[YogiBear]

So here's the idea. I have run this by some folk who have shown interest and think it may work.

Have a raffle selling tickets for say Euro 20 for a place to attend the RHRS at Silverstone next year. The idea would be to sell 55 tickets which is enough to purchase 4 places. Once all tivkets are sold we can purchase the tickets and do a draw at a NOB or SMBR sometime early in the spring.

Rules;
- you can purchase as many tikcets as you want to increasing your chance of a win in the draw
- transport ie: Flight to Birmingham is for your account. Typically Euro 60 if booked far enough in advance
- contribution to the hiring of a 7 seater for 1 day would be required. Expected to be around Euro 20 pp
- 2 standby names will be drawn to take over places in case those drawn can't attend
- if less than 55 tickets sold then places to the value of that collected will be purchased and the balance donated to IBF. I.e 40 tickets sold, 3 places will be booked and +- Euro 140 donated to IBF.
- Suggested closing date of end January giving plenty time to book and plan flight for maximum cost saving on flights.
- School days are always during the week and are typically Mon, Tues or Wed, so bear this in mind if you need to book a day off work.

The idea would be, to fly in on the early flight, drive down to Silverstone to do a 12 pm class which should finish around 4 pm. Then make our way back to the airport for some dinner and flight home at around 8 pm.

If there is any real interest or even further ideas please post and if enough interest is shown I will start a list of ticket holders.

[phew]

Nice one Greg. You can stick me down for one now and I'll probably take another one in a couple of weeks time, if there's any left.

[Stephen190867]

I'll take two please.

[sp1v]

Great plan Greg I'll take 2. Lets hope for a dry sunny day !

[Jack%]

Great idea Greg. Always fancied doing something like this...I'll take one...

[tiler]

and so it begins
great idea greg
Ill take 2

[Nigel the plumber]

you can put me in for 2 tickets also Greg i will give you the money next spin together

[Playtime]

stick me down for a ticket Greg

when will it be as only able to go midweek 2nd & 3rd week in April or August/sept

[KaosTheory]

Stick my name down for a ticket.

[tiler]

Playtime, on 20 November 2011 - 11:58 PM, said:

stick me down for a ticket Greg

when will it be as only able to go midweek 2nd & 3rd week in April or August/sept

eh eh I can get dr walsh to do you up a sick note, a lot of germs around that time of year
speaking of which when are we talking about

Nigel the plumber, on 20 November 2011 - 11:12 PM, said:

you can put me in for 2 tickets also Greg i will give you the money next spin together

ah so nice of you to get me one nigel thanks

[YogiBear]

Well that went better than I thought. So here is an update. I am simply going to number tickets from 1 upwards and on the day of the draw we can draw numbers with the list present to determine who has won. The list is so far is as follows. When I work out the best way to get paid I will post it up and those that have paid will have a PD next to their name and will qualify for the final draw.

In terms of days we will go I was looking as doing it in May. Any earlier than that and we may be chancing it a bit with the weather.

1. Phew
2. Stephen190867
3. Stephen190867
4. SP1V
5. SP1V
6. Jack%
7. Tiler
8. Tiler
9. Playtime
10. Nigel the Plumber
11. Nigel the Plumber
12. Kaos Theory

Just two more tickets and we have enough for a minimum of one track day.

[YogiBear]

Forgot to put this in the earlier post. The following link is the dates of the RHRS.

Dates

I am thinking the Tuesday 8th or 15th May is looking the best. The early bird offer which allows for cheaper places applies.

[YogiBear]

For those wanting to pay for their tickets please use Paypal.

To do this, log into your Paypal account and select "Send money". Use my email address "greg.davidson@mobil-i.com".

I will update the list and payments every couple of days, so if you don't see an update of your name or PD next to it please send me a PM to remind me.

[Playtime]

YogiBear, on 21 November 2011 - 12:58 PM, said:

Forgot to put this in the earlier post. The following link is the dates of the RHRS.

Dates

I am thinking the Tuesday 8th or 15th May is looking the best. The early bird offer which allows for cheaper places applies.

but May no good for me

[Jack%]

Hi Greg,

as you were only 2 short I decided to take 2 so you just need to get rid of 1 now!




Cheers Jack

[Empty One]

"The last raffle I was at was very interesting, because the people who ran the raffle actually won it! So, its not unusual for that to happen"
Fr Ted Crilly

[YogiBear]

Empty One, on 21 November 2011 - 10:04 PM, said:

"The last raffle I was at was very interesting, because the people who ran the raffle actually won it! So, its not unusual for that to happen"
Fr Ted Crilly

What is even more interesting is that the organizers of this raffle are not taking part and have already committed to paying their own way.

Heres an update

1. Phew
2. Stephen190867
3. Stephen190867
4. SP1V
5. SP1V
6. Jack% - PD
7. Jack% - PD
8. Tiler - PD
9. Tiler - PD
10. Nigel the Plumber
11. Nigel the Plumber
12. Kaos Theory

This post has been edited by YogiBear: 22 November 2011 - 08:28 AM

[KaosTheory]

YogiBear, on 21 November 2011 - 01:24 PM, said:

For those wanting to pay for their tickets please use Paypal.

To do this, log into your Paypal account and select "Send money". Use my email address "greg.davidson@mobil-i.com".

I will update the list and payments every couple of days, so if you don't see an update of your name or PD next to it please send me a PM to remind me.

Good stuff, will put this through on pay day!

[Shinwacker]

Have you got enough tickets sold to make up the prizes Yogi? If not stick me down for two if you can please. Maybe get enough for five winners to attend + the Bears, that makes it an invasion. Good luck to all who enter, should be fun the draw anyhow, winning would be even more fun.

Shins

[YogiBear]

Shinwacker, on 22 November 2011 - 10:45 AM, said:

Have you got enough tickets sold to make up the prizes Yogi? If not stick me down for two if you can please. Maybe get enough for five winners to attend + the Bears, that makes it an invasion. Good luck to all who enter, should be fun the draw anyhow, winning would be even more fun.

Shins

Hey Dick, we have enough for the first ticket. The idea is that for every 13 to 14 tickets we sell we can purchase one track day. So as it stands we have pretty much what is needed for one day.

I am naturally hoping to get up to 55 tickets sold which will purchase 4 places plus BooBoo and myself which would make a mini D-Day invasion of the English midlands. Not sure Silverstone would be the same after 4 Irish folk and two bearish type pretending to be Irish have scared all the locals.