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Christmas Memberships

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!

Shire Awards 2024

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.

Get involved & help the club!

For any club to survive a committee is required. The committee makes decisions as a collective group and hold joint responsibility for decisions and actions taken. The committee is responsible for ensuring that all decisions are taken in the best interests of the club.

The Shire committee meet once a month and organise events from green lane days to weekend events. We look after the club’s income and expenditure plus many more tasks that keep the club functioning for all the members to enjoy.

At present there are five vacancies on the committee:

  • Events Officer
  • Club Secretary
  • Safety Officer
  • Merchandising Officer
  • Green Lanes Officer

If you are interested in helping with any of the roles above and want more information then please contact us.

June News

Thanks to all who attended the May AGM and got involved – the short version is the club is still going strong and we have welcomed some new faces onto the commitee.

We have a new Chief Marshal – Damion Angell has stepped up after our previous Chief Marshal Arran had to step down due to other commitments. You can’t miss Damion at an event, or his monster 130 – as always, you can ask any of the marshals or committee anything. We’d far rather you ask than keep quiet and end up stuck somewhere!

We also welcomed Steph Davey who has stepped up to run the club’s long-dormant Instagram account and maybe even do some of what our Chief Marshal calls “the ticky tocks“… we are also trying to revive the club’s YouTube account.

So – if you have any photos or video from any club events please share it with us on Instagram (@shirelandroverclub), our Facebook group, or on our Whatsapp group chat – you can also get larger files to us by other methods, please contact us if you have a link to a cloud drive or just want to hand us a USB stick at the next club social!

Another new name who stepped up at the AGM is David LeSaux who has offered to help us out with club merchandise – we actually have some great stuff but too often it’s stuck in the club trailer during the chaos of getting everyone signed in at an event. Hopefully David can help us get more out there and into the hands of club members – please do ask if you are after some club merchandise or have any ideas for things we should consider selling.

In other news we have had confirmation of another event at the excellent Broxhead site near Bordon – a military site we hadn’t been to for a long time and that caught quite a lot of us out on our first time back earlier in the year! Louis has just about dried his Discovery out now…

As the sun is shining a bit more we are also running social gatherings on Portsdown Hill at the scenic parking area and home of Mick’s Monster Burger, please check the calendar or any of our social media for updates.

Seven Sisters Closed

Not the news we were hoping for in the new year but we have had official word from the site owners that due to damage to the site they have taken the decision to stop holding 4×4 play days for the forseeable future.

We’d like to thank Walters for letting us hold all the events over the last 18 years, as well as everyone who’s come along to join in the fun and of course all the Shire marshals and committee who worked so hard to make it happen.

We will of course keep in touch with the site should they decide to re-open at any point, and in the meantime we’ll be looking at alternative locations and events to keep the calendar interesting and varied.

If you have suggestions for sites, events, or other things you think the club should be doing please do contact us, we’re always keen to hear suggestions.

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