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Forresters Car Club's chosen charity for 2010 in the Wales Air Ambulance.
Newtown Motors Open Evening Thursday 26th August
Cwmbran show, Cars required for Saturday 24th July
Club Nights:
22nd July - Bowling (see below) - No activity at Croesy
29th July - Tabletop & Charity Evening
5th August - Quiz Night
12th August - Playstation evening
19th August - TBC - look out for an e-mail soon!
26th August - Newtown Motors Open Evening (see below)
If you have any ideas for things you want to do at a club night, please talk to any committee member!
Rallies:
25th July - Coracle Stages, Sweet Lamb
31st July - Fat Albert Stages
1st August - Harry Flatters (Epynt)
8th August - Ditton Priors
14th August - Neath Valley Stages
21st August - Wugging stages, Colerne
29th August - Mewla Rally, Epynt
4th September - Woodpecker Stages
4th September - Bullnose Endurance Rally
4th September - Twilight Road Rally (using Caerwent)
5th September - Brawdy Stages
18th September - Malky Road Rally
26th September - Patriot Stages, Caerwent
3rd October - Peter Lloyd Stages, Pembrey
17th October - Prima Motorsport Stages, Smeatharpe
Request for Marshals:
We've had a couple of specific requests for marshalling assistance this week as follows:
- Coracle Stages, Sweet Lamb (25th July). Forresters CC are running a start/finish (morning is one, afternoon the other) and could do with a couple more people to help us out! If you can help, please let myself or Andy Murphy know.
- Harry Flatters Rally
- Neath Valley Stages
- Bullnose Rally
- Mewla Rally
As normal, if you can attend, please let myself or the club's marshal co-ordinator Andy Murphy know.
Bowling Night - THIS THURSDAY
As advertised a few times recently, in response to requests to do something different, we've organised a Bowling Night on 22nd July at a local Bowling Complex in Cwmbran. It should be a good social evening whether you like ten pin bowling or not! Everyone who had contacted myself/Rich Whitefoot have had a slot booked for them. People who haven't booked can still come along and we'll fit you in if we have room on the pre-booked lanes, or if we're full, you should be able to pay for your own lanes (but might not necessarily be next to us). It all starts at 8:15, and hence please don't go to Croesy as there'll be no-one there!
MSA manifesto
The MSA has recently released a manifesto in its attempt to promote motorsport in particular given the upcoming elections. Part of this manifesto is the promotion of the ability to enable closed road rallying, something which the club thinks will improve the future prospects of rallying no end in the UK. See below for the full manifesto, but in particularly we would encourage you to visit the link www.msauk.org/manifesto and download the proforma letter to send to your local MP. The more awareness we can give to this manifesto, the better.
Young Members Initiative
As agreed at the AGM in January, the club is once again running the Young Members Initiative, giving young members the chance to win a fully paid BARS course. Entry forms are now available from Kelvin Saunders and Paul Goodman.
Garth Tyre & Auto Services MidSummer Caerwent
On behalf of the organising committee, a big thanks to everyone who came out and gave a hand on this event. Once again, it seemed to go very smoothly and the Juniors certainly impressed everyone once again with their car control! They put some of our elder club members to shame!
Winter scatter rallies
Many thanks to Kevin Haven for organising the scatter rallies over the winter. Whilst we have light nights, the events are on hold until the clocks go back. We are running a club championship combining the scatter rallies with the tabletop championship, so keep scoring those points at the upcoming tabletop events!
Tredegar Park Show
As we have done in the last couple of years, Forresters CC had a stand at the Tredegar Park Show in June. It was a massive success and helped promote the club again locally, so thanks to Paul Goodman and Andy Murphy for organising this for us. We've got a few more things coming up to promote the club locally, so have a read below.
Cwmbran Fair - 24th July 2010
As with last year, Forresters is attending the Cwmbran Fair on 24th July (next Saturday!). It is being held in the big fields opposite Cwmbran Railway station (you can't miss it when you're there!). Kelvin Saunders is busy trying to organise this currently, but could do with a few more offers of help at the moment. He would like a few more vehicles for display if possible, along with people to help man the stand for a couple of hours during the day. I don't have any opening times, but I would imagine it's open from mid-morning to late afternoon. Last year, we had glorious weather and was a good day out for everyone! So if you can help, please let Kelvin know.
Newtown Motors Open Evening - 26th August 2010
Now in it's 3rd year, we will be once again having an Open Evening at Newtown Motors on 26th August. Hopefully we'll have some nice weather and be able to use more of Newtown's outside facilities. Again, Kelvin Saunders is busy organising this and needs offers of help for all sorts of jobs! Watch this space for more details, but if you can offer your assistance, please let us know.
Patriot Stages - 26th September 2010
Well the first meetings for the 2010 EDP Photo News & Bob Dowen Rally Services Patriot Stages have started! It promises to be a fantastic event as this year we are a round of the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship. This means that some of Britain's best tarmac rally drivers will be down to sample the roads of Caerwent! What a prospect that could be!!! It's really important that this event goes well as it's the biggest championship that Caerwent has ever been in, and hence we really do need lots of help in order to ensure it goes well. We would therefore ask that everyone puts the date in their diaries and lets us know if they can assist us and we can start allocating roles and jobs, as there's lots to do!
If you are planning on entering instead, regulations will be available soon at www.caerwentrallies.co.uk. Entries WILL be at a premium and absolutely NO preferential treatment will be given to any Forresters or SWAC members. So keep your eyes on the website and get those entries in quick to avoid disappointment.
2010 Nominated Charity
As you should be aware, the club supports a charity every year, with us having raised approximately £1200 each year for the last few years. We asked for ideas for a charity for 2010, and I'm pleased to announce that for 2010, the committee decided to support the Welsh Air Ambulance. We'll be doing the normal sort of fundraising during the year, so please dig deep and support such a worthy cause.
Morgan Factory
The club has been offered the chance to go on a tour of the Morgan Factory. Unfortunately, slots are only available on weekdays, so we need to gauge the level of interest before we start organising it. If you are interested, please speak to Kelvin Saunders.
In-Car Cameras
If you’re interested in fitting an in-car camera into your car for an event your thinking of doing, why not have a look at www.incar-services.co.uk. The site is run by Rob Richards who provides an excellent service to many customers each year.
Autotests
A huge thank you must go to Steve Andrews for organising them on our behalf in 2009, hopefully they will be back in 2010, watch out for details.
Membership
Please don’t forget that 1st February was the start of our new membership year. If you don’t renew by the end of the month, this will be the last newsletter you receive by e-mail from us, so contact Kev Haven (application form is available on our website) if you want to renew. A membership form can be download here.
Opie Oils - http://www.opieoils.co.uk/
FCC has managed to get a special offer for FCC members from the website "Opie Oils". It sells a variety of products which may be of interest to you. When you register, make sure you say that you are a member of Forresters, and then you will get discounts off many of their products
If you have any ideas or comments about the club and its events, the AGM is not your only chance to voice your views. Speak to any committee member at any time.
They are: Neil Fuller, Mike Taylor, Richard Lomax, Kelvin Saunders, Paul Goodman, Simon Crew, Andy Murphy, John Bird, Kevin Haven and Richard Whitefoot.
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