No cost for the Club at three recent events

We have heard some misinformation on Club matters has been circulating which has been inaccurate and in some cases incorrect which has a corrosive and potentially damaging effect on the standing of our Club. Some readers of the news item released on the V8 website yesterday on the recent Historic Motoring Awards 2023 evening event, might feel that "jolly nights out" may have been at the Club's expense. Not so - see a brief note with clear facts which show the costs of attending the events have been covered by generous sponsors and contributions from Directors and fellow Members attending the events leaving no cost for the Club.

Posted: 231119

NEC Classic Car Show
2023

Historic Motoring Awards
2023

Royal Automobile Club
Historic Awards 2023
The cost of the Club's stand at this major 3 day classic car show was covered by the generous support of a sponsor, the Club Office staff who volunteered to commute to and from the NEC on each day to avoid expensive hotel costs near the NEC, and the Club directors and other volunteers providing support for the stand each paid their own transport and hotel accommodation costs. So there was no cost for the Club for the stand at the NEC. In fact the recruitment of many new Club members at the NEC and sales of regalia at the Club Shop on the stand generated a welcome income for the Club from having an attractive stand . The table at this event was paid for by a private sponsor and the Club directors, members and the guests on the Club's table each paid their own transport and overnight accommodation costs, so there was no cost for the Club. The clear benefit for the Club was to receive the "Best Club of the Year Award" at a major classic car motoring awards event. It was also an opportunity for the volunteer team who had made the MG & Triumph 100 meeting a success (which was surely a significant factor behind the decision to make the award), to be there and see the Club receive such a significant historic motoring award. See news item The winners of the 2023 historic awards will be announced at a glittering evening at the Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall on Thursday 23 November 2023. The Awards are a set of annual accolades recognising excellence and outstanding contributions to the UK's historic motoring and motorsport industries. Again the Club members and any guests attending the event for the Club will each pay for their own transport and overnight accommodation costs, so there will be no cost for the Club.