Event List 2007
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We run a number of events each year for the members and their guests. The cost per day varies and we send a reminder email (or letter for the luddites) with directions, meeting times and cost about 10 days in advance.
Members are asked to read the Club's event rules which are here
Some sites we visit have special requirements and whilst we endeavour to provide such information in advance of the date, the Club cannot be held liable for losses etc caused by conditions imposed by the landowner.
NB Extra dates are highly likely to be added especially for driving & training days. Private dates are also sometimes arranged and may be added. Members are unlikely to be contacted directly about these so keep an eye on the events calendar.
I have started to describe the sites by category so members can get a better idea of what to expect at a site. These are relatively loose descriptions and will be supported by photos when possible. Category list is at the bottom of the page
EVENT CALENDAR NOW UPDATED ON THE FORUM - CHECK HERE
| Date | Site | Event Type | Details | Status | Category |
| April 15th | Carronbridge nr Stirling Services | Driving Day | Old
Victorian Quarry with possibility of large area of moorland. More
details very soon. Meet at Stirling Services 9.30am leaving at 10am sharp £20 |
Confirmed | |
| April 29th | Drumclog - with Difflock.com Club | Driving Day | Meet in Quarry 9.30am. NB there is a Camping weekend the same time so ALL SWATC vehicles must get signed on and stickered before entering the site £20 | Confirmed | |
| May 20th | TBC | RTV | TBC | ||
| May 26th | Saturday: Drumclog | Driving Day | £Free! Driving day followed by evening BBQ (food and some booze paid by the Club). Camping pre-booked ONLY. Feel free to come for the BBQ only, the more the merrier. | Confirmed FREE | |
| May 27th | Sunday: Drumclog | Challenge Day | Back to our old ideas. A fun challenge to give your driving some purpose. Participation compulsory ie not a driving day | Confirmed FREE | |
| June 10th | RTV | postponed | |||
| June 17th | Drumclog | Promo | Come and have a go at RTV sections, Tyros (for road standard cars), winch challenge sections and an Autotest. See and help out in exhibition extreme winch recoveries (Forest Challenge style). Non members welcome. | Confirmed | |
| July 15th | Carronbridge nr Stirling Services | Driving Day | An extremely muddy site and former lime quarry. Best seen in summer, possibility of more moorland to drive on. | £20 TBC | |
| July 29th | Glentarkie | Interclub day | We're meeting up with Buchan Off Road Driving Club for a day of blether and possibly the first round of and Inter-Club Challenge. | Postponed | |
| August 12th | Shandon | Challenge Day | King of the Hill. Start at the bottom, collect the punches on the way up, highest number wins! | TBC | |
| Sept 9th | Shawgill | RTV | |||
| Sept 23rd | Drumclog | Driving Day | Last minute standby - come and have fun. NB we are not the only club going! | ||
| Oct 14th | Shandon | RTV | Meet at Helensburgh swimming pool car park at 9.30a, or onsite for 10am £20 | ||
| Oct 28th | East Green Farm, Kilmacolm | Driving Day | Limited spaces (10) pre-book with Richard only. NB This is NOT a mudplugging day. Landowner's rules are: surface damage only, minimal wheel spinning. This site is best for a fun social driving day without winches | £20 | |
| Nov 11th | Cancelled | Driving Day | |||
| Nov 25th | Shawgill | RTV | Start time 10.30am on site £20. | ||
| Dec 9th | Drumclog | Driving & activity | We will be running a range of tutorials on KERR (bungee), winch and straight recoveries and winch wiring and maintenance amongst others. And we'll be driving around to get stuck, of course! | ||
| Jan 13th 2008 | TBC - an extra one! | RTV | |||
| Jan 20th 2008 | Severie Nr Doune | Driving Day | Conditional on Foot and Mouth. Loads of bogs, peat banks and driving. A HUGE site. First time back since the windfarm was started. | ||
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Feb 10th
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TBC - another extra one! | RTV | |||
| Feb 24th | TBC | Driving Day | Possibly a Punch Challenge for a change. | ||
| March 2nd | TBC - yet another extra one! | RTV | |||
| March 16th | TBC | Driving Day | |||
| March 26th | Crowwood Hotel Muirhead | AGM | 7.30pm for 8pm start. There will be committee changes so don't be shy - put yourself forward to help run the Club | ||
CATEGORIES
As we get more sites, so the need to describe them increases. I have listed the categories below with a rough description of what I mean. Some sites are big and/or varied enough to fit into multiple categories and care should be taken when driving not to stray into a more extreme part inadvertently.
| Category | Title | Description | Example site |
| ND | Non Damaging | Basically non damaging. Open, rough ground without bushes,
trees narrow gaps etc. Suitable for showroom standard vehicles under
most weather conditions. Road tyres. NB. Damage is always possible but a day at an ND site should
get you no more than muddy Little or no recovery equipment required |
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| FD | Forest Drive | Basically non damaging driving on tracks only. Risk of bushes,
trees, etc causing scratches. Virtually no mud suitable for all
tyre types irrespective of weather conditions. All terrain tyres useful
but not essential Recovery equipment unlikely to be needed beyond a strop or tow rope. |
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| AT | All Terrain | Suitable for vehicles with All Terrain tyres. Light damage possible
but down to gorse bushes and branches. Mud holes, rutted tracks
and rocks as well as bushes, trees etc but often with alternative routes
to avoid the worst. Winches not normally needed but you never know your luck |
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| MT | Mud Terrain | Boggy, muddy with deep ruts and bomb holes. Mud tyres
required, damage possible. You will get very dirty even in dry
weather.
Winches likely to be needed, strops and KERRs highly likely to be used |
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| XT | Extreme | Now we're talking! Bogs, holes, trees, rivers. Everything your
mother warned you about. Damage is very possible even if you are
careful - Motorsport is dangerous, after all that's why we do it Winches, strops, KERRs definitely needed and often used all at once |
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| WC | Winch Challenge | Getting silly. Damage is 90% likely, winches a necessity. See www.argyllforestchallenge.org.uk for more details | |
| Recovery Equipment | |||
| RQ1 | Level 1 - basic | Tow strap and shackles | |
| RQ2 | Level 2 - | towrope, towing strap, shackles, chassis mounted recovery points | |
| RQ3 | Level 3 - intermediate | tow straps/ropes, shackles & winch or KERR, | |
| RQ4 | Level 4 - | tow straps/ropes, shackles, winch, KERR, possibly ladders | |
| RQ5 | Level 5 - Maximum | Winch on front and possibly back as well, KERR, extension ropes, bridging ladders, Hi-Lift Jacks |