Kent Air Ambulance Run 22/7/2012

As you are aware, this years KAA run was exceptionally successful for a first go, so yet again, Thank you everyone. Just before he left, Jim asked if I was interested in arranging another for next year. Well, as he asked so nicely it would be rude not to so I will be liasing with both Jim & KAA in organising next years run.

This time I will be looking for a bigger parking area for us to start from as it was a tad chaotic trying to get all our bikes out of Rye & I will most likely collect the majority of the donation money before hand, so I can arrange a "Big Cheque" to present at the KAA for some better photo opportunities to raise the profile of not just the group but of bikers in general. I appreciate that with doing this could create problems in keeping track of who has donated & who has turned up on the day so will most likely be using a wristband system this year a la Wootten Bassett. This will also give the participants a little momento of the day to take home.

So, suggestions for a start point & routes will be most welcome.

 

maybe a few smaller meets at various places then meeting as one big group only 10m or so miles away to converge on mass

 

A few smaller meeting places was mentioned before but then I personally think it would lose the impact of it being a noticeable charity ride. The KAA covers both Kent & Sussex so I think we should make sure a good proportion of both counties get the chance to see a good number of bikes & bikers doing something for charity en mass.

I have already had the offer of a good sized starting point complete with tea making & toilet facilities from a member in here (Thanks again for the Tony!) Suffice to say, things are already starting to move on this thanks to Jim & once he has the open day date from KAA & one other piece of info, we can start the preparations properly.

 

Thanks Ram, as soon as we have a firm date we can then sort out meetings places & times etc.

 

Offer still stands if required

 

Thanks Tony. Once we know dates I`ll be back in touch so we can get things moving

 

OK guys & gals. Good & bad news regarding this.

Good news is we now have a (provisional) date.

The bad news is that its penned in for 22/7/12 which is the same Sunday as BSB @ Brands Hatch.

Obviously I`ll still be going to Brands but I`ll be coming home Saturday.

 

Whatchootalkingabout Willis?

 

OK, I`ve been busted.

 

We are going to do things a little different this year based on the experience of last years run. I seriously wasn`t expecting the amount of participants & was quite unprepared for that amount of bikes that kindly gave up their time & cash for this. This years route will be a bit longer than last years & as such I will be looking for people to help out on the day such as corner marking & sweeping in anyone who does manage to get separated. Hopefully there won`t be any as the corner markers will be issued with a "SECBikers KAA" Hi-viz vests.

Route is still undecided yet but will most likely start at Hailsham (Thanks Tony ) & there will be a stop en route at Paddock Wood Fire Station (Thanks Jim ) so that participants can have a brew, natter, leg stretch in more spacious & much safer surroundings than we had last year. We will then have another ride ending up at the KAA headquarters in Marden for the donation hand over.

It`ll still be £10 a bike & £5 per pillion but we are going to try to collect as many donations as we can beforehand (cheque/paypal etc) so we can get one of those HUGE promotional cheques made up. I appreciate that not everyone can pre-pay a donation so obviously cash will be accepted on the day but it minimises the amount of cash being carried. I`m also looking at the possibility of having some wristbands made up so we have a record of prepayment & as a little momento for participants to keep. We raised £550 last year & we have already raised a good amount towards this one before a wheel has even turned, thanks to JimG & Dawn (Jims better half) donating the money raised at the BBQ they hosted last year.

As things progress, I`ll post further updates in this thread.

 

Don`t worry, assuming my mate hasn`t moved house, He`s said that he would happily bring that down for us in his car.

You & me both Richard Once the route is decided, I`ll get a direction sheet made up to hand out to those that want one.