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Announcing the Alberni Autumn Invitational Sat 19 November 2022. An introduction……
I would like to invite you to enter the Alberni Autumn Invitational - a low-key event with the purpose of introducing new rally riders to...
Jonathan Binnington
Oct 21, 20222 min read


Richta rally app(s) from a users perspective and also from a rally organiser’s perspective….
I've spent the past few days getting to grips with the Richta Rally timing apps and the process by which the simple idea of planning and...
Jonathan Binnington
Oct 18, 20224 min read
Richta Rally timekeeping - an introduction
http://drscca.org/rally/using-the-richta-competitor-app/ This is the text of this Detroit Region Sports Car Club of America...
Jonathan Binnington
Oct 15, 20224 min read
GoldRiver300 event partner, new event control location, Richta Rally apps, route descriptions.
Uptown Cappuccino cafe. I would like to begin this blog post by announcing with pleasure we have a new event partner, Uptown Cappuccino...
Jonathan Binnington
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Proposal for 2023 GoldRiver300 event.
Date and venue. Friday 23 June to Sunday 25 June 2023, Gold River, Strathcona, Vancouver Island, and the publicly accessible gravel and...
Jonathan Binnington
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Repost for 2025. Reality check time….. no I’m not putting on races!
As I continue to review, reflect and refine after previous events, it is timely to repost this blog entry that I wrote a while ago. VIME...
Jonathan Binnington
Jul 27, 20225 min read
Rally timing systems - introducing Richta Rally Timing
You may recall I wrote about the evolution of Time/Speed/Distance “regularity” rallying and how in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s it was the...
Jonathan Binnington
Jul 14, 20224 min read


Alberni Autumn Adventure, Saturday 15th October
Now that the GoldRiver200 is done and dusted, I have turned my attention to the October event in the woods behind Port Alberni and...
Jonathan Binnington
Jul 6, 20223 min read


The results and routes, GoldRiver200 2022
Of course, the results first: Jesse Flach on a 250 KTM with a Samsung mini tablet displaying the roadbooks as PDFs won, after David...
Jonathan Binnington
Jun 30, 20221 min read


Jonathan Binnington
Jun 13, 20220 min read


announcing: Alberni Autumn Adventure
With the planning and production of the GoldRiver200 well underway, I would like to make an early announcement of the VIME autumn event,...
Jonathan Binnington
Jun 11, 20221 min read


Sayward Junction to Gold River via White River Rd and West Rd now open (not by me!).
Remember three intrepid adventurer were defeated by big trees across West Rd last Friday? Well, anonymous superhero trail fairies have...
Jonathan Binnington
Jun 7, 20221 min read


Overland route to Gold River from Campbell River - still closed….. as of 2 June ‘22
Three of us, YT, Jamie and David set out on an intrepid quest yesterday (monsoon day) to try to prove the route cross country from Gold...
Jonathan Binnington
Jun 4, 20222 min read
Distances, odometers, tripmeters, tangents and chords…
April has arrived and route testing has begun. One of the first observations by one of the route-testers related to differences...
Jonathan Binnington
Apr 6, 20224 min read


Reading GoldRiver200 roadbooks…. navigation methods, tech and techniques, part le deux.
You may remember a while ago I published part one of this (expected to be) three part series on how to translate the roadbook into a...
Jonathan Binnington
Mar 29, 20225 min read


How to read a Roadbook…
A Roadbook is a long sequence of left/right/straight-on “waypoint” instructions…. with the distance between each waypoint, the total...
Jonathan Binnington
Feb 26, 20221 min read


Route difficulty rating. A Rts 3-4 occasional 5 moments, B Rts 2 with occasional 3. C Rts 1-2
I am being asked “how difficult?” On the scale below: C routes = 1 with perhaps an occasional 2 moment, B routes = 2 with perhaps one or...
Jonathan Binnington
Feb 9, 20221 min read


Navigation, methods, technology and techniques, part 1. Tablets and Apps…
So, you are considering entering the GoldRiver200 rallyraid but are unsure about how to “do” the navigation thing? This is the first in...
Jonathan Binnington
Jan 7, 20226 min read
GoldRiver200 cancellation policies.
Cancellation policy for Gold River 200 event 2022 1. If the event is cancelled at any point prior to the start date by unavoidable...
Jonathan Binnington
Jan 3, 20222 min read


The GoldRiver200 motorcycle rallyraid Fri24 - Sun 26 June 2022.
The event will encompass motorcycling activities at every level: # led, backcountry discovery rides that will include rural tarmac and...
Jonathan Binnington
Oct 25, 20211 min read
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