Location: ‘Ye Old Bell’ Barnby Moor. Date: 02 March 2008
In attendance:
Paul and Judy Drury (Slate Grey 968 Cabriolet), Dean and Joanne Lancashire (Black Boxster), Phil Barton (Red 924), John Middleton (Silver 993), Dave Charlton (Black 911 3.2 SS), Jeff and Edith Adams (Silver 968), John and Jen Murray (Red 944), Dave and Anita Warren (White 944), Graham and Rachel Britt (Black 993), Alan and Susan Fuller (Red 944S2 Cabriolet), Ray and Kathy Waite (Silver 993), Keith and Sandy Jones (White 944), Eric Finley (Grey 944S2 Cabriolet).
Plus on their first visit to the club, prospective members Simon, Hayley and little Phoebe Peace (Grey 944S2)
Total 24.
Apologies:
Neil McGovern, Chris and Kathy Belfield, Dennis and Mavis Smith
Since the last meeting:
Pre visit rekey to Gmund which Dean and P&J had planned to find a hostelry and scenic route, we were joined by Ray and Kathy Waite and Dave and Anita Warren
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Dean and Kathy check out a speedster
Main meeting discussion points:
• Eric F supplied blank membership forms to hand out to potential new members and they were distributed amongst members present.
• Announced that Robin Hood Rally is being run through local forests March 8th and 9th with some famous old faces like Stig Blomqvist in his Mk1 Escort and Bjorn Waldegard driving the same Lancia Stratos that he last drove through these same forest stages in the 1975 RAC rally.
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http://www.robinhoodforeststages.co.uk/Default.aspx• We are intending going to watch the Clipstone stage SS8 at 11.36am, so will be leaving Dunham at 10.00am, anybody wanting to join us be at ours from 9.00am for breakfast, then back after for refreshments
• Only Keith and Sandy are booked in for the Bruntingthorpe track day so far, anybody else who wants to attend this will need to book quickly.
• Early Spring Run to Gmund on 30th March. This event has now had to be rescheduled for the following weekend as the Gmund staff are on holiday and at a car show. We are now due at Gmund at 11.30am on Sun 6th April where we will meet up with Yorkshire and North East Regions. Meet at Ray and Kathy’s in Doncaster from 9.00am for Cathy’s now famous full English, ready to leave at 10.00am, 2nd meeting point is the services just after junction 38 A1M, leaving here at 10.30am. Gmund are very kindly supplying drinks and buffet. After leaving Gmund we have a couple of scenic loops of the Yorkshire dales planned depending on time and weather etc., final route will be chosen on the day putting us back on the A1 at Bedale or Ripon for @ 4.00pm where we will say our farewells to Y and N/E and the SYNNers will head for a meal and meeting at the Olde Bell. If you would like to join us on this run please let me know as I need numbers for Gmund, thanks.
• Sunday May 4th Louth and Lincoln Car Club put on a lovely little show in the grounds of Gainsborough’s Old Hall, Dennis and Mavis Smith showed Noddy here last year
• Bank Holiday Monday May 5th Thoresby Classic Car Show – This is pre-book only, £2.50 to cover admin and presentation plaque. Booking deadline 25th April, so far 5 cars attending.
• WOTY 2008
• The 2008 WOTY in the Cotswolds this year. We now have the Hotel organised. The Holiday Inn Gloucester-Cheltenham is pre booked from Friday May 9th for (optional) 3 nights, we have 12 rooms reserved but there are more available (all rooms are double) this is a new hotel and in the opinion of Chris and Kathy B, is really nice, large pool, gym, bar, restaurant but most importantly, good secure parking.
• Cost- £75 per double room, bed and breakfast, single occupancy is £52.50 b&b and if you wish to add an evening meal it is £15 per person per night. This is a carvery style meal and looked superb. Members are to book individually and reserve rooms with a credit card on 01452 650304 and ask for Joanne Sheldon and give reference “Porsche Club”.
• Also close by is a Travel Lodge which is more affordable at £50 per double room, but this has a TGI restaurant attached and shares the car park so security could be an issue?
• Prescott Hill Climb – This event coincides with our visit and adds an extra dimension to proceedings. Members from Central and Bristol regions have already booked the event which consists of several different parts,
• Saturday May 10th 50 mile tour of the Cotswolds in the company of lots of other classic car marques starting and finishing at Prescott with a cuppa and homemade cake at the finish. £15 per vehicle. Still in the planning stages a Saturday night meal depending on support on the booking form.
• Then on the Sunday May 11th we have the main event at the Hill. There are 3 ways of attending, £10 general entry and park in the car park, £15 gets you a place in the Orchard at Orchard corner in the display parking and hill cavalcade, or for the braver ones among us for £45 you can park in the paddock and have 2 untimed runs up the hill track and depending on time/entries/etc. £5 each run after that.
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http://cleevevale.org.uk/classiccar/index.htm for the entry form, fill it in on screen, print then send with your payment. DO THIS NOW OR YOU WILL MISS OUT BECAUSE PLACES ARE LIMITED. IN THE PAST THE EVENT HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR AND THE ORGANISERS ARE EXPECTING TO SELL OUT
• May 23rd Poole Quay Display. Paul and Judy and John Middleton are attending this event where we will meet up with Southern region.
• June 8th Visit to the Kexby House and Gardens (Lincolnshire) meeting at 11.00am Lunch is included in the admission price of £6.50 with wine available at £1 a glass. Then we move on to historic Lincoln where we will first visit one of our members (and organizer of today’s visit, Edith Adams) art club display then you will be at the top of Steep Hill between the castle and cathedral where there are loads of small shops and the Museum of Lincolnshire Life (Highly recommended) or the toy museum plenty of bars, cafes and restaurants. If you would like to join the 14 already attending (7 cars) please get in touch because we need numbers for the meals at Kexby as they will be prepared especially for us.
• June 22nd Peter Bradley’s Porsche Tractor Museum - this is the first time that 993 owning Peter will have been visited by TIPEC though he has met some of us at previous shows, It is Peter’s 50th year of Porsche ownership, his first was a new 1958 356. As well as tractors he also displays a 356 based helicopter engine and there is lots of Porsche memorabilia, in fact 50 years worth. This is a private museum and will be opened just for us. 10 cars booked at the meeting, there is still room for a few more, then we plan on having a drive into Derbyshire towards the Hathersage/Ladybower Dam area stopping off for a pub lunch on the way, the carvery at the Moorlands at Owler Bar was recommended.
Any other business:
• Judy gave us the treasurers’ report, we need to raise regular funds for the upkeep of our own SYNN website as well as funds for pre booking fees for shows and quiz prizes etc. So Eric F proposed and we had a unanimous members vote that we are going to copy the Southern regions idea and have a members draw, £1 to enter, all of the Synn members are put in the draw, a name drawn out at random and if the member is present they take the pot, half of the monies raised, the other half going to club funds, if the member is not present we have a roll over till next month and so on. Scope there to get quite exiting
• Paul had bid on and won a large Porsche flag on the dreaded ebay and offered it to the club for shows etc. Again a unanimous vote to buy it for the club once we had turned down Keith’s offers, who had wanted it to take to Le Mans, sorry mate. I also have one of those carbon fibre fishing poles which when tied to the club gazebo should make an excellent flag pole
• We had a Transport and Roads based music quiz that went down extremely well and raised much needed funds and was won along with a bottle of red wine by Phil. Special thanks to those who could not stay for the quiz yet still donated.
Forthcoming Events:
March 15th Visit to Maguires at Daventry
March 21st /22nd /23rd Open Weekend Specialist Cars of Malton
April 6th Visit to Gmund, scenic drive and meal.
April 13th Tipec AGM Gaydon
April 26th Tipec track day
May 4th Old Hall Gainsborough
May 5th Thoresby Classic Car Show
May 9th/10th/11th Cotswolds Woty
May 23rd Poole Quay Display
May 25th Hickleton Hall Show
May 31st V.S.C.C. Donnington
Date of next meeting: 6th April 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm if eating, 7.00 pm for the meeting.
Please contact me with any queries/ideas at
paulandjude@yahoo.com or ring 01777 228028 (home) or 07842 171681 (mobile)
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