The Shire Land Rover Club

This Thursday (4th May) is the club social & AGM, and we’re pleased to announce Guy Shepherd will be joining us to talk about his trips to Ukraine as well as show some of his collection of artefacts from the trips.

Join us at the King Rufus, Chandlers Ford, from about 7.30pm – all are welcome, but only current members can vote in the AGM .

Unfortunately due to local issues we’ve had to postpone next Sunday’s Bunny Lane play day.

We are hoping to re-arrange it as soon as we can, and will update as soon as we have any further news.

Thursday 4 May 2023 at 7.30pm
Function Room, King Rufus, Chandlers Ford SO53 2DU

We welcome as many members as possible to attend in order for us to continue to run a full and varied programme of events throughout the next year.

Any help offered, however small, will be gratefully received. This includes occasional working parties as required.

Nominations are invited from paid up members on the date of the AGM, with a Proposer and Seconder, for the following
committee positions:

Chair
Vice-chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Events Officer
Membership Secretary
Chief Marshal
Safety Officer
Green Lanes Officer
Social Events Officer
Webmaster
Social Media Officer
Merchandising Officer

Nominations should be sent to secretary@shirelrc.com by Wednesday 5 April 2023 please.

Please note:
• Two people from the same household can only hold committee positions with the unanimous approval of all committee members.
• Individuals may hold more than one position on the committee with the unanimous agreement of all committee members.
• Individuals holding multiple posts get only one vote.

After the AGM business is concluded we are pleased to welcome GUY SHEPHERD who will tell us about his recent trip in his Range Rover to Ukraine

We are pleased to announce this year’s Summer Sisters will be 24th – 25th June – click here for more info or here to book your tickets now.

There is NO September event this year, the site owners are reducing the number of events to minimise damage. We will have to wait & see how this goes.

BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED – if you are NOT already a member of the club as of 23:00 Jan 1st, sorry but you can not attend this one!

Our post-Christmas play-day at Mannington is coming up, it’s FREE for Shire LRC members as a “thank you” for supporting the club – we will NOT be allowing non-members on the day (no pay & play) – you can check your membership here:

Manage your membership

BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED – if you are NOT already a member of the club as of 23:00 Jan 1st, sorry but you can not attend this one!

POSTAL STRIKE INFO: If you have joined / renewed online recently but not received your card yet, don’t worry – your name WILL be on the membership list so you CAN attend.

Everyone else, please bring your membership card if you can!

Thanks to everyone who attended what might be our record Seven Sisters weekend – glorious sunshine, a huge turnout, and everyone having a good time with no dramas made it one for the history books!

Thanks everyone – stay tuned for next year’s dates as soon as we get them!

Yes you can now book your tickets for our off-road weekend in Wales – please click here for full info & the booking link.

Due to the Jubilee bank holiday we have decided to move the June social back by 1 week to Thursday 9th to avoid clashing with other events & crowds in pubs.

We’ve also moved the July social back & made it the 2022 club AGM to give enough notice for people to put themselves forward for getting involved with the running of the club.

And finally – a reminder that tickets for Summer Sisters 2022 are on sale now – click here to book through EventBrite or here for more information about this excellent event.

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Shire Land Rover club, an amazing achievement, and we’d like to thank all the club’s members, committee, marshals, and other helpers past & present for their support.

The last couple of years have been something of a challenge, but dare we say things are looking up and we’ve got a lot planned for 2022 and beyond.

Upcoming Events

We are pleased to announce dates for our Summer Sisters and Seven Sisters off-road events in Wales – Summer Sisters is 25-26 June, Seven Sisters is 24-25 September.

We also have a play day at Mannington coming up on the 30th of January – click here for more info.

We have club stands at Land Rover Legends at Thruxton, as well as Silverstone Classic, so if you’ve like to attend either of those please get in touch.

We are currently booking up more events for 2022 so watch this space.

Membership Survey

Many thanks to everyone who spared 5 mins for our members survey – we had a big response – and are still accepting responses!

We’re now planning this year’s event schedule, our aim is to:

• Run a playday once a month (and vary locations more), with one of them being a winching and one a newbie event
• As well as Seven Sisters, do more weekend away-trips with a camping element
• Have club stands at motoring events such as Land Rover Legends
• Green laning events across a wider variety of locations so that everyone has a chance to attend
• Social meet-ups as things allow

Watch this space for updated details of the events through the year.