28th October: Starting at 10am from Stepping Stones Farm, Langford, Nr Bristol BS40 5HS.  Sign on at the start with a £10 charitable donation.

Unfortunately the speaker cancelled his talk so an alternative was found - one of the charities that we are supporting this year and next - the Blood Bikes.

The Club calendar page has the full listing for all the 2017 events.

Fully booked.  Report above

3 January 2017 

Presentation of Cheque to the Great Western Air Ambulance

Any outstanding renewals to Membership - Bruce Ralfs

Individual                  £16.50
Joint                           £19.00
Family                        £20.00   (Parents or guardians and up to 3 children
                                                    under 13 years of age. Note:- no insurance cover
                                                    for the children)
Senior Citizen          £14.50
Individual Junior   £13.00   (Ages 13-16 or 18 if in full time education)
 

The Annual NVTEC Autojumble was on the 27th of December 2016 at Easter Compton as usual.  Despite a very frosty start the weather was at least clear but cold.  A very good turnout of traders and punters from far and wide.

Club Rally and Ploughing Match 2016

The club ploughing weekend was rather different this year!

We returned to the format that we had several years ago, with a greater emphasis on the social side of the event.

Tim's  Training Academy for Ploughmen took place on the Friday with some entertainment for club members that evening on the main site.

On the Saturday there was the usual mini road run and BBQ during the day. In the evening the Redhillbillies performed.

The ploughing match itself took place be on the Sunday in glorious weather.

Ploughing match prize winners list is at the bottom of this page.

More photos of the event on the photographs page - menu on the right of this page.

The future Club policy on donations

At the AGM, views were expressed regarding the extent to which the club should make donations to charity.

The committee feel that this is an important subject and that all members should have a chance to discuss and consider it. Rather than calling a special meeting devoted to this matter alone (which, strictly speaking, would probably be the proper route to follow) the committee propose that a proportion of the August meeting be set aside to allow for these discussions (before the scheduled speaker).

This notification (together with announcements at the June and July meetings) serves as the calling notice for these discussions. At the August meeting, members present will be asked to vote on any suggested changes to the current approach which have been proposed and seconded and the decision will be by simple majority on a show of hands.

2016 Ploughing results

Here are the prize winners from the ploughing match.

JCB Trip - July 2016

Members enjoyed a great trip to the JCB factory at Rocester on 5th July 2016. Grateful thanks are due to Sheila Chapman who organised the trip. Photographs are not permitted within the plant itself, but are allowed elsewhere.