Following the club AGM last month, there are a few changes to the committee.

Barry Lindsay has stepped down from a number of responsibilities but remains SMC Competition Secretary. Thanks to Barry for all his hard work in the many areas he has been involved with. Hope the rest of us can match his standards.

Your Membership Secretary is now John Ross – get your membership fees to him ASAP.

Jerry Hettrick has taken over the role of club Treasurer.

And Caroline Lodge -‘ volunteered’ to become the Newsletter Editor.

SMC would also like to welcome Helen Gibbon to the club committee, Helen has already dedicated a lot of time and effort to the club, in the form of setting up and running the club website and facebook page.

You will find the up to date list of the committee members, their roles and contact details  on the back of your newsletter or the “Contacts” page on the website

By David Love

Most if not all of us will have watched a modern Formula One Grand Prix at one time or another and listened to the commentators talking about the tremendous acceleration and G forces generated by the cars.  Sitting there watching the proceedings, let’s be honest it would be inaccurate to call it a race, you can’t really appreciate the speeds and forces.  Let’s face it there’s no way that you’d be let loose in an F1 car so there’s no way you’ll ever get to experience 4G plus.  Yet on Boxing Day I got that thrill in a Ferrari F 1 car, in a fashion.

A few months ago my wife, Susan, decided she wanted to avoid the hassle of Christmas and announced that we shouldn’t give each other presents this year but go away instead.  Of course she told me this after I’d already got her present from the Pound Shop.  It had to be somewhere warm, dry and sunny where they didn’t celebrate Christmas so that ruled out Silloth.  After she consulted with Bev, our daughter, it was decreed, sorry decided, that the three of us were heading to Dubai.  So early on the 23rd in minus 11 temperatures we were heading through frozen snowy Cumbria to join 596 other travellers on board one of the world’s largest passenger jets, an Emirates Airbus A380.  If we were lucky we would get our luggage on the same day we arrived.

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Phil Jobson finished 4^th OA in the RAC Open section. David Rutherford & Gary Russell finished 38^th OA (10^th in class) on the Galloway Hills Rally in the Nova despite a few spins on the treacherous roads. On the same event James McWhir navigated Michael Hunter to 39^th OA (11^th in class) in the Lada Samara despite an engine problem which hindered them all day. The Christmas Stages saw Barry & Michael Lindsay finish 10^th Overall (3^rd in class), Geoffrey Harkness & Caroline Lodge were 39^th (9^th in class). Barrie Thomson & Jerry Hettrick suffering engine trouble on stage 2 and withdrew after 4 stages

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2011 Spadeadam Calendar. Featuring 12 Photo’s of club members in action.

Limited Edition. £ 7.50

Members are :- Phil Jobson, Caroline Lodge, Barry & Michael Lindsay, Geoffrey Harkness, Barrie Thomson, David Rutherford, Keith Taylor, Nigel Harkness, David Hope, Fiona Gourlay, Neil & Joe Thomlinson, Peter Taylor, Allan Cathers, Tim Finch, Chris Taylor.

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With Christmas just around the corner, why not get treat that special someone…..

Spadeadam Hats £ 5.00

Stylish hats with a choice of 3 styles .

All embroidered with the SMC Logo.

Spadeadam Polo T Shirt £ 12.50

All sizes available to order.

In stock  1  size XL

Spadeadam 2011 Calendars Limited Edition. £ 7.50

Featuring 12 Photo’s of club members in action.

Members featured are :- Phil Jobson, Caroline Lodge, Barry & Michael Lindsay, Geoffrey Harkness, Barrie Thomson, David Rutherford, Keith Taylor, Nigel Harkness, David Hope, Fiona Gourlay, Neil & Joe Thomlinson, Peter Taylor, Allan Cathers, Tim Finch and Chris Taylor.

Could the winners of the 2009 club awards please make arrangements over the next few weeks to return the main perpetual trophy.

The committee are making plans for the 2010 awards night and would like to have the trophies back to get them engraved.

Please return to Caroline Lodge, Barry Lindsay or any committee member.

Before 30^th December.