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CENTENARY PLAQUES Please note it is your responsibility to check how many rallies you have completed to request a centenary plaques. ALL caravan club rallies are included in this.
Di Kalus Hon Secretary
Caravan Club Gloucestershire Centre NEW MEMBERSHIP CARDS
Dear Ralliers/potential new ralliers
I have been unable to send out any information to new Centre members for
the last month as I have not received any information from the Caravan
Club. This is because they are renewing the old system of membership
cards which appears to have taken longer than was anticipated by the
Caravan Club central office.
The last batch of membership cards I received was on 17th March.
I usually receive up to 30 new membership cards a week to process
and so you can imagine the numbers I am expecting (with in trepidation)
to come through my letter box 'at anytime now'.
I therefore apologize to anyone who ahs been waiting to hear from the
Gloucestershire Centre and will do my best to catch up when and as soon
as possible. I thank you for your patience and understanding
Best Wishes
Di Kalus Honorary Secretary
Di Kalus
Hon Secretary Caravan Club Gloucestershire Centre
The funeral Service took place at the church of St.Luke and St. John, College Road, Cheltenham on Thursday 14th May at 11am. Followed by cremation at Cheltenham Crematorium for Phil Lodge. Family flowers only please. All donations to The Stroke Association and The British Heart Foundation via W.S.Trenhaile Funeral Directors, Apostle House, 175 London Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL52 6HN. CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
Former Junior Chairman Nick Bevan is running the London Marathon again
this year. He is running for the Charity "Coeliac
UK". Many people are now diagnosed as Coeliac, which means
they are intolerant to Wheat and Gluten. The Coeliac Society is
very personal for Nick as his girlfriend Laura is Coeliac, as is his
niece Lucy (Graham & Ann's grand-daughter). If you would
like to sponsor Nick for any amount, donations will be gratefully
received. Chairman Graham has a sponsorship form which he will
have at Flag at rallies, or read all about it at
www.justgiving.co.uk/nickbevanlondon
HON SECRETARY MESSAGE It is my sad duty to report that Ken Smith has passed away. He has been a centre member since 1995. Our thoughts and best wishes go to his family at this sad time.
Di Kalus
Hon Secretary Caravan Club Gloucestershire Centre CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Dear friends,
As those of you who attended the Dean Heritage Rally last weekend will
know, I passed out at the end of the Saturday evening Social. As
a precaution, I was taken to A & E and after overnight observation
and extensive tests, I was allowed home on Sunday afternoon.
The paramedic attending me was concerned that I may have had a heart
attack. although I had no pains. After 4 E.C.G.'s, multiple
blood pressure tests and blood tests, it was confirmed that I had not
suffered an attack, and my heart was normal. It would appear
that the faint was brought on by several things - I had been standing
all day on Car Park Duty at the Museum, the Clubhouse was very warm
that evening, and I had had a few beers. This caused me to dehydrate
and hence the faint.
It is nice to be able to say that I am once again feeling fine (
having enjoyed the Tina Turner Concert at the O2 Arena, London on
Wednesday evening!), and look forward to seeing quite a few of you at
the Cirencester Club Site Rally in a fortnight.
My grateful thanks to fellow Rally Officer Paul, to Mike Davis and
Steve Kalus, for their help in getting my caravan back home (even
fitting the Alko wheel lock!). Special thanks to Jem Wilding for
emptying my loo - a true rallier!. And to my Centre nurses,
Steph King and Di Kalus who kept an eye on me until the paramedic
arrived. Again, special thanks to Di who followed the ambulance
to A &E and waited with Ann at the hospital.
My thanks also to Centre members who telephoned and sent get well
cards. It was appreciated.
To those Centre Members reading this letter who have not rallied, I
can assure you that events like this make you realise what a wonderful
"family" ralliers are in the Gloucestershire Centre.
Graham
Centre Chairman
CHARITY OFFICER’S MESSAGE Dear
friends, A
new year and new charities, and me as Charity Officer for 2009, so I am
going to need all the help I can get! It is now time to select our charities for 2009. If
you know of a cause that benefits the community in general, please let
me know so that it can be considered by your Committee, but remember, we
ralliers have to raise the money first. Our
first event is the Rally Officers Meeting on Sunday February 1st where
we will have a Charity Tea, and we would like volunteers to help make
cakes and sandwiches. Venue
is Norton Village Hall. On
Saturday February 21st we have a Coffee Morning and Table Sale at the
Tewkesbury Town Hall. Let us
have your books, cakes, unwanted Xmas presents etc
and all monies raised will go to our Centre Charities Fund.
If you can help, please contact me. The
Chairman’s Rally and Charity Fete, our major fund-raiser, will be held
at the Taynton/Tibberton Village Hall field over the weekend of
12th-14th June. The Fete
will be held on Saturday afternoon, and any new ideas for raising money
and having fun will be welcome. See
me on the rally field. Regards, Len Pruden HONORARY RALLY SECRETARY’S MESSAGE Dear
Ralliers, Hopefully
you are happily browsing through this Handbook and planning which
rallies to go on in 2009. I
think we have got a good mix of weekend rallies with something for
everyone. Disappointingly,
we only have three Holiday Rallies, with two of these being over the
Easter period. This year it
has been a struggle to get new Rally Officers to run rallies, so if you
would like to try running a weekend or even Holiday Rally in 2010,
please come and talk to me about it.
The Centre really does need you! To
those of you who have offered to be Rally Officers in 2009 I give my
grateful thanks. Now
I am starting to plan for 2010, so please, if you would like to be a
Rally Officer
or know of a new venue, or would like to do something different, then
let me know and I will see what can be arranged. Meanwhile,
enjoy 2009.
Happy rallying, Ann |
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