morganbike 10 Posted January 20, 2005 The Swedes etc have small training tracks inside their venues like at Swindon and do not have greyhounds to worry about.These training tracks can be used without inconveniencing proffesional racing at all.The promoters and trainers are willing to,and do run tuition on evenings and weekends for various rider abilities of all age groups and engine sizes. This country does have the venues for this to be succesfull but promoters/venue owners do not want to get involved.Also a licensed training officer would have to be available and medical services are a must so the expence increases.For example the set up at Swindon was near perfect (pre Elite) when Oakes and Togood had an hour on the training track before every meet and kids were flying round.The tracks that are open for winter training only do it for financial gain and scouting.During the race season venues that do offer so called second half rides do try,but kids sit from 6pm till 9-10pm hoping to get 4 or 8 laps at the end of the night.This inevietably is a dangerous procedure because they are bored, tired, and try hard to impress thus making accidents a common occurence.So the only way kids can get better is to spend the winter travelling the whole country paying £20 to £40 for a sundays practice session when 90% of the time they ride round on their own.The under 15s will only be succesful with the help,support and cooperation of all clubs (and not just conference).Peter Oakes is the man for making this race series happen and to make the under15s league succesful it is proposed that each team has a mixture of abilities and ages.It will not be succesful if one team has all the best under 15s because the opposing kids will back out.The race dates have to be in the school holidays or at the weekend and must not clash with important Youth Grasstrack meets both in the UK and Europe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Silvers 59 Posted January 25, 2005 Hope Len does his homework and signs a few lads when they reach 15 to ride for the Raiders Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spin king 1,923 Posted January 26, 2005 Sure he will. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tetley750 Posted February 1, 2005 Sure he will. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> sure nice to here yongsters will get a chance to prove them selfs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spin king 1,923 Posted February 7, 2005 And I am certain some will, lets just hope that everybody does not think that this will be a quick fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony159 46 Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) Got to be the way forward . Anything to encourage youngsters to the sport can only help team G.B in the long term . Agree it is not a quick fix. But is definitely a good start . Hope a lot of Promoters will find time and money to help this idea . Edited February 8, 2005 by tony159 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil H 63 Posted February 12, 2005 The latest from Mr Oakes is.... Hopes to have eight teams of four riders Teams will NOT be attached to any specific track Meetings to be staged at as many tracks as possible Run side-by-side with the Under 15 Championship No tac subs, no ex for tapes (all programmed rides taken unless thru injury or mechanical probs) Principally at weekend and school holidays The new league is hoping to hold an open day on Tuesday March 29th at Buxton (10am) for any rider interested in racing in the competition, the only restriction being he/she must hold or be ready to take out a 500cc licence (I'm sure Jayme will let us know if this is going ahead) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SwineTown Posted February 12, 2005 Hopes to have eight teams of four ridersTeams will NOT be attached to any specific track Meetings to be staged at as many tracks as possible Run side-by-side with the Under 15 Championship No tac subs, no ex for tapes (all programmed rides taken unless thru injury or mechanical probs) Principally at weekend and school holidays <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is this "official" - very promising structure. Is a new website gonna be set up for this now the official CL site(which included the U15 stuff) has been withdrawn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil H 63 Posted February 12, 2005 This is the direction he hopes the league will take. I like the one where all riders take their programmed rides unless injury or bike problems stop them. Hopefully this will help to bring on the younger, less experienced ones quicker by giving them as many rides as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GxJxN 0 Posted February 13, 2005 i think this league will go far bring on the british youngsters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vince 9,454 Posted February 15, 2005 It's also open to anybody who is under 16 on March 1st, so many of last years riders from the U15's and this years grade 2 CL riders will be able to compete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regwilsontacticalgenius 0 Posted February 21, 2005 this looks great- why can't we have the same rules for the other leagues??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ego Posted February 23, 2005 Would be interesting with the "must take all programmed rides" rule Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted March 13, 2005 Anyone have any info? I have tried to wait before asking but I think wit the season now started it would be nice to know whats going on. Who will have teams? Who often will they ride? Will it be a proper league? Or will it be lots if challanges thoughout the season? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dekker 239 Posted March 13, 2005 LOL must be back of a fag packet with the rules and teams in someones pocket somewhere Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
