Stevenage and District Motorcycle Club
Club Annual Dinner 2010
169 members and guests attended this years Annual Club Dinner which was held on Saturday 6th February 2010, at the Cromwell Hotel.
The formal dinner was followed by a speech from our Chairman, Tony Brown, who gave a run down of the years events, a welcome to our guests from our president, Pat Barrett, and a response from the guests.
Tony then presented our annual awards, which are shown below; we followed the formal part of the evening with dancing to the disco.
The Speech Makers
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The Club President, Pat Barrett |
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Club Awards
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The Stabilisers Award These are awarded to the club member who cannot stay on his bike; For falling off at least four times the award goes to: Peter Starr
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The Tug of War Champions Awarded to the club team from this years competition held at the Walkern fair:
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The Cheese Skittle Championship As the title says this is for the Cheese Skittle championship. The trophy we have was last presented in 1955, it is the Vincent HRD trophy for interdepartmental bowls, a real item of motorcycling history. This years winner is: David Kinch |
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The Dave Kelly TT Trophy This is awarded for a club member who has done something silly on the Clubs annual pilgrimage to the Isle of Man. "For going the whole two weeks without buying a drink" This years winner is: Maria Muncy
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The Wes Lord Trophy This is awarded to the club member who has done something silly or stupid over the past year. this years winner is: Steve May
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The BMF Team Certificate This is awarded to the club teams who complete the National Rally it is awarded by the ACU. This years team were: Dean Webster, Richard Field, David Kinch ( Richard not in photograph )
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The Dave Wiley Photographic Competition Trophy This is given for the best photograph taken over the past year. This years winner is: Steve Drayton |
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The Stevenage News Trophy This is presented each year, in the view of the committee to the club member who has achieved the most outstanding performance over the past year. For completing the Great North Run this years winner is: Bob Voss |
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The Jeff Humphries Memorial Trophy This trophy has been kindly donated by Cherry Humphries in memory of her late husband Jeff. Jeff, who was a life long member of the club, was always in the background helping out others and the club in their hour of need, an unsung hero. the award goes to: Martin Worsley |
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And here is a line up of some of the winning club members:
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The Awards From The George Brown Memorial Run
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The Terry Ives Trophy Oldest Combined age of Owner and Motorcycle Pat Barrett
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The Dave Green Trophy Best entry by a club member Pete Blackburn
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The Ian Ashwell Trophy Best performance by a club member Stuart Muncy
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The Don Davies Trophy Best club member riding his own bike Arnold Hoiles
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The George Brown Memorial Trophy For the best Vincent motorcycle Tony Brown
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Last but not least thanks to Hazel for presenting the prizes.
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Some other pictures and a report from Colleen about the event:
Our Annual Club Dinner was held on Saturday 6th February at the Cromwell Hotel in Stevenage. I felt a buzz of excitement when the tickets went on sale so I jumped in there and got my hands on a pair of tickets so that we didn’t miss out! My excitement was building as I headed out to find that "perfect dress"; you know the one – the little number that you hope is going to knock 10 years off your age!
Finally the long-awaited evening arrived! There was a hive of activity when we arrived and everyone seemed to be in such high spirits. The ladies looked beautiful and the gents were so dapper-looking in their attire. I thought that considering there were 169 members/guests, the seating was nice and spacious. We were treated to a lovely meal (this is always a plus for me.) Well done Cromwell ! The dinner was followed by the speeches, starting with a speech from our Chairman, Tony Brown, who gave a run down of the years events. Pat Barrett our president then welcomed our guests and Tony then presented our annual awards.
We were then treated to a great disco offering a range of hits. The nice thing was that the DJ took requests so we enjoyed a variety of songs, both current as well as songs from "yesteryear" which I am sure brought back some good old memories. The dance floor was busy all night long with folk showing off their moves (there were some dodgy moves from time to time but I won’t mention names !) I found the evening to be a tremendous success and I haven’t danced and laughed so much in a long time. Although it took me almost two days to recover (and no comments about it being my age please !), I eagerly await next year’s event. So a very big thank you to all who were involved in planning this special event.
Colleen
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Here is Colleen; who's going to send me a suitable caption?
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If you have any more photos or a report on the dinner please send them in.
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