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Midlands Mini Run on Nationwide 21.09.12 @ 7pm.

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Hey Folks,

Helen McInerney from Nationwide was in touch earlier to say that the "Midlands Mini Run" will feature on RTE's Nationwide next Friday 21st. September at 7pm.

Watch out for yourselves on Telly!! 8) 8)

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Have the recorder set for it 8)
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DaveC wrote:Have the recorder set for it 8)

Betamax ???
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The Marcos Graveyard wrote:
DaveC wrote:Have the recorder set for it 8)

Betamax ???
It will never catch on :D
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Have we got the wrong day for Nationwide ?
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There we are !
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Well done lads.
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Well done Darran , your collection looks great.
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Fair play guys!! That was nicely put together.
Excellent footage and well represented by all interviewed. Arguably one of the best pieces of t.v publicity the club has got :D .
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Well done to all concerned, great advertisement for the IMOC

It's nothin but IMOC on RTÉ today, request played for Macker on Will Leahy Radio Show on 2fm earlier this eve by his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Njoy the trip Macker

Oh by the way....... A 12 page speech ?????
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I was out and missed it :( and I cant seem to find it on the RTE player :(
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it looked well, the car looked great too!

PS Darren your now my "ah common Darren has loads!" line to convince my wife I need more Minis :D
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Tommy C wrote:Well done to all concerned, great advertisement for the IMOC

It's nothin but IMOC on RTÉ today, request played for Macker on Will Leahy Radio Show on 2fm earlier this eve by his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Njoy the trip Macker

Oh by the way....... A 12 page speech ?????
yeah she sent it in a while back and they nearly read it out last week, apparently they didn't read out the whole thing either!

yup, 12 page speech from the man of few words, everyone was gobsmacked but said it was the best they'd heard in a long time!
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macker wrote:
Tommy C wrote:Well done to all concerned, great advertisement for the IMOC

It's nothin but IMOC on RTÉ today, request played for Macker on Will Leahy Radio Show on 2fm earlier this eve by his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Njoy the trip Macker

Oh by the way....... A 12 page speech ?????
yeah she sent it in a while back and they nearly read it out last week, apparently they didn't read out the whole thing either!

yup, 12 page speech from the man of few words, everyone was gobsmacked but said it was the best they'd heard in a long time!
Just caught the end of the request on the radio, well done Macker, I was wondering who the Mini fan was going to be
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Any notice there was no clip of the motorway after we blocking it up. Looked great for club. Should have supplied subtitles for some accents lol
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just watched it on the RTE player,
Well done to Darren for organising!

I wonder what happened to all the rest of the footage of the day?
and if their would be any way of getting to view it all?
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minis24se7en wrote:Fair play guys!! That was nicely put together.
Excellent footage and well represented by all interviewed. Arguably one of the best pieces of t.v publicity the club has got :D .
Does this surpass our " As seen on the Late Late Show" :D

Well done lads, looked great.
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Ah that was a great bit of TV :D
Well done all, all looking great :D
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minis24se7en wrote:
Fair play guys!! That was nicely put together.
Excellent footage and well represented by all interviewed. Arguably one of the best pieces of t.v publicity the club has got :D .
Does this surpass our " As seen on the Late Late Show"
!!!! :idea: I'd forgotten about that! jeez that's going back a few years!.

I'd say it would even surpass our "Your a star" footage :wink:






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