rabie

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reading the TBM forum they

we type all the data into a spreadsheet like this (PDF) -produce this on the day and award the main cup at the end of the event, etc and let everyone see this - our esteemed president then goes away and works out a result like this (PDF) as its mentioned above , people like to see this as webmonkey says though if the lookup function n be programmed in right, bearing in mind you know class and names in advance from producing the programme / entries in advance then it *should* be very simple, as the last stage would be just a lookup function obviously the already mentioned exceptions like ROOC and DNF+DNS have to factored in the next step would be get this to do the centre recorders job, and calculate points from each result and compile a series standings - which even AMB can't do yet (see mylaps.com) !!! --> if you can achieve this im sure i could argue for the centre buying it! all this talks makes me which i did this for my GCSE IT project when we had people who actually knew excell about ....... Jamie

luckily we have mains electric so have had PC's at out trials for over 15 years now, and we work out the main resutls there and then (sorted by class online by that night) originally our club president wrote a programme in QBASIC that IIRC did it all for you (ie as you say just enter the results) but the programme couldn't cope when his beautiful oaki LaserJet died (after about 10 years of industrial use) - since then we've gone to a simple excel spreadsheet and hard work if you can make on work as above I

got mine over a week ago (Newcastle under Lyme - staffs), spotted it by chance, it wasn't with the other bike mags as for opinions, it didn't really do it for me personally, same TMX/DBR style and while the columns were good it seamed (again) very much a northern mag ....... will await with bated breath the new TBM with the supplement .... rabie (southern, shandy drinking, fairy)

i think you are after this http://www.acu.org.uk/Events/TRINews/ViewN...asp?NewsId=3479 rabie

mx vs trials off the top of my head virtually every centre has a healthy trials scene, and even theses not in the ACU (ie amca & ysma) are probable riding both in mx at a local level the youth scene is more fractured while at adult level centre mx only happens in parts of the country (AMCA, ORPA, vintage, pre65, etc) thus the mx community is bigger than ACU stats would show while trial is probable about right NB several non riding club officials will be down as trials riders due to the ambiguity over senior administrate officials requiring / not requiring ACU affiliation I haven

our centre trial was rediculiously over subscribed - haven't had that many entries in (my) living memory rabie

contact details would be on the Eastern Centre website --> practsice areas aren't that common, you might find some evening trails in the summer ...... rabie

dare i even ask, but why ??? its trials FFS, if you want meaty sounds go ride fourstoke bikes or get a harley..... ???? rabie

to add to the above - even if they could afford to, would it pay its way - ie would they recoup the costs ??? rabie

The current line is :- There is no such thing as "scruintiners", they are "technical officers" And They do not check for legality or safety but championship regulations compliance It

im not a local but looking at the Midland centre page on the ACU website http://www.acu.org.uk/clubs/ShowSite.asp?R...&UserId=MIDLAND there are dates and contact details for the local clubs there are also severla AMCA clubs in the area running trials - see www.amca.uk.com hope that help as a quick introduction rabie

Brain R argues the classic economic nationalist case - which if you believe in economic autarky is valid I

bloody hell - is there anything the knight family can't do ??? i do like chairs - they aren't half mad !!! rabie

i like a proper old fourstroke engine - say from 15 year old mx bikes that raced the ACE fourstroke series - when everyone else was riding high pitched screaming two strokes - they we're real machines ...... Modern fourstrokes aren't really that special - in both mx and trails, just a little nicer than two strokes (in mx, it doesn

As a student doing a degree in History and International Relations and I

Centres decide eligibility (eg some have residency requirements, some don't) but youth classes are based on age ...... Points are recorded by the centre recorder / that sport's reordered in the centre - but they are often dependant on what are sent in by the club - so depends how proactive they are Also some twit might protest that xyz is too young to be in that class - possible legal implications .... ???? rabie

Ask / appeal to centre recorder ..... ???? Is it up to the club to decide these thing ? Does the centre have the power to allow you to upgrade ??? Does the Trials and enduro committee have the power to do so (even though they have done it) ??? it doesn

bikespace - ROFLOL !!! gordon zola - yes the answers are there but that would be far too obvious ..... (the image what its like running a MX meitng ) bob - rabie

as r2w says down here in the south east there is lots of mud of many various sorts due to our extreme lack of rocks we actually get quiete used to it - mud is normal really converslly im quiete scared of rocks ........ - i've never really ridden on them ....... rabie

for my AS levle maths it was all calculator then again it was still f***ing impossible - the hardest subject i've ever done!!! theoretically you could rpobalbe get into some uni's with no qualifcations, but most just want (literacy wise) a GCSE C (though im sure you can get round that ) rabie

All "though shalt wear a helmet" rules are controversial - ie someone telling you to look after your self and thus people legitimately moan bout it HOWEVER its is the 21st century and we live in a sue everyone and everything for anything culture Hence you would really be in trouble to explain to a judge how you (the club / promoter) were fulfilling your

when its a long post im normally bothered enough to cut and paste it to word for a spell check, and at home i've got a spell checker plugin added to internet exploer, but here at uni they havne't ...... don't worry my spelling was much worse when i first came online all those years ago rabie

IMHO - paper is amde from the trees in places like scandinavia, where for every tree chopped down three ar eplante din its place -> thus saving paper isn't that bigger deal. to save the plannet we should stop buying dogey mahogney from the rainforests. saving paaper and thus going "save the the trees" is therefore BS IMHO rabie