International Caravanning Fellowship of Rotarians at the 2009 Convention
The International Caravanning Fellowship of Rotarians has arranged a caravan site for Rotarians wishing to bring their caravans to the Convention. The caravan site is at the Heart of England Events Centre at Meriden Road, Fillongley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8DX which is ten minutes drive from the NEC Convention Centre.
Booking forms are now available from the ICFR Convention Rally from the website. For further information you may like to email Derrick Saunders, president, International Caravanning Fellowship of Rotarians: derricksheila@waitrose.com
The Caravanning Fellowship will also host a Home Hospitality event on Monday 22nd June at Fillongley.
The Heart of England Event Centre is situated in 160 acres of prime Warwickshire countryside and offering conference and meeting facilities for up to 500 delegates The Centre has been purpose built to a very high standard and is centrally located between Birmingham and Coventry only minutes from the NEC, Birmingham International Airport and the M6 and M42 motorways.
ACHAFR
Rotary Retro Automobile Fellowship of Great Britain & Ireland in conjunction with the ACHAFR is organising its third fellowship tour for vintage, classic and other post 1981 interesting cars. The event takes place between 17-20th June 2009and will thus tie in with the 2009 Rotary Convention.
Although detailed planning for this event is still underway it is anticipated that the event will start at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb venue in Worcestershire before travelling into North Wales Overnight stops are planned at the Classic British Hotels at Lake Vrynwy; Ruthin and Shrewsbury. On the Saturday the cars will journey to the NEC Birmingham where they will be on show before participating in the convention parade.
It is hoped that a similar Rally - the Rotary Tour Autoretro organised by District 1730 from France - will start in Reims at the same time and join up with the above Tour on either Friday or Saturday.
The UK Event will be strictly limited to 40 cars, including those of the organisers.
Further information and initial registration can be obtained by contacting:
- 2009 Rotary Convention Tour - rotarytour2009@hotmail.com
- Rotary Tour Autoretro 2009 - rotary1730@free.fr
- or by going onto the http://www.rraf.rotaryweb.org website
The Caravanning Fellowship will also host a Home Hospitality event on Monday 22nd June at Fillongley.
