Tuesday 29th December 2009
The Committee had a work party at Ballagaraghyn on Monday 28th December;
Some changes have taken place, The track will be going in the opposite direction from the end of last season, there are new marshal boxes, courtesy of Cemex Limited, a new speaker system is being installed, start gates for the auto track should be here for the first championship round in February.
An extreme amount of rubbish was collected on the day, which included an awful lot of beer bottles and wine bottles, beer cans, pop cans, sweet papers. All this rubbish is flying around Ballagaraghyn in the winds and getting on to neighbouring farm land. Also the farmer who owns Ballagaraghyn grazes his sheep on the track land when we are not using it. All this rubbish dumping has got to stop. We do provide dustbins, however, you can all help by taking your own rubbish home with you. Plastic is a particular problem on the land. Your 'tear offs' are a great cause for concern, as livestock can eat them and choke. Please use them sparingly if you have to use them. The ACU are considering banning tear offs from tracks because of the environmental impact. We will keep you informed of this development.
Sunday 27th December 2009
GRANT THOMSON, ASHLEY KELLY, WILLIAM QUIRK,
CALUM COLLISTER, AARON HYNES, DANIEL MCGHEE
CHRISTOPHER MOORE, LUKE SMITH, SOPHIE HEATH,
JAKE HENRY, DILLON COWIE, MARK KNEEN, CURTIS GROSE,
JED SCOTT, REECE CRELLIN, LIAM CRELLIN, KANE HALL, LUKE HALL, ALEX BOTTOMLEY, JORDAN CORKILL JACOB SUBAHUS
AARON LUND DANNY LANE MATTY LANE ADAM LANE
MAX MURRAY TOM WALKER ALEX WALKER MEL KERRUISH
JED ETCHELLS JOE YEARDSLEY HUNTER MATTHEW CORKILL
PHINTSO SHERPA PARR CALLAN COOPER MAX INGHAM TANYA DENTITH AND LEE DENTITH
These are the names of the riders who have been accepted on to the training day.
There are only a few places left.
Tuesday 15th December 2009 - over 16's only
2 man enduro to take place at North end of Ballagaraghyn on BoxingDay - signing on 22nd December at The Tynwald, St. Johns, £30.00 per rider. Signing on from 9:30 - 3 hour event starting at 11am. Presentation after at Sulby Glen Hotel.
Practice and presentation day is on Sunday 17th January 2010
Practice at Ballagaraghyn on 17th January 2010 will be followed by the presentation of the 2009 trophies at Jurby Hall. We were going to have a marquee but we were not sure if the wind would blow it away, so we have booked the Jurby Hall instead. It would be great if mums and dads could provide finger food i.e. sausage rolls, cakes, biscuits, crisps, pop, etc and plenty of bin bags.
Ramsey Trophy Presentation is to take place on Friday 26th February 2010 at the Glen Helen. More info soon.
Thursday 10th December 2009 :
It has been confirmed that XC IOM will run a training day on Saturday 9th January. Autos/65s/85s/125s - Juan Knight and David Knight will be taking on the task of training. Unfortunately, only 40 riders will be admitted. The first 40 to send a cheque and name and address and class will be accepted. Please send cheques to David Kelly at 3 Cooil Veg, Andreas, made payable to L Kelly.
Further details will be supplied to the lucky 40. The price is £40.00 per rider.
Thursday 10th December 2009 :
At the Schoolboy AGM on Wednesday 9th December 2010 the following members were elected: Jan Henry was elected to the position of Treasurer after Lionel Cowin stood down from the position. Craig Shannon was confirmed as committee member after Andy McGhee stood down earlier in the year and Simon Bottomley was elected to assist Martin Lane with the automatic track. The Committee would like to thank Lionel Cowin for all his hard work as Treasurer and Andy Maghee for the years of service to the Schoolboy Club.
Thursday 19th November 2009 : 2010 centre numbers are now on line
Please note: Do not use your 2010 until January 2010. If you are riding in the kids enduro on 5th December and Peveril event at Ballagaraghyn on the 6th December please keep your 2009 number on your bike. If you are going up from 85 big wheel to 125 Class you will be allocated an adult number after the final centre round on 6th December. I have a list of names of riders who will be going up and I will e-mail you with your number after the adult centre numbers go online.
Tuesday 10th November 2009 : Signing on for the XC IOM Kids enduro on the 5th December will be on the day, but will be split : 9:30 - 10:00 signing on for autos and 65s and 11:00 - 11:30 for 85s and 125 classes. The track will be sign posted from Ballagaraghyn and from Andreas Shop.
Wednesday 4th November 2009 : The Schoolboy Club have kindly agreed to Peveril MCC running their final centre round at Ballagaraghyn on Sunday 6th December 2009. Adult solos, quads and kids will run, kids will be allocated points at this event which will go toward the Peveril overall result. If you entered and paid for last sunday the entry will be carried over, however if you require a day licence this will have to be paid for at the signing on evening/sunday morning.
Kids Enduro is to run on Saturday 5th December at Smeale in Bride, a map of the location will be added to this site soon. XC IOM will run the event and signing on will be on the day.
Sunday 1st November 2009: A new date will be arranged for Peveril centre round later in the week.
At a recent meeting of the MX centre committee the 2010 dates were drafted and have now been finalised.
Also : Adult prices are to increase from 1st January 2010 to £30.00 kids entry fees will remain at £20.00 for the 2010 season.
Friday 16th October 2009
Children under 18 must be accompanied by their Parent or Court Appointed Legal Guardian and the parent/guardian must stay for the entire duration that the rider is present. This is in your ACU Handbook and it will be strictly adhered to.
Also please check the regulations of the Schoolboy MCC point 1 "parent, guardian ... must be prepared to marshal at events, otherwise the youth rider will not be allowed to compete in the event."
The Rules of the Schoolboy Club are posted on the wall of the signing on hut and are on this page at the bottom of the navigation bar.
ISLE OF MAN SCHOOLBOY AGM will take place at Knock Froy Club House on Wednesday 9th December 2009 at 8pm. Anyone who wishes to put forward any matter or written resolution should do so to Catriona McIntosh-Thomson at least two weeks before the AGM for inclusion on the Agenda.
And Finally The presentation of the Trophies for 2009 will take place at Ballagaraghyn, Jurby on Sunday 17th January 2009 – a practice day will start at 9:00 – followed by the presentation in a marquee. Parents will be asked to provide snacks and drinks. Cat and Jan will be recruiting willing parents to supply/bake/cook for the event. (Gordon has offered to bake a lemon drizzle cake - can't wait!)
Monday 21st September 2009
News from the Paddock this week:
Jake and Reece both on crutches, but no broken bones, hopefully they will both be back on their bikes for the 5th Schoolboy Championship round on Sunday 27th September.
After a resounding success of the kids enduro, another meeting will hopefully be happening at the beginning of December (6th? date to be confirmed), discussions are underway with land owners for the use of their land.
A letter will be handed out to everyone who rides motocross in the Isle of Man from this week. The letter reiterates previous letters and warnings regarding verbally abusing officials at meetings. The letter also has a warning regarding your marshals leaving their posts without informing anyone. This has been happening on a regular basis and leaving marshal posts unmanned can lead to avoidable accidents and ultimately court cases, prosecutions and track closures. Please be aware your marshal should always inform the travelling marshals or Clerk of the Course if they need to come off the track. The penalty for marshals leaving their posts is a three month ban for the rider from all clubs in the Isle of Man.
Finally, a reminder to all adults you must never touch or shout at ANY child. No matter what has occurred on or off the track. If you have a complaint to make about a rider you must see the rider's parents and inform the Clerk of the Course. For your own protection do not confront or approach any child without their parent being present.
There are designated Child Protection Issues officers at all motocross events on the Isle of Man. If you wish to talk to an CPI officer please see the Clerk of the Course or the Race Regs for their names. Anything told to the CPI officer is in the strictest confidence.
Monday 25th August 2009
Kids enduro being run at the north end of Ballagaraghyn on Saturday 12th September 2009 - 9:30 signing on - 11am race start - autos/65s and 85s/125 events. 1.5 hours race. £25.00 per entry.
The event is not a Schoolboy MCC event and is being run by individuals. Please do not try to enter via the track entrance.
Thursday 16th July 2009
Adults can ride on Sunday 19th July at Kimmeragh in the Schoolboy Summer Series. Signing on at 9am - No Marshal No Ride rule applies
Friday 10th July 2009
Calling all under 21s who would like to ride the Schoolboy Summer Series.
The Club has decided to allow anyone who is under 21 to race on the weekend of 18th and 19th July 2009 at Kimmeragh. The group will be called 'under 21' group and will be run separately from the 125 group. However, if there are less than 10 riders signed on for the event the group will not ride. Please contact Cat Thomson on 451056 or email : mcthomson@manx.net to register your entry before the 18th July.
Monday 29th June 2009
At a recent meeting of the Schoolboy Committee it was confirmed that the IOM Schoolboy Club will not be organising the 2009 BYMX Team Event to be held at Norley, Cheshire. Due to the present monetary climate we (the Club) are having tremendous difficulties raising funds through sponsorship for our own summer series. The Club has also secured a three year lease for the track at Ballagaraghyn and this will also put an extra strain on funds. As the Team Event each year costs a considerable amount of money to enter plus the cost of race shirts, Tshirts and the travel costs we would not deem it viable to send a team across to the Event this year. The monies will be better spent on the lease, track work, our own tractor and our own championship/summer series.
The Event has also been moved to the weekend of our Championship round and due to our tight motocross schedule we cannot move to another date.
However, if anyone would like to organise a team to enter in to the BYMX Team Event please contact Sonia Goggins at the ACU.
Wednesday 17th June 2009
After a seven year battle the Schoolboy Club finally has full planning approval for 13 events per year at Ballagaraghyn. The committee today breathed a collective sigh of relief as the final hurdle was over come. There are several conditions attached to the final approval but the committee tonight agreed to accept the Planning Departments conditions. If you would like a copy of the approval please download the attached document. The committe have worked very hard to get the 13 events per year for you and now have conditions to up hold. Please take note of the conditions regarding times of meetings, noise restrictions and use of Ballagaraghyn. USE OF THE BALLAGARAGHYN TRACK STILL REMAINS RESTRICTED TO CLUB AUTHORISED EVENTS ONLY. ANYONE CAUGHT RIDING THE TRACK AT BALLAGARAGHYN OUTSIDE OF AUTHORISED USE WILL BE REFUSED ENTRY TO ANY SCHOOLBOY EVENT.
Thursday 12th February 2009
--WIN--
FREE ENTRY TO MOTOCROSS EVENT IN 09
In order to boost club funds we will be having a raffle at every schoolboy motocross which will give you the chance to win a free entry to the Ballagaraghyn motocross events. A different person will be picked every month!
Raffle tickets will be availble to purchase at £1.00 each at Sunday's regisration.
(No Committee member or member of their immediate family will be allowed to purchase a raffle ticket for this fundraising raffle)
Also the club are asking for any old motocross clothes, boots, helmets (with ACU Label) or any other motocross item that you can afford to donate to the Club who will run a jumble sale - all proceeds will be going the club funds. Bring any item to the Signing on hut at Ballagaraghyn on Sundays.
Tuesday 9th December 2008
At this years AGM the following were proposed and accepted on to the committee: Catriona McIntosh-Thomson, Mike Swift and Martin Lane. Damon Rockwell, Sean Skillicorn, Paul Thorley and Jan Henry stood down from their positions on the committee although Paul Thorley and Jan Henry agreed to remain on the committee for the 2009 season in consultation roles. Jan will also carry on as webmaster of the schoolboy website. For further information please see contacts page.
Wednesday 5th November 2008
YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU! - New committee members are needed for 2009 season - four of our favourite committee members are leaving at the AGM on the 9th December 2008. So come along to the AGM and get more involved in your favourite sport. ALSO : Clerk of the Course and Steward Seminar takes place at Knock Froy on Monday 10th November at 8pm anyone can attend.
Steam Packet Holidays are offering a special for anyone who wants to go and see the Supercross in Liverpool on the 24th January 2009. There will be some Manx riders taking part in this event!
Tuesday 21st October 2008
Updated Schoolboy Championship results, one round to go, remember you still have to drop your worst round:
Monday 20th October 2008
Adult centre championship results: 2009 Adult numbers
Friday 17th October 2008: 1
Clerk of the Course and Steward Seminar: for anyone who would like to become a Clerk of the Course or Steward there will be a seminar at Knock Froy on 10th November 2008 at 7:30 - Roy Barton from the ACU will be over to give this seminar - this is open to any adult who would be willing to become an official in next years motox meetings.
Friday 17th October 2008 : 2
Letter from Planning with restrictions : Please read the restrictions :
Friday 10th October 2008
Finally, after a long battle we have planning permission for 13 events to take place each year at Ballagaraghyn. The Planning Committee have placed conditions on this permission and further up dates will be posted as soon as the committee have seen the letter from planning.
Thursday 18th September 2008
Championship results - 2 rounds to go, remember you have to drop your worst round:
Wednesday 13th August 2008
The presentation will be held on Saturday 17th January 2009 at the Villa Marina Promenade suite. The venue has now been booked so you can put it in your diary.
Tuesday 12th August 2008
We've just heard that the Team Event is being held at Brampton this year. Only an hour from the boat. Team will be picked shortly.
Tuesday 12th August 2008
Due to the amount of rainfall on the land, this weekends grass track event has been cancelled.
Thursday 22nd May 2008
Peveril will now be running the 3rd centre round on the 29th June 2008 and not a 'fun day' as previously reported. However, more dates are being looked in to for fun days.
Monday 21st April
Fire extinguishers are required at any motocross event. Please make sure that you have yours in the van when the safety officer comes round. If you have no fire extinguisher in your van then you can be sent home without racing.
Another safety measure which is not being adhered to: Riding in the paddock will not be tolerated. Please make sure you push your bike to and from scruitineering and to and from the finish line.
These rules are in the ACU Rule book and can mean you get sent home without racing. Please read your handbook!!
FUN DAY AT KNOCK FROY
Peveril MCC are organising a fun day/practice day at Knock Froy on Sunday 29th June 2008.
Thursday 6th March 2008
Rider Assistance applications to be in by 8th April 2008. Rider Assistance is available to anyone from the Isle of Man who is taking part in this years national motox events in UK or Europe.
The club is also looking for Summer Series 2008 Sponsors and Team Event Sponsors. For more information contact Rob Evans or Jan Henry.
