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Update - June 2006
Our area meeting - on the first Tuesday of each month - at The
Royal Oak in Naseby is still trotting along quite nicely.
The turnout over the winter and spring months has been pretty
healthy, though there's been a dip in the number of Triumphs turning
out which will hopefully in prove as we move into late Spring
and Summer.
The gathering is still dominated by Triumph TR7's
with a half-hearted challenge from the Spitfire clan fading now...
even one of the Spitfire owner's has succumbed and bought himself
a TR7! That's what we like to see. Though we gather under the
Club Triumph banner we welcome all Triumph enthusiasts no matter
what club you a member of (or perhaps you are not in any of the
clubs). Most people attending are in more than one Triumph club
and we do promote events for other clubs that we think will be
of interest to those attending.
We have a diary of events that we will be supporting this year,
there's other shows/runs which I'll try to cover and encourage
people to attend - even if it's not as an group. We were probably
one of the quickest areas off the blocks this year, getting a
few cars out early in the 'show season' for an event at Wicksteed
Park in Northants.... TRisha was unable to make it as she was
SORNed at the time. The Wicksteed show was the second Leicester/Northants
backed event - following on from a strong turnout at Daventry
in 2006.
This year will see at least one more TR7 in the car park on a
Tuesday as the co-pilot has succumbed to Wedgeness and bought
an auto DHC (see elsewhere on this site). With luck we'll also
break our 14 car record of last year, but for that we need the
weather to improve... I fear that Summer was indeed that Thursday
back in April; Yep the weather is officially pants here!
So these are the events to pencil in then this year - there's
a bit of fixture congestion at the beginning of July! I'll be
attending the TR Drivers event at Billing but as a group there's
likely to be a convenient meeting point and a convoy to Hampshire
for the Club Triumph National Day... a shame that July 2/3rd is
so popular!
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Date
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Event
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Details
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Sun 11 June
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Peterborough to Wells-next-the-Sea |
Organised by Peterborough
Mini Owners Club. Entrance is £10 in advance. |
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Sat/Sun 01 & 02
July
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TR
Drivers National Weekend |
Billing Aquadrome, Northants
- A must for the TR7/8 enthusiast |
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Sun 02 July
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Club
Triumph National Day |
Liphook, Hampshire - sure
to be a top day, gather at Naseby for a convoy down.
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Sun 02 July
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Retro Cars Magazine Show |
Santa Pod, Northants |
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Tues 04 July
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Rusty Rumbles |
Our regular meeting will be on
the move this month - a short rumble around, in convoy, to
another pub... Departing The Royal Oak at 20:00 |
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Sat/Sun 22 &
23 July
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TR
Register National Weekend |
Malvern Shown Ground, Worcestershire
- probably a convoy to the show on the Sunday. |
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Sun 23 July
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Beaumanor Hall Classic Car &
Transport Show |
An event in North Leicester -
the group does not intend to ask for a display area at this
event. |
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Tues 01 Aug
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Bangers and More Bangers - BBQ |
A BBQ at The Royal Oak - All
welcome on our regular night where burgers/hot dogs can be
purchased from the bbq. |
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Sun 13 Aug
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Leicester Classic Car Show |
The 4th year for the main
Classic Car event in Leicester - we will have a display area
(small admin charge per car). Contact me if you wish to show
your car. |
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Sun 10 Sept
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Classic Transport Run |
Organised event of 50mile
run around Hinckley, Bosworth and Nuneaton |
Events highlighted in green are those that are taking place on
our regular meeting night - note the Rusty Rumbles will result
in our normal gathering being on the move. We will endevour to
leave info at the bar for those late arrivals. Date's in bold
are the events I'm participating in - I'm also likely to be heading
to Malvern, though that is not yet confirmed.
So there you have - if you can get to Naseby on the First Tuesday
of the month do so, and at the very least try and get there for
the BBQ on the 1st August. If you need more info drop
me a line.
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