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Team Phoenix Racing pictured below at the 1st round of the Scottish Youth Championship. 65cc rider Robbie Fifer, 85 s/w rider Greg Queen and B/w rider Aidan Fifer.
Neil Flockhart Riding Supercross in New Zealand
Neil Flockhart 2006 Scottish Adult Champion try's his hand at Supercross in New Zealand riding a brand new 08 450 yam for his mate 'BIG MAC' who runs a Yamaha dealership called Maidstone Yamaha. He's getting help from pirelli tyres and is running a Two Brothers exhaust supplied by Minibikepro in the Uk. Mac has given him the bike to do 5 races,3 supercross and 2 motocross. On saturday the 19th he raced round 2 of their supercross Championship at Tokoroa. He finisished 4th overall behind Daryll Hurley 1st, Scott Collumb 2nd and Nick Saunders 3rd. He was running second to Hurley in two of the finals for a few laps until arm pump got the better of him, Neils says "I think 2001 was the last time I raced a supercross! I dont think a podium at the next two rounds is out of the question though!"
This weekend sunday 27th he is racing the biggest motocross race in New Zealand, the Woodville GP, Coppins is riding as well as the best of the rest of New Zealand! Neils says "Im feelin good about it, been doing plenty riding and training so im aiming for top 5 this weekend! I'll let you know how it goes!"
Pictured left is Neil and Big Mac outside Mac's shop in Upper Hutt, just outside Wellington New Zealand
SCOTLAND TO HOLD HONEST INTERNATIONAL 2008!!!
After much negotiation it has now been confirmed that Scotland will hold the 2008 Honest International Youth event. This is a huge event for Youth Motocross in Scotland and will really put us on the map.The event will run over the weekend of 26th/27th July. It will be held at the superb Duns track. There will be other on site activities from Wednesday 23rd onwards.
We have an experienced core team of people in place to run and co-ordinate the event however more volunteers are required in all areas (track/ entertainment/sponsorship/pr) as well as the usual on-event helpers. We know that everyone in Scotland will pull together to put on a showcase event, so if you can help in any way please contact Jim Smith on 01575 570040 or at
jvs1@sky.com . Alternatively you can speak to the following people if you wish to help in a specific area. - Track - Sandy Queen; Admin - Vicky Smith; Entertainment - Bobby Blair; Sponsorship - Mark Perfect; PR - Duncan McArthur.
We will shortly make entry forms and regs available for those wishing to take part. It will be open to riders aged 11(at the beginning of January) to 18yrs in 85cc and 125/250cc classes only. Stuart Flockhart will be Scottish Team Coach.
Further details soon.......!
Melville Motor Club Hare and Hound 17th February
The regs are now available for the Melville Motor Club Hare and Hound at Lochhouses farm near Whitekirk East Lothian.
The course is spread over two fields and a large wood which the quick guys can complete in 12 minutes. There will be a shorter motocross loop for riders who do not want to race through the trees which will be a two hour race, the Enduro riders will ride for three hours.
Melville Motocross Round 2 at Lochhouses 20 th January
Following a very successful day in November the regulations are now available for round two of the Melville winter Motocross series.
Motocross secretary Gordon Paterson is accepting postal entries for the 20 th January. There are classes for all, from Autos and Youth to Adults A, B, C and Quads. The track stands up to the weather and usually runs whatever the conditions. This is a great way to start the season, there are no big jumps therefor you should make it to work the next day. The track has been graded by the farmer and the berms build up nicely.
Craig Trew has been cleaning up at recent events in the adult A class and the Melville regulars will be there. The regulations can be downloaded at www.melvillemc.co.uk and you can contact Gordon Paterson at moto-x@melvillemcco.uk
I have attached a copy of the regs to speed things up for you. I hope you have all had a Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing you at Lochhouses on the 20 th January.
Yours in Sport Campbell Chatham Melville Motor Club Vice Chairman
Stolen Auto's December 13, 2007
Please could you ask your members to look out for my 2 sons stolen bikes.The serial nos. arePolini : P 0167 PAHusqvarna : ZHM501B434V000031They are both 50 cc auto bikes. Thanks, Dave Keiremail : colbyelec@aol.comTel. 07793 546140
10-12-2007
Officers in Dundee are investigating the theft of two motorbikes from a garage situated in the back garden of a house in Coupar Angus Road. The garage, which backs onto Lyndhurst Terrace, was targeted sometime between 11pm on Sunday 9 December and 6am on Monday 10 December. Thieves made off with a blue coloured Polini off-road motorbike and a Husqvarna blue and yellow coloured trails bike. The bikes are collectively worth over £1000.
Anyone who knows where the bikes are now should get in touch with Tayside Police in Dundee on (01382) 223200.
Melville MCC Press Release 8th Dec
I have had a small number of entries for the two hour Motocross class for the 2 hour Hare and Hound at Lochhouses. Ian Gilhooley will now accept telephone entries up to and including Wednesday, his telephone number is 07948 389817. There is a good entry for the three hour Enduro Hare and Hound with a few places available, there are only 6 Over 40 competitors which means a guaranteed there is an opportunity for riders in that class. The track is looking good and the ground usually stands up well.
I look forward to seeing you there.
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Melville MCC
Paul Edmondson is riding in our Hare and Hound on Sunday the 16th December. The three times World Enduro Champion will be accompanied by Jason Thomas who is one of Britain's promising young talents. This event offer riders a rare opportunity to ride with Paul Edmondson and watch the style of a rider who won the Weston Beach Race outright. Ricky Mair has also signed up with enduro regulars Derek Little, Paul Chatham, Allyn Scotland and Scott Maxwell.
The track builders have set a loop for the Motocross riders who do not want to race through the woods and their race is for 2 hours. This was done as there were many motocross riders who requested it. So far there has been a poor take up on this option and if it is to go ahead I need about another 20 entries.
This event is designed to be a fun day and new riders should also enjoy the set up.
I have also attached a short press release regarding Paul Edmondson, please give this event some coverage on your website. Thank you for your support.
Yours in sport
Campbell Chatham
Melville MCC winter series info
The regs are now available for the first round of the Melville Motor Club
at Lochhouses farm on the 18th November. As always these races are
designed for fun and they do not have any big jumps, so you should be fit
for work the next day. The track is sandy so the event usually runs
whatever the weather. There are classes from autos through to youth, adult
A,B and C. There is also a quad class. The winter series is no longer
closed to club but you will have to provide evidence of a club membership
and a competition lisence on the day. I have attached a photo please feel
free to use it. For all the information vist www.melvillemc.co.uk and the
regs are available on the download page. to contact Gordon Paterson E-MAIL
moto-x@melville.co.uk telephone entries will not be accepted.
All the best
Campbell Chatham
1984 Suzuki Beamish stolen in Elgin, click here.... to find out more
YMX Scottish Championship.
Following the horrendous weather today at Drumclog for the last round of the YMX Championship, and the subsequent cancellation of the event, it has been decided that the championship is now finished and there WILL NOT BE A RERUN OF TODAYS EVENT.
Points following round 8 will stand, and as such we are delighted to announce our new Scottish Champions as:-
65cc Greg Queen
85cc SW Matthew Fleming
85cc BW Ewan McLaren
125cc SP Ryan Blair
125 Adult Sean MacDonald
Well done to you all – worthy champions each of you!!
YMX Scottish Championship Awards:- These will revert to being presented along with the GYMCC/SYMCC club awards. The Winner of each class will however still be required to attend the SACU Awards ceremony to collect their perpetual trophy.
Can all holders of last year’s perpetual trophies please hand them to any YMX Committee member either at Duns or Shiplaw in the next couple of weeks.
15th Sept 07 Kerry Wilson wins the125/250f class at this years All Girls National held at Foxholes. There was good results too for Tara Mcleod in the 65's and Big Sister Hannah Mcleod on her BW 85, well done to all the other Scots Lassie's that took part more details and full results here.....
15th Sept 07 AUC amend age limit in the Auto class read more here.....
2008 YMX Scottish Championship
From YMX Chairman Jim Smith
Following recent talk amongst riders/parents etc with regards to next year’s YMX Youth Championship, below is some information on the facts and the reasoning behind it, to quash the speculation which has been flying around.
As chairman, my aim has always been to try and improve things. This can not be achieved by standing still. I believe that we have a huge amount of youth talent in Scotland yet few are getting any further than Youth Scottish Championship level. We need to look at different ways of doing things in order to move forward. If, along the way we sometimes get things wrong we simply readjust and do things differently. We don’t go backwards. All around us our sport is developing and moving forward – I do not want to see Youth Motocross in Scotland still in the doldrums when everyone and everything else has moved forward.
At the YMX Committee meetings throughout the year, we have discussed at length a possible format for the 2008 championships. 2007 has been too many rounds and a big strain on both the dates and peoples pockets travelling to 9 rounds. A two day format was proposed, discussed at length, and agreed UNANIMOUSLY by those attending the meetings. (and been minuted that this is the case)
The proposed format:
Maximum six rounds, all at different tracks, each over two days.
Saturday will be youths only. Practice plus three blocks of races; or longer practice/qualifying plus two blocks of racing. (this has still to be confirmed)
Sunday will be Adult 125 Championship/adult support practice plus Block one first, then two further blocks of racing for everyone.
This equates to Youths getting either four or five races over the weekend, and keeps Adults to Sunday only (allowing for the fact that a lot of adults work Saturdays and tend to come on Sunday mornings rather than stay over Saturday night)
For the youths, the worst points scoring race from each round would be dropped. The last round of the championship would earn double points , provided you had attended all of the previous rounds. This will add some excitement to the final round.
Why 2 days?
- Travelling is one of the biggest expenses, so it was felt it was more worthwhile for people to travel if they were getting two days of racing rather than one.
- Numbers have been dropping – again it was felt we could attract more riders from the South and Ireland , as well as elsewhere in Scotland (eg Orkneys, Shetlands etc) if it was two days as it is then worth the journey. Our lads/lassies would then have better and more diverse competition, and it would raise our standard.
- Track familiarity. Racing would become better as the weekend went on as everyone would become more familiar with the track. How many of us as parents, lament that the kids are just getting warmed up by race three when it is time to go home? It reduces the advantage of local knowledge.
- Social aspect . The two fun weekends (currently GYMCC and SYMCC) plus the Leuchars national are the best supported events in the calendar. Why? It is a social event as well as racing. Two days at each different track gives all the clubs the opportunity to hold a ‘fun weekend’ and allows parents to relax somewhat rather than the mad dash to get the kids home before midnight .
We are only looking at a further 4 events which takes in a Saturday.
- Home time . The 2 day format would allow people to get home early on Sunday instead of the current 9pm onwards as it mostly is. This is offputting for people with very young children as they have school next day. Also it doesn’t make any allowance for any long stoppages.
- Raising the profile. If we want to be able to help our young riders to go onto bigger and better things in their sport we have to have a higher profile. Being Scottish Champions has to have more meaning than it currently does. This is OUR national Championship and we should all treat it as such instead of constantly running it down. A higher profile will attract more press coverage, more sponsors, and there fore there is more money in the pot to help the clubs and help our riders to develop.
- Cost We are looking at ways to ensure that the cost to do the championship does not escalate and through sponsorship, and more effective use of the tracks/club resources we feel that running over two days will give competitors better value for money (contrary to what has been said elsewhere!)
- Marshalling. This is an ever present bone of contention. If we can increase numbers and with this format, it is hoped that each rider will only need to marshall for one out of the two days. I feel that this is a positive step forward for our championship, and whilst I appreciate that there may be some people that find it an inconvenience due to their own circumstances, there seem to be many more people who see it as a good thing. After all, if our youngsters were involved in almost ANY other sport, it would take place on Saturdays. Football, Rugby , Tennis, swimming galas, even karting! etc are almost exclusively held on Saturdays.
Let us work together with a positive attitude to make this work, and I am happy to discuss further with anyone who has valid points to raise.
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Caithnessmotox Clubs Ravenhill Track
Ravenshill is west of Thurso, approx. 2 miles from the Scrabster junction.The track is just over 1000 metres long if you include the 100 metre start straight, generally 7-8 metres wide, there is a couple of table tops (that will be made bigger & longer when we get more material) up & down hills and a step up (for the brave) as it leads into a downhill right turn !!!We just got permission from the landowner to allow us to make an access road and hard standing for the pit area.It is an SACU certified track and we run under SACU National Restricted permits. The track is open to club members for practice as follows:- Tuesday nights up to 8 o'clock for bikes up to 85cc Big Wheel class.Thursday nights up to 8 o'clock for 125cc Schoolboys & Adults.Sunday morning from 11am to 2pm for bikes up to 85cc Big Wheel class.Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 5pm for 125cc Schoolboys & Adults. I feel that it is not bad for our (CMXC's) first attempt and we are certainly looking to develop it further. Our next race is the 2nd of Sept.and then the 16th Sept. with Signing in / Scrutineering 9am and all riders to provide a marshall. Maybe worth mentioning that any southern riders who are planning coming up this way for the annual Orkney beach race on the 9th Sept. that they are are more than welcome to come along and have a look around the track if they are in the area. All contact details are easily found on www.caithnessmotox.co.uk
