Alberta Land Rover Enthusiasts Club Forum
General => Events => Topic started by: Trevor on February 07, 2016, 01:34 PM
Details will follow as we get closer to the event date. But this day has been locked in as our SGMT event.
We will be holding it at the Bruderheim sand pits again.
I'm in to help out if I'm in the country ;)
I'm starting the final planning for the Sean Green Memorial Trials event.
Date/Time: Saturday, Sept 17, 10:00 AM to mid/late afternoon
Location: Bruderheim sand pits
Breakfast: Participants can meet at the Humpty's in Fort Sask for breakfast at 8:30, with a plan to leave for Bruderheim no later than 9:30.
Event details: Similar to previous years, we will have various trials courses setup. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to navigate those courses without hitting the gates. I would also like to try one blindfolded course...it wouldn't be that challenging to drive, er, assuming you could see. But with a blindfold, and a spotter, it should be entertaining enough.
Lunch: Bring your own lunch/snacks, we will have a break for lunch midday.
Volunteers: I could use some help setting up the courses. My plan is to map out the courses on the Monday of the Sept long weekend, and then setup the gates the morning of the event. This would require the setup team to be at Bruderheim for 7:30 AM on the 17th. If you are interested in helping please let me know.
Participants: If you would like to participate, please reply here with a note that you plan to attend.
Edit: Please reply by Aug 31 if you would like to attend. That will be the cutoff date to determine if there is sufficient interest in the event.
Quote from: Trevor on August 16, 2016, 09:44 AM
I would also like to try one blindfolded course...it wouldn't be that challenging to drive, er, assuming you could see. But with a blindfold, and a spotter, it should be entertaining enough.
We did that a few years ago. The passenger calls out directions. Fastest through the course wins with time penalties for hitting gates.
I will be attending Trevor. Am also available for gate setup day of the event.
This will be a fun day.
Cheers
Emad
Quote from: Red90 on August 16, 2016, 12:09 PM
Quote from: Trevor on August 16, 2016, 09:44 AM
I would also like to try one blindfolded course...it wouldn't be that challenging to drive, er, assuming you could see. But with a blindfold, and a spotter, it should be entertaining enough.
We did that a few years ago. The passenger calls out directions. Fastest through the course wins with time penalties for hitting gates.
Let's up the level of difficulty and have the passenger outside the vehicle directing the driver by radio! hahahhahhahaha
I'll be there to help out, and to play on the day ;-)
Trevor is not getting a lot of interest in this event this year and that's not good at all..... Come folks....time to get off the pot and participate. It's a great day out and a lot of fun!!!!
So what do you say :(
I'll be there!
I'd said I would go in an email but going to mention it here as well.
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Count me in, I would love to attend.
As I'm heading there from the North can you post a detailed map to get to site please.
Trevor will send that out to everyone the week before the event ;-)
For loose reference (or google) it's the sand dune area directly south of the river and Bruderheim, AB. :)
Quote from: Cruzer on August 27, 2016, 05:26 PM
Count me in, I would love to attend.
As I'm heading there from the North can you post a detailed map to get to site please.
Yessir, as Bill noted I'll get some directions posted shortly. I'm afraid I don't have you actually name though for the attendee list. If you could post it here or PM me that would be appreciated!
we will try to be there(work permitting)we have never been to a trials. i may even try running a course, but id like to scope it out before committing to that. May bring a couple friends out to see it as well if that is cool.
If you are there, and you have your vehicle, I'm pretty sure you'll want to run the course. Nothing too serious just a lot of fun ;)
We have enough participants to run the SGMT. Here is the list I have:
SGMT Attendees
Participants Marshalls Maybe's
Brendan Leir Glen Millar Orville Chubb
Jeffrey Smallhorn Jonathan Hendry
Kerwin Mandrusiak Trevor Myler
Dave Lovelock
Emad El-Zein
Ian
Don Harris
Bill Inch
Claus Rieger
As usual, we will likely recruit some of the co-pilots to help serve as marshalls during the event.
Here is a rundown of the event information again for Saturday, Sept 17:
Setup Team (Glen, Jonathan, Emad, Bill, Trevor)
08:00 Setup Group DEPARTS Humpty's from Fort Sask (I'll be there around 7:00 for breakfast)
08:30 Setup group arrives at Bruderheim for course setup
09:00: Main party meet at Humpty’s in Fort Saskatchewan on Hwy 15
10:00: Main Party departs for Bruderheim
10:30: Drivers briefing at Bruderheim
10:45: SGMT begins
We will work in a lunch break around noonish
I would expect the event will end around 3:00PM
Location: just west of the North Bruderheim Natural Area, TWP 565 & RR 205A
From Fort Saskatchewan, take HWY 15 east to HWY 830. Head north to TWP 565. Turn right (east) and continue on until you reach the first intersecting RR (RR205A). The event area is directly south in the sand dune area there.
Here is a link to last years event that has a nice Google map of the area, with our trials location highlighted. http://alre.club/Forum/index.php?topic=191.15
Lunch: Bring your own lunch, there are not enough participants to have a catered lunch
See you all on the 17th!
A few updates to the participants list:
Participants Marshal Maybe's
Brendan Leir Glen Millar Orville Chubb
Jeffrey Smallhorn Norman Hendry
Kerwin Mandrusiak Trevor Myler
Dave Lovelock
Emad El-Zein
Ian Gates
Don Harris
Bill Inch
Claus Rieger
Jonathan Hendry
Dave Menard
Norman and Jonathan Hendry were invaluable with their help today out a Bruderheim. We've got some great tracks planned, including one that will be driven with a blindfold and a co-pilot spotting for you. Should make for some good giggles!
Looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks. It will be a fun day out!
Small update:
The club will be supplying sandwiches and drinks for lunch, 3 x Sobey's platters and a cookie tray.
I won't be getting terribly creative regarding what I grab for drinks...coke, 7up/sprite, and some water. If you want something other than that, bring your own.
Are the trials pretty dry or is there mud and puddles,
trying to decide if I should bring old or new. 66 has snorkel and has been punished this summer
With no issues vs 90 with no snorkel and hasn't been punished yet so she hasn't Gained my trust yet.
It will be quite dry. The course area is all sand/grass/forest with no muddy areas to speak of. The weather has been quite warm too, and looks to stay that way through event day, so we should see pretty good conditions.
The sand is very nice for these trials. I am planning on bringing out my Light Weight. First time on the trails. Will see how well I will do in the sand.
Got back from the trails not too long ago and boy oh boy did people have fun in the sun and sand!!! Smiles all around....well, except for Orville who ran into some rear diff trouble. Will have to wait to hear from him and find out what the prognosis is. Dave Lovelock's truck won...but not with Dave driving ahahhahahha it was Michelle that took first place. Well done all ;)
Great event Gentlement and Ladies. Well worth the 3 hour drive.
It was nice to meet you all there, and have a blast. I will definetly put more effort into
attending more events.
Don Harris
Well done Michelle!
We would have loved to have attended.
Pictures?
As Bill noted, we have a new SGMT champion...Michelle Lovelock! She did an amazing job piloting Dave's D110 around the course. Claus took second place with some great driving in his Lightweight. And Jonathon came in third, giving us a good show of what that beefed up D1 can really do.
It was a very fun day. Things started a little wet as light rains came and went during setup and the very early portion of the event. But the clouds had broken before noon and we ended up with a nice fall day...heck, I even managed a bit of a sunburn!
We had a fantastic range of vehicles this year...several Lightweights and a few of their Series bretheren, Defender 90's and 110's, and Disco 1, 2's and 3's. It is really entertaining to be able to see all these various vehicles work their way through the courses.
I'd like to thank everyone who came out and made the day possible. And special thanks to everyone that helped me with the event planning and setup. A great effort by the club as a whole.
I'm looking forward to next years event!
A great day! Thanks to Trevor and a big Congrats to Michelle!!
Great Day!
Photos at:
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Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lropchan/albums/72157672941405912 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lropchan/albums/72157672941405912)
*Full resolution photos are on Flickr.
once again...GREAT PHOTOS Lloyd!!!! ;)
Thanks!
Great work Lloyd! Nice documentary of the day!
Quote from: 3Rovers on September 20, 2016, 01:41 PM
Great work Lloyd! Nice documentary of the day!
Agreed, great job as always Lloyd!
Thanks