Kartsport Southland Shunt December 2013

“SHUNT” NEWSLETTER OF KARTSPORT SOUTHLAND DECEMBER 2013

W W W. K A R T S P O R T S O U T H . C O M

Club Contacts PRESIDENT Alaister Marshall 03 235 8554 027 433 7563 S E C R E TA R Y Desiree McAnelly 03 215 8983 C L U B C A P TA I N Aaron Murch 03 216 7752 TREASURER Desiree McAnelly 03 215 8983 MEMBERSHIP John Keast 03 218 2124 RACE Nigel McAnelly 03 216 0149 Gill Heslin 03 217 7195

FUNDING Neville Hamilton 03 2157520

NEWSLETTER & PUBLICITY Richard Wills 021 264 2772 Jamie Conroy 027 736 9518

CANTEEN Pam Keast 03 213 1432

COMMITTEE SPONSORSHIP Rick Michels 03 217 7543 WEBSITE Jock Hale 03 215 6951 BUILDINGS Wayne Dimmock 03 213 1360 GROUNDS Aaron Murch, Barry Farquharson, Mike Smith, Chris Burns

Mike Heslin 03 217 7195 Gill Heslin 03 217 7195 Barry Leitch 03 215 9791 Marguerite Leitch 03 215 9791 Neil Anderson 03 215 7096 Isiah Smith 03 217 2715 Barry Farquharson 03 230 4247 Scott Waters 03 217 4317

Upcoming Events D AT E

EVENT

R A C E D AY D U T I E S

DECEMBER 7 JANUARY 25 FEBRUARY 22 MARCH 2 MARCH 22 MARCH 23

Xmas Club Day Club Twilight 1 - Anti Clockwise Club Twilight 2 - Clockwise Club Champs 1 - Anti Clockwise Spirit Champs - Day 1 Spirit Champs - Day 2

Senior Yamaha Rotax and Open Cadets Junior Restricted Junior Senior Yamaha

Calendar is subject to change, please keep an eye on the Kartsport Southland website or the Kartsport Southland facebook page.

note From the president HI all, I would like pass a huge thanks to everyone involved in running this event; our committee, club members and all our sponsors especially Rick and the Mainland Karting South Team. All feedback received has been very positive and as a club we can tick that off and say we ran a successful event. This has been another great opportunity for our own developing racing drivers to test themselves alongside some of the highest level of drivers in the country. Congratulations to you all for acquitting our club so well, I’m sure you will have benefited from the experience and we will see improvements in your driving.

Like all major undertakings there are areas that next time around could be improved so we are taking note of those learnings for future organizing committees to refer back to. If any members have any suggestions please pass them on to me, or any committee member.

Having got through this pretty big year for us it’s time to take a short break until the end of January. I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas and New Year, and I hope Santa brings you all that new kart gear you’re hankering after.

Alaister Marshall

President marshall66@woosh.co.nz | 03 235 8554

Whats up!

FROM THE TOWER STAFF

A big thank you to the young people who were runners from the Tower to the Results board during the South Islands - McKenzie and Isabella Wild, Luca Burns, Aleesha Morton and Corbyn Shuttleworth. You did a great job despite the rain and mud and your help was much appreciated.

Is anyone is keen to learn the tower (amb) starter, lapscorer? We are in great need of help!

Please see Nigel

TRACK HIRE – BUCKET BIKES

The Bucket Motorbikes are back using our track again, after a few years away regrouping.

They are on the track on Wednesday evenings through the summer months. Which means the track isn’t available for club members during this time. We get an income stream from this track hire, which of course is a good help to the coffers.

TRACK GATE KEY RESPONSIBILITY

Members are reminded of the responsibility that goes along with being issued a track key, and using the track for personal practice:· Membership must be current · Close the gate, to keep joy-riders from

cruising in · Members under 18 years age must have a

guardian taking responsibility for their activity · Only one age group on the track at a time · Full kart apparel must always be worn

while in the kart · Any non-members given a drive must be

signed in on the Trial Drive Indemnity

forms available in the Pits Notice Board · If you find any damage around the

facilities, eg broken board on a fence,

please report it to a committee member

2014 Race Calendar JANUARY 25

Sat

Club Twilight 1 – Anti-clockwise

Twilight Timetable

Sat

Club Twilight 2 – Clockwise

Twilight Timetable

2

Sun

Club Champs 1 – Anti-clockwise

Day Timetable

22

Sat

Spirit Champs Day 1 - Anti-clockwise

Event Timetable

23

Sun

Spirit Champs Day 2 - Clockwise

Event Timetable

Sun

Club Day – Anti-clockwise

Day Timetable

Sun

Club Champs 2 – Clockwise

Day Timetable

Sun

Club Winter 1 – Anti-clockwise

Day Timetable

3

Sun

Club Winter 2 – Clockwise

Day Timetable

23

Sat

Southern Series Day 1 - Anti-clockwise

Event Timetable

Sun

Club Day – Clockwise

Day Timetable

Sun

Club Day – Anti-clockwise

Day Timetable

Sat

Club Twilight Enduro – Anti-clockwise

Twilight Timetable

Sat

Club Twilight Xmas – Clockwise Christmas Pairs

Twilight Timetable

FEBRUARY 22 MARCH

APRIL 6 MAY 18 JUNE 22 AUGUST

SEPTEMBER 21 OCTOBER 5 NOVEMBER 22 DECEMBER 6

NEW SHOP ON DEE ST BESIDE SELECTRIX PH: 027 434 2018 INVERCARGILLS NEWEST FULLY STOCKED AND EQUIPPED KART SHOP NEW MONACO KARTS, GOOD RANGE OF USED KARTS, WET SUITS, GLOVES, TOOLS, LASERS, AIR TANKS, DUNLOP WETS, MG TYRES, OILS, CHAIN LUBE, SPARK PLUGS. HUGE RANGE OF NEW AND USED KART PARTS FOR MOST MAKES OF KARTS IN STOCK. KART REPAIRS AND SERVICING.

OPEN FRIDAY 7PM TO 9PM SATURDAY 9AM TO 2PM

RACE DAY DUTIES

The committee will be allocating duties to classes for set-up and take-down on race days. More to come after next committee meeting.

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Cadet - Mike Smith Junior Restricted - Barry Farquharson Junior - Rick Michels Senior Yamaha - Scott Waters Rotax and Open, John Keast and Barry Leitch.

New star bursts on to motor racing scene Jamie Conroy has burst on to the New Zealand motor racing scene, winning all his races at his first ever national championship meeting. The unheralded Invercargill driver, 22, claimed three wins from three starts at Timaru in the first round of the New Zealand Formula Ford championship. Title favourite Michael Collins from Christchurch, who finished third in the championship last year, started favourite and he qualified fastest.

“But I got off the line a bit better at the start of race one and was ahead by the first corner,” Conroy, who had his first Formula Ford race in September, said.

“I led all the races all the way but Michael had about the same speed. He’s a good driver – he doesn’t make mistakes and he’s a nice person to race against.”

Jamie Conroy - Photo Euan Cameron

Conroy, who has 12 years of kart racing behind him, is racing the Mygale that took James Munro to the title last year. He said he had greatly benefited from the advice of former Formula One engineer Wal Wilmott, who had worked with Bruce McLaren.

“He was my race engineer for the weekend and it’s priceless to have his wisdom and experience on board,” he said.

Conroy is now planning to contest the full New Zealand championship and the South Island series.

Collins finished second in all three races and Aaron Marr from Wanganui was third each time.

Championship points: Conroy 225, Collins 201, Marr 180, Ryan Yardley 162, Grant Campbell 147.

For full race championship details visit www.nzracechamps.org.nz

South island Champs 2013

PHOTOS BY ALANA SAYERS

latest Results South islanD Champs CLASS

DRIVER

R E S U LT T O W N

CADET

JACOB MITCHELL LAURA MCPHERSON JOSH BETHUNE TYSON BONE JACK MARTINAC J A C K C AY F O R D COREY SMITH ETHAN TUFFLEY K A I L E N B E AT T I E MARISSA AHFIELD R E E F J O L LY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

CH CH DN D N DN DN IN

JUNIOR RESTRICED

REUBEN ADAMS LUCA BURNS J AY D E S M I T H JOSH BETHUNE Z A C H A R Y H A M I LT O N LOGAN THOMPSON KHAN DE THIERRY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CH IN IN DN

JUNIOR

MARCUS ARMSTRONG R YA N M C P H E R S O N TREY NAIRN JORDAN MICHELS ALEESHA MORTON BROCK WILLS B A I L E Y P AT E R S O N REBEKAH MICHELS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CH CH HB IN IN IN CH IN

S E N I O R YA M A H A L I G H T

JAMES PENROSE CHRIS COX JAMIE CONROY VA U G H A N M A R S H A L L S C O T T W AT E R S LIAM YOUNG BLAIR HALL ETHAN ANDERSON B R AY D A N S H U T T L E W O R T H RENNIE SMITH SCOTT GLENN M A R YA N N E R E N T O N

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

CH CH IN IN IN DN DN IN IN DN

S E N I O R YA M A H A H E A V Y

JOSH KING DANIEL HARVEY GEORGE KEAST TIMOTHY SMITH MICHAEL SMITH RICHARD CHADWICK CHRIS DIXON MICHAEL COLLINS

1 DN 2 DN 3 IN 4 5 IN 6 DN 7 DN 8 CH

R O TA X M A X L I G H T

CHRIS COX SCOTT MANSON

1 2

DN DN DN

IN IN

IN

CH CH

latest Results JAMES PENROSE JOSH KING DEAN SUTHERLAND LIAM YOUNG AARON BLACK BRENDON LEITCH A L I S TA I R C A M P B E L L

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

CH DN CH DN DN IN MB

R O TA X M A X H E A V Y

ANDREW DOWNS DANIEL HARVEY GEORGE KEAST MICHAEL SMITH MICHAEL COLLINS MARK AHFIELD TIMOTHY SMITH

1 2 3 4 5 6 DQ

CH DN IN IN CH DN

KZ2

SCOTT MANSON CHRIS COX JAMES MUNRO JAMIE CONRY REGAN CARTER REGAN FREEMAN

1 2 3 4 5 6

CH CH DN IN DN DN

Enduro

CLASS DRIVER

R E S U LT

LAPS

CADET

K A L E N B E AT T I E MARISSA AHLFELD RICO HARDING

1 2 3

45 44

JUNIOR RESTRICTED

COREY SMITH KAMRYN REDDY J AY D E S M I T H CORBYN SHUTTLEWORTH L A R N I FA R Q U H A R S O N GRACE MILNE KHAN DE THIERRY F LY N N M A C N A M A R A MAX MILNE TA H L / S E T H H A R D I N G ETHAN TUFFLEY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DQ

48 47 47 45 45 43 43 42 41

JUNIOR

ALEESHA MORTON BROCK WILLS LEON FOX Z A C H A R Y H A M I LT O N LUCA BURNS

1 2 3 4 DQ

49 48 43 38 49

YA M A H A

TRAVIS/ETHAN

1 186

SNR LIGHT/OPEN

JAMIE/JORDAN 1 213 GEORGE/BRENLEY 2 206 SCOTT/STEPHEN 3 205 KYLE/BRENT 4 201 MIKE/AARON 5 190 CAMERON/SCOTT 6 187 M A R K / S H AW N / S I M O N 8 1 8 0 C R A I G / B E VA N 9 (NO TRANDPONDER)

(NO TRANDPONDER)

(NO TRANDPONDER)

45

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From the Canteen Hello from the new canteen team! We’ve got a few exciting plans in mind for the canteen.

We would like volunteers to help us out for the rest of this year. For the smaller meetings we plan to open the canteen for just a few hours over lunch, not all day, to allow our volunteers time to watch their karters race, and not be tied up in the canteen all day.

Pam and Johanna would like to thank everyone who helped in the canteen for the South Island Champs.

We have the following meetings coming up: • D E C E M B E R 7 - Xmas Club Day • M A R C H 2 - Club Champs 1 • J A N U A R Y 2 5 - Club Twilight 1 • M A R C H 2 2 , 2 3 - Spirit Champs • F E B U A R Y 2 2 - Club Twilight 2 Please contact us with when you can help, or with any questions you may have.

Remember - “Many hands make light work!”

Pam Keast & Johanna Jamieson • Ph 03 213 1432 Pam 027 200 6790 • Johanna 027 261 2390 Email johanna.k1984@outlook.co.nz

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Also Southland / Otago suppliers of ORG Racewear Call Daryl 027 489 2892 shuttsynz@xtra.co.nz

EFTPOS and credit cards accepted, John Keast, Invercargill Oil Shop 20 Spey Street, Invercargill 9810 03 218 2124, 0800 228 9645, 027 435 8265 ingilloil@xtra.co.nz

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