Leicestershire area meet 15th May

Dog and Gun Keyham. 6.30ish onwards, we had reserved parking last month long the bottom of the carpark. 

Old timers amonst us will remember we regularly took our cars to this show (easy for me as it is only 3 miles away ).   But about 3 years ago a brand new Committee was formed and they didn't show any interest in cars displaying.    I have just been contacted by the previous organiser who said they have seen the error of their ways and now wanted cars to display.

It's on Sunday 23rd June (Its actually all weekend but the Saturday is primarily a music festival).  The website is https://midsummerfestival.co.uk/   The postcode is NG33 4SB.

It's a real old style village fair and a nice day out.

If anyone fancies going please let me know.

Time is fast approaching.   Remember there are now only 2 dedicated kit car shows, this one and Newark.   So time to make an effort and come along.   The website is at https://www.visitthemalverns.org/event/national-kit-car-show-2/

The parking plan is now available and is shown below.   Our Club Stand is right in the middle and similar to last year.   We are planning to have the AGM in a room in the exhibition Hall at 15:00  (still to be confirmed).  This should allow even the far-flung members to come for the day and still get home before dark.

For the campers the camping area is on the right.

See you all there

I missed last year due to a previously booked event, Question is can we arrive on Friday afternoon to camp?. If we can is

there a particular place that we would all congregate at. Can't seem to find a map of the camping area on the organisers site.

Hope that some one can help me out, going down on Friday as travelling from Durham via the M6.

so see you all there.

Regards Allan

The East of England team are doing a run out and picnic lunch at Rutland Water on Sunday 12th.   If anyone else wants to join us please let me know and I will give you details.

As our longer serving members will know, the Club started life as the “Robin Hood Owners Club”, and it was later changed to “Robin Hood Owners Club and Register” (RHOCaR).    Even I don’t remember the reason for that change, I expect someone can enlighten me.    Then a few years ago we could see the membership was shrinking, for the logical reason that no new Robin Hoods were being produced.  So we decided to rename ourselves to the “UK Kit Car Club” and welcome owners of any type of kit car.  

This has been very successful and we now have members with a wide variety of cars.   However, one thing still remains from the old days and that is the forum address of www.rhocar.org.   So, looking to the future, we have now registered a new address of www.ukkitcarclub.org.   In the future we will migrate everything across to the new address, but meantime it is just an alternative way of accessing the forum.  Although there is no real need for you to change, I would encourage everyone to start using the new address in correspondence, advertising or signatures so we can be ready for the move.

Al Richey (Webmaster)

Moving forward (slowly) into the "paperless" age, we have just sent out PDF copies of the magazine to all members who were happy to receive it in that format.  

This is the first time we have tried it so we expect a few ‘glitches’.  I could try telling you that these are deliberate features of the system designed to ensure security, equality and privacy but you wouldn't believe me

If you haven’t received a copy (please check any ‘spam’ folders first) then notify Alan Richey (username alanrichey) and he will send you a copy.

Thanks,  Steve

Looking forward to our monthly meeting at the Church Mouse Chester Moor, DH23RJ all welcome

The club’s AGM is planned to take place on Saturday 1st June 2024 at the National Kit Car Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern at 3pm. We are currently waiting for confirmation of the location of the club stand & the room booking so please keep an eye on the forums for any updates.

The current Committee are having to state their intentions for re-standing or standing down at this year’s AGM as follows:

Standing for re-election

Kerry Allen – Club secretary

Tony Godden - Treasurer

Alan Richey – Membership secretary

Steve Foster – Chairman

Willing to stand aside

Steve Foster - Magazine Editor

Those listed as standing for re-election wish to remain on the Committee and will do so unless someone stands against them and receives a majority vote at the AGM. Those listed as willing to stand aside have expressed they are happy to continue with their role on the Committee but may also be willing to stand aside if a formal nomination for a suitable candidate is received prior to the AGM.

As such, nominations for these positions are encouraged, but not required for the club to continue to operate.

There is also a currently vacant position on the committee for the role of Events Secretary, and a vacant position for the role of Area Secretary for Scotland.

Previous attempts to fill roles at the AGM itself haven’t always been successful so it’s important that we advise everyone of the situation in advance, rather than trying to press gang someone on the day.

I would like to remind everyone that without an events secretary we are currently struggling to arrange or support events and may be unable to do so in the future.

If you are interested in either of the positions and wish to discuss what is involved please contact myself.

Finally, below you will find the instructions for submitting nominations, constitution changes and points for discussion at this year’s AGM.

Commitee Nominations

If you would like to apply for committee positions, you can do so by emailing secretary@rhocar.org

Please use the subject line -    "RHOCaR - *Your first name and surname* Nomination"

Then enter the text below in the body of the email, with the relevant information completed:

I (Print name), Membership Number

Offer myself for election to the Committee of RHOCaR, the UK Kit Car Club for the following role(s).

Position

I will / will not be able to attend the AGM.

Nomination supported by Name, Membership Number

Seconded by Name, Membership Number

Please also CC your nominator and seconder into the email if possible. Nominations will be verified using the email addresses registered with the club.

Club Constitution

If you would like to propose any changes to the club’s constitution, to be discussed at the AGM, please do so by by emailing secretary@rhocar.org

Please use the subject line - "RHOCaR Constitution Changes 2024"

Then enter the text below in the body of the email, with the relevant information completed:

I propose the following changes to be made to the constitution/rules of RHOCaR, the UK Kit Car Club.

Proposers name, Membership Number:

I will / will not be able to attend the AGM.

Seconded by Name, Membership Number:

Please CC in the seconder to your proposal if you are able

to do so.

The latest Club Constitution can be found here :

https://www.rhocar.org/index.php?/forums/topic/50680-club-constitution-and-rules/#comment-411737

You’ll find it under Club Information on the forums, or just search “Constitution”.

Points for discussion at the AGM

If you would like to raise any points for discussion at the AGM, please do so by by emailing secretary@rhocar.org

Please use the subject line -  "RHOCaR 2024AGM"

Then enter the text below in the body of the email, with the relevant information completed:

Points for discussion

I (Print name), Membership Number

wish the following points to be raised for discussion at the RHOCaR, the UK Kit Car Club AGM:

Hopefully the weather will be kind to us this year and we will see a good attendance at Malvern. It would also be nice to see members attending the AGM if they can.

Everyone on the Committee is a volunteer and wants the club to be run for the benefit of its members but we need feedback from you to make that possible.

Come and join in the AGM with us, have your say and tell us what you think.

See you there,

Steve

What a glorious day out that was.    Just got back from the Annual Stilton Cheese Run.   For those who didn’t know, Stilton Cheese was never made at Stilton, it was made in a village called Hungerton in Leicestershire, some 40 miles West.  In the early days the cheese was delivered to Stilton by horse and cart via various small villages to eventually sell it to all the people travelling up from London on the Great North Road (now the A1).  As such it became known as Stilton Cheese.

Every year, this is celebrated by inviting classic cars to retrace the route along the country roads.   We actually start about a third of the way along the route at Uppingham, which is large enough to host the start.   Also, rather than just do the straight line we do a semi-random meander around the Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Rutland back roads.   And we have a break point about half way at New Lodge Farm on the A43 for coffee, loo stop and a hog roast if you are hungry, before finishing at Stilton.  As such the run covers maybe 40-50 miles (In my case getting to the start point and getting back from the end point, via a pub lunch, adds another 60 miles so I have covered almost 110 miles today).

Like most events at the moment it has shrunk from it’s heyday pre-pandemic.   In previous years they had to limit the turnout to 300 cars.   This year they managed to get  only150.   Having said that there where lots of very interesting cars and I have added a few photos.  Similarly I remember the Club submitting 12-15 entries, this year it was just the 3 of us (with 2 wives).   A pity, but nevertheless, very enjoyable for all concerned.    The weather was perfect, the cars were running beautifully and the roads were narrow and windy

Here's the important cars:

 and here's a small selection of some others