Welcome to the North East Motocross Club. The 2010 club rules and supplementary regulations, club officials are enclosed.
The rules and supplementary regulations are for the benefit of the rider so please retain your copy as you may need to refer to them in the event of any query you may wish to address.
A club members meeting is on the first Monday of month at the William Hotel in Birtley (opposite Komatsu). This is for social purposes to discuss any matters needing to be raised and discussed to ensure the continued smooth running of the club throughout the year. Please try to attend when possible, your views, comments, suggestions are most valuable to the club. Remember rules and regulations can only be made or amended by persons who attend such meetings and have their say. Any assistance and support you can give especially on race days would be most appreciated and can only improve the running of the club.
The committee would therefore like to thank you in anticipation of your co-operation and wish you a very enjoyable and successful year.
CLUB OFFICIALS
Chairman - Phil Blair
Treasurer - Alison Hedley
Entry Secretary - Michelle Thirlwell
Secretary - Chris Blair
Chief Marshall - Bob Ryan
Trophy Secretary - Paddy Maguire
Track Co-ordinator - Ant Wright
NORTH EAST MOTOCROSS CLUB RULES APPLICABLE FROM 1st JANUARY 2010
1. The object of the club is to promote the sport of motorcycling in general and to organise fun sporting/social events for its members.
2. The club reserve the right to affiliate to a governing body.
3. The club will apply to all requirements of furnishing the ACU with an enrolled membership list for the purposes of determining the affiliation fees due and payable to the ACU.
4. Any persons becoming members of the club will be required to pay a membership fee to the club. Such amount to be determined by the club following the clubs annual general meeting election of committee.
5. Any paid up member of the club is entitled to stand for election for any vacant office that may arise or hold any ACU officials license.
6. All events run by the club will be in accordance and observation of the ACU National Sporting Code and Regulations relative to Motocross.
7. Any members of the club who use any grounds of the club for unofficial practice purposes render themselves liable to their membership of the club being withdrawn without recompense and their ACU License being revoked.
8. Event timetable, as far as is possible, the following timetable will be observed:
Sign on - 8.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. morning of event
Scrutineering - 8.15 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.
Practice Commences - 10.00 a.m.
9. Scrutineering will be observed in relation to all safety requirements and any subsequent regulations relating to the machines and safety apparel as indicated in the N.S.C.
10. Points system of awards will be as follows:
Adults & Schoolboys :- 1st - 45pts, 2nd - 42pts, 3rd - 40pts, 4th - 38pts, 5th - 36pts, 6th - 35pts, 7th – 34pts, and so on to 40th place.
In the event of a tie on points on the day, placings will be decided on the highest placings in the final leg.
11. The club will run for its members a club Championship over the year. 11 of the 12 rounds will count towards the Championship. A riders membership shall commence from the first Club Championship meeting that the said rider competes. Trophies will be awarded to 10th place in Schoolboy classes. Adult A class will receive a cash prize & trophies will awarded to 6th place in Adult B & Adult C classes. At the conclusion of the season championship trophies will be awarded to the top ten competitors in each schoolboy class & top six in adult classes. But all other club riders will, if present at the Club Presentation Evening, be presented with a club member’s trophy. If having completed in five or more races.
A tie break system will also apply to championship positions if the need arises, ie: the overall placings will be decided on the highest number of finishing positions, ie: 1st; 2nd; 3rd; and so on until the tie is resolved.
12. The rider will produce his/her license when signing on. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the event.
13. Marshalls shall be provided by the Club.
14. Ages and groups - the events will run with classes as determined by the Motocross Committee. Only persons eligible and licensed will be allowed to take part. Any person or rider found to be riding an over sized machine will be automatically suspended for the twelve months (subject to rights of appeal).
15. The club reserves the right to:-
a) At any time close the club membership/or that of any class it runs.
b) To run classes together in the event of a small entry (subject to clerk of the course).
c) Subject to all rights, take disciplinary action against any person(s) who the club consider by their actions or otherwise, bring the sport or the club into disrepute or expel any person(s) from the club events whom the club feel may prejudice the name of the club.
16. Any persons found riding or caught riding machines in the paddock areas may at the discretion of the clerk of the course be excluded from the meeting and requested to leave the event. This practice is DANGEROUS and will NOT be tolerated.
17. All entrants must and will complete two laps of practice prior to race commencement.
18. Any final instructions to entrants subsequently issued will have the same effect as these regulations and any other rules already in force.
19. All competitions run by the club under the jurisdiction of the ACU will be effectively insured under the policies effected by the ACU.
20. INTERPRETATION The interpretation of the rules and regulations, final instructions or the National Sporting Code will rest entirely with the stewards of the meeting whose decision shall be final and binding except as provided for by the National Sporting Code.
21. OBERSVATION OF CLUB RULES Any person, member or associate of the North East Motocross club, become members in recognition of the above rules and agree to be bound by them in all circumstances and any subsequent amendments duly authorised or introduced by way of enactment of the ACU, or the invested powers of the committee, will also apply.
23. THESE WILL STAND AS SUPPLEMENTARY REGS.
THE NORTH EAST MOTOCROSS CLUB
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
JURISDICTION
All competitions promoted by the club will conform to the ACU N.S.C. standing regulations for Motocross and to these supplementary regulations and to any subsequent final instructions which may be issued prior to the meeting/event.
ELIGIBILITY
Riders or entrants must hold a current ACU License competition or otherwise, to be eligible or officiate in an ACU event.
AGE GROUPS
Riders or entrants will observe the regulations laid down in the N.S.C. and standing regulations relative to classes, ages and groups.
CLASSES
The club will promote classes of competition for both youth and adult riders in accordance with the appropriate regulations.
ENTRIES
The regulations stipulating to entries will be stipulated by the entry secretary. Anybody entering an event and not turning up without notifying the entry secretary may be put on a reserve list for the next meeting they enter.
FEES
Membership fees for the 2010 season to be £20 for each member. Additional rider/s from the same family will be £5
Family membership is Father, Mother, Daughter, Son
Aunts, Uncles, Cousin etc must purchase there own membership
CHANGE OF MACHINE
Only the clerk of the course can permit a change of machine. Any request to do so must be made to him/her.
SCRUTINEERING
Scrutineering will be conducted in accordance of the requirements laid down in the rules. All items deemed necessary will be examined. The scrutineer can request at any time for a machine to be re-presented, especially in cases of, and where it has been involved in an accident.
TRACK SAFETY
All regulations will be strictly adhered to in accordance with the rules and regulations.
LAND AND COURSES
No land will be used by the club at any time if it does not comply with the regulations and is not certificated by the ACU for use or has a current issue permit for use.
