1:8 Scale Off-Road National Championship comes back to Navan this weekend.
UPDATES – Saturday Practice – track open from 10am until 6pm – open practice – club representatives on hand all day.
– Sunday Race Day – track open from 7.30am – call Frank on 087 9754936 if any problems Sunday morning
– burger van organised from 8.30am – arrive hungry and get your breakfast roll & there during the day
– tea & coffee & limited cold drinks for sale in club house (only 1Euro & u get a free biscuit!)
The Radio Control 1:8 scale Off-Road National Championship comes back to Navan Nitro Nuts track here in Navan’s MDL grounds next Saturday & Sunday (10th & 11th September 2011). Saturday is a practice day while Sunday will see the best drivers in the 32 counties fight it out for podium positions. With some of the all time favorites having to emigrate to far off lands since last years Nationals then we would hope to be seeing some new faces on the podium at each round. We have also seen a serious shift away from Truggy to Buggy leaving a very small (3!!!) entry of truggy drivers. However nobody forced last years top truggy drivers to transfer over so it leaves the remaining truggy drivers (currently all from Navan) to fight it out among themselves and we are enjoying it!.
Entries in the 1st round were well down (almost by 50%) on last year and we are seeing the obvious impact of the ecomonic downturn even at our sport. With a lot of our members now out of work and race days are not for free (unfortunately) it’s not surprising but we are still encouraging lads to work together to share the costs and make the trip. Navan had the 2nd higest entry at the 1st round in Banbridge with 7 drivers, 3 other members pitting and unfortunately a few who couldn’t make it at the last minute@@ so let’s support next Sunday even better and up these numbers.
If you are looking for Accomodation in Navan – call us & we’ll c what we can do if you are having no joy with the numbers we are providing here;
- rooms available;
Athlumny Manor – only 5/10mins from track - http://www.athlumneymanor.com/.
Bothar Alainn House – Balreask New, Trim Road, Navan – 30secs from track! – Tel: +353 (0)46 90 28580 / +353 (0)86 8188681.
One other option for those interested in bringing tents or camper vans – we may be able to provide overnight parking / camping at our track. Call me if anyone interested.
A few more B&B’s -
Ash Cottage B&B
Balreask Old
Navan
Tel +353 46 9022115
Athlumney Manor
Athlumney
Duleek Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9071388
The Yellowhouse B&B
1 Springfield Glen
Dublin Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9073338
Killyon Guesthouse
Dublin Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9072766
Celtic Lodge B&B
Dillonsland
Trim Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9028766
Curtis B&B
Old Balreask
Navan
Tel +353 46 9027301
Donnellans B&B
Watergate Street
Navan
Tel +353 46 9029307
Loughran B&B
Meadow View
Slane Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9023994
Boyne Manor B&B
Dublin Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9022224
Ma Dwyers B&B
Dublin Rd
Navan
Tel +353 46 9077922
The track is out the Trim Rd if you didnt know that already.
See the website http://www.nnn.ie/contact.html for directions and location of the track in the MDL complex.