[bmxmom156]

dont you have to have them for the pres cup race itself? i think all state teams must be in a like jersey( dosnt matter what it is as long as its all the same) to be pointed for the state?

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it was in the mid 40’s today not to windy and they cancelled the practice… post was listed as cancelled around 10:30 this morning… too bad we already left to go down… accd to fillapones the piston dosnt run well in cold weather… i wonder how eht does it for jack frost?

anyway it was sunny and the track was in decent shape too bad we were the only ones there. what a shame…. very disapointing to say the least.

[bmxmom156]

when we were looking for sponsors for our state /national team years ago what we did was make up an expense sheet for the team… ie.. what the riders would need for the year… the state could do the same with the expenses they have and all itemized…

for example..team sheet entry fee expenses:

$15/team sheet( state races)x4 races= $60/yr
$40/team sheet( nationals) x 6 races =$240/yr

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total for yr $300/yr

so a sponsor could say ok i want to sponsor the team for their entry fees for the year… heres $300. and they know waht they are paying for and maybe they geta spot on the jersey on the sleeve for that..its cut and dry…

we did this for all corporate/local sponsors..
we also included costs for uniforms… ( cost of jerseys/ pants x how many riders) all the way up to cost for travel to races , hotels, etc.. we let the sponsors pick what they wanted to pay for..

some forked over big bucks some just donated money for webspace advertizing( we asked for $100/yr just for putting thier logo/link to their site on our team site)

then some could only afford donating waterbottles/keychains with thier names on it…we used these for freebies/ goodiebags for the clinics we did. no amt was too large or too small…

but my point is if there is an expense sheet that people can show to the companies..they can see that its not spent on administrative bullcrap that it all goes to the riders/ state in benefit for the riders.. someone may just want to donate money for cost of trophies.. then show them this is what we spend on trophies…they may want their logo on the trophies for the year…( ie the motocycle shop in the flemington circle for example)

our local bike shop did our team sheet entries for a year and we in turn gave them a team picture and a trophy to display from every race( dan was happy to donate his) after a while they were loaded but let me tell you the kids who came in there were always crowded around the corner where the trophies were.. it was a shame when they had a fire all the trophies( and the bikes of course) were damaged and had to be thrown out.

[bmxmom156]

hey thats great idea. they had the guy from the local news 12 nj come and interview greg morgan at flemington when he won the worlds i forget his name jeff would know him.( maury alter??) but it was oneof those special news casts not a reg commercial. hey maybe he would remember njbmx if you called him??they had a bunch of kids at the track just riding after a reg race they showed a little clips from the race but it was mostly interviewing greg and all of the kids who chased him down at the time…it was neat…. i may even have a vhs of it somewhere…

[bmxmom156]

what the hell is that supposed to mean?

did i miss somethng?

[bmxmom156]

i thought it was always cheaper to pre register did they ge rid of that this yr? always was $5 less?????

[bmxmom156]

haha

[bmxmom156]

hes a trouble maker all right..uh huh

[bmxmom156]

the state championship race was ALWAYS in sept untill the regional series forced nj to push it back to aug because of the aug 31st cut off for points. i think folks gunning for regional points wanted to use that race/ triple pts for the regional. why then cant nj use another race for triple pts instead? can they use a warnike race or just make 1 designated local as a triple super duper special local??? sounds do able.

i agree why not make the state champoinship late sept / early oct before the weatehr gets crappy plus it would help keep the riders at the tracks longer…

[bmxmom156]

i have to admit i am one of the guilty ones… i remember years ago morgan asked me to try the paypal thing and i was nervous and didnt want to do anything online as it was new and all… but since i got introduced to the evils of ebay i really like it now…

as long as you find something secure/ safe i think folks would go for it

[bmxmom156]

hey dosnt anyone need here have the urge to ride at all??? i just heard from the flem folks that no one showed up for the past gate practices… now i dont want to hear from anyone that there is no where to ride…if you are down at eht helping out that is understandable… but i remember years ago when we did pres cup every sat there would be a crowd of hungry racers at howell dying to take gates…whats going on??

does anyone know tom mcmurrays phone or email? thanks dan is looking for it.

[bmxmom156]

where on the new site is the listing of tracks and what spot they got?

[bmxmom156]

i cant believe i go to work and come back you guys are still on this…crack me up!!! see what you miss in a day?

i subbed in pe today/ no internet access

😥

[bmxmom156]

ok bill that explains it then…

[bmxmom156]

oh yea i remember they came to the track and interviewed him and made the book … i think it was after he won the worlds in france…

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