Mike Marsden is working HARD to get some quality races under his belt. He’s doing good stuff by all accounts up at Moelfre and after a succesful Easter event he’s decided to up his game and go for Fort Bill.
It’s a hell of a long way away for a lot of folk but it’s a World Cup venue, you don’t need a license to race and it’s a pretty decent price. Recipe for success? Check out the press release below and let us know if you’ll be racing on the comments.
G’luck Mike!
Borderline Events has teamed up with Dales Cycles to bring you “Kill the Bill”
With support from Descent World, timing by the SDA and prizes from Dales Cycles this is a weekend not to be missed.
Date: 5/6th September 2009
Venue: Fort William
Race Runs: 2
Format: Sat All day Practice and Sunday morning.
Cost: £60.00
BC Ranking: Cat E (No license required)
Expert timing: SDA
Entries open: Now…… Borderline Events
Kind Regards
Mike Marsden
Race Organiser
Borderline Events
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Why do people keep referring to Fort William as Ft Bill? It’s FORT WILLIAM!
Eg, no one calls Coed y Brenin ‘Cody B’ do they?
Actually I call it coed-y-breadbin.
Stolen from the internet:
“According to the report, back in the days of Old and Middle English,
everything was written by hand; “it was therefore common and easier to
use agreed-upon abbreviations.” An example of an abbreviation was
“Ric.” for “Richard”.
The abbreviations led to diminutives, such as “Rick”.
Rhyming nicknames were fairly common in the 12th and 13th centuries,
such as “Hick” and “Dick” from “Rick”. “Dick and Hick were among the
earliest of the rhyming nicknames, first appearing in writing around
1220. Other rhyming nicknames include Polly from Molly, Bob from Rob
(from Robert), Bill from Will (from William); and Hodge from Roger.”
Dick has remained a nickname for Richard. “‘Hick’ has thankfully
become obsolete, except when tied to ‘Dick’ in rhymes such as
‘Hickory, Dickory, Dock.’”
A web site on the etymology and history of first names in English
agrees that “Bob” is a medieval “rhyming nickname” for Robert. This
site also suggests that the change in the initial consonant from
“Rick” to “Dick” may have been caused by “the way the trilled Norman R
was pronounced by the English.”
Source(s):
Straightdope.com”
all the fort william locals call it “nevis range or the range”. thats because if we say “im going to ride fort william” it doesnt tell any of your mates where you are actually going. theres more than one track out there in the woods?? maybe, im not telling. so look like a local next time and call it the range when you are in fort william.
Dougie – I’m sure that’s very true but i’m also sure that 99.9% of the universe call it Ft Bill/William and don’t care 1 bit about looking like a local.
In fact I’d probably think it was pretty odd if loads of folk descended on my home town (Bristol) every year and started trying to disguise themselves as locals by speaking with farmer accents and calling the local brew ‘zider.
I think we’ll have to cope with calling it what people will actually understand for now I’m afraid.
Yeah am going to be comeing… should be good. I love the track. hope there pleny of people heer
Awesome mate – be sure to mention to Mike that you saw it on here!