"Newbury" Treasure Hunt 12 July 2009

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“Newbury” Treasure Hunt 12 July 2009

 See http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/1593.aspx for updates

Hi all

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, Ian Govier, who used to organise these events, 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, 2009 which 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.

Keep an eye out at http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/1593.aspx  for updates. 

Cheers

Andrew

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Things are still being put together but I hope to have more news on this very soon.

 

The date is confirmed BUT the location is now in Maidenhead FYI

 

Keep an eye out!