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Dear Southern Member

Welcome to your 2017 Southern Section Diary of Events.

These events will be run strictly in accordance with the BMW Club’s insurance guidelines for your safety and protection.

We hope you will find the diary useful and find something to your liking with both new as well as the tried & tested events available in your area.

If you are new to the Club please come along and introduce yourself so that we can make you feel welcome.

We welcome all suggestions of events for next years diary particularly if your re-quirements are not catered for, we also need volunteers to help run events.

Please keep a close eye on the monthly journal as well as the Club & Southern Sec-tion websites for changes, further details as well as any additional events.

We wish you safe riding and look forward to seeing you out & about over the com-ing year, hopefully we will be provided with better motorcycling weather.

The Southern Section Committee

Never attended an event before….

Why Not?

Maybe now is the time to come along and make some new friends. Let us know you

are new or attending for the first time so we can make you feel welcome.

Can’t make the whole event….

Why not just pop along and say Hello but Remember Weekend events normally fin-

ish on the Sunday when people head for home.

For any day visits Saturday will be the best option.

Keeping in Touch—Let us have your current email address!

The Social Team endeavour to publish this ‘Diary of Events’ with accurate infor-

mation however things do change.

In order to keep all members up to date we generally email a monthly update to sec-

tion members as well as updating the website, if you are not receiving this communi-

cation please forward your details to: [email protected]

Please Make all Cheques in payment for events etc. payable To: ‘THE BMW CLUB’, We can also now accept Card payments.

Front Photo:- Turkish countryside near Malatya, 2014

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YOUR 2017 COMMITTEE :-

Chairman:- Godfrey Potter—Tel: 07932 606349

Email: [email protected]

Treasurer:- John Kent—Tel: 07775 743002


Membership Sec:- Bob Denman—Tel: 01276 475853


Social Secretary:- Erica Body—Tel: 07528 873056


Assistant Social Sec:- Gerri Chandler—Tel: 01895 446896


Webmaster:- Bob Melvin—Tel: 07805 086276


NC Representative:- Jim Bettley—Tel: 07920 147908


Committee Members:- Chris Tite—Tel: 07946 577300


Terry Hartshorn—Tel: 07552 610070


Ray Cross— Tel: 07789 438568


For full details & all up to date information on any event Please visit the Southern Section Website or contact a committee member:

EVENTS FOR 2017

JANUARY

2nd Pub Meet, The Cricketers Arms—8 p.m.

3rd Pub Meet, The Seven Stars — 8pm

4th ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner GU32 1JX—12 Noon

8th Winter Talk - The Stans + ‘Bring & Buy’ Sale — 2pm, Rake Village Hall

12th Pub Meet, The Half Moon — 8pm

16th Pub Meet, Drusilla’s Inn — 8pm

17th Pub Meet, The Seven Stars — 8pm

18th ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner GU32 1JX—12 Noon


29th Skittles—The Milbury’s, Beauworth, Hamp. SO24 0PB

31st Pub Meet The Seven Stars — 8pm

Regular Event ● Southern Event ● National Event ● Non BMW Club or SS Event ●

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FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

1st ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner, GU32 1JX — 12 noon

6th Pub Meet, The Cricketers Arms — 8pm

9th Pub Meet, The Half Moon—8pm

12th Breakfast Meet, Redhill Aerodrome Café — 10am


15th ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner, GU32 1JX — 12 noon

1st ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner, GU32 1JX — 12noon




15th Old Gits’ Loomies Diner, GU32 1JX—12 noon


23rd Pub Meet, The Half Moon — 8pm

24th—26th

Rhino Rally @ Bedgelert

26th Winter Talk, Blue Lamp Trust— 2pm, Rake Village Hall


19th Winter Talk — Details to follow, 2pm, Rake Village Hall


23rd Pub Meet, The Half Moon — 8pm


2nd Helen & James’ Soup Run, Arundel

3rd Pub Meet, The Cricketers Arms — 8pm



9th Prescott Bike Festival


16th Breakfast Meet, Shore-ham Aerodrome Café —10am

17th Pub Meet, Drusilla’s Inn— 8pm



22nd—

23rd

National AGM, Bedford Hotel, Tavistock, PL19 8BB


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APRIL Cont.

MAY

JUNE

JULY

28th—1st May

Cornish Caravan Week-end—St Breward, PL30 4LY

28th—30th

Paignton Bike Festival

3rd ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner, GU32 1JX — 12 noon


6th Visit To the Bloodhound Project—10.30, Bristol

7th Gail’s Treasure Hunt.

9th Pub Meet, Seven Stars—8pm

14th Bob Melvin’s Cream Tea Run, Details to follow.

14th ACE Café BMW Bike Day, Date TBC




21st Greg Smith’s Ride Out, De-tails to follow.

23rdth Pub Meet, Seven Stars—8pm

1st Pub Meet, The Half Moon — 8pm

2nd –3rd Letchlade Camping Weekend, Oxford Section

4th Gail’s BBQ—Details to follow.

5th Pub Meet, The Cricketers Arms 8 p.m



9th—11th

Camping Weekend—Details to follow.

9th—11th

Vintage Register—Welsh Rally, Date TBC.





21st Fish & Chip Meet, 7.00pm, Mother Kelly’s, PO4 4PY

23rd—25th

Camping Weekend, Venue To be Confirmed.


2nd Erica’s Ride Out—Details to follow.

3rd Pub Meet, The Cricketers Arms 8 p.m.



7th—9th BMW Motorrad Days—Garmisch

12th Fish & Chips Meet — 7.00pm, Jack’s, Bagshot

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JULY Cont.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER





22nd Archery Event with Erica—10am, GU3 2DD


30th Breakfast On The Beach! Details to follow.

1st Pub Meet, The Seven Stars - 8pm

2nd ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner, GU32 1JX — 12 noon

6th Segway Event with Greg Smith


8th Fish & Chips Meet — 7.00pm, Poole Quay

13th Popham Airfield Mega Meet & Autojumble

13th Brackley Festival of Mo-torcycling with Chris Tite

15th Pub Meet, The Seven Stars - 8pm


20th Forge Day with Dave Wright, 10am GU8 4TU

21st Pub Meet, Drusilla’s Inn — 8pm


25th—27th

National Rally, Framling-ham IP13 9EY


2nd Afternoon Ride Out—Bournemouth Air Festi-val




10th Clay Pigeon Shoot—Details to follow.


17th Godfrey’s Ride Out—Details to follows.



21st Pub Meet, The Half Moon — 8pm

22nd—24th

Hotel Weekend—Details to follow.


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OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY 2018


2nd Pub Meet, The Half Moon — 8pm





19th Slot Car Racing


21st Pub Meet, The Seven Stars - 8pm


2nd Pub Meet, The Cricketers Arms — 8pm



7th Ride To The Wall


15th Southern Section AGM, Rake Village Hall—10.30




21st—22nd

Hippo Rally


1st Cricketers Arms — 8pm

2nd The Seven Stars - 8pm 3rd ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner

7th Winter Talk

11th The Half Moon — 8pm

16th The Seven Stars - 8pm

17th ‘Old Gits’ Loomies Diner

25th The Half Moon — 8pm




9th Southern Section Xmas Party, East Hampshire GC.






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Code For Ride Outs

1. Arrive with a full tank of fuel and an empty bladder!

2. Please do not leave a ride without telling the leader or tail end Charlie.

3. Ride in a manner appropriate to the conditions, it is not necessary to ‘keep

up’ as we use the ‘drop off’ system.

4. How you ride is entirely your responsibility.

5. Stay safe and have fun, overtake fellow riders only when necessary.

WHERE WE MEET

The Half Moon 32 London Road, Sheet, Petersfield

GU31 4BE Tel: 01730 263859

www.halfmoonsheet.co.uk

The Cricketers Arms 232 Chestnut Ave, North Stoneham,

Chandlers Ford, SO53 3HN Tel: 023 8062 9878

http://www.findaproperpub.co.uk/

Drusilla’s Inn Wigbeth, Horton

BH21 7JH Tel: 01258 840297

www.drusillasinn.co.uk

The Seven Stars Newark Lane, Ripley, Surrey,

GU23 6DL Tel: 01483 225128

www.sevenstarsripley.co.uk

The Southern Section Committee would like to say a big THANK YOU

to members who have organised and run events both past & future!!

http://www.findaproperpub.co.uk/index.php

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