16/07/2024
Well, where do we begin? Sunday was an extremely emotional and challenging day for all of our crew but we managed to get through it and we hope that we delivered an enjoyable day for you all.
Before we announce our total, we need to do a few thank you's - there is a huge amount of support that goes in to our event which not everyone sees from suppliers to traders to sponsors to our crew. So, in no particular order, let's do this!
Our core sponsors - Simply Surf Bus ltd, Aspire Competitions Ltd & GP Campers. Our secondary sponsors - Smartbeds, StormPoptops, Bristol Detailing Supplies, Majestic Wood Design, Impact Flags & OVANO. Our caterers - O's mobile coffeevan, Whittingham Caterers & Ollie's Ice Creams. Our traders - Vee Dub Family, Bus Envy Boutique, VW T4 Cruise Control, Paul Elford (aka The Woodman) & Jason Williams. Our medical team - Midlands Bike Marshals. Our Cruise hosts - Sanders Garden Centre, part of The Blue Diamond Group. Our charity benefactor - Talk Club whose volunteers had so many conversations throughout the day with our visitors and our team. The clubs who put on some great displays of old and new. Our amazing volunteer crew - you're all awesome. The media team - Alicia Photography, CXPTR Visuals and B.goz_automotive. And lastly you, our attendees, without you there would be no show! If we have missed anyone we apologise.
Now for the grand total - thanks to all of our incredible sponsors and traders covering the significant running costs of the event, all of the gate money and donations in the buckets are heading straight to Talk Club to enable them to help more men in crisis and start conversations with those who just need someone to listen. We were just shy of our target but thanks to the amazing generosity of Dan from Simply Surf Bus who has put in an extra personal donation we have reached it and are delighted to announce a donation of £5000 to Talk Club.
Once again thank you to each and every one of you for supporting our show. We will be releasing next years date soon, but in the interim we are taking some time away to grieve and pay our respects to Derek 'Delboy' Tarrant, a pivotal member of our team who sadly passed away just days before our event. Thank you to everyone who wrote their memories of him and put them in our memory box which will be passed to the family in due course.