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Originally Posted by SilverSurfer
Thanks Harsh for a great day, as mentioned above the only negative feedback I would give is based around the Club Stand Layout.
As a club we have invested a considerable amount over the last year with the aim to promote the club at events using display flags and sign written Gazebo's, and hence try to add to the event by putting on a good display.
Dad's day out was our 1st event of 2011 where we had the oppurtunity to put on a display. Unfortunatley, due to the way we were shepherded into 'Parking' spaces we 'Almost' decided not to bother with the Flag's/Gazebo as the Club Stand looked much like the car park.
Members would normally spend the 1st hour or so cleaning/polishing, opening bonnets etc...and improving the presentation of the cars prior to public arrival. In this instance again due to the nature in which we were paked, I think I only saw one member giving the car a clean.
The Club Stand parking was even worse then last year and we gave the same feedback in 2010 too.
If we and the various other clubs hadn't put out the Flag's etc....then it would of looked just like a car park.
I am not sure why, maybe it is stipulated by the venue, that the club stands are not able to park on the grass.
The grass was nicley mowed for the Helicopter !!!
As an improvement, I would put the club stands on the grass, Pistonheads parking on the Runway adjacent to this and hence much nearer to the main event, rather then at the top end of the Runway (I didn't even know they were there until I looked at the Map at home).
The Helicopter can then go on the far side of the runway, maybe near to where the Hovercraft was.
Apologies if this sounds like quite a rant, but as events organiser for SES I was quite dissapointed with the avaialble layout. Maybe there are good reasons for it, if so then so be it.....we will know what to expect next year.
Thanks
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If it helps, I agree....We are working on improving that next year, in fact it's one of my priorities, i think i mentioned that in my first post, i was disappointed this year too...in fact it was my greatest disappointment of the day
For me having the car display as an integral part of the show really adds a lot to how it is perceived.
I will check about parking on the grass......the reason we didn't was down to never being sure about what the British weather will do to us....i assumed you would prefer to park on tarmac than grass in case it was muddy, but i will certainly check.
i was hoping to use a different area but the shape of the event this year was dictated by what we had on offer, however we have already changed it for next year so we should have much more space to all clubs to display and be an integral part of the main event arena.