S G 7 ' s   K I T  C A R  C L U B

HELLO AND WELCOME TO SG7'S KIT CAR CLUB!

Run by: John and Helen Tween

Contact at :   h.tween@btinternet.com

 (web site edited by HelenTween)

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 www.sg7kitcars.co.uk

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latest updates (click on highlighted and underlined heading):

4.11.09  Meeting Report November 2009

4.10.09  Meeting Report October 2009

MEETING VENUE:   THE GEORGE IV PUBLIC HOUSE, BALDOCK, SG7 6LZ

MEETING DATE:      FIRST SUNDAY EACH MONTH UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN THE DIARY SECTION 

MEETING TIME:      FROM 11.30 AM UNTIL 2.30 PM APPROXIMATELY

FULL LIST OF EVENTS SEE:  'SHOW/DATES DIARY' SECTION

CHRISTMAS DO:   SUNDAY 6th DECEMBER AT GEORGE IV AT 4.00 PM

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THE AUGUST 2007 MEETING HIT RECORD TEMPERATURES AND NUMBERS:

THIS HASN'T BEEN BEATEN YET SO WE ARE LEAVING IT ON to remind us of better days!

LADIES ARE MADE VERY WELCOME, NOT JUST A CLUB FOR THE BOYS!

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Dear Reader,

That's it folks!!! All done for another year.  First meeting of 2010 might be on Sunday 3rd January but will be confirmed in time to put it in your diaries.  Thank you to everyone who supported the club and RHOCaR this year and to those who just read the website.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Don't forget you are most welcome to come along and see us, either with or without a car (afterall, I don't have a car now!)  I know it isn't a good time financially at the moment with the 'credit crunch' hitting many people where it hurts, but fingers crossed it is a short term problem and we can keep the kit world going (it is usually the hobbies that go first!)  It is of course, a good time to buy a car at a bargain price at the moment, so if you have the spare cash and have been thinking about buying a fun car, now might be the time to grab a bargain. 

RHOCaR:  John decided to stand down as Area Secretary of RHOCaR and, after discussion with the guys running the club, it was agreed that I would take over the post.  Nothing changes apart from the name.  John will still be on hand to help with advice etc.  I would like to thank John for doing such a good job!

If you are a new reader to the SG7s website, welcome!  We hope you find something here that will interest you from photos of other kitcars to information about club meeting dates, annual events and reports, some (although not enough) are submitted by other members, which are always welcomed.  Time to get writing...  We do our best to go to as many of the shows as possible but don’t always manage to do them all.  The club is a mix of SG7s Kit Car Club and the Robin Hood Owners Club and Register (RHOCaR).   If you wish to be added to our list to receive regular e-mail updates, please contact us on 07725 227590 or h.tween@btinternet.com and we will ensure that you are added.

You will find on the list of contents that we have a For Sale section and a Show Dates/Diary section listing the meetings of our club and also those of many other clubs we are associated with.  If you have a link that we could add that might be of use to ‘members’ please also get in touch.  We refer to ‘members’ although there is no actual membership fee for joining the club.  Just turn up at a meeting and say ‘hi’.  We do charge a £1 attendance fee per person.  In return for this you will receive a raffle ticket and the chance to win a bottle of booze!  We used to do a full raffle, but due to lack of time, we decided to change to the new system.  We do this to raise funds to run the website and for food etc at the events we go to (bacon butties always seem to go down the best!).

The club was set up to find other like-minded people who have an interest in kitcars and in fact cars in general.  We have certainly achieved this judging by the range of cars we see at monthly meets. 

What we did in 2008

To give an insight into what the club spends its time doing during the year we have, as well as the monthly meetings which ran from January to November 2008  we have also had the following outings:

National Kit Car Show Stoneleigh

National Kit Car Show Detling

Old Warden Classic Car Show

Camping in Cromer, Norfolk

Kimbolton Castle Country Fayre (Sporting Bears)

Knebworth Classic Car Show (camped overnight!)

Buntingford High Street Car Show

Wheel Meet Again at St Mary’s School Bishops Stortford

An enjoyable Christmas meal at the George IV.

As mentioned above, any input from readers is welcomed as are private adverts, useful links, photos etc.  Please contact us or just come along to a monthly meeting.  Generally speaking, the meets take place on the first Sunday of each month, at the George IV Public House in Baldock, SG7 6LZ, but if this clashes with a major event, we shift the meeting either forward or back a week. 

If you have been to the website before welcome back!

John & Helen

The site has now had over            31,112!!!!  Thank you for looking! 

General information about the Club

Meetings are well supported, friendly and at times very useful! A good place to pick someone's brains about problems you are encountering.  If you have problems, ask anyone at a meeting and they will point you in the direction of someone who can help.

There are no membership fees for this club but we do ask for a £1 donation per person for which you will be given a raffle ticket and there will be a draw for one prize only which will be a bottle of drink (sometimes there will be other prizes). 

Whether you own a car, are building one, are thinking of buying one or just love looking at cars, we meet regularly at the George IV, Baldock, Herts. (A very appropriate venue since the postcode for the pub is SG7!)   The menu is good, the car park is split into higher and lower levels , we take over this higher level, with fields to the back of it.  Plenty of garden benches to sit at and have a drink on those hot, sunny (ever hopeful) days.   The staff continue to make us very welcome in a friendly atmosphere.    We have held our Christmas parties there for the last four years which have been very good.  

Beware:  there is a gully that runs across the car park between the lower and upper levels, mind the bump!

Since starting the meetings back in July 2002 (can't believe we have been doing this for 7 years), we have had a wide variety of cars come to the meetings, including Robin Hood, Cobra, Dax Rush, Westfield, Locost, Beach Buggy, Fisher Fury, Banham Sprint, Sherpley, Jago Jeep, Marlin, NG, Locust, MNR Vortx, Caterham, Porsche Spyder replica, Raw Striker, Ronart, Jaguar, a Model Ford T, Merlin, Dutton, MK Indy,Ultima, Hot Rods and the occasional classic car. We have outings,  barbeques, a Christmas do and of course the monthly meet on the first Sunday of each month (unless otherwise notified - see the diary section).  If it rains, come in your 'tintop'.   Either John or I will always endeavour to be there (not missed a meeting yet - always managed to get either John or myself along to the meets).  There are annual events such as the shows at Detling (Kent), Stafford , Stoneleigh , Newark, and Exeter.  It is good to meet up with other SG7 members at the shows.  The overnight camping/barbeque is a hit with everyone who joins in.  Sometimes the major shows clash with the first weekend meeting date so again check the diary section to see what changes might be made to the meeting times. 

We hope you can find the time to join a meeting.  Take a look at the 'profiles' section to help put names to faces so you know who we are. 

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We upgraded the web site to be a ".co.uk" address in April 2005 which makes it much easier to access:  www.sg7kitcars.co.uk  

Happy browsing!

Helen and John 

                                                           HER!                            HIM!

       WAS HERS!                                                       HIS!