Latest News From the UK S2000 Owners Club

August Bank holiday saw the third year in a row that the club attended the Dunsfold Wings and Wheels event in Surrey. This two day celebration of motoring and aviation gets bigger every year and is held where Top Gear is (was?!) filmed.

The weekend began on Saturday when Rob Wadrop (Rob-BPA) was selected by the Brooklands Museum to participate in the runway motoring display. Despite the rain coming in during the afternoon he was able to achieve a respectable 130mph down the 1.2km course; narrowly missing the record of 133 set the previous year. 

Rob crosses the finish line at 130 mph !

On the Sunday the rain finally stopped and 13 cars headed to the airfield to display their cars on the club stand in the Wheels Zone. On arrival Paul F had an idea to position ourselves in a ‘V’ shape in honour of the Vulcan bomber that was due to display that day as part of her last season in the air. What we didn’t expect was that we would win the “Car Club of the Year” trophy as a result, especially with the effort and expense some other clubs had gone to. What made it more special was the Mazda MX5 Drivers club on the next stand coming second. A little karma for the commentator describing our cars as MX5s on the previous years drive past perhaps!!

S2KUK tribute to the last flying Vulcan. You'd need to see this from above to appreciate the effort we went to park these cars!

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We will be producing another S2KUK Calendar this year, so now it is time to start getting your pictures or cameras out, and to submit your photo entries via email!  Please READ amd FOLLOW the rules and instructions - ESPECIALLY the first one!

RULES AND REGULATIONS

We all want to see great shots of the S2000, so we have high standards for submissions.

• Photos need to meet a minimum resolution for print purposes. That minimum is "high resolution" - at least 150 dpi, in tif, png, jpg formats. As a guide, photos should generally be 3-4 MB in size or more
• You CAN obscure license plates if you wish.
• Photos need to be cropped "loose" this is to avoid having some great submissions that we can’t use because the image was already cropped too tight to the S2000.
• Try and leave some space around the S2000 so the image can be cropped to fit the calendar. 
• No watermarks allowed.
• NO NUDITY - images must be work and family safe.
• If there is enough demand for hot ladies (or men!) posing we may do a short run of an alternative calendar.
• ONE ENTRY ONLY per person (so choose wisely) You may if you wish supercede your entry as many times as you want.
• The photo could have been taken BY YOU any time.

TIPS

• Photos can't just be "driveway" shots, no hose and bucket in the background. You need to be creative, artistic, and unique! At least find a scenic spot to take the pic!
• Lots of people take the ubiquitous 1/4 front or 1/4 rear view, and we can only have so many similar poses in a calendar, so taking the time to do something different and interesting will count toward the submissions
• The calendar is not for profit, and stresses the love we have for our cars. 

How to make a submission

• When you have a photo to submit, rename it with the following format:  "Real_Name.jpg" (YOUR NAME not actually Real_Name.jpg!)
• Email them to: calendar@s2kuk.com
• Photos have to be emailed for entry. This is your tacit consent that they can be used in the calendar, and on the S2KUK website.
• Submissions not following the criteria above will be rejected without notice so please follow the instructions! 

Submission deadline will be 30TH SEPTEMBER 2015 at 23:59 SO YOU DON'T HAVE LONG!

Submissions will then be put on the S2KUK website for voting.

Remember, submissions need to be EMAILED.  

If they are not emailed, they are not entered.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT COPYRIGHT

By entering this calendar competition you are giving licence to S2KUK (UK S2000 Owners Club) to use your image for publication in the calendar and on the S2KUK website.  

IF YOU DO NOT OWN COPYRIGHT of the image - that is if YOU did not take the photograph it will not qualify for the competition. 

DO NOT ENTER WITH A PHOTO YOU DID NOT TAKE, as it can have serious consequences if it is published. 

By entering a photo to the competition you are agreeing to indemnify UK S2000 Owners Club against any action regarding copyright should you have entered a photo of which you do not own copyright.

We are really pleased to announce our first Megameet of 2016 from 29th April to May 2nd 2016 - our first ever MegaMeet in Scotland !

Plenty of notice to get it in your diaries. Day tickets will be available too.

REGISTER NOW to avoid disappointment because PLACES ARE LIMITED, due to accommodation.  You can pay in 3 easy instalments!

For FULL details and to register, plus link to forum discussion please see here:

http://www.s2kuk.com/megameet12.php

We are delighted that we have been successful in our application for an exclusive club stand at CarFest South 2015, A dream of cars, music, food and masses of family fun - a dream conjured up by Chris Evans and brought to life in Hampshire.

CarFest South is from 28th August to 30th August at Laverstoke Park Farm, Berkshire.

Do you want to show your car on our EXCLUSIVE STAND?

HERE'S THE DEAL:

• To display your car AND including 2 entry to Carfest all weekend (via wristbands given out each day at the event), will be only £250 per car for the whole weekend.
• The same thing (which is sold out! direct from CarFest) without being able to show your car on our stand is over £300

This is an absolute bargain! It doesn't cover the club's costs, but we are subsidising this event, and there are a few requirements of display cars which does reduce flexibility (but talk to us, there may be some let up!):

They would prefer cars to arrive on the stand on the Thursday, and stay there until the Sunday 6pm. (There was flexibility last year, some cars came in and out daily, or if you camp on site, there are 24hr security patrols). Some went first thing Friday, but they do want cars to be parked up and all in before about 8am otherwise traffic is mayhem!

So if you would like to take this excellent opportunity, please email s2kuk@s2kuk.com

We have 2 spaces remaining so BE QUICK!

There is absolutely loads to do at CarFest, click Read more below for some info and to see the awesome music line up each night, and see here for info: http://www.carfest.org/content/carfest-south-landing-page

Check out the amazing line up of cars that you'll ONLY be able to see at CarFest...

12. The Dirty Dozen

11. Vintage Eleven – A mixture of diverse classics

10. Race Car Ten –BTTC Jason Plato, Paul Newman’s nissan race car, and a two seater Formula 2 car

9. Iconic Nine – Landmark cars

8. Hot Rod Eight – Britain’s championship winning Hot Rods

7. Super Car Seven – the very best current super cars

6. Rally Six – historic rally cars from the past 50 years

5. Furious Five –Japanese retro and current super cars

4. Funky Four - Low Riders, pimped rides, beach buggies and custom classic camper

3. Dragster Three – includes a 250k Bentley Continental GT, Pro Chevy Street Drag FIAT Bubble Car

2. Dynamic Duo – two generations of Batman Cars (Adam West and Michael Keaton )

1. Formula one –a collection of historic F1 cars including a rare Martin Donnelly Lamborghini Lotus

Have you SEEN who is in the MUSIC line up??!

AND LOADS LOADS MORE OTHER ACTIVITIES!

Why not come and celebrate Christmas with us? Each year we organise a Christmas Party, it's an opportunity to dust off the posh frocks, tux and get together with other club members.

This year we are at a new venue Hellidon Lakes and Spa Hotel in Daventry !

Venue: Hellidon Lakes and Spa Hotel, Daventry, NN11 6GG
Time: Arrival 7.00pm Dinner served: 8.00pm Entertainment starts: 9.30pm Carriages: 1.00am (not office chairs or piano stools!)
Cost: £30 per person for the Party evening 
Accommodation: £75.00 per room B&B (double or single occupancy)

So folks, you know the score...... stick your name on the list if you are attending on S2KI (Click) or email secretary@s2kuk.com:

• How many of you
• Dietry requirements
• Room type you need
• If for just Saturday Only or Fri and Saturday  

YOUR ACCOMMODATION WILL BE BOOKED FOR YOU

PAYMENT of £30 per person to:
UK S2000 Owners Club
HSBC
40-38-20
51406027
REF: XM12

We will need the full Party Night monies as the non-refundable deposit and your accommodation can be settled on departure.  

PLEASE can you pay your Party Night monies by 14th AUGUST  as need to turn a provisional into confirmed booking.  Many thanks!

Menu:

Sweet red pepper & smoked paprika soup, spiced red onion bhaji (v)
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Traditional roast breast of turkey, bacon-wrapped chipolatas,
sage & chestnut stuffing, roast potatoes, mixed winter vegetables, roast parsnips
OR
Parmesan gnocchi with goat’s cheese cream,
red pepper & crispy fried rocket salad, rosemary & sea salt bread (v)
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Classic lemon tart, winter berry purée & sweet cream
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Tea, coffee & mini mince pies

Once everyone got through the traffic, we pretty much had a full house, 50 s2000s.

It was a fantastic event, with weather to die for and gorgeous cars too. Thank you to everyone who came from all over the UK and in one gentlemans case, Japan?

Highlights from the meet include the resurgence of Hendy Simon's S2000 which is back on home soil and looking very well. There were hardly any dirty cars and talking of which, it was lovely to see Floppy return with his newly acquired S2000 and his little companion too. We finally got to see Phil's Spoon S2000 after the unfortunate crash a very long time ago and it is indeed a very different beast now.

Awards on the night:

Best in show - 4x4 Freak for his amazing spoon cladded S2000 which was simply the best car there.
Cleanest Car - Sombra for his spotless berlina black S2K
Filthiest Car - Floppy - shame on you Alex!
Best Modified - Masamichi-san for his moonrock S2000 which was beautifully and cleverly modified
Best Standard - SZ0005 - Lovely example of a standard moonrock s2000

Kim was also awarded the best ace cafe organiser of the year by Soupdragon and Tinyclanger

Next year will see some improvements, starting with a megaphone and of course better event sponsors.

Coverage of the night was by Chris Presley and there is a chance that we might be featured in Banzai Magazine again.

Pictures can be seen on Facebook here or further on the S2KI Forum here, for those who don't have facebook.

If you have any pictures, please do share them with us.

Dates have been submitted for next year and will be posted up when confirmed early 2016.

LAST ORDERS PLEASE for all you who want to attend Megameet 11 in the Irish Causeway Coast and Glens. CLOSING DATE 7th August.  IF you are not registered you cannot just turn up and attend...

Megameet 11 - will be held in the dramatic coastline of Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Comprising of the Causeway Coast and Antrim Glens, it promises some fantastic roads and scenery.  

Full details and booking here:http://www.s2kuk.com/megameet11.php