Hi all,
Winter Race Ireland is over for 2011 and it has been the successful event that we all wanted. A team of people put in alot of work to stage this race meeting and I just want to acknowledge the people who, without whom, the event would not have been nearly a good over the weekend.
Vicky Fagan, Club Secretary, for arranging the hire of equipment including table and chairs, purchase of food and sundries, and for feeding all of the competitors for what must have seemed a solid 48 hours. Vicky also recruited
Eileen to help in the kitchen all weekend. Well done to you both
Graham Parkes, Comittee Member, for being instrumental in the sourcing of raw materials for the track, especially the astro, and for putting in some late nights setting the track and pitting area up. Graham also ran a large chunk of the meeting over the weekend
Ian Hunter and
Michael Bolger , for using their contacts in "a supermarket" and Brennan's Bread to acquire all the food sold at the right price and getting it to the venue.
Michael O'Leary, Race Director, for enforcing the rule book over the weekend and ensuring a fair, highly competitive meeting took place.
Tony Kavanagh and
Iris Van Echepoel for stepping in (really at the last moment) to take on some of the duties at Race Control - much appreciated.
Thankyou also goes to
Ken Gordon, Dave Bolger, Derek McCloskey, Robin Schumacher, RC Bearings.co.uk, David Home, and our landlord James McNally.
The biggest thankyou, however, goes to the ordinary racers who made up their mind to support the event early on and traveled an extraordinary distance to do so. The A-Finals in all four classes were epic and of the highest standard to say the least which really puts WINTER RACE IRELAND as a "must do" event for 2012.
See you next year
William White