NEWSLETTER MAY 08 TWINSHOCK SCOTLAND

 

HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER MONTHS BANTER FROM THE HOLESHOT MAN.

 

POWMILL ON SUNDAY WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED AND WELL RUN SCRAMBLE, EVEN IF I SAY SO MYSELF.

THE LOVELY WEATHER AND THE GREAT TRACK LAYOUT PLAYED A BIG PART IN MAKING THIS MEETING A GREAT SUCCESS. I HEARD A FEW MURMERS ABOUT THE TRACK BEING A BIT TIGHT, ALTHOUGH NO ONE CAME TO ME AND SAID IT WAS TIGHT AS I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT MY RESPONSE WOULD HAVE BEEN. IF I WAS IN A GOOD MOOD I MIGHT REPLY, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE TRACK OR IF I WAS IN A BAD MOOD, GET F-----D WOULD HAVE BEEN MY INSTANT RESPONSE. ALL THE RIDERS I ASKED ABOUT THE TRACK SAID IT WAS GREAT AND IT IS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. ON THE NIGHT WE BUILT THE TRACK THERE WERE AT LEAST 10 OF OUR TOP RIDERS HELPING OUT AND IF THEY CANNOT LAY OUT A GOOD TRACK WE ARE IN A BAD WAY. SO TO ALL OR ANY MOANERS, YOU BUILD A TRACK AND WE WILL SEE HOW GOOD IT IS AND CRITICISE ACCORDINGLY.

 

SEAN DOCHERTY KINDLY GOT US A GOOD SUPPLY OF THE MONSTER ENERGY DRINK, EVERY RIDER THAT SIGNED ON GOT A FREE CAN AND THE FIRST 3 IN EACH CLASS GOT ANOTHER 1 AT THE TROPHY PRESENTATION. THE MONSTER ENERGY DRINK COMPANY IS VERY BIG IN THE USA AND THEY ARE HITTING THESE SHORES IN A SIMILAR FASHION. IT IS GOOD TO SEE THEM TAKING AN INTEREST IN OUR CLUB, WHO KNOWS WE MIGHT GET A SPONSORSHIP FROM THEM NEXT YEAR. SEAN IS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR OUR SPORT AND EXPECT TO SEE THE MONSTER ENERGY DRINK AT MORE OF OUR MEETINGS THIS YEAR AS SEAN PUSHES OUR CLUB TO THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR PROMOTIONS. SANDY WILL HAVE PHOTO’S OF ALL THE TROPHY WINNERS RECEIVING THEIR TROPHY FROM OUR CLUB MODEL, JODI CHIAPPA, SUITABLY KITTED OUT IN THE MONSTER DRINKS RACEWEAR.

ANY RIDER WISHING TO PURCHASE SAID PHOTO, CONTACT SANDY VIA THE WEBSITE, OR PHONE 07711-650936.

 

BIG MONTY WILL HAVE THE DVD READY FOR SALE SOON SO HE IS THE MAN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH IF YOU WANT A COPY.01383-720631 IS HIS NO.

 

I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF RIDERS TO RULE NO. 22. - IF YOU ARE NOT AT THE PRESENTATION AT THE END OF EACH MEETING TO COLLECT YOUR TROPHY, YOU WILL NOT GET THE TROPHY, FEEBLE EXCUSES LIKE, I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR I HAD TO GET HOME FOR THE BAIRNS, DO NOT WASH WITH ME. I MAKE A ROUND TRIP OF 60 MILES TO ORDER THE TROPHIES AND THE SAME AGAIN TO COLLECT THEM AND WE ARE PAYING £400 PER MEETING ON TROPHIES, SO IF YOU CANNOT WAIT AND HELP US TAKE THE TRACK DOWN THEN COLLECT YOUR TROPHY YOU WILL NOT GET IT AND IF YOU THINK THE TROPHIES ARE A BIT ON THE CHEAP SIDE AT ABOUT £8 OR MORE EACH, MULTIPLY IT BY 54 THEN YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE COST COMES FROM. 9 CLASSES DOWN TO 6TH PLACE IN EACH CLASS.

 

WE HEAD INTO THE RAIN FORREST AT ARDENTINNY FOR ROUND 4 ON THE 22ND OF JUNE. WE WILL BE KEEPING OUR UMBRELLA,S  CROSSED FOR THIS MEETING. GRANT MCCLURE AND HIS MERRY MEN PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THE DUNOON MEETING BUT THE WEATHER HAS NEVER BEEN KIND TO US AT THIS EVENT, HERE’S HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE A DRY DAY AS THE TRACK IS EXCELLENT AND SUITS US TWINSHOCKERS VERY NICELY.

 

DAVY DICK WAS REPORTEDLY SEEN AT POWMILL, CAN WE SEE A COMEBACK ON THE HORIZON, WORD HAS IT THAT HE HAS SOLD HIS CLASSIC CAR, A SUNBEAM RAPIST AND IS SAVING UP FOR A NEW BIKE. HE IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING UNUSUAL, SOMETHING THAT SUITS HIS DEMEANOR. I HOPE HE DOES NOT GET INVOLVED WITH DAVY WYLIE, THAT PAIR RUINED MORE MAICO FRAMES IN THE NINETIES THAN TOUNGUE CAN TELL…HE THOUGHT HE WAS HANS MAISCH…HANS OFF.THATS WHAT I SAY..

 

 

See you all soon at Dunoon…joe