Port Scooter Club

Hi, just got an email from Mark Pritchard from Ellesmere Port telling me of their new club.

" The Ellesmere Port Scooter Club are a bunch of fun-luvin, rally-going scooterists out for a good time, laffs, beer & scooters attending as many Rallies as possible through out the year.
The Ellesmere Port Scooter Club,Meeting place ,
The Halfway House Pub ,
Childer Thornton (By Little Sutton )

Every Thursday 7pm -7-30pm

All Lambretta and Vespa owners welcome."

Their website can be found at www.theeportscooterclub.piczo.com

( Graham, Dave could their details be put on the links page?) Have Done it Pete

Local Clubs email contacts?

Helloo, trying to send the Present Run flyer to other local clubs and none of their websites have contact details!

Does anyone have email addresses or phone numbers to contact members of:

Northern aces
Chosen Few
North Wales Nomads
Dabbers
Cloud 9

Contact me on peter.morrissey@virgin.net or on 07884 385462

CHRISTMAS PRESENT RUN

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Come all ye faithfull....

Tickets for Brit Pop Night

Tickets for the do advertised in the previous post ( 29th Nov - Saltney Social Club)can be obtained by contacting Dave Weller on 07826 420685 or from Saltney Social Club.

Dates for the Diary

Saturday 29th November ."Moses" on at Saltney Social Club .Dave Buckley is once again doing good stuff for the Cancer charity,and everyone enjoys this band , tickets only ,no doubt he will come to the club with some.

Sunday 14th December "Mods and Rockers " toy run .Bill Smiths shop in Chester to the childrens ward of the Countess Hospital .details to follow .

Sunday 21st December Chester Scooter Club "Toy Run "from the Grosvenor Arms ,Handbridge ,to the childrens ward of the Countess Hospital .Meet at 12 noon to leave at 1 pm .Return to the pub after the ride .

Saturday 20th December,Civic Soul at the Carlton Club in Connahs Quay .Pete ,Mossy and Cally are putting on a FREE Christmas do . They promise a wide variety of sounds (not just obscure Northern !) Its on from 7pm till 12pm

Tuesday night club meetings

Following our club meeting last night ,it was felt by all present that we should return to our normal once a week meetings .Once a month in the winter is too long to wait for a pint ! Seriously,the fact that the meetings had changed to monthly had not been picked up by some,they just thought it was a quiet night !So its back to normal,starting next Tuesday. See you there ! Dave .

Supertune phone out of action.

Hello,

Just to let locals know that our phone line has not been working at the shop since Monday evening. It still rings as normal to people who are calling so it just sounds like i cannot be arsed to answer it!

BT are pretending to try and sort it but it now seams a major line was cut and up to 1400 people are affected ( but they will not admit this). It may not be up and running again until the end of the week, calls should now be automatically diverted to my mobile.

Ho hum, modern technology.

Pete.

p.s. We have paid the phone bill ;)

Civic Soul Club

Pete Griff and Mossy are running an "aldayer" on the 1st November in the Civic Center ,Connahs Quay ,next to the baths .It starts at 3.30 pm and goes on till 1am . More info on civicsoulclub.moonfruit.com

Shaz's Birthday Do

Got a txt message last week inviting the club to Shaz skinheads birthday do .Its on Saturday 1st November at The Bull , Gt Sutton . Ska/Punk band The Stories are playing. Thanks for the invite Shaz.

Golden Torch S.O.T. open day 19th October

I've had a couple of txt's and an email asking me to let the club members know about this event.Golden Torch S.C. at Stoke are having an open day this Sunday the 19th at the Green Star pub,Smallthorne ,S.O.T. ST61RD. They have two live bands lined up ,custom show ,disco ,raffles etc. Entry is free after 12noon .The pub is on Hanley road . Wilf tells me the Crewe Crusaders are leaving the Duke of Gloucester (Crewe ? ) at 11.30 .Anyone who fancies this needs to be at Clubbies at 10am to leave at 10.15 . If the weather is kind,it should be a good day out,and not far from Chester . Dave .

"BEST STANDARD VESPA"

Eugene at Southport after winning the prize for the best standard Vespa ,considering the huge turnout of scooters at this event this was a big achievement,Chester S.C. are on a winning streak with Gary,Wilf,Bernie and now Eugene all picking up prizes in the last year .Well done all ! Update on the Prize Winners at Southport . Gary Clarke won the prize for the "Best Cutdown ".We only learned of this through Barry Turner,as the Lancashire Alliance put a photo on their site asking if anyone knew the owner,and Barry recognised it .Well done Barry and congratulations to Gary

Southport Ride-Out 2008

Well a fantastic day was had by all who went on this one, as the weather gods really shone down on everyone, it was more like July than October. After meeting Barry Turner and a few of the Nomads at the Little Chef in Eastham, 15 scooters rode on through the tunnel to Liverpool. After myself and some others got split up and lost around Kirby,we eventually found the Beaufort Arms pub at Burscough and soon realised that this was one hell of a turnout of scooters.

We left just after 12-30 and arrived in Southport sometime after 1pm, taking the scenic route with splendid views across the marshes where we could see Blackpool tower clearly in the distance. We rode down the whole length of Lord Street in Southport and eventually parked up outside Funland. There was free hotpot available at Leo's Bar, fish and chips, ice creams and even funfair rides for those that fancied them !!! Also well done to Eugene for winning Best Vespa in the custom show.

We left about 3pm and headed off down the lovely route through the sand dunes of Ainsdale and Formby and then into Liverpool through Bootle and down to the tunnel. A little detour was suggested to the White Lion pub in Childer Thornton and we did not have to be asked twice, as it was a Thwaites real ale pub the beer went down very easily.

All in all a great ride-out to finish the season before winter sets in.

Southport Rideout this Sunday ,12th October

The Southport Sandgrounders are celebrating their 50th anniversary on Sunday,all North West clubs are invited .Details of meeting up on the Liverpool side are on our Events page . I would suggest meet at Clubbies before ten ,to leave at 10am,via a41, meeting Barry Turner at 10.30 at Little Chef at Eastham (by the m53 roundabout) at 10.30,giving us plenty of time to reach the mass meeting point,the Beaufort Hotel on the a59,by12 noon .If anyone has a problem with the times of meeting up,ring me ,or I will see you at Tuesdays meeting ,all the best ,Dave .

Warrington ride out Sunday 28th September

Brian has asked me to mention the rideout next Sunday . Lowton civic hall near Warrington is the meeting point for the start of the mass ride into Warrington .Start time at Lowton is 11.30 . Anyone wanting to ride on this needs to be at Clubbies for a 10 .am departure as it always takes us longer than anticipated to get to Lowton (Gingers Egg Run starting point ).
Cracking good weather saw a lot of happy scooterists on their way to Rhyl on Saturday morning . Graeme,Mike,Eugene and Will, Steve and Jan,and others set off from Chester after10am and met the rest of Chester club at Deeside leisure center .We left 10.45 with about 15 scooters and managed to stay together as far as the lights at Flint,but as usual the group fragmented ,so we arrived at our usual stop pub "The Bells of St Marys " just before Prestatyn to refresh and regroup . We arrived at Rhyl around noon with about 15 scooters ,needless to say not exactly the same ones that started out ,in some cases ! Usual rally stuff ,talking ,rideout ,chips ,parts vans etc ,time for a pint,back home for food . Bernie had the only breakdown amongst our mob with a worn plug cap jumping off whilst overtaking a car ! Hairy moments ! Serves him right for coming on a vespa when he has a shed full of reliable lammies ! See you all soon ! Dave . P.S. Bernie and Tracey won "Best Vespa " at the Rhyl Rally ! Well done both . Dave .

Rhyl Rideout Saturday 20th Sept

I have had it confirmed from two different sources that the Rhyl weekend is definitely on between the 19th to 21st Sept, however I can't see much reference to it on other websites?

So looking at what we did last year I suggest that we leave Clubbies in Chester at 10am on Saturday morning (20th Sep) and then stop opposite the Ice Rink at Queensferry at 10.20am for any of the Deeside lads that want to ride with us. We can stop again further up the coast road to meet others (somewhere around Greenfield for Dave and any others). Maybe we can have a stop at the same pub as last year on the way, but we should aim to get to The Robin Hood holiday camp at Rhyl for around 12 noon as this will give us time to have a look round at the trade stalls before the rideout, which is usually 1pm up to Abergele.

Keep watching this website as I will update this post next week when I am clearer about the arrangements (and the weather !!!)

New Scooterist joins the fold...

Hello,

Got a text off Adam this morning saying that he and Linny are now proud parents to a bouncing baby boy called Fynn weighing in at 5lb 12oz.
Congratulations to all three of you!!! :)

News of the Durham Heiffer

Good news from Ade and Lisa at the Durham Heiffer,all is well at the pub and they are busy and its business as usual .This follows two conversations I had today with members who told me they had read in the Chronicle that the Durham Heiffer was in the hands of the official receiver.This is Durham Heiffer Ltd ,a limited company set up by the two ladies who had run the pub prior to Ade and Lisa taking over and in no way connected to to them or their pub . So lets keep up our support,as Ade will be more than pleased to see any of the scooter clubs that regularly visit . Best regards, Dave .

Bangor on Dee Rideout Pics

An excellent turnout of nearly 50 scooters for a local Sunday rideout was a fantastic achievement. Well done to The Dabbers for arranging it and to all the clubs who turned out on what was a pretty miserable rainy morning, which thankfully cleared up later. Also thanks to the landlord and staff at The Royal Oak pub in Bangor who were very welcoming and happily received the large crowd of popping two stroke scooterists.

Pictured above is Eugene's new PX 200 (edit -oops sorry Eugene Dave tells me it's a Rally not a PX)in a rather nice burnt orange colour, which made it's debut on the rideout. For more pics from the day click on the link below and select slideshow.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Lammygraham/BangorOnDeeRideoutPics

Ride-Out Sunday 31st August

Thanks to all the Nantwich, Crewe and Winsford lads who turned out at The Shady Oak pub on Tuesday night, an excellent turnout of 10 scooters were there already when the 3 of us arrived from Chester, however a very pleasant evening was had at this peaceful location.

The Dabbers lads asked me to advertise the fact that they are planning a ride-out on Sunday to Bangor on Dee. They are meeting at the picnic area behind the pub at Broxton roundabout to leave at 11-30, so Wilf suggests that the Chester lads meet up at the Trooper Inn carpark (opposite Dickens garage on the A41) at 11am. Wilf's mobile number is 07769580151.

Monday Bank Holiday Afternoon Ride-Out

Wilf has let me know that some of the Liverpool lads are having a ride-out up to the horseshoe pass and Llangollen on Monday afternoon and are willing to drop in to Clubbies on the way, so he has suggested that if any of the Chester lads fancies it, to meet at Clubbies in Handbridge at 11-15 noon for leaving at 11-30. Wilf's Mobile No. is 07769580151.

Also Tuesday night local ride-out to The Shady Oak pub is definitely on barring thunderstorms, so far Graham, Eugene and Wilf are up for it, 7-30pm leaving Clubbies.