" BRDA Presentation night "

[Mad Mark Watson]

just to let you know i am the Dj again folks see you there

[BOY BLUNDER]

Come on then who's going,who's not,myself and the mighty UDB,will be there proping up the bar as usual,see you all there.

BB....

[mel tyres]

Should be a nice QUIET night then Mark !!!!!!!!!!

[BOY BLUNDER]

Wont be very good then if there is only four of us.

BB....

[silver bullet]

I think a few more might turn up, at least I hope so or Mark is going to have a difficult job

*has mental image of UDB, BB, & Mel on the dancefloor doing the Macarena*





Have a good night everybody!


(but please remember those of us who have to work)

[B Friendly]

Well, my better half and I are here, ready for a good night out!

[BOY BLUNDER]

Well i've just arrived back home,and what a good nigth it was,a big thankyou to all the people that organised another great awards presentation,now roll on the new season.

BB....

[bucko]

any news !!

[silver bullet]

What about?
News from the AGM, or gossip from the presentation evening

[205munchkin]

I know that ALL BRDA entry fee's will be £150!!!!

That makes doing the BRDA stockhatch championship cheaper than the BTRDA as when the BTRDA joins the open championship the entry is £190

[silver bullet]

Originally Posted by 205munchkin

I know that ALL BRDA entry fee's will be £150!!!!

That makes doing the BRDA stockhatch championship cheaper than the BTRDA as when the BTRDA joins the open championship the entry is £190

This makes no sense at all to me.
While I am pleased entry fees are coming down, surely it should be more expensive to do the BRDA/MSA Championship.
Otherwise nobody will bother with the BTRDA, which has no TV, and if any finals get dropped it's usually the BTRDA ones.

[mel tyres]

There's no pleasing some people is there !!!!

[bestrep]

Originally Posted by silver bullet

This makes no sense at all to me.
While I am pleased entry fees are coming down, surely it should be more expensive to do the BRDA/MSA Championship.
Otherwise nobody will bother with the BTRDA, which has no TV, and if any finals get dropped it's usually the BTRDA ones.

If a deal seams too good to be true then it probably is......?

[silver bullet]

Originally Posted by mel tyres

There's no pleasing some people is there !!!!

I did say I was pleased that the entry fees have come down. Let's face it I am a farmer so any thing to save money has to be good

All I was trying to say is that the BTRDA entry fees should be cheaper than the BRDA/MSA ones. Because I fear that if they are that same price, it devalues the status of the top flight championship. Also if drivers look at both championships with the same entry fee they could well not bother with the BTRDA at all, because it is lower status, there is no TV and there is more likelihood of their races being canceled.

I think if the entry fees had been set at £140 for the BTRDA and say £180 (including TV money) for the BRDA/MSA, everyone would still be happy, because that is still a significant reduction from last year.


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[leonidas]

Have to agree SB. This price structure means that newcomers (who have to race in the BTRDA) will be paying significantly more in entry fees than MSA regulars. That can't be sensible if we're trying to attract new people into the sport.

[bucko]

run the brda as its cheaper but i have no control tyre so therefore now it's not so cheep ,(personally not bothered about TV) ,, run the btrda (which i was thinking ) now more expensive for what reason i do not know
run in revivals (was going too coz the nova getting old) open series (overall could be cheeper)
but £100 to join the brda/btrda !!!!
headbang !!!!!
is that the entry fees for the btrda £!90 a meet is that all the meetings!!!!!

[daz2202]

My beliefs was that 'Clubmans class' is supposed to be the cheaper option, to be enjoyed by the privateer who wants to do some competitive driving without breaking the bank.

Reading between the lines. The BRDA Rallycross Assosiation do not want us BTRDA clubman drivers at there meetings.

[StockHatch782]

Hang on, hang on, I think this has gone a little awry.

The entry fee for the BRDA events will be £150 across the board, INCLUDING the BTRDA entry.

The entry fee for the Open Championship is £190, so the BTRDA will pay this entry when it runs at the Open meetings.

When the BTRDA runs at the MDA meetings, it is usually about £150 entry.

So the entry fees are dependent on which meeting the BTRDA runs at. It's nothing to do with the BRDA not wanting the BTRDA at their meetings, nor will it make very much difference to the cost of entry fees over a championship:

2007 - 165 x 9 = £1485

2008 - (150 x 5) + (190 x 4) = £1510

This is out of the hands of the BTRDA, as far as I can see, and certainly isn't anything to do with the BRDA at all, or probably the Open for that matter.

[daz2202]

Dave. you are a genius if all thats right

daz

[bucko]

cool looks like the btrda then /open series revivals

[Chessmsport]

Originally Posted by leonidas

(who have to race in the BTRDA)

Why ?

[StockHatch782]

Originally Posted by daz2202

Dave. you are a genius if all thats right

daz

I am.

Well, I think I am anyway.

[silver bullet]

I think you have got it right as well.

The point I was trying to make is.
If the BRDA have got their costings right, they should have made the BTRDA entrys even cheaper, and left the BRDA/MSA entry fee at a slightly higher level. After all the BRDA/MSA is a national 'A' level event, higher status, higher profile and often more track time.

It seems to me that the clubmen on a very tight budget could have been helped out a little more, than the BRDA/MSA competitors who generally have larger event budgets.

Originally Posted by Chessmsport

Why ?

If you only have a national 'B' licence you can not race in the BRDA/MSA Championship.

[Chessmsport]

Originally Posted by silver bullet

If you only have a national 'B' licence you can not race in the BRDA/MSA Championship.

Doh