Index Archive 2005

BRCA / Club Membership 2006

Don't forget, from the beginning of January, your Club and BRCA membership fees will be due. BRCA membership has increased to £12 for 2006, but we have reduced the Club membership to just £3, so that it only costs £15, the same as 2005, to renew your Club & BRCA membership.

9th December 2005

Trophy Winners

Tonight saw the presentation of trophies to all the winners from the Autumn Series - well done to you all. Click on the pic to see a bigger version.

End of Championship / Christmas Raffle

Winners of the raffle prizes were as follows:

Laser Tweak Station & Case Simon Phillips

6 x Team Br00d GP3700 Cells Jamie Oliver

Matrix V10 turbo Stock Motor Luke Byrne

Matrix V10 turbo Stock Motor Greg Marshall

Ti-Nitride 6 piece Hex driver set Tony Spooner

Losi Alfa 190mm T/C Shell Colin Williams

Indi ZERO-Equaliser John Fillingham

4 x 6 spoke graphite wheels Tony Spooner

Set of GP3300 Cells made to your layout Tom Marchant

Set of GP3300 Cells made to your layout Charlie Ware

Everyone seemed to enjoy Track 11 which is a great track to drive when you get the line right, and some quick laps were put in by a lot of drivers. You can check out the results in more detail below:

We will be racing as normal next week - Friday 16th, and after that we will be taking a break for Christmas, with racing starting again on Friday 6th January.

2nd December 2005

Autumn Championship Results

Tonights meeting brought the Autumn Championship to a conclusion, with the "usual suspects" taking the top slots in F1 , but with a few different drivers taking the top places in F2 and F3

So, here are the top positions, each of which will recieve a trophy.

Overall Club Champion
1	John Fillingham
Formula 1		Points
1	John Fillingham	598
2	Dan Wooster	596
3	Nathan Maycock	595
Formula 2		Points
1	Elliott Harper	600
2	Luke Byrne	595
3	Jamie Oliver	595
Formula 3		Points
1	Simon Williams	596
2	Sam Hunt	593
3	Kevin Howard	587

We also decided that an extra trophy would be awarded at the end of this year, for the "Most Improved Junior - 2005", as a way of recognising the hard work and perserverance that our younger drivers bring to the Club. The only difficulty with this award, is how on earth do you choose? Well, we've used a combination of pure racing results during the year and a bit of judgement on overall attitude towards racing. It was still a difficult choice, with Simon Williams, Chris Mariani, Luke Byrne, Charlie Ware, Peter Jeeves and Liam Snaith all having done really well this year. In the end, a small panel (well, Dave and Colin!) decided that the award should go to Charlie Ware - so well done!

Congratulations to everyone who took part in this years championships - we hope you enjoyed it.

You can see tonight's results here;

and the overall Championship results here:

"Formula" Update

Now that the Championship has ended, we have taken a look at the results from the Spring and Autumn Series and reviewed who should be in which formula. Good news for some, and perhaps not so good for others!

Winners and Losers are:

Elliott Harper		From F2 to F1
Colin Williams		From F1 to F2
Simon Williams		From F3 to F2
Sam Hunt		From F3 to F2
Kevin Howard		From F3 to F2

2006 Formulas >>

End of Championship / Christmas Raffle

Don't forget, we will be holding the FREE raffle next week!

BRCA / Club Membership 2006

From the beginning of January, your Club and BRCA membership fees will be due. Because the cost of BRCA membership has increased to £12 for 2006, we will reduce the Club membership to just £3, so that it only costs the same as 2005 to renew your Club & BRCA membership.

If you want to pay next years fees before Christmas, you can do, just see Colin on a race night.

25th November 2005

Just one more round of the Autumn Championship left to go and it's still anyones win in F1, F2 and F3 - check out the results so far:

At the end of the Championship we will be awarding trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in F1, F2 and F3, as well as Overall Club Champion, and Most Improved Junior Driver - a new award for this year.

You can check out this weeks results in more detail below:

End of Championship / Christmas Raffle

Don't forget, we will be holding the FREE raffle on the week we award the trophies, and we now have a list of prizes up for grabs, worth over £300!!

Sponsored by Mike Smith (www.Modeltech.co.uk)

Laser Tweak Station & Case Worth £68

6 x Team Br00d GP3700 Cells Worth £37

Matrix V10 turbo Stock Motor Worth £29

Matrix V10 turbo Stock Motor Worth £29

Ti-Nitride 6 piece Hex driver set Worth £27

Losi Alfa 190mm T/C Shell Worth £19

Indi ZERO-Equaliser Worth £16

4 x 6 spoke graphite wheels Worth £12

Sponsored by Rob Oliver (www.RCMatch.co.uk):

Set of GP3300 Cells made to your layout Worth £40

Set of GP3300 Cells made to your layout Worth £40

How do you get a draw ticket for these wonderful prizes? Well there's nothing to it - for every round of the Championship you raced in, a ticket with your name on will be put in the draw - as easy as that!

A huge thanks to both Mike and Rob for supporting the Club this way and giving us such HUGE discounts on the above prizes.

18th November 2005

Because one of the Club's aims is to help provide children (as well as the adults!) with somewhere to race and share their enjoyment of radio controlled cars, we decided that it seemed appropriate if all of last nights takings, and any aditional donations, were given to Children in Need. So a big "Thank You!" to everyone who raced last night (and even those who didn't) because we have been able to donate a grand total of £87.64 to this excellent charity.

Things are hotting up now in the Championship, as more drivers complete their minimum of 6 rounds to get a final position. Check out the results so far:

and this weeks detailed Race results:

End of Championship / Christmas Raffle

Well I'm really pleased to announce that we've decided to run a FREE raffle for all the Club Members who have competed in the Autumn Series. So how will it work? Well, firstly, Mike Smith of ModelTech and Rob Oliver of RC Match have both agreed to provide us with discounted prizes, so we will have over £200 worth of prizes up for grabs! Secondly, for every round of the Championship that you have run, one ticket will be added to the draw with your name on it - so in theory the more you have raced, the more likely you are to win!

We will hold the Prize Draw, along with awarding the Trophies on either the 9th or 16th of December.

We may even have something extra special before Christmas, so watch this space..........

11th November 2005

It was nice to welcome a few new drivers to the Club tonight - hope you all enjoyed it. It was especially interesting to see "Team Sanfords" unusual Schumacher!

Well, we are heading towards the closing stages of the Autumn Championship now and while I don't want to make any predicitions, you can start to see who is challenging for the top spot in each of the formulas.

In F1, it looks like it going to be between Nathan, John and Dan - who will be able to keep up the pressure for the next three weeks?

In F2, Jamie's up front, but Elliott and Luke are closing fast, and in F3 Simon, Sam, Charlie and Kevin are all in with a chance to win.

There's been some great racing and let's hope it continues - and most of all - let's Have Fun!

4th November 2005

A bit of a modification to Track 18 tonight made it a bit trickier than intended, but still an interesting and challenging track - we'll make it wider next time!

Over half way through the series now and a few drivers have got 6 rounds under their belts, so can start to drop some of those poorer rounds - I know I want to!

Don't forget - even if you can't get enough rounds in for the championship, you can still come and race on Friday's - it's still the same fun night it is every week and all drivers are welcome.

Check out the results below:

28th October 2005

Not one of our fast and flowing tracks tonight (in contrast to 14th October!) and perhaps a bit more technically challenging, track 17 made an interesting change!

Check out the results below:

21st October 2005

Check out this weeks results below:

14th October 2005

WOW! Tonight's track was very fast with some of the top drivers getting consistently fast lap times. I think this must be one of my favourite tracks for being nice and flowing - but perhaps not as technically challenging as some of the other tracks in our portfolio. Check out the results below:

7th October 2005

Check out tonight's results:

30th September 2005

Tonight saw the 1st round of the Autumn Championship, with some close racing, but more importantly plenty of fun!

To see tonight's results in more detail click below:

23rd September 2005

Some excellent fast racing tonight, with a few closely fought battles for position - just the stuff to lead us nicely into the start of the Autumn Championship next week!

Autumn Series

The Autumn series will run for 10 weeks and you're final placing will be based on your best 6 results from the possible maximum 10 you can have. The series will start on Friday 30th September and finish Friday 2nd December - in time to get the trophies handed out before Christmas!

The results from the Autumn Series will be "combined" with those from the Spring Super Sprint to sort Formula's for 2006. For the Autumn series we will be using the current Club formula's.

Formula's >>

Personal Transponders

Don't forget, the Club still has a couple of PT's to sell onto Club Members. They are £55 each compared with the normal price of £59 if you were to buy one direct from the suppliers - that's almost all your Club membership fee in discount!

We have also purchased some servo "Y" leads for anyone who doesn't have a 3rd channel or BEC socket to plug the transponder into. We are selling these for £4 each to Club members.

If you are interested in buying one, see Colin on a Club night - you can even pay in installments if that makes it easier.

16th September 2005

This weeks results have been added:

Don't forget, the Autumn Championship starts in 2 weeks time on 30th September!

9th September 2005

Tonight's results have been added:

2nd September 2005

All the results have now been added for August - so if you want to see how you did you can check it out in the august results section:

August 2005 Race Results >>

and the results for tonight have now been added:

Driver numbers have been a bit low during the Summer - but with the holidays over, numbers will hopefully now start to get back to normal.

Don't forget, the Autumn Championship Series starts last week in September - so get practicing!

5th August 2005

Track 15 is a really fast and flowing track and makes you realise just how fast you can get a stock motor to run when it's geared properly! Jamie Oliver put in a fast qualifier to grab a place in the A Final (will he make F1 in the next Series?), while the B and C finals stayed as they were for qualifying - which shows we must have the abilities about right now!

It will be racing as normal for the next couple of weeks, but the website won't be updated now until early September. Keep an eye on the Chat Room for any urgent messages.

29th July 2005

Check out this weeks results;

Autumn Series

Don't panic! We're not that close to Autumn yet, but I thought it was time to publish the dates so you can all get in plenty of practice before it starts.

The results from the Autumn Series will be "combined" with those from the Spring Super Sprint to sort Formula's for 2006. For the Autumn series we will be using the current Club formula's.

Formula's >>

What are you waiting for - come along and try out some new set-up's to get the best out of your car!

22nd July 2005

Not as many drivers as usual this week, but still plenty of competition! There was some really close racing in the A final, and lots of good driving on a track we don't run very often.

1st July 2005

24th June 2005

Check out the link below for tonight's race results:

22nd June 2005

For Sale

Richard Bland has sold some of his kit, but still has the RC Lab GT3 PRO rolling chassis (£80) and his KO Propo Esprit 40Mhz radio gear (£80) for sale. For contact details, see the for sale section.

For Sale >>

17th June 2005

Car Security

A fun evening's racing was spoilt by James having his car broken into and the stereo stolen while it was parked in the car park at the Knibb Centre - which took the edge off the 2nd round of finals. Everyone should make sure that nothing is left in view inside their car and any security systems / features are activated.

For Sale

Check out Ryan Hensons' Mi2 in the For Sale section:

For Sale >>

10th June 2005

A few problems with the computer tonight means we don't have any results for this week, but thanks to everyone for being patient - at least we did get some racing in eventually!

Trophy Winners

At least with the extra time we had the opportunity to present the winners of the Spring Series with their trophies - well done to you all. Click on the pic to see a bigger version.

Committee Meeting

Just a note that there will be a Club Committee meeting on Wednesday 29th June at the New Inn in Ringstead at 7.30pm. If anyone needs directions, please let Colin know.

This will be an open meeting, so feel free to come along and discuss any items you want to, or let Wayne or Dave know what you would like discussed if you can't make the meeting.

3rd June 2005

Well tonights racing was a fitting end to what's been a fun series! The most exciting racing was probably in the C Final, with the lead changing so many times, I lost count. Some close racing in the B final as well, but even with a win tonight, Jamie Oliver couldn't quite wrestle the F2 win from David Seamark. In the A Final Nathan tried hard to keep Dan Wooster in check, but a mistake in leg 1, and car problems in leg 2, destroyed any hope of 1st place for Nathan.

So, here are the top positions, each of which will recieve a trophy next week.

Overall Club Champion
1	Dan Wooster
Formula 1		Points
1	Dan Wooster	594
2	Nathan Maycock	591
3	Tony Spooner	580
Formula 2		Points
1	David Seamark	594
2	Jamie Oliver	594
3	David Brown	585
Formula 3		Points
1	Kevin Howard	592
2	Mark Phillips	581
3	Simon Williams	572

Congratulations to everyone who took part - we hope you enjoyed it.

27th May 2005

Just one more week of the Spring Sprint series to go now, and some of the places are still going to be decided on the last week!

Nathan looks good to take the overall win and F1 - but it all depends on Dan's performance next week. In F2, it's a straight fight now between David Seamark and Jamie Oliver for 1st place, and Kevin Howard can win F3, unless Sam Hunt comes in at the last minute and steals it for himself!

Once the positions have sorted themselves out, there will be trphies for the top 3 placed drivers in each group as well as overall champion.

20th May 2005

Tonight's race results have now been added.

Here are the latest positions after round seven - just two weeks left to grab one of the top places!

Why not check out Richard Bland's RC Lab in the For Sale section - a bargain at this price:

For Sale >>

13th May 2005

Did you succumb to the "bad luck" of Friday 13th tonight? Well it certainly felt like it from my point of view, but then again I can manage to break my car any week, so what was so special about this week? Well of course it was no different. When we crash out in a race and either lose a place or worse damage our car and have to leave the track, we'd all like to blame someone else - but in reality we've only our own driving to blame - and after all, it's only a bit of fun - isn't it?

Here are the latest positions after round six:

11th May 2005

A couple of new items have been added to the For Sale section

For Sale >>

6th May 2005

A slightly smaller turn out tonight than normal, but that didn't stop there being some great racing! Well done to Liam Snaith in his first race meeting he showed some real promise for the future.

Just over half way thorough the series now, here are the latest positions after round five:

29th April 2005

A chance tonight for some drivers who don't normally appear in the A Final to compete against the top drivers at the Club - well done to David Brown and Jamie Oliver - some excellent driving there.

There was also plenty of close racing in the other finals - check out the results:

and also the latest positions after round four of the championship:

25th April 2005

Richard Bland is selling up all his RC kit - check out the For Sale section to find out more.

For Sale >>

22nd April 2005

A great night's racing tonight, with some really close and well controlled driving throughout the heats and finals.

We are starting to see one or two drivers begin to create a gap in the Spring Series, with Sam Hunt having 3 maximum point wins in Formula 3 and John Fillingham having max.points over the two races he's run. Formula 2 isn't as clear, with nobody creating a lead - but with 6 weeks to go, all the Formulas are still wide open!

15th April 2005

WOW! - Paul Upton's Corally RDX seemed like it was running on 7 cells tonight, as it flew around the track. But Dan Wooster's RC-Lab managed to keep close, finishing each leg of the Finals only 1 lap down.

With 29 drivers it was a busy night, although a few (myself included) ended the night early due to frustrating breakages!

Please Help!

It would help if everyone could get to the hall by 7.15pm at the latest, so that we can get everyone booked into the computer and racing started for 7.30pm. That way we can all get home at a sensible time once the track is packed away at the end of the night.

Oh, and a big "thank you" to all those regulars who stay behind to help pack away, and shame on the rest of you! If everyone who raced took just 5 minutes to help pack away the track it would take no time at all.

Just so I don't miss anyone out - a big thank you to those who help lay out the track at the start of the night - it's just as important we get the track down quickly or there will be no time to race!

8th April 2005

Spring Super Sprint

Tonight saw the start of the new Spring Series, which will run for 9 weeks and will decided on your best 6 runs from the 9 weeks.

This week we ran on another new track layout:

Track 18>>

which proved to be fairly popular and gave a good start to the series.

Red Nose Day 2005!

Sponsorship Money

With a further input from Richard Bland, we have now raised the grand total of £275.74.

Well done to everyone who collected sponsorship money, and wel done to Richard for coming up with the idea in the first place.

Kettering Crew Cambridge Results

Mixed results for our drivers last week at the Cambridge meeting:

Paul Upton - A Final - 3rd
Jonathan Lucas - B Final - 6th
James Trostler - C Final - 3rd
Dave Irving - D Final - 1st
Stuart Gates - E Final - 6th

Well done to everyone who took part.

1st April 2005

Kettering Crew off to Cambridge - Again!

A number of our drivers are going to Cambridge on Sunday to race for our Club in an open race meeting similar to the one we went to last year. To give everyone a bit of practice, we set out a new track tonight which is similar in layout to the one planned for Sunday.

Track 22 >>

It proved to be quite a tricky layout, particularly the chicane at one end!

Results >>

Good luck to all the Kettering team racing on Sunday - Dave Irving; Stuart Gates; James Trostler; Paul Coleman; Paul Upton; Jonathan Lucas.

Make sure you bring back some trophies!

Red Nose Day 2005!

Sponsorship Money

Kevin Howard has added a further £93 to the collection, so we have now raised the grand total of £251.74.

Spring Super Sprint

Don't forget, that next week sees the start of the new Spring Series, which will run for 9 weeks and will decided on your best 6 runs from the 9 weeks.

This doesn't change the sorting for the heats or finals, but just adds a bit of fun, with drivers being scored within their Formula's as well as overall within the Club.

Formula's >>

18th March 2005

We ran on another of the new track track designs tonight, which seemed to be quite a popular one:

Track 16 >>

With a few of the regular A finalists away this week, it was nice to see a couple of new names in the A Final line-up!

Results >>

Red Nose Day 2005!

Sponsorship Money

Well Done to everyone who either donated money last week, or collected sponsorship money - especially Jamie Oliver, who collected £67!

So far, we have raised the grand total of £158.74, which has now been paid into the Comic Relief Fund. If you have any more sponsorship money, please give it to Colin on a Club Night, so we can add that to our total.

Easter Holiday

Don't forget, there is NO RACING next Friday (25th March) as it is Good Friday and the venue is closed. We will be back to normal the following week - 1st April - no fooling around though!

Spring Super Sprint

Just to add a bit of interest to racing, we will be running a new championship series, starting 8th April, which will run for 9 weeks (so a bit shorter than our normal 12 week ones) and will decided on your best 6 runs from the 9 weeks.

This doesn't change the sorting for the heats or finals, but just adds a bit of a challenge, with drivers being scored within their Formula's as well as overall within the Club.

Formula's >>

If you want to know more about the series, speak to Dave or Colin on a race night.

11th March 2005

Red Nose Day Endurance Event!

Well, if you didn't come along and take part in tonight's endurance event, you missed a fast, fun and exciting race meeting, which hinged as much on good team work and tactics as it did on driver skills! Mind you, red hair came into it as well!

19 drivers turned out, so we created 5 teams, four with 4 drivers and one with 3 drivers, all drivers being placed into teams based on their ability. The teams were:

Team 1 Anthony Spooner Simon Phillips David Brown Brian Hodgson	Team 2 Richard Bland Paul Coleman Robert Hull Tom Walpole
Team 3 Nathan Maycock Luke Byrne Graeme Chapman Robert Hodgson	Team 4 James Trostler Daniel Mayes Kevin Howard Mathew Book
Team 5 Colin Williams Jamie Oliver Mark Phillips

At the end of the first 30 minute leg, Team 5 were in the lead with 159 laps, followed closely by Team 3 (153 laps) and Team 1 (151laps). After a 10 minute break, we started leg 2, and finally leg 3, giving each team a total of one and a half hours track time.

In the end, Team 1 won the event with a total of 490 laps, with Team 5 in close second place with 481 laps, Team 3 in a respectable 3rd, Team 4 in 4th place and finally Team 2 bringing up the rear after mechanical problems with two of their cars.

Here are the results:

Pos	Name	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Final Result
1	Team 1	151	161	178	490 laps
2	Team 5	159	158	164	481 laps
3	Team 3	153	163	162	478 laps
4	Team 4	143	154	149	446 laps
5	Team 2	139	159	61	359 laps

The race was run on a special track you can see here:

Endurance track >>

Well done to all the teams and drivers, it was a great night, with some really good driving, and excellent marshalling.

Now all everyone's got to do is collect any sponsorship they managed to get and we will total up how much our club will donate to Comic Relief!

5th March 2005

Some more excellent racing tonight, although one or two drivers were a bit scrappy - we all need to remember to be courteous on the track!

The results have now been downloaded:

Sponsorship form >>

Red Nose Day 2005!

Big Hair & Beyond

Don't forget our Red Nose Day event will be an endurance race, next Friday, 11th March. We also want to raise as much as possible through sponsorship, so if you haven't already picked one up, why not do so now from here:

So what is an endurance event?

Well, it's based very loosely on the idea of the Le Mans 24hr race, except we will be changing over drivers and car during the race, and we will only be running for 2 hours max!

When everyone has booked in to race, we will create a maximum of six teams, each with four drivers (although this may depend on how many turn up on the night). These teams will then compete to see which can do the most laps from 3 x 30minute race sessions - with each session having a 10 minute break between to repair the track and get our breath back!

There will be a few rules (apart from the normal motor, tyres, etc.), just to try and make the racing as fair as possible:

There will be one transponder per team, which must be passed from driver to driver off the track.
Each driver must race at least once, ideally for at least 5 minutes, in each of the three 30minute sessions.
At least one team member must be marshalling at any time during the race sessions.
Only one driver on the rostrum at any one time.
The winning team will be the one with the most laps totalled from all three sessions.

Teams will be selected on the night, based on ability, once everyone has booked in, to try and make the team compositions as fair as possible and give each team a realistic chance of winning.

After that, then team tactics are up to you!

Just remember that while you are on the track, the point is not to race against the other cars directly, but just to rack up as many laps as possible without crashing or breaking your car.

Please come along as early as you can so we can get everyone booked in and the teams sorted as early as possible - also don't forget to bring all your crystals and plenty of batteries.

25th February 2005

Well I won't say tonight's was the best track we've ever designed, but it certainly created quite a challenge to find a smooth line and avoid everyone else! Although I didn't like it to start with, by the end of the night, I was just about starting to get the hang of the rather quirky Track 17.

What is this invasion of RC-Lab's all about! It seems that Mike Smith's ModelTech is gradually taking over the World - with 8 out of the top ten cars tonight all being RC-Lab, and now our "illustrious" Chairman has gone and bought one as well!

See the results for yourself:

Sponsorship form >>

Should also just say "Well Done" to Anthony Spooner for getting a supported drive with RC-Lab this year - good luck in the STCC.

19th February 2005

Red Nose Day 2005!

Big Hair & Beyond

RND '05 is coming up fast and KMCC are planning to hold an endurance event as a bit of a fundraiser - and we would like as many of our members as possible to take part.

The format will be similar to the previous event we held last year, but we would like to get as many people sponsored for their drive as possible.

We will be holding this race meeting on Friday 11th March - so why not speak to Richard Bland next week to find out more and sign up for this. Richard will have more detail regarding sponsorship soon, or you can download a RND'05 sponsorship form directly - don't forget Gift Aid gets Tax back as well!.

The Club will also be donating £50 from the race fees for the evening, so that's a good start - come on let's get over £100 to donate from our Club to help poor and disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa.

18th February 2005

Results have now been added for the 11th and 18th February.

Personal Transponders

We have purchased a few more PT's to sell onto Club Members. We will be selling these for £55 each compared with the price of £59 if you were to buy one direct from the suppliers - that's almost all your Club membership fee in discount!

We have also purchased some servo "Y" leads for anyone who doesn't have a 3rd channel or BEC socket to plug the transponder into. We are selling these for £4 each to Club members.

If you are interested in buying one, see Colin on a Club night.

4th February 2005

With a slight variation of Track 12 there were some very fast lap times, giving a very enjoyable meeting tonight.

28th January 2005

26 drivers ran tonight, with plenty of really close racing. The "A" final was a treat to watch, with some excellent overtaking manouvers. We could all learn from watching some of these drivers!