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Rockingham Classics and Sports (Nr Market Harborough) Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 27 & 28 March 2005 |
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Grand Opening Event Proceeds to Sporting Bears Rockingham Classics and Sports was created to give our customers a warm, welcoming experience and to provide its owners (my wife Sheila and myself) a rewarding life experience. This is probably the reason that we fell for the Sporting Bears concept at the NEC last year and wanted to include this great cause into the launch of our new business Easter weekend was chosen to launch RC&S onto the unsuspecting public. This weekend was deemed to be as close to the start of the season as possible, whilst hopefully catching good Spring weather. Lady luck shone down on us (hopefully a good omen) as both days were fine, particularly the Monday. Our idea was to create an informal party style atmosphere over a two day period to set the theme for our operation, whilst also aiming to raise £500 for the Sporting Bears as a bit of fun. Sunday 27th March - With the sun struggling to break through the mist, a growing number of diehards, friends and Sporting Bears turned up, took refuge in the warmth of the Coffee Shop and waited for the start of the auction at 2pm. Generosity prevailed as furious bidding took place for items as varied as a Honda C50 step-through gasket set (£12!?!) through to a Flying Lesson at the Northampton School of Flying. Heckling was the order of the day and the sum total was well over £700 - fantastic! Monday 28th March - Much brighter weather tempted a number of very diverse vehicles out for an airing such as; Rover P5, BMW Isetta bubble car, Supercharged Porsche 911 Carrera 4, a newly restored Cadillac - all 19 feet of it! and of course Nigel making the most noise in his TVR Griffith. The treasure hunt competitors set off at a pace from midday, on a 30 mile course estimated to take around 2 hours. The Porsche set off eighth and arrived back first in a little over 1 ½ hours…-…time to light the barbeque. All in all a great day, blessed with fantastic weather and a further £300 plus for the Bears. The whole weekend was a huge success for Rockingham Classics & Sports being great fun and with the added bonus of doubling the target that we set for the Sporting Bears Motor Club. Our conclusion was that we will definitely hold another event in the Autumn, including the Sporting Bears of course! Finally a big thank you to Nigel and Sheila Atkins for helping out on both days and also to all you Bears out there that supported the event and became new friends.
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Mark and Sheila Hemingway Rockingham Classics and Sports White Buildings Garage Braybrooke Road Great Oxendon (Nr Market Harborough) Leicestershire LE16 8LT |
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