Cornwall & Devon Land Rover Club. The Club Mag spring 2014 | Page 27

Getting to know the members….
Name: Gavin Earnshaw
Live: Gunnislake
Job: BORDA Specialist Trainer at Trax & Trails
near Tavistock (I teach 4x4 off-road driving to
lots of different people; from those who drive offroad for work to those who have never even
been in a 4x4). I also have taught post-degree
level electronics, worked in IT, done research
work into Computer Vision, I do some work for
the OCR exam board and was one of only 36
people in the entire Western World to be interviewed for a job at Sony Research
Labs in Japan.
What got you in joining Cornwall & Devon LRC?I think it is one of the best
things I ever did, joining C&D LRC, from my first ever event where I turned up and
was marshalling at a Comp. within 20 minutes (supervised of course!) to setting
up the JTVs for the kids. I spent about 8 years on the committee as Newsletter
Editor, Vice Chair and Entry Level Events Officer and still occasionally go. I also
enjoy marshalling at all the various events when I can. Through the Club I have
met some amazing people, it has become the basis for my main job, my social life
and hobby. Sad I know...
What event do you look forward to most on the calendar?: All RTV's, I think I
have only missed one RTV in 20 years (though I have had to go home early on a
few).
What has been your best result?: Getting 3rd overall in the 1999 RTV season.
Although a close second would be my first RTV win which was a shock in my new
to me 90 and it didn't even have a V8 haha.
What has been your scariest moment?: Probably this coming year when my
daughter starts Tyro... This year it was wondering how Peter Alexander was going
to react when I borked the CV on his 90 at Binner Down a couple of weeks ago.
[He was great about it and so were Rod Twist for loaning us a trailer and Ken
Brain for towing it home.]
Which other members do you enjoy
competing against?: I enjoy competing
against most of the members and since
about 2000 I have come just to enjoy the
day and doing well is a bonus. Although
a bad day is still frustrating.
And finally what’s your favourite Pudding?: my favourite pudding has to be
Banoffee Pie although it may be obvious
that I like most of them!
Thanks Gavin, We’ll have another member next month.