It’s been talked about for months now and the good news is that it’s on…
HVMCC while hold the Mt Seaview Pony Express, 11/12 September, 2010.
Ralph Clissold has kindly opened the gates to his 7000 acres at Mt Seaview for the event. A few members have been busy in recent weeks (along with Ralph and his tractor) setting the course, let me just say that if you don’t ride the event.. your nuts. The weekend I was up there Ralph slashed 7km’s of grass track and more work has gone on since then.
So the event… The format is a 4 Hour Pony Express, so for seniors that means you ride in a two man team or you leave your brain in the toolbox and ride Ironman. The juniors will ride as individuals for between 1-1.5hours on a shortened course, just like a Pony that we would hold at the Club track.
IT IS A TWO DAY EVENT. The reason we say this is because we have decided to run the sighting laps on Saturday. Sign on will start at mid day on the Saturday and everyone will be given the chance to ride their sighting lap in the afternoon, if time permits we will allow everyone to ride two laps during the “sighting”… can I remind everyone at this point that you can not win a trophy on the sighting lap….. should I say more?
So if you choose to not come up on the Saturday, you will not get a sighting lap on Sunday, thats because the event starts on Saturday!! So for those that want to whinge, save your breath. Juniors will be first away so for the seniors who are unable to finish “prepping their bike” on Saturday night, there will be time to get yourself sorted in the morning before you ride….
Saturday night will be a “social night” for all. For those that may not have been to Mt Seaview the area we will be using is known as the “bunk house”. The facilities include a 60 bed bunk house (so you just need a sleeping bag), 2 self contained cabins that can hold up to 12 people and powered/unpowered camp sites. The deal is “first in best dressed”. You need to contact Ralph and book what ever you choose… The rates are crazy cheap so ring Ralph and get in early to avoid the front seat of your car.. Ralph’s number during the day is 65877188 and at night 65877144, word is the phone is in melt down so get in quick.
Day Licences… There is a lot of interest in this event and people are coming out of the woodwork to ride, if you need a Day Licence (you don’t hold a Club or National race licence) you need to let us know. You don’t have to do anything other than send Kris Bignell an email telling her that you need a Day Licence. The Club has to buy the Day Licence books and they are $400 odd bucks a book. If you need a Day Licence and don’t email Kris first then you could miss out and that means, you get to watch. Email Kris at race-secretary@hvmcc.com.au
If you have any questions please email Kris at above address or myself at vice-president@hvmcc.com
Looking forward to seeing you up there.
till then, elbows up!
Mick Prott
Vice President
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