Sporting Bears Charity Ball, Haynes Museum, 25th of Oct

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Dear all,

2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the Sporting Bears Motor Club and to commemorate this and our fantastic £1.3M raised for children's charities we have arranged a very special ball at the newly refurbished Haynes Motor Museum on the 25th of October.

This will be a black tie dinner and ball with a Sinatra/Rat Pack theme and big swing band. Our guests include motoring legends Barry 'Whizzo' Williams, Barry Lee, current BTCC driver Marc Hynes and our after dinner speaker is three time, much coveted, Benedictine After-Dinner Speaker of the Year Award winner, Stuart Turner-Ex Ford Motorsport MD.

It promises to be a great evening with the live band, casino and photo booth as well as a charity auction and raffle raising funds for Barnardo's.

Tickets for the evening are £37.50 and this includes a welcome drink in the famous Red Room, short curator's tour, three course meal (locally sourced ingredients and prepared fresh on site), half bottle of wine per person and all of the entertainment.

You may have seen numerous posts across the years and forums about the Sporting Bears, PH and fellow PHers have helped us on our way to this milestone and amazing total raised and it would be great to see you on the night to help us celebrate. We have arranged a special rate at a local hotel http://www.thehollieshotel.co.uk/ and have a coach to ferry you to the venue and back, however, spaces for this are rapidly running out so please don't delay in getting in touch if you wish to book accommodation.



Below is the auction list and I am sure you will agree there is quite a fantastic selection of prizes on offer for the true PistonHead. For any other information or bookings please email me at [e-mail] and I look forward to hearing from you.



Kindly donated by racing driver Oliver Webb the winner will have the chance to drive the world’s only road legal single seater car, Top Gear Stig’s car of the year and fastest ever car round the top gear track on road tyres- the BAC Mono. A day including a factory tour, driver coaching from international racing driver and Le Mans 24 hour racer Oliver Webb himself and an afternoon test drive with the BAC Mono.



Classic American Muscle car experience at Brands Hatch.

Drive around the track in one of our Classic Mustangs, reaching over 100mph on the straight, all under expert ARDS instruction. This experience sees you driving in one of our V8 Mustangs over approximately 6 miles. The Mustang Experience gives you the chance to feel the roar of that awesome V8 engine as you power around the track. We have a thoroughbred 'stable' of lovingly restored Mustangs from 1965 models up to a 1995 GT V8 models. We'd be very surprised if you don't have a smile from ear to ear. Feel The Roar!



A day with the Black Cats Helicopter Display Team.

Come along and meet the team behind the award winning Black Cats Helicopter Display Team; The Black Cats are an exciting helicopter display team who thrill audiences at air shows with their dynamic flying displays in front-line Lynx and Wildcat maritime attack helicopters.
Winning several awards over the years, the Black Cats are requested to display all over the UK and at many European air shows. The aircrew and engineers are all volunteers from the Lynx Wildcat Maritime Force based at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton. Includes aircraft and hangar tour and meet the team opportunity.

Other prizes include:

Auction

• McLaren Technology Centre Tour.
• Ticket and place for VMax 200 the UKs premier high speed event at Bruntingthorpe Proving Grounds where you can test your car on the 2 mile straight.
• 2 x £1000 performance tuning sessions from Paramount Performance.
• Hospitality and pit passes from TopCats Racing including helping with a pit change during a race.
• A VIP tour for five of the Vulcan.

Silent Auction

• Aston Martin factory tour for four people.
• Tickets for two to the Top Gear show.
• JPS Classic Team Lotus Cap signed by Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti.
• Full professional valet from KiK Detailing.
• £100 voucher from the Hollies.
• Framed and autographed picture and signed set of darts from Linda Jones, Darts World Champion.
• Photo shoot and canvas of your car from Audi/Lamborghinis photographer Nick Williams and owner of NWVT.
• Hand crafted wooden Sea King helicopter.
• Places for four people at ‘Lets Race’ F1 simulator facility.
• A night for two at the Mandeville W1 Mayfair inc evening cocktails and breakfast.
• Marc Hynes race used BTCC gloves from 3 rounds this year, signed with full COA in Sparco zip bag.
• Signed BTCC Quantel Bifold Racing team cap and team polo shirt, new size L.
• Marussia F1 team jacket size L.

Raffle

• Couple of signed copies of Barry Lee’s biography.
• A ‘Lubricant bundle’ from Millers oils.
• One possibly two seats from Corbeau.
• Two VIP tickets for the Autosport International show at the NEC.
• Annual subscriptions from Kelsey Publishing (own Future Automotive Group).
• Early shout for potential VIP tickets for NEC Classic Motor Show.
• Annual subscriptions for MN, Autosport & F1 racing.
• Large framed Monaco print.
• Full detail from Steve Bell, Ultimate Detail, Salon Prive concourse winner.
• Two weeks storage and drop off at Gatwick from Garaged.com including wheel refurbishment and valet whilst on holiday.
• Signed Black Cats print.
• Marussia F1 framed and mounted team pic.
• Marussia F1 detailed 1/43 scale model F1 car by "Spark" in display case.
• Torro Rosso F1 polo shirt.
• Ferrari - set of 5 unused keyrings in packaging.
• Maserati - stylish letter opener in Maserati gift box.

In addition we will also have tickets for our other raffle which we believe is possibly one of the best raffles ever!