Yes it finally did take place and after all our efforts it was worth it.
So here’s what happened!
The flooding of our originally booked grounds was the reason for the show being postponed right back in June. It was re-scheduled for July but once again was postponed as the council considered the grounds to unsuitable for our show. We didn’t feel the grounds were a concern but after negotiations with several different members of the council we were still unable to have the grounds. So once again it was postponed to 26th August.
The race against time began! We just had to find a new venue. A friend of ours called Cliff put us onto a guy who was totally amazing. He sorted a venue for us and after a lot of hard work and time the rest just fell into place.
The weather was kind to us too, which brought a lot more people through the gates than we expected.
The show was a huge success and we would like to thank everyone who stood by us all the way and all those that came to help with set up and take down!
We had quite a few of our traders pull out of the show last minute due to the venue change, so we would like to thank the ones that had faith in us:
Appleby’s Ices
Chiltern Auto Tints – Window tints.
Thurlby Motors – Vauxhall dealers
Audio Island – In car audio builds.
Shine On - Valeting products.
George Petch Wheels – Honda & Suzuki Motor Bike Dealers.
Elevated Eye – Aerial photos taken by a telescopic camera.
Big Cat Technologies.
Big Cat Technologies had a Play Station driving challenge and the winner was to win a brand new PS3 supplied by Big Cat themselves.
The winner was: Damon Law from Lincs Torque.
Rob Hallam - aka ‘Rev Bob’ from Men & Motors T.V came with his film crew to interview exhibitors and members of the public. The footage filmed at the show is to make a DVD to be sold to any exhibitors or visitors of the show. All the proceeds from these DVD’s will also be donated to ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’. The DVD’s are on sale via the website
The trophy winners are listed below.
The visiting club winners were:
BEST UNDER BONNET
3rd place: Mixerman from Evo-Nuts with his Mitsubishi Evo 7
2nd place: Darren Harrison from the RS Owners Club with his Sierra RS Cosworth
1st place: Paul Roose from the RS Owners Club with his Sierra RS Cosworth
BEST PRESENTED
3rd place: Euan Gloyn from the Gloyn Boyz with his Citroen Saxo
2nd place: Eric Johns from the RS Owners Club with his Escort RS
1st place: Darren Harrison from the RS Owners Club with hisSierra RS Cosworth
BEST MODIFIED
3rd place: Belinda Montgomery from the Gloyn Boyz with her Vauxhall Astra
2nd place: Darren Harrison from the RS Owners Club with his Sierra RS Cosworth
1st place: Mark Myers from Lincs Torque with his Mitsubishi Evo 8
Local traders also played a part in giving out some trophies.
These companies and the winners are listed below:
Chiltern Auto-tints trophy
Phil Fletcher with his Toyota Celica
Cars for Stars trophy
Euan Gloyn with his Citroen Saxo
Nunns Mitsubishi Ralli Art Shirt
Mark Myers with his Mitsubishi Evo 8
Audio Island Trophy
Phil Fletcher with his Toyota Celica
Dragonfly Embroidery and Transfers
Phil Fletcher with his Toyota Celica
Steve Greetham with his Vauxhall Corsa
Shine On Valeting Products
Daz Cox's Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 SRi 130
ALL THE TROPHIES WERE SUPPLIED BY GRADLEY SPORTS.
They also kindly donated the Max’d Car Club – Best In Show trophy.
We would like to say a BIG thank you to all that have stood by us.
Also a BIG thanks goes out to all the help we received from:
Rev Bob and his camera team who have already confirmed they will be back with us for next years show.
Matt and Ro for the superb handling of the public through the gates all day.
Jade for her help with the trophy presentation.
Cliff and son for the organisation of the public parking.
Lee at LRH Autos and Tints for supplying the on-site security.
Fire Bridgade – for the much needed support & the water supply.
Huge thanks go to the Telegraph for their support in helping us to promote the show as much as possible to pull in the public.
Look forward to seeing you all in 2008
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