A DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES
WE ARE PLANNING A LONG WEEKEND WITH A COACH TRIP TO
THE D-DAY BEACHES IN NORMANDY
(CHERBOURG PENINSULA) FROM
FRIDAY 25THJUNE TO MONDAY 28THJUNE2010.
COST FOR THE 4 DAY TRIP (HB) WILL BE APPROX £300.
More details in this issue, Please contact Jim Garrard
if you are interested
Communications Page
For
up to date information of forth coming Ipswich Group events see one of the
following:
The latest edition of your newsletter the Suffolk Traveller
Group Notes
in Motoring and Leisure
For the latest information on
Ipswich Group Events visit our home page at:
www.pjw.btinternet.co.uk/csma.htm
Or contact a member of
Your Ipswich Group Committee
Secretary Jim Garrard Chairman Jim King
e-mail: ipswichgroup@csmaclub.org Treasurer Paul Whiting
Committee Dean
Butlin
Val
Garrard
Editor Bob
Thomas Dave Gibson
e-mail: eangliacentre@csmaclub.org John
Hamblett
Maria
Hamblett
Mikki
King
Please send change of address
details to
Jim Garrard
The Ipswich Group Committee
Invite you to a Xmas Beetle Drive
At The
Kesgrave
Community Centre
Wednesday 2nd December
from 7.30pm
We supply
the equipment & Nibbles.
You have FUN!
Note this is the FIRST Wednesday of December
The History
of Speedway
Or A Blast from the Past
On a rainy, windswept Remembrance Day evening the Kesgrave Centre
Conference Room was set up like a night at the speedway. There to entertain us
were Peter Rout and Alex Gooch part of the Blast from the Past, a group of enthusiasts of the 1950s/1960s
speedway period.
The pair outlined a brief history of the sport from
the 1920s when the first organised event took place in 1923 at the Maitland
Agricultural Show (Adelaide),Australia. 4 riders raced on a
grass track over 4 laps (same lap number today).The commerciality of such an
event was born, and the initial organised event in the UK was at High Bead, Loughton,
Essex, in 1928.Admission was 6d and a programme 2d! Advertising stated it was
the most thrilling speed event ever known The style of riding was called leg
trailing and this form of stabilising the bike was used well into the
1950s.The pioneer riders earned vast sums of money for this dangerous sport
Bikes used at this time included the Douglas Dirt track (500cc,wood based
ethanol fuel, with minimum front wheel suspension) and the Rudge Whitworth (4
valve engine bike with no suspension at the back).
Interest in speedway increased and in the 80s the
Odsal Stadium ,Bradford, had crowds of over 60,000 who came to see such stars
as the Australian Vic Duggan whom many think was the best rider ever.
The development and importance of the British company
,J. A. Prestwich Ind Ltd, who produced bike frames/engines (JAP),was explained
together with the arrival of the Polish Eso and the Jawa machines. In the 80s
the 4 valve Westlake
bike was introduced, many still using JAP engines.
The talk was interspersed with some excellent video
footage showing many of the yesteryear heroes such as Ivan Mauger, Olle Nygren,
Barrie Briggs and the Ipswich legend John
Louis. Development was also shown in the use of protection equipment from the
earlier customary black leathers to the current level of body armour.
Advertising also played a key role, engines revved higher and are now equipped
with silencers (no doubt the H&S beaurocrats have got in there!)
Finally the current structure of the 3 main British
leagues was explained-Elite, Premier and National and available for us all to
see were 2 JAP speedway bikes, a fully equipped 70s manikin together with
several team racing jackets. At the end of a very informative evening most of
us felt, although not covered in oil and cinders, we were physically exhausted!
Further details about Blast from the Past, who
provide free racing at major track events, can be found on their website at www.vintagespeedway.co.uk
Tony
Whitmarsh
Ipswich
Group Clubnights
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Our clubnights are usually held on the second
Wednesday of each month, starting at 7.30pm at The Conference Centre of
The Kesgrave
Community Centre.
which can be found off Bell Lane at Twelve
Acre Approach and is accessible for disabled members.
Answers
to November Quiz
Firstly 1960 to 1969
1. How did 57
East Berliners escape to the western
sector of the city in 1964? Through a tunnel under the Berlin Wall
2. In 1960 a new
£1 bank note was issued in the UK,
but which coin ceased to be legal tender that year? The farthing
3. What name was
adopted by the former British colony
of Nyasaland when it became independent in
1964? Malawi
4. The first new
underground railway for 60 years was
opened in London
in 1969. What was its name? Victoria Line
5. What happened
to the British weather in 1962 and The Meteorological Office began using
has been happening ever since? the Centigrade scale in weather forecasts
Now for 1970
to 1979
6. Who became the
leader of the British Conservative party in 1975? Margaret
Thatcher
7. What was used
in California
to transport the Space Shuttle on its
back between landing and launch sites during tests in 1977? A Boeing 747 jumbo jet
8. Which famous
train made its final scheduled run in May 1977? The Orient Express
9. What did the
1971 Mogadishu Declaration call for? The liberation of South Africa
10. What
was the national significance in the UK It was the first May Day
of 1st May 1978? (Bank Holiday) in Britain
And finally
1980 to 1989
11. What dramatic
events took place in St Peters Square, Rome
on 13th May 1981? Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded
12. Where were the
Conservative party having their annual conference
when a bomb detonated killing three and injuring others in 1984? The Grand Hotel Brighton
13. Who was made the
first black archbishop of Cape Town,
South Africa in
1986? Revd Desmond Tutu
14. What was
televised for the first time in January 1985? Proceedings of the House of Lords
15. Who bought the
Times in 1981? Rupert Murdoch
November Quiz Results 2009
Tracey Zoller 15
points
Peter & Jannette Phillips 14
points
John & Ann Mills 14
points
Brian & Tricia 14
points
Jim & Mikki King 14
points
Jim & Val Garrard 13
points
Bob & Janine Wilkinson & Claire Davison 13
points
Peggy & Bert Camps 12
points
Tony & Jenni Whitmarsh 11.5
points
Questions from Christmas Past Quiz
Some General knowledge to
start you off
1. What is pulled by a coolie..............................................................................................................
2. The Rowan is an alternative
name for which tree.............................................................................
3. Who in Greek mythology were
the semi-divine
females who by their songs lured men to destruction.......................................................................
4. What would you find in a
vespiary..................................................................................................
5. What would be kept in a
quiver......................................................................................................
6. How many Lords a leaping
were there in the song
The Twelve Days of Christmas.......................................................................................................
7. Who went digital at
Christmas 1997...............................................................................................
8. Which British territory was
captured on Christmas Day 1941..........................................................
9. According to legend what
special task did King Arthur
perform on Christmas day..............................................................................................................
10. According to the song what
is given on the seventh day of Christmas...............................................
11. Which coin ceased being
legal tender in the UK
at midnight 31st December 1960...........................
12. What is Tiny Tims surname
in Dickens A Christmas Carol.............................................................
13. How many doors does an
Advent calendar traditionally have..........................................................
14. Who told the shepherds to
look for a baby in swaddling clothes
lying in a manger............................................................................................................................
15. In A Christmas Carol what is
the last ghost to appear called............................................................
And now can you find the Carol or Christmas songs hidden in the
following questions?
16. Named quadruped with a
crimson proboscis..................................................................................
17. 8pm to 6am without a noise...........................................................................................................
18. Exuberance directed towards
the planet.........................................................................................
19. Listen aerial spirits
announcing........................................................................................................
20. Colourless 25th December.............................................................................................................
21. A dozen twenty four hour
yuletide periods......................................................................................
22. Sub zero human of
crystallized vapour............................................................................................
23. I desire only a pair of
incisors at yuletide.........................................................................................
24. I espied a trio of rigged
vessels.......................................................................................................
25. Seasonal greeting to all...................................................................................................................
26. Currently experiencing
feelings of yuletide isolation..........................................................................
27. Parasitic plant and
fermented..........................................................................................................
28. Gyrating circuitously about
the decorated conifer............................................................................
29. The prickly shrub and the
climbing plant.........................................................................................
30. When stockmen kept vigil
over their sheepish charges.....................................................................
Answers to Bob
Thomas by Monday 14th December Please.
Marshalling
and Motorsport Matters
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Come
and enjoy CSMA
Club Activities !!
Rally
Marshalling - the best way to see the action at close quarters unless you are
taking part.
Free for
marshals, training provided.
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 December Rockingham Stages, Rockingham Speedway,
Corby, Northants.
Sunday 3 January CSMA Club NW London, New Year Autotest,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
Sunday 24 January Chelmsford MC Bentwaters
Stages, Bentwaters, Suffolk.
Sunday 7 February CSMA Club Red Tape Motorcycle
Trial, Bagshot Heath South, Surrey.
Sunday 7 February AEMC Marshals Training Day, Cambridge College, Cambs.
Saturday 20 February MCAC/WAC Middlewick Stages, MOD
Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Sunday 14 March Borough 19
MC Sprint, North Weald, Essex.
Sunday 28 March SCMC Mini
Tempest Stages, Longcross, Chertsey, Surrey.
Call Graham on 020 8553 4700
(evenings & weekends) Email: graham.mclean@bt.com
CSMA North London
Rally Marshals
Come and
join us !!
Ipswich Group
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We are organizing a weekend trip to Normandy next year to visit the
World War II Beaches and Museums.
This event will take place on
the weekend of 25 28th
June 2010
3 nights half board accommodation at
HOTEL DE LA
MARINE, Arromanches
Situated on the waterfront,
short walking distance to main D Day Museum
Departing Ipswich
0645 on Friday 25th June,
via Dover- Calais
With excursions to points of
interest
Returning to Ipswich approx 2130 on Monday 28th June.
Cost will be between £300-
£340
(dependent on numbers)
single room supplement £90
For further information
please contact
Jim Garrard
ipswichgroup@csmaclub.org
Tel 01473 636638
Some seats are still available
The
December 2009
Please note
change of date for this event which will be the first Wednesday in the month
this time.
