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Following on from Ford Fair 2011, I thought it appropriate to give you all an update and overview of the show.
On the lead up to the show, we quickly saw numbers were going to be matching, if not exceeding 2010's attendees, as you're probably aware, we had nearly double the ticket sales, from 220 in 2010 to 387 in 2011, excluding Club Staff tickets.
The organisation behind the scenes, consisted of Amanda managing the ticket sales, new clothing and a great deal of liaison with the Future Publishing. Rich from FocusRSOC designing the fantastic layout of the stand, Phil and Alan from FocusSTOC gathering various equipment and clothing together and myself purchasing merchandise, the marquee and organising the Sponsor prizes.
With regards to the Merchandise, I'm pleased with the response to the new items on offer. The sales on the club marquee were excellent, so I would like to thank all those people for coming over. We don't offer the merchandise to make very much profit per sale, its purely offered because in years of feedback, thats what you, the members wanted from us.
The clothing has gone down a storm, everyone's feedback when looking at the example clothing was extremely positive. We've worked very very hard to find a supplier that could meet our demands in terms of the administration, quality and flexibility on embroidery, and I'm pleased to say, they've more than exceeded!
The new merchandise and clothing will be available in the online club shop from Monday 12th September. This is to allow us time to add the items, test its function in the shop, gather additional stock if required and of course... allow Amanda time to get back from her holidays!
I was also pleased by the overall verbal and forum feedback of the club stand... we were very big this year, the marquee provided a focal point for the stand and I hope you all agree the marquee looked great. I do take on board feedback about having a 'meeting' marquee, possibly managed by regional reps.
Having contacted the Sponsors this year, I was absolutely blown away by their generosity towards the club, and ultimately you guys.
We decided to make things as transparent as possible, we would introduce a new voting system. There were two key points:
Display your vote card in your windscreen to be entered
Walk round the club stand with your voting card and choose your 'Best On Stand' by entering the three digit number on display in their windscreen
There was a large percentage of you that either didn't display your card in your windscreen and/or didn't vote.
We perfectly accept the various reasons why some didn't, all I'd say for next year is that you all have a chance to win something, so please do take advantage.
As per the letter sent to you all. The winners were announced at 2.30pm. I'm proud to announce the 'Best On Stand' Winners and Runners Up for Ford Fair 2011:
MondeoSTOC Winner - Sponsored by Superchips
Martin Cordell - username - airbex_is_me
Prize - Bluefin Handset
Mondeo ST Winner 013.jpg 384.11K
20 downloadsRunner Up - Sponsored by Chipex
Geoff Bottomer - username - welsh4life
Prize - Chipex Repair Kit
Mondeo ST Runner Up 016.jpg 358.08K
21 downloadsFocusRSOC Winner - Sponsored by Sitech & Wolf
Steve Walden - username - loophole
Prize - RS Inlet & Voucher
Focus RS Winner 094.jpg 287.48K
11 downloadsRunner Up - Sponsored by Sitech & Graham Goode Racing
Steven Waite - username - waito
Prize - Dyno Run & Engine Torque Mount
Focus RS Runner Up 038.jpg 352.71K
10 downloadsFocusSTOC Winner - Sponsored by SCC Performance, Collins Performance & JW Racing
Ian Sweetman - username - sweets
Prize - REVO Tuning Device, Dyno Run & Cold Side Pipe
Focus ST Winner.jpg 392.69K
15 downloadsRunner Up - Sponsored by Dreamscience
Rickey Sampson - username - v8sam
Prize - DS Elite
Focus ST Runner Up.jpg 442.99K
12 downloadsFiestaSTOC Winner - Sponsored by Superchips & UKCarCare
Lee Goddard - username - ICEMAN ST 07
Prize - Bluefin Handset and Electric Buffer
Fiesta ST 1.jpg 353.41K
10 downloadsRunner Up - Sponsored by Mike Goodman Motorsport
Sean Taylor - username - duratec190
Prize - Front RS Splitter
Fiesta ST 2.jpg 352.91K
7 downloadsUnfortunately I completely forgot to announce an addition prize for four members. We decided in order to encourage you all to enter your voting cards, we would randomly draw one card from each club to win one years free membership... those winners are:
FocusSTOC - David Simpson - username - david-s
FiestaSTOC - James Moore - username - Cannon
MondeoSTOC - Michael Olney - username - olney mondeo
FocusRSOC - Tony Botting - username - tony66
A big thank you to all those members who attended the show and help to make a great turn out for the club network. I was beyond proud of the stand and it gives me a massive boost of enthusiasm when running the Network.
I would also like to make a specific mention to the Regional Reps who've all made a great effort in organising convoys across the country in order to get members safely to the show. Another mention to also go out to Matt from FiestaSTOC for organising the Track Session for his club, without him willing to use his own time, it wouldn't have happened.
On a more personal note, I would like to sincerely thank all the members of staff for their efforts across the weekend and throughout the morning, you all worked like a true team, helping to set up the marquee, running round like mad whilst members parked up and finally stayed at the end to pack everything away.
And finally, as if I would forget to make a special mention, to our lovely Amanda... a name you're all used to by now... Amanda has worked very hard managing both the show, ticket organisation, as well as the new clothing, putting a huge amount of her own time aside for the club and us... so Amanda, I would just like to say without you on board the club wouldn't be the same... THANK YOU!
Ok folks, this has turned out to be a long post... Its the first chance I've had to type it up due to work commitments, so I hope I've not missed anything/anyone out!
Thank you all for making Ford Fair 2011 the best club show yet!
Jim
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