Lady Chairman’s Rally

A sensational rally at Newmarket….

This year the Newmarket Rally was chosen by our Lady Chairman as her venue for the “Chairman’s Rally” and what a treat we had in store. It is always special when our Centre Chairman sets out to provide a little extra for it’s members on their chosen weekend. This year was no exception with Janice and David working very hard with the team to entertain and feed us over a delightful weekend at the Rowley Mile Racecourse.

It’s easy to say what a good rally we have had, but often more of a challenge to explain why. This year, the field was just as nice as usual, the turnout was as good as before (more than 70 units), the food met everyone’s expectation and the Saturday afternoon thunderstorm did nothing to spoil the event, it just provided us a little time to have an afternoon nap… or natter in my case.

Many thanks to the extended team of Marshals, volunteers and helpers, too many to name, from cooking the food, erecting the event shelters, moving and loaning equipment, and best of all donating a vast array of prizes however large or small and then buying raffle tickets to win them back !

Janice has advised me that more than £700 was banked and will be passed to the Chairman’s nominated Charity, East Anglian Air Ambulance, Thank you !

Congratulations go to our long serving marshals and friends John and Nina Taylor who celebrated their 500th Rally in style and received the Suffolk Punch Award from our Lady Chairman at flagpole.

Our members thank you so much Janice and David

Janice has now served us as our very first Lady Chairman for three years (how time flies!) and the Centre has maintained a good number of events in our programme during this time. Feedback proves that everyone can remember a good few highlights during Janice’s time as Lady Chairman with close support from David. For me, it has been a great pleasure to serve as Vice Chair, supporting Janice and David. Our Committee had the odd crisis and numerous challenges along the way but the team have been brilliant and hopefully the members have been able to enjoy the last three years with us.

It just remains for me to say thank you to Janice and David for making my job as Vice Chair an easy one. Your hard work over the past three years has not waivered and you leave a healthy Centre to a fresh pair of hands into 2018. We hope you enjoy a good rest and look forward to seeing you out on the rally field soon.

Trevor Smith – Centre Vice Chairman