In the eleven years of Porsche Centre Wilmslow hosting our annual club night this was our best attended evening with 192 members signed in and possibly quite a few more besides.
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Dealer Principal, Jason Shenton introduced the proceedings followed by former English racing driver, John Fitzpatrick talking about ‘Fitz – My Life at the Wheel’, promoting his autobiography and signing copies of his book. Robin Longdon added to the evening by bringing along a half scale model of the ‘Moby Dick’ Porsche 935 Le Mans car which featured prominently in John’s racing career.
The Great North Pie Co provided a tasty hot treat for our upper crust members with an artisan pie ‘n’ mash supper, just the job for a cold November night.
The sale of discontinued ‘Porsche Selection’ items was a great opportunity to secure some early Christmas gifts at hugely discounted prices and was a complete sell out.
The evening was rounded off with a series of awards beginning with the ‘Favourite Porsche’ chosen by members at the Oulton Park Gold Cup August Bank Holiday Weekend.
Robin Longdon’s 1973 2.7 RS was the overall favourite with Philip Beechcroft’s 356 coming second and Steve Kings’ 993 GT3 RS taking third prize. Both RS’s were on display in the showroom but unfortunately Philip could not attend.
In the raffle the champagne went to third prize winner Richard Wright with a signed copy of Fitz’s book going to Fiona Bryan for second.
To make the first prize a little more special this year the winner of the Silverstone prize, Arran Maclean will be chauffeur driven for the day out in a new Panamera to ensure arriving fresh for a half day of the ultimate driving experience.
Oliver Beddoe proved his knowledge of Porsche by winning the quiz and bagging the Porsche holdall.
Many thanks to Jason and his staff for supporting Region 5 with such a wonderful club night and also his generosity in the amazing prizes.
The evening was documented by Salford University students, Sophie Davis, Elliot Davies and Lewis Campbell-Thompson producing a very professional video of the evening which is available to view on the Region 5 News section of the PCGB website.