Welcome to East Kent Schoolboy Scramble Club.

A warm welcome to East Kent's website.

REMINDER:

There are no powered bikes to be ridden in the paddock at any time!!! This includes battery-powered bikes.

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.

Transponders

Results already available here: http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=744436. How good is this with transponders???!!!

We will be using them officially from the 1st summer round and you will then either have to have your own or hire for £7.50.

YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!

You donated over £500 yesterday in memory of Tom Smith. Put that with the profit we made and a cheque for £1000 will be going to Kent Air Ambulance. Thank you so much!!

Membership and Licence Forms

All forms have now been sent out by 2nd class post so please be patient. When they arrive can you please read through the membership form and alter the two references to the BSMA to MCF. Both forms should be returned to Sarah and all cheques or postal orders should be made payable to EKSSC. And please remember that ALL licence forms must have a passport size photo and ALL under-18's must send a copy birth certificate or driving licence or passport id page. If people can get to me in Orpington, I can do the photos for free.

Any rider who has held an MCF photo licence in the last two years can renew online or send in the paperwork to Sarah without the need for a photo or date of birth ID. Any that the MCF receive where they put East Kent as their club they will notify the club.

If anyone has any membership queries or if they have not received their forms, can they please ring Sarah on 07768 618718 after 7pm. Forms need to be completed and back in Sarah's possession before your next race on 22nd January.

MCF forms can be printed off from here: http://clubs.mcfederation.com/FORMS.aspx

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/

Summer Championship 2011

The final Championship tables can all be found on the relevant pages. The Family Trophy results are also published there.

Winter Championship

The points, report and Championship tables can all be found on the relevant pages. Any queries on the points, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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.