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Old August 29th 03, 12:51 AM
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Do you or anyone else know the pros and cons of SKCC vs Carnegie?




SKCC don't have a track, Carnegie do but it's not a proper one (the
banks are constant all the way around).

SKCC have more chicks, Carnegie have more races. SKCC seems to be more
social (ie. Cafe Racer types) whereas Carnegie is more racing
orientated.

I think SKCC was more expensive to join, probably because carnegie make
their money from races.

Much of a muchness, everyone races together anyway. Go wherever you have
some friends.



Don't join SKCC, amongst the other clubs they are not so popular,
essentially at the commitee level. Something to do with not pulling
there weight during the winter road season, but running crits all
summer, and crit racing is the bread and butter of local clubs.

I've heard the were only allowed "admission" by the other clubs on the
proviso that they were only to run a very limited crit season. If the
chose to run a longer summer season (which they do) they were to host
road races during winter, which they do, but on a ****y scale (what
one race this year ?). Their members sponge of the other clubs. Ask
any club committee member what it's like to get permits for a road
race in Victoria and why all clubs should carry the burden, which SKCC
don't.
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Old August 29th 03, 02:45 AM
Shabby
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Rickster wrote:
Something to do with not pulling there weight during the winter road
season, but running crits all summer, and crit racing is the bread and
butter of local clubs.




Just to clarify, they didn't even run them all summer, they lost their
permit in Feb last year. To get it back they're going to need something
like 15 marshalls at every race, and the committee is talking about
charging extra for races to pay people to be marshalls.

Blackburn and Carnegie are the two clubs who are doing the most to keep
the sport alive under tough conditions (public liability etc..).



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Old August 29th 03, 02:45 AM
Shabby
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Default Melbourne Road racing/clubs

Rickster wrote:
Something to do with not pulling there weight during the winter road
season, but running crits all summer, and crit racing is the bread and
butter of local clubs.




Just to clarify, they didn't even run them all summer, they lost their
permit in Feb last year. To get it back they're going to need something
like 15 marshalls at every race, and the committee is talking about
charging extra for races to pay people to be marshalls.

Blackburn and Carnegie are the two clubs who are doing the most to keep
the sport alive under tough conditions (public liability etc..).



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