Welcome

Welcome to the Shropshire Section of the Vintage Motorcycle Club website. Feel free to have a look around - our Calendar shows our meetings and runs for 2008.

If you wish to join us at any of our meetings, you can find us at The Horseshoes Inn, Dorrington on the last Wednesday of each month at 8pm. New members are very welcome. Each club night is different. One month we may have a quiz or a "Noggin' & Natter", and the next we may have a special guest giving a talk.

For more information email the Chairman Derek Trow at or telephone 01686 670626.

An Invitation to Celebrate Roy Giles' Life

Club member Roy Giles passed peacefully away on the 23rd August 2008 at the Manx Grand Prix.

There will be a remembrance party for Roy in Kerry Village Hall on Saturday the 15th November 2008 at 14:00 to celebrate his life and love of motorcycles and Motorcycle Road Racing and all his friends are welcome.

The party will then continue in The Kerry Lamb for drinks and a buffet to allow for story telling and of course, the odd song or two.

The Address of the Village Hall is:
Kerry Village Hall
Kerry
Newtown
POWYS
SY16

There is limited accommodation in the village of Kerry, however I am advised there are lots of bed and breakfast accommodation in the near by town of Newtown. For the really hardy people, there is also a camp site in Newtown. I am told Taxi fares are around £5.00 from Kerry to Newtown for those that would like a drink and not risk the important driving licence.

We do not wish any one to provide any flowers and but instead would like donations for the Manx Grand Prix Helicopter Fund.

If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please make cheques or Postal Orders Payable to:
Manx Grand Prix Helicopter Fund

If any one would like to contribute to the remembrance speeches for Roy at the village hall, you will be most welcome so could you please let me know and I will create a suitable point for you to do so.

I would also like an idea of the number of attendees to the Party just so I can organise a suitable buffet.

You can contact me via email using the following email address: or by telephone on 0117 9863044 (Evenings)

Or at the following address:
9 Staple Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2HB

Many thanks
Peter Giles

News

Shropshire Section VMCC - Annual Dinner

This year our annual dinner will be held at The Plough, Wall-under-Haywood near Church Stretton on Saturday 29th November. Our guest speaker is Ron Langston and the dinner is priced at £20 per person. Bookings and payment are to be received by 2nd November. For more information please contact Derek Trow.

Why not join us on our Weekend Away 14th/15th/16th February 2009 to Somerset

We will be visiting:

The Haynes International Motor Museum - It has motorcycles and over 350 cars exhibited indoors and a Military Exhibition outside.

The Fleet Air Arm Museum - Here we will have a welcome briefing, then go onboard Concorde, see the award winning aircraft carrier experience and also see Europe’s largest collection of Naval Aircraft, situated on an operational naval air station.

The Westonzoyland Pumping Station - They have the largest collection of working steam stationary engines. There are other fuel driven engines on display and two narrow gauge rail engines. They also have a small water wheel.

The Avalon Vine Yard. We will explore their range of organic wines, fruit wines, mead and cider. They produce Somerset cider made in the traditional way. All their products are hand produced on a small scale and are available for sale in their Vine Yard Shop.

Accommodation has been reserved at Holiday Inn, Taunton.

On our way home we hope to visit the historic City of Bath for a couple of hours.

The cost of the trip is £160 per person, which includes travel, entry to the above museums, evening meal, bed & breakfast. (Lunch time meals are not included in the price). Insurance is available at £10.00 per person.

We will be leaving The Square, Kerry at 7am on Saturday 14th February, with pickup points at the Blue Bell, Hyssington Junction, Hope Garage, Minsterley Bus Stop and Dobbies, Shrewsbury (arrangements can be made for other stops).

Bookings must be received by Wednesday 12th November 2008.

On booking a deposit of £30.00 per person is required, with the balance payable by 7th January 2009.

Further details and booking forms available from Derek Trow – Tel: 01686 670626 or Mobile: 07904701022.