Sport In Profile UK Issue 08 | Page 53

radford autograss CLUB our sister club Evesham especially this year working hard together as one. I would have to say this year is one of the best years it has ever been within our league. The MAP Open that we ran at the end of May as a league was absolutely superb which is down to the two clubs working hard together as a team, just how it should be.” Youth “We consider youth development to be very important. Within Autograss you can race when you are twelve now, so bringing the juniors on showing them how to do things within the club is very important. My daughter is 6 now and she wants to race, so it’s very important to get the young involved to bring them into this wonderful family sport. There are some areas of the race meetings that juniors are unable to participate in due to their age, but as whole we try and involve them in every aspect in running the club meetings. Spectating children are offered the chance to race their push bikes round our track during the interval, where they can receive a little award at the end.” Community “I would definitely class our club as a community club. Most of our sponsors are local to us. Quite a few of our sponsors are also members of our club. We do have a couple of long standing sponsors which are Eat Well At Dodwells (Les Dodwell our tasty catering outlet that attends every meeting) and Dudleys Coaches. We also support a fantastic local charity, the Midlands Air Ambulance. We have had to use them a few times and the invaluable work they do is just amazing. We regularly donate to the local church and schools as well.” Challenges/Ambitions “We have to constantly think of new ways/interesting things to bring spectators/new members in to help keep the club afloat financially, as we rely on the good support of local sponsors and people coming through the gate. Our ambition is to make sure Radford as a club goes from strength to strength and remains one of the top, friendliest clubs to be part of in the Autograss world.” Radford Website: http://www. radfordautograssclub.co.uk/New/ news.php Evesham Website: http://www. eveshamautograss.com/ www.sportip.biz 53