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October 2014

TWINSHOCK NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2014

  WELL PEOPLES THAT IS THE END OF ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR THIS SUPER TWINSHOCK CLUB IN SCOTLAND. THE MEETING LAST SUNDAY WAS ANOTHER BELTER,I HAVE NOT HEARD ONE BAD WORD ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE DAY. THE BIG ISSUE IN RECENT YEARS WITH THIS CLUB HAS BEEN LITTER BUT AFTER A RIDER WAS BANNED FROM THE GLENFARG MEETING BECAUSE OF A LITTER MISDEMEANER AT GLENOCHIL WE SEEM TO HAVE GOT THE MESSAGE HOME TO YOU ALL.WE DO MEAN BUSINESS WHEN WE GET ANGRY AND IT SHOWED AT GLENFARG AS  THERE WAS NO LITTER TO BE SEEN AT THE END OF THE MEETING.THIS IS GREAT TO SEE AND WE MUST ALL ACT RESPONSIBLY IN FUTURE WITH OUR RUBBISH, THANKS FOR THAT.

WE ARE STILL NOT WORKING AS A TEAM AT THESE STUBBLE EVENTS WHEN IT COMES TO TRACK DISMANTLING,WE MAY LOSE THESE EVENTS IF WE DO NOT GET A BETTER HAND AT THE END OF THESE MEETINGS,YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. I AM REALLY BOKING JUST NOW AS EVERYTHING IS GOING SO WELL IN THE CLUB,WE HAVE GOT RID OF SOME DEAD WOOD AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT FOR THE FUTURE BUT I HAVE GOT NOTHING TO MOAN ABOUT WHICH REALLY PISSES ME OFF . THE MEETING AT GLENFARG WAS  TRULY SUPERB WITH SOME TOP RIDERS ATTENDING WHICH MADE FOR SUPER RACING AND A SHOW OF COMPLETE BIKE CONTROL BY THESE TOP RIDERS,FROM PAST AND PRESENT. THE COMPLETE RACE REPORT IS ON THE WEBSITE NOW , WWW.SCOTTISHTWINSHOCK.COM  AND WILL BE IN THIS WEEKS TMX NEWS.  YOUR NEW RACE REPORTER NEXT YEAR WILL BE ALLAN HUGHES,HE IS THE STARTER AT OUR EVENTS JUST NOW AND DOES A SUPERB JOB AIDED BY HIS SON CONNER ON THE 15 SECOND BOARD, WELL THAT WILL BE MORE WORK FOR HIM AND LESS FOR ME ,THANKS ALLAN.ALL WE NEED NOW IS A CLUB SECRETARY AND A POINTS RECORDER AND WE WILL BE SORTED.

  IT WAS GOOD TO SEE DONNY BRUCE AT GLENFARG AFTER HIS NASTY ACCIDENT AT GLENOCHIL A FEW WEEKS EARLIER , HE IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY AND WAITED TILL THE END OF THE MEETING TO HAND OUT THE GORGEOUS TROPHIES THAT HE SPONSORED FOR THIS MEETING ,HE IS A REAL ASSET TO THE CLUB AND A TRUE GENT TO BOOT,WE WISH YOU AND OUR OTHER INJURED MEMBERS,GRAEME NAISMITH, ALBERT BRITTON AND ANYONE ELSE THAT IS SUFFERING PAIN ALL THE BEST AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON THE TRACK NEXT YEAR.    

  THE CLUB HAS SOLD OUT OF ALL HOODIES AND ZIPPERS , WE WILL BE RESTOCKING IN THE NEW YEAR SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK COOL IN OUR CLUB CLOTHING YOU BETTER GET YOURS AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE. BIG  RICK ,THE CLUB CHAIRMAN SOLD ALL THE DANCE TICKETS IN RECORD TIME AT GLENOCHIL ,THIS IS AT THE BARR SOCIAL CLUB IN GALSTON ON THE 25TH OF OCTOBER .ALL RIDERS IN THE TOP SIX IN EACH CLASS WILL GET A TROPHY AT THE DANCE AND ALL TEAM RIDERS WILL GET A PRIKZE,COURTESY OF GARY BRITTON AND JOHN HOPTON WHO ARE SPONSORING THE TEAM TROPHIES THIS YEAR. THE CLUB IS ON THE ANNUAL CADGE FOR RAFFLE PRIZES FOR OUR MEGA SUPER RAFFLE .ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AND APPRECIATED  YOU CAN HAND THEM IN TO MICKEY OATES MOTORCYCLES OR DUNFERMLINE MOTORCYCLES OR TO MYSELF OR THE BIG MAN HIMSELF  RICK CALDWELL.THANKS .

   TEAM NEWS .FISRT OF ALL IF I DO NOT HAVE AT LEAST 6 TEAMS ENTERED BY THE END OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE GIVING IT A MISS FOR 2015 SO IF YOU WANT TO WIN IT YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT.£50 A TEAM TO ENTER A TEAM OF 5 NO CHANGES ALLOWED ONCE THE SEASON HAS STARTED .

 1ST AND NEW CHAMPIONS . TEAM ARGYLL 1667 points . cpt. G. MCCLURE ,,A.AITKEN ,,G.FORBES,,R.MCFADDEN,,S.THOMSON  
RUNNERS UP ,DIAL-A-TOW  1416points  cptJ.J.HOPTON,,C.MEECHAN,,D.PULLAR,,C.ROBERTSON,,S.RENNIE
3RD   BRITTONS GOT TALENT  1342 points  cpt.G.BRITTON,,A.ADAIR,,A.BRITTON,,J.BRITTON,,A.WHITE
4TH  BALLISTIC 5  1270 points cpt.J.McLEAN ,,J.CAMERON,,M.VANDERMERWE,,C.WILSON,,M.WILSON
5TH  BAXTERS SOUPER TOOLS 1048 points cpt.J.BAXTER ,,R.BRADY,,D.DRYDEN,,R.FITZSIMMONS,,C.SMITH
6TH  RHINO RACING  903 points cpt,.M.DOBIE,,J.COLLIGAN ,,A.MALLOCH,,J.MITCHELL,,C.SANGSTER
7TH  WHISKEY THROTTLE 149 points cpt,J.LAURIE,,C.BAIRD,,S.GILCHRIST,,J.NEILL,,A.RAMSAY
 
THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOP SIX TROPHY WINNERS IN EACH CLASS ARE AS FOLLOWS,.
 
OVER 50s                                                                                                                         
1ST ..D.PULLAR                                                           
2ND,,S.NAPIER                  
3RD,,G.NAISMITH                                                     
4TH ,,J.RUTHERFORD   
5TH ,,D.BRUCE        
 6TH ,,D.PENRICE                                 
 
250 TWINSHOCK                                                   
 1ST,,G.SMITH       
 2ND,,G.MILLER         
 3RD ,,A.JOINER      
 4TH ,,G.WHYTE        
5TH ,,J.HOPTON          
6TH ,,M.DOBIE          
 
MONOSHOCK                                                                   
1ST ,,R.FITZSIMMONS                                                    
2ND  ,,S.DOHERTY    
3RD ,,A.SHEILDS        
4TH ,,M.WILSON    
5TH ,,N.CHATHAM                                                        
 6TH ,,R.POTTS                                                        
 
Pre 77
1st ,,R.MCFADDEN
2ND ,,J.FRAZER
3RD ,,A.BRITTON
4TH ,,G.BRITTIN
5TH ,,D.FULLERTON
6TH ,,B.ROBERTSON
 
4 STROKE
1ST ,,F.WHITE
2ND ,,R.CALDWELL
3RD ,,C.WILSON
4TH ,,A.ADAIR
5TH ,,D.MCKELL
6TH ,,A.MALLOCH
 
OVER 40s
1ST ,,D.WATSON
2ND ,,G.MCCLURE
3RD ,,G.FORBES
4TH ,,J.COLLIGAN
5TH ,,T.REID
6TH ,,M.VANDERMERWE
 
500 TWINSHOCK
1ST ,,P.CHIAPPA
2ND ,,C.SMITH
3RD ,,B.ALLARDYCE
4TH ,,C.ROBERTSON
5TH ,,J.McLEAN
6TH ,,A.AITKEN
 
EVOLUTION
1ST ,,T.GRANT
2ND  ,,G.MORRISON
3RD ,,A.REID
4TH ,,M.HANNAH
5TH ,,D.ROSS
6TH ,,D.PULLAR
 
PRE 90 125/ 200
1ST ,,P.ONEILL
2ND ,,B.COLLLIGAN
3RD ,,A.WHITE
4TH ,,W.PENRICE
5TH ,,K.SMART
6TH ,,J.LAMONT
 
2 STROKE TROPHY ONLY
1ST ,,J.KENNY
2ND ,,J.HARLEY
3RD ,,D.ALLAN
4TH ,,D.GARDEN
5TH ,,M.OSINSKI
6TH ,,J.BIRSE

A.ADAIR WINS THE DEAN COX MEMORIAL TROPHY AND P. CHIAPPA WINS THE WHY NOT OVERALL CLUB CHAMPION CUP

         

 THE A.G.M IS ON SUNDAY THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER AT THE STABLES LOUNGE ,CROOK OF DEVON ,STARTING AT 2-30 PM.  ANYONE THAT WANTS A SAY OR A VOTE ON ANY ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT US IN 2015 MUST ,I STRESS MUST BE A MEMBER BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS ,THIS IS A PRIVATE CLUB MEETING AND ONLY FULLY PAID UP 2015 MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE HALL,.THE EXCEPTION BEING ,SPOUSES AND SPONSORS BUT THEY WILL HAVE NO SAY ON MATTERS AND NO VOTING POWERS . ANY MATTERS THAT YOU THINK NEED SORTING OR CHANGING MUST BE WITH ME IN WRITING ONE MONTH BEFORE THE MEETING .

I HAVE TAKEN THIS ON MY OWN SHOULDERS BUT THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR 2015 WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS THIS YEAR AT ONLY £25 PER PERSON. MEMBERSHIPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 10.00 AM. ON THE 1ST  OF NOVEMBER ,WHICH IS THE START OF OUR FINANCIAL YEAR.

 

 Thatsitthismonth joe

                  

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