Armed Forces Rally 2010 registrations NOW OPEN

[Mr Rizla]

Armed Forces Rally 2010 registrations NOW OPEN! http://afgh.org/afr2010

Armed Forces Rally 2010    IT’S OFFICIAL THE AFGHAN HEROES “ARMED FORCES RALLY” 2010  Fri 25th June - Sun 27th June  Afghan Heroes in conjunction with the Wales and West Showground (David Broome, Equestrian Centre) is preparing a weekend Rally in recognition of Armed Forces Day 2010. Afghan Heroes first mission was to despatch 10,000 parcels to all serving troops (Tri-Forces) in Afghanistan. These have been despatched and are due to arrive in time for 26th June Armed Forces Day.
The Event

We have specially selected the site for its amenities and ease of access, shower blocks, toilets and all facilities will be transported into the showground. Dedicated camping areas have been established and will be clearly marked. All information will be clearly available from our website and visible at camp-site entrances through large information points.

The Rally will offer the following for your entertainment: -

     
• Large retail area, manufacturers, clothing suppliers and stalls
• Live Music (Friday & Saturday)
• Satellite hook up to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
• Mini-Moto circuit
• Dedicated ride-out through breathtaking scenery
• On-site food outlets and Bars
• Custom Show
• Your chance to win a Harley Davidson â€" Raffle tickets will be offered £5 each

Detail

Registration will end on the 31st May 2010, we can’t offer any exceptions this time as the co-ordination times are required to ensure you all benefit from the facilities and quality of our performance.

Donations from £20 per person will be offered for the event. Your donation will secure your tent pitch, entrance into the Showground and access to all on-site facilities. Afghan Heroes will provide a commemorative wrist band to all attendee’s, please ensure you wear it at all times. Yes we will have enough! Afghan Heroes will offer event specific merchandise as a memory of the occasion, this will offered for sale, as part of the registration process. You can select all or none, however all merchandise ordered by 30th April will be despatched prior to the event, we will endeavour to despatch as much of the remaining orders by the event date, however all none despatched items will be available at the check-in for collection.
   Register Here Today 
The full event address can be found below: -

The David Broome Event Centre
Mount Ballan Manor
Crick
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
NP26 5XP
http://blog.afghanheroes.org.uk/2010/04/01/armed-forces-rally-2010/

[Top Cat]

Steve, any news as to whether they want us to organise these ride-outs yet, or do you think they'll wait until May 31st to tell us they've 20000 registrations , all of whom want to go for a different ride every day?   Kiss Kiss, John T. 

[STEM]

Ok Ok I'll ring Julia 2morrow 

[STEM]

Ok managed to get a conference call in with the organisers. They want to go ahead with the rideouts but the number of rides and frequency of them has yet to be decided. It has been suggested that as many as 25K bikes will attend the event

I have said that my/our complete involvement in the organising will be difficult because of the distances involved but we may be able to help with the marshalling of the rides but we will wait until they have formulated their preliminary plans first before we commit.

JT I mentioned that you had a 50 mile route and they are interested in seeing it. Can you do a Google Route map for us?

I can feel I'm being drawn in,  yet again. Does anyone else fancy being 'lead' on this one?


Steve

[Top Cat]

Hi all. I've sent this route to Steve to pass on to the organisers. It's been modified to avoid dual carriageways, it's reduced to about 40 miles, and it's certainly scenic. not having posted Google maps before, and being computer-illiterate, I hope you guys can access it. Please let me know a) whether the link worked, and b) whether you think the route is shite or not..... (I happen to think it's manageable, and not too difficult to marshall). Regards, John T.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Crick+Rd&daddr=A466+to:Unknown+road+to:51.647371,-2.690363&geocode=FX1WEwMdi0LW_w%3BFZqSFgMdCqzW_w%3BFXqqFAMdLhXW_w%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=1&mrsp=3&sz=14&via=2&sll=51.655679,-2.718258&sspn=0.036315,0.075445&ie=UTF8&ll=51.710863,-2.789841&spn=0.290168,0.603561&z=11

[John T]

Hi all. With ref to the map of the route posted above, can you guys open it OK? Steve says the link freezes his PC. If it works OK for any of you , could you pass it on to Stem for me. Cheers. John T

[STEM]

That now seems to work OK, thanks JT

STEM

[STEM]

This has all gone 'tits up' already  . The charity thought that they might organise this all themselves took too many bookings and the venue pulled out. The next venue Chepstow race-course decided that they wanted £10-15K and would provide all the food and drinks at no discount wanted £1 / person entry and would not make a donation to the charity.

The charity founders have decided that they can't cope (ALREADY) and are trying to pass it over to someone else.

I'm keeping well away.

[Top Cat]

Something tells me (the judicious use of the smiley ), that you threw back an "I told you so" to them. I'm thinking therefore that they've tried already to make the USR Group the "someone else" mentioned in your posting.
However I've done a bit of research, to be helpful like, and you might like to suggest that they contact Chris Sutton at King Sturge (the commercial property agents) who are managing the huge, and currently disused, acreage that was the Llanwern Steel Works. Most of the buildings are gone, leaving vast tracts of flat concrete hard-standing, just begging for a bike rally to park on it, and it might help the agents draw attention to it. The ride I suggested could still be used as well .
The location is less than 10 miles from the original intended venue, and the agents might look favourably upon them. I'd have to say that the only other possible venue I could think of, well to the west of Cardiff, is Pembrey Circuit.
Best wishes, John T.

[Top Cat]

I see from their latest e-mail circular that they've gone for the Chepstow Race course option, and that they want registrations from May to involve a £40 "donation", presumably to cover the added costs involved.
I think you're right Steve, this is not one for the USRs to get involved with!
best wishes, John T.

PS. Jeffrey, please don't tell me off for ending the sentence with a preposition....it's been a long day!