Leigh Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Lynda & I both enjoyed the informal do . Good food ,indeed I went up twice to fully appreciate it . Speeches short enough and humorous .Good company . What more would you want . Thanks Chris & Hilary , . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Barker Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Hear hear. A fantastic evening and how fitting it was to see Chris and Hillary receive the award for outstanding contribution to the club, richly deserved indeed. Thank you Chris and Hilary and all their helpers and indeed everyone who turned up to make it such a memorable evening.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamBoz Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Great evening! Was sad to have to leave early for a family 60th where we had volunteered to be chief taxi for key people some time ago!.. but it was great to see everyone all be it too briefly. The hall looked fab with all the Saracen colours and the photos, some people have hardly changed at all!! Really sad to have missed the other trophy winners and know how much hard work people have put into the club and some great achievements. So honoured and more than a little shocked to receive my beautiful award. It's in pride of place at home and I will treasure it. I feel very lucky to be in such a great club. Thanks to Tony Shardlow for persuading me out some years ago, I'd never have found you guys without him. (So you can blame him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauralane Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I loved last night. It was really nice to see so many people who have been Saracens and all the pictures. I can't believe how long the club has been going! I'd like to thank those who chose me to get the outstanding achievement award. I really enjoyed what I did last year, it was just a shame it came to a holt when my life got stopped in its tracks! But I'm in my new home now and after seeing you all again and getting that award, it has really given me motivation to start up again next year and really go for it. I'm going to hit the turbo over the next few weeks and come out with you lot in January. Then my dream will be to shave 2 minutes off my 10TT!! And a few more audaxs! Thank you again, and well done to all that won awards. I'm amazed by Sam Boswell. I'd love to be as good and as strong as her in the future. Well done Sam. I've heard there's a booze run before Christmas? I can't say no to a pint or 6 so I'll see you then x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamBoz Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Think I best watch out in 2015 :-) well done Laura x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovi Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Well done Hilary & Chris. The raves and enthusiasm from today Says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 A big thankyou to all who came to the Saracen Reunion on Saturday evening. This years event seems to have taken more time than usual to organise but when Chris and I looked around the the room last night it appeared that everyone was having a good time so that makes all the work worthwhile. Thankyou for the beautiful flowers and the bottle of wine. It was a huge surprise for us to receive the Gordon Johnson trophy and I apologise for being emotional. I was lost for words and that doesn't happen very often! It was good to go to Rowberrys today and see all the people there. It is a lot more enjoyable when you haven't had to organise it. Well done Mike another good event. Thanks Mike for all your hard work during the day on Saturday and a special thankyou to Meach and 'Ron for blowing up all those balloons!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 A big congratulations to Sam Boswell and Laura Lane for winning their awards, as well as everyone else who won awards such as Mickey Rourke, Dave Mitchell and Gary Woodward Sam, you're an inspiration for all at the club and Laura I really hope to see you out on more club runs and to see you smash your TT time This weekend has been highly enjoyable. Seeing the photos and finding out about the history of the club and the phenomenal people behind it was just incredible; it makes me incredibly proud to be a Saracen and it has certainly inspired me to work hard during the winter and perhaps even compete at one or two 10TTs myself next year. An absolutely huge thank you to Chris and Hilary for their hard work, and a big thank you to everyone else who was involved and helped make the 65th Saracen reunion such a delightful experience. It's an honour and a pleasure to know and ride with such legends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarashell Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 It's been a really good weekend as everyone had said, I would just like to say a few words about the old timers, it was really good to see so many old faces. There were past & present members & a lot of friends of the club, I will not mention any names as I cannot remember them all & don't want to upset anyone but it was really nice to see them supporting the club & some of them even still riding their bikes. Thank you Hilary & Chris for all you very hard work & not forgetting all the other helpers as well. Ann & John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Hazlewood Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Well done Hilary and Chris for organising what must be one of the best annual dinners we have had in recent years. You always manage to have the skill in doing this every year but this year I think was exceptional. Many of our new members I spoke to remarked how much they had enjoyed meeting our long standing members and learning about the clubs past history, also how they felt being part of the club so quickly after joining due to our regular riders on club runs making them feel so welcome and offering them both help and advice if required. It was also fantastic to see so many old friends both from the past and present attending, the night went so quickly but it was great to see such a good turnout on the Sunday at Rowberrys to finish the weekend off nicely. The girls LAURA and SAM certainly stole the show when presented with there well deserved Awards and the look of shock and surprise on both of ther faces was fantastic. We are certainly so lucky to have such talent within our Club and that can be also said of all our other female members. How our club has changed so much in the last couple of years and by that I mean for the better of course and hopefully It will continue to grow but still remain the same friendly club it has always been. Since my brief depart to another club for 12 months to restart my racing interests, but I might add still being a paid up member of the Saracen I find it hard to believe we are once again getting back to our great years of the 70's and 80's when we had so many great riders within the club. Sadly a few have departed but many are still with us or were present on Saturday evening. Well done to everyone who attended Saturday evening for making it such a memorable night which made I feel sure our club Chairman Eddie very proud. Let's make 2015 an even better year, pretty hard I know. Regards, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJKeyte Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Such a fantastic evening! Really appreciate being invited so early on in my membership of the club, Oliver really enjoyed it too (will get him to set himself up on here asap). Was great to see how far back this club goes, which makes me feel even more blessed to of been accepted into the club and also proud to be finally wearing the club colours. Congratulations to everyone with their awards, great to be involved in group appreciation and acknowledgment for everyone's efforts. It was also amazing to see everyone genuinely happy for my sister. I would like to thank everyone for always asking where she has been, asking how she is and when shes back. It has helped her. It has also motivated me to really knuckle down next year and .. well win that award for myself maybe. Its alot to live up-to, so im still more than happy to be known as "Lauras brother". See you at the Christmas ride! Bring on 2015! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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