Rochford / Rayleigh track in essex

[grp4]

does anyone remember the track in rochford/rayleigh that only had one meeting in about 1985,im also looking for photos.

[DR VINOAH]

there should be some in the racing section

im sure someone posted some a few months back

have a dig .....seek & ye shall find

[Rooonga]

There was also a track in stamford le hope, just down the road.

Seen a pic in an old mag, but never went there as a kid. Wonder if it's still there?

Anyone else know of any hidden gems in Essex??

[evamedia]

There was a track in Rayleigh, bottom of Grove road, they had 1 meeting there and the residents complained. It was a horrible stoney surface, with only a tabletop worth jumping, until about 1997 when my friend Ian dug for Britain.

This is him, most of the trails in this vid were filmed there. http://youtube.com/watch?v=9s7Y3QYEypo

There was a vert ramp in Rochford, but no track. A few pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/evamedia/sets/72157603273909202/

[DR VINOAH]

dam

i didnt realise a rad member dug the trails @ rayleigh
much props

when i last went there in 06
the trails were still in effect although in slight need of repair
and far to knarley for me to ride

as for the track
the gate mounting is still there
as is the table top

im sure CC,s old house is only round the corner

[thecrooch]

There was also a track in stamford le hope, just down the road.

Seen a pic in an old mag, but never went there as a kid. Wonder if it's still there?

Anyone else know of any hidden gems in Essex??

the stanford one is still there - my GF lives near by....

[evamedia]

as for the track
the gate mounting is still there
as is the table top

im sure CC,s old house is only round the corner

The gate mounting (cracked) is the only thing left really, the tabletop was nothing like it is now bitd.

CC did live round the corner, and his brother Fraser is on the platform on one of the pics from the vert ramp in Rochford on the earlier post.

[Rooonga]

the stanford one is still there - my GF lives near by....

Really?

Is it decent condition, or not rideable at all??

[grp4]

dam

i didnt realise a rad member dug the trails @ rayleigh
much props

when i last went there in 06
the trails were still in effect although in slight need of repair
and far to knarley for me to ride

as for the track
the gate mounting is still there
as is the table top

im sure CC,s old house is only round the corner

i was in the rochford road runners club bitd      we had the track built and it was a pretty good track
we managed to stage a meeting,i think it was a regional,but there was so much aggro from the residents that the council put a stop to it .

[Longun]

Some of these http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsteev/sets/72157603694028073/ were from Rayleigh. They had a Gaywood Cup meeting there in about 84 I think (might have been early 85). It was a sort of inter club series in what was Region 9.

[evamedia]

Cool pics, good to see Rayleigh like that

[grp4]

There was a track in Rayleigh, bottom of Grove road, they had 1 meeting there and the residents complained. It was a horrible stoney surface, with only a tabletop worth jumping, until about 1997 when my friend Ian dug for Britain.

This is him, most of the trails in this vid were filmed there. http://youtube.com/watch?v=9s7Y3QYEypo

There was a vert ramp in Rochford, but no track. A few pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/evamedia/sets/72157603273909202/

i take on board what your saying about grove road,but most tracks only had 4/5 jumps and bitd there were some pretty ropey tracks around.i always loved buckmore park but the gate at the begining of racing there was only a scaffold board with a bloke holding it at one end and if you was the other end the board would flex and you could jump the start