Jiglu: BLOKART-NZ: Discussion: RE: World Champs

Hi Trevor,

From the a bay club race day point of view, approximately 90% of our regular racing members have purchased there own transponder so at a club level we charge $5 to hire a transponder to cover the cost of purchasing and maintaining the additional transponders available for hiring. The club will need to replace the transponder when the battery is flat at some stage or replace damaged units before that. Our members who own there transponder and went to Ivanpah, Belgium or Yeppoon did not have to pay a hire fee at those events.

From the worlds point of view as long as you bring a AMB Chipx transponder it will work, so if Auckland club has some or you find a friend that has one commonly used in triathlons. marathons or cycle racing then bring it along.

The track hire fee is set by blokart which they can change at anytime but I understand it is $10 per day.

Cheers

Richard

From: Trevor Pretty [mailto:...]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2008 7:50 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [blokart] World Champs

Peter

As you know I've already paid and entered but re-reading this I realise it could be read the wrong way. I was not complaining about the cost per sa, but about the way it was made up. I expect the vast majority of the 150 entrants do not have a transponder, so making it an "extra" when it is in fact mandatory is taking the piss. What is going to happen if I bring a transponder (I know ABC have some) and it does not work with your system? I would have rather have paid a $100 bond (as you have now pointed out they are $165) to ensure I returned it. How many do you expect to loose?

It's the same to race with BBC. I have no idea of how much the "track hire fee" is. $10 to race is not unreasonable. I can see BBC members may not need to hire a transponder, as it could be covered in their club fees and it is normal for club member to pay less to race than non club members, but for all I know the track fee is $50.

If I need a piece of equipment to compete in an event that I would not normally own then I would expect the organizers to provide it as part of the entry fee. Just like the transponders in the Akld. Marathon.

Trevor

Trevor Pretty wrote:

I agree

$25 "transponder hire" on top of $200 is taking the piss IMHO.

I've numbers on my sail! If they want to provide a different system then fine, but why should I pay extra for it?

I see BBC have this "extra" on their race days and I also have to pay "a track hire fee" (cost not stated).

When I first started to race at ABC we where given transponders and then returned them at the end of the day. For FREE!

If they are worried we will nick them, then I don't mind paying a $25 bond. How much are these things anyway?

Haydn wrote:
What happened to this sport being affordable. Its $200 to enter the Worlds and that doesn't even include transponder hire. Does adding 'World' to the title really mean we have to pay that much?
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