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Tatra Register UK Calendar

Please note: Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of our listings, but we cannot guarantee that events, whether ours or not, will take place as advised, or to post details of cancellation or postponement. You should check with the event organisers before travelling to attend any fixture posted here.

May 24 2008 - 10am Saturday
TRUK Road Run / Pub Meet, Banbury, Oxon. - Rugby, Northants: Kirsten Tisdale invites us to assemble for breakfast in Wardington at 10am, before taking scenic country back-roads to The George, just off the A5 at Kilsby CV23 8YE (Streetmap link), where we'll be arriving around midday. Lunch will not be pre-booked. As at all our pub meets we'll be pleased to meet interested non-members, but breakfast is only available to members who have booked direct with Kirsten, or via info@tatra-register.co.uk

June 21-22 2008
TatraTech 2008 - Tatra Register UK technical seminar, Barry, South Wales:
"Oily blokes go LARGE with spanners"
Meet at 9.30am, at Redrup Tatra in Barry. The programme will involve working on actual T603 and T613 cars, with the potential for working on your own Tatra under the supervision of experienced ex-motor trade employees Simon Redrup and Dave Richards.
Saturday
09.30-10.00 Meet, coffee and workshop/health & safety briefing
10.00-12.30 T603 Service seminar
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.30 T603 Brake seminar
Saturday evening - opportunity to sample the pubs in Sully, South Wales; potential of staying at Simon Redrup's Tatra shrine
Sunday
09.00-10.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.30 T613 Service seminar
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Further T613 foibles
15.30-16.00 Workshop debriefing
Numbers are strictly limited, so book at the earliest opportunity with Simon Redrup, tel. 02920 530990. If attending, you'll need to bring your own overalls and appropriate safety footwear. Latex or nitrile gloves are recommended - but please bring your own.
Simon Redrup spent 15 years as a Vauxhall main dealer, and has spent the past six years attending European Tatra rallies to network and build up his store of T603 and T613 spares. During this time he has worked on countless Tatras and taught himself the principles of component re-finishing to the highest standards.
Dave Richards has spent 20 years as a motor engineer and MoT tester. For the past six years, he has also worked as a classic car and technical journalist, on titles as diverse as Classic & Sports Car, Classic Military Vehicle, Practical Classics, Jaguar Driver, The Garage & MoT Professional, Motorsport, and Practical Caravan. He has driven and personally maintained his own T603 for the past seven years and 30,000km.

July 19 2008 - 12 noon Saturday
TRUK Pub Meet, Bristol: Farley Boozari invites us to join him for a West Country summer pub meet at the Fox Inn, The Inner Down, Old Down, Bristol, BS32 4PR. Post Office MultiMap

July 25-28 2008 ...Book now!
Tatra Register UK 7th Annual Rally, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham : Returning to the three-night formula of the Welsh 2006 rally, we head further north than ever before for a TRUK event, to the birthplace of the railway in England's north-eastern industrial heartland. Ingredients include reasonably priced hotel accommodation, 'Good Beer Guide' refreshment opportunities, beautiful scenery including bracing coastal driving, and plenty of industrial archaeology. Bookings are now being taken, and our non-refundable £15 joining fee will be waived for the first ten TRUK entrants to book hotel accommodation. info@tatra-register.co.uk

September 14 2008 - 12 noon Sunday
TRUK Pub (licensed cafe!) Meet, North London: Motoring journalist and TRUK member, Dave Richards, invites us to join him for a late summer 'pub meet' at the famous Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road NW10 7UD.

October 19 2008
Tatra Register UK AGM, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire: This year, we meet at "the World's largest collection of British veteran,vintage and classic cars" (our 2007 rally venue, Coventry Transport Museum, makes a similar claim!), and invite members to assemble at 10.30am for the formal bit. With our annual business behind us, the rest of the day will be available for lunch and a good look at the collection, which is more representative of British automotive output since passing from the defunct Rover Group to Ford. We will have a reserved parking area set aside for Tatras and reduced price museum tickets will be available in advance, so it's essential to book with Kirsten: info@tatra-register.co.uk

November 22 2008 - 11.30am Saturday
TRUK Pub Meet, Burford, Cotswolds: Motoring journalist and TRUK member, Dave Richards, invites us to join him for an early winter pub meet at the Royal Oak, 26 Witney St., Burford, Oxfordshire OX18 4SN. Post Office MultiMap

Rolling Events Calendar
TRUK events in red, events to which we are invited, or which include a Tatra theme, in blue, and a selection of key classic car events which are likely to be of interest.

Cross-Channel ferries: Need to cross the Channel for that 'must do' event? Don't get ripped off! ...try an early booking with the Speedferries Dover-Boulogne catamaran, or Norfolk Line's Dover-Dunkerque freight service, and support the people who reintroduced healthy competition!

Health alert: TRUK claims no expertise in medical matters, but if you are intending to enjoy the countryside as part of a central or east European excursion (including Germany), you'd be wise to look into the significant risk of tick-borne encephalitis, which can result in catastrophic brain damage. Two injections three weeks apart, from a GP or from a MASTA Travel Clinic, offer a year's protection, and can be topped up for continued peace of mind.

May 17 2008 - 10am Saturday
TRN Spring Meeting, Abcoude, near Amsterdam, Netherlands: Tatra Register Nederland's spring get together at Cafe-Restaurant 'De Eendracht', Hoogstraat 37, 1391 BR Abcoude. More info. (in Dutch), as it becomes available, in the TRN Agenda, or email multi-lingual Peter Visser.

May 17 2008
IFA Day - RAF Cold War Museum, Cosford: The IFA/Wartburg club's new venue, as an alternative to Stanford Hall, which will not take place this year, despite efforts to promote it independently. Central UK location with easy road access, ideal display area for the cars between the two main buildings and lots of things for people to do as well as look at cars. Entrance to all the facilities, i.e Aerospace Museum and Cold War museum is completely free, and there are excellent catering facilities and plenty of free parking. Tatras and other central and eastern European vehicles are welcome. The museum's website is at: www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org.uk/

May 24 2008 - 10am Saturday
Tatra Register UK Road Run / Pub Meet, Banbury, Oxon. - Rugby, Northants: Kirsten Tisdale invites us to assemble for breakfast in Wardington at 10am, before taking scenic country back-roads to The George, just off the A5 at Kilsby CV23 8YE (Streetmap link), where we'll be arriving around midday. Lunch will not be pre-booked. As at all our pub meets we'll be pleased to meet interested non-members, but breakfast is only available to members who have booked direct with Kirsten, or via info@tatra-register.co.uk

May 29 - June 1 2008
Internationaler Kreis der Tatra-Freunde e.V. Spring Meeting, Seebad Trassenheide, Usedom, Germany: IKTF is a Berlin-based group of about 35 enthusiasts who own mostly T613 and T603 Tatras, and not to be confused with the longest-established, similarly named Tatra club, the Austrian TFI (Tatra-Freunde International e.V.), with which it has no connection. Info., when available, at: www.tatrafreunde-ev.de

June 1 2008
East European Drive-in Day, Bruntingthorpe Aircraft Museum, near Lutterworth: Organised by the Lada club's Mark Smith after his efforts to revive the popular Stanford Hall fixture failed to win the support of the venue's new profit-driven management. Bruntingthorpe is only a few miles away, offers static exhibits including an example of the only Polish-made Cold War jet, and is home to the only airworthy Vulcan. "The main point of the Drive-in Day", says Mark "is to be able just to turn up whenever you like, and meet up with like-minded owners in the same way as we used to do at Stanford Hall."

June 7-8 2008
SALT-2 Suffolk Invasion: The second independent event from two of our own members, who tell us "Our aim is to attract a bunch of cars and owners that would more commonly be seen at a Stanford Hall, Foxfield or Crich type event, and spend a couple of days touring and visiting appropriate sites. An imaginative itinerary includes Lowestoft Transport Museum, Sizewell nuclear power station, RAF Bentwaters, Orfordness and Bawdsey Radar Station, and the scale of last year's entry is being ramped up by the inclusion of military vehicles and re-enactment groups. Value for (not much) money is a SALT trademark, and both camping and hotel accommodation will be available. www.sovietautoluxurytours.co.uk

June 8 2008
Tatra-Register-Schweiz Annual Meeting ...in the heart of Switzerland. Details to follow at: www.tatra.ch

June 21-22 2008
TatraTech 2008 - Tatra Register UK technical seminar, Barry, South Wales: The programme will involve working on actual T603 and T613 cars, with the potential for working on your own Tatra under the supervision of experienced ex-motor trade employees Simon Redrup and Dave Richards.
Saturday
09.30-10.00 Meet, coffee and workshop/health & safety briefing
10.00-12.30 T603 Service seminar
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.30 T603 Brake seminar
Saturday evening - opportunity to sample the pubs in Sully, South Wales; potential of staying at Simon Redrup's Tatra shrine
Sunday
09.00-10.00 Breakfast
10.00-12.30 T613 Service seminar
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Further T613 foibles
15.30-16.00 Workshop debriefing
Numbers are strictly limited, so book at the earliest opportunity with Simon Redrup, tel. 02920 530990.

July 19 2008 - 12 noon Saturday
Tatra Register UK Pub Meet, Bristol: Farley Boozari invites us to join him for a West Country summer pub meet at the Fox Inn, The Inner Down, Old Down, Bristol, BS32 4PR. Post Office MultiMap

July 20 2008
25th Uxbridge Auto Show, Middlesex Showground: This big Sunday field event was the venue for our club's inauguration in 1993, and some of our members still enjoy taking it in. Book by July 14, or it'll be £10 on the gate - a donation of £5 will get you in if you've pre-booked. No plans so far for a club stand, but any news will appear here first. www.uxbridge-autoshow.com

July 30 2008
Classics on the Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire : After 15 years this will be Peter Madden’s last, as organiser, before a new team from Harpenden Rotary and the Carpenters Arms Classic Car Club takes over the award-winning event, and he’s ready to start taking your entries now. His website is still off-line, so click here for an idea of what it's all about. What started as an informal summer picnic is now so big that entry is by ticket only. Send details of your vehicle's make, model, registration, and year, with your name and address and your email address, along with a SAE and cheque for £5 payable to 'The Rover P5 Club', and post to: Peter Madden, "Classics on the Common", 48 Whitehill Avenue, Luton, LU1 3SR. We've had as many as eight Tatras there, and as few as one - it depends how organised individual owners are. Entry pass No. 2 this year has already been issued to a 1938 T97.

August 6 2008
Classics on the Green, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire : A second mid-week summer afternoon/evening picnic that's grown, like Harpenden seven days previously, into a very big gathering. Still no need to book, for this one, but contributions to the charity bucket are expected on arrival. www.watfordclassics.co.uk

September 14 2008 - 12 noon Sunday
Tatra Register UK Pub (licensed cafe!) Meet, North London: Motoring journalist and TRUK member, Dave Richards, invites us to join him for a late summer 'pub meet' at the famous Ace Cafe London, Ace Corner, North Circular Road NW10 7UD.

September 2008 T.B.A.
Tatra Register NL Annual Meeting: Details to follow in the TRN Agenda.

September 13-14 2008
Ecce Homo Historic, Šternberk, Czech Republic: This is an iconic and long-established meeting, involving a hill-climb competition, historic racing and club gatherings. A major event to consider if you're thinking of visiting CZ in late summer. Check out the website at www.eccehomo.cz

September 13-14 2008
Beaulieu International Autojumble: Beaulieu's most famous event, with over 2,000 stands and more than 30,000 punters, it is the biggest outdoor sale of motoring items for European cars and motorcycles this side of the Atlantic. Probably an exaggeration to say that you'll meet everyone you ever knew in the car world there, but it's as much of a social round as a source of stuff. The traders' set-up day (Friday 12th) is the best and most fruitful, if you can get a pass, and the fun goes on late into the night at the open-air bar, so plan to camp on-site. Click here.

September 14 2008
IFA Treffen 2008, Foxfield Steam Railway, Stoke: Bob Gibbens (IFA - Wartburg) once again organises this friendly weekend, combining his own car and steam interests. Tatras and other central and eastern European vehicles are welcome, as usual. Click on: www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/ for venue details.

September 21 2008
Classics on the Green with Carters Steam Fair, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire : Watford & District Classic Vehicle Club's second gathering at Croxley Green, this time on a Sunday and including Carters Steam Fair and the Scammell Register, celebrating the former local Watford truckmaker. www.watfordclassics.co.uk

October 12 2008 ...Book now!
Norwich Union MSA Classic: The second run since this popular event was reinstated after a ten-year rest. TRUK's chairman was among the many disappointed would-be participants last year who weren't quick enough to sign up before all the places were sold out in less than three weeks. Cars will start from a number of UK cities on the Sunday morning, and meet up, as always, at Silverstone, and the Dorking starters will include a 1968 T2-603. Entries are already being taken, so apply now at www.msaclassic.co.uk/, before all the places are spoken for!

October 18 2008
MotorTechna, Brno, CZ : Autojumble and exhibition of historical vehicles, organized twice a year in a 1,730 sq metre pavilion and on 11,200 sq metres of open-air space on the site of the International Trade Fair. Details at: www.motortechna.cz

October 26 2008
Red October Day, Crich Tramway Village, Derbyshire: Developing a concept established by Bob Gibbens of the IFA club, the venue management have morphed the November 'East Berlin Day' into 'Red October', and this will be the fifth day of 'Ostalgia' in the evocative Derbyshire location. There is strong support, now, from an established community of enthusiasts, most of whom turn out in commie uniforms. Should be a varied turnout of eastern bloc cars, driving on the right amongst working trams that include examples from Prague and East Germany. Tasty authentic German lunches and beer are on offer, too. Details from www.tramway.co.uk, or tel. 0870 758726

November 14-16 2008
NEC Classic Motor Show - The biggest indoor classic car show in the UK, and getting better every year now that childish compulsory themes are no longer imposed on the club stands. See: www.necclassicmotorshow.com. Maximum number of Tatras so far has been four, in 2005, but that was at very short notice and life's full of surprises! Generally plenty of TRUK members in attendance.

November 22 2008 - 11.30am Saturday
Tatra Register UK Pub Meet, Burford, Cotswolds: Motoring journalist and TRUK member, Dave Richards, invites us to join him for an early winter pub meet at the Royal Oak, 26 Witney St., Burford, Oxfordshire OX18 4SN. Post Office MultiMap

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