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[tmbc]

ha ha ha

below statement made in a removed post by corbymodelboats

"BMPRS don’t exactly have a blemish-free record. At one of the first ever BMPRS races at Willen Lake, one of the boats lost radio signal and had to be rescued from the public boating zone on the far side of the lake. It was a miracle that the windsurfers using the lake were not badly injured"


my reply

bmprs have had this one incident that i carried out a full report into ! it turned out to be a driver error in the use of his contoller but as such highlighted a possible problem to which was addressed ! as for slagging and dragging the hobby ! lets look at why this was really started !

omra have had at least 2 accidents that have required people to have medical attention ! but both were probly avoidable !
and the attitude when swimmers were in the water within 50m of an event of "tough " !

oh by the way i am qualified (nebosh) to do these types of reports and structure health and safety guide lines before anyone wants to ask !
 

all i want to see is people enjoying the hobby and not covering things up ! there are lessons to be learned by all if an accident happens but its when people call others liars etc for telling the truth we get to situations like what we have now !

i know ive been slagged of by omra committee and others but one question to them is " why was i really kicked out " not the reasons in the letter you sent or posted was it !!
i was seen to be out spoken on the matters of health and safety and the organisation of racers in which i had fore seen problems ( chase boat ) as of the words of jkd "he wanted omra to return to what it use to be "
well like i said to him were in a world of litigation and what was possible 15 - 20 yrs ago isnt as easy now with people waiting to claim for the slightest mishap !


i for one would love to see nothing more than people racing and running boats everywhere possible but bare in mind todays society !

think of me what you like but i hope i have made at least the odd person think about the next time they run a boat "is it safe or not"

bmprs's health and safety is constantly looked at to see if improvements can be made,(ours isnt a copy of some other societies) at every organised race meeting a risk assesment is carried out and copies are kept on file

whilst im not saying were the perfect society ( what ever that may be !) we intend to offer the best we can in respect of our members enjoying there hobby and there safety at organised race meeting !

one last thing are earlier statements jkd made true ?

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At one of the first ever BMPRS races at Willen Lake, one of the boats lost radio signal and had to be rescued from the public boating zone on the far side of the lake. It was a miracle that the windsurfers using the lake were not badly injured.
i remember that well,it wasnt wind surfers but people water skiing on the ski rope rail,took me ages to find the boat lol as i was in the rescue boat with some one else,we did have a nice day out though sight seeing on the lake,it was a mishap and as far as i am aware the only one that has happened, , kurt black magic racing

Hi Kurt,
If I remember correctly the escaping model boat was on tickover and somehow managed to get itself over the boom in the water  This incident highlighted a problem with other lake users being on the lake at the same time, that's why we took the decision not to race at Willen anymore 

Cheers
Scoop

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This topic has pretty much run its course. The arguments have come full circle.
The topic is also becoming partisan and further discussion, as outlined in the main topic title, may not be '...good for the hobby'.

Whatever the rights and wrongs, ultimately nothing can be settled on here, it is a matter for the courts to decide.

After receiving numerous complaints from members about this topic it is now locked, as there is nothing new to say.

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