NATIONAL MINI DAY SUN 8TH JUNE 2008

[shaskeen]

Hello All Mini Owners,

Hi Folks,

A few updates for the NMD on Sun 8th June.

1 The weather is looking like reasonable to good.

2 Entry forms can be filled on the day or I am going to enclose here a copy of the form that you should be able to copy and paste
it is a word document. Hope it works.

MINI DAY 2008

ENTRY FORM

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE NO.

CAR DESCRIPTION
MAKE:

MODEL:

YEAR:

REG.

MODIFIED: YES NO

MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE: Body Kits, Big Bore Engines, Kit Cars, Rally Cars


BODY STYLE SALOON VAN PICK-UP ESTATE


ENTRY FEE € 10.00 for members with membership cards
€ 12.00 for non members


Please have the entry forms filled on the day(if possible) to speed up entry to the show.

DISCLAIMER

THE ORGANIZERS & IRISH MINI OWNERS CLUB DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR INJURY SUFFERED WHILE ATTENDING THIS EVENT. RIGHT TO REFUSE ADMISSION RESERVED.
JUDGES DECISION IS FINAL. GARDAI/OFFICIALS DIRECTIONS MUST BE ADHERED TO ON THE DAY. TWO OR MORE CARS PER CLASS, FOR CLASS TO QUALIFY.

SIGNED DATE


Send entries with € Fee to Adrian Cusack, Lisduff, Craughwell, Co. Galway
or
HAND IN COMPLETED FORMS ON THE DAY TO SPEED UP ENTRY TO THE SHOW


3 Music Sat Nite in Paddy Burkes, a bit of trad & ballads so come along for the craic, sing a song, dance a jig or whatever

4 Mini Run to the Burren Area 1 to 1.25 hours max starting at Paddy Burkes at 7pm.

5 Wheel changing competition; How fast can you change 4 wheels off & on a mini?????????????????
Teams of 2. Male & female teams.
1st & 2nd prizes for fastest teams both male and female.

6 Test your skill on our "New Mini Balancer" 1st prize your pride.

7 Auction on the day for some goodies.

8 Guess how many balloons a mini can hold.

Thats it for now,
Thanks for looking in.

See you on Sunday.
Cheers,


We are on a count down to the 4th National Mini Day.
I believe we have everything in order, the long range weather forecast is good.

My sincere apologies for the delay in getting the information out to all.

The venue for the 4th NMD is Clarinbridge, Co. Galway.
The hard stand for the day is in the grounds of the renowned Paddy Burke's Restaurant & Bar.
see. http://www.paddyburkesgalway.com
Paddy Burke's is famous for the Clarinbridge Oyster Festival held in early September since 1954.

Getting to Clarinbridge


Clarinbridge is located on the Galway to Limerick road approximately 16 km from Galway. If travelling from Dublin turn left at the Oranmore roundabout onto the N18. Clarinbridge is 5km from Oranmore.
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=53.27 ... ,-8.881416

Clarinbridge is situated in South Galway on the main route from Galway to Limerick, at the mouth of the Clarin river and at the head of one of Galway Bay's most easterly inlets Dunbulcan Bay from which come the world famous Clarinbridge oysters. Here exists the perfect combination of natural elements required to produce the perfect oyster.

ACCOMODATION

Clareville Bed and Breakfast ; Clarinbridge, County Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)91 796248 Email: clareville@eircom.net

Springlawn Bed and Breakfast ; Stradbally, Clarinbridge, County Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)91 796045 Email: springlawn2@hotmail.com

Ballinatara House Bed & Breakfast ; Hillpark, Clarenbridge, County Galway
Tel; +353 (0)87 9839436 Email hillpark@eircom.net


Karaun House Bed & Breakfast ; Stradbally, Clarinbridge, County Galway.
Tel: +353 91 796182

Saint Jude Meadow B&B ; Ardrahan, County Galway
Tel: +353 91 635010 Email: stjudesmeadow@hotmail.com



B&B Accommodation in nearby Oranmore

Hillview B&B Moneymore Oranmore. (1/2 ways bt Oran & CB)
091 794341 email maureen @ hillvieworanmore.com http://www.hillvieworanmore.com

Ashbrook House B&B ; Dublin Road, Oranmore, County Galway,
Tel: +353 91 794196 Email mnoone@iol.ie

Shanlin House B&B ; Maree Road, Oranmore, County Galway,
Tel: +353 91 790381 Email: ggrady@indigo.ie




Self Catering

Accommodation ~ Hotels ~ B&B ~ Self Catering ~ Hostels ~ Restaurants
Property ~ Business Listings ~ Attractions ~ Activities ~ Maps



Oyster View Holiday Apartments ; Clarenbridge, County Galway
Tel: +353 91 796019

Aban Ceimh Cottage ; Cave, Clarinbridge, County Galway
Tel: +1 646 2674211 - Email: Cave@aranrock.com


Restaurants

Paddy Burkes Restaurant ; Clarinbridge, County Galway,
Tel: +353 (0)91 796226 Email: info@paddyburkesgalway.com
Great decking for BBQ.
Main Restaurant on the Day

The Old Schoolhouse Restaurant ; Clarinbridge, County Galway,
Tel: +353 (0)91 796898

Moran's Oyster Cottage Restaurant ; The Weir, Kilcogan, County Galway
Tel: +353 (0)91 796113

New Italian Just opened
Ristorante Dai Romani, Unit 6 Bridge Retail Park, Clarinbridge
091 776172, 085 1661919

Mother Hubbard's, Kilcolgan

MINI DAY INFO.

Members of the IMOC must present their membership cards to avail of entry fee discount on the day. No card, no discount ,no argument.
The fee is €10
Non Members €12 have change correct on the day.

Please have all your forms filled on arrival to speed up entry.
All cars should be in place by 12 noon.
Follow the instructions of our ministers for parking.
We will have a rough timetable of the day posted near the PA system.
Break up time will be 4.30 and if interested we will have local guides to lead a run for those going South, East and North.

For those Mini owners that arrive for Sat evening we will have a run to the Burren starting from the Clarinbridge at 7ish

Trad Music & song on the "DECK" from 10 ish so bring your instrument and voice or whatever you play. You can also chat & be merry.


The pub facilities are available all day. We ask our members and visitors alike to respect the pub and grounds as if we were a paying guest.

We will have some mini vendors present.
Raffles & auctions will take place.
We have one or two fun events organized

We have some nice Class Winners trophies
as well as a very nice memento of the day for being there. Mementos will not be available until 4pm.

Thats it for now folks, I'll be back if I forget anything so keep an eye on the forum over the next few days/weeks

Cheers for now.
Tom
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[The Marcos Graveyard]

If the weather is half as good as it was in the west today, then next weekends National Mini Day will be a cracker. So get polishing those Minis.

See you all there.

TMG.

[spicooper]

Any Plans to get a group together to head down Sunday morning from the eastern side. Or is everybody making there own way?


Cheers Spicooper

[BlackSe7en]

As mentioned elsewhere, I can't attend this year, but I would suggest that like last year, meet up in the Maynooth Lidl carpark at 09:00 and leave not later than 09:30. That should give you a comfortable 2:30 travelling time.

Enjoy the day.

[mini_sprite94]

umm what forms need to be filled in before arrival?

[The Marcos Graveyard]

The entry forms, as far as I know, anyone who had a car there last year was sent on an entry form, as were all participants on the MTM, I'll see if Tom has a copy that we could put up for people to download for themselves. Leave it with me.

TMG.

[shaskeen]

Hi Folks,
A few updates for the NMD on Sun 8th June.

1 The weather is looking like reasonable to good.

2 Entry forms can be filled on the day or I am going to enclose here a copy of the form that you should be able to copy and paste
it is a word document. Hope it works.
MINI DAY 2008

ENTRY FORM

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE NO.

CAR DESCRIPTION
MAKE:

MODEL:

YEAR:

REG.

MODIFIED: YES NO

MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE: Body Kits, Big Bore Engines, Kit Cars, Rally Cars


BODY STYLE SALOON VAN PICK-UP ESTATE


ENTRY FEE € 10.00 for members with membership cards
€ 12.00 for non members


Please have the entry forms filled on the day to speed up entry to the show.

DISCLAIMER

THE ORGANISERS & IRISH MINI OWNERS CLUB DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR INURY SUFFERED WHILE ATTENDING THIS EVENT. RIGHT TO REFUSE ADMISSION RESERVED.
JUDGES DECISION IS FINAL. GARDAI/OFFICIALS DIRECTIONS MUST BE ADHEHED TO ON THE DAY. TWO OR MORE CARS PER CLASS, FOR CLASS TO QUALIFY.

SIGNED DATE


Send entries with € Fee to Adrian Cusack, Lisduff, Craughwell, Co. Galway
or
HAND IN COMPLETED FORMS ON THE DAY TO SPEED UP ENTRY TO THE SHOW


3 Music Sat Nite in Paddy Burkes, a bit of trad & ballads so come along for the craic, sing a song, dance a jig or whatever

4 Mini Run to the Burren Area 1 to 1.25 hours max starting at Paddy Burkes at 7pm.

5 Wheel changing competition; How fast can you change 4 wheels off & on a mini?????????????????
Teams of 2. Male & female teams.
1st & 2nd prizes for fastest teams both male and female.

6 Test your skill on our "New Mini Balancer" 1st prize your pride.

7 Auction on the day for some goodies.

8 Guess how many balloons a mini can hold.

Thats it for now,
Thanks for looking in.

See you on Sunday.
Cheers,
Tom

[twinjocks]

Enjoy the day, lads - it looks like the weather will be good for you. We can't go as it's our parish fete this weekend ..... BUT - Billy, you'll be proud of me - I'll be travelling outside the M50 tomorrow afternoon, have to bring son to a birthday party "across the border" in Wickla!!!!!

Julie

[Billy]

Julie,

them Sat Nav yokes can't be trusted!!!! Don't do it.

Billy

[Billy]

Weather report from Galway: cloudy but dry

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Just a wee note to say to thanks to Tom and his crew and to congratulate them on a great day, I don't know who Tom's connection in the Met Office is, but it was another scorcher in Galway today. For those who couldn't make it, here are a few pics of the crowd and the class winners in the Show and Shine.



























Derek Bell was here again this year, this time with a MkIII Elf, and for the third year in a row walked away with the Tom Gill Perpetual Cup.

Well done Derek.

[Billy]

Great photos Neil and I have to agree, it was a really enjoyable afternoon. Instead of just parking your car and sitting around with the usual suspects, there was entertainment laid on by the organisers with the wheel changing contest (male and female sections), the car balancing, etc. All aimed at a Mini audience. Fair play to those who did some serious miles to get there, whether from Donegal and NI or as far as Eamon Foley in the Hornet all the way from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Paddy Burke's was a big improvement on last year's venue in terms of on-site grub and the sheltered BBQ decking. And the weather was the icing on the cake.

Billy

[kerryminigringo]

[kerryminigringo]

Car of the show owned by Derek Bell from The Mid Ulster Mini Club.

Heres an Innocenti,almost as common as vans these days

[clubman]

have to say it was a great day and well organisd and all of us from the shannonside group enjoyed it

[shaskeen]

Hi Folks,
My internet is acting up a little so sorry for the late call.
I would like on behalf of the IMOC & the Western Region to sincerely thank everyone who turned up to Clarinbridge for the NMD.
I really hope you all had a good time.
I will early next week give a full low down of the craic with some extra photos.
The weather again came up thrumps, I got a "crispy suntan" from the westerly breeze.
The venue if I may say so looked fantastic with all the minis.
To Mr Kilbane I apologise for my amnesia.
Hope to see you all for the 5th & 50th.
More next week.
Thanks again from all in the west.
Tom.

[INNY1300]

Hi All,
what an exceptional day out on "mini Sunday" for all the family! The location was ideal. It was wonderful to see all the cars in their glory in the sun. The web site has great shots of the show and it is great to see my own innocenti on the site. (thank you Kerryminigringo !).
Jon Alexander, innocenti 1300 export owner.

[kerryminigringo]

Glad you like the picture Jon,thats a really nice example of an Innocenti you have there.One of our founder members,Paul Kelly, has a lovely red one as well.Nice to see two of these rare minis in Ireland.

[INNY1300]

Hello kerryminigringo sorry for delay in responding,i have spoken to Paul Kelly and seen he's innocenti in a magazine it look's very nice,thank's for the regard's to my own innocenti having been around innocenti's for over 25 year's and my present one i have owned for over 20 year's i thought i would do a bit of a restoration on her as the last time i showed her was in 1988-1990 where i was in bealeau for a show one of them year's and i managed to get a photo of JOHN COOPER standing next to my car(my girlfriend at the time now my wife asked him to stand next to the car)so i was over the moon with that photo which i still have and treasure,so i took a year to do the restoration on my car which i think she done now.So on that note i will write off for now best regard's jon alexander