October Clubday and AGM

The October club day is this weekend: Sunday October 30.
We would love to see a few entries as the spring weather finally starts to appear.

The AGM will be held before the start of the racing, and all positions are declared vacant.
Every member is expected to attend the AGM: 
Our club does not run as a business offering services for paying customers in exchange for a membership fee and no further commitment.
It does run as a club requiring members to occasionally pool together and offer their time and skills in exchange for the privilege of being a member and using the facilities.

Note: All member keys will soon be replaced thanks to a community safety grant from the Department of Justice.
We will post an update if this will be ready for this weekend and if the changeover process will be with the AGM.

Well done to our competing members

Well done to all our Ballarat members who had strong results on the weekend, with great wins for John Page and Sam Wren 
New member Anthony Warner also picked up a good 2nd.
Akasha McEachran and Luke Mason were both just outside the podium knocking on the door.
Luke Thurston's position sells him a bit short - he was racing with and matching Remo pace in a very fast KA3 freight train.

A big thankyou

It's time to say a few thank you's to all that helped us out over the weekend with the successful running of this year's Ballarat Victorian Country series round.
Over the last two weeks we have been asking for, and requesting help with club volunteers just to try and get enough numbers to make it work, let alone offer some relief for the regulars in the canteen. 
We have to say that we are  very proud of what our club members were able to deliver, with an excellent level of support from mums, dads daughters and grans, girlfriends and just mates, even people from other clubs, all of which allowed our regular canteen legend Michelle successfully deliver hundreds of meals and drinks throughout the weekend.

Mayor of Ballarat tries karting at Haddon

Today we invited the Mayor of Ballarat, Councillor Des Hudson, out to our track to learn more about our sport ahead of our VCS round this weekend.

Without even hire kart experience (He has driven a monster truck before though!), Des was quick to start working on smooth lines and pushing the kart harder, and he had quite an enjoyable stint.

Ballarat Kart Club President and Vice-President (Paul Feely and Mal Mason) had a good discussion with Des about the sport, the club and sport in the region.

We thank Des for his time, and hope he enjoyed it.

View the onboard video

August Club Day Results

Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday, it was great weather to turn some laps.

Both WinTV and The Courier came out ahead of next weekend, so we hope to see some of our karters in the news this week.

August and September at Ballarat Kart Club

It is a busy month for the club in the lead-up to the Victorian Country Series Round 5 on September 3 and 4.
There's a lot of work ahead, but it should be a great event.

• Volunteers - We need all members to contribute to the preparation and running our biggest event of the year
  We need help for jobs including working bees, tyre marking, sunday bbq, canteen and  bar (RSA required)
  A list is posted outside the canteen for names
• Round Sponsorship - Sponsorships are available for $100 per class (Listed in program, mentioned in commentary etc)
  Contact Paul on 0438 981300
• Pit spots - Lines have  now been marked and you can mark out your spot
• Working Bee 2: Saturday 27 Aug (TBD)
• August Club Day - Sunday Aug 28 
• AUSTRANS Victorian Country Series Round 5: Sat Sep 3 and Sunday Sep 4

February 2016 Club Day results

A glorious summer day greeted our karters, with old and new faces appearing for the first club day of 2016
KA3 Junior were lapping the track like rocket ships -  setting lap times around the 31 flat mark - faster than all almost senior classes! 

Cadet 12

1. Zaiden Barry
2. Daniel Malcolm
3. Karlee Pearson

Cadet 9

1. Akasha McEachran
2. Spencer Rice

TAG 125 Restricted Light

1. Luke Mason
2. John Page
3. Brendan Torpy

KA3 Junior

1. Jordan Malcolm
2. Luke Thurston

KA4 Junior Light

1. Scott McEachran

KA4 Senior Light

1. Ann Johnstone
2. Trudi McEachran
3. Krystal Alexander

IMPORTANT: Club day pre-entry changes

Sunday's AGM saw discussion about the future of club days at Ballarat.

In general it was agreed that -

• All karters must now pre-enter for clubdays - starting for the October clubday.
• If a minimum of 15 karters are not pre-entered on the Wednesday the event will be CANCELLED.
• The exact cutoff point of 15 karters may be fine tuned over time.
• There may be a financial incentive to pre-enter (eg: Additional cost to enter on the day) TBD
• Once the 2016 calendar is released, the club will review the calendar and determine whether to alternate clubdays or whether there are certain dates that are not viable to run.
• The club survey is still open, if you have not completed it before the AGM, please complete it so we can take your ideas to the next committee meeting and assist with these decisions https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2ZLQ2HM 

Exact details of these entry changes will be mailed to all members.