TOPERI CHALLENGE (comp to replace woodpecker)

Post by **Pigroota** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:43 pm

DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote:yeah can i add i think a winching penalty will make the event abit more entertaining...
but thats the words of a man with no winch. next year im aiming to have 2 of them and a looooooong cable.

winching penalty ??? its slower to winch than what it is to drive !! next time ... drive harder !!

Post by **blade 929** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:50 pm

Pigroota wrote:
DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote:yeah can i add i think a winching penalty will make the event abit more entertaining...
but thats the words of a man with no winch. next year im aiming to have 2 of them and a looooooong cable.

winching penalty ??? its slower to winch than what it is to drive !! next time ... drive harder !![/quote

might be slower but its still quicker than not moving at all .

and i think the comment of next time ...drive harder should be directed at the people using there winches not the ones driving only

Post by **nissan_onroids** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:21 pm

To everyone involved at Canobolas 4WD Club,thanks for a great weekend.The four stages had a bit of everything for anyone who wanted to go hard or go home.Unfotunatelly we had to go home after stage three after a breakage.Hope you get the approval to run it again next year.We will definately have a go if selected by our club.Thanks again.

Post by **ET4Runner** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:17 pm

On behalf of the Blue Mountains Club thanks for a great event. Glad to see much constructive feedback, which will help with an even better event next year. Had a chat to PK and Tony and I'm sure they they really
appreciate it; they already had some ideas to tweak it.

Oh, and to our team, well done guys, you drove (and navvied) awesome!!!

Pigroota wrote:
The dude in the suit everyone is asking about was the local mayor who called in the check things out ( he also lives directly over the road from Tony ) .... the mayor is all full of praise for us putting it on , the issue was with a few of the other neighbours.
It would definatly be appreciated if those clubs that did attend over the weekend , weather competing or just spectation , could perhaps take the time to put pen to paper & lodge in an official letter of support for the event . When we get back to the local council for a debrief , we would certainly like to be able to show the council what outside support this event would have if we are able to hold it again & again in the future years to come . I know personally i got a lot of enjoyment out of helping out with the event as did all the members of the Canobolas 4WD Club that were there .

We would be more than happy to write with support for the event.

Where do we post the letter to?

Cheers
Tony
Blue Mountains 4WD Club

Post by **Shady** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:45 pm

Just to echo that which my fellow Blue Mountains club members have said . Thanks for a fantastic event . Love the tracks , loved the format & scoring , You guys did a brilliant job & I hope your club broke even or maybe even made some money . Look forward to next time ( maybe you could run it twice a year & make it a series )

:armsup:

Post by **Toecutta** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:18 am

Photos are up on the Australian Images site

Post by **prontozuk** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:57 am

Well what a weekend. I have to take my hat off to Tony and family for allowing us to competitors to play with a over sized shopping trolley on your beautiful property. Two thumbs up to the Canobolas Club for running the event it was one for the record books. The choice of trophies were excellent. My only suggestion for future is a half size version (an ATV CV) for the navi.

Thanks James
TTC09 Team CAP51Z
Hippo Ninja

Post by **AustImages** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:22 am

I'll echo what most people are saying here, it was a great event and for a first go was remarkably free from hassles and problems.

The woodpecker-style system of everyone running in order, in teams and with only 1 or 2 events running at any one time is not only great for seeing the action, but it makes our life (DVD editing) much easier too

The night event was great, but maybe a bit shorter next year to make sure everyone gets through it.

As has been mentioned, the photies are up, in this gallery on the website. Pretty sure I should have several shots of everyone who competed.

We're working on the DVD, which should be done by the end of January at the latest. Hopefully earlier.

Post by **CV Smasher** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:50 am

AustImages wrote:I'll echo what most people are saying here, it was a great event and for a first go was remarkably free from hassles and problems.

The woodpecker-style system of everyone running in order, in teams and with only 1 or 2 events running at any one time is not only great for seeing the action, but it makes our life (DVD editing) much easier too The night event was great, but maybe a bit shorter next year to make sure everyone gets through it.

As has been mentioned, the photies are up, in this gallery on the website. Pretty sure I should have several shots of everyone who competed.

We're working on the DVD, which should be done by the end of January at the latest. Hopefully earlier.

There are some great shots there!

Any from the night event?

Post by **prontozuk** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:51 am

When the scores are put up is it possible to get the individual car scores as well.

Thanks James
TTC09 Team CAP51Z
Hippo Ninja

Post by **AustImages** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:11 am

CV Smasher wrote:
There are some great shots there!

Any from the night event?

No stills from the night event. It was too dark not to use a flash, and I decided that flashes going off in the drivers' eyes might not make me too popular!

On the upside, knowing there was going to be a night event on, we decided to hire two $7,000 low-light video cameras for the event. I haven't looked at the footage on the computer yet, but they seemed to work really well on the night, so there should be some great video from the night event on the DVD.

Post by **CV Smasher** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:19 am

Awesome, looking forward to seeing it.

Post by **ribbo13** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:32 am

I only went up on the sunday morn, but absolutely loved it! It was good to see such a variety of cars and driver tactics. Hopefully by next year i will have the truck finished so i can have a play. Can't wait to see the DVD. CONGRATS TO THE ORANGE BOYS FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A GREAT COMPETITION

Post by **CV Smasher** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:17 pm

Sorry to nag............ results?

Post by **Toperi** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:51 pm

Position No. Club Name Driver Navi Team Score
1 29 A ? Pete Antunac Tarrant Baugley 962
1 29 B Suzuki Peter Hilton James Martin 962
2 12 A AT4 Mal VanYsseldyk Nick Finch 760
2 12 B AT4 Anthony Haber Giovanni Buccicatino 760
3 26 A Southern Tablelands Wayne Rumble Bruce Collins 724
3 26 B Southern Tablelands Travis Hartfield Eric Levander 724
4 2 A Brindabellas Ziggy Koeck Craig Phillips 712
4 2 B Brindabellas Bob Watling Paul Sauderson 712
5 16 A Lithgow Brian Page Robert Knight 702
5 16 B Lithgow Jason Rosochacki Desle Rosochacki 702
6 13 A Brindabellas Michael Barrett Thomas Barrett 686
6 13 B Brindabellas Eddie Signorini Marcus Ganchov 686
7 14 A AT4 Charles Bottemanne Brett McCurley 678
7 14 B AT4 Shane Davies Steven Grima 678
8 22 A On All 4s Allan Cox Andy Bates 676
8 22 B On All 4s Paul Monsieur Greg McDonnell 676
9 15 A Bong Bong Steve Patten Paul Smith 616
9 15 B Bong Bong Charles Anastasio Matt Baker 616
10 21 A COR 4x4 Hamish Hudson Rick Sammons 602
10 21 B COR 4x5 Jai Moloney Kylie Molony 602
11 24 A On All 4s Steve Quinn Stephen Rose 594
11 24 B On All 4s Paul Gambell Guy Holt 594
12 1 A Kamikaze Chris Tierney Anthony Bertuccio 540
12 1 B Kamikaze John Panetta Mark Panetta 540
13 6 A Allcoast Sam Maugeri Michael Jenkins 534
13 6 B Allcoast David White Peter Sayers 534
14 11 A Brindabellas Peter Obrien Kym Herrick 532
14 11 B Brindabellas Allan Churchill Alan Joyce 532
15 25 A Blue Mtns Mat Borg Luke Szkoruda 526
15 25 B Blue Mtns Brett Holbert Carlos Vandenbraak 526
16 18 A Well Sprung Kean Peard Bruce Borchordt 510
16 18 B Well Sprung Adam Paviour Paul Morgan 510
17 5 A ACT 4wd Rob Mckensie Greg Finlay 488
17 5 B ACT 4wd Justin Thompson Tom D. 488
18 17 A Raymond Terrace Bogan Kable Troy Gooch 478
18 17 B Raymond Terrace Evan Staniland Dale Staniland 478
19 9 A TLCC Stephen Curtis William Mealing 476
19 9 B TLCC Steve Price Tony Price 476
20 30 A Bong Bong Reece Warnecke Robert Face 468
20 30 B Bong Bong Timothy Dietrich TBA 468
21 10 A TLCC Shaun Clancy Adam Tyson 440
21 10 B TLCC Richard Robertson Phillip Mawbey 440
22 32 A Suzuki Jerome Beeson Luis Coros 430
22 32 B Suzuki Paul Pisani Gonads 430
23 23 A Blue Mtns Grant Feltham Matt Snape 330
23 23 B Blue Mtns Kale Hemmings Ken Hemmings 330
24 27 A Albury/Wodonga Hugh Cartwright Gerry De Ruiter 310
24 27 B Albury/Wodonga Adrian Cooper David Borch 310
25 7 A TLCC Corey Geerling Albert Gauci 282
25 7 B TLCC Snowy Geerling David Ohehir 282
26 3 A ACT 4wd Nigel Fredericks Stephen Keys 270
26 3 B ACT 4wd Bjorn Penon Colin Broad 270
27 8 A Allcoast Paul Semmens Neil Semmens 218
27 8 B Allcoast Allan Brittliff Stephen McMahon 218
28 19 A Raymond Terrace Brian Webster Todd Cooney 218
28 19 B Raymond Terrace Anthony Niell Murray Hicks 218
29 20 A Motorex Chris Robb Stuart Palmer 136
29 20 B Motorex Shayne Beard Michael Beard 136
30 4 A Kamikaze Mark Borg Jason Borg 104
30 4 B Kamikaze Jason Seidl Shannon Piggin 104

Post by **DIRTY ROCK STAR** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:07 pm

hey guys is there any chance of individual scores at a later time?
and what was the total possible score on each stage?

Post by **CV Smasher** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:09 pm

Thanks Tony.

Post by **Toperi** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:27 pm

Thanks everyone for your encouraging feedback, it was very satisfying for us to pull off a great event. We learned a heap and hopefully next year will be even better. The council are still very happy with everything that happened over the weekend, there are a few issues to work through, that can all be resolved. If anyone wants to e-mail me a letter of support i will print them out and present them at our next meeting with council. toperi2@bigpond.com

We are having our own commitee meeting tommorrow night to go through the weekends events, we will look at all points raised in feedback and come up with a great set of rules for next year.

Watching over the weekend it was easy to see a lot of teams were not skilled at winching at competition level, im sure before next year most teams will improve on this.

I will put the complete results on our website, every car and every stage.

canobolas4wd.com

Post by **turbo gu** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:34 pm

Thanks for that. As a suggestion for next year how about a overall club trophy for the highest combined score like most other comps.

Post by **Toperi** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:46 pm

It appears we have made the worst mistake possible, a scoring error. 2 stage sheets were swapped between folders and no one picked up the incorrect car numbers. We will double check but as it is now Ziggy & Bob from Brindabellas were second and Mal & Anthony AT4 third. Will confirm all asap.

Post by **taps** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:23 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......Poor AT4 Boys

Post by **rocnut** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:07 pm

[quote="Toperi"]It appears we have made the worst mistake possible, a scoring error. 2 stage sheets were swapped between folders and no one picked up the incorrect car numbers. We will double check but as it is now Ziggy & Bob from Brindabellas were second and Mal & Anthony AT4 third. Will confirm all asap.[/quote]

Further to this mistake.. The Lithgow club had the drivers swapped around and in fact Jason Rosochacki 16A not 16B took out first place for 35inch tyres with Brian Page 16B not 16A taking out 3rd.. All scores are correct for each vehicle but the names have been mixed up... Not happy...

Post by **DIRTY ROCK STAR** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:10 pm

i saw bob on the first 2 stages and was suprised he wasnt alot higher up. he was driving so well. ziggy also.

great weeked guys.

Post by **Toperi** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:11 pm

After a committee meeting we have agreed to have 2 second place getters, we will get 2 more trophies made and send Bob & Ziggy a cheque for $1250. That way no one has to return trophies or money. We made the mistake we will wear it. The mistake with the lithgow cars was a simple mistake of who was driving the A & B car. Our appologies to those involved.

Post by **nissan_onroids** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:52 pm

Toperi wrote:After a committee meeting we have agreed to have 2 second place getters, we will get 2 more trophies made and send Bob & Ziggy a cheque for $1250. That way no one has to return trophies or money. We made the mistake we will wear it. The mistake with the lithgow cars was a simple mistake of who was driving the A & B car. Our appologies to those involved.

Put it down as a learning curve & move on.Your club did an excellent job with organising & running the event & it can only get better.At least your club had the balls to admit it.Good luck for next year.Regards Ken.

Post by **prontozuk** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:07 pm

Every comp has it's learning curves don't beat yourselvesp to much about it. Next week we all would have forgetten about the mistake.

Any chance of putting up the amended scoes.

Thanks James
TTC09 Team CAP51Z
Hippo Ninja

Post by **professor** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:30 pm

Well done Canobolas 4WD Club great effort Its good to see the country hospitality even in a competition. well done. I enjoyed spectating and enjoyed the layout. I hope to compete there in the future.

Chad

Post by **rocnut** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:47 am

We at the Lithgow Club have no dramas with the mix up and everyone is human and mistakes happen. Thanks for acknowledging it.. Still hope you run it again next year and we will be there again..

Post by **mud_runner_GQ** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:54 am

AustImages wrote:
CV Smasher wrote:
There are some great shots there!

Any from the night event?
No stills from the night event. It was too dark not to use a flash, and I decided that flashes going off in the drivers' eyes might not make me too popular!

On the upside, knowing there was going to be a night event on, we decided to hire two $7,000 low-light video cameras for the event. I haven't looked at the footage on the computer yet, but they seemed to work really well on the night, so there should be some great video from the night event on the DVD.

sorry about the mud splashing up at your camara on the night event. didn't see you there and was just throwing rocks at the tyre's to pack them.

Post by **CanberraMav** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:38 am

If he missed my ripping all the tyres out of the night stage because he had a dirty camera your in big trouble.

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