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Hi All ,Just to keep you all up to date There will be a winch challenge next year for"" Club class only"" ,The challenge side of it are taking a break for a year , So far we are looking to run it over Easter starting with night stages on the Friday ,Full day Sat finishing Sunday around 3pm .these date will be confirmed asap For the Norwest comp we are thinking about a couple of changes re vehical specs
1/ max tyre size 35"
2/ winches must be off the shelf type i"e no in cab free spools ,twin motors on elect winches etc
all other spec as per the last comp ..
any feed back would be great.
Cheers..Steve

Awesome stuff!!!

Will be there

Steve, Give me a yell if you want a hand setting up etc. Can't compete

Hey cool to have heaps of notice. I'll be booking my leave for tha one.

For the specs I take it if it qualified this year in club class plus the extra couple mentipned above then you can race. Does this mean you are not going to run club class in line with what ever the outcome is of the 4x4 challenges discusions around a new class and restriction possibly ruling some current club class compeditors out of the club class?

I'm cool with that as I'm likely to be ruled out of future 4x4 challenges club class, but will come play if I can.

We will look at any new rules etc that are made after the meeting this Sunday but to be fair to all competitors we are going to run last years spec:s for our next comp ,that will give everyone plenty of time to change things if required .the rules that i mentioned before( Winches /Tyre sizes ) are not set in stone .If you guys are happy to leave things as they are we will look at leaving them for the next comp .i will get it put to a vote and we"ll go from there ..Steve

Had a good talk to the other organiser of this event and have decided to leave the tyre limit at 36.5 and winches alone for this event ,also if there are any challenge trucks that would like to race drop me a line .we will allow you guys to race on the understanding that while we will keep your points etc you will not be eligible for any prizes ,we are doing this to give you guys a chance to have a bit of seat time and sort out any problems prior to Pete:s comp ..cheers..Steve

I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PH CALLS AND IT SEEMS THE OLD RUMOUR MILL IS HARD AT WORK SO TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THIS IS WHATS HAPPINING
The compitition will be running over Easter weekend 2nd /5th April.Scruitineering will be from 8am till 12 on the Friday .
afternoon stages will start around 2pm followed by 2 night stages
SAT stages start at 8 am and run through till approx 6pm followed by a long night stage .Sun start at 8am and run till approx 3pm followed by prize giving etc.We are running the same rules /Vehical specs as last year with the exception of you will need a ground anchor .we are running the hub system (same as Klem did at Taupo) Entry fee hasnt been set yet as we are still working through costs but we are trying our best to keep it as low as poss .Any Challenge trucks that want to race please contact either myself or Tony for details etc .
Camping will be available from Thurs -till Monday .any questions either drop me a line or ph Steve 02102703322
Tony 021325637.Cheers

Hi People,

Just to keep you up to date, Most of the details have been sorted, and tracks set.

A couple of things have changed ... details of event as follows:

The Event will run from the 2nd - 4th of April (easter weekend)

Friday the 2nd - scruitneering 8am - 11am
2 day stages followed by 2 night stages.

Sat 3rd - 8 day stages, 1 night stage

sun 4th - a minimum of 4 stages possibly 6 depending on weather and how tired you guys are

Note: All the tracks are being pre-driven at least twice, prior to the event using an electric winch.

Camping, Toilets, Showers and water blaster on site

We have a great range of sponsers on-board this year who have put up some excellent prizes.

Cost: entry fee $210

Entry's will be available to be downloaded from the Norwest OHV website shortly. www.norwestohv.co.nz

Challenge trucks are able to enter this event at a reduced entry fee, if you are interested contact either myself or tony.

Any Questions, you can either ask here or give me or tony a call

Cheers
Steve

Note: You better get your co-drivers eating their weetbix now hehehe

Any South Island trucks interested in coming up will get free entry and if your looking at doing the Superwinch Tough truck challenge a few weeks later we can help store your truck
[Modified by: stephen reed on February 04, 2010 08:11 PM]

Hi all entry forms are now up on the Norwest web site .any questions please ask .Cheers,Steve www.norwestohv.co.nz

The final date for entrys will be the 22nd of March ,if we dont get the required min numbers of entrys we will pull the pin and return all entry fees recieved.
Cheers.Steve