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Melbourne Road racing/clubs
Shabby wrote in message ...
wrote: 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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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..). -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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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..). -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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