I would like to thank all the fabulous volunteers and officials that made this weekend a very successful Round 1 of the Victorian Country Series .

Big events like this require so much preparation and organisation to run, you might actually be surprised if you knew the amount of man hours involved.

I want to specifically thank a few people for the weekend
First thank you is to our club secretary Paul Feely, who on top of all the normal duties of secretary, "event coordinator" and also an official, took on the role of pit allocations and I think that turned out to be pretty successful exercise. Thank you all for your patience and Paul looked pretty happy with himself scooting around the pits on his golf cart.

A massive thanks to Grant Johnson and Tony Potter who have taken over the role of canteen co-ordinator's and all I can say is wow.
Wow, did we sell a lot of stuff through the canteen this weekend. It's not just these two but the wonderful volunteers from community organisations that hire our track who came to assist, the volunteers from other kart clubs who chipped in to assist and of course our club family volunteers.

Yes we had a few electrical loading issues associated with sheer volume of food being cooked, cooled and prepared, but we all chipped in to assist where we could and we got through the weekend.
Big thanks to our two can-do men Mitch Arrow and Daniel Findlay who on t
op of their racing, were relentless in sorting through these little issues of the weekend, arranging generators, just getting things done in including the cooking of the bacon and eggs at 6am.

The breakfast crew also included Ben Findlay, Bill West, Aaron Colignan and Tye Corbett.

I also want to thank Jason Douglas who unfortunately hasn't been able to race but was there all weekend running errands, delivering supplies to the officials and watering the pits to settle the dust throughout Friday and Saturday.

And finally thanks to all the members who assisted in the setup on Friday, marking up Racecourse Rd, the emptying of the bins, the cleaning and maintenance of the toilets etc. and then also the pack up tonight. It really is a team effort and I would like to thank you all.

Apologies in advance to the people I have missed, as my mind is still trying to unwind from the last two 15 hour days, but I did just want to highlight these.

A huge and successful weekend.
Thank you
Justin Malcolm
President



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Each year, the Ballarat Kart Club takes the opportunity to recognise an exceptional volunteer that has gone above and beyond in their service to the club.
We are pleased to announce that this year’s club member of the year has been awarded to…Justin Malcom. Congratulations Justin!
Justin was the driving force in organising the clubs major raffle, which included an impressive array of prizes, including the first prize of an Arrow 6.2 and X30 kart package.
Justin is pictured here with the major prize winner Justin Yuen.
The Ballarat Kart Club is extremely fortunate to have a strong committee, and generous volunteer group.
I would personally like to thank all of the Ballarat Kart Club Members for all their help and support in building the club over the last 12 months.
Bill West , President



Congratulations to the winners, and thankyou to our army of officials and volunteers, and also the Haddon community.

Big events are absolutely NOT easy to run.
We all worked dusk till dawn for 2 days and still got through the weekend with most of our sanity intact.
So now it's time to kick our feet up for a bit.

We sincerely hope that whatever your final result, you had fun and enjoyed the challenge this weekend.

We are massively proud of this track upgrade, and our club

The club committee has made the difficult, but necessary, decision to relocate our upcoming and final round of the Victorian Country Series to the South West Kart Club in Cobden on the 18 & 19 November, 2023. This decision is based on the need to delay laying the new track surface.
Our members have done an AMAZING job in recent months and weeks in supporting working bees, allowing us to complete important works. Our civil contractor has done a great job in preparing the track base ready for asphalt – being able to see layout, albeit in red dirt, gets us excited!
Unfortunately, the weather has gotten the better of our timeline and we had to make the difficult decision to delay the opening. This is primarily due to the need for optimum temperature to lay the new surface, which will require time to cure before accepting traffic.
We know this is disappointing and we want nothing more than to reopen to members as soon as possible and allow the karting community to come along and experience our new track and events. It is however critical for our long-term success that we follow the advice of the asphalting contractor. This means relocating our VCS event.
The good news is that the asphalt works won’t be too far away, and with a preliminary Karting Victoria inspection having been completed, we are progressing to have members back on track as soon as possible.
Victorian Country Series competitors will see updated event information and promotions in the coming days. We thank the VCS commitee and South West Kart Club for working with us on this change and look forward to hosting you in Cobden for the final VCS round for 2023!
 
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