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THE REAL DEALSCOOTER CLUBaka The DealersSEASON 4 NEWSLETTER APRIL 2012

CLUB MATTERSAs promised we are keeping the monthly newsletter going and heres the April version. Happy Easter to folksand their families. A couple of business points first before a few fun features....

Annual Membership is still due for renewal. Membership for existing members is 10. If you want tobe a member for 2012 please get your fee to the Club Treasurer at the first meeting of April any

membership after that point will be treated as new Membership. New membership remains open andis available to anyone with a 10 joining fee and 10 Annual Membership fee subject tonomination by two existing members.

The club is requesting donations for the Rally Raffle. It doesnt matter how big or small please helpif you can just give to one of the committee.

Chris Gumbley is requesting list of people who would be willing to do a two hour shift on the rota forthe gate at the rally. It is important we all take a turn to share the work, so please let him know if youcan.

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NOTEABLE RIDEOUTS 2012There are a couple of good organised Ride-outs coming up. Heres just a few....

WTRA Easter Egg Run Sun 1st AprilLeaving from the Tank Car Park in Whitstable at 2pm.

Run to the Island (RTTI 2012) Sun 8th AprilThe massively successful Run to the Island returns for 2012.It starts in Ashford at 10:00, arriving Faversham at 10:30.Arriving Asda Sittinbourne car park at 11:45 with Final meet

at mainland side of Kingsferry Bridge 12 noon. Leave bridgeat 12:30 for Leysdown sea front.

Scooter Skirmish Sat 21st AprilA nice rideout from Hastings Sea front. Midday. Free Chips.

St. Georges Day Rideout to DungenessSun 22nd AprilQuite a few of us went on this last year and it was brilliant.Scooterists and clubs converge at the Cafe and Lighthouse atDungeness. So clear out the cobwebs from winter and meetup with mates for a great day out. Details to follow onFacebook and the Forum.

Buckingham Palace Run Sat 5thMayStarting Carnaby Street 2pm. Massive!

NOTEABLE RALLIES 201220-21 April 1066 Saxons Hastings

25-27 May Sid James SC15-17 June White Cliffs Weekender

2 29 Jun-1 July Camber Sands20-22 July Thanet Scooterists

Weekender 53-5 Aug Big 7 Rally - Northolt

10-12 Aug Skabour 201231 Aug2 Sept Mersea Island ScooterRally

NIGHTS OUTLet Your Heart Dance - The Good

Friday AgreementAll Dayer - Friday, 6 April 11:00AM to 01:00AM

The Astor Community Theatre, Stanhope Road,DEAL CT14 6AB

Medway Aces

DC Fontana and The CorsairsSaturday, 18 August 2012

Thanet ScooteristsDay of Scooter Sounds

All Dayer 12th MAY British Legion MINSTER

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FEATUReModrapheniacs Sandford RallyThere arent many times when we get so many of the club together in the same place at the sametime, especially when its in foreign climbs, but this weekend was a real milestone for the club.Twenty plus of us converged on this beautiful part of the world just outside Dorchester/Poole inDorset and bunked up in four accommodation units in the lovely wooded Parkdean Holiday Park.

The day began very early for some at Deal Pier as Paula, Rob, Joe, & Mark gathered for the long(180 mile) scooter ride along the coast, picking up Chris in Dover, Shaun & Chel from the Sloths &Helen from the 1066 Saxons. The weather was amazing just like mid-summer A nice breakfast atthe Bungalow Caff in Bexhill - but the ride was soon to become ill fated. There were no breakdowns,just a helmet malfunction which Chris ably fixed and a sparkplug change for young Joe. All the wayalong John was supporting in the Backbone of Scootering, the trusty Tranny Van.

The traffic all along the coast was choka and things started to go wrong when we left the A27 tooearly and got lost in Portsmouth and decided to avoid the M27 motorway by going cross-countryto the New Forest. Thankfully we had good advice from Chel who said whatever you do, dont gointo Southampton!. Ten minutes later we were in downtown Southampton and couldnt find a wayout. No worries we bought a map and realised wed have at least 30 minutes of hard riding to getback on course. Two and a half hours later we were still battling to get onto the end of the M27taking a route through a place in the New Forest called Nomansland with dozens of wild horses justroaming around. Luckily we asked directions and where told to go up the road but turn left whenyou get to where the old barn used to be. Chris sorted it out by resorting to a navigation techniquecalled Bollox!, go that way!.

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10 hours and we were on the park outside reception and met up with all the others for a nice pint inthe pub which Mike, Linda, and Settee had already made sure they had found. For some Friday nightwas probably a bit of a let down. The riders were done in and some had heat stroke. The venue itself,although massive was overcrowded, the Madness Trib was poor, and we all got split up. No worrieswe thought, well make up for it on Saturday.

Saturday was phenomenal. Those with Scooters went on the massive rideout to a cove. There hadgot to be over 250 scooters. Joe, Seetee, Mark, Shaun & Chel extended the ride and went on a 40mile Shauns Tours to Portland Bill, which was fascinating, but we didnt see any Pirates though!

Saturday evening we all donned the White Cliffs Tee Shirts, mounted a land grab in the mainhall andhad the best party. Big wigs the order of the day, with Suzy sporting the biggest wig of all, Marmitelooking like a mad Scotsman and Jim, Chris, and Simon looking like 70s adult film stars. Big jugs ofbeer and Mandie & Sarah sorting out the weird shots for everyone. Our Rally advert on the bigscreens causing applause everytime it came on and the fantastic TOTAL JAM giving us shout outs.They went down a storm, the floor was packed. There were also many there that we knew fromother clubs in Kent including Medway, Big7, Thanet, Pirates, Sid James.

All in all it was a great weekend with great people and one I think many will want to do again in thefuture. The ride home was motorway all the way and only took 5 hours !

Entertainment AT the Admiral KeppelShane Sunday 1st AprilJulia West Sunday 15th AprilBilly Brown Sunday 22nd AprilSacha Sunday 29th April

Mandy Reynolds Sunday 6th MayBravado Sunday 13th MaySteve Adams Sunday 20th MayLiz Monroe Sunday 27th May