Date of Meeting : 20th October 2009
Attendees:
Graham & Carol Waller 911 SC (eventually!!)
Eric & Karen Finlay 964
Steve & Sharon Jory 993 C4
Susan Fuller Car
Kathy Belfield 944
Tom & Kerry Fisher Boxster S
Apologies:
These were received from
Alan Fuller (Notts Forest)
Chris Belfield (Notts Forest)
Since Previous Meeting:
29th September (Tuesday) – Bosworth Classics. An alternative and much quieter affair than Ashby Folville. Nice setting. Last one in their calendar and a very nice setting with things to do for all.
2nd – 4th October (Fri-Sun) – WOTY, Wales. A number of us stayed in a hotel close to Oswestry. We had Friday together, evening meal and a few beers with some old friends.
Saturday saw us up and running. Paul Bird had put together a drive out for those who wanted. We set off towards the West coast along the A5. We went around the Evo-triangle at 60mph (honest!), with a warning that the police often have helicopters watching the triangle – none there today .
Once completed we headed off down the A470 to Porthmadog. The weather wasn’t fabulous, but we enjoyed the drive there, and had a quick scout around town pulling in Cob Records, a real vinyl hunter’s paradise. Had a coffee together before heading back to the hotel.
One option was to go onto Black Roack Sands to drive on the beach, and one such member did so – he had a blast too!! Some also went to Portmeirion. We enjoyed evening meal together and surprised one of our number with a 50th Birthday cake.
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On the Sunday, we headed off to Ponderosa Café for a bite to eat – obviously a popular haunt for the bikers too,
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after which we headed down to the Llogollen Motor Museum, which looked like it was straight out of the 60s, plenty of ancient vehicles and almost a museum in its own right. We then made our own ways home. The leisure facilities at the hotel were also utilised by the more active amongst us, with the swimming pool receiving particular attention. Can’t wait until next year.
13th October (Tuesday) – Ashby Folville.
Future Events:
• 22nd October (Thursday) – A night with Richard Attwood. Richard from the West Midlands was a Formula 1 racing driver during the 1960s and 24 hour Le Mans in 1960s and 70s, which he won in 1970 in a Porsche 917. He is being interviewed by Andrew Wilkins at CWR Ltd, who prep race cars and will be showing suspension mods available to 911s. This is a strictly limited event and open to members only. Please advise me if you wish to attend and I will pass on your membership number. Warm clothing is essential.
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• 13th – 15th November (Fri-Sun) – NEC Classic Car Show. A stand at this show has been organised by Central region and has all new cars from last year. Tickets are now available from the NEC website
http://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/tickets.php, and the discount code is printed in this month’s All Torque. There will be over 1000 cars on display in 3 halls of the NEC veering 60,000 m2 with traders, vehicle sales, talks and seminars and with the addition this year of classic bikes. Definitely not one to be missed. If you are going, you will be most welcome on the TIPEC stand – make yourself known, and enjoy the display amongst friends.
• 12th – 15th November (Fri-Sun) – MPH, NEC. This coincides with the NEC classic, and is in the adjacent halls. This show covers prestige and performance cars with a total insurance value of £1 billion.
• 5th December (Saturday) – TIPEC East Midlands Christmas Social, Fieldhead Hotel. Final deadline for deposits is next club night – 17th November.
AOB.
Don’t forget, you can renew your membership online at
http://www.tipec.net/.
Fore-warning is given for the TIPEC National Day/weekend 2010. This will be held on Sunday 6th June 2010. There will be a Cotswold Drive on Saturday 5th so you can stretch your Porsche legs, followed by a party in the evening with a Black and White theme (watch this space). A reggae band is being booked to perform – approximate cost for Saturday evening is £20 per head. The following day will be given over to the TIPEC National Day with a display of members’ vehicles (and some non-members), with side shows and events being spread throughout the day. More details to follow.
The Christmas social this year will be held on Saturday 5th December at the Field Head Hotel. The price will be £13.95, 2 courses and £15.95, 3 courses and there will be a resident disco. Please let me know, and let me have a £5 deposit to secure your place. I will need to know choices of meals too – I attach a scanned file of the choices. An idea of numbers would be appreciated, and we had a great time last year, chilling out. This year there will be a resident disco at no extra cost. DEADLINE FOR DEPOSITS 17TH NOVEMBER.
Again, Classic Le Mans next year is 9th – 11th July 2010. There were 200 places available, and at last count there were not much more than a dozen or so left. There is no need to part with money at this stage, but if you are interested, then I can only advise pre-booking it soon. See forum for more details -
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=5059. I have now received my confirmation e-mail, and anyone who has provisionally booked will need to pay a £75 per person deposit. Mine? Already paid – I’m a-going.
Please refer to our calendar of events for future dates. I will soon be putting together a calendar of events for next year, but in the meantime if you wish to add anything in particular to the calendar, then please let me know and I shall see what I can do.
Graham
RO, East Midlands Region.
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