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Seven Sisters 2019 – Fantastic Weekend!

2nd October 2019 / Gary Clark

Huge thanks to everyone that attended Seven Sisters 2019. We had a fantastic turnout and despite the weather, the event has to be one of the best yet!

We had a great group of people with plenty of light hearted banter especially towards Chris Powell. Chris’s interesting parking techniques Saturday morning tested the experience and knowledge of our marshals. (Checkout the photos of the red Discovery 2)The recovery was successful and handled safely by all. This hill will now been known as Chris(‘s) Hill 🙂

In other news, we had a few breakages and the most impressive one has to go to Josh Creffield. Josh managed to blow the rear diff in his Discovery 2 Saturday afternoon. They began the diff replacement at 4:30pm. By 7:10pm Josh was back up and running ready for the night event.

We had a very impressive variety of vehicles from Freelander’s and Suzuki’s through to heavily modified L200’s and some awesome challenge trucks! Of course not to forget all the varieties of Land Rover Discovery’s, Defender’s and a smart looking Range Rover Classic

We would also like to mention our regular Summer & Seven Sisters attendees Neil, David, Adrian, Gavin and Dale, who’s continued support over the years at all our events is always appreciated.

We are slowly sorting through all our photos and videos from the weekend. Feel free to send your photos into photos@shirelrc.com and we will post them on our Instagram and Facebook page for all to see.

Thanks again and watch this space for our 2020 dates!

Book now for Seven Sisters!

14th July 2019 / Jon

Online bookings for Seven Sisters are open now – click here to book or click here for more information on the weekend.

Seven Sisters is the weekend of 28th & 29th September 2019.

Night driving event on the Saturday night. We head out once the sun has set to give everyone the unique experience of off-roading in the dark!

Green Lane Day – Hampshire

10th July 2019 / Gary Clark

On Sunday 11th August we have a green lane event around the Petersfield / Alton area.

Our green lane events are exclusive to members. If you are not currently a member and would like to come along you can join online.

If you would like to come along please email events@shirelrc.com with your Name, vehicle details and membership number.

July Social – NEW VENUE

1st July 2019 / Jon

We’re trying a new venue for the July social, moving to the King Rufus at Chandlers Ford.

Please come along and join in and let us know what you think of the place – should we stay or should we go?

The social is Thursday 4th – more information & location map here.

Instagram Account

6th March 2019 / Gary Clark

You can now follow us on Instagram for regular post, photos and event updates.

Click the link Instagram logo for more info.

Green Laning WhatsApp Group

1st February 2019 / Gary Clark

Our Green Lane Officer Arran has set up a Shire WhatsApp group for green laning. This will be used alongside the usual channels to organise green lane days and weekends. Some of the events will be spur of the moment / short notice trips and as some people don’t tend to visit the Facebook group, its a quick and easy way to communicate and discuss green laning events.

Contact Arran on greenlanes-north@shirelrc.com to be added to the group.

2019 Confirmed Events

24th January 2019 / Gary Clark

February 24th – Play Day – Mannington

March 14th – SOCIAL – Portsdown Hill

March 17th – Play Day – Bunny Lane, Romsey

April 28th – Play Day – Mannington

May 12th – Play Day – Bunny Lane, Romsey

June 22nd & 23rd – Summer Sisters, Wales

September 28th & 29th – Seven Sisters, Wales

October 27th – Play Day – Mannington – Halloween Special

November 17th – Play Day – Bunny Lane, Romsey

December 29th – FREE Christmas Play Day – Mannington

More events are being organised and will be updated here once confirmed.

Happy New Year from Shire Land Rover Club!

2nd January 2019 / Gary Clark

We ended 2018 with a great turnout at Bunny Lane and a good variety of vehicles proving that everyone is welcome at our playdays.

Watch this space for the latest updates for the 2019 diary.

Thanks for another great Seven Sisters!

8th November 2018 / Jon

Big thanks to everyone who made the trek to Wales for our Seven Sisters off-road weekend, it was a blast and we hope to see you again next time!

Speaking of which – we’ve got dates for next year, put these in your diary:

Summer Sisters – 22nd-23rd June 2019

Seven Sisters – 28th-29th September 2019

Online bookings for Summer Sisters 2019 will open soon!

We’d also like to thank everyone for putting pennies in the charity tin for teas & coffees in aid of Hampshire & Isle Of Wight Air Ambulance, along with the donation from the entry fee we raised over £220 in a weekend so a big pat on the back to you all!

A busy October – club news!

23rd September 2018 / Jon

After a bit of a break over the summer hols we’ve got a busy October coming up!

Events

The next club “pub” social is on Thursday 4th October at the Empress of Blandings, everyone’s welcome to pop along and have a chat whether you’re a current member or not.

On Sunday 14th we’re back at the popular Bunny Lane site in Romsey for a play-day.

The weekend of the 27th-28th we’re off to Wales for a weekend of playing at the huge and brilliant Walters Arena, a site with something for everyone and every vehicle. You can book tickets & camping online now!

Volunteers needed!

Some of you may have seen on our Facebook page that some of the committee are intending to step down at the next AGM in May;

Christine, our long-serving / long-suffering Club Secretary has decided to hang up her notebook after more years than it would be polite to count. A huge thanks to Christine for all she’s done for the club over the years.

Gary and Kim Clark are also stepping down from their roles as Events Officer and Newsletter Editor / PR respectively due to work and family commitments. Again, a huge thanks to both of them for their input to the club.

This does mean we have some positions vacant on the committee if you’d like to get involved and help out – it doesn’t need a huge commitment to make a big difference to the running of the club so please do contact us if you’re interested in helping out in any way at all.