By Mark Schadenberg
Tourism is all about attracting
visitors to your locale.
Woodstock has many events which lures
crowds to our city, ranging from Cowapolooza to Canada's Outdoor Farm
Show to the Victoria Day Long Weekend.
In June, there's the Renaissance
Festival. Oooooops! Those folks have just announced they are moving
to Dorchester for 2016.
Among the events making noise locally
is the return of flat track motorcycle racing at the Woodstock
Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug 1.
Paris, Burford, Wheatley and Welland
are among the sites to already host races this year. Several big
races are still on the schedule, including Walton on Aug. 15 and
London's Western Fair Raceway on Aug. 22
Woodstock is obviously an attractive
locale with the retired harness racing oval at the Nellis Street
fairgrounds.
Photo credit on picture
In an effort to show equalization among the
competitors the bikes are divided into various divisions, including
expert and novice, and the 'cc' size of the engine. Therefore,
there's lots of action and results to follow from both 2-wheeled
racers and ATV's. They will require a tractor to skim and grade the
track, however no para-mutual betting – win, place, show or
triactor.
Bentley Thistlethwaite, along with
11-year-old Boyd Deadman and his older sister Tegan, are all listed
as local racers, so you can attend – bring your ear muffs – and
cheer on three local contenders.
Admission is just $15 and the actual
races begin at 3 p.m., following some time trials and tuneup laps.
Gates open though at 10 a.m., according to the series website.
This style of racing has been held in
Woodstock for numerous years, but it's the third consecutive year for
this particular flat track series after a 15-year hiatus, notes a
Sentinel-Review story posted below in a link.
IT'S ALL FAIR
By the way, the 179 edition of the
Woodstock Fair is Aug. 27 – 30, which will again include a
demolition derby.
LINKS:
This year's Sentinel-Review preview story:
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2015/07/30/flat-track-canada-will-have-round-seven-of-their-championship-series-at-the-woodstock-raceway-saturday
MORE LINKS:
This year's Sentinel-Review preview story:
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2015/07/30/flat-track-canada-will-have-round-seven-of-their-championship-series-at-the-woodstock-raceway-saturday
MORE LINKS:
www.csbk.ca
2013 story:
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Renaissance Festibal to move:
Promoting Woodstock and local entertainment;
and living in Oxford County
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales
Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757
Dundas St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519)
537-1553, cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
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Mark Schadenberg, Royal LePage Triland
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