Welcome to East Kent Schoolboy Scramble Club.

Booking in - Monday to Friday 6-9, Saturday 9-12

from the Monday before any race meeting.

If you need to hire a transponder, please tell Tina.

Visitors are welcome to book in from Thursdays.

Call Tina on 07969 458863

****Fixture List****

Please check the updated Fixture List. There are a couple of further changes in the next couple of months.

Points for Round 7 at Essex

All members will be scored for the meeting, whether they had transponders or not. But for the future, we only have 30 or so transponders for hire and they are really meant for visitors.

The cheapest option by far is to buy your own from the MCF. But for those of you have not yet bought or are new members, please tell Tina when you book in that you will require the hire of a transponder.

That way all members should have priority. If we do run out, they can be shared between riders in different groups, as long as there is a race in between the two groups. And we are obtaining some more brackets for you to buy.

Holeshot Prize

CooperWoman Photography will be sponsoring the Holeshot prize at East Kent from now on.

I'll watch them in the first 2 blocks and the one that I judge the best, from a spectator and photographer's point of view, will win a 10 x 8 print of their holeshot.

The winner from Round 7, Essex MX, is Luke Horley in the SW group. Well done Luke!!

Change of Venue/Date

Normally we never change dates so that people can plan their calendars accordingly. But, since the BSMA rescheduled the GT Cup to 17th June and a lot of our members are doing that, we have decided to change the date of the 8th Round so that everyone can attend. The 8th Round of the Summer Championship will now take place on 10th June at Staplehurst. Since nearby clubs are both running 2 day meetings on 3rd June, we have chosen to cancel the pairs meeting planned for that day as our numbers would be too low. We are planning to run the Hare and Hounds at Ringmer on 24th June. We will also try to run a fun day/reserve round on 16th September at Bletchingley.

Photos

Photos from Essex MX can be found on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CooperWoman-Photography/234670409917522?sk=photos

Improving the track in front of your start gate.

Can we please remind all riders that it is against MCF and club rules to grade and improve your line on the trackside of the start gate.

If there is an obstacle, please ask one of the start team to remove it.

Anyone breaking this rule will be disqualified from the race.

125 Rookie Championship

If anyone would like to take part in a mini Rookie Championship for 125 riders only, can they please pass their details to Denise? Her email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

It is just for fun and all riders will ride in the Rookie class as normal. If you should ride a 250 in any race, the points for that race will not count.

NUMBER PLATES

Please remember to ensure you have the correct numbers on your bikes. There is a real risk you may not get scored if they are wrong.

Eastwood Racing

We are delighted to annouce that Eastwood Racing have agreed to sponsor the Family Trophy for 2012.

There is a link to their website on our links page.

Pop in and visit them Tuesday to Saturday in Swanley.

A Reminder

Can we please remind everyone that East Kent Schoolboy Scramble Club has a zero tolerance of any illegal drugs. Anyone found to be breaking this rule WILL be asked to leave the paddock immediately.

Riding in the Paddock

Please can everyone remember that riding in the paddock on ANY powered bike at

any time during a meeting weekend is STRICTLY forbidden.

This applies throughout Saturday and Sunday, from the arrival of the first vehicle

to the departure of the last. It also applies to all mx bikes and battery powered

bikes.

East Kent is responsible for your safety in the paddock and this rule will be

strictly enforced. It applies to ALL members and their friends, and includes all

committee members' riders as well.

Membership

Some of you have got your licences direct from the MCF but have not got club membership. Can I please remind you that you have to belong to a club and so please get your membership forms in asap? Thank you. Also, you cannot participate in the Summer Championship if you are not a club member.

Marshalling

Please remember to contact Jane if you want to earn some money marshalling this Sunday. So get texting or calling Tina NOW!!! Jane's number is 07516 705370 - text only before 10pm please. Booking in- 07969 458863.

Transponders

Anyone borrowing a transponders will be required to leave their licence or a form of i.d. as a deposit. If you haven't yet received your licence, please bring an alternative form of I.D.

Marshalling for the rest of 2012

A committee meeting has been held and the following format for marshals has been agreed. This will start from our next meeting on 12^th February at Newnham.

Basically it’s a win/win situation! We are very aware that extra costs for some members are very restrictive but also that other members like to spend the day watching their riders and socialising. To this end we have tried to strike a happy medium that will appeal to everyone.

Those that want to marshal will be paid £15 per session (am or pm) or £30 for the entire day. So basically you carry on as all the previous years, but now you get paid!

Those that don’t want to marshal or book in too late to get a paid marshalling job, will pay £10 for the first rider and £5 in total for all extra riders (£15 maximum, however many riders on your family membership).

So there you are: if you don’t want to marshal it will cost you only £10 or £15, depending on the number of riders. If you do want to marshal, you get paid £15 per session. As we said – win/win!!

If you want to marshal - you MUST let Jane Dennis know on Facebook or by text (07516 705370 before 10pm) NO LATER than the Tuesday evening before a meeting. Any later and you will HAVE to pay, as we will be using an Explorer Scout Troop for the rest of the marshal points and we have to give them sufficient notice.

All Start Gate team (2), Lapscorers (2), Pegs (1) and Timekeeper (1) will also be paid the same rate £15 per session. ALL start gate team members, whether am or pm, will be required to help put the gate away at the end of racing. There will be 5 of you so it won’t take long at all.

MCF Licences

Rookies = Seniors - 14-17,

Rookies/Adult = Seniors and AMX (15 years and over only),

Adult Junior = slow AMX or Open (15 years and up),

Adult Expert = fast AMX or Open (15 years and up) but it makes no difference as we don't run an expert group so just tick one!!

15 year olds are limited to 250 2 stroke or 450 4 stroke in the Open group and the usual 125 2 stroke and 2504 4 stroke in the AMX - nothing larger!!

Hope this helps :)

Prices for 2012

Club Membership: £45 per family, including 1 rider, £10 per extra rider.

MCF Licence: Schoolboys £25, Adults £30

Racing Fees: £25 Autos, £30 Schoolboys, £35 Adults - plus whatever is decided to cover the marshalling costs

Any members doing the BSMA GT Cup and thus being forced to join a BSMA club, can have their East Kent membership for free upon proof of registration prior to 4/12/11. The MCF will also refund half the licence fee with the same proof.

Day licences: £5, no day membership charge.

Paid marshalling: See notice at top of page.

Transponders: Please contact MCF direct to arrange purchase or subscription. You get them direct from the MCF and not through the club. Details and forms can be found here: http://clubs.mcfederation.com/HOME/tabid/40/mid/400/articleId/129/ctl/ReadDefault/Default.aspx

Transponders will be used full time from the 1st round of the summer championship on February 26th. Visitors will be able to hire transponders at £7.50 a meeting. Should any club members be thinking of doing this, please be aware that it is far cheaper to buy outright or get a subscription. Remember we ran 28 meetings last year!! And we will only have a few available. No transponder, no scoring!

Powerband Racing

In the current economic climate with riders struggling to afford to race Powerband Racing.co.uk are committed to giving something back to the riders. Being based in ashford Kent we have decided to pass a 10% discount to all East Kent members. This offer will begin in February once we move into our new larger premisses near junc 10 of the M20. http://www.powerbandracing.co.uk/

East Kent hoodies etc

East Kent hoodies and T shirts can be ordered direct from: http://eastkentmx.bigcartel.com/

Fire Extinguishers

Fire Extinguishers are an important requirement for obvious safety reasons. At all future meetings, we will be checking that all vans carry an up to date fire extinguisher. Please co-operate with this very important safety rule.

Photographs

For those of you who use Facebook, several of us upload photos there from every meeting. You can find them under Andrew Waghorne, Pippa MacGregor, and Jane Dennis. Mine are now under CooperWoman Photography. http://www.facebook.com/pages/CooperWoman-Photography/234670409917522?sk=photos. I can upload them onto here but if enough of you use Facebook, then it saves me a lot of time. If anyone wants to see their own pics, I can always email them to you.

Club Statements

Please see the club statements on Child Welfare and Bullying on our Club Rules page. Thank you.