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News
Here you will find all the latest news from the club
Club Trail Ride Day March 14 2010
This trail ride will be one of a few rides the club will be holding this year. The ride will depart of the Newry complex at 9.00 a.m. The ride will take you around the Avon Track (90kms) and back to the Newry track for a BBQ lunch (small fee for lunch). All riders must have a licence and registered bike in good condition as we will have no vehicle support for this ride. Can you please let Glenn Missen know if you are interested in attending by 12/03/10 please. Glenn's contact details are 03 51 411 086 or 0439 574 481 after 6.30p.m.
Mid Week Practice Nights - Are you interested??????
The club is considering holding practice nights (maybe
Wednesdays) over the next few weeks. Anyone interested in
attending please call Simon on 0458 369117 to register your
interest. Unless we get quite a few people interested, we will not
run them…...So please let us know!....
We will also need helpers with sign in, watering etc, so please let
us know if you can help out with these jobs. A limited canteen
may be open if we get enough people
Harold Parsons History
The Maffra Sale Motorcycle Club are proud to conduct an Annual Memorial
Event to honour a great Australian Motorcycle Champion Harold Parson.
Harold set 24 world records on a triangular course between
Some of Harold’s Records were:
1916
100 miles in 95 minutes on a 7.5 hp Indian Motorcycle
200 miles in 200 minutes.
10 miles in 7
minutes.
1918
Indian Motorcycle and Sidecar from
In 21 hours.
1919
Indian Motorcycle and Sidecar
he broke the solo record from
1920
In August he clocked up 1114 miles (1782km) in 24 hours, his
actual riding time
was 22 and a half hours, a remarkable
performance on
gravel roads lapping at 26 minutes per lap
during daylight and 28 minutes per lap in the dark with poor
lighting
Harold Parson died at Epping on the 15th.May 1921 when
he
collided
with a horse on a Sunday morning test run.
He was only 28 years old.
The Maffra Sale Motorcycle Club and the City of
In 1982 Ian Kennedy devised the format for the Harold Parson Memorial Run that is held in March each year
The event is very popular because it is run as a reliability ride and
not a race.
Harold Parsons Memorial Reliability Run - Saturday March 28, 2009
As we go into the 27th. year of running this event, there
will be a slight change to the format of previous years, it will be run
the same as last year, with a few less controls.
It will still be a Reliability Run where riders choose your own speed
that they are comfortable to ride at on an arrowed course, on main and
local sealed roads.
Various checks points are set out on the course to see that you maintain
the speed that you have chosen.
It is a test of reliability
NOT A RACE
so do not select a speed that is too fast which will not
allow you time to enjoy the ride or the country you are travelling
through.
The speed you select is your AVERAGE speed, which includes slowing down
for corners, main roads, hills and other road users.
IT IS NOT YOUR CRUISING SPEED.
Riders are required to obey all traffic rules and regulations.
The passengers also have a section for them on the day where they are
asked for answers to questions that are found on the way.
The ride will be approximately 100 miles long with extra time allowed
for a fuel stop also extra time allowed whenever you go through a town
or restricted area speed zone.
NOTE
– If you are on a gravel road, you are lost.
This year we will have secret controls along the course, and time cards
will only need to be signed at the start of the day, in and out at lunch
time and at the end of the ride, this
eliminates the use
of some control people which have been getting harder to find every
year.
Saturday Morning
10-00 am - Meet at
the Club Rooms in Morrison Street Maffra, where you
check in and collect your details have a cup of tea and meet
other riders.
10-30 am - Riders
Briefing.
11-00 am - First
rider leaves with others leaving at one minute intervals, with their
speed groups.
4-oo pm.- Completion of the
days run.
6-30 pm. -
Pre
dinner drinks followed by dinner and presentations of trophies
Sunday Morning
- Breakfast at the Club
Rooms at 9-00am. if numbers
indicate this is needed.
Please mark on entry form if breakfast is required.
Thank you.
Dept of Sustainability & Environment Survey
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
As part of of the trail bike 'Ride For Tomorrow' Initiative funded by the Victorian Government, The department of sustainability and environment (DSE) has engaged the research company instinct & reason to engage with trail bike riders to hear from riders their views on a range of issues relating to the bike use of public land.
We are seeking to do this in two ways.
1. FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS- In a group with nine other riders, talk with an independent researcher in a structured group discussion to explore the views and thoughts of riders. The focus group discussions will be held in the evening and will go for approx 1.5 hours, with a cash incentive paid to those who attend ($75.00 tax free). There will be 11 focus group discussions held in late January; in inner Melbourne , in the eastern suburbs, in the outer Western Suburbs and in Regional Victoria (Traralgon, Alexandra and Ballarat).
2. Online Survey- An online survey will be hosted online in late February to seek trail bike rider feedback on a range of issues. The survey will take about 15-20 minutes to complete and those completing the survey have the chance to win $150.00 gift certificate to Myers.
If you are interested in registering to participate in one of the focus group discussion or in the online survey, please email Claire Oehme at instinct and reason- coehme@instinctandreason.com or telephone 02 9283 2233 to reserve your place. We are seeking at least 500 trail bike riders to participate in the online survey but places in the focus group discussions are limited to ten people per focus group so please book early!
Please feel free to pass this information onto other trail bike riders who may be interested in participating.
Your input and views as riders are important to the success of this initiative- so thanks for giving it your consideration.
Club Memberships
In order to participate in any practice, coaching or club days you must be a current financial member of the club. Our membership period runs from January 1 to December 31. Therefore club memberships are now due and payable.
Full details are available on the 2009 Club Membership application form located on the Membership and Entry Forms Page
Can you help us make Sign In Easier?
In order to help us make sign in easier and less time consuming for both you and the club volunteers, it would be appreciated if you could have your sign in forms and membership forms already filled out before you get to the track if possible. Both the membership form and Ride Day forms are available from the Membership and Entry Forms Page. Thanks for your assistance.
Our club needs more officials and coaches
Are you interested in becoming an official or a coach????. Our club needs more qualified officials and coaches. We will be organising sessions for both officials and coaches early in the new year. If you are interested can you please give Mark Ross a call on 0421 554 692 so this can be organised as soon as possible.