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UPDATE FOR MEMBERS 29TH JUNE 2020 Following on from the Government announcement recently that the Club would be able to look at opening its sites and CLs from the 4th July, there had been no firm announcement with regard to the Centres of the Club and rallying.  A protocol document had been received by us earlier which led to the decision that we could not meet the requirements and the Centre Committee cancelling all rallies in our programme for July and August. Following the Government latest update, we subsequently received a message from the Club that due to issues raised in the announcement they were putting all Centres into a “holding” position and would update us further, and this is what was received today. It would appear that there was an unexpected provision factored into the guidance about “meeting up” which stated it would be illegal for gatherings of more than 30 people to take place.  This was stressed because this provision will...

The committee has received further information from CAMC HQ today (29th June) which they will need time to work through, so please bear with us. What we can tell members is, is that there is NO date as yet for rallies to re-start and in fact the Club has withdrawn the exemption certificate for all Centres (under which rallies can run) for the month of July. We have instructions that all rallies for this month are to be cancelled. Rallies due August onwards will be discussed by them on 20th July. We understand this is due to legal implications....

We have been advised that the Tangham campsite at Rendlesham is not opening at all this year. Therefore, we are very sad to announce that the Autumn Mists rally 24th-27th September has been cancelled. The marshals will be in touch will be in touch with everyone who has booked on....

We  have been advised that North Essex Centre are cancelling all of their August rallies, therefore the invitation to the Chairladys Charity Rally over the August Bank Holiday, which is in our program, has also been cancelled....

The Suffolk Committee has had to make some very hard decisions having received updated information from the Club on Covid-Secure Guidance. The whole nature of a rally will be altered and there will be many aspects that can not go ahead such as social gatherings – even flagpole. The wellbeing and safety of all our members is our first consideration. A rally is a sociable event, we are sociable people, and so we have taken the hard decision to cancel all Suffolk rallies for July and August 2020. A full statement from the committee, with a summary of the guidance can be read here...

To those of you who may have seen the update on the Club website and the many comments in social media groups, nothing has changed from the post on here of 8th June, below. No actual date has been given by Government for caravan parks/sites etc. as yet. As a Centre, we will have to wait for specific information/guidelines and look at each rally still in the programme, to make sure it is viable and all requirements can be followed. All our venues are different. All we do know is that we will be asked to follow social distancing and social gathering restrictions. Some Centres have already cancelled their programmes for July, some August and some possibly further ahead. As soon as we know more, so will you. We have received some brief information from the Club to Centres to update the current position. The Club is working towards a possible re-open date of 4 July in line with the Governments...

We are sad to report that we have received information that of our past ralliers - Frank Colbear  passed away on 31st May. Frank and Connie rallied for many years with the Centre and was also a marshal on many of the rallies. Our thoughts are with his family and friends....

We are sorry to have to inform members that the Whiskey Galore rally 10th to 12th July has now been cancelled. The marshals will be contacting everyone booked on the rally and are sorry not to be able to run it this year....

We are sad to report that we have received information on two of our past ralliers - Len and Dorothy Theadom. We understand that Dorothy passed away on 28th April at 90 years old, followed by her husband Len in hospital on 10th April at 92 years old. Len and Dorothy rallied for many years with the Centre, records show over 300 rallies, and our thoughts are with their family and friends. We have been advised that if any of our members wish to leave a message of condolences, they can do that on the funeral directors website, which is www.gwinnell.co.uk You can also go direct to their condolence page by clicking here     ...

We are sorry to have to inform members that the Nowton Park rally due 24 to 26 July has now been cancelled. There were various factors we had to consider.  The marshals will be contacting everyone booked on the rally and are sorry not to be able to run it this year....