Essex Charity MV Stages 1st July

We have now added another class - stage prepared enduro cars

If you have any questions please contact Stan

http://www.wickfordautoclub.co.uk/ecs.htm

£10 reduction only until 10th May

Entry List soon to be put on the website - glad to see 1 CMC crew took advantage of the £10 reduction. Only valid until 14th May?

Dave Town has posted our entry form off for this.

Hope to have more luck on this stage rally.

I am sure you will, are you not out at millbrook?

No, its a bit too close to the mid-summer enduro date

Navigator required for Essex Stages.
WAC member in a nice shinny newly built MKII 2l Escort.

Dave Judd and I are collecting names for the CMC stage at Coney Hall - first run late am so not a horribly early start.

We have the Maddocks & Morgans.

Could do with some more to jimbowie555@yahoo.com

33 entries todate - where's yours Ed

Little Sister "Rallygirl", I have sort of been a bit busy in the last few weeks........ and thankyou for marshalling the midsummer, especially helping out setting up the Sculthorpe Tests, it was much apprecited by the rest of the team.
On the Essex Charity Stages, I will sort an entry out this week, once I decide which car to use, the blue one or the white one.

Jim, I need to do some filming in th eservice area to build resources for the BTEC Motorposrt course we are running at Thames Gatweay College.

I don't mind marshalling but need to be at two services at least, does that fit?

If you are unable to Marshal on CMC stage, please give Charlotte (asst CM) a call, to see where you can marshal and film both service area's

Well, only a few days ledt to go. Almost finished the Escort ready for its first Stage Rally. As always, everything takes 5 times as long as you expect. A big thanks to Mike Thomas for sorting all the small welding jobs, and tuning the engine to a much sweeter note. Seriously hope we can have a trouble free run following the maiden run on the Gymkhana where we had lots of small reliability problems. Will definatly be driving to complete the first stage rally in the Escort. Will spend most of the day trying to get used to rear wheel drive again, apologies in advance for the poor driving style, still can't get used to the rear wheel, having only just got the hang of the front wheel drive Nova.
Look forawrd to seeing everyone on the CMC stage, and look out for the Nova, its being "carefully" driven by Charlotte as one of the course cars.

I will be very careful in your Nova especially after seeing the size of some of the ditches tonight - i think 10mph will be the limit, for me at least!

Still need 1 more marshalling crew..........!

oh Ed you have opened yourself up for a windup now.

must find some broken nova bits for display purposes, calendar and egg timer are packed for timing the more 'lippy' crews.

After my previous disaters at predicting the weather, I can only say, it could be wet for this weekends Essex Stages.

Peter, after the last outing when both the Nova and Escort were out on the same day, they both returned home in need of much love and attention, so hopefully this time all will be OK. The Nova may even be packed with marshalls goodies again, as it was the last time you saw it.

As its been lent on a you bend, you mend basis, I can rest easy. If Charlotte bends, her mum sprayed it last time anyway, and her dad did some of the mechanical work, so its in safe hands....I hope. If its spotted going over 10 mph, let me know....

A little bird told me she did today!!!

C U All Sunday - wellies optional

Ed i saw your Nova doing a lot more than 10 mph today

Thanks to the organisers, and all the marshals out in the wet and mud (never thought i would say that about the charity stages !!!)

Not a great day for us, 3 punctures robbed us of any result, but BIG thanks to Richard Nel David Earthy for servicing for us, getting, wet, and muddy looking after the Rover.

Now bloody knackered, but still bussing about the CMC stage, that straight, top enduro top spped

On behalf of WAC I would like to say a big thankyou to CMC marshal's. as without the 170 odd (not all CMC) we could not run the event. Yes it was a great long not too bumpy straight!!

As for the Nova - it is all in one bit. Thanks to Charlotte's careful driving?? or should I say Stan's handbreak turns?

Hope you all had a good days motor sport

Hopefully will be able to put our feet up after clear up tomorrow

Would like to back up that thanks to all Marshal's who did a great job!!

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed being course car and would recomend it to anyone. Thanks to Ed for lending me the car and Dad for doing bits to it! I just need to clean it now before taking it back as its a funny brown colour!

I agree with Matt the straight on coney was excellent!

I am amazed at how much effort goes in to organising these events and after helping out wickford i think i will always apreciate events a bit more in future and not be quick to critisize!

Thanks to all the organisers, marshals and whoever arranged the weather!

Andy Manston's photo gallery is here:
http://www.mandh-photography.co.uk/events/EssexStages2007/

I would like to say that being a virgin marshal at ES Thank you to Charlotte for giving me the opportunity, my fantastic mentors of the day Hugh (Hi gorgeous!(haha) and Alan, and also to the drivers and co drivers for being patient whilst I learnt the ropes.