Another year and our biggest event is now behind us.
This weekend threw out many challenges to our club with rain, hail then sunshine and all this in the first half day.
A bit of work on Friday saw us able to guarantee the track was in good nick, and able to drain water. This allowed trouble free racing regardless of the downpours.
Moving into the Saturday and Sunday our members, friends and family kept the canteen ticking along nicely, the masses being fed, the toilets being serviced, the cars pulled out of bogs, and still regardless of the testing weather everyone was still smiling.
A very proud moment for our club who have pulled together, and once again shown that we can put on a great show.
Congratulations to the drivers that represented us on the track today regardless of your finishing positions, it was a tough gig out there.
A Huge thank you to the members and businesses that have supported us through our major Karting, and fundraising event for the year that sets us up for the following 12 months.
Well done all.
Mal Mason.

A big thankyou to everyone that took part in the AGM and contributed to the running of the club.
We are very pleased to announce that Mal Mason is the incoming president.

2019-2020 Club Positions
President: Mal Mason
Vice President - Bill West
Treasurer: Kev O'Donohue  
Secretary: Paul Feely
Race Secretary: Debbie Page  
Scrutineer: Greg Ord
New license and new member liaison: Bill West
Canteen manager: Michelle Shields  
Track inspector: Mal Mason
KV Delegates: Luke Fong
VCS/Secondary KV Delegate: Paul Feely
Trophies: Bill West


Working groups
Grants coordinator: Paul Feely (Others: Bill West)
Publicity, social media and comms coordinator:: Paul Feely (Others: Bill West. Mal Mason)
Social activities coordinator : Dan Findlay

(NOTE: Anyone member is free to join a working group at any time)


Committee

Mal Mason
Bill West
Kevin O'Donohue
Paul Feely
Dan Findlay
Ray Dumesny
Luke Fong
Greg Ord
Bob Shears
Mitch Arrow
Greg Dunmore

What a great day for racing
We saw some new members and some new visitors take to the track today
Results are now up on Speedhive

https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1733686


The track will be closed during this time

This Sunday we have an AGM before the start of racing
This year we are changing some of the positions to allow more people to be involved in areas that they can contribute in.
 
Some of this is recognising groups that already exist informally, making it easier for members who to contact to take part.
 
The current list of positions is
 
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Race secretary
KV Delegate
VCS Delegate
Track inspector
Trophy buyer
Working group coordinators
 
Working groups
A group coordinator position will be nominated at the AGM for each working group
Members are free to join a working group or groups at any time.
The groups are
 
Grants group
Facility maintenance group
Canteen group (Includes Bar)
Social activity group (Includes new member liaison)
Publicity group (Includes social media and website )
 
 

Working Bee this Sunday 22nd September 9am-mid day
Jobs include: Chip bark in Turn 1 catch trap, Exposing track edges (overgrown grass), Clearing nature strip (tree clean up), pressure wash track, whipper snip around tyre barriers.
Please bring: shovels, brooms, wheel barrow, whipper snippers and safety gear.
Remember many hands make light work!
Track will be CLOSED during this period.

We've been so busy we are only just catching up on the weekend VCS results.
We had a big group compete, and its great to see some new members in the list
Well done to Taine for taking out a great win to beat Remo on home turf.
A couple of drivers had misfortune and didn't run the final, but we hope they have a better run next round at home.

Taine Venables 1st KA3 Senior Medium
Nikola Schmidt 5th TAG Heavy
John Page 6th Vic Combined Masters
Paul Feely 6th TAG Heavy
Ray Dumesny 8th TAG Heavy
Luke Fong 8th TAG Light
Greg Ord 9th Vic Combined Masters
Jordan Malcolm 10th KA3 Senior Light
Lewis Kucina 10th Cadet 9
Domenic Kucina 13trh Cadet 12
Grace Dunmore 17th KA4 Junior Light
Daniel Golightly 15th KA4 Junior Light
Jason Douglas 16th KA3 Senior Light
Brock Rae 16th Vic Combined Light
Greg Dunmore 18th Vic Combined Light
Lachlan Clark 19th KA4 Junior Heavy
Mal Mason Vic Combined Medium
Ella Dunmore Vic Combined Light
Daniel Findlay Vic Combined Light
Mitch Arrow Vic Combined Light
Bill West Vic Combined Light

As we are not running club day today our officials and volunteers get a nice day off.

So its a good time to share a club update of what has been happening at your club in 2019.

There is a lot of work behind the scenes just so we can open the gate, but there is also a lot of work going on to get the club day culture going strong.

If you have been involved in anything at the club that we've missed, please let us know

Read the club update

NOTE: We will NOT  be running an August Clubday this month
Wimmera are running a club day on Saturday August 24, and several members will be racing there

We will post information of when the next Come and Try event is running when we have confirmed more details; but there will not be one in August.
(We should have another kart ready by that time too)

The September club day WILL go ahead and will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting.
We STRONGLY encourage all members to attend, as it is critical to the running of your club.

We then start a lot of work towards our Victorian Country Series Finale in November.
We will be calling on all members to be involved in any way they can and post more details of what we need in the lead up.

 

 

UPDATE: We have had far MORE enquiries than we can accommodate and need to clarify several things:
 
1 This is a come and try PRACTICE session for people interesting IN JOINING the sport of karting.
There is no RACING involved, it is a limited practice session to learn the skills and the track.
 
2 The come and try program is for this Sunday 28 July.
 
3 We have made a list of genuine enquiries and will respond to everyone with whether we can fit them this weekend or not.
If you have NOT submitted an enquiry with age/height details, you may be disappointed if you arrive without notice.

 

 

 

 

In conjunction with our July club-day (Sunday July 28), Ballarat kart club would like to invite anyone interested in karting to come along and have a go at our come and try karts.

We now have 2x club karts available, our senior 100J kart will accommodate (12yo and over) and our cadet 80 (6-12-year-old).

Remember, the come and try kart is reserved for those genuinely interested in karting that have not had the opportunity to drive on a full-size circuit.

The cost is $30 covering administration and consumables.

If you are interested, please get in-touch via our Facebook page, with height, weight and age such that we can determine kart suitability.

NOTE: Not everyone will fit in the karts provided, so height and age is important to check.

 

What a nice winter turnout!
The racing was great in several classes, and the weather was kind.

Today's lucky draw winner was Greg Ord, who scored a $100 JB HIFI Voucher.

Full results at https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1686722

JB HIFI $50 voucher giveaway to one lucky person that pre-enters before the Wednesday evening cut-off
To make it better, the club will double it to $100 if we get over 15 pre-entries!!!
Officials and volunteers on the day are also eligible

Ballarat Kart Club WILL be holding club-day this Month, all classes catered for including 4-stroke class.

We are also very excited to once again have our come and try kart running, so please get in contact with age, height and weight details if you would like to secure a spot, as availability is limited!
so that we can determine numbers.
Gates open 8am, Practice from 9am, Racing from 11.15am

Remember, get organised, get entered, bring a mate and let’s go racing!!!

NOTE: The Come and Try kart is suited to ages 15 and over, and approximately 170cm tall to 200cm tall.
We are working on a come and try kart for under 15s, but that is currently by arrangement with a club member willing to load their equipment.

  1. VCS Round 3 member results from South West Kart Club
  2. No May Club Day
  3. April Club Day Run and Won
  4. New Come and Try Kart
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