Last Updated: 18/07/2008 12:11:49
Well we must start off with saying what a fabulous weekend we had with the Standard Triumph Marque Day. The weather was great which meant the Saturdays events at Toddington and then Sunday at Prescott were very well supported.CVTR members more than played their part on both days and did some stirling work on the gates and in the ticket lodge. The fact that the car parks were full along with the camp will mean hopefully that the three clubs will have made a profit, but more importantly everyone had a great time. Many thanks to Chris Cunnington who sent our Group Leader a letter of congratulations for all the work put into the event by CVTR members. Onto the bank holiday weekend and the usual bad weather. The event at the Fleece was supported by three/four TR's and I believe a good time was had by those who turned up in the wind and rain. So onto our monthly meeting at the Fleece where we had over 30 members in attendance including some guests from North Wales Group plus Moss their dog. Andy reported that the TR international working party met and the work is now well underway for the event in July, more on this later. The next few weeks events are as follows:
Onto July we have:
A reminder that the inter group meeting takes place at the Fleece on Sunday 3rd August.An advert will be in TR action next month. We also agreed to purchase a set of walkie talkies for the club to use--AR to action KB to pay!! ***Please note*** It was agreed at the end of the meeting that we will in future start our formal business of the day at 8.30 pm not 9.00pm as of the June meeting. So a very busy few weeks--get the polish out and start motoring.
Andrew Racey and Ian Brown
Our meeting at Fleece on 26th March was well supported with 23 people in attendance.However only one TR and that was Colin Boother giving his new engine in his TR4A a blast. The Sunday lunch on April 13th is at the Hunters Inn at Longdon, a venue we used last year where we had a great lunch. Pat and Alf Widmer are organising it, so if you haven't booked in yet then give them a bell. The next big event CVTR are involved in is the Triumph weekend on 17/18th of May. The Saturdays events take place at Toddington, home of the steam railway, with trips on the train, a Cotswold convoy run and a barbecue in the evening. On the Sunday is the main event based at Prescott,this will include trade stands,auto jumble,hill climbs (which must be booked) and a cavalcade up the hill. Camping is also on site and so far the pre-booked numbers are looking very healthy. As far as CVTR are concerned we need lots of people to help with marshalling,taking money for hill climbs and checking in. Plus manning the TR register stand etc. There will be a briefing meeting on site at Prescott on the Saturday morning . We will agree times at the April meeting at the Fleece so if you cant make that then watch this space. This weekend is THE Triumph event of the year with the TR Register,Triumph Sports Six Club and Stag Owners Club all working together with our main sponsor Moss-Europe to ensure that all Triumph owners having a cracking two days. So please try and come along. June sees the Evesham car show ,The Churchill car show, as well as a show at Fladbury, so look at the calander on the web site or this newsletter for details nearer the time. July we have the Burlingham car show, a great evening at a small village cricket club, run every other year with lots of different classic, vintage and sports cars. July 27th is the Cosford Sunday run to the aircraft museum being organised by Richard Durrant,The entry is free but we will pay for guided tour which will cost each member a pound or two. So folks get the cars out,the polish on and start those engines for a full and varied programme over the next few months. Andrew Racey and Ian Brown
Our February meeting took place on the normal club night, and we were particularly pleased to welcome new members, Dave and Sally Roberts, and the recently elected Group leader from the Birmingham group, Dave Newbery. The Stoneleigh Triumph Show and Spares day went really well, plenty of CVTR members in attendance, all that was missing was Andy Canning and his infamous cakes for refreshment on the Register stand! The weather was tremendous, which contributed significantly to the bumper attendance at the show. Our Sunday "drink" at the Thai Emerald was ably organised by Tim Walker, and yet again those attending feasted on the best oriental cuisine for miles around, and at great value for the buffet! The next Sunday outing, March 9th is being organised by Andy Canning, and will be at the Three Horse Shoes at Wixford, please call Andy at home to reserve your place. Richard Durrant gave a short outline of the forthcoming trip to the museums at RAF Cosford, members ears pricked up when he announced that entrance was FREE. After a few dates were suggested, avoiding clashes with other events at Cosford, the date of July 27th was provisionally agreed. A show of hands from members wanting to join the trip ensured that it will be well attended. Richard is also organising one tour guide, just to reserve capacity, however there will be a charge for this service of £20 per group, with a maximum of 12 people in any one group. More guides may be available subject to notice and demand................ It was also announced that the Best of British show, held annually at Gaydon, was cancelled, due in some part to the significant losses incurred with the show last year, which you will all know, was a total washout. CVTR did get 12 cars there and did the best possible in the circumstances, but that turned out to be the precursor to many shows last year! However, we do have the honour of the Standard Triumph day being held at Prescott on the 17th and 18th of May. Saturday will be a Cotswold run, organised by the Stag Owners Club, followed by a bar-b-que at the Steam railway at Toddington, with this part being managed by the TSSC. An alternative of a "fish and chip" supper on the train is also being offered. Sunday sees the main event, with various options available to sample the hillclimb course, either in a cavalcade, or alongside a championship winning driver in the championship winning cars. There will be trade stands and autojumbling, along with exhibits from each of the organising clubs. More details of this event is available in TR Action, from the office, on the Register forum or from Merv Parkes. Needless to say, these events take a huge amount of manpower to stage, and as this event takes place on CVTR's patch, we are being asked by the Register if any members would like to volunteer their services sometime throughout the weekend. If anyone is interested, please let Andy, Colin, or Merv Parkes know (preferably all three). Having read my emails this morning, Colin has submitted an eating event previously not discussed at the meeting, namely another "Pudding Night" at The Dog, Baughton, to be held on the 6th of March, please contact Colin Boother. Rumour has it that he is determined to recover his "crown" after discovering a number of members had achieved 17 puddings last time around. Colin has ordered extra custard on his portions so beware anyone taking up the challenge this time around. That's it for February, please check the future events page to see what is scheduled, and note any changes to avoid embarrassment all round! Ian Brown and Andrew Racey
A new year starts for CVTR with a great night out at the Golden Cross at Ardens Grafton for our annual dinner and awards ceremony.The food was excellent and the wine flowed.Colin and Leslie did a great job of making sure that all 44 people knew what they were eating and the staff were very attentive as well. The awards followed a brief speech from our joint group leader-Andy Canning and were as follows:
So whats happening in 2008? Well the "social committee" (ie anyone interested) got together at the Fleece in January to start to map out a programme for 2008 details of which should be available on our web site after our club night on January 23rd. But here is a "taster" of what we hope to arrange. Sunday lunch will be on February 17th at the Thai Emerald in Evesham-- talk to Tim Walker for booking. May will see us heavily involved with the register at the Standard Triumph weekend at Prescott, 17/18th May. The Evesham show and Churchill events are in June. July and we hope to have a bring and buy auction at the Fleece. Now its not just hunting out your old TR items which you no longer want, no its an auction for anything you might want to get rid of. So start looking in the garage and loft and see what you have that you can enter in the auction. More details will follow--so watch this space. August and we hope to arrange a day trip -coffee on route to the Blist Hill site near Telford. More details to follow. All the above plus a river trip,fish and chip supper, skittles evening with Birmingham group, a run to RAF Cosford, Burlingham ,Great Comberton and Drakes Broughton shows to name but a few. Get the cars polished, the oil changed and fill them with petrol -- an extremely busy year ahead, and that's without mentioning CVTR involvement in taking on the 2008 IWE bring and buy stall from the London Group!!!!!!! Andrew Racey/Ian Brown
Well what a very busy few days it has been with two AGM's to attend. I am sure the registers meeting will be more than adequately covered in the next TR action,but suffice to say that Ian Evans was given a really good send off and he has been replaced by Chris Cunnington as our new Chairman,on behalf of Cotswold Vale group I am sure we all wish them both well. It was encouraging to see 12 CVTR members at Gaydon.
Now to our own AGM-- held at the Fleece on Wednesday 28th November and attended by 32 members. It is not intended to go into too much detail in this newsletter. The joint Group Leaders and Treasurer were elected un-opposed and our financial position as a group remains healthy. Many events were organised through out the year and were very well attended- which suggests we must be doing something right. Our Sunday lunches/fun runs also saw good turnouts. We did spend sometime getting ideas for 2008, here are some of them -- but by no means exhaustive. A bring and buy auction to be held at one of our Wednesday night meetings:
We also know of various other car shows etc which we will be discussing in January prior to publishing our diary of events for 2008. Any other ideas will be more than welcomed.
Many of you may be aware that London Group who have run this very successfully for the past few years have indicated that they want to stand down and let someone else have a go. After much debate at our meeting we have agreed as a group to man a stall for the Saturday (we have 11 names of volunteers willing to give up half a day). The register will then see if they can get another group or enough volunteers to man the stall on the Sunday. Well that's about it for this month,If you haven't put your name down for the Sunday lunch at the Fleece on 9th December then phone Colin or Andy. There is no Wednesday meeting in December so we will hopefully see everyone in 2008 on Wed 23rd January.
After considerable lobbying by classic car owners Michelin previewed their new alternative to wire wheels at the Philadelphia car show. Click here for more info.
Andrew Racey/Ian Brown
From. David Griffiths Festival Secretary Rhymney Valley Transport Preservation Society 59 Cardiff Road Bargoed CF81 8PA Dear Colin , We would like to extend a special welcome and invitation to all owners of Triumph sporting cars and especially members of the T R Register to join us at our annual Heartlands Vintage Transport Festival which will be an early rally season starter over the weekend of 19-20th April 2008. It is taking place again at at the Blackwood Civic Centre & Country Park at Blackwood near Caerphilly, and is easily accessable from the M4 and M5/M50, in fact we are less than 40 miles from the centre of Bristol and less than 80 miles from Birmingham and only 12 miles from Cardiff and Newport. The festival always looks for the unusual and in 2008 we will seek to beat the record for the largest display of Sinclair C5's , we will once again hold gatherings of Czech Made motor vehicles, classic hearses, and even invalid carriages and lawnmowers as well as all the usual vintage and classic motor cars, motorcycles, buses, lorries , ambulances, tractors and vintage machinery etc. There will be a dedicated area for Land Rovers and Military Vehicles with an off road demo area and a series of free vintage bus trips. There is also a live music programme for general tastes, Saturday is Country & Folk Rock and Pop from mid day to mid night and Sunday in our Folk Sunday with folk dance displays . And for the ladies, celtic wrestling on both days . Camping on site is possible by agreement. Our Food Court is bound to be a big attraction with a nice range of foods catering for all different tastes from traditional cornish pasties or fish and chips to indian or thai menus and of course healthy eating is not forgotten. A prize and cash award for the Best Club display of five or more cars is also part of this years event. Don't forget to check out our dedicated website which is updated every few days at www.welsh-transport-festival.co.ukAny assistance in spreading the word would be much appreciated and all profit will be dedicated to the Wales Air Ambulance, a worthwhile life saving charity. Best Regards David
