Maxxis British Motocross Championship - Round 1

Sunday 16th March 2003

Comments

If you have a comment or thank you note to add here email me.

More comments can be found on the "Canada Heights this weekend (British Champs)" Thread on the MXTrax / Adrenalin Trip message board here, here and here.

From Marge Clarke (Secretary of the meeting) : "Firstly I would like to thank my team of helpers for the tremendous effort they put in, not only on the day, but in the months leading up to March 16th, which enabled everyone to witness a superb meeting. In all of our 16 years of organising this event we have never enjoyed such good weather and it obviously made a difference as the huge turn out of spectators confirmed. It also meant that we witnessed fast and furious racing on a track that was in ideal condition and not heavily rutted as in previous years. I'm pleased to report that Neil Prince is making steady progress and it is hoped he will be transferred to a hospital near his Oxfordshire home at time of writing."

From Alan Clarke (Clerk of the Course) : "Having just been dragged in from gardening in my first weekend off since Christmas to compile a short thank you to all those who helped before, during and after the event, I would like to personally say a big thank you all it would be unfair to single out anybody, suffice it to say that if you helped in any way and are reading this then the thank you is to you. On a light hearted note when sitting in the container having a well earned cup of tea in the weeks preceding the event we did, on more than one occasion calculate that the average age of those working was in excess of 60 years old, for the long term future of the club we need to look seriously at how we attract younger people to assist in what has been some good fun weekends. It is very difficult when the principle painter of the posts is over 86 years old and it makes it very difficult to get the averages down unless we have quite a few youngsters helping."

From the winners of our News Shopper competition who won a VIP meal and a chaufferdriven limo trip (thanks to Mike Swaisland).

Dear Sir,

I would like to say thank you very much for the most enjoyable day out at the British Moto-Cross Championship, which was a prize won in a Newshopper competition My daughter and I had a wonderful time.

Yours Sincerely,

Kevin and Aisling Appleton

Sean Lawless (editor DBR) : "it was a bloody ace day for British MX and, as usual, the club played a blinder"

"Wobbles" from the MXTrax.co.uk message board : "That was a top event..... and the one thing that stood out above everything was the organisation"

"The_Gas_Man" from the MXTrax.co.uk message board : "please pass on congrats to the club from me and a mate for a top day out…... superb day out, well organised, and what a top bloody track!!"

"CR250 Dappa" from the MXTrax.co.uk message board : "The weather couldn't have been any better !! The racing was excellent, well organised, and an excellent turn-out"

Gill Curran (regular marshal) : "Well what a fab meeting you had yesterday!! It was so good to see so many people come out and support the Early Birds. It makes all the hard work that you and the working parties put in to making Canada Heights a track to die for worthwhile. So well done to you all - I certainly appreciate all the effort that goes into preparing and running this meeting."

Roger Smith (HS Sport, the Transponder Company) : "What a great event yesterday, probably the best Brit Champ meeting I have seen."

Martin Coulbert (photographer): "I had a most enjoyable time on Sunday"

Eddie Bellars (ACU Director and Insurance guru) : "What a fantastic day. Congratulations to the Sidcup Club for organising a great spectacle for Moto X fans and newcomers to our sport. A colourful display of riding skills admired by all and a crowd of contented onlookers all satisfied with a good day's sport in ideal conditions. What Sidcup achieved for the season opener will undoubtedly raise standards across our sport. I was delighted to be your guest for the day and thank you again for the invite. Congratulations to all and thanks once again for inviting me. Very different from Road racing but the same camaraderie."

Dustin Whitehead (Sidcup rider in the 125 class) : "Well I would like to thank all the guys at Sidcup who helped put together a great meeting I was riding myself and I'm also a Sidcup member and have never been to any thing like that great job, the track was great pits very organised clean it was my first British Championship meeting and good experience thanks allot and hope to be back on the 30th of this month for the S.E. meeting once again good job, and thanks."

Roy Barton (Noise meter helper) : "Excellent weekend, Thank you"

Martin Bott (CAS Honda team sponsor) : "Just a quick note to congratulate you [Marge], Alan & all at the Sidcup team for a fantastic day! Well done! All you efforts really paid off".

Stefan - MXFreak (MX Photographer) : "Canada Heights turned out to be excellent. The dirt looked absolutely stunning" and "... Gorgeous weather, gorgeous track, good dirt, good riding. That sums up the season opener at Canada Heights in Kent this past weekend." see his journal.

More Information

For more information on the whole British motocross championship series go to MXGB.info