Coronavirus News
(How it affects the activities of RREC East Midlands Section)
Party to Celebrate VV Day (Victory against the Virus Day)
Nobody yet knows when the present restrictions on meeting people outside your immediate household will be lifted but your committee think that whenever that happens, it will be a cause for celebration, so we need to have a party. We are hoping that this will be sometime in the summer so that it can be an out of doors party.
The problem is, we don’t have a date, we don’t have a price and we don’t have a venue. We don’t know when the government will release the handbrake and allow us to do what they think is safe.
There is a definite parallel with the VE celebrations in that everyone wanted the 1939-
The deadline for the April newsletter is 28th February 2021 and things might change during coming months so the best thing is to keep up to date by regularly visiting the section website. There is no booking form within the newsletter but one will appear in the website and notifications we be sent out by email when we know a little more.
I am looking forward to driving my club car to this and other events as soon as possible and am sure that you are feeling the same. (Editor)
Event to be arranged by your committee (not decided who yet)
The following events were cancelled due to the restrictions imposed to control the spread of the COVID-
Lunch -
Postponed from 29th March 2020 re-
Details in January Newsletter or click on the photograph.
Lunch at Ruddington Grange Golf Club Nottingham
Postponed from April 19th 2020 and again from 15th November 2020
Will be re-
Details in April 2020 Newsletter or click on the photograph
Lunch at Longcliffe Golf Club, Nanpanton Loughbrough
Postponed from May 17th 2020 and again from 18th October 2020
Will be re-
Details in April 2020 Newsletter or click on the photograph
Escape to Ettington Park Hotel
Postponed from 31ST May 2020 (onwards) expected to take place in June 2021
Details in January Newsletter or or click on the photograph
Visit and Picnic Fairfield Lake & Smite Brook Railway, Pailton
Postponed from 12th July 2020 We hope to run this in 2021
Details in April 2020 Newsletter or click on the photograph
First the Good News and then the bad
We did manage three events since the first lock-
Morley Hayes informed us that they couldn’t accommodate us for our Christmas Lunch because of current regulations. Longcliffe Golf club, Ruddington Grange and Keddleston have have been cancelled. Lunch at Ye Olde Bell is still on, but doubtful.
We can only hope for better things during the summer of 2021 including the Spring Break at Ettington Park.The AGM at Morley Hayes (which was put back to 18th April 2021.) Is now cancelled and it has been decided by your committee that it be held as a ‘Zoom’ meeting so that you can attend the meeting on your computer, ‘phone or tablet. Please see the AGM page for full details.
Haslour House Event
Postponed from 19th July 2020 We hope to run this on 25th July 2021
Details in April Newsletter or click on the photograph
Harrogate Weekend and North of England Rally
Postponed from 1st -
For details, click on the photograph