Normandale Round, Bootle

[jordi]

Just received news that this round is cancelled, lack of entries. Considering it was to have been a Westmoreland round in Kendal and having booked accommodation etc. for the weekend cant say I'm best pleased!

Looks as if its National Trust properties with the other half on Sunday while we are up from the South Coast.

[scottishsteve]

ive just booked campsites but ive not had any word its cancelled.is the trial on sat still on ?

Edited July 24, 2014 by scottishsteve

[gasgas249uk]

Just received news that this round is cancelled, lack of entries. Considering it was to have been a Westmoreland round in Kendal and having booked accommodation etc. for the weekend cant say I'm best pleased!

Looks as if its National Trust properties with the other half on Sunday while we are up from the South Coast.

You dont look well , if that helps

[5again]

BTC @ Addingham Mooreside on Sunday, National Trust or something ?

[jimmyl]

This news is bad on several fronts.

A) the Bootle trial is a cracking event - one of the best of the year in my opinion.

the lakes weekend is very cost effective for riders travelling up from the south - makes the Lancs trial an expensive event now (but again a good trial so worth it)

C) A national championship event which is both good and on superb land not getting entries must be a worry long term? The Normandale events normally pull good entries with no sweat.

D) the organisers have probably done a lot of work already so a real shame to have to cancel.

Lets hope to see this event back on next year and thank Bootle for the efforts this year .

[hillary]

Just to let you know the latest. The Lancs County Angela Redford Normandale round is definitely going ahead, to date I have just over 70 entries and the entry list will be published on Trials Central and lancscountymcc.co.uk websites probably Wednesday evening. And I'll even accept later entries.

With regard to the Westmorland and Bootle situation, this is how it is. Lancs County have tried for three years to get Westmorland to run on the Sunday following our trial on a Saturday. That is difficult for us as a club as we really struggle to find 20 observers on a Saturday. This year it was all set up but then Westmorland had their infamous falling out and chucked the trial back at the ACU who allocated it to Bootle.

Bootle made no effort to advertise their newly allocated Normandale round either locally on local club sites, nor on Trials Central, and as a result didn't get enough entries to make it viable. It's a fact that these days you have to work hard to get enough entries to run a major trial, especially on a summer Saturday and whilst I'm not going to blow my own trumpet, those who wanted to know about the Lancs County event will have had no trouble finding out. It's been plugged here on TC, in TMX and on the Lancs County site. And those folk who have rung or e-mailed me know that I've been enthusiastic to receive their entries - and continue to be.

But on the other hand, riders don't help themselves. Ten days ago we didn't have enough entries to make it viable, but I know from being the secretary for the past 13 years that you just have to wait for entries to come in. I'm as guilty as everybody else; I don't want to make a decision about the forthcoming weekend until about the Monday beforehand, so I accept that's the case and have held back (brrrr, that's my mobile with another phone entry request - no kidding, it's genuine) as long as is practical, so look out for the entry list from Wednesday evening or maybe even Thursday..