Gwent Centre of The Caravan Club

Centre News

 

Volunteers required for the working party at our Welsh National Rally

We need a number of volunteers to help the Centre when we host the Welsh National in August this year.

While the prime need is obviously to have enough volunteers out in the field siting caravans (the more we have the less time is spent "at work" by each person) there are many tasks to be performed by Members who might not be so active but can spare a few hours helping in more sedentary tasks.

If you are willing to help out please contact Sarah Davies (our Centre Secretary) to discuss jobs she has to fill and see if you can be of help.

Thank you.

 

Welsh National Rally 2012

Gwent Centre Achievements

(With thanks to Helen Jones who collated this information (plus photos) and passed them on for the Web Site)

Every Van that attended, competed in something for Gwent - we entered the following in total -

4 teams in the Boules;

Mens Football;

Volleyball;

Quiz Team;

2 entries in Junior Bannerette;

Photography;

Fancy Dress;

Strongman

 

Winner of Under 12's Girls Fancy Dress - Cerys Jones "Supergirl & Wonder Woman"

Winner of Teens Girls Fancy Dress - Olivia Meredith "GI Jane & GI Jasper"

(See photos below for other winners)

Jenna Kent also picked up a winners medal for playing for West Wales 13-16 Netball Team

Terry & Helen also picked up Runners up Medals for playing for North Wales Ladies Netball Team

Winner of Junior Bannerette - Cerys Jones

Winner of Adult Group Fancy Dress - Paul Jones & Andrew Price "Elf & Safety"

Winners of Mens Football - Paul Jones, Glyn Meredith, Daniel Cadman (Upper Thames), Mr Cadman (Chairman of Upper Thames), Christian (South Glam) Brian Jude,

 

Website (Update)

Brian Jude has agreed to take over as official administrator of the Website. Chas, although no longer a caravaner, will continue to update our Web Pages. Please continue to forward all items for display to Chas either clicking on the link on our opening page or emailing to chaskerwood@aol.com or gwentcentre@aol.com which is linked to him.

 

Notice for the Guidance of Rally Officers

It has recently become common to offer strips of lottery tickets at say £1 a strip or say 6 for £5 as an incentive to buy more tickets. There are quite strict rules for running unlicensed lotteries/raffles.

The LAW for running these are:-

The price of every ticket must be the same to give all contributors an even chance for an even stake

Sale of tickets must be confined to Members

The promoter must be a Member of the Society and is only permitted to make deductions from the takings to pay for printing and stationery

The money raised can be used totally for prizes or divided between prizes and the Society Funds.

No advertisement may be exhibited except on the societies premises or where the Members work or reside (this includes the Rally Field)

Rally Officers should comply with the above to avoid the possibility of the Centre being heavily fined and banned from carrying out this activity, which is an important part of the Centres income.

Hon. Treasurer

Important Message

At a Divisional Meeting held on 26th April, 2008 advice was sought on the current situation as to provision of Fire Extinguishers on Centre Rallies.

Advice from the Caravan Club Health and Safety Executive was as follows:-

As we are neither Employees of the Caravan Club or an Employer, the Health and Safety at Work Act does not apply to Rallies.

We are not required to supply Fire Extinguishers on Rallies and if we opt to do so we leave ourselves open to action for any accident or incident that may occur in their use or misuse. Every intended user should also be given full training on the correct use of the equipment.

We were strongly advised to encourage our members to look to their own Safety and supply their own fire precautions (i.e. Extinguishers or a Bucket to be filled with sand or water on Site) and not to continue with the system we have in place.

A Centre Committee meeting was held on the 31st April and this subject was discussed. Whilst it is realised that this has been a controversial problem for some years it was now felt that it would be unwise to ignore the Caravan Club's final and firm advice.

It was felt that Committee Members and Rally Officers should not be left liable in the event of an accident or incident causing injury or damage.

The Committee unanimously voted to stop making Fire Extinguishers available on Gwent Rallies.

 

Use of £2 Rally Book Vouchers

(i.e. Vouchers issued free with Rally Books)

To clear up any confusion about the use of these vouchers we would like to clarify the position.

Club members who register with our Centre for the first time will be sent a current Rally Book and a £2 voucher free of charge

Rally books are then issued to Gwent Members who pay £2 and order the New Rally Book from the Secretary. The Rally Book will be issued with a £2 voucher for use as a part deposit for any Rally during that current year thereby ensuring that Members who Rally during the year will receive the Rally Book FREE. Members may buy a second book if required but a second voucher will not be issued.

These vouchers cannot be used for any other reason (including purchases of next years's Rally Book, Socials, purchasing equipment etc) as they are a concession to encourage and thank Members who Rally.

Non Gwent Members can of course purchase a book but a voucher will not be issued.

Centre Members who opt not to purchase a Rally Book will be sent a list of Rallies and notification of next years AGM by the Secretary.

Thank you for registering with our Centre!

We would like to remind you how important it is to re-register with the Centre when the time comes for you to renew your membership with the Caravan Club as the number of registered Centre Members controls the amount of our grant from the Caravan Club.

We would also like to thank all the Members who remembered to do so last year

Membership of the Centre is FREE to you but benefits all of us.

Thanks for your past co-operation

Hon. Treasurer on behalf of your Committee.