2010 Ferguson Club Annual Members Weekend (AMW) and AGM
A great weekend was had by all - The Gallery Section of this website now has almost 300 photos of the 2010 Annual Members Weekend. A full report is below:
Friday 16th April at 1930hrs, the 2010 AMW kicked off!
Over 130 Members and their guests took part. It was based at the beautiful Latimer Place Hotel in Buckinghamshire.
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The dust has now settled and I'm pleased to say that the numbers all add up. Attending members contributed £406-20 on the Saturday night raffle, all these proceeds will go towards the Thames Valley and Chilterns Air Ambulance.
Thank you to all of you who contributed prizes and sterling work was done by Tracy and her team on the night.
At the Matthews Collection on Sunday many of you put into a refreshment "pot" which was going to the St.Francis Hospice.(The Hospice of St Francis aims to enhance the quality of life of those suffering from cancer and other life-threatening illnesses) That money plus a contribution from the Ferguson Club AMW funds meant that £327 was given to the Hospice from our visit.
At Brooklands, even I was amazed at the intimacy that Jamie & Caroline Sheldon and Sally Fleming gave us when recollecting their memories of Abbotswood and Harry Ferguson as their Grandfather. A real once in a lifetime experience for those that were there.
How about the sound of P99 on the banked circuit of Brooklands, you really want to bottle it and re-live it later on!
The trips to Wisley and Waddesdon were also very successful and went smoothly.
There are almost 300 photographs of the total weekend, including the alternative events in the Gallery Section of this website.
I hope that you enjoy looking through the pictures and if you have any personal thoughts on the weekend and changes or improvements that we can include in future please do not hesitate in letting me or any of the Committee Members know.
We are also after any interesting stories or pictures that we can either include in the Journal or put on the web pages, please just send them in as appropriate.
My sympathy goes out to our friends who were stuck in Northern Ireland due to the Volcano, I know that Jack Woods, one of our Guest Speakers was really upset because he was so looking forward to meeting everyone. At least Mother nature looked after the rest of us with good weather.
Finally, may I thank you all for attending, contributing, volunteering and making the weekend a really fabulous place to be.
All the very best and kind regards,
Gary & Heley Anderson.
Ferguson Club Reps. Bucks, Beds, Oxon.
Pre details of the event are in the attached booklet, this was sent out to all current Ferguson Club members prior to the event.
2010AMWAGM Booklet - click to download
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