ACT Veterans Weekly Bleat, Monday 10th June, 2019

Hello Vets,

In the Bleat this week;

• Racing this Week
• From the Race Committee

Please send me your contributions at: TheBleat@actvets.cc

Ian Morton

RACING THIS WEEK:

Saturday, 15th June: Tidbinbilla Graded Scratch

Where: Intersection of Tidbinbilla Reserve Rd and Paddy’s River Road approx 14 km from Point Hut Crossing. Parking: Off the road on either side of Paddy’s River Road. For road safety reasons, please DO NOT park on the corners of the intersection. Road traffic can be busy and dangerous, especially around the times we are finishing.
When: 1:30 pm.
Sign on: 15 mins before scheduled start time wearing your registered number
Race Description:
TNR to Tidbinbilla Fire Stn, to top of Pierces Creek and return to TNR for one lap. ABCD two laps, EFG one lap.

Note the start is at Tidbinbilla

Race Director: Heath Chester Contact: Email: heathtracy@iinet.net.au    Ph  0419162193

Marshals: Allan Sieper, Brendan Byatt, Terry Moore

From the Race Committee

Event Traffic Controller course for 22 June 2019

The next ETC Training course is on Saturday 22nd June. YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY – ACT Government is funding the training.

We currently only have about 40 ETCs from a club of 300 members. Members need to share the burden of helping to run races. Having enough traffic controllers available in the club is critical to our ability to run races in the ACT and it is likely we will need to have ETCs for NSW races in the future. ETCs are eligible for reimbursement of $100 for marshalling at ACT road races.

Course details are available on Blended Learning’s web site – http://www.blendedlearning.edu.au/home/courses/programs-courses/event-traffic-controller/.

Upcoming Marshal Roster

Thank you to those who have already volunteered to help. Nominees, in blue have been selected based on results from the previous race season and the period since they last helped at a race. Nominees are requested to advise their availability/unavailability to the race committee (race.committee@actvets.cc) as soon as possible.

Summer series crit races are held at Stromlo Forest Park on Tuesday evenings and road races are held on Sunday mornings.

* denotes ETC required for ACT races.

Ian McVay
Race Committee