East Coast Off Road Club

October 10th Cancelled

2010-10-08T08:23:00.002+01:00

Due to a small number of riders booking in to this meeting we are forced to cancel the meeting. We apologise for the inconvenience, but a club cannot run with only 59 riders booked in.

Thoresway is open for practise as an alternative, 10am - 4pm. Check out the mxtrax forums for more info.

22ng August & 5th Sept Meetings cancelled

2010-08-13T14:38:00.003+01:00

Hi All,

We have had to cancel 2 of our scheduled meetings, Carter Hill (22nd August) and Finningly (5th September). We apologise for the inconvenience.

** Carter Hill Statement **

The ECMX club has decided to withdraw any use of the Carter Hill track as a result of an unprofessional deal made between YMSA and the landowner of Benniworth Basin.

The Benniworth track was in development by Mark Reville of ECMX club and Andy Stones of the Louth club with an agreement between the two and the landowner that they would be the only clubs to run at the track. This agreement was put in place with an understanding of the time and cost involved in developing such a track - from the use of plant and machinery right through to the time put into designing and implementing the circuit, hence the arrangement for exclusivity of the use of the track for the clubs.

With this in mind, and going against the general club rules, YMSA directly made communication with the landowner and made a separate agreement without communicating with ECMX club or Louth club. The agreement, which is going ahead, currently allows the YMSA to use Benniworth at the same track fee as the two local clubs, but without putting any money into the development of the track. Given the personal time and investment by Mark Reville and Andy Stones of ECMX and Louth clubs, it is felt that YMSA are therefore simply being able to walk away with clear profits from holding a meeting at the track. The event at the track would also become direct competition for the local clubs that developed it. This is obviously disappointing, as it is detrimental to the ECMX and Louth club that require the local support to continue running and developing facilities like Benniworth Basin to serve the local area.

YMSA's badly arranged agreement shows a lack of respect for the ECMX club and Louth club who were developing the track for the benefit of its riders. This arrangement has also been made despite the fact Mark Reville had previously discussed acquiring the use of YSMA’s Sherwood Forest track for ECMX, to which Mark was declined as they feared he would try and 'get in with the landowner'.

This agreement made by YSMA goes against Mark Reville, ECMX and Louth Club’s personal commitment to designing and developing tracks in the area for the growth and benefit of local riders and therefore Mark Reville has decided to withdraw from the development of other tracks, including Carter Hill, which could result in a similar scenario. It is understood that many of you were looking forward to riding the new track, but due to the actions of the YMSA, along with the financial loss to date for Mark, the club has decided to withdraw from any further involvement with third party tracks at this time and can only apologise for this situation, which is completely out of the club’s control.

Carter Hill 23rd May Cancelled

2010-05-18T14:16:00.004+01:00

Hi all,

Apologies for the last minute cancellation of this meeting. This will now be rescheduled for 22nd August, so our next meeting will be at Benniworth Basin 19th/20th June (2 day meeting).

Rounds 2 & 3 - Track swap

2010-04-11T20:07:00.002+01:00

Hi all, just a quick note for you all that we are switching the tracks around for rounds 2 and 3. So round 2 will now be held at Benniworth Basin (round 3 Salters Lane).

Regs have been altered on the website, so all fresh downloaded forms will be correct. Those already entered won't need to fill a fresh form out. Fixtures page is now correct - any track changes will be noted in bold font.

Reg links available here...

Round 2 regs
Round 3 regs

Round 1 - Thoresway Motoparc, Caistor - 28th March

2010-03-12T09:14:00.002Z

Hi all,

Regs are now online for the first round at Thoresway. You can find a direct link to the PDF file from the fixtures page and also to the right of the pages under the 'Latest Forms' section. Direct link below:

2010-Round-1-March-28.pdf

Simply fill the entry in and send to the address indicated at the bottom of the form with a cheque.

Winter Race Meeting Cancelled (21st Feb)

2010-02-09T11:05:00.004Z

We are having to cancel this weekends meeting at Thoresway. The track will not be in a perfect race condition, and as we only want the best it was decided that the club will hold off until the first round of the years championship.

Sorry for the inconvenience - but keep an eye out on mxtrax.co.uk for updates on practise days at any of the tracks...

2010 Race Fixtures

2010-01-20T12:51:00.002Z

Hi all,

Just a quick reminder for everyone that the fixtures page now has our race dates for 2010...quick link available by clicking here

2010 Membership Forms are also available here.

Practise tomorrow (Binbrook LN11 0R)

2009-11-14T19:06:00.002Z

Hi all,

Practise is confirmed to be at Binbrook tomorrow, for those who haven't been the track postcode is LN11 OR and is on Salters Lane.

Pictures are available on the MXtrax forum, link below:

http://forums.mxtrax.co.uk/showthread.php?t=256592&page=2

See you tomorrow

Practise Weekend - 13 November 09

2009-11-13T14:03:00.002Z

We've had a lot of emails this week about the practise session this Sunday. Mark will be giving an update Saturday as early as he can as to which track will be used, so long as rain etc doesn't dampen our spirits too much.

There is a lot of wind forecast tonight and tomorrow in the area, which will help to dry the tracks out even more.

We will post an update as early as we can, if you can't get back on here or MXtrax forums (MX pits area) then Mark can always be contacted on 07791 573 241.

2010 Provisional Fixtures

2009-10-16T15:25:00.004+01:00

The 2010 race fixtures have been posted on the new 'fixtures' page. Note that these are only provisional and may be subject to change.

A shuffle of race classes has been considered for next year:

Youth 125/250f
BW/SW 85/150f
Novice C Open
Exp Senior 35 to 40yrs /Vets Open scored separately
MX2 B
MX1 B
Expert / A’s MX1 + MX2 scored separately

CAS Honda Training School

2009-10-16T15:08:00.000+01:00

CAS Honda has announced it will host a final 2009 training day on the 7th November at Benniworth Basin, Lincolnshire, following the success of its inaugural training events during the summer.

Former British Champion, World Championship rider and current CAS Honda team manager, Neil Prince, will once again be offering advice and tips on bike control, technique as well as machine set-up with plenty of one-to-one teaching to help riders further their progress.

Prince is well known for playing a pivotal role in leading CAS Honda to its undeniable success. In the team’s eleven-year existence CAS Honda has achieved no less than eight British MX1 Championship titles, two British MX2 Championships including Honda’s first four-stroke 250 Championship win at the team’s first attempt, four British Supercross titles and many Grand Prix moto wins.

The training schools are a huge amount of fun for all abilities of rider, and for the first time are being held at Benniworth Basin, Lincolnshire, which is only normally available for the East Coast Motocross Club race weekends. Thanks to club chairman, Mark Reville, this exciting track has been made available to CAS Honda as part of East Coast MX’s winter training and practice plan.

This exclusive training day is strictly limited and is available on a first come, first served basis priced at £80 per person per day. For more information please email press@cashonda.com or to download an entry form please visit: www.cashonda.com/training

The feedback from some of the participants of the summer training days was excellent, here are some of the comments:

“I had a really enjoyable day and I learnt a fair bit. It’s obvious Neil knows his stuff and it’s quite understandable now why Bryan Mackenzie has improved so much since joining the team,” Anthony Sutton (DBR Magazine) - Day One, Thoresway MotoParc

“Kyle had a very enjoyable day learning new motocross skills. Neil was very good at being able to work with all age ranges. Neil had his own bike there and being able to demonstrate his own skills really helped Kyle learn which lines to choose, his starts and cornering. Neil must have taught him something right, as Kyle got three wins at last weekend’s race meeting!” Pippa Macgregor, parent of Kyle Macgregor aged seven – Day Three, Riverside MX