As promised (threatened?), pen has been put to
paper, or rather digit to keyboard. If you can be bothered, there is a more
comprehensive article in the on-line magazine which ends with a list of topics
which might (or might not) be relevant for discussion ahead of Sunday's (18th)
'Save Scottish Rallying' meeting at
Stirling University (from 1.30pm).
The organisers have already been swamped with responses and ideas both
sensible and fanciful, and you can add this list below to either description
depending on your own point of view. Neither is it an exclusive or
comprehensive list, no doubt all of you lot out there will have even more to
add.
Previous responses have also been passed on,
hence the use of the word 'swamped' - I don't think the organisers truly
realised what they were letting themselves in for, let's hope they haven't been
scared off.
Magazine article here:
More information about Sunday's meeting here:
Topics for consideration, and no doubt this list will get longer?
Short Term
Fewer events -
Encourage clubs to alternate their own event with neighbour event
Shorter events -
arrive, drive, leave in one day
Promotion of Targa
Rallies as possible route into stage events
Attract more
paying spectators
Medium Term
Renegotiate
forestry deal - per car/per mile? (Fewer cars doing less damage)
Control tyres
Pump fuel only on
non-International events
Lifing components
- as opposed to time limits
Encourage and
involve spectators - possible revenue stream?
Long Term
Accommodating
hybrid and electric cars
Simplifying the
sport's rules and regulations
Devolve power from
Motorsport UK across the four 'home' nations
Other Issues to be addressed
Encouraging more
volunteers to become organisers
Attraction and
retention of new competitors
Attraction and
retention of new volunteers
Managing costs
Does forest stage
rallying actually have a future?
Media access -
sport needs more positive promotion
No comments:
Post a Comment