Made in England: Blighty Championships

Setup for the Hybrid Dual Slalom on the Saturday will start at 12:00 noon. This will include the putting up of ramps, course setting and laying down of timing gear.

Race registration will be in the clubhouse at 12:30, where competitor numbers will be allocated.

Entry fee for both days is £15.00. Entry fee for one day (either Saturday or Sunday) is £10.00.

Insurance and track hire have already been paid, so please get your entry sub in early via PayPal to:

ukssa01@gmail.com

Open practice will be run from 1pm (earlier if possible) with the racing starting at 1:30pm.

Qualifying will be the best time of two runs, one run in each lane.

Starting for qualifying will be individually timed, but in order to keep up the racing impetus, racers are requested to go within ten seconds of being permitted on course, with parallel qualifying preferred (ie: racers going together ASAP).

Time and numbers (and weather) permitting, there will then be bracketing into two groups of 16, A and B Groups. If there are any delays then a single bracket of top 16 will be arranged. We have the course until 4pm, but 6pm has been made available should it be required.

Starting in the heats will then be via the standard European system of 'five second warning, ' where, once racers are ready, a start will ensue at any point within the next five seconds. Anyone DEEMED to be jumping the start will be given just one verbal warning before being given the DQ penalty of 10per cent of the fastest qualifying time.

Cone penalty will be 0.1 seconds per cone.

If a cone is hit and remains either touching or in part of its circle then it is not to be counted as a penalty. If a cone is out of place on your run, then pull out of the course and raise your hand immediately. If cones are knocked out in front of you by the opposition's cones then do likewise. A rerun will occur. If these rules are deemed to be abused, then the organiser's delegated referee decision will be final. Even if wrong.

Please can competitors cone-marshall on their way back up the hill to the start. There will be four posts dividing sections of the course. Move up one position after each race. Please offer to cone-marshall even if you have been knocked out of the competition. The heats go through very quickly as the final approached and accurate marshalling is critical.

Camping: http://www.lambourne-end.org.uk/

We have booked camping on Saturday evening on behalf of the UKSSA at:

The Lambourne End Centre
Manor Road
Lambourne End
Essex
RM4 1NB

Tel: 020 8500 3047
Fax: 020 8559 8481

Location: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?zoom=15&countryCode=GB&lat=51.6315&lon=0.1376&dp=904

Make note that this is a site for Christian youth groups, so please try to avoid the customary crucifictions and playing of Black Sabbath.

This includes camping ground, shower and toilet facilities, but you have to provide your own tent and cooking facilities.

We have had to pay for the camping in advance, so folks are encouraged to use the facility. Depending on numbers, costs per head should be about £10.00.

Evening food: and refreshment is available just down the road at the Camelot pub:

http://www.millerandcarter.co.uk/thecamelotromford/

GS - Sunday

We have the track from 9:00am onwards on Sunday, so setup of the course will begin then, with choice of slope depending on weather conditions. It will consist of a single lane timed run with start ramp. Each racer will have three runs (time permitting) with the best of these runs counting as final time.

A Top Gear style leader board will show the best riders and times to beat.

Again, it is preferred that a competitor goes within ten seconds of the course being open to them, choosing within that slot the best start moment given prevailing conditions.

It is requested that competitors assist in cone-marshalling on their return up the course.

Once racing is complete, then the track will be open to Freeride until 5pm. Longboarders are encouraged to enter the GS which should suit a more carving flow rider style.

If time and weather hold, then an informal Vintage Race will take place on the Indy Circuit as used on the Saturday.

http://www.ncdsa.com/20/Pre-1980-Vintage-Skateboard-Gear.htm

Boards from the seventies are to be encouraged, however anything crap will probably do. Unless it wins.
Nutsack, Frank, Leon, Charalambous, Clingfilm, Levene, Sweeney and Ed might well be handicapped by being forced to use boards made in this millennium.

Because of the nature of the insurance and event, a helmet must be worn at all times.