Rattling On 1 May 2015 Rattling On Factory Tour We’ve postponed our planned MINI Factory Tour in June as the plant is on shutdown for most of that month. We’ll reschedule later in 2015. MINI surfboard MINI has partnered with Californian surfboard manufacturer Channel Islands to produce a shorter and more nimble board. In traditional MINI fashion the board is also extremely customisable. Insurance cover Have you checked your Insurance cover lately? Does it cover towing a trailer? Don't be caught out! Merchandise orders Please get all orders for club merchandise in before the end of May. Contact Sammieee or speak to her at a Club Night. Mike leads a convoy of club Minis on National Drive It Day Committee corner Welcome to the May Edition of P&SMOC Newsletter. Firstly I would like to thank those who voted me in as Chairperson for 2015/16. My main aim this year is to ensure that P&SMOC goes from strength to strength. We have a great club with enthusiastic members who all have one common interest, the Mini. This year has already seen some amazing turn outs for organised events and along with the other committee members we are planning many more. These will include Mini shows, classic car meets, social events and much more. Record sales BMW had its best March ever with an 8.1% increase in sales compared to last year. MINI is one of the factors in this very impressive sales performance, with a 38.9% increase. pandsmoc.com The committee is there to do the behind the scenes work and we ask that if you as members have any ideas or things that they would like to see us do then just say, this is your club! Mike, Chair P&SMOC You can easily contact any committee member at a Club Night, via the Contact Us page on the website, on our Facebook page or on Twitter. facebook.com/pandsmoc twitter.com/pandsmoc Rattling On 1 May 2015 News Gallway International Rally 2015 Forthcoming events You can find all the club events on the website including a link to the where you can sign up. • Saturday 2nd May Downton Classic Car Show at Brian Whitehead Sports Ground • Sunday 3rd May Rural and Seaside Show Clarence Esplanade, Southsea • Monday 11th May at 8pm Committee Meeting (Club members are entitled to attend or raise issues to discuss) • Saturday16th May Celebration of Motors at Sparsholt College • Sunday 14th June National Mini Cooper Day at Beaulieu Motor Museum (Tickets must be ordered online from Beaulieu’s own website) February 6th – 8th saw the 37th Galway Rally based around the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. This years rally, sponsored by Colm Quinn BMW consisted of 14 stages over 2 days.The event saw 77 entries, 14 juniors & 10 historic, this included 2 WRC MINIs, No.3 crewed by Eugene Donnelly & Paul Kiely & No.6 Dean Raftery/ Mark Kane. The weather for the weekend was great with the exception of first thing on the Sunday morning which due to fog the first stage of the day had to be cancelled. As well as a number of WRC spec cars there were still a large number of older cars competing including Ford Escort Mk2’s of which there were 10. Sadly this year no classic Minis were entered. Both MINIs finished well, Eugene Donnelly finishing 2nd overall & Dean Raftery finishing 6th overall. The rally was won by Donagh Kelly/ Kevin Flanagan in a Ford Focus WRC by a margin of 39.2 seconds over the MINI. • Sunday July 5th MiniWorld Live at Rockingham Speedway (Cutoff date is May 3rd.) • Friday July 10th Quay for my Car on Poole Quay • Saturday July 11th Swanmore Fete at Recreation Ground, Swanmore • Saturday September 26th MiniWorld Action Day at Castle Combe Circuit pandsmoc.com facebook.com/pandsmoc twitter.com/pandsmoc
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