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Summer Series – Round 1 results

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Summer Series – Round 1 Results
Motor Gymkhana Friday 18th May
Hi all,

Many thanks to all who took part & helped with the marshalling last night and nice to see some new faces too.

We had a total of eight competitors and seven tests.
The aim of the motor gymkhana is to get as few penalty points as possible, the penalty points for most of the tests being distances and/or differences measured in CM. Maximum scores are set in case anyone fails a test completely, but you are given the chance to “Play your Joker” and have a second go in an attempt to improve your score,
Test 1 – driving forward/backwards a prescribed number of wheel revolutions
Test 2 – driving forward & then reversing into parking spaces, the aim being to park smack in the centre of the spaces.
Test 3 – The “FA cup penalty kick” a new test for us, the aim of this was to score a goal by hitting a 1m diameter beach ball into a 2m wide goal, this test proved to be quite popular. John in the Mini nailed it perfectly, but think the bumpers on the modern cars proved to be too high and pushed the ball more into the ground rather than towards the goal, so this test will need a bit of refinement.
Test 4 – drive up to a post and get as close as you could without hitting it, then same thing again but reversing to another post.
Test 5 – placing a wheel on or as close to as you can, to a couple of 10cm diameter discs on the ground 10m away from the start.
Test 6 – Make the gap between a pair of traffic cones as narrow as possible, but so you can still drive between them without hitting them.
Test 7 – drive around a set course, attempting to get as close to a target time set by the organiser, but without spilling any water from the two wine glasses balanced on the car bonnet. Kev how did you manage to do the wrong route on this test?

Results:
position/name/car/penalty points
1st – Chris Duffin Ford Fiesta 132
2nd – Gary Newman Nissan Qashqai 169
3rd – Dave Cooper Skoda Supurb 199
4th – John Fox Austin Mini 202
5th – Martin Ford Volvo (Supertanker) 232
6th – Rich Smith Seat Ibiza 258
7th – Kamila Mazda MX-5 341
8th – Kev Smith Vauxhall Corsa 530

Many thanks to Kev Smith for sorting the venue & Chris Evans, the landowner at Dundry Nurseries, 100% of the entry fee from the event was donated to the Butterfly Garden Charity http://thebutterflygarden.org/ (A project for people of all ages dealing with disablement of any kind).

I forgot to take some photos, if anyone did take any please can you send me one. Thanks.

Hope you all enjoyed it.

Please await confirmation of the next round, it is not as advertised on our website.

Regards
Rich C

Summer Series 2018 – Round 1 Motor Gymkhana, Friday 18th May

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TONY BREWER MEMORIAL

SUMMER SERIES

MAY TO SEPTEMBER.

More of a fun element to our summer events, standard cars, ideal for beginners and experts alike, open to all Club members and friends. The series comprises of motor gymkhanas, auto tests, treasure hunts and scatters. They are normally held on the third Friday of each month

ROUND ONE – FRIDAY 18TH MAY

Precise driving test. This is a non-damaging, low speed event.

Venue: Dundry Nurseries, Bamfurlong Lane, Cheltenham

Start time: 18:30

Get it Sideways Stages Rally

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Hi All,
Final instructions & a seeded entry list are are now available for Cheltenham Motor Club’s Get it Sideways Stages Rally, at Down Ampney on Saturday 7th April
http://cheltmc.com/get-it-sideways-stages-rally/
a round of:
2018 CMSGCC Stage Rally Championship
2018 WAMC – Restruct Ltd & http://www.jelfmotorsport.com Welsh Clubman’s Mixed Surface Championship
2018 GwynneSpeed Rally Challenge
2018 FMP RALLY CHALLENGE supporting WALES AIR AMBULANCE
Rally homepage http://cheltmc.com/get-it-sideways-stages-rally/
Marshals & Radios http://cheltmc.com/marshals/

2018 Autosport F1 GP Predictor

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Hi all,
The 2018 Autosport F1 GP Predictor is open for business. The Cheltenham Motor Club league set up last year is still active. If you would like join our league, just click the link below.

 
It’s easy to sign up, it’s free & although you will receive a few emails from Autosport, you will not be bombarded with them. 
 
BUT HURRY UP AS THE FIRST RACE IS THIS WEEKEND
The deadline for predictions is 10 minutes before the start of the qualification session.

Time is short, you will need to register and submit your first predictions by 5.50AM this Saturday.

Below is list of people who are already registered for The Cheltenham Motor Club league:

Name –  Team name
RICH CLAYTON – Mr Bean
LIZ CORK – All Geared Up!
RICH SMITH – Rich’s Rejects
PHIL CORK –  Win Win Win 
JOSH TAYLOR – JTF1 
You can keep the same selection all year, or change for each race, but in all cases any changes must be submitted 10 mins before the start of the qualification sessions.
It’s just for fun. The league standings will be emailed out at time to time during the season.
Rich

12 Car Series – Round 5

Hi All,

Please see the email from Josh detailing the results from last night’s 12 car.

Apologies it’s taken a while to work it out.

We found three code boards had gone missing upon collection.

Two had been deliberately driven over, one in Dymock Woods and one in Queens Woods Kempley.

Sorry about that as it was then a long way between the previous code board at Oxenhall

and the next one at Four Oaks. They’d both got run over before anyone found them

and they were a long way off the side of the road!

The third missing board was simply taken and that was just off Castlemorton common.

We finally got back home at 2.30am this morning!!

Many thanks for all the lovely comments- it has been heartening to hear that you all enjoyed Josh’s first attempt at a 12 car organisation.

He was solely responsible for the teasing clues.

In case someone still hadn’t got the final section sussed –

the 18 represented R, the 19 was S and the 20 was T.

I’ll leave you to work out 12 and 15!!

Nice to see one expert crew and one novice crew got them 100%.

If anyone wants to know specifics about what boards they missed etc

please email me at jeff.r.wheeler@btinternet.com.

See you all soon.

Jeff & Josh

Sent from my iPhone

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Date: 17 March 2018 at 19:35:10 GMT
To: jeff.r.wheeler@btinternet.com
Subject: Results
Reply-To: joshwheeler28@btinternet.com

  Position Class Time Penalties

(Minutes)

 Missed Code Boards Missed Board Penalties

(Minutes)

 Fails

(Missed Control)

 Total
Martin Taylor & Simon Harris 1 E/E 1 0 0 0 1
Dave & Emily Price 2 E/N 13 2 20 0 33
Kev Smith & Martin Saunders 3 E/E 7 5 50 1 57
Amy Goodson & Ben Sargeant 4 B/B 1 7 70 1 71
Martin Davis & Dave Cooper 5 E/E 13 6 60 1 73
Phil Easton & Nick Cutts 6 E/E 27 5 50 1 77
Derek Love & Rich Winters 7 N/N 47 7 70 1 117
Jack Major & Tim Bell 8 N/N OTL 5 50 1 50 + Ex
Steve Toms & Craig Owen 9 N/N OTL 5 50 1 50 + Ex

Pete Singfield 12 Car Nav-Ex Round 3 – Results

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In damp and slippery conditions David and Emily drove almost faultlessly to the win with no Time Penalties and 1 missed code board. One went missing on the night so was excluded from the results. I expect that Dave was pressing on a bit missing code board 57 which was on the A436 between the Air Balloon and Seven Springs!

In second place with no missed code boards but 20 time penalties were Jon and Alastair , another great result.

In 3rd accompanied by a first time navigator (he only turned up to take some photos) were Kev and Callum.

4th Were Leighton and Craig who explored the local shrubbery just before TC3.

5th Were Jeff and Josh who struggled a bit keeping to the time schedule and having to cutting route in places.

Finally commiserations to Phil and Nick who again had to retire with Nick feeing a bit “Uncle Dick”, and to Martin Davis and Adam Lister who both found them selves without navigators, then paired up only to be foiled at the last minute by an ABS problem with Martin’s Subaru.

Thanks go to Martin Saunders for an interesting and challenging route, especially that rogue yellow that did for my front splitter when setting out the boards. He did go out and amazingly retrieved it frozen to the middle of the track! Also to Phil, Rich and Dave, Martin and James, Dave and Doreen and Gaff for marshalling.

The next round is being organised by Jon and Alastair on Friday 16th February, book your place on the website.

12 Car Navigational Series

Dave Gregory

Pete Singfiled 12 Car Series – Round 3

Hi All,

Round 3 of the CMC Winter series is being held on Friday 19th January, hosted by Cirencester Car club and will be run by Martin Saunders and myself. Sign on will be at the Cheltenham Motor club from 19.00 hours. There is a run out of 10 – 15 minutes to the start where Car 1 will leave at 20.01. The finish will be just outside Cirencester and refreshments and results will be at the Plough Inn Stratton. There is no charge for entry but insurance for the event will be required and will be available at the usual cost of £15 if your normal policy does not cover you. The route is approximately 45 miles on map 163 Cheltenham and Cirencester C3 or newer. Please reserve your entry on www.cheltmc.com on the winter series page. Beginners wishing to use marked maps please contact me for further details.

The last round had a good entry so early booking is advisable. Marshals are also required. I hope to see you there.

Dave Gregory

Christmas Cracker 2017 – Results

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Many thanks to the teams that turned out to take part in this years “Cracker. The weather eventually turned in our favour even though a few of the lanes were more like rivers!

I the end as normal, the results were very close, just the odd clue here and there.
Congratulations to Chris and Fran on the win. The answer to the tie breaker was 61 sweets in the box and although it was not needed at least Sandra and Henley went home with the sweets as a consolation prize.

Thanks to Rich Burdett for supplying the prizes, enough for everyone to take one home.

Dave G

Grand Motoring and Motorsport Quiz

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Monday 4th December 8:00 at the Club
Round 1
Would I get in a car that you are driving?
Test your knowledge of the Highway Code with a selection of question from the DVSA theory test.
Round 2
General knowledge of Motoring and Motorsport.
Lots of fun and lots of prizes.
Kev Smith

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