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"Velocette Motor Cycle
Club" |
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"2 Day Motor
Cycle Road Reliability Trial" |
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2008 |
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The
Velocette Motor Cycle Club conducted it's 34th Annual 2 Day Motor Cycle Road Reliability Trail on Saturday,
7th June
2008 and Sunday, 8th June 2008 in the Robertstown area.
The club
changed the format to this years event. It is part of the SA Star Awards
and riders gain points from this event and others and at the end of the
year, the rider with the most points wins the award.
The event
used to be run as a 2 day event and they changed it to 2 one day events,
with the view of attracting more riders so that to gain points for the
Star Awards they had 2 ride both days. There was also provision for riders
to ride 1 day only. |
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Entries
consisted of: |
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Expert
Class |
Clubman
Class |
Rally
Class |
Greybeard
Class |
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Solos = 11 |
Sidecars =
6 |
Solos = 74 |
Sidecars = 7 |
No class
run |
No class
run |
No class run |
No class run |
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Total Entries for 2008 = 98 |
Total Entries for 2007 = 85 |
The
event commenced at the Robertstown Oval, being the Main Control on Saturday at
1:00 PM and completed at 8:30 PM and again commenced on the Sunday at 9:00 AM
and finishing at 4:30 PM, which included 7 local riders.
There were a
total of 13 Controls and this year they were named rather than be referred to by
their control number.
The course used was
approximately 100 kilometres per lap and had to be negotiated with
2 laps each day, with 1 lap ridden at night on the Saturday and 2 daytime laps on Sunday.
The
conditions ideal for the event and most riders enjoyed all sections.
Catering was once again done by the members
of the Robertstown Football and Netball clubs and they were kept busy for most of the event.
This weekend is always a busy weekend for
the Football Club, as they always conduct their "Annual Dinner Dance"
on the Friday night before the Reliability Trial. The weekend is a good means of
raising funds for them.
The organisers for the event spent many hours over the past months marking out the
course.
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Radio communications were
conducted by the Australian Citizens Radio Monitors SA Inc (ACRM) who
specialise in doing this type of event, with radios at ALL controls and also
in the St John, SA Ambulance, Course Controllers and Rescue mobile vehicles. |
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Ambulance and
First Aid Service was supplied to cover the event as per the following: |
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A Paramedic
Ambulance Officer
was present to assist the Volunteer Ambulance Officer's from the Eudunda Station |
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The Eudunda
Ambulance crewed by Volunteer Ambulance Officers from the Eudunda
Station |
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The St John
Ambulance (Operations Branch) crewed several 4 Wheel Drive First Aid Unit with
personnel on board each unit |
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Located at
Main Control was a First Aid Caravan attended by First Aid
Personnel to treat any one who may become sick or injured |
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Some
assistance is supplied every year by several dedicated member of the other
Ambulance Stations and Divisions of St John. |
There is always Communications, Timing &
Control Keepers which play an important part of the event and these tasks are
carried out by numerous persons who usually specialise in this field.
In the pits at Main Control, there is
always family & friends of the riders who take great interest to see how their
favourite rider is progressing, but no one is allowed to assist any of the
riders.
Below is a small selection of photos taken
at Main Control as the bikes were waiting to leave or leaving at their due time.
Expert Sidecar Rider & Passenger No. 14 - Glen Bowles & Matthew Lee |
Expert Sidecar Rider & Passenger No. 15 Evan Byles & Craig Osborne - |
Expert Sidecar Rider & Passenger No. 16 - Mark Launer & Matt Neldner |
Expert Sidecar Rider & Passenger No. - Kym Tscharke & Tyson Rohrlach |
Clubman Sidecar Rider & Passenger No. 19 - Jake Schutz & Josh Schutz |
Clubman Sidecar Rider & Passenger No. 21 - Len Burman & Jack Ewins |
Clubman Solo Rider No. 29 - Darren Bridgland |
Clubman Solo Rider No. 30 - Kristy Schultz |
Clubman Solo Rider No. 31 - Terry Perks |
Clubman Solo Rider No. 32 - Brett Metcalf |
| Results
have been published thanks to Paul Knifton who has made them available. |
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Results |
Overall, the event proved to
be very successful with no complaints from any of the riders and most riders
really enjoyed participating in the event,
except for those who had an accident or bike failure.
There were no major injuries to any competitors.
The
Robertstown 2 Day Trial is approximately 1 month before the "World Unique
Event" of Motor Cycle Trials Riding, and that is the "24 Hour Motorcycle Trial".
Peter Herrimann from
Eudunda, will be once again doing a very extensive Web Site on this years Event & if you are
a Motor Cycle Trials Enthusiast, it is well worthwhile having a look at.
It
has lots of News, Information & Photos.
24 Hour Trial
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