I am posting this on behalf of Champ Camp organiser Dale Johnson - if you
know any Champ owners please pass it onto them.............
Following a most successful site meeting at Beltring on the very cold
morning of Sunday 16 December last, I am very pleased to report that
everything is well in hand for what promises to be a truly Great "CHAMP
CAMP" at the War and Peace Show at Beltring in July.
We have been allocated a Prime Site near the Entrance which has a frontage
of some 350 yards!! If we get 100 Champs that allows about 5 feet between
Champs, but then there are the Gate Guardians and Entrances. The location
is very handy for the main stall area, and not far from the Facilities and
Main Arena. NOTE we are promised that the Fun Fair WILL be moved further
away this year!!
Already we have unconfirmed reports of 10 plus Champs planning to drive down
from "somewhere in the North" and head to Beltring for the War and Peace
Show. We will bring 4 or 5 Champs up from Dorset. PLEASE LET ME KNOW if
you will be attending .
When I have a good idea of how many are coming we may be able to plan some
more Convoys so you can join up and travel to Kent in Champ Convoys from all
over the UK - and perhaps from Europe?
We have had an offer to provide a Marquee and to run a Barbecue in the
evenings, and offers to supply Tentage, tables and Chairs. We have a 240
volt generator power supply so we can show Champ Videos and produce an
unlimited supply of tea (and sympathy) to all Champ owners (please bring
your own mugs!!).
We have been offered a Champ Trophy - any more offers of further Trophies??
Please bring all Champ related photographs, artefacts, memorabilia to
display -AND ALL your bits for sale!!
Pat Ware is kindly contacting ROLLS ROYCE to see if there might be any
interest and perhaps they might be able to get out any CHAMP archive
artefacts, photographs and memorabilia from fifty years ago.
ALL Champ owners are encouraged to "Bring and Buy" any Champ parts, spares,
bits and pieces on tables within our Camp.
We plan to have all the Champs facing outwards around the 350 yard
perimeter, with their trailers and tents behind, and the Marquee, Tents,
tables and chairs within the "Circle". We shall welcome Champ owners to
camp on our Site but appreciate that many will wish to camp elsewhere on
site - but PLEASE leave your Champs on our Site. We plan to provide 24-hour
watch over our stand to discourage any theft or damage.
If you are camping on our Stand it will be green "military" tents only, or
civilian tents WELL covered with camouflage and NO support vehicles, only
trailers and any Champ related displays. You will appreciate that actual
space for camping on our site will be limited.
We want the whole camp to be as pleasant and relaxed as possible and think
that perhaps a donation of say £10.00 per family would cover the cost of us
providing OUR Toilets, petrol for our generator, commemorative badges and
any other minor expenses. You just Enter the Show in the usual way and then
just return the entry form attached so we can know how many to expect.
Rex Cadman has kindly agreed to collect the Champ and Trailer on the "Heavy
Drops" platform (all up weight 5 tonnes) and the sectioned Champ from the
REME and we plan to have these as "Gate Guardians" at the Entrance to our
Camp.
Ivor Hodge has kindly agreed to bring his Mudlark and Pat Ware is hoping
persuade the Hull based owner of the "Gutty" to bring it down as well. I
have been asked by Mike Gilbert if we would welcome any Austin Gypsy models
on our stand, and I've said Yes please, the Gypsies will be on one end of
the strand together.
Can I make it quite clear that we welcome All types of CHAMP and CHAMP
related models in ANY condition. If you know of somebody who has a Champ
Fire Engine, a Champ based Vehicle of ANY kind, please try your best to
persuade them to drive or tow or low load it to Beltring, each one will help
add to our planned total of 100..
We plan to have a Daily "CHAMPS on Parade" in the Arena each day. Can I app
eal to any Video and photography enthusiasts to compile a Video of our Champ
Camp and also a photographic overview as well?
In the 2000 Exhibitors list there were 49 Champs and 1 Mudlark. Last year32
Champs and 1 Mudlark were entered, of which we managed to get 24 (or was it
26?) CHAMPS all together in one place for a Mass Photograph. If we ALL do
our best to bring ALL our own Champs plus Trailers, AND get everybody else
we stand a good chance of getting 100 Champs at Beltring
YES ONE HUNDRED CHAMPS is a lot, but please ALL do your Best to persuade
everybody you know to "Get 'em Rolling" and roll down to Beltring for our
50th Golden Jubilee Anniversary CHAMP CAMP.
If we can get 100 Champs all together on our Stand I will personally buy
everyone a drink at the bar...
Can you offer any skills to help us set up and run our Camp?
Would you like to camp on our Site? Actual Space for camping on our site
may be limited with space available. You are welcome to camp elsewhere on
the Showground, but we would like you to leave your CHAMPS and Trailers on
our site please.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES please phone me on 01202 577226
Please send completed form to;
Dale Johnson, 66 Ham Lane, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9DP UK
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