CSCFC marking station closure?

blackjack · November 19, 2006

I have written on this suject once before but next weekend the CSCFC committee meet the proposed closure of Cricklade marking station is on the list . This will leave only 3 stations all in the southern sections they are Poole,Frome and Winchester leaving the NW and NE regions with no marking stations and long journeys for those who remain. To cap this for the 2 longest races it is proposed for just 1 station at Salisbury . Again the NW and NE sections members are at a disadvantage concerning travel . Please speak to your area committee members for a fair deal for all or i fear as mentioned before both the NE and NW will fall away badly.

blackjack · November 28, 2006

Just a quick message the cscfc have closed Cricklade so now the nw and ne flyers will have to go to southern stations for some 150/170 mile round trips while the sw sect has both Frome and Poole amd the se sect has Winchester. We have sent are resignation with regret.

Roland · November 28, 2006

Ludicrous! And why! To save a few quid they sacrifice good members, just where is the sense.

Like the Rugby station another National body closed, for decorating, but will be open again straight off when done... golly they must be on a good hourly rate... 7 years and still told 'Be Patient' lol.

Mind I resigned from all South Rd clubs. The NRCC is a right shower of selfish half wits, but may stay with them as a few of us race against each other privately. Other than that I reckon I'd fold... Northants have now only seven of us that fly it! Most left, when brain dead cretins voted for the Section to be open up 65 miles to the East! Yes to let Lowestoft - the most easterly point in Britain - into our section!

Yes of course it was just a mean ploy for the EAST COAST CLUB for us to bolster their 'Coffers'. They said... 'Well it only got in by one vote etc. That matters not, for any decent person wouldn't have voted for it in the first place, let alone them greed barlambs that proposed and seconded it... Yes they want their/ B***s chopped of and sown in their' mouths, and their main hand clipped tight up their Jackcy!

Short sight and selfishness!

So I really couldn't give a fickle rat's *expletive removed* if I never raced against the.... ever again. Completely ruin our section, for after all we only ever fly for Section honours as they all well know, but they still need to squeeze the last drop....

PIGEON_MAN · November 28, 2006

Hi Blackjack,i suppose we could see it coming but we were hoping that perhaps they might keep it open for the first couple of races,we still have 3 members left in our club and as i set the clocks for the classic i thought i would give it another year and see what happens,mind you i see in the propositions they are trying to cut the radius down in north section so it looks like they dont really want us anyway.Still you wont have to worry about any of that anymore.All the best mate.#

Roland · November 28, 2006

Oh yes, just about any where. But they absolutely hate letting birds go unless there is some west in the wind. After a couple of days of so they have to... They (the fortunate positioned, and powers to be) reckon it's bad for them to be blown towards the so - called mountains if there is any east in the wind, but fine to have west winds blowing them out to sea, and many have been really strong resulting in disastrous results. Our birds are normally between 3 and 15 miles out at sea from the coast line till breaking after the ‘Wash’. Seems many believe that they actually fly inside the Wash as to going over the 20 mile wash. I have a hung jury there myself.

Wales etc fly the NRCC, and of course the London Feds etc. too.

One day all Sections will be length wise pointing towards the 'Liberation Point'. When this crap scenario of WIDTH, and any excuse to have width, albeit Counties, or Road ways etc. etc. which they jealousy guard, with any mealy mouthed excuse come reason, not to go length of sections. It is obvious, and in this day and age, with the GPS, we will, like other countries have the coordinates just fed into the Computer and touch the button and your distance will be straight up. Like wise a couple of mornings and afternoons, and all sections could quite easily be where ever it is suits the members majorities and not the favoured few. But of course they seem to be good talkers, well liked and often with a few bob, and they get the all important positions.... Because we have been conditioned to it over the centuries, a land of 'Haves and Have Nots' where it is their right to be obeyed and other to do as ones told... fortunately in many aspects that is being challenged over the past few years, but change takes time, and lemons to fall into line to a new leader I guess. Like the NFC wanted to expand our section to have a front of over 150 miles wide, and what good that will do most of us if there is west in the wind one can only ascertain a guess... to bolster the more favourable positioned coffers.

The midlands... well I can not really say as I've resigned, though of course a fully paid up member till the AGM that is!

We can’t change the wind… but can alter our sails… Any I’d wager that many are the ones that have tried and gave up, then dishearten them have packed up. Likewise the Nationals, they often lament their hardship that so many never bother to fly the Nationals. In deed by far the majority. Why, well simply put, they would compete for the realism of ‘Section’ places, but that has been contrived to benefit the few, and bolster the more fortunate coffers, so they don’t. Then many when they have gone as far as they can Fed / Club wise see no new challenges that are realistically achievable, so they too have packed up, or are still packing up.

blackjack · November 28, 2006

Hi Pidge no i didnt know about the proposition to pull in the radius it sorts of add up with the closure of Cricklade though ?.Would it not of made sense if a closure had to occur to close either Poole or Frome they are fairly close to one another and then the stations would have been evenly spread and that would have been fair. I afraid though the SW area has a hell of a lot of sway and that nailed us. What surprises me is that one of the SW committee who regulary critsises the BICC marking stations though never supported Mike Young at the Miners arms thinks the Cricklade decision is a good decision all this will achive is to cut competion and lose membership a sad day and i said what we meant resignation with regret a good club losing its way.

swilcox · November 29, 2006

Frome is actually in the NW section!!!

I dont really know the reasons but what i would say is the CSCFC normally look after the members fairly well, the sect Clive Merrils is a very approuchable sort of fella, call him and ask the reasons!!!!

Stuart

blackjack · November 29, 2006

Mr Wilcox i spoke to two NE sect reps its down to cost my point over Poole and Frome is that they are reasonably close and travel wise would it not be fairer to keep Cricklade and lose one of the 2 mentioned . Yes Frome is Nw section but its still 170 mile roundtrip for many and thats a hell of a lot if you work all that is wanted is fairness to all .