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April 2010 Newsletter
UNITED
TRUCKERS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CLUB NEWSLETTER
April 2010
 
 
www.unitedtruckers.co.uk
No. 59
 
 
Welcome to your club.
“The club is to be informal, relaxed and very friendly
But at the same time professional.``
 
 
AGM BUFFET AND DANCE                               
What a good evening we all had the food was lovely and the company was fantastic to. It was lovely to see so many friends that travelled from far to see us and attend the A.G.M.  Yabbo and all the boys from Waines Transport entertained us all night dancing.
 
Minutes of A.G.M Sat 27/02/2010 At Battleborough Hotel
No one required the minutes from the last A.G.M to be read.
 
Apologies from: Bubbles, Steve and Karen Lyons & Ben Keedwell.
 
Treasure Report: We done well!!
 
Membership: we have done well considering the economic climate.
 
The President and the Chairman both thanked everyone for their support and help throughout the year.
 
There have been no claims on the insurance thankfully and as yet there isn’t a new quote for 2010/2011 as the insurance is not due till June time.
 
The old committee stood down and Dave Cross took the chair to select the
New Committee.
 
President -        Tony Buckingham  01823 276143
 
Chairman -        Ian Course  07815811179
 
Vice Chairman - Iain Garaway  07979873017
 
Secretary -        Natalie Rockey  07971271613
 
Vice Secretary & Membership - Shirley Buckingham  
01823 276143/ 07986285693
 
Treasurer -         Graham Mason - 01566 777392
 
Vice Treasurer -             Denise Arbury - 07917324611
 
News Editors -              Natalie Rockey  07971271613
                                    Diane Rodgers   01752 896981
 
Insurance officer -         Jan Wood  01566 777392
 
Web- Site coordinator - Hannah Course 07535634512 
 
Head Judge at shows will be Russell Oliver.
 
Helping committee;
Mandy Wheeler                         Simon Edworthy
Jeremy Roff                              Jennie Course
Ian Yabsley                               Pete Burgess
Neil Conway                              Laurie Garrett 
Colin Tait
 
The floor thanked Dave Cross for an excellent job taking the meeting.
 
Membership prices to stay the same at £20 for this year but might have to be rise next year.
 
Light commercial and American classes at the shows will be covered by United Truckers if sponsors are not found.
 
Charity
A discussion over the Children's Convoy was then held. We really need to do one this year due to last year being cancelled. After doing some ground work before hand there is not an available date at Longleat unless we could hold it on a Sunday which is not good for those who go away on a Sunday. After speaking to Andover I think they are going to do their own for this year. We have arranged a convoy to go to Crealy Park at Exeter. We are going to start at Taunton and all are welcome to join the convoy from there. If the Frome and Radstock area  can join us then we will arrange your children from up there as normal. The date will be SATURDAY 12th JUNE 2O10 Leaving Taunton at 10am and leaving Crealy at 4pm.  
For Taunton area names to Ian Course (TIGGER) 07815811179 please asap so Bev Moore can organise the children
For Radstock & Frome Area Dave Cross 07826557002 or
Mike Curtis 07973303001.
Crealy are going to give us free entry to the park which we are most grateful for. All children to provide their own meals etc and we will get goody bags sorted.
 
We will be trying to do a pram race again at Santa Pod to raise money for our chosen charities for this year.
 
The floor were then asked if anyone knew of sponsors for classes mainly Uttoxeter.
 
The charities for this year, two that were put forward were Weston Hospice and Stallcombe at Woodbury where Josh Moore lives it was agreed to share the money between the both.
 
NASSA  Alan & Sue Walker asked that all their raffle profit go to Stallcombe, thanks very much to you both.
 
Any Other Business
Hannah Course explained she has £600 in an account for the children's convoy with selling the calendars. She has ordered T-Shirts with screen print advertising United Truckers and on the back children's convoy 2010. She did state that there will be no calendars next year as she is at university and hasn't the time. So if anyone feels they can do the job let us know.
 
Jim Bennett donated £60 which he collected at his 60th birthday party.
 
Mike Curtis gave us £30 cash for BIBIC from J F Pearse lorry drivers from their Christmas skittles so thank you all.
 
Cheques were presented to the charity of 2009/2010.
Which was the Neo -Natal Intensive Care Unit, Derriford, Plymouth
£500 from Alan & Sue (NASSA)
£563.37  From United Truckers 
 
Graham and Jan have raised in total £2500 for the Neo-Natal Intensive care unit at Derriford as a big thank you are their grandsons who were born there 16wks premature.
 
The raffle made £142 so thank you very much.
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM BLUE RIDGE RUNNERS
Blue Ridge Runners would like to thank everyone who attended our shows in 2009. With your Help/we were able to donate £1066 to Children's Hospice South West.
£1066 St Margaret's Hospice from Cricket St Thomas show in May
£1250 to B.I.B.I.C from our September show.
We look forward to seeing you this year as this will enable us to continue helping these very worthwhile charities.
If you want any more details about theses charities please contact Julie on 01278 683669.
 
PETERBOROUGH
The first show for the trailer will be at Peterborough and we hopefully will be in the same area as before so if you want to park by the trailer on the stand can you let Shirley know a.s.a.p so we have a list to park at the end of the day. Your membership is due for renewal on 1st April so at Peterborough, to get judged, you need to have already joined or you need to do it at the show by Sunday lunchtime. We do the results for United Truckers on the Monday at this show at 11am so to be fair to the judges it’s a lot of running around otherwise.
There will be a Removal class at this show only.
 
 
NASSA
The forms are enclosed for the 18th – 20th June. This really is a very relaxed car, bike and truck show. So if you want a really chill out weekend then this is the place to go. The show is run by Alan & Sue Walker from Hewitt's so please try and support it.
 
 
PLYMOUTH HOE
This is just a one day event for charity last year it was very enjoyable day out if you are interested in going ring Scotty on 07778852845.  We don’t take the trailer to this show but it’s nice to have a wander around and enjoy Plymouth as well.
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Jonathan & Vicky Charlton
on the birth of their little boy, Daniel John
born February 24Th 2010, weighing 7lb 3oz.
The youngest member of United Truckers at the moment but we have 3 babies due soon that we know of. So we will keep you posted on those!!
"United Truckers have teamed up with leading independent UK Fuel Card supplier "Forecourt Fuels Ltd" to supply you with a solution that ensures your highest regular cost is kept to a minimum and also guarantees a donation to our chosen charities!
 
Benefits include access to combined UK site coverage of over 7000 outlets and a fixed weekly rate linked to the Platts base price which is notified to you by text or email in advance!
 
To find out how your business can start saving money on its fuel costs within days, contact Phil Newton on 01434 603409 quoting "United Truckers"
 
On the 27th February 2010 Ben Keedwell and his friends did a jail break from the Police station in Burnham and managed to get to John O Groats without being caught they were also the first group to get there so well done Ben & Gang !! Vicky raised £90 at the A.G.M and all money raised will be going to the Weston Hospice. We have been told that Ben has now raised well over £1000.
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NEWSLETTER Contact Diane 01752 896981 e-mail balhat@tiscali.co.uk
or e mail Nat who forwards the news from Shirley natalierockey@yahoo.co.uk
 
MEMBERSHIP please contact      Shirley Buckingham           07889 913837
 
Diary Dates 2010

27th – 28th March
Pembrey Truck Racing
17th – 18th April
Brands Hatch
2nd – 3rd May
Peterborough
7th – 8th May
Cricket St Thomas (Blue Ridge Runners)
15th – 16th May
Oswestry
6th June
Plymouth Hoe
18th – 20th June
NASSA (Kingswinford)
26th – 27th June
Santa Pod
3rd – 4th July
Shepton Mallet
17th – 18th July
Uttoxeter
24th – 25th July
Assen
31st July – 1st August
Scotland
7th – 8th August
Thruxton
14th – 15th August
Pembrey Truck Racing
3rd – 4th Sept
BIBIC Bridgewater (Blue Ridge Runners)
4th – 5th September
Donnington
11th – 12th September
Haydock
30th – 31st October
Brands Hatch

 
On production of your UT membership card at CDC you will receive a 10% discount at the Avonmouth Shop on most goods. (TVs DVDs and videos excluded) 
 
United Truckers have teamed up with leading independent UK Fuel Card supplier "Forecourt Fuels Ltd" to supply you with a solution that ensures your highest regular cost is kept to a minimum and also guarantees a donation to our chosen charities!
Benefits include access to combined UK site coverage of over 7000 outlets and a fixed weekly rate linked to the Platts base price which is notified to you by text or email in advance!
 To find out how your business can start saving money on its fuel costs within days, contact Phil Newton on 01434 603409 quoting "United Truckers"