Wirral Branch Monthly Report (With 'subtle' comments from Pete)
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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

Mines a mild
It is good to have Dave back as club scribe with his usual monthly jibes at one or more of our stalwart crew.