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Welcome to April’s Chairman’s Chat. This grotty weather continues to play havoc with our motorsport and we were very disappointed to have to call off the 17 th March Car Trial at Stoneacre a few days beforehand. The ground was sodden a week before and whilst the hills aren’t too bad as they drain well, as ever it was access to the field that would have been the main stopper. The rain that was forecast for the day and just before it meant that it was definitely the right decision. The Trial in Cambridge scheduled for the weekend before also didn’t happen, although in that case they had to call it off after trying to start it, so a fruitless journey for those that went. Fingers crossed that the summer Trial will be a joyous affair! There has been some discussion as to the pros and cons of bend boards and pointer and barrier cones at North Weald sprints on the 7Oaks Fast Talk forum and it is a very useful medium for this sort of thing. Unfortunately not many of you pop up and have your say on there – why not Our first sprint at North Weald is due to take place on 31 st March so will have happened before you read this and we have decided to run the course in the opposite direction to Borough 19’s event on 17 th March, thereby avoiding the high speed, very bumpy, approach to the gate posts. It’ll be interesting to see what the regular competitor’s preferred course is and I’d really appreciate feedback on this and any other matter. To date we are still waiting to get our new website up and running so are stuck with our out of date old one, which means that we can’t update the regulations and events links, other than via the Facebook / Twitter link in the middle of the home page and via the forum. So, please bear with us and use those parts of the website in the meantime to get access to current information. You don’t have to be “into” Facebook or Twitter and you don’t have to wibble on forever on the Forum but if you do use the internet in any way then there is no excuse not to know what is coming up. Talking of things coming up, on Wednesday 17 th April 7Oaks will hold its Annual General Meeting at The Bell, Kemsing and all are invited to help your club conduct the business of formally approve the last year’s accounts and this year’s club officers. Also there will be the opportunity to ask questions and have a general chat about what’s good (and maybe what’s not) about your club and local motorsport in general. Should you fancy a spell on the committee and put a bit back in then your nomination would be very much appreciated too. April should see Maidstone attempt to get their Trial underway at Stoneacre (good luck with that, chaps!), Nigel & Rosemary Mead’s scatter rally on the 18 th (a good, cheap fun evening in the lanes around Paddock Wood that should be the first port of call for anyone fancying doing a bit of rallying) followed shortly by the London Rally for Heroes on Saturday 20 th , where if you volunteer to come and marshal you’ll get to see some cracking rally action at Rushmoor Arena for free. But you can’t just come along to help if you think the weather is going to be kind – you will have to commit beforehand as it is vital that we know who and where to allocate marshals. You can of course come along as a spectator, where you will have the chance to contribute to the worthy cause at the car park. The weekend after that, Graham Child & I will be off to Herefordshire for the Ross Endurance Rally in Graham’s 1400cc Rover 214. This is turning out to be a classic year for this quite economical rally series. Low-spec, standard engines and no knobbly tyres yet we are still having great fun in the forests during the day and then on to a decent road rally through the night. Very tiring but stupendous value for money – take a look at www.endurance-rallying.co.uk to see what it’s all about. Enjoy your motorsport! Andy Elcomb
Somerset Stages Rally SATURDAY 20th APRIL 2013 MARSHALS & RADIO CREWS WANTED www.somersetstagesrally.com Nigel Winkworth 0845 0951385 or e-mail marshals@somersetstagesrally.com General enquiries please contact Chris House, Deputy Clerk of Course on 0845 0951386 or email chris.house@somersetstagesrally.com RALLY SCHOOL Wed. 10th April The Bell Kemsing. 8.00pm Bring map 188, soft pencils, brain. Learn the noble (black) art of rallying on the highway– it’s good, legal fun in the dark. More on navigation with emphasis on the summer regularity 12-cars. PLEASE PHONE BEFORE 9pm. Chairman’s joke page A Dutch inventor was developing inflatable shoes, unfortunately he popped his clogs before completing his project
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