Also things like Region 8 (East Midlands) have their annual day out at Chatsworth, 1st July this year.
Is it 30 years of the 944 this year??
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pauljmcnulty
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You're absolutely right, Colin. I think the point is that we might all be able to make a weekend away somewhere like the Midlands once each year, but that's the only time we'll all spend the hundreds of £s needed. The problem is that if we try to organise too many big events people will actually not go to any; as John Sims has said, we like to know that a good load of us will be going before we commit.
More local events, costing next-to-nothing, seems to make more sense. If a local get-together at a garage in Scotland has a larger turnout of 944 owners than the massive event Porsche laid on for us (and dozens of us gave up a weekend to organise) by giving us the entire Silverstone centre and all the rides for only £10, then we need to accept that people don't want to go more than one big event each year. [8|]
I agree with you Paul.None of us has endless supplies of money and time.I think this year then Chateux Impney would seen to be the logical loction for an official bash.It's already on and most of us are PCGB members.Apart from that then more informat meetings at a garage or pub would seem like the more logical choice.Even meeting for a picnic and car chat at a country park or statley home some where in the middle of the country were we could just turn up without having to go to the effort or expence of organising a big do at somewhere like silverstone or simmilar.Maybe if we set a date in august or late july and pick a venue in the middle then a few more of us would turn up,if all we had to pay was petrol and sandwiches.I would happily help with the registar if I knew what wasrequired and how to get invoved. By the way our furthest traveled person to turn up at Alistairs was Frenchy who drove two and a half hours to get there; proving that we are willing to travel for a day as long as is not all the way down south.
Suffolk944
Moderator
Personally I'd love a gathering in the middle of the country somewhere - Manchester/Yorkshire etc. Perhaps one of the problems for anyone who has been involved in club events for a while is that they do tend to be in the same places each year so after a while it all gets a bit "samey" I missed Cotswolds last year through illness so am really looking forward to that this year but made a concious decision to skip Porsche and Polo as had done that for the previous few years and the feeling was "been there , done that". Not decrying the event itself as its a lovely day out and will be going this year again (even better as its going back to a lower key gathering) but club events can all get a bit "groundhog day". Similarly am going to Silverstone Classic as I have done for a number of years now but just for the one day as that feels more than enough this year.
Ultimately there is a limited number of event types that can organised - generally in one way or another they involve parking up in a field/car park somewhere. For me what will keep things fresh is varying the locations more around the country. Driving my 944 to somewhere I have never been to before sounds like alot of fun - driving it down the same roads to the same venues year after year rather less so.
Ultimately there is a limited number of event types that can organised - generally in one way or another they involve parking up in a field/car park somewhere. For me what will keep things fresh is varying the locations more around the country. Driving my 944 to somewhere I have never been to before sounds like alot of fun - driving it down the same roads to the same venues year after year rather less so.
Well , Porkers in the Trough 3 is absolutely in the middle of the UK It is on the 1st July and it is free to enter , we don't care what you drive as long as it is a Porsche and out of the cars registered to attend as we speak there are only 5 944s there are also 5 924s .You are welcome to attend as a register and there will be a prize for the highest attending register. I can't be bothered to go through all the reasons that you would be missing out by not coming but here are a few. Central location geographically, easy to get to , straight up the M6, virtually at no cost to you except a small donation to a Cancer charity and also an Autistic Foundation. A ride or drive of an A.P.C.* or if the weather is fine a 56 ton Tank, a meet up with members from all over the country and a drive through some of the most spectacular scenery in the U.K. Once again this costs the Club nothing and only what you want to spend yourself. Still a few places left and we may extend it if enough of you want to join us. We are happy with the entries so far but as avid 944 fans ( we have three ) we are willing to push our admin. to the limit. If Paul is willing to be the intermediary if you are coming as a register it will make life a bit easier for us . However if you just hadn't noticed it was on and would like to join us just phone us or E mail with your details and we will send you the forms.
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GlennS
New member
I'd love to come but all that is over-ridden by the fact that 1st July = Sunday at the Goodwood Festival of Speed; the single biggest event on the British motorsport / automotive calendar.
As a general point, if the club really wants to attract people to its events it needs to take account of and work around bigger events.
Suffolk944
Moderator
A very good point about bearing in mind clashes with major public events. We are going to the FOS on the Saturday - can't wait ! [
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andy watson
Moderator
This thread reminds of that old saying.......
"you can please some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time"
Maybe we should have a meet up North one year, down South the next year followed by in the middle on 3rd year and then start over??
"you can please some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time"
Maybe we should have a meet up North one year, down South the next year followed by in the middle on 3rd year and then start over??
Suffolk944
Moderator
Such is the lot of anyone trying to organise anything for a group of disparate (not desperate ! [
]) people ! Of course we could have a North, Middle and South meet every year....Would be some geographic overlap for folk I am sure. The meets wouldn't have to be anything OTT - a meet up at a pleasant location for tyre kicking/chat and food and perhaps a drive through some picturesque landscapes...
I agree with your suggestion, Paul, that local events make more sense:
Reduces the distance travelled (and hence cost and the impact on those of us with limited mileage policies)
As discussed in the agonising over the last boardroom coup, PCGB works really well in the Regions. That's a really good basis for moving forward. In R19 we do Prescott (last weekend), several people always do the Goodwood breakfasts, the new tunnel on the A3, etc.
There must be lots of informal, localised events...can we latch on to those? Does your list of 944 Register members help with who lives where? I know R19 have quite a few 944s.
I've got plenty of spare time so happy to help with organising, even if I am occasionally ambushed by family...
Reduces the distance travelled (and hence cost and the impact on those of us with limited mileage policies)
As discussed in the agonising over the last boardroom coup, PCGB works really well in the Regions. That's a really good basis for moving forward. In R19 we do Prescott (last weekend), several people always do the Goodwood breakfasts, the new tunnel on the A3, etc.
There must be lots of informal, localised events...can we latch on to those? Does your list of 944 Register members help with who lives where? I know R19 have quite a few 944s.
I've got plenty of spare time so happy to help with organising, even if I am occasionally ambushed by family...
Fair point about the FOS.
However you can't have it all ways. From here it's a very long way to travel, so please don't criticise us for catering to those who feel that is a drive too far. Those of us in the north are hardly fairly treated by the main club when it comes to venues for major events.
When this was pointed out a few years ago to a then Director we were told in no uncertain terms that if we didn't like it we should "do" an event ourselves. So ours clashes with other events, but the FOS is not a PCGB event whereas 'Porkers in the Trough' is. Like everybody else we are free to choose which events we wish to attend, and in this case lots of members have chosen to come to Lancashire.
But hey! Enjoy yourselves at Goodwood. We only picked up on the fact that there were moans about nothing happening for the 944 30th. so we invited the Register to come to "Porkers". It's as easy as that.
However you can't have it all ways. From here it's a very long way to travel, so please don't criticise us for catering to those who feel that is a drive too far. Those of us in the north are hardly fairly treated by the main club when it comes to venues for major events.
When this was pointed out a few years ago to a then Director we were told in no uncertain terms that if we didn't like it we should "do" an event ourselves. So ours clashes with other events, but the FOS is not a PCGB event whereas 'Porkers in the Trough' is. Like everybody else we are free to choose which events we wish to attend, and in this case lots of members have chosen to come to Lancashire.
But hey! Enjoy yourselves at Goodwood. We only picked up on the fact that there were moans about nothing happening for the 944 30th. so we invited the Register to come to "Porkers". It's as easy as that.
andy watson
Moderator
Hi Mac & Sue,
Can you please send me the details, so as I can see if Lin and I can come to this?
Thanks
Can you please send me the details, so as I can see if Lin and I can come to this?
Thanks
I think it is a great pity that we can't have a large Display area for 944's at Chateau Impney. What is the reason for this Paul? If we got enough owners interested in displaying, of which I would be one, is there any way you could push them on it? If it was a 964RS, 1973RS Anniversary I'm sure we wouldn't have to ask.
As far as North, South and in the Middle events go, that could be a good idea, So long as North isn't Birmingham. lol.
I am Happy to travel to Events, within reason, I attended the 50th Celebrations with R1 last year and made the most of it by doing all 3 days, put 1100 miles on the clock, and still didn't top out my limited mileage.
As Colin said, we had 12 cars turn up to an unofficial Garage Meet, with many more Owners who had their cars tucked away for winter, so we have a Big following in Scotland.
Frontrunner, Where is it this year?
Calke Abbey, what are the facilities available? Camping? Nearby Hotels?
Let's do something, and not let it just go by.
Alan.
As far as North, South and in the Middle events go, that could be a good idea, So long as North isn't Birmingham. lol.
I am Happy to travel to Events, within reason, I attended the 50th Celebrations with R1 last year and made the most of it by doing all 3 days, put 1100 miles on the clock, and still didn't top out my limited mileage.
As Colin said, we had 12 cars turn up to an unofficial Garage Meet, with many more Owners who had their cars tucked away for winter, so we have a Big following in Scotland.
Frontrunner, Where is it this year?
Calke Abbey, what are the facilities available? Camping? Nearby Hotels?
Let's do something, and not let it just go by.
Alan.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
Hi Alan,
I understand what you mean by "So long as North isn't Birmingham". I also hope it's not that far north. Milton Keynes is uphill all the way from me, Rutland was a venture in to the unknown, and Droitwich isn't even on my map. There's just a great big picture of a dragon! [
]Frontrunner is going to be the Register day at Calke Abbey, I'll post details as I get them but it's a one-man organised event and we don't know much other than the date and venue. There's certainly going to be hotels reasonably near, Derbyshire is relatively civilised.
Frontrunner nearly died as an event after last year. Geoff wasn't interested in organising it, and I've not had much interest from the other RSs. With the 968s run by Ken, who's organising Calke Abbey, and David Hemmings happy to go with that event, there's not much chance of it running as a seperate event. I've not had any reply from the 924s. Next year I'd like to do something we've never attempted before, but that's only an idea floating around in my tiny brain.
Chateau Impney? Don't get me started. Originally we had around 25 cars to display. Then it was reduced to three, part of a line-up of ten cars covering the 924/44/68 evolvement. I'm not happy about this, but to be honest I'd prefer a corner of a car park where we can park up together. That's all we need to meet up, kick tyres and picnic. The bar is inside, so do we really need an organised display? We seem to be able to get a decent line-up for the photos, Peter Empson's car being the only exception....[
]The "north, south" thing sounds good in theory. The problem is, as we keep being reminded of, we all have loads of commitments already. Piggy-backing on an existing event makes sense; there's more to see, no organisation as someone's done it for you, Mac's suggestion is perfect. We always used to do this, the R21 annual evening at JZ Mactech used to get a dozen or so of us out, and the Ace was always a 944 event. Personally I don't think we need another specific event in the calendar, there is so much going on locally we can join in. Please send me dates, they can be added to the event thread and the Porsche Post. I'd really appreciate a picture or two of any events you attend as well; getting more enthusiasm for dusting the cars off and driving them out somewhere is what we are all about.
MarinerChris
New member
I was thinking I wish I had never brought the subject up, but at least it has some people talking and planning now!
Its a shame that Porsche car's GB are not making a song and dance about the 944 birthday, they could have capitalised on the fact that these cars last forever to bolster confidence in the longevity of the new models, sell more cars and improve depreciation maybe.
I don't own any Porsche yet, so I can't grumble, but when I do, I would probably want to go along to a few meetings, especially on the birthday of the model.
Its a shame that Porsche car's GB are not making a song and dance about the 944 birthday, they could have capitalised on the fact that these cars last forever to bolster confidence in the longevity of the new models, sell more cars and improve depreciation maybe.
I don't own any Porsche yet, so I can't grumble, but when I do, I would probably want to go along to a few meetings, especially on the birthday of the model.
Chris, I'm certainly glad you brought it up. But now you have, you'll need to get one bought and attend whatever we end up doing.
Paul, so Calke Abbey is this years Frontrunner? What date in September?
I would be up for attending if we were to make it The 944 anniversary weekend. As you say an event already being organised that we can Piggy Back onto. I'll probably be at Chateau Impney also.
Alan.
Paul, so Calke Abbey is this years Frontrunner? What date in September?
I would be up for attending if we were to make it The 944 anniversary weekend. As you say an event already being organised that we can Piggy Back onto. I'll probably be at Chateau Impney also.
Alan.
As Mac said most of these "big" events are in the South and it is somewhat unfair to make those of us oop north twiddle our thumbs whilst you lot enjoy yourselves.
The reality is that when putting together a Regional events calendar it is impossible to not clash with something, there just aren't enough summer months and when you build into that venue availability there are going to be clashes, we try not to but there are just so many things going on. Some events that may appear to big down south aren't to those of up north and therefore clashing with these is not an issue when compared to local events, and those of surrounding Regions.
According to the Club Events section, Calke Abbey Register Day is Saturday 8th September, they are hoping for upwards of 100 cars and as many as 200. It is a Free event and fairly central. I am prepared to travel down from Scotland if we are attending as a 944, 30th anniversary Register.
Could someone local suggest a nearby Campsite, B&B or Cheap Hotel where we could stay and maybe get a group discount for One maybe Two nights.
Anyone up for it?
Alan.
Could someone local suggest a nearby Campsite, B&B or Cheap Hotel where we could stay and maybe get a group discount for One maybe Two nights.
Anyone up for it?
Alan.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
This event is being organised by Ken Coad alone, so he's the person to call. Details are under the 968 Register section of Porsche Post. I have no idea whether things like accomodation have been considered, laying an event this size on is a massive undertaking. Chateau Impney is still the main event, I'd like to get a larger Register display if any of the events committee are reading this! All we want is one corner of a car park. We'll do the rest....[&:]
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