Off The Beaten Track July 2011

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Contents

Off the Beaten Track July 2011

2 Change of Date 2 Facebook

We‟re now on Facebook!

2 Editorial 3 Viking Trial Dates

All the dates listed together with the LRS Challenge events

5 Chairman’s Chat 5 Who’s got the Viking

Flag?

6 Results from Bull Ring Farm Who came where?

7 LRS Challenge Report and Pictures from Duck End

9 Pictures from Bull Ring Farm

11 Issuu Why is the magazine using this webs site?

12 Reports From Bull Ring Farm Write up of the day‟s events

14 2011 Championship Scores

15 How to get to Newton Lodge

Map and directions to the July trial site

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Change of Date

Please note that the August trial is now being held on the 21st of the month and not the 28th as previously advertised.

Facebook The Viking 4x4 Club is now on Facebook. Just have a search for Viking Four Wheel Drive and you‟ll find us there. You can make a comment and upload photos too if you wish and of course you can click the Like box and make us your friend. Hopefully this will get us a bit more publicity and encourage you all to keep checking up on what‟s happening. I was a bit disappointed with the response to this with only a mere 12 people liking us. Oh well you can‟t win „em all!

Committee Meeting At the Social Evening on 3rd August there will be Committee Meeting as well. Topics for the agenda include:

poor attendance at trials, poor attendance at the pub

night – should we look at a change of venue?

LRS developments AGM agenda Trial sites for next year

(Boughton Estate)

Christmas dinner – awards night

EEddiittoorriiaall

If you can be at the Committee

Meeting on Wednesday 3rd

August please do make every

effort to attend as there’s quite

a bit to discuss. Of special note

is the possibility that the club

may become what you could

term ‘land agents’ for a superb

off road site in the midlands

area. What to know more ?

Then pop along to the

Committee Meeting.

Despite the changeable

weather the long days are

great for offroading and

several of us have had

greenlaning trips out and

about in the local area. Its

great to get out and see the

countryside from a new angle.

I don’t know if you made it to

the Billing LRO show recently.

There was lots to see and do

with lots of bargains to be had

if you chose carefully amongst

the stalls. I didn’t get much

only a new grill for my snorkel

but it was good to go and see

what was on offer and watch

the twist-off Ramp competition.

Due to Augusts’ trial being

earlier in the month on the

21st

and my holidays it’s

unlikely that the magazine

will be out much before the

actual trail date. So if you get

your copy by post don’t panic

as it will be there eventually

but not much before the trial,

which is at Billesdon.

Cheerio Simon

Articles for inclusion in

Augusts’ magazine by

Sunday 13th

August

please.

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Viking Trial & LRS Challenge Dates

Date Venue Type Facilities RTV+/CCV RTV Showroom

19/12/10 Yarwell

Allen Sharp Chris Underwood Ray Lee

Ian Robertson

30/01/11 Tixover

Andy Shrive Andrew Weatherby

27/02/11 Stainby

Dave Andrews Angie Gomm

Steve Green

13/03/11 LRS R1 Newton Lodge,

Derbyshire

27/03/11 Duck End

Simon Goodall David Hedley

17/04/11 Coney Green

Ray Lee Jim Davies

Ruth Tallis

01/05/11 LRS R2 Uplands Coppice,

Glazeley, Bridgenorth. WV16

5LS

22/05/11 Marefield

Pip Evans Simon Biggs Alistair Scarlet

Chaze

05/06/11 LRS R3 Yarwell, Lincs.

PE8 6PN

26/06/11 Bullring Farm Harbury

Graham Lapidge Sue Carver

Ian Robertson

10/07/11 LRS R4

Duck End, Kettering, Northants. NN14 4AD

31/07/11 Newton Lodge

Jim Davies Richard / Dan Bryant

21/08/11 Billesdon

Simon Biggs Alistair Scarlet

Brian

04/09/11 LRS R5 Bickford Field, Shurdlington,

Cheltenham GL51 4XP

25/09/11 Yarwell

Dave Andrews James Brown

16/10/11 LRS R6 Coney Green,

Stourport, Worcestshire.

DY13 0TE

30/10/11 TBA

Dave Hedley

27/11/11 Stibbington

Simon Goodall Andrew Shaw

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Trial Fees £20.00 per trial for driver

£5.00 for 2nd driver/TYRO and £5.00

for passenger

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Chairman’s Chat

Hi All,

We are already into July - where

does the time go – and are into

the summer holiday period, so I

guess many of you are thinking

more about saving your cash for

you summer holiday than on

4x4 events. This is

understandable of course, but I

would like to ask everyone to

make an effort to attend trials

as the numbers are beginning to

dwindle. What this means is

that if the numbers are low, we

can not cover the cost of hiring

the venues.

The Bullring Farm event was

great, it’s an excellent site of

off-roading but we made a loss

on that one. Fortunately, it

wasn’t a big loss, but we can not

keep running at a loss.

This year, we have attracted

loads of new members thanks

to the success of the LRS

challenge series, so I would

appeal to the challenge guys to

go along to a trial and give this a

go. I always find it useful as a

shakedown test to make sure

everything is running properly

before entering the next

challenge.

Though the numbers at trials

are low, the same can not be

said for the challenge scene. The

LRS event at Duck End was yet

another resounding success – I

even managed to finish the

event - with a full entry capped

at 36 vehicles, with all entry fees

paid up in advance. The

challenge scene is vibrant and

has a buzz of excitement about

it. It also attracts sponsors and

the Duck End event was

individually sponsored by

Staffordshire 4x4 and they were

there at the end to hand over

some very generous prizes.

The main Land Rover shows all

happen in the summer months

and this year, I again went to

Billing Aquadrome this year. I

have to say that it was better

this year with more stalls than

last year. As per usual, I spent

more than I wanted to but all

the bits I bought will be put to

good use.

As you will be aware, we have a

Committee Meeting on the first

Wednesday in August. This is

open to all members so that

everyone has an opportunity to

raise any Viking issue in the AOB

section. There are a few issues

we need to discuss, but possibly

the most exciting item is the

possibility for the Viking Club to

have sole rights on two large

venues owned by the same land

owner near Kettering. Please try

to be there so that you can have

your say.

That’s all for now – Pip.

HELP! Have you got the Viking Flag?

I guess that someone has taken it put up at a show or at another event but I have no idea where it is now. If you have it, can you please bring it to the August committee meeting or to the next event. Many thanks, Pip.

HOW TO START A FIGHT

One year, I decided to buy

my mother-in-law a

cemetery plot as

a Christmas gift.

The next year, I didn't

buy her a gift.

When she asked me why, I

replied,

"Well, you still haven't

used the gift I bought you

last year!"

And that's how the fight

started.....

I took my wife to a

restaurant.

The waiter, for some

reason, took my order

first.

"I'll have the rump

steak, rare, please."

He said, "Aren't you

worried about the mad

cow?"

"Nah, she can order for

herself."

And that's when the fight

started.....

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2011 Committee

Chairman Pip Evans

01858 433128

Treasurer Matt Crabtree

01162 404250 Events Secretary Donna Bradley

01530 222168 Sites Co-ordinator

Pip Evans

01858 433128 Scorer Kevin Bradley &

Simon Goodall Awards Secretary

Kevin Bradley

01530 222168 General Secretary

Andy Shrive

01858 433775 Membership Secretary

Tony Davies

07850 314987 Social Secretary Vacant Position H&S Rep Simon Evans

01162 213956 Webmaster Simon Goodall

01858 445837 Magazine Editor Simon Goodall

01858 445837 CPO Andy Weatherby

07748 966555 Green Lane Rep Richard Jeacock

01858 463579 Youth Rep Richard Evans

01162 213956 Showroom Rep Ian Robertson

01455 208174 RTV Rep Ray Lee

02476 674732 RTV+ Rep Richard

Cumberland

07787 508854 Club Shop Pip Evans

01858 433128 Challenge Rep Allen Sharp

07974 082161 Chief Scrutineer Paul Cumberland

07860255303 General Committee Members

Bev Cumberland, Hayley Evans

MSA Rep Kevin Bradley

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RESULTS FROM BULLRING FARM

Tyro:

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Clayton Hedley 10 9 9 7 0 8 0 7 50

Showroom: Class 2

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Dave Hedley 10 9 8 0 0 8 0 0 35

Class 3

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Donna Bradley 0 7 8 5 0 6 2 0 28

S.H. Autos Modified Showroom

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Chaze Melluish 5 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 21

RTV: Class 2

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Alistair Scarlet 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 11

Andy Shrive 7 0 0 9 7 3 0 4 30

C Underwood 0 0 0 8 5 7 9 8 37

Class 3

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Simon Goodall 7 8 0 9 8 4 6 0 42

Angie Gomm 2 4 4 9 8 9 6 7 49

RTV Modified Invitation

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Ray Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Andrews 2 0 0 5 8 4 8 9 36

RTV+: Class 2

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Pip Evans 8 7 6 0 3 0 0 6 5 4 3 9 51

Tom Gardner 3 9 4 4 3 1 0 6 8 5 9 9 61

Class 3

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total

Richard Frost 0 1 4 5 2 0 5 6 8 3 0 4 38

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this would contravene the Data Protection Act. Please could you take 5 minutes and sign up for their newsletter

on their website www.rockinghamlandrovers.co.uk Just follow the link on the front page. They have also

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LRS Challenge. Staffordshire 4x4 Ltd Round 4 - Duck End History is littered with fine examples of brave men selflessly sacrificing themselves for a noble cause. Before they can do this, they must of course have a cause worthy enough for them to martyr themselves for. The LRS Challenge series has now become just such a cause While bravely facing down the menace of steep rocky slopes, brambles and thorn bushes, Andy Dunnicliffe and Dave Middleton were setting out before the event when they jumped out of their truck and landed right on top of a wasps nest. They both received several dozen stings and were clearly in some considerable pain but they valiantly carried on and worked hard all the next day to help run the event. True heroes! On a gloriously hot, sunny July day, the LRS Challenge series rolled up at the

Duck End off-road site near Kettering. This event was individually sponsored by Staffordshire 4x4 Ltd. They are a new company based in Newcastle Under Lyme and cater for all manner of 4x4 requirements, supplying 4x4 kit and services, they are also approved builders of the iconic Ibex vehicles. There had been a few problems in the

run up to the event, not with the venue itself but in finding an area large enough to accommodate the whole LRS entourage in one area. Thankfully, a neighbouring farmer came to the rescue and allowed us to use a field which bordered the site. As per usual the organising team ensured that everything ran like clockwork and the driver‟s briefing was held dead on time. At 10.00am, everyone headed off in all directions into the site to hunt for the punches. Duck End is not a particularly wooded

site but for some reason, the punches were initially quite hard to find. At the start of a challenge event, one usually comes across no end of vehicles dangling from a punch here and there, but on this occasion there were trucks driving in all directions and no one knew where the punches were. Of course, this didn‟t last for very long and once competitors started to locate the

punches, there were tell-tale tracks to indicate that there may be something lurking in the nearby undergrowth. As well as the usual punch hunt, the organisers had set up a short timed special section and all competitors had to fill in a log sheet at the start of the event to declare what time they wanted to do the special. The clock would start at the allotted time whether the competitor was there or not. If the competitor did not get there on time, they would accrue the maximum score for the section. It was a clever plan to

make sure that there was enough time to get everyone through within the 6 hour event and no one would have to queue up to wait their turn. It was a double loop section, designed for two trucks to run at the same time with a cross-over in the middle. The idea was great, but one loop was much shorter than the other, so there were occasions where the guys starting on the short loop caught up with the guys on the long loop and were held up on the section. Hopefully, the loops will be of more equal lengths in future to avoid this problem. As per usual there were the inevitable breakdowns but nowhere near as much as usual. The LRS facebook group was alive with tales of the day. Craig Byford of Team 16 reported having a puncture while the truck was still on the trailer. Paul Lambeth of Team 21 reported a broken front winch line on their first punch, but managed to soldier on with just the rear. Si Sagar of Team 12 stated that a dunking in some deep water somehow managed to fix a problem with a rear winch. He managed to mangle the rear end of his

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truck and is now contemplating a tray-back conversion. Roger Smith of Team 13 reported losing his brakes and common sense as he got lost while driving around the special stage. (It had tape around it to guide you Roger!) Andrew Shrive of Team 9 remarked that everything went well for a change. They managed to get to the end of the event with just one break in the rear winch line.

As per usual the proceedings came to a close at 16.00, with several of the winch-men wilting under the hot sunny conditions. Many of them also looked like they had been wrestling with tigers as they had been savaged by the brambles on the site. Kevin Bradley again crunched the numbers in record time and announced the results within 30 minutes of the

finish. Things were close at the top of class 1 with the second place team of Ben Mark and Chris Sutcliffe less than one punch score behind the victorious Carl Bunting and Craig Howard. In class 2, Simon Lee and Jonathan Wood trounced the opposition as has become the norm with 6303 points. However 2nd to 5th places were very close, with just one punch score between them. Once again, the class act of the event and by far and away the clear winners in class 3 were Allen and David Sharpe. Not only did they have a colossal 7278 points, but they managed to collect all 50 punches a full 45 minutes before the finish time. What do these guys have for breakfast? Having said this, the ever improving Wayne Newton and Simon Allen finished a very strong second and were less than 1000 points behind the

Sharpes. The recipient of the Timbertown Trophies Best Photo competition for her photo taken at the last event was Catherine Smith. The guys from event sponsors Staffordshire 4x4 were there to hand over the very generous prizes to each of the class winning teams and series sponsor Derrick Johnson

proprietor of LRS handed out the winning trophies. As per usual a great time was had by all, the LRS series is now on its summer break and will reconvene on September 4th at a new site at Shurdlington near Cheltenham. Once again a huge thanks to all the marshals without whom we just could not operate. For more information see the LRS Challenge website.

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Showroom & RTV at Bull

Ring Farm

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Issuu

Issuu is the on-line site where we publish this magazine.

I could just email you all a copy of the magazine and you can read it

on your PC in pdf format. However, I thought that the unique page

turning views of Issuu and the fact that we can embed the whole

magazine in the Viking website was

worth the extra hassle of me uploading the magazine to the site.

I can also get some statistics of how many people have read the

magazine and as you can see from

the graph above most people read it as soon as it comes out but then

there‟s a blip in the graph just before the trial as people check the

directions. Some members have said that they

cannot get a print out of a page,

particularly the directions to a site. I was under the impression that

this was possible if you joined Issuu – its free – then the print button

would work and you can also

download a copy to print off from your PC.

If this is not working as it should then please do let me know and I‟ll

see what I can do to help matters

along.

Simon

YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD? WELL.....YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE! MY NAME IS ALICE SMITH AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DENTAL DIPLOMA WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME. SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS SOME 30-ODD YEARS AGO. COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN? UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT. THIS BALDING, GREY HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS FAR TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE. AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK SECONDARY SCHOOL . 'YES, YES I DID. I'M A MORGANNER! ' HE BEAMED WITH PRIDE. 'WHEN DID YOU LEAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE?' I ASKED HE ANSWERED, IN 1965. WHY DO YOU ASK? 'YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!' I EXCLAIMED.

HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY. THEN THAT UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED, FAT ARSED, GREY HAIRED, DECREPIT, BASTARD ASKED.... 'WHAT DID YOU TEACH?'

An old, blind cowboy wanders into

an all-girl biker bar by mistake.

He finds his way to a bar stool and

orders some coffee.

After sitting there for a while, he

yells to the waiter, "Hey, you wanna

hear a blonde joke?"

The bar immediately falls absolutely

silent.

In a very deep, husky voice, the

woman next to him says,

"Before you tell that joke, Cowboy, I

think it is only fair, considering that

you are blind, that you should know

five things:

1. The bartender is a blonde girl

with a baseball bat.

2. The bouncer is a blonde girl.

3. I'm a 6-foot tall, 175-pound

blonde woman with a black belt in

karate.

4. The woman sitting next to me is

blonde and a professional

weightlifter.

5. The lady to your right is blonde

and a professional wrestler.

Now, think about it seriously,

Mister. Do you still wanna tell that

joke?"

The blind cowboy thinks for a

second, shakes his head, and

mutters,

"No...not if I'm gonna have to

explain it five times."

My wife was hinting about

what she wanted for our

upcoming anniversary.

She said, "I want

something shiny that goes

from 0 to 150 in about 3

seconds."

I bought her a bathroom

scale…and that’s how the

fight started!

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Reports From BullRing

Farm Trial

Showroom

First time I have been to Harbury and was greeted by Graham and

the happy campers on arrival on the Saturday morning to set up,

later on was i glad they were there!

Within 5 minutes of riding around looking for a site to start on we got

stuck and had to winch ourselves

out. First section was laid out then most of the second but driving it I

decided a 3rd crossing of the “dry” gully would be a good place for the

1 gate. Wrong, I ended up nose

down in a big mud hole completely stuck. After some searching my

helpers found Graham who came to the rescue and dragged us out.

Having set up 4 sections we headed

home thinking we would probably loose people between sections

tomorrow.

We started with only 2 competitors, Donna and Chaze and were

through the first and second

sections picking up points and Chaze being shaken apart on the

deep cross axles. At that point Dave and Clayton appeared

through the trees having made a

huge journey from Spalding. This meant we had 4 drivers all in

different classes. Unfortunately the regs say that we had to award 10

point each for the first missed

section but the guys were still able to drive the first two ( after

coughing up £5 late fee ! ). Dave‟s morning went from bad to worse as

we heard a crash and he re papered with the remains of a spot

light hanging off his grill and was

immediately awarded the Showroom Tree Hugger of the

Month award.

Reversal of 2 was very slippy with many points being picked up in the

muddy conditions.

4 Was a reversal of 1 and everyone was aware of Dave‟s tree in this

direction but in avoiding this Donna

and Chaze picked up points in the

ruts. Undeterred Dave made it with a fag paper between aluminium

and wood again to finish the section clear. Clayton picked up a

7.

An early lunch was called and what

a difference a morning of sunshine on the upper end of the site made

to the afternoons sections.

At section 5 the one muddy stretch leading to a tight left had

completely dried and the field cruised round for 4 clears.

Controversy raged at the reverse

when we were not sure if Dave and Clayton had picked up points or (

Kevin to adjudicate ! ) so the main event was Clayton emulating his

father by coming into contact with another vertical timber structure (

not a telegraph pole ).

For 7 we used half of the RTV

section by which time a good size whole had been carved but all got

through except Donna who was a little tentative with the right foot

and collected a 4. Less said about Chaze attempting an alternative,

ambitious, route to the start gate.

There was no messing on the reverse and everyone cleared.

Deciding to call it a day we used

another RTV section as a non points scoring section, thanks for

leaving it out .

PS Richard and Dan. Donna has the canes etc so we will need to collect for set up at Newton Lodge. Liaise with whoever is setting up for the other groups for site access etc. I may not be there so make sure someone takes the kit to set up at the next event please.

RTV

No one can accuse Graham and Sue of being tight but the other

Sunday was a different matter altogether! Tight was not the word

for it as we squeezed in between the trees on section 1 trying

desperately not to leave paintwork

or anything metal on the bark, not that that would have deterred Chris

from ploughing through the

undergrowth! Section 1 was very, very tight up the hill through the

trees and equally as tight if not more so coming back down. The

damage to Graham‟s Discos Alpine

window done when setting up bore testament to just how tight it was

and we certainly did not want to replicate that! We threaded our

way up through those trees and

back down again very, very carefully with most cars picking up

points along the way.

But I digress! I had an adventure on the way to the site even before

the trialling started! Andy Shrive

had suggested we do a few greenlanes on the way there and so

we did. They were good lanes with a mixture of tree line tracks and

open field tracks all with a firm

base. I also saw two Range Rover Evokes, Land Rover‟s newest model

and not yet on sale in the showrooms, out for an early

morning spin. I guess being near to Gaydon might have had something

to do with that.

Not having been to Bull Ring Farm

before I wasn‟t sure what to expect. The trees in section 1 & 2

were not a great beginning and I

was picking up too many points. Sections 3& 4 were better although

tricky in a different way. Graham and Sue used the big hill off to the

left of the car park which had a

really steep section in it and then along the bottom of the valley. Not

too bad one way and I got clear but

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coming back I didn‟t even get as far

as the hill as being first up I had not noticed just what and angle

gate 9 was and managed to clip it so the two attempts I had at the

hill didn‟t really matter anyway!

After lunch it was back into the

trees. I spotted the gate for a shunt but still managed to clip the cane

and coming back was no better

either. This section was again very tight, winding in between trees. Not

tight like section 1 but just tight corners to get around. The site is

basically a wood, despite its name, and if you didn‟t get along on that

Sunday, just think of the Padley

Wood site and you won‟t be far wrong. So trees were the order of

the day and how to avoid them and get in between them at the best

angles. Some of the guys took long

detours here to approach gates, Alistair making such a long one that

he completely got lost!

The final two sections were much better. Still lots of trees but much

more manageable. Much more

manageable that is if you could remember the way as one tree

looks very similar to another! Through the trees, round a very

tight mound up and over with little

grunt at that point and then down a steep bank with a very tight gate at

the bottom and finally up another steep bank with a nasty turn at the

top. Typical Graham! I didn‟t do too

bad on this one in fact getting a clear on the way back.

Good day – yes it was, the sun

shone all day and the trees provided some welcome shade.

Had it been wet the site would

have been different again and very, very difficult and slippery.

RTV+

Bullring Farm RTV+ Report. I had booked the Bullring Farm off-

road site for the first time this year

after having competed there on a Challenge event last year. None of

the Viking trials guys had been there before, so it was great to be

able to explore a brand new site. I

was hoping that we would get loads of competitors to come along

to see what the new site was like, but sadly only 13 drivers came

along to give it a go. Last month‟s

event at Marefield had been the biggest turnout for RTV+ I‟ve ever

known, but it was back to earth with a bump for this one, as only

three of us were there. This was a

shame as it proved to be an excellent site.

Richard Cumberland had set this one up for us, and after the usual

formalities of signing on and scrutineering, Richie led us off into

the site. Bullring is usually a very

muddy site, but the dry weather in recent weeks meant that water

levels were very low and much of the mud was dry enough to be able

to drive over. Having said this, it

had rained a bit on Saturday, so things were a bit greasy when the

guys were setting up. It was a gloriously hot, sunny day on the

Sunday, so sections that were only just driveable on Saturday were

much easier to drive on the

Sunday.

All the sections were relatively straight forward and easy to follow,

with none of the complicated brain

teasers we‟d had at Marefield. Richie Frost started with a flourish

and cleared section one and only scored a 1 when this was reversed,

but Pip and Tom did not have the

benefit of a shunt and collected some high scores on these two

sections. Thankfully, things evened out for the rest of the days‟

sections with very little to choose between all of the scores. With just

three competitors, were rattled

through the sections in very quick succession and had completed six

sections by the lunch break. After lunch, things got a bit tougher

as Richie had used the steeper,

muddier parts of the venue. Things had gone pretty well up until now

with no one getting stuck with the resulting time consuming tow-outs.

However, one section had a very tight turn around a big tree with a

drop into deep mud off to one side,

Richie Frost was able to use his

shunt to good advantage to get

around, but neither Tom or Pip were able to make the turn and

both of them ended up at the bottom of an undriveable gully.

Fortunately, they are both equipped

with a winch, so they were able to self recover with little time wasted.

We had completed all 10 sections

by about 15.00, so we decided to

set up one more section to make the most of the day. Sadly, Tom

took the wrong route on this one and drove the wrong way through

the 9 gate and collected 9 points for his error. We were all a bit

weary by now, but seeing as it was

still relatively early, we reversed this section, with a couple of

tweaks to make the 12th section of the day. Richie Frost again did well

with the benefit of a shunt, but

sadly both Pip and Tom failed to get out of a muddy rut to get

through the 9 gate.

It had been a good day and it was great to have a go at a completely

new venue. Everyone, seemed to

have enjoyed themselves at Bullring and I would certainly like to

visit the place again next year.

Saturday morning I got up

early, quietly dressed,

made my lunch, and slipped

quietly into the garage.

I hooked up the boat up to

the van and proceeded to

back out into a torrential

downpour. The wind was

blowing 50mph, so I pulled

back into the garage,

turned on the radio, and

discovered that the

weather would be bad all

day. I went back into the

house, quietly undressed,

and slipped back

into bed. I cuddled up to

my wife's back; now with a

different anticipation,

and whispered, "The

weather out there is

terrible."

My loving wife of 5 years

replied, "And, can you

believe my stupid husband

is out fishing in that?"

And that's how the fight

started...

JULY 2011

TYRO Name D J F M A M J J A S O N Set Total

Clayton Hedley - 3 4 4 - - 4 15

Dan Bryant - 4 - 4 - 3 - 11

Joe Bryant - - - 3 - 4 - 7

Richard Evans 4 - - - - - - 4

Liam Gee - - - - - 2 - 2

Showroom 1 Name D J F M A M J J A S O N Set Total

Richard Bryant - 4 - 4 - 4 - 12

Steve Green - - S - - - - 4 4


David Hedley - 4 4 S - - 4 4 16


Donna Bradley - 4 4 4 - 3 4 19

James Brown - 1 3 3 - 4 - 11

Steve Green 4 3 - - - - - 7

Michael Cockram 3 2 - - - - - 5

SH Autos Modified Showroom Name D J F M A M J J A S O N Set Total

Ian Robertson S 3 3 - 2 3 S 8 19

Chaze Melluish - 2 4 - - S 4 4 14

Andrew Shaw - 1 - 4 - 4 - 9

Simon Evans 4 - - - - - - 4

Andrew Weatherby - S - - - - - 4 4

Richard Jeacock - 4 - - - - - 4

Shaun Russell - - - - 4 - - 4

Dave Ellard - - - - 3 - - 3

Kim Andressen - - - - 1 - - 1

RTV 1 Name D J F M A M J J A S O N Set Total

0


Alistair Scarlet 4 4 4 4 4 S 4 4 28

Chris S 2 1 - 3 4 2 4 16

Underwood

Simon Biggs - 3 3 3 - S - 4 13

Andrew Shrive 3 S - - - - 3 4 10

David Parks 2 - - - - - - 2

Brian Davis - - 2 - - - - 2

Richard Parks 1 - - - - - - 1


Jim Davies 3 4 4 4 S 3 - 4 22

Angie Gomm 4 3 S - 4 - 3 4 18

Simon Goodall 2 2 3 S - 2 4 4 17

Graham Lapidge - 4 - - 4 4 S 4 16

Sue Carver - - - - - - S 4 4

RTV Modified Invitation Name D J F M A M J J A S O N Set Total

Ray Lee S 3 4 4 S 4 4 8 27

Dave Andrews 4 4 S - - 3 3 4 18

RTV+ 1 Name D J F M A M J J A S O N Set Total

Richard Cumberland 4 4 - - 3 4 S 4 19

Paul Cumberland - - - - 4 3 - 7


Pip Evans - - 4 3 3 S 4 4 18

Tom Gardner - 3 - 4 4 2 3 16

David Parks - - 4 - 2 4 - 10

Paul Cumberland 4 4 - - - - - 8

Richard Parks - - 3 - 1 3 - 7


Richard Frost 4 4 4 3 S 4 4 4 27

Allen Sharp S 3 S 4 4 3 - 8 22

2011 CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES H

The next social evening is on Wednesday 3rd August 7.30pm at the Rose & Crown, Houghton on the Hill.

JULY 2011

How to get to

Newton Lodge

DE73 8BQ

Approx post code only

Were are back to one of the

club‟s favourite sites this

month. Please do take care

when on the site as the land

owner is usually around and he

takes a dim view of people

damaging his site especially

winching off trees without

using an appropriate strop!

Coming from Leicester

Leave the M1 and Jnc 23a and

head towards the airport. Drive

past the airport and the right

turn to Castle Donington

village. Take the next right turn

to Kings Newton.

After the entrance to the motor

racing circuit‟s pit area look out

for the track on the right to the

site.

Club rules and etiquette apply

No driving the site on Saturday

No joyriding between sections

Site speed limit 10 mph All dogs on leads Please keep children under

control and if they travel in a vehicle they must have the correct age related seats and restraints.

DEAF WIFE.....

A man feared his wife wasn't hearing

as well as she used to and he thought

she might need a hearing aid.

Not quite sure how to approach her,

he called the family doctor to discuss

the problem.

The Doctor told him there is a simple

informal test the husband could

perform to give the doctor a better

idea about her hearing loss.

Here's what you do," said the Doctor,

"stand about 40 feet away from her,

and in a normal conversational

speaking tone see if she hears you.

If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and

so on until you get a response."

That evening, the wife is in the

kitchen cooking dinner, and he was

in the den. He says to himself, "I'm

about 40 feet away, let's see what

happens."

Then in a normal tone he asks,

'Honey, what's for dinner?"

No response..

So the husband moves closer to the

kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife

and repeats, "Honey, what's for

dinner?"

Still no response.

Next he moves into the dining room

where he is about 20 feet from his

wife and asks, "Honey, what's for

dinner?"

Again no response.

So, he walks up to the kitchen door,

about 10 feet away.. "Honey, what's

for dinner?"

Again there is no response.

So he walks right up behind her...

"Honey, what's for dinner?"

"Ralph, for THE FIFTH time,

CHICKEN!"

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