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Tuesday 25 th November 2008

AGM & Awards Evening at Hawkins Motors, St Stephen

Hawkins Motors, St Stephen, was the venue for the annual awards evening of CAM. A "full house" saw David Kenworthy, Chairman of IAM, present certificates. David welcomed the successful to a " long and happy association with the IAM."

 
Awards Evening at Hawkins St Stephen

 

He reserved special praise for observer Jack Ruse who has observed more than one hundred associates.

He received the prestiguous Certificate of Appreciation.

"The IAM depends for its success on the dedication of people like Jack," said David. He wished the group well.
Jack Ruse & David Kenworthy
  

 
Jack Ruse with his Certificate of Appreciation
Jim Boote (CAM Chairman), Jack Ruse & David Kenworthy (Chairman of IAM)

 

Jim Boote, CAM Chairman, thanked David for supporting the evening

Photographs by Don Ingham

 

Sunday 7th September 2008

Marie Curie Ladies' Driving Challenge

On Sunday, 200 lady drivers raised a staggering £28,000 + through taking part in the annual Marie Curie Ladies’ Driving Challenge held at RAF Portreath.

It was a beautiful day, for a change, plenty of sunshine with just a gentle breeze blowing as RAF Portreath played host once again to the Marie Curie Challenge.

Ladies were challenged  by driving the very large, including – a double-decker bus, an artic milk tanker, an artic curtain sided lorry, a fire engine with “blues and twos”; the unusual, including – a tracked personnel carrier, a JCB, and a combine harvester; and various smaller vehicles, including a saloon, a hatchback, a 4x4 and an estate car. These were driven round the skills section under the careful eye of marshals from Cornwall Advanced Motorists.

Each driver had a choice of vehicle in which to negotiate a bollarded course which included driving into a “garage”
reversing across the course into another“garage” driving forwards to a “wall” and finally reversing into another “garage” ending up as close to a fixed plank as possible without touching it.

Fifty local companies loaned vehicles and instructor drivers for the day to help raise funds to support the local Marie Curie Nursing Service. Also in attendance was a representative of Truro Motability with a specially adapted car for the disabled driver. This proved quite a challenge for the able-bodied driver to master.

Many ladies took part in memory of loved ones who had personal experience of the Marie Curie Nursing Service and wished to do something positive whilst challenging to help other cancer patients.

Nicki John was put through her paces under the watchful eye of Cornwall Advanced Motorists Observer Don Ingham.   Don prepared Nicki for the Advanced Driving Test, which she passed earlier this year, and encouraged her to take part in this year's challenge. She raised £340 pounds.   "It was a fantastic and very rewarding day," said Nicki.  Don said, "Nicki is a superb driver who has quickly become a very loyal supporter of Cornwall Advanced Motorists and we are delighted to be able to help with the challenge each year.”

Local fundraising manager, Lynda Thomas said “ I would like to express my thanks to the many companies who supplied vehicles and helped us host this day.  Without their help we would not be able to stage the event.  We also had support from over 50 volunteers who helped on registration, catering and marshalling duties.  The RAF has been very supportive with this annual event and we look forward to returning in 2009 for our eleventh challenge.  Names are already being taken for the 1 st mail-out of entry forms, so please call 01872 260 500 if interested.”
18th May 2008

Duchy Capri Club Classic Car Show

Once again we put up the “tent” in the field at Flambards to fly the flag, literally, for Cornwall Advanced Motorists. This was the last time the Classic Car Show will be held here as the field is unavailable next year. We had a few nibbles at our bait but we will have to see if any follow through and join our group.

Over one hundred cars took part and the sun shone down on the gallons of Autoglym lovingly rubbed into the pores of precious classics, both old and new. Thankfully the seagulls deferred their bombing runs otherwise open season may have been declared!

I spotted a car from 1924, then Anglias, Cortinas, Capris, a Sweeney Granada (although green), Escorts, and then the modern stuff – Fiestas, Focus, Mondeo, and the brand new, courtesy of St Ives Motors, and loads more.

This custom 1934 Ford is typical of the time, money and sheer hard work that goes into making a work of art on wheels. Straight out of “Whacky Races”, if only Dick Dastardly and Mutley were in attendance.

There were some interesting paint jobs as well as this glittering example shows – in fact the photo doesn’t do it justice. Try explaining to your insurance company that the other car was black, no red, no green, no blue, no, sort of sparkly……

Then we were at sixes and sevens. Which is a Caterham and which the Lotus? They disappeared around lunchtime for a run somewhere, and there were only six sevens!

 

26th February 2008

LADOCK VILLAGE HALL

Twenty-six of us squeezed, sardine style, into the small meeting room at Ladock Village Hall to hear a most interesting presentation by Martin Polmounter, Company Operations Manager, at Steve Andrews Tyres Ltd.  Steve was also there to give a brief history of his company and introduce Martin. 

Steve Andrews Tyres, based in St Austell, has branches also in Truro and Bodmin.  It has been in existence since 1984 and has always prided itself in delivering a “quick and personal Cornish service”.  However, “quick” does not mean poor quality or a lack of professionalism, quite the opposite.

Martin in full flow

Martin based his talk on a series of questions about our knowledge of tyres from what the law says we need, through the various numbers and letters embossed on the tyre itself, to what the future holds.  We learned about directional, asymmetric and composite tyres – the benefits of fitting an original equipment tyre – getting what you pay for, cheapest is often not the best option.  We also were shown some examples of worn tyres, how damage is caused and the perils of over and under inflation.

As to the future and whether air will still be at the heart of tyres or not.  We saw some interesting photos of a car sporting tyres that you could almost see through.  Each wheel had a central core to enable the traditional stud/bolt fixing but surrounded by a series of spoke like struts which were able to deform over bumps and kerbs to absorb the shock but then regain form undamaged, leaving just a narrow strip of treaded rubber on the rim. 

It looked weird but the crooks would probably vote for it as the Stinger device used by the Police would then be redundant.

 
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