Race Fees?
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samsty
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There is a heap of things that the race organisers need. Things like hire of 4wd's, trailers, toilets, generators, 2-way radios, machinery ect. Also things like timing setups are very pricey, making/ maintaining of tracks. Even bunting to mark out the track costs a packet... Races are far from cheap to run.notl337 said:
There is a hell of a lot of work and cash involved in setting up a good venue, and organising good races..
$40 is cheap unless you have too walk up the hill, the track is crap, and the timing is done with an old sun dial. If it was like that then I would complain about the $40... If not then I say thats cheap.
Hope this gives you a bit of an idea where your entry fees are going.
Cheers,
Sam
Kram
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Shuttles, portaloo, first aid, land access, trail building/maintenance, marshalling, administration, website support, results listing, timing, walkie talkies, bunting, hay bales, signage, number plates, advertising, prizes, banking, licensing and a little bit left over for the huge amount of time and effort required to make it run properly.
Or you can go to Movie World for the day and bore yourself silly for twice as much.
Or you can go to Movie World for the day and bore yourself silly for twice as much.
hardtailer
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wow thats a bit pricey....the DH races in canberra(CORC) cost bettween 15 and 25 dollars
We would only charge $5 + day licence for a club round, but for this you only get a race run which you have to push up.
For an ystate DH round we have ever run your entry fee covers use of the State Forest (yes use of the land costs $$$$$$), toilets, food, transport, timing, prizes (yes this costs $$$$$ as well), first aid people, communications (fortunately we have our own timing), trailer rego, trailer hire (if other clubs throw their trailers in), as well as other smaller miscellaneous items. and we would normally charge more than $40.
Trust me, the people putting a race on for that amount won't make much money at all, if any.
Don't complain, offer to help out. Those poeple are spending a lot of time to put a race on for you enjoyment. If you don;t like it, don't go, just don't complain about the cost.
For an ystate DH round we have ever run your entry fee covers use of the State Forest (yes use of the land costs $$$$$$), toilets, food, transport, timing, prizes (yes this costs $$$$$ as well), first aid people, communications (fortunately we have our own timing), trailer rego, trailer hire (if other clubs throw their trailers in), as well as other smaller miscellaneous items. and we would normally charge more than $40.
Trust me, the people putting a race on for that amount won't make much money at all, if any.
Don't complain, offer to help out. Those poeple are spending a lot of time to put a race on for you enjoyment. If you don;t like it, don't go, just don't complain about the cost.
demo man
Used to be cool.
notl337 said:
insurance is NEVER covered in an entry fee - if the entry fee is 40 bucks that's the cost of running the event. what membership to a club does is stop you from having to pay a $15 day license, which is the insurance cover, at every event.
if your club's membership costs $92 say, then you only need to race 4 times in a year to save money. if you are a member of an MTBA affiliated club, then you are insured at an event anyway.
so, being a member saves you the extra $15 at a race.
some clubs do also have cheaper entries into races for members, CORC has free racing at the club DH, XC and all the Dirt Crits at the moment, so if you're not a member it's $10 entry plus $15 day license, so it's a $25 race, but if you're a club member it's scott free.
did that make any sense?
i won't add to what costs money in an event because the above have pretty much wrapped it up, you can already see that whatever the entry price is, the organisers don't get anything, if there is a profit made by a club then that normally goes into new equipment or trail maintenance or Junior development etc. etc.