Description: Old newsletters show
we were running 10 or so CCV type trials a year along with a social
navigation type event; vehicles used were mainly old series ones, some
even had a rudimentary roll bar; we still have members from those days at
least two of whom are still active in current trials .
How things have moved on. Membership has grown from under 100 to the
current average approaching four hundred and competitive events are around
thirty a year in at least five different disciplines, ranging from junior
trials to full on Competitive Safaris, and currently, a National Interclub
event whose sole purpose is to raise money for charity.
Over the years members have competed with considerable success in
many national events. The Association of Land Rover Clubs National Rally
held annually over the Spring Bank Holiday is considered to be the most
prestigious and we have had our fair share of national champions. C &
D has hosted this event on four occasions since its formation.
1997 saw our 21st birthday bash. A full day of gentle off-road
competition suitable for all the family ending with a bar-b-q at the local
area dealership Roger Young Land Rover. By then we had hosted two rounds
of the National off-Road Championship, the first dedicated Land Rover club
to do so, in the wonderful setting of Newnham Park at Plympton.
Although primarily a competitive club, we have never overlooked the
social side of our sport with the well-supported Annual dinner and prize
giving being our signature function; and camping weekends have been added
to three of our summer trials, making them a great family activity.
Geographic size prevents central `pub meets`, but members in various
regions get together socially on a regular basis.
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