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Ok, if you are thinking of doing the 2011 TT, I need to hear from you NOW.
So far I have one possible from Australia and one from the IOM!
If you are considering competing in 2011, please get in touch. You can email me: helenbmerry@manx.net or PM me on here.
Newcomers are welcome to come and stay either with me, with one of my friends, or if you have friends here already, fine. I can help you get "mentoring" from experieneced drivers or passengers, and arrange for you to have laps together as a team, or separately. Sometimes a car can also be borrowed, or trips in a minibus arranged.
Historically, the most successful newcomers have spent as much time as possible here, familiarising themselves with the course, so come across as often as you can. Until you actually go out on those closed roads you will never completely "get" the lines, but knowing which bit comes next will be invaluable.You will always be welcome.

In the past there have been "newcomer weekends", and I hope that will happen again, depending on budgets, of course. (Things are a bit tight here now!)
These weekends are usually in February, before entries close, and comprise trips out with experienced TT competitors, a night/couple of nights out with solo and sidecar newcomers included, some photos for the TT team to use in publicity, and lunch. You will also get DVDs etc. Flights and hotel have been offered in past years, but I am not sure about this time...if not, as long as you can pay your travel, I will undertake to find you accomodation.

In the meantime, get in touch and get across!

I have been in touch with Paul, and the 2011 newcomers weekend will be in APRIL (at least the Mountain shouldn't be closed with snow on it!), and we are HOPING for funding.
In the meantime, all comers welcome to come and have a look, a few laps and some input from the experienced guys.

i hope to finally be competing in the tt next year

Robin and I want to say a great big THANK YOU to Helen and Mike Lines for ..........giving us first class digs and a car so we could do lap after lap of the TTcourse just hope we will get to race there in 2011 xx annette

That would be really good Annette I hope you and Robin come and race the TT.

i'll come and help out if ya like helen!

That would be excellent, Dips... I might organise an "unofficial" newcomers weekend earlierthan, and in addition to, the official one if enough people would like that... everyone would have to pay their own expenses, but I'm sure I can find places to stay and vehicles to use.
SO, if you would like to come across in mid February, and have a few laps with Dips and others helping you get the course sussed, please contact me and I'll see what I can do.
You can never have too many laps... ask the last few "best newcomers"...
Incidentally, I don't have a problem with people who have already done the TT joining in... I've never come across TT rider who doesn't think she/he couldn't learn more about the 37 3/4 miles.

Hey i'll come too if ya want.......

I'm up for it always need more laps

Wonderful! Shall I set a date, and people who want to come let me know and we'll take it from there?

could we do 1 before xmas perhaps

OK... Mid November?
I'm happy to organise accomodation and mentoring for as many weekends as people want, and it's still ok to come on your own and I would hope to find someone to go round with you...prferably weekends, simply because most people work weekdays. A bit of notice is also useful, and a bit of flexibility, so I don't end up with 7 people in the back room at short notice!

Happy days

Can offer my spare room, if needed Helen.

Oooh...Jo... can I just put someone in my room here, and I'll come and stay with you... I want to try that new bathroom LOL!