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You don’t need to be an avid 4x4 fan to realise that the sport looks like great fun. Whether you’re a professional, novice, fancy watching from the sidelines or even just want and alternative day out with the family, the recently formed club4x4gibraltar is well worth investigating. At present the club comprises 15 members, but they’re looking to expand over the coming months as they organise events. “It’s a case of the more people involved, the cheaper it becomes for all of us,” Mark Sullivan, one of the founder members, told us. And it’s not that expensive to get involved even at this stage. For example, they’ll be organising a “pay and play” day out in September where the club will be hiring out some land in Spain specifically developed for the sport to have some fun with the cars, socialise over a barbecue and are even planning a night event into the weekend to add in some extra fun
Founder members of Club 4x4, Mark Sullivan, Brian Morse and Bruce Adnett
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— the cost is about £15 - £25 a head depending on numbers. Mark stressed that although the emphasis is on off-roading, they really want to keep the event family orientated: “When I used to go off-roading in the UK, most people involved would leave the family at home and go out with their mates. The idea that everyone can enjoy the sport is something
There are four extremely experienced members in the club. Mark has been driving for 20 years, and is a member of two different Land Rover clubs in the UK, while Bruce is a professionally trained Land Rover Experience driver
we really want to promote. It’s great fun to make it a social occasion and get out into the open air for the day and maybe camp for the night as a group with families too. There are four extremely experienced members in the club. Mark has been driving for 20 years himself, and is a member of two different Land Rover clubs in the UK, while Brian Morse was part of the ‘Land Rover Experience’ scheme. “Although most of us are Land Rover fanatics, we don’t want the club to exclude other drivers. There are lots of people in Gibraltar and nearby with other 4x4 vehicles which are just as good
off-road treks with the club — great fun for all the family GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE • JULY 2009