Swansea Bay Group of Advanced Motorists

The September 2011 group meeting will be a dinner held at 18:45 on Thursday 22 September at The Cockleshell, Goresinon, a change from our usual meeting arrangements (where we usually hold meeting in Neath the last Thursday of the month). There will be no meeting on 29 September 2011.

We have a table booked for this event, and Group members interested in joining the dinner are asked to contact one of the officers so we have some idea of the number likely to turn up. For your sat-navs, the restaurant is located at post-code SA4 4DJ (see the map below).

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Vaughan Hyett, an Observer with Plymouth Advanced Motorists, has challenged himself to set out from Lands End at sunset and aims to get to Lowestoft before sunrise the following morning. This is to raise money for Cancer Research UK, and you can sponsor him by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/beat-the-sun/.

Best of luck, Vaughan!

Our pitch at Singleton Park Classic Car Show 2011

The Swansea Bay Group of the IAM had a pitch at this year’s Swansea Historic Vehicle Register Classic Car Show, held at Singleton Park, Swansea.

Edwin Farrar (centre) and Andrew Hinton (right) talking about the IAM with a member of the public

The day was a great opportunity for us, and we used it to promote SBGAM, the Insistute of Advanced Motorists, and our work to improve driving and road safety. We met several members of the public who expressed an interest in becoming Advanced Drivers with the IAM, as well as raising awareness of the Group with passing IAM members.

SBGAM Chairman Darren Hounsell explaining Advanced Driving and the IAM

Many thanks to the SBGAM Members Andrew, Darren, Edwin, Keith and Sarah who volunteered to help out with the stand, and especially to Tony Ruggiero for lending us his gazebo, chairs and tables.

SBGAM members (from left) Darren Hounsell, Keith Evans, Edwin Farrar, Sarah Newbury and Andrew Hinton attend the pitch