National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club - North Somerset Group

Club meetings are held on the first Tuesday and committee meetings on the last Tuesday of each month, generally at Redhill Village Club, Church Street, Redhill, Bristol, BS40 5SG (01934 862619) which just off the A38 near Bristol Airport. Occasionally meetings are held at other venues.

Please note that in order to help support our meeting venue and to satisfy the rigours of the law, North Somerset Group members should also join Redhill Village Club.

Club events and meetings in 2010, together with some other events of interest. Meetings at Redhill Village Club are shown thus:- (RVC)


Tue 5th JanuaryMembership renewal night (RVC)
Tue 2nd FebruarySpeaker - Brian Ward & Peter Holder of RNLI - "Lifeboats at work" (RVC)
Tue 2nd MarchSpeaker - Dennis Chedgy, Trustee of the Radstock Museum - "The coalfields of North Somerset" (RVC)
Wed 10th March
Wrington hedging match
Sun 4th
April

National Road Run - Tivetshall, Norfolk
Tue 6th April
Speaker - Chris Bigg - "Giants of the Air and the Bristol Brabazon" (RVC)
Sun 18th April Club spring road run - by kind permission of Mr Brian Heal and family, start from Brian Heal's lorry park at Wellcroft, Greenhill Road, Sandford, Nr Winscombe, North Somerset, BS25 5PF. Start at 10:30 with coffee beforehand and then a gentle run to Burnham on Sea. £10 entry fee for donation to BARB Search & Rescue Hovercraft appeal
Mon 3rd
May
North Somerset Show, Wraxall (the group will be in attendance with as many members' tractors, engines and implements as possible)
Tue 4th May Club Annual General Meeting (RVC)
Tue 1st June Club mini road run. This will be a run down to Cheddar, with a view to having fish & chips plus a bevvy there before returning via Priddy. The vintage coach will depart from Redhill Club at 19:00 sharp and will be filled first come first served. Other vintage vehicles will of course be most welcome.
Tue 6th
July
Evening visit to Keith Sherrell's Oakham Treasures and Tractor Collection
Tue 3rd August Speaker - Graham Mottram - Director of Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum - "History of Naval Aviation" (RVC)
Sun 5th
Sep
Sodbury Vale Ploughing Match
Tue 7th  Sep Quiz, videos & Club Weekend details (RVC)
Sat 11th Sep North Somerset ploughing match
Sat 18th Sep
Club weekend - Members' day - including site set-up, mini road run & BBQ - Farleigh Fields (on the A370, opposite Backwell swimming pool)
Sun 19th Sep Club Ploughing Match - including Boot Sale & Craft stalls - location as above (homemade cakes please!)
Wed 29th Sep Mendip ploughing match
Tue 5th
Oct
Mystery object evening (RVC)
Sun 10th Oct Club winter road run - start location yet to be determined
Tue 2nd
Nov
Speaker - Peter Sparks - Magic lantern slide show featuring vintage tractors, lorries & motorbikes (RVC)
Tue 7th
Dec
Christmas social evening - skittles, refreshments (RVC)
PLEASE BRING A DRAW PRIZE
Mon 27th DecAuto jumble - Bristol Sales Centre, Easter Compton
All assistance on the day will be most welcome. Please contact
the Chairman if you are able to help (especially first thing in the
morning)