July 2008

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The AGM has come and gone for another year thanks to those few that turned up. Here is the list of the jobs and the people doing them.

President John Tielkes
Vice Pres Daniel Reitveld
Secretary Katie Milnes
Treasurer Sue Tielkes
Points Scorer Sue Tielkes
Head Scrutineer Jack Gibbs
Scrutineering Team Daniel Reitveld
Nathan cooper
John Tielkes Jnr
Drivers Rep Jane Hutton
Race Convenor Jeremy Jowett
Public Relations Nathan Cooper
Web matser Nathan Cooper
Editor Brent Gibbs
The yearly membership fee has been increased to $35 per person or $45 per family all living at same address. Scrutineering fee will still be $5

Upcoming events
Aug 10 Racing at Silverstream scrutineering 10am, Racing 11am
Aug 11 Monthly meeting at Valley Lodge 7:30pm (more than 7 people would be great)
Sep 8 Monthly meeting at Valley Lodge 7:30pm
Sept 14 Racing at Silverstream scrutineering 11am. Rain off date 21 Sep

SUB ARE NOW DUE FOR THE 2008-2009 SEASON
Bring money to next race meeting there will be forms to fill out there.
Too many people didn’t fill out forms last year.

Silverstream
Racing at Silverstream will be $20 per kart and scrutineering will be from 10am racing at 11am.
All karts must have catch bottle for the engine, fuel & water, if water cooled, you will not be able to race
if your kart does not have these bottles on.
This is part of the conditions to be able to get back onto Silverstream.
It would be preferable to drain any antifreeze from water cooled karts as it eats away the tarmac surface
if spilt onto it, If you drain the antifreeze you do not need a catch bottle for the radiator.
Racing will be with GRASS TYRES ONLY.

Text Cancellations
With the way the weather is at the moment this is worth doing
All you have to do is text 1433 to 3080 and you will be registered to receive a text when there are any cancellations for karting. You can also go to our web site and follow the link from Sport Check. There will still be cancellations on More FM as well. The phone tree system is now not operational so get hooked up.

Note for out of town Clubs
You are all welcome to come to race at the Silverstream Meets just remember those catch bottles.

June 2008

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Hi there again time for another newsletter. On the menu this month we have Prize giving, A.G.M. and racing
The prize giving will be happening Sunday the 6th July. It will start with a meal at the Valley Lodge at 6pm although you are welcome to come earlier for drinks and a natter. Cost will be $18.50 a head, please let John know numbers attending before the evening. The actual prize giving will be held after the meal has finished.
The A.G.M. will be held on Monday the 14th July 7-30pm at the Valley Lodge there will be plenty of room for everyone so make sure you attend this meeting, no one will be turned away.
The new cancellation service is now all go. All you have to do is text 1433 to 3080 and you will be registered to receive a text when there are any cancellations for karting. You can also go to our web site and follow the link from Sport Check. There will still be cancellations on More FM as well.
We are now allowed back onto the tar seal at Silverstream again. We have two race days and a rain off day at this stage. Racing 10th August and the 14th September with a rain off date of the 21 September. As long as all goes well and we have a good turn out we will probably get more dates. Cost at this stage will be $20.00 per kart, scrutineering 11am. Please note you must have a catch bottle to collect any and all fluids water oil etc also includes crank case vents. All water-cooled karts must run straight water i.e. no antifreeze. If you don’t have a catch bottle you won’t be racing easy as that. This is open to all clubs but you must be a member. Also sorry but no slick tyres, grass tyres only.

Upcoming events

July 6 Prize giving starts with meal at 6pm at the Valley Lodge
July 14 A.G.M. 7.30pm at the Valley Lodge
Aug 10 Racing at Silverstream scrutineering 11am
Sept 14 Racing at Silverstream scrutineering 11am. Rain off date 21 Sept

August 2007

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Hello again to all, time for another newsletter. We have had our A.G.M. and the results are as follows

President John Tielkes					              Vice President Dave Merrilees
Secretary Sheree Harvey & Katie Milne			      Treasurer Sue Tielkes
Newsletter Jim de Jong					              Drivers Rep Jane Hutton
Points Scorer Sue Tielkes					          Public Relations / Website Nathan Cooper
Head Scrutinizer Jon Anderson				          Assistants Daniel Rietveld John R Tielkes
Race Convener Andrew Hutton

Points have been changed
10 points for first 9 points for second 8 points for third 7 points for forth and so on
Open points the same as before
Equal points at the end of the season will be awarded to the driver with the most wins
If still equal then a count back on the last race
Attempt to display the points at race meetings

Fees $40 per family $30 for 1 person $5 Social Member
$5 Day License and Scrutineering fees $5 per Kart
The day license is for those who wish to race in organized races
Not the ones who want to just see what its like in a kart at the end of the meeting

South Island Champs next year is to be held at Ashburton 22nd & 23rd March 2008 not Christchurch
If you are going or even thinking about it you will need to book your accommodation early, on this matter please contact John ASAP as he has some accommodation sorted.

We still need a home for the club trailer urgently.

We have some provisional dates for some racing with South Otago kart club
4-11-07 25-11-07 9-12-07 SO.K.C. Cup day 27-01-08 17-02-08 09-03-08
Hopefully G.I. club will have some racing in October sometime, this will be confirmed at a later date.

If you haven’t had a look at our web lately then you should because Nathan has done some work on it and it is looking really good even have some links to some sites and clubs from the other side of the world, so you owe it to yourself to go and have a look now www.grasskarting.org.nz

April 2007

Here we go again for another month The South Island champs have been and gone. By all accounts this was another good weekend as usual just a bit damp this time. Our club had some good results especially from some of the newer members. Couple of mishaps also like Stewart finishing a race he was leading one lap early and Jack cooking an engine. Here are some of the results of the South Island champs and also results of our Cup Day held at Milton last month

South Island champs
Midgets Hayden Blakie 4th
Intermediate Barton Dick 1st
Guss Clearwater 3rd
Junior Ajae White 1st
Ladies Toni Lang 2nd
200/wc&pp Stewart Gibbs 4th
John R Tielkes 5th
200/4stroke Dave Merrilees 1st
Mathew Anderson 2nd
Jon Anderson 4th

Green Island Cup Day Cup Race
1st 636
2nd 672
3rd 666
Up and Comers
1st 617
2nd 620
3rd 643

We are racing again this weekend 22nd April at the old South Island champs paddock on the Milburn straight on the north side of Milton, scrutineering 11am and racing starts 12 mid day. The next monthly meeting will be Monday the 14 May 7-30pm at the Valley lodge we would like to have a good turn out for this one as this is the time to put in any submissions for rule changes for the South Island Champs.

Upcoming Events
Apr 22 racing old South Island champs paddock S.H.1.just north of Milton 11am Scrutineering, race 12.
May 14 Monthly meeting 7-30pm at the Valley Lodge.

March 2007

Hello again just another quick note to let you know about our cup day that is going to be on Sunday the 11th March at John Egan's property this will be sign posted from the R.S.A. corner in the main street of Milton just follow the red arrows. Scrutineering will be from 10-30am till 11am and racing starts 12 midday sharp. Cost is $5-00 per entrant. Please remember you must be a member of a club to be able to enter. That's another way of reminding you that if you haven't paid your subs yet then you need to do so. When you do fill out a membership form please make sure you have the correct address and also an accurate e-mail address as we are trying to up date our address list. If you know of some one that isn't getting a newsletter please let me know so we can do something about it.

Just another reminder about the South Island Champs that are on Easter time 7th and 8th April. Entry forms need to be in to your club with all fees paid so that there is one club payment in by 1st March. Entry forms are available from either John 453 4007 or myself Jim 488 4725. Limited accommodation is still available at the Coach Inn where quite a few other karters are staying.

July 2006

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Yet another quick newsletter, not even anything to report on. Bad weather etc etc has meant there hasn't been any racing.
Important notice to all members there will not be a monthly meeting this month mainly because our leader John will be out of the country. So please do not turn up to the valley lodge next Monday night unless you want a quiet drink without a meeting.
The next meeting will be in August, Monday the 14th at 7-30pm at the Valley Lodge. At this meeting it will once again be time to sort out the A.G.M and prize giving. We also need to get some nominations for most improved junior and senior, sports person of the year, mechanic of the year, and dick of the year, you can either bring your ideas along to the meeting or forward them straight to John or Sue.
Some racing news Timaru are planning to have a champion of champions race in the near future, hopefully some time in August. It will be an open club event so you are all welcome, plenty of racing for all and then the big race at the end of the day. This will most likely be on a Saturday with a BBQ and prize giving afterwards. More details on this one later.
That's about it for this month, don't forget no meeting this month but there will be one next month August 14.

May 2006

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Another quick one this month. The South Island Champs has been and gone again for another year. I am told it was again a great weekend, plenty of good racing and a fair share of repairs some even being done into the late hours of the night. Some not too good news from the weekend was George Middlemiss from the Christchurch club being take away to hospital on behalf of the Green Island Kart club we wish you a speedy recovery. Some good results from our club are as follows

Intermediate 1st Bartin Dick
Ladies 2nd Toni Lang
200 4 stroke 1st Jon Anderson 2nd Mathew Anderson 4th Dave Merrilees
200 power port water cooled 4th John Tielkes Junior 5th John Tielkes Senior
250 power port water cooled 4th Jack Gibbs

Next year this will all be happening in Invercargill
We will be having some more club racing soon with a few paddocks available but they will have to dry out a bit before we can use them, more info on race dates soon.

We have a new venue for our next meeting this will beat the Valley Lodge Kaikorai Valley road. Same time 7.30pm Monday 8th May, we are looking for a good turn out for the first meeting at this new venue so please make a special effort. Chairs all, catch you next time.

March 2006

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Not too much to say this month but things are still happening so here we go.
If this gets to you in time there is a Hill Climb on at Milton this Sunday the 12 March it will be signposted from the Moneymore turn off. The day before this Invercargill is having their cup day. Monthly meeting will be at John and Sue's place again this month 28 Pitcairn street Monday 13th March 7-30pm, we are still looking for a new meeting venue any ideas??
We are having our cup day on Sunday 19th March. New venue this year. It will be sign posted from the top end of Old Brighton road. Scrutineering 10am and racing from 11am. Please listen to More FM for cancellations because of weather conditions or also paddock conditions.
Please remember that the cut off date for South Island Champs entries is the 22 March. Entry forms and money needs to go to John Tielkes also remember you have to be a financial member of a club to be eligible to enter the South Island Champs, so if you haven't paid your subs yet then its about time you did!!!
Also Milton will be having their cub day some time after ours and probably before Easter more info on that one later.

Upcoming Events
Mar 11 Invercargill cup day info on the web
Mar 12 Milton Hill climb scrutineering 12 race 1pm signposted from Moneymore turnoff
Mar 13 Monthly meeting 7-30pm 28 Pitcairn st
Mar 19 Green Island cup day scrutineering 10am racing 11am sign posted from top end of Old Brighton road. Listen to More FM for cancellations for weather or paddock conditions

little addition to the newsletter
For Sale YZ250 complete kart ready to race $2000 ph Barry Shields 03 248 6337

February 2006

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Hello folks its another year and time to get into some more racing again. I trust you all had a good Christmas and an equally good new years break. Cup days are happening for Invercargill, Milton and ourselves, see below for details. Milton are having a hill climb Feb 19th signposted from Moneymore turn off south side of Milton 1pm race start We are having a points day 26th Feb 12 midday start sign posted from old Berwick school up the gravel road and over the bridge. The South Island Champs are being held in Timaru 15th & 16th April, please note that neck braces will be compulsory at this event. There should be more info about this with your newsletter. If you want to go, remember you have to get your entry form and money to John Tielkes before the 22nd March. Also if you want a copy of the rules please contact John 4534 007. In the planning also is a sprint race being organised at Milton, this will be a two at a time instant knockout format should be fun, further details as we get them. Our next meeting will be at John and Sue's place, as we still need to find a new meeting venue, does anyone have any ideas on this matter.

Upcoming Events
Feb 13 Monthly meeting 28 Pitcairn st 7-30pm please note the new address for his meeting.
Feb 19 Hill climb Milton sign posted from
Moneyrn off south side of Milton scrut 12 race 1pm.
Feb 26 Points day sign posted from old Berwick school start 12 midday.
Mar 5 Milton cup day? Details to be confirmed
Mar 11 Invercargill cup day info