Good evening everyone (and apologies to those who get the email twice !)

Well the days are getting shorter and the air is getting chilly and the National Capital Rally 2015 (NatCap 15) is getting closer.

After some tooing & froing over the last 6 weeks we now know the event will consist of a total of 12 competitive stages, being 3 stages on Saturday 16th May (each run twice) and 3 stages on Sunday 17th May (each run twice).

The Saturday will be at Kowen Forest to the EAST of the ACT and consist of: Stage No Stage Name Competitive KMs WICEN Op's required SS1 / 4 Settlement 4.38 km Start, Stop SS2 / 5 Wamboin River 27.23 km Start, SOS A, B, C, D, E, Stop SS3 / 6 Hibernian 19.23 km Start, SOS A, B, C, Stop SS7 / 10 East West 16.75 km Start, SOS A, B, Stop SS8 / 11 Cottage 5 16.00 km Start, SOS A, B, Stop SS9 / 12 Tidbinbilla 20.38 km Start, SOS A, B, C, Stop

So 15 Field Stations for Saturday plus another 6 or 7 in HQ, and 13 Field Stations for Sunday plus another 6 or 7 in HQ.

Meet Times have not yet been determined however as a guestimate I offer the following ... Stage No Stage Name Meet Time Expected Finish SS1 / 4 Settlement 0600 1650 SS2 / 5 Wamboin River 0600 1705 SS3 / 6 Hibernian 0700 1745 SS7 / 10 East West 0545 1545 SS8 / 11 Cottage 5 0630 1645 SS9 / 12 Tidbinbilla 0715 1720

Onto the admin stuff,

1. Please let me know by return email to WICEN@crarc.ampr.org what your availability is - Day, preferred times / stages, etc. 2. After letting ME know, please go to the NatCap15 website and REGISTER as a volunteer, this way the organisors know of you and can ensure your volunteer pack is prepared AND you are included for the CAMS insurance. go to: http://nationalcapitalrally.com.au/volunteers/ and under "Preferred Role just put WICEN. 3. Keep an eye out for any emails back from either myself or from the organisors.

Please get in early, as the quicker we get peoples info the better we can plan the WICEN activities, and there is a deadline with the T-Shirt people the organisors are using so if you don't get in early you may not get a T-shirt that fits !

Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Phil Longworth VK1PL Deputy State Coordinator, WICEN ACT