Those of you who have been in the club for a few years may remember the old Newbury Mazda Treasure Hunts that used to be run on the day of the British GP.
Well, the guy who used to organise these events, Ian, now has a Honda dealership nearby, but is still an approved Mazda service/repair agent. He is keen to revive the event this year as part of the 15/20 celebrations.
The date has been provisionally set as Sunday 12 July, which this year (well 2009, actually!) coincides with the German GP rather than the British one because of a change to the F1 calendar.
We’d like to have this as a joint area event (and part of the 15/20 celebrations, as Ian was a great supporter of the club in the past) so would be looking for support from other local areas (e.g. Oxford, Chilterns, South Central).
Ian still has contacts at Mazda UK and is hoping to get a MK3 Facelift car along on the day.
At this stage, planned features of the event are as follows:
Treasure Hunt driving around the Berkshire countryside
BBQ afterwards
GP playing on big screens
Potential for Tech Day corner
Alignment Centre open for half price geommetry work (Raffle for 1 free alignment)
There will be a £5 entrance fee and people can bring their own drinks.
Sounds like a great event. Ian is hoping to beat previous records and get 100 cars on the day.
It is planned that the 15/20 Car will be at this event. Are there anymore details available ie time of start etc. Also the club would like to publicise the event - is there a local newspaper?
South East will be joining in the fun, already publicised in our newsletter and on the forum, just waiting for people to confirm so that we can let you know numbers for the catering side, thanks for coming to Bromley, glad you had a good day.
We will be doing convoy from Clackett Lane Services M25 West Bound 8am - 8.15am leaving if anyone wants to join us, by the way Harco what time do you want us there please?
