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*WKRC would like to wish all its members a fantastic Christmas and competitive New Year. Bring on 2009*

  05-Dec-2008

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Karting for MS

From all reports the karting for MS day was a huge success and over $50,000 was raised for MS.

Wollongong kart club had a large number of people compete in the day with the winning team being made up of 4 Wollongong members Hayden Sunderland, Zane Dobie, Kyle Jackson and Scott Ivers. The V8 driver that was part of the team was Damien Assailitt

Congratulations to all our members and what a great thing to be part of.

Presentation Evening

 

What a fantastic night with over 120 people attending our 2008 presentation evening at Kembla Grange Golf Course.

Trophies were handed out for all class winners as well as our annual awards.

Congratulations to all our competitors throughout the year and especially those who took out awards on the night.

A special congratulations to our senior Champion Darryl Apps and our Junior Champion James Abela.

Other awards handed out on the night were, the Ron Clarke award for Junior sportsmanship which was won by Cameron Moss, Eric Caines award for the love of the game which was won by Craig Wynn and the Junior Drivers choice award which was won by Shaun Tidyman.

 

We have added a Presentation Evening page to the web site with all the pics from the night.

 

Big thank you to all who helped with the running and organising of the night and Darryl Apps for supplying the entertainment.

 

Retrieval of WKRC belongings from Wollongong City Raceway.

The issues with the retrieval of our club property from Wollongong City Raceway are continuing.

Update: The issue of retrieving our equipment is still on ongoing issue with further demands being put in place before we can have OUR equipment returned. Some of which was conveniently used fore the running of their race meeting last Saturday night 29th Nov.

Further Update:15 of our Club members attended the track on Tuesday evening the 2nd December to collect OUR gear. We informed the management of the track that we would be there and at the times stipulated by them. The club members were once again denied access to OUR gear.

We will continue to keep you updated as to when we can retrieve the clubs equipment from the track.

The issue goes on.

2009 season

Talks are progressing well with Sydney to join them for the 2009 season.

The preliminary calendar is out and it looks great.

Not only will there be plenty of racing but the track has been booked for a number of Saturday practice days.

With no hire karts on those practice days you will get heaps of time on the track and excellent value for money.

Also included in next years calendar is a day dedicated to the Wollongong club to run their own titles.

With Oran park being the venue for the 2009 State Tittles it is going to be a big year.

Stay posted to the web site and as information becomes available we will post it on the web.

Bring it on

Final round Oran Park

What a fantastic meeting yesterday at Oran park.
212 competitors turned up for the final round of the club championships.
With 17 classes run we were all done by 5:00.
Most of the Wollongong members attended the race meeting with many commenting how fantastic it was.
The Wollongong club would like to thank Sydney for allowing us to join them for the day. Well organised, well run and what a fantastic track.

If yesterday is anything to go by bring on 2009

Results are now on the results page

Important announcement

The Wollongong Kart Racing Club Committee would like to inform its members and fellow karters that it will no longer be conducting kart race meetings at the Wollongong City Raceway.

 The club was officially notified today, 20th October 2008, that it is no longer able to hire the Wollongong City Raceway to conduct its race meetings, effective immediately. This year’s racing calendar was finalised over twelve months ago, and we were in the process of finalising negotiations for 2009. The committee had no reason to believe there would any changes to the 2008 calendar.

 

The committee is both bewildered and frustrated by this decision and has been informed by Wollongong City Raceway management that no correspondence will be entered into regarding this matter.

 

We understand that this will be disappointing, and difficult to accept for our valued club members. The committee is exhausting all avenues to enable this year to be completed as planned. We will endeavour to keep you well informed via email and the web site ( www.wkrc.com.au ), and would appreciate you assisting us in circulating this information to those without access to the web.

 

Where does this leave us as a club?

The committee is holding an extra ordinary meeting for all members on Wednesday 29th October, 2008 at 6.30pm, venue to be confirmed.

Agenda items will include:

1. The completion of the 2008 season.

2. Our options as a club

3. The future direction of the club

 

Is this the end for Wollongong Kart Racing Club? NO.

 

The goal of the Wollongong Kart Racing Club is to have club members come along and enjoy a professionally run race meeting in a friendly and safe environment, which we will endeavour to continue.

The club presentation evening will go ahead as planned on the 28th November at Kembla Grange Golf Club Function Room (more details on www.wkrc.com.au ).

 

The Club would like to thank the AKA for their assistance at this time and their advice as  we move forward, and move forward we will.

 

The club would like to stress that this is a decision that has been made by the senior management of the track. The club would like its members to refrain from taking out their frustration or discussing this issue with the employees of Wollongong City Raceway.

 

NB:  Details of the final round of the club championship will be made available as soon as they are finalised. Thank you for your understanding and patience with regards to this matter

  

Wollongong Kart Racing Club Committee

Junior development camp

 

The 2009 development camp will be held on the weekend 22nd & 23rd January 2009 at Lithgow City Raceway. Many of our club members attended last year and found it very beneficial.

For a information brochure for the event click HERE

For an entry form click HERE

 Scrutineering on race days

To speed up the process of scrutineering on our race days could all competitors please ensure that all their  scrutineering forms are fully filled out and signed. this would greatly speed up the process of scrutineering and avoid you having to go to the rear of the line and start again. It is also a requirement that you bring your helmet to scrutineering.

Driver profile page

We have added the driver profile page to the web site. Hope this helps all our club members to get to know each other a little better. If you would like your profile on the web please answer the questions on the profile page and send us a photo. We will be handing out forms and taking photos at our next race meetings.

Club Polo shirts

The club is offering for sale polo shirts with the club logo on them. These shirts will be on display and can be ordered at our race meetings. Payment for the shirts will be required with your order. (Not sure about final price. Will be confirmed by race day.) This is a great way to promote our club especially when racing at other tracks. See the girls in the office to order your shirt.

For sale Page

As of next week anything on the clubs for sale page over 2 months old will be removed. If you have an item that you would like to leave on the for sale page contact the club. If you would like to list some thing for sale email the club with a description of your item and preferably a photo.

Computer Entry Form

On the forms page there is now a race entry form that is easily filled out on your computer and brought to the track. To download a copy of the form click HERE.

2009 Licence Fees

Please find below a list of licences and the appropriate fees effective 1/1/2009.

The manual and postage have been incorporated into the fee as the manual will be sent with the licence from the State Office.  As of 2009, the Clubs will no longer be responsible for issuing the manual.

Please note that Practice Licences will not be issued in 2009. 

LICENCE                                                       FEE

New Licence                                     $245.00

Renewal                                             $222.00

New Renewal (Rule 13.09)              $245.00

Upgrade to Competition from          $150.00

existing practice licences

Single Event  Licence                      $  75.00 (Manual and postage not applicable)

SEL upgrade within 30 days           $163.00

SEL upgrade after 30 days             $245.00

Club news Letters

Our club news letters are emailed out normally on a monthly basis. If you do not currently receive our news letters and would like to be part of our email list please send an email to promotions@wkrc.com.au and we will add you to the list.

 

AKA NSW New web address

www.karting.net.au The old address will continue to work for a short period of time.

 
 
For Sale Page

We have added a for sale page to the web site. If you would like to list your items for sale on this page please email your item with a picture if you wish, and your contact details  to promotions@wkrc.com.au.  Items will remain on the for sale page for about a month to keep the site up to date. Remember if emailing to make it clear in the subject area it is about karting so it doesn't get thrown out with the spam.

 
 
Contacting the club by email

If you are sending the club an email could you please make it clear in your "Subject" section that it is to do with karting. We are getting about 60-100 spam emails a day so it is hard to pick the genuine ones from the spam.