The 289 Register News No 37 Autumn 2010

Silverstone Classic Report 2010 To say that this year’s Silverstone Classic was bigger and better than previous years is an understatement. This was not just for our club, but the whole event had grown this year into a much bigger meeting in terms of the racing, now 3 full days, the car clubs on display and the trade village. Our stand had also grown this year in terms of size allocated to us and our location.We had a fantastic premium location this year at the very heart of the event and indeed the envy of many other clubs. In addition we were also blessed with three really good day’s weather wise - in fact Saturday was just a bit too hot! Our whole set up this year was much more professional as we had our marquee, generator and plenty of tables and chairs for members to use. There was also a hot water urn running over the weekend. Members paid £1.00 per day and could have as much tea & coffee as they liked. We also had a record number of members attending, with 65 cars over the weekend, so that is well over a third of the membership, impressive for such a small club. This enabled us to put on a fantastic display of cars for the public and there was always a real buzz about our stand. 20 THE 289 REGISTER Kevin Kivlochan brought along his fantastic AC service van. This was set up along with Colin Newbold’s Hawk Kirkham 289 all jacked up with wheels off and “Dave” the club mechanic in attendance working on Colin’s car. This created a lot of attention and indeed this along with the rest of our display gained us runner up for the best club stand award, won in the end by the Mazda MX5 owners club. The new club regalia was on show for the ﬁrst time and met with much approval resulting in numerous orders from members. See the separate article in this newsletter should you wish to order any for yourself. The Marquee enabled us to hold our AGM in private. This meeting was well attended by members who were welcomed by our Chairman John Cooke with a glass of ﬁzz. The AGM covered many topics, however the main ones being the adoption of the club constitution and increase in membership fees. There was then a break for an hour before the BBQ was served up. Colin Newbold & John Cooke, ably assisted by their glamorous assistants Nicky, Sue and my own Julie, did us proud again with a fantastic spread, aided by many other helpers. After the BBQ we held the awards ceremony. Our thanks must go to Gerry Hawkridge who provided seven new trophies this year. On the Sunday we were again one of the few clubs to be allocated track laps. This year we had 30 cars on track + one AC Van, just in case !!!!. We were in with a group of Lamborghini’s and I can report that T289R members mixed it up with them quite a bit cutting through them and showing them a clean pair of heels. As ever everyone involved returned to the club stand with a somewhat stupid grin on their faces !! The 2010 Silverstone Classic was a great success for our club on all levels. I’d like to thank all those that attended over the weekend and also to those that helped out before, during and after the event. Without your help & support this event just could not happen, so many thanks from me. Plans are already being formulated for 2011 to build on this year, so put

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