| Report
on The Gala Dinner
The Celebratory
Cake was paraded at the tables
SATURDAY 27TH JUNE
2008
A highlight of this year's
event was the formal dinner on Saturday night.
Unfortunately it didn't
start too well, it has to be admitted. Due to staff absence, both of the
bars available to us for pre-dinner drinks were understaffed so it took
rather longer than it should for everyone to get served. Nothing should
stand in the way of a thirsty group of Standard members looking for a
refreshing pint after being out in the (very) hot sun all day! However,
get served we did and sat down for dinner at 7.30pm in the Kenneth Russell
Room.
We were seated at 11 round
tables, those are so much better for conversation to take place between
all the diners. Len had given all the tables names, the names of Standard
models. Innovatively, there was no top table so no cliquey committee table.
Instead, a committee member was allocated to be host on each of the
tables.
(click on any thumbprint to
see an enlargement)
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"Ensign
" Table
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"Companion"
Table
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"Rhyl"
Table
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Selby"
Table
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"Warwick"
Table
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Trignmouth"
Table
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"Vanguard"
Table
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"Avon"
Table
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"Kenilworth"
Table
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"Pennant"
Table
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A photograph was also taken
of the Charlecote Table and this can be requested from the webmaster, as
can print quality copies of any of the photos here.
GALA DINNER 2009 - TABLE
PLAN
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RHYL |
CHARLECOTE |
AVON |
VANGUARD |
WARWICK |
KENILWORTH |
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L Barr |
P Newsome |
R Richardson 2 |
P Lockley 2 |
L Homer |
P Homer |
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S Smeltzer |
R Browett |
A Paddock 2 |
M Magnin 2 |
S Lucas 2 |
B Murrish 2 |
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B Watson 2 |
T Pollitt 2 |
C Brotherton |
P Robins |
J Kennewell 2 |
G Singleton 2 |
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D Groom 2 |
R Camber 2 |
P Brotherton 2 |
D Over 2 |
P Darby 2 |
S Lovegrove 2 |
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T Brookes 2 |
J Worby 2 |
F Jones |
J Shearman |
G Wilson 2 |
C Bowden 2 |
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J Tanner |
G Winnicott |
N Wright 2 |
P Gates |
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D Mileham |
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A Watt |
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K Askey |
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COMPANION |
PENNANT |
TEIGNMOUTH |
SELBY |
ENSIGN |
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D Cunningham 2 |
J Maxwell 2 |
S O’Hara |
D Brown 2 |
B Parkes 2 |
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C Thomas 2 |
A Pounder 2 |
J Hughes 2 |
I Layton 2 |
P Starbuck 2 |
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J Hollman 2 |
C Lewis |
W Grindle 2 |
K Ward 2 |
R Johnson 4 |
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H Assheton-Smith |
J Russell |
P Hetherington 2 |
R Walters 2 |
M Beavis 2 |
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F Williams 2 |
G Hart 2 |
P Cathie 2 |
G Selway 2 |
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D Bagot 2 |
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Both sides of the Menu
card ( below)
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
RALLY
GALA DINNER
The Royal Agricultural College
Cirencester
Saturday, 27th June, 2009
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T O A S T S
The Loyal Toast
Mr. Paul
Newsome
‘The Standard Motor Company and Standard Motor
Club’
Mr. Peter
Lockley
‘Response’
Mr. Paul
Newsome and Mr. Robert Browett
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M E
N U
Grace
‘Welcome’
Mr.
Leonard Barr
Oak Smoked Scottish Salmon
Thin sliced prime scotch salmon on a bed of
mixed leaves
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Stilton Chicken
Breast of chicken stuffed with Stilton &
wrapped in bacon with a cream sauce and a selection of seasonal
vegetables
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Homemade Traditional Apple Pie
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Coffee & mints
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After the dinner, Lynda took
us through the answers to an impromptu quiz that she has given out earlier
as a table ice-breaker. This consisted of the task of matching the
names of 25 countries to their national flags. Much to everyone's surprise
this resulted in a tie. Two teams got all 25 answers correct, Avon and
Vanguard. So it was necessary to ask a tie-breaker. The question was:
" How many votes did the Labour party poll in the 2005 General
election?" As the "Avon" team got closest to the actual
number they were declared the winners and all 10 members received a prize
for their splendid efforts.
Then came the speeches:
First Robert Browett of
Browett's the former main Standard dealers for Leicester, spoke about his
life as an International Playboy, sorry that should read Service Manager,
but he prefers the first title. That was followed by Paul Newsome of
Newsomes the former main Standard dealer in Coventry who talked about the
demise of the British Motor Industry and what a good job we were doing of
keeping the Standard marque alive.
The next page will feature
the Menu and Table layout
Car ready, or not, you are
welcome to join in the fun at the 2010 International Rally. Info coming
soon.
Photos and report by Phil
Homer
If you would like your
photos of the rally to appear here, just send them to webmaster@standardmotorclub.org.uk
All of the photos on the website,
including the enlargements are digitally compressed and are not of
"Print Quality" If you would like high resolution copies
please send me an email webmaster@standardmotorclub.org.uk
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