NW Report August/September 2010
13th August –MAG-
I attended the
Board meeting at the MAG’s new premises at
14th August MAG UK NC Meeting
. I attended the National Committee meeting, minutes available on
MAG
31st August-6th September Stormin’ the Castle
. .I took a week off work to help out with the build up week and marshaling duties over the rally weekend. In my opinion, it was one of the best STCs yet with brilliant weather to boot.
This event was covered by Bill Green, Red Rose MAG Rep. From all accounts the event went wellwith favourable weather. It has become apparent though that our regional stall is in urgent need of attention which hopefully we can get sorted during the winter months.
17th -19th September Jesters Rally,
Helped out with the running of this rally and ran the MAG stall from my van. We picked up a few members over the weekend and renewals, and distributed loads of literature.
3rd October Hercules Run Pilling-Carlisle
Once
again I was asked by the organisers of this event if NW MAG could marshal this
event. On the day, which was a very wet day, we got enough members from around
the region to manage the event, which this year was raising money for
I have
picked up a few members directly from this event, and most of the organisers
are now members, who attend the local meetings and support the MAG events by
donating fabulous raffle prizes. MAG got a huge amount of praise this year for
the professional way the run was marshalled. The run is 100+ miles of fantastic
scenery terminating in a place of interest, which this year was
Other Business around the region
Blackpool MAG has moved back to Uncle Tom’s Cabin for their regular meetings. They will be holding a Halloween Party at the end of the month to raise money for the “Fighting Fund”.
The NW AGM is being held this year at the
home of Red Rose MAG in
Manchester MAG is still doing well with a good attendance at their meetings, which are now at a new location
Over the past few months I have been spending a lot of time getting the NW MAG site up to date and it is a steep learning curve as I am no web-master. I am uploading the regional reports onto the web-site, which is why I include all activities including my involvement with meetings at Central.
The RideSafe BackSafe scheme in
Regards
Tony
Cox
North West Representative,