Staffs and Shrops Land Rover Club

STAFFS & SHROPS OFF ROAD CLUB

Some of you may have already heard that S&S are finalising the formation of a subsidiary Off Road Club - this is for one reason only and will not affect the day to day running of the Land Rover Club. It came to our attention several months ago that members of any ALRC club are not allowed to enter in a non ALRC vehicle. As you know, all our comp safari's are held on open permits and many of the S&S drivers run non ALRC vehicles. We had two options - one was to tell these members to join another club, which we obviously did not want to do as they are members of S&S for a reason. The other option was to pull out of the ALRC, which again we did not want to do as the majority of our members are Land Rover enthusiasts, whether they drive a Land Rover on the road, competitively or not at all.

So after months of discussion and clarifying our position with ALRC and legally as a limited company, it was decided the best option would be to set up a subsidiary club so that we can carry on as before. This ruling does not just affect compers, it applies to trialers competing at open events too. All full and second members of S&S LRC are automatically members of S&S ORC, but we will not be issuing membership cards to everyone - they will only be given to those that request one. These membership cards will be available at signing on at all the comp safari's, but you may need one before our first event at May Day - if you want a card sending out when they are ready, please contact myself asap on cooper.26@btinternet.com

Can I reassure everyone that this will in no way affect the running of the Land Rover Club - it has only been done to ensure that our members can enter the events they want, and that our club continues to survive.

Simon Cooper - Chairman

Dakar Rally 2012

Congratulations to our very own Jon Aston on completing this years Dakar. Jon co-drove and navigated/mechaniced for Australian driver Geoff Olholm's second attempt at the world's toughest rally.
Beginning in Buenos Aires, the race crossed South America, through Argentina, Chile and ended in Lima Peru, covering 8600km in 15 days. On one stage they finished 19th, and reached a remarkable 24th position overall, but a series of setbacks cost them dearly. The team completed the event finishing 50th overall, even after towing another car 180km on the final special stage and liaison to enable them to achieve a finish. Hopefully Jon will share his experiences with us in a Talegate soon.

We all wish Tony Sinclair
a speedy recovery to good health

2012 CALENDAR NOW AVAILABLE

Click on the S&S League Results Page
for league tables for 2011 Season

Spring Ball Tickets Now Available -

see Spring Ball 2012 page for details

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

are held on the first Tuesday of every month (except August)
at The Swan at Whiston, near Penkridge at 8pm.
Members can come along, but please notify the secretary in advance

OFF ROAD INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to S&S'er Johnathan Wilshaw for taking the overall winner
of the 2011 Comp Safari League between S&S, MOC, NORC & AWDC
A great acheivement - registration form for 2012 can be found on events page.

The "ONLINE SHOP" is where you can join S&S or renew your
membership online using PayPal (a secure payment method)
and you can pre-book for events using the same method

Landy Watch - Nationwide network for stolen Land Rovers
and parts - see Misc page for details

New Committee Members

Responsibiity for organising all your competitions has been been divided
up in order to spread the workload, as follows:-

The following people deserve all your thanks for taking on these vital roles:
Competion Secretary:- Bill (the Stig ) Hewitson
Comp Representitive:- Revvin' Kevin Stubbs
Comp Representitive:- Darryl Key
Trials Representitive:- Jane Webb
Chief Timekeeper:- Jon Aston

See Committee Contact Details page for ... well contact details.

Please support them by entering events, setting out and marshalling -
the club is a community, we all have to do a bit to make it work.

Please see 'Misc' page for details of other clubs' events this year

The "CLUB SHOP" is where you can see what S&S merchandise
is available, such as T shirts sweat shirts etc.

Thank you for visiting the Staffs & Shropshire Land Rover Club website.

If you are a newcomer, we hope you will find what you are looking for here,
if not , please send any queries by email, or call any of the club representitives,
their details can be found on the 'Contacts' page.

We look forward to you joining us at an event soon.