Sunday, June 24, 2012

2012 Aust Moto Trials Championship WA Update - venue, accommodation and section groups

Just in case you missed the last update the venue for the 2012
Australian Moto Trials Championships is approx 10km from the Western Australian town of Pinjarra.

Pinjarra is approx 70km south of Perth on the Southwest Highway. Recommended accommodation is Fairbridge Village which is also approx 10km from both the trials venue and the town of Pinjarra.

Machine examination and a sausage sizzle will be held on Friday afternoon at Fairbridge village, also the trophy presentation dinner will be held at Fairbridge Village, so it is ideally the place to stay, you can walk to the function and enjoy a well earned drink without driving.  There will be machine examination available Sat morning for those who can’t make Friday’s machine examination, Friday is recommend to save hassles on Sat morning.

Fairbridge village provides self contained Cottages for accommodation, these cottages provide sleeping capacity from 5 people through to 56 people each, most cottages cater for 16 to 18 people. The village has a swimming pool, mini golf and arrange of other activities.

The promoters have block booked Fairbridge Village for the championships, however this will only be held until the end of July, so you will need to book now.  The cottages that are currently available are, Scratton Lodge(56 beds), Nightingale(12 beds), Glasgow(18 beds), Nelson(17 beds), Kitchener(19 beds), Livingstone(12 beds), Raleigh(16 beds), and Hudson(16 beds),. To booked accommodation contact Fairbridge via, phone 08 9531 1177, fax 08 9531 1210, email fairbridge.village@fairbridge.asn.au web www.fairbridge.asn.au when booking accommodation quote that you are attending the Aust Moto Trials Championships. The cottages can only be booked as a whole however the cost is very cheap per head and ideal for groups.  Special arrangements can be made if all cottages are booked to accommodate caravans etc. This can only be arranged via the promoters.

Section / grade groups, for your info, please note which grades will be riding the same sectons– Open Solo, Youth, Masters and Open Womens will be riding the red taped sections.  Open Junior, 7-12 Junior, Junior Women, Veterans, Sidecars, Classic, Post Classic and support class Sports Women will be riding the yellow taped sections.

Other trials events, the WA trials championships are on the weekend before the Australian Championships at the AJS Trials Park in Wanneroo, a northern suburb of Perth.  There will be no mid week trials.  Practice for the Aust Champs will be Friday morning prior to the event.

For further info contact the following people,

Steve Scragg 0411 598 037 sscragg@bigpond.com

Simon Price wk 08 9530 2768 mb 0429 001 030 simon@beta.id.au

Leo Nolan 08 9390 8188 mb 0432 102 730 leo.nolan@optusnet.com.au

Barry Barton 0418 866 933 btcbarton@iinet.net.au