Motor Enthusiasts Club

Unfortunately the team just failed to get into the top ten and our final assets were £26,700 although our actual position was at the time of writing uncertain. Many thanks for helpful advice from Messrs. K. S. Clark and D. R. Du Croz.

M.S.B.

In an attempt to recruit new members it became immediately obvious

that previous enthuisasm had not died. The Club recruited 44 members and began a "building up" campaign. The committee was elected with

Mr. Dawson as Chairman, and House Representatives making up the remainder of the elected body. During the Christmas term two film meetings were held, and three

outings took place. The first outing was to a hill climb at Castle Howard, where an enjoyable time was had by all. A trip to the A.B.C. cinema in York to see the film 'Le Mans' starring Steve McQueen, at a reduced entrance fee, proved to be most popular. the film being exceptionally good. The two film meetings drew a small audience at the first and at

the second a capacity number. Towards the end of the term an outing

to Croft Autodrome took place, to see a local Autocross meeting which proved to be most entertaining.

The Easter term saw three film meetings, one talk and three outings.

The films proved to be of a variable standard, some being of extremely high quality, the others tending to be off the subject or repetitive. A trip to the Tockwith Driving Centre provided us with a quiz, a demonstration of skills with a car, a short talk and a ride on the 'skid pan'. Thanks must go to Mr. R. Moore for making that visit possible. A talk was given by Mr. Price of the R.S.P.A. in March, when he warned us of the danger of not wearing safety belts and showed two extremely interesting films on road safety. The Club contributed a small sum of money to the R.S.PA. in order to help in the fight against the increasing number of road accidents. During the last week of term two outings were held, the first of which was to a race meeting at Croft Autodrome. The second one, the `big' outing of the year, took on a rather unorthodox form, when the

Club visited the Petroleum division of I.C.I. at Billingham. We were I provided with an admirable lunch, given a talk on the Petroleum Industry, and then given a conducted tour of the North Tees Crude Oil Works.

Thanks must go to Mr. Clark for organising this meeting, and to Mr.

"Robinson at I.C.I. for making our visit so pleasant.

Finally, may I take this opportunity of thanking Mr Pullin for the

endless time and effort he has put in for the Club, and to Mr. Dawson for his further help. The Club has the capacity to be a great success, and of valuable aid to the education of a boy. I hope that it will continue

to thrive not only next term, but for many years to come, and that a

great deal of pleasure will be enjoyed by all.

S.R.