Does anyone have any info on the McRae gathering this year as ive forgotten how to find out the dates etc. Any help appreciated and is anyone going or is that a proper daft question

 

McRae Gathering

 

Cheers eggy790 do you just vote or is there something else you have to do like put your car and details down

 

Hi Symon

The Gathering, itself, was a one off and not an annual event, I'm afraid. There is a cheque presentation to Jimmy Mcrae in August though.

HTH

 

Ta BRI4N, thanks for letting me know, i didnt know it was just a one off, shame though that sort o thing really appeals to me,

 

The presentation will be the final chapter in the McRae Gathering story. The team have raised just under £53,000 and still have some Gathering merchandise to sell up till August when the presentation is made.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-handover.html

The venue at Chester is the same one used for the 1995 51st Network Q RAC Rally & is fittingly where Colin won his last world title.

 

Anyone here thinking of going,I know I want to,over a 400 mile trek

 

so thats about four hours drivin??? lol

 

Im up for a bit of a trek tom

 

Have been checking the McRae Gathering forum regularly, but no updates on there.

We were planning to take a run up - but August is starting to look rather busy..........what with the MLR.

We will see nearer the time - but any excuse for a good run out in the Scoob has got to be considered!

Also, the same weekend our very own Kev D is racing on the Saturday no far away, so it could be a good double!!

 

by the time this gets here we will be priced off the road

 

400 miles in a RA box, wow,
Im going if anyone wants to tag alng

JJ

 

Yeah defo jj. keep me posted im sure that e6tony and poss some others from mr.clutch were thinking of going too...

 

Need to get a list going pretty soon i think, im defo going, and four others from my neck of the woods
JJ

 

put me down jj and i will see if the mr clutch boys are defo going!!!

 

Hi mate i not got much time to do a list best person to speak to is cornelius or and Tiny,
See i work lots of hours and all what i write on here is via me blackberry , so as you can imagine my eyes hurt allot looking at this screen lol

JJ

 

Last years gathering came during sky high fuel prices, the BP garage on the M40 were after 134.9p a litre

 

Thats true,I filled up 3 or 4 times
worth every penny though,wot a day

 

Tom i got idea if you tow me there i tow you back lol save bit fuel then, or get few of us linked split it between us
JJ

 

Reducing the carbon footprint eh jj

 

varbon fibre foot prints what next lol
JJ

 

Its been over 2 months since we announced the revised date of the
presentation of funds to Jim McRae and, although it may seem that
nothing much is going on, we are steadily working our way through our
“To Do” list behind the scenes and organising the finale of the event.

More information about the day, including access times, parking
arrangements and timetable for the afternoon, will be provided soon.

If you are planning to come to Chester on 9th August and have not
already voted in our poll, please do so... it helps us keep track of
anticipated numbers.

In the meantime, we are very excited to announce that our Shop is now
live and we have commissioned a new polo shirt to celebrate the finale
of the event.

We have decided to go for black polo shirts with red/white panelling
along the sleeves and shoulders. They have the “colinmcraevision” on the
front and we are delighted that the family have given us approval to use
this logo.

You are also able to buy A1 posters that we were selling at the end of
last year.

We still have some signed posters and also Limited Mosaic Prints numbers
2 to 6 in our possession and plan to release them on eBay in the next
couple of weeks...

Unfortunately we have lost our records when we switched servers and you
need to Create an Account in our Shop before you are able to buy.

It is nice to see that Colin McRae Motorsports : Homepage is now live and more
information about the charity and future plans can be found here.



--
McRae Gathering Team
http://www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk/

 

Just ordered a shirt for now.

About 230 miles to get there for me if I go so just thinking about it at the moment. I would probably go up on the Saturday afternoon & stay over till the Monday morning.

From:Birchanger services to:CH1 2LY - Google Maps

 

Not far off that for me i think Im still up for the hack tho

 

Well as of 10.30pm today there are 717 people that have voted "Yes" to going & 81 that are "Undecided".

My shirt came yesterday & very smart it is to. Black with red and white panelling along the shoulder and sleeve.





I have decided to go up on the Saturday before & stay at the CLICK for Holiday Inn Express Chester Racecourse which is located in the grounds of Chester Racecourse where the handover is being done. So a nice leisurely breakfast & then a quick wipe over of the car before the presentation takes place at 1pm. I think there are things taking place into the evening so it will be back to the hotel Sunday night & a steady drive home after breakfast Monday morning.

 

Nice looking polo that
just hope im back at work in the next week or so otherwise im not gona be able to make this

 

good to see you've got your polo shirt mark/flat eric

you may not need to stay on the Sunday night, we're planning to wrap things up by 2pm.
Most of the displays and things to see will be available from 12 noon - 2pm.

I'm finalising the schedule for the day and plan to put info like parking arrangements, entry times, timetable for the day on the Gathering website this weekend.

the racecourse is an impressive venue and I'm sure there will be a cracking atmosphere.

cheers,
imy

 

Gutted I am in Majorca

 

Thanks for that imy the shirt arrived very quickly.

I can cancel the room for Sunday night at short notice & in a way would prefer to drive back on the Sunday rather than dice with the workday traffic on Monday. I'll be keeping an eye on the Gathering website for updates.

 

lovely shirt