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Newsletter May-JuneEditor: Gavin Millar Tel 07500 565097 |
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NEXT MEETING.
The next meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday 6th July 2010 in the Clarion Hotel Carrickfergus at 7.30 pm. ( June`s meeting being the Chip Shop Run)If you need an entry form
You can download one from EAOVC Events Page for non club events www.aovc.co.uk or contact Gavin Millar at Email or Mobile 07500 565097. If you are having difficulty downloading a copy contact Gavin.
Club events coming up.
Late Members Run Sunday 16th May 2010
Meeting point is McDonalds Restaurant at Sprucefield at 11.00 am then by way of 50 / 55 mile drive to Newcastle, the route will take in Hillsbrourgh, Dromara and then to Castlewellan where we will stop for a (BYO) picnic lunch by the lake. Afterwards we will drive via Byransford to Spelga and via Glassdrumman to the Golf Links House Restaurant in Newcastle for our early evening meal. Closing date for entries and allow time top book meals etc will be on Tuesday 11th of May.Contact Event Manager Gavin Millar on 028 90848863 or 07500 565097 - LATE ENTRIES CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.
TRIUMPH CLUB NI 16TH ANNUAL MAY FAIR CLASSIC CAVALCADE ON SATURDAY 29TH MAY
Entry form can be obtained at www.aovc.co.uk. Also can you let Robert Raj know if you are attending re our club stand.Patterson Spade Mill Static Display on Saturday 29th of May
This is a non club event so please contact the National Trust at Patterson`s Spade Mill at 751 Antrim Road, Templepatrick. Ph 028 94433619 for details etc.Chip Run Tuesday 1st June
Departing from the Tempatrick Park and Ride car park at the Templepatrick roundabout at 7.00 PM sharp. Please note the maximum number of people (not cars) who can go will be 44, this due to the size of the chip shop, so book early. Cost is £7.00 per person. You can down load an entry form from the EAOVC site or give Gavin a call on 07500 565097 to obtain one. Event Manager Martin WaterworthFriday 4th of June ” Dream Night” For NI Children`s Hospice
We need 8 to 10 cars for a display at 5.00pm at Belfast Zoo on this evening, if you are interested please ring Robert on 90842993.Mosney Weekend Run 12/13th June
At time of going to print exact details are not available, but as a brief outline it is proposed to travel down on the Saturday, overnight in a nearby hotel. Please contact Brian Hamilton if you are interested and he will keep you up to date as arrangements develop. Event Manager Brian Hamilton 0771 2874679SATURDAY 19TH JUNE KILBRONEY DISPLAY
For your information only at this time, entries can be obtained from :-www.newryand mourne.gov.uk/downloads or from Gavin who has a few spare copies, also if you are going please contact Robert re our club stand.The Musgrave Park Hospital Static Display
Change of date, this event has been moved from Sunday 15th August to now Sunday 20th of June and Morris Walker is the event manager to contact.Treasure Hunt and Barbecue 17th of July
Details are being put together as this goes to print but as an outline it is to be held at Richard Hunters bar and restaurant which is known as to all as Billy Andy`s which is located in downtown Raloo (near Larne). This venue is well known in the hinterland around Glenoe and Raloo and makes the like of The Hard Rock Café scene look tame! Anyway the event manager is Norman Neill and details will follow ASAP so keep an eye on the web site.AOVC Static Display Ballymena Saturday 26th June
As per last year if you are entered for this event we have an EAOVC stand, please let Robert Raj know if you are going, also this event does require help to run it, so if you have not already signed on to help on the day for an hour of your time please do so via Robert or Gavin.
BELFAST-PORTRUSH CAVALCADE Sunday 1st August 2010
Get your entry in ASAP, places are going fast! BALLOT BOOKS. As usual one or two books are being sent to you with this Newsletter. Please make a special effort to sell the tickets (there are only 10 in each book). IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DON’T WANT TO SELL THE BALLOTS, PLEASE RETURN THE BOOK/S IMMEDIATELY TO: Robert Raj, 16 Glencraig Gardens, Newtownabbey, BT36 5GG. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EACH MEMBER ADHERES TO ROBERTS REQUEST. When you have disposed of the book/s, please return the counterfoil together with your cheque to Robert at the above address. Robert knows that you have always been very supportive for the club’s charity and this year is not going be any different. We depend on your support. Now a little about the charity for this year:The charity chosen at the AGM was Mid Antrim Animal Sanctuary. Read more here
Event Managers
Please note that you are required to have all details of your event available to go into print i.e. entry forms etc at least two months prior to your event, sorry folks but we are now too big for wing and a prayer type administration, we have to get entry forms out well in advance. Reports from previous eventsReports from previous events
News Flash
News has just broken that our club president, Brian Hamilton won with his magnificent 1933 Morris Minor, Read more..
DINNER DANCE
With 134 members and guests attending our 15th annual dinner dance which was held at the Clarion Hotel in Carrickfergus, this year’s dinner dance was a great success and hailed as the best ever. Read more..Big Guns Out At Easter!!
EAOVC on tour to Inishowen, Co Donegal. Twenty two club members turned up at the Chimney Corner Hotel on Easter Saturday.. Read More..Coleman’s Garden Centre Run & Static Display Sunday 25th April 2010
So at the appointed hour last Sunday morning under the shadow of Carrickfergus Castle a scene from Gunfight at the OK Corral was being reenacted, Read more..Metal Car Badges
These have been ordered and will in stock by the end of May, order yours now by phoning Robert on 90842993.FLEECES, POLO SHIRTS & SWEATSHIRTS
Fleece Quilted £ 30 Shirts and Sweatshirts @ £15 Short or long SleevePlease ring Heather at 9083 8004 for details and availability.
YOU’RE VECHILE ON THE WEBSITE
Is your vehicle and maybe your photograph and some write up about your vehicle on the website? It is time it was. Please send a photo of your vehicle and yourself with some details by email to: Andy. Speaking of the website, if you take a look you can see what`s for sale, what’s going on and generally keep up to date faster than the newsletter. Also the member’s forum is the best way to express your point of view in between meetings. Again well done to Andrew Leckey for all the hard work that has gone into your website, which from now on will be the Clubs medium of choice for general communication etc.FOR SALE
Daimler 2.5 V8 1964. Mot'd and taxted to June 2010. Car in good condition and has done a lot of the EAOVC runs over the past 10 years. I would like to get about £6000 - 7000 for it.Pictures can be found at the for sale section, ,Click Here, of the EAOVC website
Ring Jonathan McAuley at 028 2583 1437
Editors Note.
If you take a look on the web site you will see a lot of hard work being put in by Andy plus my thanks also goes to those who have sent in photos of various events – more please.Gavin.
Disclaimer The views expressed may not be those of the EAOVC.