OMCC Late January Periodic

The last couple of weeks have been busier than usual for the OMCC Committee.  Having launched Cadwell, we were somewhat surprised at the speed that it sold out; 70 hours for 117 places is a record for us!  We are sorry that some of you have missed out, but when market forces worked like they do, there's not a lot else we can do.  The 'first-come, first-served' option appears to be the fairest system.  It might be reassurance that some might have to cancel, so a reserve list will be established in due course; I'll let you know as and when.  I was asked if we could run a 2nd 'commercial event'; however, the demands of the Inland Revenue and VAT registration preclude that, so it'll just be one event per year.

We were also busy badgering the Station for dates for the Airfield Riding Days.  They have now been confirmed as:

19th April

19th July

20th September.

I don't know yet when the April event will be opened up, so keep an eye on these comms; however, it could be as early as the first week of Feb.

We've also been doing some work trying to sort the Off-road programme.  Landmarc, who administer the land, have been doing an excellent job messing us around, and both Bob Ruffles and I have lost sleep/hair in the process of trying to sort a coherent programme.  It also didn't help that the excellent site at Bagshot has been removed from use due to damage to the site; hopefully it'll be back on the programme late next year.  However, we have recced another site in Bordon, which is predominately mud, which we'll alternate with Slab Common for this year.  We are still looking for other sites, but there a not many available.  Watch this space....

Finally, hopefully we'll see a number of you at this weekend's Christmas do, in North Warnborough…

OMCC January 2015 Periodic Part 2

Hi again! As promised, I said that I would follow up my last periodic
with an update when I had more info.

Forthcoming events:

Vines (BMW Guildford) Open Evening. 21st Jan. Cost: Free. More
details on the Forum.

ExCEL show. 13th Feb. There's transport from RAF Odiham (and return);
0730 depart; Cost: £10 to members. More details on the forum.

Bemsee Marshalling Course. 21st Feb; Brands Hatch; Transport from RAF
Odiham (and return); 0700 depart. Cost: FREE. A well-worthwhile course
to do. It's a full day, but you will end up a fully qualified race
marshal. More details on the forum.

Cadwell Park 2-day track day. 17th and 18th June. Cost: £165 which
includes free camping on the nights of the 16th and 17th Jun, 14 track
sessions, free instruction (available). The Clubhouse will be available
on the evening of the 17th for food/drink (at your own cost). BOOKING
IS OPEN ON THE WEBSITE.

We have made an important change to the booking procedure. You need to
update your Profile on the Forum as when you book in for Cadwell/an
Airfield Riding Day, you no longer get to choose your group. Your OMCC
Forum profile should include information that will enable the event
administrators to allocate you to an appropriate group. The benefits of
the new system are that it will enable us to reduce the number of people
in the wrong group (mainly Experienced riders who wait so long to book
that the only places left are in the Novice group) and better reallocate
available places from Cancellations. To that end, once the list fills
up, a reserve list will be set up. Remember to check the T&Cs before
booking, but don't delay, as the list is already half-full.

Offroad. Still some work to do for the Ofroad, so nothing definitive to
tell you yet about this year's calendar.

My next periodic will hopefully be soon, with (hopefully) confirmed
dates for the ARDs and an Offroad programme.

Cheers, Ride Safe!

OMCC January 2015 Periodic

OMCC Jan 15 Periodic

Well firstly, a Happy New Year to you all. Hopefully the festive season
was kind to you all and you are planning your biking year to be better
than ever.

The first bit of news is a reminder for you all to renew your membership
(Subs due from the 1st Jan). When you do, you'll notice a snazzy
updated website (OMCC are not immune from the latest trends, thank you
to the WebMaster).

We are busy trying to finalise the 2015 calendar. However, some of the
disciplines have been proving frustrating to sort.

Firstly, Offroad. Despite the best efforts of Tony and Bob, Landmarc
have given us the complete run-around. To that end, I will be pressing
them next Monday to provide us with a coherent list. However, in the
meantime, we have had to conclude that running an Offroad event in
January would not be possible, so we have had to cancel it. This is
especially disappointing noting the runaway success of the December
event. Rest assured that we will do our utmost to ensure that the
February event will be better than ever…

Next Cadwell Park. Better news; the dates of 17th and 18th June are
booked. However, MSV will not be formalising their prices until the 5th
Jan (next Monday). To that end, once we have sorted all of the
requisite details, the event will be launched on the Website (remember
you have to be a member to book up….).

Finally, the Airfield Riding Days. The RAF Odiham Airfield Manager has
yet to finalise the 2015 airfield usage calendar; however, the meeting
to sort this is due in the next few weeks. As soon as the dates (3
ARDs) are sorted, we'll let you know.

My next periodic should follow within a week or so, when I will give you
more details of some/all of the events, coupled with significant changes
to the way places for Cadwell Park and the ARDs will be booked.

Another date for your diary is the Christmas function, on Saturday the
24th Jan; full details on the forum.

The first meeting of the year will be next Wednesday, the 7th Jan. See
you there.

Remember that there will not be an Offroad event in January.