Description: So who are the Cheshire and Staffs group? Joint Area Organisers are
Richard Price and Nick Chan with plenty of regulars from a radius of
about 40-50 miles or so. We cover pretty much all the engine types out
there with K series cars, Xflows, VX, BECs, Zetec and Duratecs.
We meet on the second Wednesday of the month at the Swan Inn at
Wybunbury close to Nantwich and Crewe. Our meet tends to be very
informal with around 20+ cars turning up in the summer and still around a
dozen or so owners meeting through the winter months albeit with the
Sevens tucked safely away - although you may come across the odd hardy
owner out for a blat to the meetings.
Despite thinking we really don’t do much on the organised runs side,
we do seem to have a regular’ish Sunday early morning blat during Summer
months (6.30am start from the A50 tunnel in Meir) across the Peaks to
Buxton and Ashborne when all are welcome. Other runs usually include an
annual big trip (Le Mans for several years but more recently a trip to
the Stelvio Pass and Nurburgring for a change of scenery!), forays into
North Wales, Cheshire and other nearby area meets to see what everyone
else is getting up to and the usual convoy down to Stoneleigh for the
Kit Car show or the recently introduced excellent Pageant of Power,
conveniently situated close to our meet at Cholmondeley 15 miles away.
We have a very healthy competition presence in our area with Richard
being the current L7C Class 2 champion and Nick winning the 2009 Novice
championship award too. Other champions we have as regulars on our
meets and blats are Andy Griffiths (2006 Class 5), Jon Ward (Novice
& Class 1 champion 2008), Dave Miller (2006 Novice champion) and
Trish Chan (yes, she’s related!) as the first winner of the club’s
Ladies Championship in 2005. Maybe it helps to have Richard around as a
very useful point of reference for suspension set ups with advice
willingly given to anyone who asks; he has certainly been instrumental
in sorting out several cars for very satisfied owners over the past
years.
But our area is certainly not about sprinting and hill climbing.
Most of the folks are happy to enjoy road use and the odd trackday but
it certainly helps when one compliments the other.
As often is the case, it seems that new members can find attending an
area meet quite daunting. Hopefully nothing could be further from the
truth for the Cheshire & Staffs area. Anyone interested in joining
the club, buying a car or just coming along for a natter is more than
welcome to drop in. If anyone is interested in finding out more
information about a particular engine type, we reckon there is an
excellent cross section of cars (and owners come to think of it!) to
look at and probably have a run out in. I think there have been more
than one or two newcomers who have ventured out with Griff in his mighty
Hyabusa who needed to redefine their interpretation of the word
“Quick…”
So, if you want to pop along and see what all the fuss is about or
you are on the verge of buying a car and want to have casual chat to see
if there’s anything you have missed or you want to turn up in the
latest R400 or R500 then the Wybunbury meet will be a great place to
start. Everyone is always welcome at the Cheshire meet.
Just drop in on the second Wednesday of the month at the Swan Inn if
you can – we’ll be the group with the pixie boots and steering wheels on
the table…
Cheers
Nick Chan | 
