Members News

Are you thinking about January at the moment? Of course you are not, as it’s so close to Christmas now. HOWEVER, MAYBE YOU SHOULD.
Remember that bookings are already open for the Burns Night Rally from 22nd to 26th January at Silverhill Woodland Retreats, Teversal, Nottinghamshire and filling up fast.
Please see Autumn Going Places or the 2026 Rally Venues Book for full details which states hard standing pitches with 16amps electric and an excellent heated amenities block.
The piper who attended the rally last year and is returning again to this year’s event.

It will only take a moment to contact David Lovett to secure yourself one of the remaining few places before they are all gone. davidjlovett19@gmail.com

Webmasters

It would be appreciated if members when reading their new Rally Venues Book 2026 over the coming weeks could report any amendments. It is not envisaged that there will be too many but a possible transposed post code or phone number can be problematic.

PLEASE DO THIS BY EMAIL TO BOTH webmaster@swift-owners-club.com AND editor@swift-owners-club.com

It is necessary that all members have the opportunity to receive this full information irrespective of whether they visit the website first or view it in the February edition of Going Places.

Thank you,

Webmaster

As the Rally Venues Book 2026 is starting to drop on the doormats you will all be eager to view all the details of the rallies that you are planning to book from January 5th.
STOP A MOMENT 🛑 Please don’t bypass page 7 and consider offering to take up one of the several positions within the club that are becoming vacant by the next AGM. Many of those members have held the the position for many years and now it is your turn to offer “new blood” to these roles to shape our wonderful club for the future.
Please give this your serious consideration. 🤔

When your Rally Venues Book 2026 arrives this month I’m sure you will all be eager to plan your year.
Before you complete your rally booking forms for issue on January 5th, please check you are using an up to date form.

Many of us have preprinted details already on our forms. Therefore it is easy to forget how many years ago you prepared that form and if it lacks details that the current booking form contains.
All the details on the current form are helpful to marshals so they don’t have to contact you unnecessarily.
If your forms are handwritten, please use capitals for email addresses.

When sending bookings by email please send separate emails (with the rally name/number) even if you are booking 3 rallies with the same marshal. This is very helpful to marshals too so that bookings don’t get missed.

Booking forms can be downloaded from General Info/ Main Page/ Miscellaneous Information & Forms.

Webmaster

It was such a shock and heartbreaking to receive a phone call this morning informing us that Clive Bevan had suddenly passed away yesterday.
Gill and Clive joined the club in 1992 and we were marshals on their very first rally that they attended at Tatton Park in Cheshire.
On that particular rally we were organising a children’s sports day. Their young daughter Siân took part in all the races and absolute loved it, especially as she had made close friends with two little girls who were also on their first rally.
That of course was over 30 years ago and Gill & Clive immediately became regular ralliers from then on and have rallied at home and abroad. They have marshalled very many rallies over the years and a regular rally at this time of year for more years than I care to remember.
They were very well known and lots of fun to be with as the banter between Gill & Clive was quite amusing. Clive would always appear to be the quieter of the couple but he did have his moments.
He will be sadly missed by anyone whoever had the pleasure of his company.
Our thoughts are with Gill, Siân & Thane at this very sad and difficult time.

R.I.P Clive, it was a pleasure to have known you.

John Brailsford, President

PLEASE DO NOT RING Gill BUT SHE IS HAPPY TO RECEIVE CONTACT VIA TEXT MESSAGES or MESSENGER.

As you are aware the first two rallies of 2026 could be booked from November 11th to give the marshals planning time. As a result the Collingham Rally is now fully booked.
Marshal David Hill has started a waiting list and he will be available to text on 07866 892609 if you would like to be added to the list. Please contact him before 6th December or after 22nd December as he will not be available in-between those dates.

The other early 2026 rally, Burns Night, still has spaces but is filling up fast so please contact David Lovett if you are interested.

At the 2025 AGM the Rally Secretary in her report stated that there have been a number of discussions at committee level with regards to implementing an online rally booking system, however before the club spends any money and time on even exploring this option, we would like to gauge your thoughts on this. If an online system was brought in would it be of interest to you?

After stressing that we would ensure any system would be fair to all members, she asked for a show of hands to support the committee in setting up a working party to view the suitability of online bookings for rallies and received a positive response.

The working party is now in place and would like the views of a larger group of members. Please take this opportunity to provide us with your views/suggestions by clicking on the ‘Have Your Say’ link below. Positive or Negative views are very welcome but either way we would like you to give us your reasons for responding that way; that information would be very helpful to us. Your responses will not be visible to non-committee members and may be anonymous if you wish.

Click here to Have Your Say

If you prefer you can provide your views/suggestions by email to Dianne Roberts (area2@swift-owners-club.com).

Thank you in advance for your responses,

Online Rally Booking Working Party