Well, the answer here is to set up some informal weekend racing. Down South where I fly in the spring, we have a thing called GTA (Ga/Tn/Al) race series where a couple of weekends a month through Sept, we have an informal sports class race with A Class for experience and B Class for newbies. Every time the race is at a different site on a rotating basis. Scores are recorded and every one chips in some money for organization and trophies at the end of the year. All you need is a tow plane and some one with enough experience to mentor and call appropriate tasks; and some one who knows how to use WinScore. It is all for fun and an excellent way to bring new folks into racing.
This is the GTA web site: http://www.gliderpilot.org/GTA
I think regional racing in Region 1 may be dead, for now anyway, but this works great. Who knows, if we get enough people hooked, things could change.

Cheers,
Tim
1FL

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 4:16:22 PM UTC-4, Greg Delp wrote:
We have pretty limited racing experience at Connecticut Soaring with only one member with previous race experience and none that have ever helped host one that I know of. Having watched a few races I can see what a big job it is to host one. I wouldn't want to bite off more than the club could chew for the first time without someone with much more experience around to help coordinate everything. I was hoping to ignite some interest with the bigger clubs in the Region so that we could participate and learn enough to host our own race someday. I know we have lots of very experienced racers in the Region who I hope would enjoy having another event nearby.