February 2020 Newsletter

February2020 Newsletter

Thanks to everyone who went to Teresa’s lunch at the Red Deer in Crediton. Everyone was impressed with the meal deal and although the weather was appalling there was a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.

Thanks to Trevor for organising and leading the run after Pitstop to Cockington. The weather was good so it was roof down and coffee and cake outside in the sunshine when we got there. Hopefully we can look forward to many more runs like this in the months to come.

Thank you also to Ros for the mid week lunch to the George at Donyatt. It was a good venue and excellent lunch and again the weather was kind.

Pitstop is this coming Sunday 16th February. If the weather is okay there may be a run.

The next Tuesday meeting will be on 10th March.

Pitstop on Sunday 15th March will be followed by the daffodil run to Cotehele. Trevor is organising this and the details are on the website.

There will be a run down to Torquay on Saturday 21st March. Meet at the Haldon Grill on Telegraph Hill for breakfast and then down to Torquay to Wheel Power in Torquay. Details on the website.

There will be a busy month in May starting with the Abbeyhill Steam Fair on Sunday 3rd May. Last date to book a free place is on 15th March so please speak to Jack. Details on the website.

Killerton Car Show is on Sunday 17th May and Steve Whitehead will be posting event details on the website shortly.

Pecorama Vintage and Classic Vehicle Rally will be held on Sunday 24th May. John Tibbs will be organising this event and details are on the website.

The National Rally has been moved from September to Sunday 5th July and will be held on the Claydon Estate in Buckinghamshire and it will be twinned with the club’s Blyton Park Track Weekend, offering members the chance to have fun on track on the Saturday and show the car on the Sunday. A few of us are going up for the weekend and staying at a Premier Inn nearby.

There will still be an autumn event on 20th September which will be held at Margam Park in South Wales. The focus of this event will be on getting owners together and chatting, meeting each other and enjoying the social aspect of MX-5 Owners Club membership.

Powderham Historic Vehicle Gathering will be held on 11th and 12th July. Pete is organising this so check the website and contact him for entry details.

There will be more events going onto the website so keep checking for details.

Thanks to Neville for keeping the website updated.

The new forum is now live and you are required to set a new password when you log on for the first time. It is now easier to use and posting photographs is easy.

Kevin mentioned that it is encouraging to hear that friends often go out and enjoy impromptu trips in their MX-5s.

Kevin confirmed that little Red MX-5 Donation Car contained £50 and Martyn and Lynne were successful in the draw and the £50 will be donated to the RNLI.

Trevor and Denise’s daughter, Sarah, is doing a sponsored sky dive on 29th February. Denise’s father died of Motor Neurone Disease aged 65 and the jump is in his memory to raise money for the Motor Neurone Society. Members happily agreed for donations to be collected in the little Red MX5 Donation Car during the evening and a total of £67.66 was collected. A total of £170 has now been reached as some members had already contributed earlier last week. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Sarah's Just Giving Page

Nigel organised an entertaining Valentine’s quiz and the worthy winners were the Red Nose Team who received a box of Cadburys Roses. The Naughty Corner were the runners up also winning Cadburys Roses.

Steve and Teresa Bishop

MX5OC SW Area Co-ordinators