Updated 27th April 2011

For all of you who may be having problems viewing either the points or the grid positions from the website. The easiest way to resolve the problem is to right click the link (on the home page of the website, thats the bit where is says find out your grid position) or (for the points right click that actual date of the meeting you want to see the points for) a drop down box will then appear. Click the part that says "save target as" then save the file to either your documents or desktop. Wherever you save it to when you then click that particular saved file on either your desktop or in your documents it should then open correctly.

Hope this now helps

Updated 15th April 2011

Now that the new points system has been introduced for this season it only seems fair to let all the drivers know how the changes effect things.

As you may have noticed from the 1st meeting drivers are now lined up each meeting via grid positions posted on the website and on the paddock container.

Your grid position will remain the same throughout the day for that race meeting unless the Clerk of the Course/ Competition Secretary/Drivers rep or Race committee Chairman feel the need to upgrade your position.

From week to week your position may well change in merit of how well you are doing in the overall points scoring.
To make things simple it will sort of work on the basis that those scoring low will start nearer the front of the grid whilst those showing to be doing well will start nearer the back of the grid.

The EK race although not now being part of the overall points will still be a race in the first instance for those drivers who have finished 1st 2nd or 3rd in their respective groups finals. However, once the finals have been run each driver who has trophies to collect will be asked if they are going to take part in the EK. If they do not wish to take part then the next placed drivers i.e 4th 5th and 6th will be asked if they would like to participate in the race upto a maximum of 3 cars per class. This will in turn allow for the EK race to potentially have a maximum grid of cars and a great finale for the race meeting. So those drivers who have not necessarily initially qualified for the EK please be prepared that you may still be able to race it, so please check before loading up your cars. We will notify those drivers who may still be able to participate in the race via the pits pa system so please listen out so you dont miss out.

Some of you may already have noticed via the website points that you have gained an additional point for the 1st race meeting. This is an attendance point and is an entitlement for each driver as 1 points per meeting attended throughout the season.

There is now a Super Star Start position available to drivers who are considered by the Clerk of the Course/ Competiton Secretary/ Drivers Rep/ Race Committee Chairman to be exceeding the overall competition of all other drivers in each different class. This will mean that if this is so, that particular driver/s may be moved even further back around the circuit than a red roof so that it makes it even more of a challenge for that particular drivers to gain 1st place. This is not meant in any way to penalise that particular driver/s but more to make the racing a little more entertaining to the crowd, so that the race is just not so predictable, and also to give the driver a much more fun and harder race worth while winning rather than doing it with a clear finish.

The grid positions will as best as possible always be split into equal grids of 25% white 25% yellow 25% blue and 25% red roof grades.

Visiting drivers will not take away club members points and will always start behind Club member Drivers on the grid for their respective roof grade. ( this of course assuming that they divulge their correct roof grade at the time of signing in) If any club member is aware that a roof grade is incorrect it would be appreciated if they came forward to the Clerk of the Course/ Competition Secretary/ Drivers reps or Race committee Chairman to make them aware of it so that they can be regraded correctly.

Hopefully the newly voted for system will make for some fairer racing throughout the club, and definately a system that should supply accurate results from week to week as it is now a computerised system that calculates the results.

Also for those of you who may take part in the EK. There are now numbers painted on the inside and outside surface of the armco around the circuit (from 1 to 21 i believe) No1 position is at the start finish line. Once the finals have been run a computerised calculation is made working out what the fastest and slowest groups of the day were and then positions for the respective groups are allocated to those positions around the circuit to show where each group will start. These will either be posted on the paddock container or you will be notified them on your entry to the circuit just before the race.


Hopefully i have clarifed most if not all of the changes for this season. If you have any other questions please dont hesitate to ask away.

Regards Simon Stevenson

Updated 19th February 2011

We have a position of SEGTO REP up for grabs.

Anyone who feels that they may be able to fill this position for the 2011 season, Please speak with a member of the current race committee.

Updated 30th January 2011

Some ammendments have been made to this years fixture list please see below.

The main ammendment is the 14th of August and the 5th june.

We have a 1st as well that hopefully will turn out to become a good annual fixture, that being the only rookie chalk world final to be held on the 5th June.

MARCH 27TH SAA ROUND 1
APRIL 10TH SAA ROUND 2
*APRIL 24TH SAA ROUND 3*
*MAY 8TH SAA ROUND 4*
MAY 22ND SAA ROUND 5
*JUNE 5TH SAA ROUND 6 *
*JUNE 19TH SAA ROUND 7*
*JULY 17TH SAA ROUND 8*
*JULY 31ST SAA ROUND 9*
*AUGUST 14TH SAA ROUND 10*
*AUGUST 28TH SAA ROUND 11*
*SEPTEMBER 11TH SAA ROUND 12*
*SEPTEMBER 25TH SAA ROUND 13*
OCTOBER 2ND SAA ROUND 14
*OCTOBER 16TH SAA ROUND 15*
Please note the 2nd October will only be run if we do not race on the 27th March

** indicate the bigger meetings as shown below

The BIG MEETINGS FOR 2011
*24th APRIL VAN BANGERS*
*8TH MAY MICRO BANGERS UPTO 1400cc*
*5TH JUNE ROOKIE CHALK WORLD FINAL SUNDAY*
*19TH JUNE ROOKIE BANGER OPEN SUNDAY *
*17TH JULY UNLIMITED TEAM BANGERS SUNDAY (TEAMS OF 5)*
*31ST JULY MONDEO BANGERS* 2LTR
*14TH AUGUST YOUNG GUNS V's OLDIES SUNDAY (OVER 30 YEARS OF AGE ON THE DAY = OLDIES. UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE = YOUNG GUN) UPTO 2LTR*
*28TH AUGUST 2LTR TEAM BANGERS (TEAMS OF 5)*
*11TH SEPTEMBER BANGER OPEN UNLIMITED*
*25TH SEPTEMBER TEAM ROOKIES (TEAMS OF 5)*
*16TH OCTOBER SEGTO V's NASA*

Additional fun to watch out for in 2011
10th April will see blindfolded Rookie Bangers
22nd May we will be seeing Chained pairs Rookie Bangers
19th June will give the Ladies a chance to have a go at Rookie Bangers
28th August the rookie bangers have their bucket challenge
25th September the Rookie Bangers get to have a bit of fun with the introduction of a ramp in their race. (Not Ramp Roll over)

Updated 11th December 2010

Ok. to clarify what was said at the club night tonight.

The proposals that are below regarding the points will be posted to every member of the club.
You will then have until the end of December to raise any issues or confusions you may have about these proposals, or even put forward some of your own proposals that will be taken to committee to discuss on the 13th of January.
After that meeting all members will then be sent another set of proposals with any ammendments that may or may not have been needed to be made to the original proposals. These will then be the options that members will be able to have their say by postal or email vote as to how the points will be run for 2011.
All the second set of posted forms will have to be returned by the 25th of January with your options voted on and the majority votes on each proposal will be the rules applied and written into the 2011 SAA rule book.


By chosing this method there will be no need to have an members meeting. Every member will have had a chance to vote and any vote not returned by the 25th will not count.

Updated 2nd December 2010

Updated proposals for the points system clarified.

Proposals classified as follows:-

1. Points

a) To allocate points in accordance with the rules currently available in the rule books.

b) All groups score 10 -1 irrespective of number in group.

c) All groups score 7 -1 irrespective of number in group, but for every 2 cars above 7 an extra point will be awarded. As 7 is the approx average number in each class.

d) All groups score 10 -1 irrespective of number in group, but for every 2 cars above 10 an extra point will be awarded.

2. Roof Grades

a) To grade drivers in accordance with the rules currently available in the rule books.

b) Graded into equal groups of 25% white 25% yellow 25% blue and 25% red, in a 3-2-3 format.

c) Graded into equal groups of 25% white 25% yellow 25% blue and 25% red, in a 3-2-3 format. Cars running away with their respective championships will be given Super Star status and moved back to the Super Star Start.

3.Bonus points

a) Bonus Points allocated in accordance with the rules currently available in the rule books.

b) All drivers receive 1 attendance point for each race meeting they attend.

4. Eddie Kendall Race

a)To run and score points in accordance with the rules currently available in the rule books.

b) To run as an individual championship separate from the overall championship.

5. Novices

a) Novices to be run in accordance with the rules currently available in the rule book.

b) Novices start off back of the grid until Clerk of Course decides they are confident to move forward.

6. Teams

a) Teams to be posted at the start of the year to the competition secretary. So they can be posted in race control and on the pit notice board. Teams must include either 1 Prod A or Junior.

7. Visiting Drivers Points

a) Do not take points from SAA members

8. Visiting Driver Grid Positions

a) Start behind SAA members with their respective roof grade.

9. Grid Positions

a) To run grid positions in accordance with the rules currently available in the rule books.

b) Positions allocated in ascending order from white to red roof based on group championship position and remain fixed for the day. However grid positions may be altered on the day at the discretion of the Clerk of the Course and Competition Secretary.

Notes regarding proposed changes above.

The concept behind changing the points system is not only to make it a fairer system for ALL competing drivers in ALL groups, but also to allow whoever my be elected as competition secretaries in the future, the ability to carry out their position with relative ease and not a complicated sytem that ties them up in knots thus resulting in mistakes being made.

Although the current system has been used for many years there are so many undocumented anomolies that make using the system extremely hard for someone unfamiliar with it, and of which 95% of drivers are totally unaware.

The objective is to make the points scored by drivers much closer throughout the racing season. And to make the point scoring system fairer to ALL drivers, keeping them in with a shout of their respective championships for as long as possible.

All drivers who sign up to race at SAA are signing up not only to try and win thier respective group championship but also the overall club championship. In reality with the system currently used the groups who consistantly have low numbers signed on to race really have no chance whatsoever of winning the overall club championship.

Depending on how many points each driver scores at the end of the meeting will decide where they are grid positioned at the following meeting.

By this it means that your overall combined points scored throughout the season will decide where you are positioned on the grid. In easy terms if you are doing bad you'll be at the front of the grid and if you're doing well you'll be at the back of the grid.

This option for point scoring will see a lot more movement amongst the grid positions from week to week unless you are constantly winning everything.

It will make for much harder racing for every one.

All visiting drivers will start at the back of thier respective roof grade and will be awarded trophies if they are in a trophy position in the final. They will not however take away SAA drivers points from SAA drivers as they have not paid at the beginning of the year to take part in our overall championship.

Also the Eddie Kendall race points at the end of the day will be a race of it's own and no points will be added to respective drivers overall points as has been the case in previous years.

Please if you have any questions about any of the proposals please email me them and i will endeavour to answer them. and once we have a deadline for all quieries the proposals will go to a members vote.

 

Email Simon Stevenson

 

Thank you for your time.

 

 

 

Updated 25th November 2010

Anyone who has an annual trophy still in their posession MUST have it returned by the 9th of December at the latest. Anyone not returning them is liable to a bill for the cost of a replacement

 

Updated 7th October 2010

Important message for drivers intending to do the nassa segto round at concord this weekend!!!!!!!

I have had by a reliable source information regarding this meeting that you all need to know.


Due to the amount of rain over the past week at concord a decision will not be made until 12.30 Saturday as to wether this meeting will still take place.

Also those of you who may have intended to leave early on saturday morning to get up there to camp. The gates if the meeting goes ahead will not be open for you to camp there until 5.00PM

I will repost the outcome of their decision as soon as i am informed.

 

Updated 15th September 2010

 

Uploaded 17th June 2010

As a matter or courtesy to all club members we feel it only right to inform you that as of midday on16th June 2010 Mr Rob Dance has resigned from the position of Clerk of the Course, and as of 9pm on the 16th of June Andi Wood will now step into the role for the remainder of the season.

Many thanks to Rob for the time he has given SAA this season.

Regards SAA Committee

 

Uploaded 7th June 2010

Roof grades for the 13th June have now been uploaded

Uploaded 5th June 2010

Amedment to the 25th July meeting.

Not only will this now be a standard meeting but will also have the addition of TEAM ROOKIES MEETING, this will be for teams of 5 cars all with standard rookie build and rules in the circuit.

Any questions regarding this please ring me or email Contactgroupsrep2010

 

 

Uploaded 4th February 2010

Membership announcement!

Any driver who is signing up to race at SAA for the 2010 must have their membership forms in no later than the 1st of april, if however you are going to be racing the 1st SEGTO round at Oxford on the 28th of March must have their membership forms handed in no later than the 3rd of March which is the second club night for 2010.

Anyone who would not be able to collect their memberships prior to going to the Oxford round may ask Jason Johnsey to take them with him to distribute to the members when they get there.

 

WORK PARTIES FOR 2010

Work party dates for 2010 have now been decided to run on the following dates:

Feb 27th and 28th

Mar 6th and 7th

Mar 13th and 14th

Mar 20th and 21st

All the dirty jobs will be being left until the final weekend so if you don't want to get lumbered with these the advice would be to attend early :)

2010 SEASON DINNER AND DANCE

Ok the general concensus seems to be that the Dinner and Dance although being a great venue and suitable for most to get to, has a cost issue! Many people i have spoken to had said that had the price been cheaper then they would have attended. Some have said they were not impressed with the overall price this year, some have also said they were not overly impressed with the food other said the time of year was not good either. So before we get too far into the season and things get left until the last min, lets have your feedback on what you the members would prefer. Either speak with a club official to pass on suggestions to Fran or speak with her personally. I will be setting up a poll on the SAA unofficial forum to get peoples views with different options to see if we can end up with a Dinner and Dnace where everyone feels that they can attend.

Fran has asked me to make people aware that irrelevant of how or what we decide for the 2010 season dinner and dance, anyone who is interested in paying in small payments towards the next function can do so right throughout the racing season to make paying for it easier. Please speak to Fran regarding this.

Uploaded 15th January 2010

Please note that the NEW members merbership forms are now downloadable from the Members page, link to that page is on the left.

 

Thanks to all the members and friends and family that attended the Annual Club Dinner and Dance this year. Although yet another freezing cold day and snow to contend with the evening went without a hitch and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

As soon as i have some additional pics of the evening i will upload all for your viewing.

 

 

Uploaded 28th November 2009

This is a list of names of drivers still needing to return annual trophies.

    
                       ANNUAL TROPHIES FROM 2008

STEVE DIAPER : 1st PROD A:   1st  BRIAN POOK : & OVERALL WINNER.

GRANT CHASE: 3rd MOD C

MICK BROWNE: 3rd 1450

ASHLEY LOCK: 3rd SPECIALS

SHAUN HEWER: 2nd PRODSTOX

KEV LORDING: 1st  BANGERS

SHANE LINES: 2nd BANGERS

JACK ALLEN:  UNDER 12 TROPHY

ANDY COOPER:  MOST UNFORTUNATE.

GLYN LAW:  FASTEST TIME

 

         THEY NEED TO BE RETURNED TO ME SUE MELLISH BY
THURSDAY 3RD OF DECEMBER OR YOU WILL BILLED FOR THE
       ENGRAVING AND COST TO POST TO TROPHY SUPPLIER.
      
                  MY ADDRESS: 14 CHURCHER ROAD,
           WESTBOURNE, EMSWORTH HANTS PO10 8TJ
PHONE:01243 375286
 

 

Uploaded 26th November 2009

2010 Memship renewal forms are now available to download via the members link.

2010 new membership forms will be available shortly.

Uploaded 25th November 2009

I have been asked to inform all last years group winning drivers of 1st 2nd and 3rd place trophies to ensure that the ones presented with a yellow and green ribbon on, are returned to Sue Mellish on or before the 4th of December.

 

Many thanks!

 

Uploaded 15th November 2009

THE CLUBS DINNER & DANCE FOR 2009 SEASON

This year’s event will be held at

MILL RYTHE HOLIDAY VILLAGE
At Hayling Island on

SATURDAY 9TH JANUARY 2010

Overnight Accommodation is available which includes a buffet style brunch breakfast for £12 a head.

This must be booked direct with Mill Rythe Sales Office using the offer code: - SAA DINNER
Telephone no: - 02392 460099
Accommodation is on a first come first served basis.

This will be available from 4pm on 9th January, serving time for brunch on Sunday to be advised. Rooms must be vacated by 10am.

Menu choices can be made from downloading a menu list, please return this to Fran as soon as possible, once choice has been made it can’t be changed. Please mark clearly and print names and include ages of all guests under 18. Please remember ONLY CHILDREN AGED 10 OR OVER MAY ATTEND.

 Children under 10 will be allowed to stay in the parents rooms as long as they have a babysitter over the age of 18 with them at all times. The price for the children under 10 and the babysitter will be £10 a head which will include breakfast. Children under 10 and their babysitters WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to attend the Dinner, Dance or Presentation (an evening meal will not be provided so you will need to make appropriate arrangements for your under 10’s and babysitters)

 

 

 

 

Uploaded 2nd September 2009

After recent talks within the committee and after numerous requests from members, it has been decided to run a part fun day this season.

This will be run on the 27th of September meeting.

What will happen is that there will be one heat and a final for standard club drivers of which points will still count towards the overall 2009 points. After the interval the day will turn into the Fun Day side of things where there will be races as follows.

In the Hot rod groups there will be:

Ladies race (Non SEGTO licence holders)

Sponsors race

Mechanics race

Officials race.

In the Contact groups there will be:

A ladies Prodstox style race (Non SEGTO licence holders)

Mechanics Prodstox style race (Non SEGTO licence holders)

And time permitting there will also be time trials which may also involve road cars.

 

 

 

There has been a spate of vandalism at the track over the last few weeks resulting in the arson of the caravan put aside for the chase the caravan meeting, the Transit which was ready for the trash the transit meeting, the roller has had all it's windows smashed and some cables ripped out, the podium posts for 1st,2nd and 3rd place winners have been smashed up, a push along lawn mower has also been torched, fencing damaged and so the list seems to go on. If anyone in the Havant, Leigh Park, Horndean areas hears of anyone bragging about these such things please could they speak with any member of the committee on a race day or ring them via numbers on the contacts page. If these things continue to happen without the culprits being caught, it will end up with one of two results. 1 being that fees will have to be increased to pay for all the damage. 2 the farmer/land owner may revoke our contract and ask us to leave the site. We don't want to see either of these happen so we need to catch these mindless idiots. If you hear anything please lets us know. Regards The Race Committee

Uploaded 30th July 2009

Horse Racing Evening
At Westbourne Social Club
Wednesday 12th August 2009
8pm Start
Family and friends all welcome

Food will be available the same as we had at the skittles evening which was:

Chicken & Chips with Peas or Beans

Hot Dog in a bun with Garnish and Chips

Curry and Rice

Cottage Pie and Peas

Any meal costs £3.25 or £5.25 with a pint

If you are intending to come and would like a meal/s please contact Fran on 02392 785456 and let her know.

The skittles night was a great success and everyone had a great time. Lets see if this event can be even better presented by members families and friends and get the social evenings back as they used to be.

If you require any further information please don't hesitate to contact either fran or myself.

 

Uploaded 30th July 2009

There is still a board position available as a board member. Anyonw wishing to put their name forward can do so for the current board to elect someone from the nominees.

The only requirement is that nominee must have been a club member for 5 years.

Please email your details to

Nomineeforboard@saaraceway.co.uk

 

Uploaded 30th January 2009

Why has the SAA domain name changed?

There are a couple of reasons, but mainly to save the club yet more money on ever increasing overheads and also to take the strain from Pat Smith who has done a grand job over the years in making sure that any problems with the server and domain name were rectified asap. With Pat standing down from Board and Committee, it felt only right to also take the burden of the website off his shoulders as well so he can enjoy his time better.

I personally would like to thank Pat for all he has done with running the previous sites and for getting me out of some sticky issues when i really didnt have a clue what i was doing.

The site will now also have payment facilities once i get around to finishing things off, so that club clothing etc will be able to be purchased such as T-shirts, fleeces, hoodies, caps, mugs etc etc with the SAA logo and your name or even name and race number. Maybe the ideal present for a member of your family that can be delivered by post secretly or just as a surprise.

You will also be able to pay online (securly) Via Paypal for booking in for some of the bigger meetings, . And pretty much anything else that may have a relevance to SAA that may arise during the year.

We will now be offering advertising space within the website not only to try and increase revenue toward the club running costs but also by doing so help promote some of the local business who advertise on the site to get a bit more local awareness of themselves.

Advertising will be relatively cheap and prices will change accordingly to the most used pages within the site. Anyone requiring information on advertising prices should contact me in the first instance by email SIMON STEVENSON or alternatively by phone on 07765510704 Please check the advertising page first to see samples and then quote me what number advert you are considering placing.

Advertising Boards are also available around the circuit and also in the clubs race meeting programme, again if you are interested in advertising by either of these methods please contact either myself by the same email address and i will forward it to Chris Pye, or you can ring him on 07774 649883 .