Central Region Events

Hello all Central members

We are one of the larger regions and have a lot of members.

Despite this we also seem to be a quiet region.

I just thought I'd pop a post on and see if we can get some interest in a few events this year.

Does anyone have any ideas as to the kind of event they would like to attend ?

For example, would anyone be interested in a day out at Malvern ?

Its a very pleasent place, hills, lots of pubs, resturants etc, and Darren Webster, the area chappie thinks he could get a tour around the Morgan factory, with its new aero 8 (bm engine) and all the other stuff they do.

I have access to the throckmorton airfield police skid pan, ( my access is via the IAM ) we could arrange a day for a few people to do that, more than one day if interest is good, (west mercia police do charge for this, but its no more expensive than a track day). I am advised that this is weekdays only at the moment, but if there is enough interest I can ask for perhaps a saturday, the worst they can say is no. Apparentley there are several skid pads throughout the country, and some do weekend stuff.

For the family members we have the west midland safari park, severn valley railway, etc.

Plus anything else the rest of you can think of.

Any ideas ???

Members from outside the central area are of course welcome to post any ideas here, if there is something in this area they would like to see or do.

There have been posts in here saying "my god its quiet", some of them from me ! So come on you lot, what can you think of ??

 Nigel, Weekends are better for most people.Milton keynes has had a Monthly pub meet on a Sunday, for past few months.Hope this was going to spread around.Skid pan sounds good, what about a visit to the Mini Works, at Oxford,  and Aston Martin works.Bletchley Park is a good Visit.So many interesting places in our Region, for All the Family.

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Hi Nigel, one car club I am a member of has a monthly meeting. The passage of events information is very immediate and up to date.

Another club used to have bi-monthly Sunday pub meets and had a good turn out. The club catered for a low production component/kit car (Clan Crusader and Irish Clan) and has about 250 members. We have had a Sunday turnout of 15 cars which is a very high proportion of members. Now that the organiser has moved to a different region, the area centre has practically fallen apart.

Regular meetings allow parts to be bought/exchanged and club regalia to be shown/sold as well. The daytime events mean you can have a good nose under someone else's bonnet etc as well as a drive.

Personally I would like to see a regular meet like the ones that Phil organised, but on a Sunday instead of an evening.

As to factory visits etc, I think that these would be an excellent way to attract members to get together. The Morgan factory sounds like a great one to begin with !!

Good luck to everyone who can get the ball rolling.

Andy   Birmingham.

Dave

I would be interested in an east midlands meet, the only two club things I have attended so far are an east anglian trip to france, and a north west visit to manchester airport fire station, both of them were superb

I seem to have "overlooked" all the central stuff poor darren & co had been trying to do.

What did you have in mind ?

Its family stuff I'm interested in, but DONT let that put you off suggesting pure boys own car stuff, a lot seem interested in that.

Good suggestions Guys !!

Yep, put me down for the Malvern visit.

As for the pub lunch, I'm north of Birmingham, so maybe an E Midlands meeting would be a good one.

Go for it folks !!

Andy

Hi All, plant visits are normaly free as it tends to be regarded as a bit of a marketing exercise, that said a few years ago we did have to pay to go round Jordan GP

I`d be interested in Morgan, - Has anyone thought about networking out to other parts of the forum ?, some members might only look ar their region/register & would be interested in going.