McRae Gathering 30th and 31st of August 2008 In the past few months since the sad passing of Colin McRae, feverish work has taken place behind the scenes to create a tribute from the Subaru community with the view of celebrating the life of a true legend. Now that official permission has been obtained from the parties concerned, McRae Estate, Jimmy and Margaret McRae and Prodrive, and approval for our plan been obtained from the relevent authorities, this is the time to release the details of what is planned. An event taking place on the weekend of Aug 30th and 31st comprising of a convoy of Impreza's from Lanark, Colin's home town and Prodrive in Banbury. An overnight stop comprised of either camping for the hardcore or Travelodge/B & B's for the not so hardcore and a mass Subaru meeting on the Sunday at Prodrive in Banbury. The route of the convoy is as follows and has been designed to go through or be near as many regions as possible Lanark - M74 - M6 - M61 - M60 - M62 - M1 - M25 - M40 - Prodrive, Banbury The maximum speed of the convoy will be 10mph less than the given speed limit for the road and NO excessive speed will be tolerated by ANYONE. Everyone taking part in the convoy will have one of these stickers on there car to designate that they are indeed part of the convoy. Details of cost and how to obtain the official stickers will be made available in the next week or two http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/s ... nvoy-3.gif This event will be posted on every Subaru BBS/Club/Forum across the land SIDC Scoobynet 22b.com P1 Owners Club RB5 Owners Club Irish Subaru Drivers Club AberdeenScoobies AyrshireScoobies SussexScoobies ImprezaSport.net LADS MidlandScoobies Scoobycity Southernscoobies Southwestscoobies.org.uk WYIOC SurreyScoobs DevonScoobs Essexscoobs Sheffieldscooby SMACS TypeRA.co.uk WR1 Owners Club CumbrianScoobs Please inform me if i have missed any clubs from the list and i will join up to the ones i missed and help get everyone involved Any questions please do not hesitate in the slightest and foward your enquiry to McRaeGathering@hotmail.com
Thanks for posting this Grant, anything LADS and LADS admin can do to help just give us a shout. It will be an honour to be involved to the great man
As long as it doesn't clash with the kids summer hols. I should be there. Squirrel was involved in the official Memorial run into Lanark last year and if that was anything to go by this event will be supperb. Will there be a Shell petrol tanker going by any chance :shock:
We are pleased to announce that the official website for the 2008 McRae Gathering has now gone live at http://www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk This is a totally independent website, not affiliated to any Club or Organisation which is designed to be a central source of information for both individuals and Club webmasters alike to keep up to date with the latest in planning for what is sure to be a weekend to remember and to ask any questions that may arise. You can sign up to our spam-free mailing list to get the latest news direct to your Inbox, we will be building a FAQ of your most frequently asked questions and there will also be an online shop where you can order your official McRae Gathering stickers (and maybe more!) Webmasters are encouraged to visit and read the intro article to make sure we link back to the sites that are supporting this event. This has the potential to be the largest ever organised Subaru event in the UK. Let's do Colin proud!
I am gutted - we will be on holiday in 'sunny' Cornwall when the gathering takes place :? Oh well, have a good one everyone!
