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2014/15 Memberships and Renewals are now OPEN!

The club year ends on 30th April 2014, so renewal and new memberships are now open.  

You can join or renew now for the new club year which will run until April 30th 2015.

If you join or renew before March 30th 2014 you will qualify for EARLY BIRD PRICES:

• Full year membership or renewal £15.00
• If you joined after 1st Jan 2014 renewal at £7.50

After 30th March 2014 membership price will be £17.50 (and £10 for renewal if you joined after 1st Jan 2014)

Join or renew today to receive or continue all your benefits which are listed here

To renew: login to your account and click ACCOUNT+ on the right hand side in the MEMBERS AREA

Here is a lovely picture and message received from Nicola Sunley following the tragic death of her husband Ian Sunley in December.

Following Ian’s death in December, I wanted to personally thank all those who donated to the charities that I chose in remembrance.  I was very touched that the club did this in his honour.  The club and members were a big part of our lives for the last couple of years.  Ian was fanatical about driving and wasted no time in planning all the events he wanted to go to. So for the last couple of years, we attended many events up and down the country and thoroughly enjoyed the events and the company we found ourselves in.   Many of you know that Ian was diagnosed with heart disease in the early summer of last year, he was awaiting a triple, possibly quadruple bypass. This was hard news to take considering he had been an active and well man for many years.  This meant that he had to slow down, take medication and wait for an operation.  During this time he took things a little easier and attended all the events and weekends away that he could. He even went down to the Druids run without me – I was not up for the early start, but Ian returned smiling from ear to ear, complete with a burnt face from the sun that day (or was it from the wind, I cannot remember).

When Ian’s dad had a heart attack 10 years ago, and underwent a triple bypass in his 60^th year, Ian made a decision that we were not going to wait until we retire before we start and see the world and this is one thing that makes it a little easier to bear.  We had a wonderful life together, were blessed with three wonderful children and for the last 10 years have made an effort to enjoy life and see some of the amazing countries and sites there are to see.   I have many memories of Ian and the years we shared together.  I’m sure many of you have your own memories of him, I expect most of these include Belgium beer! Ian was a kind man who would do anything for anyone and would think nothing of going out of his way to help out.  He loved to burn the candle at both ends and enjoyed the driving and social aspects of the club.

I would like to thank all those who donated for Cancer Research, Help for Heroes and the British Heart Foundation. The club raised £637.50. I am amazed and touched by your generosity along with all the kind messages received.  I hope to meet some of you again soon. Enjoy your S2000, I know Ian did.

Nicola Sunley

It is with heavy hearts, shock and sadness that we hear about the death of a dear friend from the S2000 community.

Ian Sunley tragically lost his life on Thursday afternoon.  He was a lovely man, always happy, smiling, having fun, he was a very enthusiastic member of the club and was the life and soul of the party.  It was only last weekend that many of us were blessed to have him and Nicola in our company at the annual S2KUK Christmas party.

RIP Ian, you were a true gentleman.  All our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to Nicola, their children and the rest of Ian's family and friends at this very sad time. 

UPDATE:

Ian's funeral will take place at Sherwood Forest Crematorium, New Ollerton NG22 0DY on 27th December at 12 noon, then afterwards at White Lion Pub, West Street, Retford DN22 6ES.

The club is accepting donations towards the nominated charities; Cancer Research UK, Help for Heroes and British Heart foundation via the donation button below.

Order your 2014 S2KUK Calendar now!

Price is £12.99 including postage and packing for delivery to the UK.

Delivery to Europe or other parts of the world is extra -prices in the shop.

ORDER HERE!

Voting is now open for the 2014 S2KUK Calendar!

It is highly recommended that you click on the thumbnails to see the larger versions first.  Most images are done no justice by the thumbnails.  

Vote on your favourite 3 images.

You can only vote once.  This will be monitored and anyone found to be attempting to vote multiple times will be disqualified and votes removed.

To see the entries and vote click here

Voting will close on Sunday 20th October at 12pm MIDDAY.

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!  Please see below for rules and instructions.

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 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

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"
• 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 follow the instructions! 

 Submission deadline will be October 7th 2013 at 23:59

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.