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Hovercraft World Championship 12-16 September 2012 in Germany

SEPTEMBER 29-30 Claydon

Set in the beautiful grounds of Claydon House, this race site is perfect for drivers and spectators alike. The river bank rising up towards the house lends itself superbly for spectator viewing, with a view the length of the water section, as well as both land/water transitions, and most of the land sections. From a drivers point of view, the undulating terrain and numerous obstacles require considerable skill, especially with the challenging land/water transitions at either end of the water section.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Further to Miki and Keith’s letters Lack of attendance? Yes, money and costs are, and always have been a restriction for lots of people and I’m sure many other activities are suffering at the moment. I believe what it comes down to is the “Bangs to Bucks” ratio and speaking for myself, at the moment hovercraft racing does not attract me, not because of the costs but because of the lack of fun which is solely down to the courses. I have said for many, many years that a decent course will attract more drivers than those that are less entertaining. You only have to look back at the days of Stanford Hall and Mere Brow (as a couple of examples) with attendances regularly exceeding 100 hovercraft to see what I mean. And the knock on effect of more drivers taking part is more exciting racing, which makes spectating, marshalling and officiating more exciting and attracts a higher attendance all round. What makes a good course? Well that is subjective I suppose. The F1 guys will argue that a long fast circuit is best where they can get the most out of their craft and spend more time on the edge, and I agree, seeing an F1 at full speed is very impressive. The 503 racers will no doubt prefer a tight twisty circuit that keeps them on the edge of craft control and maximising their speed and momentum. The trouble is I suppose, that we use the same course for the full range of craft performance levels, which in some cases is like using Silverstone for the F1’s and Pro-Kart race series, yes the F1’s will be amazing to watch, but who would want to watch the Go-Karts plod round?

From my personal point of view I want a course that I find fun to drive around over and over again, even if it’s just me on the circuit. Stanford, Mere Brow, (the original) Fawley, Himley Hall, Claydon are some of my favourites and I would frequently use ALL the practice time I could to maximise my play-time! Big long water courses don’t attract me in the least, if I wanted to compete on courses like that, I’d take up boat racing! Hovercraft racing is about land to water, water to land, drifting tightly round straw bales, keeping the side down on tight hairpin turns, riding the bumps, keeping the thing flat when blasting out the lake, scrubbing off speed coming down the hill, etc etc. Obviously those kind of courses are perhaps restrictive for the F1 guys although I know Paul McCollum will agree that he enjoyed many good races in his F1 on some of the tighter circuits! Maybe some of our current circuits could be modified to have two layouts? The current ‘big’ circuit for the F1’s with a smaller ‘inner’ circuit for the rest. I know that will create some marsalling / logisitical issues but it has been done in the past with Junior circuits. But, isn’t it worth a try? We’ll be at those venues anyway and if it doesn’t work, we just revert to the original layout. In my opinion, the bottom line is, our ‘selling point’ is the quality of the racing and given the choice of watching a handful of craft scattered around a big lake or a pack of craft battling neck and neck around a hectic busy circuit, I know which I’d go to watch and join in! Regards to all, David Kemp

It has been argued that F1 is our showcase, it’s what the TV people want to see and it shows we’re a serious fast sport. But it’s NOT what will attract the vast majority of new members. Yes it’s impressive to watch but there are very few people who can afford it and are brave enough to step into a sport at the top level. Some have tried but in my experience, they come for a season or two then vanish to try the next thing on their list. Conversely, lower spec craft are more accessible and potential newbies are more likely to contemplate buying or building something like a 503 craft. Relatively cheap, easy to look after, simple to drive and provides good exciting racing, but ONLY when the course is right! The tendancy towards big fast circuits in my opinion is detrimental to the sport and does little to attract new comers as well as current racers to take part. Providing courses that generate closer, more furious racing will attract more competitiors, more spectators, more marshals, more officials, more members. The other thing to remember is that many drivers are not thinking about championships and with time and financial restrictions they tend to choose a few events per year to attend. Usually they will choose those venues that provide LightHovercraft 20

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