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Chairman's Chatter is compiled quarterly by our Chairman John Shaw. John summarizes the latest developments in the club covering general news, exhibition reports, developments in the clubs  layouts, and any other notices. To view a Chairman's Chatter simply click the relevant link, or scroll down for the latest edition.

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Chairmans Chatter  

Oct 2024

 

 

 

 

General News

Redbridge Wharf won “Best in Show” at the GETS exhibition at Milton Keynes against stiff opposition. This is down to the whole Redbridge Wharf team for their hard work over the years, especially when we have had no regular testing time at a clubroom. We now have a second trophy to display alongside the Bachmann plaque from Warley.

That  nicely leads on to clubroom. We wait for a final decision on new club premises. We should know during December but do not wish to tempt fate! As explained during the A.G.M., to cover the increased costs, we have had to increase the subscriptions. I believe that this is still good value given we shall have a permanent clubroom with a long rental agreement. As a matter of interest, if we had increased our monthly rent to the landlord by 5% each year since we took Itchen Stoke, we should have been paying £3,500 when we left Itchen Stoke in 2023 instead of the £1,000 requested.

Please remember to renew your subscriptions NOW. If there is a change in circumstance, please advise Tony so we can keep our records correct.

 Thanks to Gavin, we have the use of Bishopstoke Evangelical Church Hall again from Monday 13th January from 09.00 until Saturday 17.00. Planning details will be sent out nearer the time but PLEASE try to keep these days clear so running experience can be obtained before our next exhibition. On this occasion, there will be NO open day, but several full running sessions are planned to help with familiarisation.

 Meetings continue every Wednesday except for the Christmas period, and a new diary is enclosed. Please keep suggesting subjects and we shall attempt to find a presenter for that evening.

 

Redbridge Wharf.

What can we say!  After a successful Stafford show we moved on to GETS at Milton Keynes and put on a display w should all be proud of.  This is the culmulation of all the extra work we put in at Bishopstoke on board fitting and the extensinve control system rework by Dave.

At the AGM Clive "Watty" was elected to succeed Rich as layout manager and he has quite a list of further improvements.