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[Bloke]

Are the Series 2 Club displaying a stand this weekend at Malvern? Hope to see you there if so. Me and my Dad are hoping to take our 6 cylinder along to the show, though we're unsure which day yet. 

Tom

[Tom]

Hey Tom,
There is a club stand at Malvern this weekend, Andy Robinson is organising it.
I'll be popping in with my little one for a bit on the Sunday 

[Bloke]

Hi Tom,

Ah brilliant, I was hoping we'd have a stand on so I can come and say hi. Might see you on the Sunday 

Tom

[diffwhine]

I appear to have secured a leave chit from SWMBO, so am also planning a run up.

[Peter Holden]

Just a big shout out to say thanks to Andy Robinson and Geoff Holloway and their team for all their hard work AND they won the prize for the best stand.  Well done all

Peter

[Bloke]

Thoroughly deserved. The stand looked fabulous and the parade was great. Well done all 

Tom

[john999]

Anyone else attend the Malvern Show today?. I got their early to avoid the crowds, but is seemed very quiet!. I was hoping to pick up some new brake bits, none of the well known parts suppliers were there , just lots of used tat. One large hall was almost empty of trade stands and the others were full off cheap Chinese tools, no thanks. The saving grace was the Club Stands and the knowledgeable people on them, Well done the clubs!. The other good thing was the show ring vehicles and the information given about these and their owners dedication to keeping them on the road. The last show ring display stated at 2.30, by this time many of the stands had packed up and gone or were in the process of leaving. If I go again it will be on the first day not the last!. Anyone had the same experience?.

[Mycroft]

Sounds very similar to my trips to Newbury - but fortunately it's the used tat I go for  . There's a separate thread on this John - maybe we can merge your comments with the other one for you to see others' thoughts. The Club stand seems to have gone down well 

[RobS]

Sounds very similar to my trips to Newbury - but fortunately it's the used tat I go for  . There's a separate thread on this John - maybe we can merge your comments with the other one for you to see others' thoughts. The Club stand seems to have gone down well 

Who the heck is that in the photo, it's not Malvern but it was yesterday.

[Ian_irb]

Met a few members this weekend.....

Had the 2.2 Tdci Series 2A on the LRM stand (handy as I was on the traders stand directly opposite).  Not the busiest show, but I didn't think it was too bad for the first attempt, and I know LRM already have plans to make it better.

Funniest comment of day... being asked what engine was in it, as they'd seen me driving 'progressively' behind a Porsche on the way to the show ground. Apparently it goes well for a Series.

[Peter Holden]

An interesting choice of engin Ian

Peter

[john999]

Just a big shout out to say thanks to Andy Robinson and Geoff Holloway and their team for all their hard work AND they won the prize for the best stand.  Well done all

Peter

+ 1 very good effort.
Just wondered if this is the replacement show for the one that used to be held at Eastnor?, I remember going their not too long ago. It was always a great event with the available off road courses to choose from and also lots of action in the show ring, winching demo's, obstacle courses and other such demonstrations. My other thought about Malvern was, why were there no major parts suppliers on site?. Maybe there are too many shows around or the websites are a better and cheaper way of reaching paying customers.

[gcc130]

Rimmers were there and Foundry 4x4(Britpart Agent) but no one with many new parts on site.

[diffwhine]

All in all I enjoyed the event, but I was just there to have a potter and not to specifically buy anything. There were not enough people flogging old LR tat definitely and far too many people selling new cheap Chinese tools and similar rubbish. The same happened at Beaulieu the other week. All those cheapo general traders just go to everything and in my view just clog the place up.

If it were my show, I'd lay out better.
Cheap Chinese tat stalls put to the other side of Wolverhampton... Or at least in another field...
Private sellers "car booting" all in one area
LR dedicated retailers - large area for new products, accessories and parts
Maybe a LR vehicle auction.
Keep club display areas as they were.
Large display ring - maybe some small time fun events such as a tug of war, seesaw and so on

I think it has great potential to become a great event - just needs a bit of fettling. The trouble is that there are too many similar events (most being run by the same organisers!).

[john999]

For the life of me I can never understand why people buy these cheap! Chinese tools, you have no warrantee and they may just snap on you when least expected. Why not just use the well known suppliers?.