Chairman's Notes

Hello and welcome to the Warley Wasps website. My name is Andy Manley and I am the Chairman for the club this year (2011)

I have been in this sport for over 30 years!! I first joined the Warley Wasps club way back in 1980 as a 14yr old riding in the 100cc class progressing onto riding in the top schoolboy nationals until the end of 1983. After that I moved to the AMCA where I completed 18 years in the AMCA Championship (125,250 and 500cc) and also 6 years in the IMBA in the open category. I have also participated in various French International night meetings (many happy nights have been spent at midnight on the start line for the grand final!)

It must be in the blood, as my son has adopted my passion for this sport and has just moved into the 65 class after completing 1 year in the auto class.

I thoroughly enjoy every aspect of this sport (barring the parental moaning!!) and I am very proud to be in this privileged position and hope that myself, the committee, and the volunteers can continue to run this club as successfully as the previous chairman and committee did.

We are currently trying out one or two new ideas, unfortunately we have had to increase riding fees (they are now in line with other clubs) there will also now be no marshalling for auto parents, although we would be very grateful if these parents could help collect in the track at the end of the day. All help is always appreciated! Please note though that our Committee members are volunteers and are trying to do their jobs and make sure the day runs smoothly – any verbal or physical abuse will not be tolerated. Any matters will be dealt with by the club or BSMA.

We have also been able to book some very exciting new tracks, as well as our current tracks, which will definitely produce some excellent racing for all riders this year. IAs the numbers continue to grow within the club, it was been suggested by the Clerk of the Course that meetings could be 'no marshal' meetings. This has become a permanent fixture in our club.

I am looking forward to this year and hope that it will be a very successful one for the Warley Wasps Club. If you have any questions or new ideas of ways to take this club forward then do not hesitate to speak to me at the meetings.

Best Wishes Andy and the Committee members.