The Shire Land Rover Club

Are you a sucker for a spreadsheet? Or a social planner? Or a wizz at merch organising? The committee put down their flags at this AGM and you have the opportunity to volunteer for any spot.

Please have a think about putting your name forward for a role or even just to offer your name as someone to help out on the gate for playdays. Maybe you fancy leading greenlanes. Maybe you simply fancy the benefits that come with marshalling – yes there are cheeky benefits!

We look forward to seeing you all there, and hopefully some fresh faces on the committee too.

There is a free drink token for club members attending (until we run out of tokens!) so come along, have your say in the running of the club and maybe stick your hand up to help out!

Details & directions here.

Believe it or not we’re not just about playing in the mud – there’s a whole lot of social stuff and shows the club attends and members are always welcome to bring their vehicles and show them off. It can be a great day or weekend out and people love to see Land Rovers in amongst all the shiny stuff.

The club has stands at several shows over the summer, which usually also means anyone bringing their vehicle on the stand gets discounted entry too – if you’d like to come to any of them please drop us a message or chat to one of the committee.

Upcoming shows:

• April 6th – Newbury Land Rover spares day – no discount here but going in convoy with other members means someone can watch your stand while you go bargain hunting.
• May 11th – Basingstoke Festival Of Transport – a great day out with a huge range of vehicles from bikes to tank transporters, come & show your vehicle with us!
• June 14th-15th – National 4×4 & Camper Festival – All things camper & overland, join us for a few beers round the campfire!
• June 19th-22nd – Abentur Allrad, Germany – a massive overland show in Germany, a group of us are going to see what it’s all about.
• June 21st-22nd – Thruxton Retro – Closer to home this is a great weekend of classic racing, car displays, and camping. Come and join us on the banking and maybe even for a lap of the circuit!
• July 6th – Simply Land Rover, Beaulieu – A great day out, with entry to the museum included and a wide range of Land Rovers on display. Join us on the club stand!
• August 22nd-24th – Silverstone Festival – An amazing weekend of classic racing, live music, and thousands of classic cars on display as well as a Formula 1 celebration. Join us on the club stand

Thanks to the efforts of our events officer we have already got a pretty busy calendar for 2025 including plenty of off-road fun, social events, as well as shows big & small at home and abroad.

You can scroll through our full calendar here, and we will of course be promoting events on Facebook and Instagram as they roll around.

You can also subscribe to our monthly e-mails, if you are a member and you are not receiving e-mails either sign up here or please contact us if there’s any problems.

Due to last-minute food supply problems at the pub we have moved the social to Thursday 9th of Jan – we apologise for the short notice but were only made aware of this the day before.

New date , directions, etc here: https://www.shirelrc.com/event/january-club-social-2025/

We hope to see you all there!

If you are coming to our free members-only playday on the 1st of Jan or you’re gifting someone a club membership, please note that our lovely membership secretary is having a well-deserved break over the holidays – if you join or renew online you will instantly be a member & will be on our membership list but membership cards will not be posted out until the new year.

PAYPAL PROBLEMS?
Some members have reported having problems with PayPal, we are looking into it – if you are trying to join and experience problems please drop us a message and we will make sure you are all sorted in time!

We look forward to seeing you all at Mannington on the 1st!

Just a reminder that you don’t have to book online but it does make life easier – it’s always possible to arrive & pay on the day.

For those booking online please visit: slrc.eventbrite.com

As a bit of fun we’re intending to give out some awards at the December social which we remind you is on WEDNESDAY the 4th. If you know a club member who deserves one of these please submit you nominations and ideally some photographic evidence via jotform here:

The categories are:

• Spirit of the club
• Epic fail (or most impressive stuck!)
• Best truck

Please get your nominations in ASAP and we’ll see you at the December social for the glittering* awards ceremony.

*= Actual glittering may vary.