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Update 6th January 2012 FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS - MURIEL GAUNTLETT Muriel's funeral service will be held at Oakley Wood Crematorium, North Chapel, near Leamington Spa on Friday 13th January at 11:30am. Afterwards at The Moorings, Myton Road, Royal Leamington Spa, CV31 3NY. Family flowers only; donations to Myton Hospice. |
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Update 12th January 2012 FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS - REG WARREN Reg's funeral service was held at Nuneaton Crematorium on Tuesday 10th January at 1:30pm. Afterwards to the Conservative Club, Coventry Road, Bedworth. No flowers please; donations to Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. |
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22nd December 2011 2012-13 ONLINE BOOKING The first few rallies of 2012 can now be booked online, just click the link on the Rallies index page. This is a free service and we are limited in how many bookings we may make per month. For this reason, I've limited the number available straight away. More rallies will become available for booking in February and March. |
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22nd September 2011 2012-13 RALLY PROGRAMME The 2012-2013 rally programme has been published. |
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13th September 2011 ONLINE CENTRE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL A reminder... Did you know that there is a new Caravan Club service where you can ..."join or renew your centre membership online. You can also check when your centre membership is due for renewal." The link has changed - this is the new one, below. |
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12th September 2011 NEW VIDEO The Juniors (and their JLO) danced to Michael Jackson's Thriller on Saturday night, go to the Videos pages to link to YouTube. |
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3rd July 2011 HARBURY RFC - BOULES AND BRICKS Due to the landowner double booking, this rally has been cancelled. If you have an idea for a rally on 19th - 21st August, get in touch with Tom East to discuss. |
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26th April 2011 JANET WHITMORE I have been informed of the death of Janet Whitmore who passed away on Saturday morning following a long illness. The EWCC Committee offers it's condolences to Keith, Jan's husband. Janet's funeral will be at Oakley Wood Crematorium on Thursday 5th May at 1.30pm. UPDATE Keith has asked that flowers be received from family only and says that any donations will be given to the Air Ambulance and Hospice Charities. |
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14th April 2011 GREEN PARK - BEARLEY CROSS This rally has been extended and will now finish on Wednesday 29th June. Contact the Rally Officers for more information. |
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5th April 2011 ANNOUNCEMENT Proud Grandad and Nan, Pete & Sharon Holloway, are enormously proud to announce that their daughter and Past Junior Chair Marie and her husband Arron, now have their first baby, a 7lb 5oz boy, Oscar Freddie Parkinson. |
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14th March 2011 JACK READ The following was sent to me recently. If anyone wants to contact Derek Read directly, please email me and I'll pass on his details.
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14th March 2011 MEALSINFIELDS.CO.UK I've been introduced to an interesting website which aims to become the biggest resource for cooking in restricted kitchens. It offers a choice of quick to prepare, easy to cook meals. All recipes are based on locally sourced, fresh produce. The site also aims to build a reference of shops, restaurants etc, along with sites that you could visit in the area. mealsinfields.co.uk |
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6th February 2011 NEW BROWN BEAR ONLINE The new edition of the Brown Bear is available for you to download. Just click on the link from the Index page. |
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6th February 2011 ONLINE BOOKING SUCCESS STORY You've all enjoyed using the online booking system throughout most of January, to the extent that I had to ask you to "go gently" on it as we were very close to exceeding our monthly allowance! I had used some of that allowance for system testing, but you made over seventy bookings online during three weeks of January! |
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6th February 2011 HORSE & JOCKEY PUB RALLY MOVED Due to unavailability of the Skittle Alley at the intended venue near to Atherstone, the rally has been re-arranged at The Green Man pub in Long Itchington. There is no skittle alley, but we have the use of the function room which does have a dart board and a bar! |
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6th February 2011 STAR FARM RALLY CANCELLED Unfortunately, the rally planned for Star Farm has been cancelled. |
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4th January 2011 ROUTE WARNING - BRETFORD ROAD CLOSURE I noticed whilst out and about that the road between Brandon and Bretford is due to be closed from 5th January for about 20 weeks. Alternative routes from Coventry are 1) A45 past Ryton towards Rugby. At the Fosse Way rndabt, turn left onto the B4455. Follow the Fosse Way into Bretford, turn left in the village, then immediately right. 2) Leave Coventry on the B4027 past Coombe Abbey. In Brinklow, straight on through the village then sharp right on the Fosse Way. In Bretford village turn right at the junction, then immediately right. More details... http://www.rha.uk.net/docs/rectoryrd/a428/01.12.10%20A428%20Brandon%20Rd.pdf |
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4th January 2011 RALLY DETAILS NOW AVAILABLE Follow the links given in the updated Rally List to see details about rally officers, routes to rallies etc. Some rallies have online booking available with more being added soon. |
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14th December 2010 TURKEY & TINSEL RALLY 2011 FILLING UP FAST Following another highly successful Turkey & Tinsel rally, the team that have run it for the last four years have hung-up their oven gloves and passed the candles on to a team led by Kevin & Lynn Russell. Kevin tells me that he already has eleven booking - that's half-full. If you haven't booked yet, get a slip and £5 deposit in the post right away. |
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2nd December 2010 STRATFORD UPON AVON RALLY CANCELLED - PARTY MOVED Due to the current extended cold weather we've all been experiencing, the management at Stratford Upon Avon Racecourse have decided to cancel our rally there this weekend. Please do not turn up as there is NO RALLY and you risk being turned away at the gate. The children's Christmas party that was due to be held at Stratford will now be held at the Nether Whitacre Rally from 28th to 30th January 2011. Rally/Party bookings will not be transferred automatically - you will need to contact the Rally Officers for Nether Whitacre. |
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1st December 2010 WHAT'S THE WEATHER GOING TO BE LIKE That's a question we all ask before a rally... not that it makes a difference as to whether we go or not, but we might like to know how many jumpers we'll need! If you have a look at the last few rallies of 2010 on the rallies list you'll see clouds have appeared. Click on one of them to see the weather close to where the rally is. Please let me know if you want this feature for the 2011 rally list. |
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1st December 2010 ONLINE CENTRE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL A reminder... Did you know that there is a new Caravan Club service where you can ..."join or renew your centre membership online. You can also check when your centre membership is due for renewal." 22nd November 2010 MORE NEW WEBSITE FEATURE I'm also your Brown Bear Editor now, and it gives me great pleasure to inform you that The Brown Bear is now available online. Those of you who noticed the link a few words ago probably won't be reading this far and will be reading The Brown Bear instead. I'm no publishing expert, and am doing all of this for the fun of it. It you notice any way to improve something, please let me know. |
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14th October 2010 GOOGLE MAPS FOR 2011 I've added most of 2011's rally locations to our Google Maps page, so if you're wondering where any of the rallies will be next year, go on over and have a look. |
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24th September 2010 VIDEOS ON THE MOVE As previously announced, I've moved the videos onto YouTube. The settings allow me to make the videos un-searchable, which means that the videos can only be seen by following a link. Please let me know if you want a video removing. |
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4th September 2010 YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES Click here to see a page which lists a few member's email addresses. Do you want to be added to the list, or would you like your address to be removed. Maybe it's out of date and needs renewing. Let me know via the Note To Admin page. |
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14th July 2010 NEW WEBSITE FEATURE - GOOGLE MAPS Click on the link on the homepage to go to a specific page of maps for EWCC rally locations, courtesy of Google Maps. You'll be taken via a page of hints, just in case you're not familiar with Google Maps, then onwards via one more page, to the map list. If you can suggest any improvements in accuracy, please let me know. |
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13th July 2010 CHARITY NEWS Go to The Gallery for a link to new pictures of our brave Nuns and Schoolgirls/Mistress on their adventures around Northamptonshire, all in aid of the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. Two teams of ladies accepted the challenge to be dropped in a town some 40-50 miles away with minimal funds and a sense of adventure. They had to find their way back using the kindness of others, and hopefully collecting a few donations along the way. It's still not too late to donate. The total amount collected was £194.41 - a good amount considering the girls were on the move all the while. The sharp eyed amongst you will notice the amount has changed. This error was due to typo's out of my control. |
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7th July 2010 NEW CENTRE BOULES & BRICK THROWING CHAMPIONS After a gruelling 4-5 hours of play, Mr Andy Dougan was victorious in the adults Boules tournament, whilst Tom Greene took the teens championship. Click here for the tournament results. In the brick throwing, Claire Scott managed the longest ladies throw, Rob Penny rolled the furthest men's throw and Tom Greene put us both to shame with the longest overall throw. High quality trophies were presented to all winners. |
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22nd June 2010 EWCC ON YOUTUBE? Go to the Videos link from the main index page to read about a new idea of how to expand our video storage capability. (This actually works now.) |
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10th June 2010 CYCLING ON THE RALLY FIELD The introduction of the Haslam trophy has led to an increase in the use of cycles on the field, especially by the children. Some of this has been around caravans, with the attendant risk of injury to the child, and damage to caravans should an accident occur. Can we please ask parents to ensure that children do not cycle close to the caravan lines. This is in accordance with Rule 8 of the "Rules and information for rallies", which you will find in your copy of the rally book. Thank you for your co-operation, it is very much appreciated. |
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10th June 2010 TOWING MIRRORS Do you use towing mirrors? If you don't you may well be breaking the law. Towing mirrors are a legal requirement if your caravan is wider than your car, as the law states that when towing a caravan you must have adequate view of the rear of the car and along both sides of your caravan. When you are towing, your caravan makes it impossible to use your car's rear view mirror, therefore you will need some towing mirrors. Your mirrors for towing must not project more than 200mm beyond the widest part of your car or caravan. Although for any cars sold after 26th January 2007 this is now 250mm. It is also a legal requirement that any caravan mirror must be type approved and e-marked. |
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10th June 2010 ONLINE CENTRE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Did you know that there is a new Caravan Club service where you can ..."join or renew your centre membership online. You can also check when your centre membership is due for renewal." 10th June 2010 KILWORTH CHALLENGE RAFFLE DRAW A number of EWCC members bought raffle tickets supporting WHEELPOWER, in association with the Kilworth Challenge. Two of our number were lucky enough to win prizes! Shaun & Sharron Jacques won a Digital Photo Frame, whilst Jackie & Mick Greene won tickets to West Midlands Safari Park. That shiny black car will look good with the monkeys hanging off it!
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