your insurance for racing. The insurance is pretty poor I think. You pretty much have to be borderline dead to get any money and even then it is only around $250/week for a limited time. Don’t hold me to that but that’s my understanding. The other option if you plan on doing heaps of racing (MX or enduro) is to get an annual licence from MNSW. It costs around $285/year. So it’s $50/race or $285/year whatever is cheapest for the number of races you do. The annual licence also saves a lot of time at sign on.

Hope I haven’t confused you too much. IT sounds complicated but once you have been to a race it is pretty simple.

November 24, 2010 at 11:20 pm #191297

Roy
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Another option we have been toying with for next year with the Over 35/45’s is 3 hours solo instead of 2. Had a couple of blokes ask me last year and not sure which way to go. Any thoughts.

Please make sure you have changed the date of the Coolatai race in June. We had a clash and had to change it. The date in the first post is correct as I have changed it.

November 24, 2010 at 11:52 pm #191380

simon burke
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Bundyroy wrote:

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Another option we have been toying with for next year with the Over 35/45’s is 3 hours solo instead of 2. Had a couple of blokes ask me last year and not sure which way to go. Any thoughts.

Please make sure you have changed the date of the Coolatai race in June. We had a clash and had to change it. The date in the first post is correct as I have changed it.

3 hrs roy….makes the trip worth while

Bol :woohoo:
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