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Just throwing in some events ran in past which proved popular I used to run a two day event at Glengarnock circuit it started with a prologue TT 1.6 miles followed by a crit of an hour plus 5 laps in afternoon. Followed up by a RR at Gateside on the Sunday all done with 3 marshalls per day . We ran a series of APRs at various locations a) Peesweep at top of Braes b) Gateside 2 circuits c) Kilmacolm d) RNAD always popular events A hill climb series 4 climbs one after the other starting at Howwood then Club hillclimb then 2 climbs off Beith Road heading to RB at Lochwinnoch Hill climb followed by cyclocross event we ran this for a few years first as a confined then as an open event. Place to place TTs instead of out and back great if you ride with tail winds only or reduced distance one year we were getting great numbers at Georgetown and light was fading so we shortened distance each week down to a final 3 mile event everybody loved it . We rented a field off a farmer near Howwood and had a series of MTB races for different categories on a weekly basis ( riders paid £2 each ) before that we built circuits at Bluebell woods Elderslie , vacant ground opposite clubrooms , quarry near Georgetown road and Gleniffer braes Two ups where teams were chosen from hat on the night so you could have the fastest and slowest rider riding as a team , great for team bonding or not depending on the individual LOL We used to traditionally follow up club hill climb championship with a sports day which had slow cycle ,obstacle race , speed judging , freewheel , plus novelty events ie throwing the welly a sort of shot putt on bikes . WE invited other clubs to event , traditionally Lomond Roads and Regent. We did a couple of cyclist v Harriers events with Kilbarchan Harriers these were popular down south ( a couple took place in Irvine as well) we did try to organise a bike v horses event but failed to find a suitable circuit Sometimes you have to think out the box ie when I started the Millport events again we had a 3 up 10 mile lap of the island . Everybody told me it was too short for a team TT nobody would ride it the first year we had over 120 riders and more the next year . It was only discontinued due to island becoming too busy . The same was true of TTT championship when I reduced it from 100K to 50K everybody said it wouldnt work it went from 6 teams to 24 teams We also held open event series with other clubs ie Early season APRs at RNAD Beith 36 , 45 56 miles an extra lap per week we did that with Inverclyde Velo and Fullarton Wheelers We also ran a summer crit series at Glengarnock with Inverclyde Velo , Fullarton and Inverclyde CRT helping to run the events

It's a tough situation and I think other clubs are experiencing similar issues with participation in confined events. I can't speak for any one else but the reason I don't do many confined events is that in the summer i'll usually do the Georgetown league on a Wednesday night rather than the club event on a Tuesday. Partly this is so i can do the Renfrew Bunch on the Tuesday but also with the success of the Georgetown League it now has a big draw as the local event to compete at. And unfortunately i don't like TTing that much to do it twice a week! So that is a bit of a negative comment...for more productive then Kenny's idea about a club BAR sounds an interesting idea - potentially would keep interest going across the whole season and in different disciplines. Although not sure about using standard times for it - for a Jet to win they would need to be going sub 10 minutes on the Georgetown to beat Ian A! Also to encourage whole club participation in TTing then perhaps a one day special event instead of a club run in the summer? Sort of like a mountain bike enduro event but on the road. 3 x TTs in a row - a 10 on the hilly course, a Georgetown TT and one lap (5 miles) on the restricted gear circuit. Starting and finishing at club rooms and all the riding (including the TTs) is about 60miles. Race all events or just do one if you like. And if you dont want to race could help timekeep or even just have a cafe stop while others are doing racing. Finish at the club rooms for a bbq. More of a social sort of race event rather than any trophies at stake. I realise this suggestion sounds like a lot of extra work But i'd be happy to help organise.

Glengarnock circuit was in a terrible state for ages but part of it resurfaced last year so might be suitable again. Would be good to have even a club training APR up and running again...my first year in the club it was on the Peesweep circuit and it was good fun, but gradually the numbers reduced so it was no longer viable.

A pretty spot on observation from Billy. There are currently many different small groups of people riding different bikes at different times. As club members we really should be be trying to ride together as much as possible. In the past the planned diary of club runs and events have defined what you needed to do as an active club member but that model is not getting participation and we are now looking for a new way to do things. As time is progressing on this matter I will put up a provisional diary based on what we would normally have done, a starting point from where we can work from. Quickly following on the next task is to decide what we should keep and what we should change out with. Darryl has proposed a working group for discussing this and the invite is still open to everyone. Widespread contribution is vital, we all want to ride our bikes as club members, what would get us doing it together? This may also involve doing it over a video conference call that I have zero knowledge of setting up! I would rather bribe/encourage everyone with a drink at Amaretto.