No 11 - William Bell (Junior Winner) on the pit straight
2 DAY SPRINGER & CLUB 500 EVENT
(EAST COAST CHALLENGE)
This was our first attempt at putting on a 2-day event featuring Springer Tugs
and Club 500's but with all the usual trimmings of an open day. The were 24
heats of Club 500 in total featuring juniors and seniors, steering, pushing and
a fun Duck Round Up for the Springers. The ducks all had numbers on the bottom
and the idea was to collect and score as many points as possible. (No other
rules!) Many positive comments were made during the weekend and all in all it
was a very successful event. It was good to see some visitors and modellers from
Hull, Goole and Rawdon clubs at the event and also 2 traders by way of Andy
McCue of Scoonie Hobbies all the way frae Bonny Scotland and Tony Couple the
'Ship Finder General who both had a profitable weekend. Our own members had a
bring and buy sale and this was both popular and well supported. OK, so the
weather could have been kinder to us ranging from rain to sunny spells and 50MPH
gale force winds but that didn't deter anyone and a good time was enjoyed by
all.
These events don't just happen of course so a big thank you to everyone who
helped to make it a success. (You know who you are)
TROPHY WINNERS
Springer Steering &
Pushing
First - David Markham - sailing - 4 Spring Duck Teknik
Second - Roger Monks - sailing Zero
Third - George Robinson - sailing Itlattado
Best Scale Springer - Ian Phillips - Ohio Gal
Best Novelty Springer - Mike Sheard - Toxic Avenger
Club 500
Seniors
First - John Baker
Second - John Foster
Third - Chris Ransome
Juniors
First - William Bell
Second - Robbyn Jenkinson
Third - Michael Greenwood
Hopefully these photos will give you a flavour of the weekend. We may well do it again next year.
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| Bring and Buy stall - Geoff and Keith on duty | Arthur Brant checks out the boats | |
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| Arthur and Alf prepare the barges for pushing | 4 spring duck teknik (Howdy) pushes through the buoys | |
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| A block of flats and '4 spring' | Block of flats on the move! | |
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| Up on the slip | Some of the springers | |
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| The Last Round Up gets underway | '4 Spring' (with Joan at the helm) brings back a duck | |
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| Another score to count | Lots of interest at the Scoonie stand | |
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| Tony Coupe - The Ship Finder General | Lots going on | |
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| General view of clubhouse and podium | Looking down from the racing podium | |
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| No 7 - John Baker (Senior Winner) at full speed | The chase is on! | |
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No 11 - William Bell (Junior Winner) on the pit straight |
Club 500 drivers get birds eye view from the racing podium |