We always
try and have as much fun as we can. Underlying this theme
are various awards, some
more serious than others. Most popular is the SPOTY
awards announced at the Annual Dinner. This stands
for Silly Person of The Year
and is highly sought after. Typically nominations for this
include inadvertantly driving away from a garage, having
filled up with petrol whilst on a club run without paying
! In my own case one year I attempted to repair a hired
portaloo at our show which was spraying Blue toilet fluid
over the occupants. I turned up at show control with my
face covered with the stuff - this earned me the SPOTY
award in the shape of a mounted piston.
In 2006
some of the Spoty 'victims' were - Cy (want to buy
a car) Jones, Trevor (squeaky clean) Deeble, Sheila (singing
in the rain) Selly, Danny (bird featherer) Richards, Pauline
(whiplash) Champion. The coveted mounted piston
went to Pam (Teddy Bear) Edmunds. Finally,
Richard (broken oil matrix) Palmer was
so impressed that he was later inspired to write this poem
for the magazine-
- I
went to the dinner/dance, well I didn't know,
- That
I was going to be part of the show!
- It
was the spoty awards you see
- And
one it seemed was destined for me.
-
- How
they all laughed when my exploits were told -
- But
you do back into things when you get old!
- As
for my oil cooler who could have known,
- That
into it's matrix a stone would be thrown?
- And
my marriage, I tell you, it works very well,
- Unlike
some others that seem to be hell.
- I go
to see Margaret and she comes to the Rhondda,
- Abscence
really does make the heart grow fonder!
The Clubman
of The Year was also announced to be Danny
Richards, our magazine editor. There is also also
a newish award for the Best Article Submitted For The Club
Magazine by a non committee member and is at the discretion
of the editor. This year the winner was Colin McLaren.
Another
kind of award is the Enthusiast of The Year. The
Chairman awards points for attending club events and meetings
- this encourages a healthy competative spirit. The entrants
also complete an end of year quiz based on the years magazine
content. Malcolm Champion was announced
as the deserving winner. In second place was David
Bray and in third place Colin Cronin,
for the umpteenth time - always the bridesmaid, never the
bride!
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Many of the Club cars
are in concourse condition.
Others are in everyday
use and are a testimony to the efforts of the
owners in keeping the cars running.
We currently
have a couple of vehicles undergoing a full
restoration. Click on the link below to see
a typical 'before' photograph.
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