At the time of writing we are midway between having run the Kent Rally and about to jointly run the Rally of Kent with Bexley and Maidstone motor clubs. The Kent Rally ably organised as always by Chin and his devoted team ran with only a few minor problems. Although there were a couple of competitors who got a little over-enthusiastic during the night! Best of all nobody ran over any of the cats on the route that we had been asked to avoid by concerned householders. Unfortunately, I didn’t fare quite so well scoring one fox when travelling between controls during the night and sustaining some significant damage to the front of the car.
Next up on the calendar on Sunday 16th March is the co-promoted Rally of Kent and as always your help is needed to ensure that we are able to run the event successfully. Volunteers to marshal should contact Iain Gibson, details elsewhere in this and previous Acorns.
At our last committee meeting it was decided that we would celebrate our Golden Jubilee next year by holding a Summer Ball at Leeds Castle on Saturday 22nd May 2004. So make sure you can attend by getting it written into your diaries now as we intend making it a great night to remember. As a consequence we have decided to hold next year’s Annual Awards night at a different venue during January or February. Further details will be provided as they become known.
Lastly, the February club night saw its biggest attendance in years with over 55 people turning up for the Rally Marshall’s Training evening. An excellent and entertaining training video was shown with an opportunity for questions and answers at the end. My only concern was the Health and Safety risk of having so many people crammed into the back room of The Bell!

Colin Rodger