Items for the Members News section
Bookings are now open for next year’s Jarnac Rally in France and the booking forms are available for download as ‘Word or PDF documents. See the Rally Info/Overseas Rallies page.
Webmaster
It is time to think about the ACCEO rally to be held at the beginning of October at the Ukrainian Youth Centre just south of Derby.
The costs shown as TBA in the Rally Book are now available:
Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday nights are £15 p/n The package for two nights of Friday and Saturday is £40. Payment direct to ACCEO as below:
Cheques payable to ACCEO
BACS payments Sort code 20-52-69
Account No. 23596761
Ref. Swift Owners Club
Please send the booking form by post to:
Swift Marshal, Hollycroft House, Zeals Green Drive, Zeals. Wiltshire BA12 6NH or emailed to valrowe@btinternet.com BY 21st AUGUST OR SOONER
Val Rowe, SOC Marshal
The annual photographic competition as featured in the rally book needs members to pick photographs taken in the year since the last Swift AGM and until the 2026 Swift AGM next month.
Rules for entry are in the rally book on page 44 and everybody will look forward to seeing in print, the views through your eyes.
Val Rowe, Photographic Competition Organiser
I received a call yesterday from Allen Howard to say that due to the slow progress in recovery of Joan they have decided they can no longer consider caravanning, and as a result they have now sold their caravan.
This is very sad to receive such news from such loyal long serving members as they are now celebrating membership for 40 years.
A more enthusiastic, caring and hard working couple is such a sad loss to the Club, Joan a Committee member for 9 years and currently a Club trustee and many will remember the very many enjoyable Rallies Allen and Joan have marshalled among them some very special ones that will bring back many memories for those lucky enough to have attended them.
We give our best wishes to Joan for a good recovery and Allen has promised to keep us informed.
They will become Honorary Life Members of the Club.
Ron Ward Chairman
We are very sorry to say that Rally No 14 Barnham Broom Again, has been cancelled due to lack of support.
Jenne and Keith Essam, Marshals
🌟 SUPER RALLY IN THE HEART OF THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS 🌟
Get your booking slips in now for this fantastic rally at Marfit Head Farm. The perfect base for relaxation, adventure and local legends.
Best of all — no narrow or awkward minor roads to worry about.
Whether you’re travelling from near or far, everyone is warmly welcome, whatever county you come from. So, grab your pen or switch on your computer and book your place now, this is one rally you won’t want to miss!
Contacts:
Rob Pithers 07702955852 robpithers@gmail.com
Pat & Noel Conway 07758074286
See the Rally Book for more details. 😄
Nicholas Barnes has informed me that there is a last minute vacancy for next weekend at their Easter Rally at Greenhill Park, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Please ring him if you are interested – 07495 443074
Full details are in your Rally Venues Book page 41.
Webmaster
The 2026 Swift Owners Club Annual General Meeting Agenda and List of Candidates for Executive and Committee positions is now available to view and/or download. Please see the AGM Documentation Section on the General Info page.
Full AGM paperwork will be available to download and print off shortly.
I have just received the sad news that Geogina Saunter passed away recently having been ill for some time. Georgina and her husband John have been members for over 30 years and over the years have run several very popular rallies in Cornwall. Although the last rally they ran was back in 2019, they continued to be members and their popular Gulval Cricket club rally is still a regular event with new marshals at the helm.
In 30 years of membership Georgina and John will have made many SOC friends and I know Georgina will be sadly missed by all those who knew her and had the pleasure of her company.
Our thoughts are with John and family at this sad time.
John Brailsford, President
Sadly not many of you will have had the privilege of meeting David Ross who passed away on March 9th.
David & Liz became members of the SOC in 2022 when they changed their caravan to an Elegance and attended the Drax New Year rally that year.
They are very close friends with Colin & Betty Patterson and David and Colin’s friendship goes back to when they were boys.
They live in Scotland so they were a little far away to attend many rallies but they continued to be members. They have always been regular CAMC ralliers in Scotland and Liz is the Scottish Division Treasurer. They had planned to attend more SOC rallies but David’s health started to restrict their travels which became confined to just a few very local CAMC rallies. However some of you will have met them when several SOC members and others with Elegances had a get together on the CAMC Yellowcraig site in Scotland.
Val and I also had the pleasure of their company on other occasions when there has been a Patterson’s family event.
It is so sad that they never managed to get to more SOC rallies which they really wanted to do.
Our thoughts are with Liz and all their family at this sad time.
R.I.P David
John Brailsford, President
The Latest Rally News section contains all the rally announcements for this year’s rallies that I have been made aware of. Some of these are low importance but others such as incorrect contact details, locations or dates are very important and I recommend viewing these when booking rallies.
All the following rally numbers have at least 1 associated news item in this section:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 33.1, 34, 34.1, HR60, HR61
For any queries, please contact the Rally Marshal, Webmaster
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