Members News

Our Hon. Secretary Elaine is retiring at the AGM in May. She had planned to retire at last year’s AGM but no suitable candidate stepped forward.
This is a very important position and the club cannot function without a Secretary. The job requires organisational skills to ensure everything runs smoothly within the club.
Equally important it requires dedication to the club to ensure that the club can continue to thrive for many years to come with new blood injecting new ideas.
If you feel you (or know someone else in the club) have the skills needed for this important Executive Committee position then contact Elaine.
She is happy to talk to you on the phone with no obligation whatsoever and her number can be found on page 7 of the Rally Book.
Alternatively she is happy to send you a job description before you speak to her. So please email secretary@swift-owners-club.com which again is without commitment.

Our Chairman is also retiring at the AGM in May and we need someone to take up this position for the future too. Elaine can also provide you with the job description for the Chairman position and Ron’s phone number can also be found on page 7 of your Rally Book.

All committee positions are open for you to apply for.

Nominations for all positions must be received by the secretary no later than Sunday 23rd March 2025.

Sadly, we received a phone call today from Jean Lee to inform us that her husband Jim passed away last Wednesday (15th January) after a short illness.

Jim & Jean joined the club in 1993 and were regular ralliers, mainly in the north as they lived in Stockport at the time, but they travelled further afield on holiday rallies both at home and abroad. They were always fun to be with on rallies and many ralliers will have happy memories of those times.

They reluctantly had to give up caravanning when Jim had to relinquish his driving licence due to medical issues, and at that point became Honorary Life Members. They then moved to live in Leicester to be near their son. Jim used to enjoy a short walk to the local pub to have a pint with him and Jean was happy to stay at home as her mobility had deteriorated.

Val and I often visited them when in the area. They were a lovely friendly couple and it was always a pleasure to visit them and I know that they really appreciated our visits.

Our thoughts are with Jean, her daughter and all the family at this difficult time.

RIP Jim it was a pleasure to have known you.

John Brailsford, President

If you would like to make a late booking for this rally David Lovett has informed me that he has 2 spaces available.

Please contact him no later than this weekend if you are interested.

davidjlovett19@gmail.com Marshals phone numbers are in your Rally Book.

Webmaster

Unfortunately, due to several technical issues that the Editor encountered prior to the Rally Book being issued, the file he issued to me for publication here on the website was not as up to date as the version sent to the printers.
If you have previously downloaded the online version of the Rally Book for use on other devices then please delete it and download the updated version which is now on the General Information page.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Webmaster

Please note that the above rally is now full but we will be happy to start a waiting list if anyone wants to go on it.

Rose Wasley, Marshal

The online Rally Programmes for both Public and Members’ Areas are now up to date.

Thanks to much appreciated help from member Dave Coller, the Members’ Rally Programme has a full set of rally location coordinates . The Rally Locations page has also been updated and includes a 2025 version of the printable list of rally coordinates.

Webmaster

I have been informed by the marshal David Hill that the rally is now full. Please ring him if you wish to go on the waiting list.

Webmaster

Please note that some numbers of the marshal’s phone number have been transposed.

The number should be 07702 955852 ( not 07702 955582).

Webmaster

We will hopefully be reserving 50 raised seating tickets for the Thursford Christmas Spectacular on Friday 10th January for the performance on Saturday 15/11/25.
Rally Bookings are already coming in fast and it is unlikely further tickets will become available later in the year so please let us know as soon as possible if you intend to join us to make sure your tickets are safe. Party Rate tickets are £52 each but we will only require a deposit of £10 per ticket as soon as convenient and payment of the balance in Mid August. Thank you.

Jenne and Keith Essam. Rally Marshals.

All the hard standing pitches are now taken. There are grass pitches still available.

If you want to book a grass pitch pending a hard standing pitch becoming available at a later date then please send me your booking form as soon as possible.

Please send bookings to the email address shown in the Rally Book as this is not my usual email address.

Thank you,  Val Brailsford