Here is a further update to our blog giving the next 3 months club diary.

April
        2nd  Competition (2)
        16th
        30th Video night   (upstairs room)
May
         14th
         28th  Demo night  (upstairs room)
June
         11th
         25th down the pub the Nags Head, Abingdon bridge
July
         9th Competition (3)

Other events that are going on around our club:-
Yeovilton show Feb 9th
Newbury show  Feb 16th
Milton keynes show April 21st
Abingdon Air Fair  May 5th (you will have to pay at entrance to gain access)
Glouscester show May 21st
Salisbury show June 1st
Tank Fest at Bovingdon June 29/30th. Club outing, details later.

Simon Fisher
Abingdon IPMS Secretary

Hello all
All status quo with the club, the AGM was yesterday and following a vote myself, Alan and Tim remain in the same posts.
Our club fiances are in excellent shape with about £1500 in show account, whilst the normal club account is in the black by some 450ish. I have given the thought to some of the activity's for the forthcoming year and after some period I have up with one or two things to do. These being a trip to Pendon railway museum on a club night followed by a visit to the local pub. Next a club visit to Bovingdon tank museum on there Tank Fest day over the weekend of 29/30 June. I have also been thinking about a BBQ at my house in early to mid June, only after permission of mine frau.  Some other ideas that came from our members, are that could we have a couple of kit swaps a year, which we have one a year at the moment. Another thought came from somebody else and that is again a couple of hints and tips nights.

One thing to note we have been moved out of our normal room and upstairs for the following nights 30  April, 28 May, 25 June.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.

Simon Fisher

AGM date change

AGM has moved forward to the 8th Jan 2013, due to Simon F will be away on a course for a week.

Welcome to the latest entry to our blog, shown below are next years diary dates. I have included all of the dates for the whole year, but their is no detail attached to 3/4 off it yet.  I will only be doing that at three month intervals, as things have developed over the past couple of years outside my control and therefore making the 6 monthly printed diary's useless. Please note, I will only be printing off limited copies of the diary for those people who do not have a computer.

January      8th, 22nd Club AGM
February    5th Comp night(1), 19th
March        5th Demo night,  19th

April          2nd Comp night(2), 16th, 30th
May           14th, 28th
June           11th, 25th

July            9th, 23rd
August       6th, 20th
September  3rd, 17th

October      1st, 15th, 29th
November  12th, 26th
December  10th

Events that  the club will be attending are so far
Fleet air arm 9th Feb
Milton Keynes 21st Apr
Abingdon show 5th Oct(provisional)

Simon Fisher
Abingdon IPMS Secretary

Club update from the Nationals
We have a winner or two?
Our club entry for the competition has given Lawrance a gold well done.

Plus Andy's son managed a medal as well and at only 5 years old ???????????????????
Watch out the rest of us !



Hello all
This is just a quick update just before the Nationals. Hope everybody manages to come to the largest model show in the world. I have one or two new ideas for next years events. First is that I will only be doing the diary for three months at a time, as things have been developing quickly during the past two years quickly at times and I fell that you all will get a better flow of information. Second I have a couple of different activities for us to try out, these being a visit to our neighbour club of Newbury on one of their club nights, also a trip to Pendon model railway museum for a couple of hours look around and see the operation of there model railways on one of our club nights instead of meeting in Abingdon, this may in addition to a light meal on same night?
More details to follow, when I have spoken to all conserned and hopefully taken everything in to consideration.


In addition to the above, I am not going to print off as many copies of the diary from now on, as most of you can have a look at this site for the updated version, therefore saving printing costs and the environment and you can not loose this information on the blog easily?

And lastly the template for the show labels is coming along very well indeed with a great credit going to Kiran for his input.

Simon

As promised we have some of our recent show photo's

As you can see a very good selection of models on display and in the competetion area. Superb selection

 A big Thank you to all who attended our show on the 6th Oct, it seems to be very well received indeed. I personally must say thank you to all the club member's who helped out on the day. Pictures will be along soon, well in the next couple of days at least.

Simon Fisher