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Dear All,
The inclement weather led to the
cancellation of the first two runs of the year. Luckily the Christmas
pub crawl of Liverpool wasn’t affected as we got the bus – although
crawl is a bit of a misnomer as we only visited three pubs, the
Lion tavern, Rigbys and the Vernon Arms.
The existing committee were re-elected en masse at the AGM; Tommy
chairman, Ken treasurer, Rob secretary, Pete webmaster and runs
captain, John midweek runs, Paul rally sec and me scribe. Tommy
began by running through last year’s minutes and it became apparent
that whilst some worthy motions had been agreed, nobody had been
given responsibility for carrying them out and they soon got forgotten.
It looked like the sidecar club in the car park with Dave Levene
(Rocket 3/Oxford), Tarka (Ural) and me with the LE Sport chair
on my Bonnie!
Paul’s had some difficulty getting members to cough up for rally
tickets and Ken advised use of the club cheque book in future
and also to claim any bulk discounts on offer. He will be booking
camping at Bainland and intends to do the Farmyard and Offas Dyke
rally again but is currently trying to get his combo running to
attempt the Krystal rally. We are also hoping to get a weekend
in the Lakes organised during April staying at B+Bs for those
too old to camp.
The Xmas dinner arouses strong emotions among some members and
a heated debate ensued, at the end of which it was decided to
rename it the Spring Roll and have it at Buffet 88 in Conway St,
Birkenhead. We have used this venue previously when it was called
Regentville, it is a Chinese buffet restaurant where you can eat
as much as you want. All branch members and spouses are welcome;
Tarka, who is arranging it, requires a £10 per person deposit
as soon as possible (by end of Feb latest) to ensure your place.
This will be refunded to full members on arrival at the restaurant
but non-attendance means you lose the deposit.
Email tarkas@ntlworld.com or phone 07950 110036.
Dave
& additional comments by Pete
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It
is good to have Dave back as club scribe with his usual
monthly jibes at one or more of our stalwart crew.
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