NSW Club Event at Coffs HarbourNeed a Holiday ??
... & YOU Enjoy Blokarting ??
You & your family are invited to Come along
& Join us @ Coffs Harbour 15/16 Nov.
NSW BLOKART CLUB - COFFS CHALLENGE (ARRAWARRA BEACH)
STATE OF ORIGIN 2 
NOVEMBER 15th - 16th
ACCOMODATION - DARLINGTON BEACH RESORT ... OR... THE LORIKEET
... something for the whole family ...
( NB: You must Pre-book your accomodation - so you don't miss out )
1/ The Lorikeet. (Arrawarra Beach) http://www.thelorikeet.com.au/
For more info www.nswblokartclub.com
Ph Danny 04 1752 5123 or John 04 2183 9220
Victorian State Titles2008 Victorian State Titles
When: 8-9 November 2008
Where: Sandy Point, Vic
Cost: $30 if paid before 26 October 2008, $50 if paid after.
Well, its on again! Time to beat the drum, sacrifice the KFC, and pray to the wind gods for a good blast from Bass Strait.
We will be holding the 2008 Victorian State Titles on one of the best beaches for blokart sailing. Racing will start after a 9:30am briefing in the park opposite the general store.
On Saturday night, we will have a dinner at The Orange Roughy in Fish Creek (not included in the price), about 15 minutes drive from Sandy Point. Note that there is not much in Sandy Point itself.
For more info www.melbourneblokartclub.org.au or contact Ben Lazza 04 1473 7855
NSW Club Wrap- Up from the weekendLast Weekend the Hunter Valley played host to the NSW Blo-Kart Club members with their amazing wind powered land yachts.
Due to a lack of wind Saturday, members and visitors held a "Meet & Greet" picnic at Grahamstown Dam, with only a gentle breeze for the kids to enjoy.........But Sunday was a different story - a bustling 30knot Westerly wind rolled in overnight, with gusts of up to 40 knots recorded on the day meant that these eager land sailors were off and racing at the Birubi end of Stockton Beach. With over 500 of these compact land sailing karts now in Australia and approx 8000 worldwide - "Blo-Karting" is fast becoming Australia's number #1 land sailing sport.
"Blo-karts" only weigh 29kgs and fold up into bag that fits neatly into the boot of most cars for easy transport. This event attracted land sailors from as far south as Illawarra, Metro Sydney, and an outback land sailor from Bourke. The blokarts sailing created a colorful spectacle on the picture perfect Stockton Beach. The "Hunter Hawks", although out numbered, held their own, and race scores were a draw with the "Sydney Squadron".
Click HERE on this link
http://nswblokartclub.com/Club_Videos.html to see TV NEWS Story about the weekends' meeting.
.... Next big Meeting is "Round 2 of the State of Origin" 08 series against the Queenslanders(Cane Toads) to be held in Coffs Harbour later in the year ..... The NSW Blokart Club is a family friendly oriented club looking to create awareness of the sport, and increase its network of membership state-wide. The club also hopes to conduct charity sailing events in the future.....Club members and visitors alike, impressed with the weekends' event, all went home wearing the "Blokart Grin" after a Fun day of racing at the north end of Stockton Beach, Port Stephens.
NSW Blokart Club EventAttention All Blokarters! The NSW Blokart Club is about to hold it’s first official club meeting at Stockton beach north end (near Nelson Bay) on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May.
This venue was selected after a test run last weekend, which was a huge success even for novice blokarters. Check out the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AZBOswmlww
There are a variety of locations in the area to cater for most wind directions and many other social options if we don’t get any wind at all………
There is a wide range of accommodation choices but they fill very quickly so you need to act quickly.
www.birubibeachcaravanpark.com.au
www.onemilebeach.com
http://www1.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/stocktonbeach/index.html
Come along for a fun filled family day or weekend of racing and social cruising on one of Australia’s best beaches.
If you have not paid your annual club registration fee yet, please do so at www.nswblokartclub.com so you are covered by our club insurance for the event or do it on the day but please register your intensions beforehand.
Welcome to our NEW Blokart Club members and I look forward to catching up with you all, - along with existing NSW Blokart members! Please hit reply to register for this event.
If you have any inquiries contact Danny at the club.....04 1752 5123
The World Blokart ChampsThe date has been set for the first ever world blokart champs
They will be held from the 28th September to the 4th October 2008 and the Venue is blokart Heaven Papamoa NZ, visit www.blokartheaven.com
The event organisers have said registration will close after the first 150 entries with all competitors competing over the 7 day event,
if you are into blokart racing this will certainly be the place to be.
I will post more info as it come to hand or feel free to email me if you have any queries about the event, phil@blokart.com.au
Crowdy Head Round upHowdy all, just thought i would let you know how it went.
Well, a fantastic weekend was had at Crowdy Heads, unsure if any of you have been there but it truely is a beautiful part of the Central Coast,
We had 12 karts sailing on Saturday and 9 on Sunday, Due to the SE wind and high seas all sailing was done in a new subdivision at Harrington which is 7 km from Crowdy, awesome sailing on the new bitumin with no houses and 2 conveniantly placed roundabout to complete a course.
Light winds Sat morning had a few 5.5m sails out and a few kids in the karts aswell, by 1pm the wind had picked up to a steady 15 knots + which saw the kids out of the karts and 4.0m and 3.0m sails on, we decided to put a State of Origin race series in place with a total of 4 races held that afternoon, Score Qld 4 - NSW - 0 Dinner Dinner that night made for a fair bit of banter betwen all, Sunday mornings lighter winds allowed for a few kids races and then a further 3 State races, we decided to shorten the course to give NSW a bit of a chance to look half decent but to no avail, Score Qld - 3 - NSW - 0
The Crowdy Head Classic is underway with full honors for 08 going to Qld - 7 - 0
I'm sure there will be a different story to tell next year, some good laughs and fun had by all.
As said a fantastic weekend had with great company and I must give a special thanks to Danny & Caroline Hall for inviting us all to such a beautiful place.
Youtube link for some of the fun sailing at Crowdy Heads
See you all there next year.
2008-02-08 - Crowdy HeadsHi Everyone Some of you may have heard a whisper about a social blokart weekend at Crowdy Head on the NSW Mid North Coast The weekend is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 8th, 9th & 10th 2008. The proposed location is Crowdy Head main beach and the low tide will be .2 of a metre in the afternoons. Crowdy Head is a small coastal fishing village with basic amenities with only one motel - Book early so you won't be disappointed. There is a variety of accommodation at Harrington, 7km away.
See links http://www.harringtoncrowdy.com/CrowdyHeadFishingVillageAtCrowdyBay.html
http://www.harringtonholidaypark.com.au/
Youtube video of Crowdy beach .....blokarting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLKnO47Epks
This will be a great chance for Blokarters to get together in a beautiful location, so come along for some fun. Any queries etc about the weekend please contact Danny Hall 02 96561800 fax. 02 9656 1710 mob. 0417 525 123 or email danny@dhpc.com or phil@blokart.com.au ph 04 0092 8060
Look forward to seeing you there!!!
2008-01-26 - Olivers Salt Lake...near Horshame Victoria Melbourne Blokart Club and Horsham Blokart Centre will be hosting a three day event January 26/27/28 at the Oliver's Salt Lake, 12 km north of Natimuk near Horsham. Briefing will be at 12:30 pm with first race at 12:45 pm 26 January 2008. This will be an informal event with the idea of having fun and getting bums on seats in the country areas. We hope to have three to four races a day and be finished by lunch time on 28 January 2008. An entry fee of $20.00 for non MBC members and $10.00 for members will cover insurance costs and prizes for the event. Depending on number of entries we will run production and performance classes with a split at 85kg weight under and overs. Send your interest in class and division to Jiglu and entry fees to Melbourne Blokart Club c/o Ray Brett 2 Redplum Place Doncaster East 3109. Entry fees will be taken on the day but we will require you to formally enter via Jiglu prior to arriving so we can plan for the event.please visit www.melbourneblokartclub.org.au