Shirley Late Knights AKA Shirley 41 Club
14th June 2022 - Visit to
private Motor Museum
A few of us were invited to join
a Leicester 41 Club visit to a
private motor collection
somewhere near Market
Harborough.
27th June 2022 - Golf
evening at Widney Manor
Golf Club
No fewer than 19 of us enjoyed
a lovely summer afternoon and
evening at Widney Manor Golf
Club
2nd to 4th July 2021 -
National Classic Car
Weekend in Kent
Several of our members once
again headed off to share a
petrolhead weekend with other
likeminded 41ers
Events
RECENT ACTIVITIES!
Our recent activities saw a group enjoy a
trip to Alicante in Spain, the traditional
New Year Walk, and our Christmas Party at
Shirley Golf Club. There was also a trip to
the Broadway Casino where all attending
managed to keep their shirts.
There was also a significant contingent that
went on the Iceland 41 Club Cruise and it
seems they had a wonderful time! Many
photos can be seen in the gallery pages.
Send in your pictures and videos!
Now we are “up and running” again with a full
programme of events for 2022/2023 - I’m sure
Gerard has it in hand! - we need pictures and
videos to supplement the site!
25th March 2022 -
LADIES NIGHT!
A grand total of about 60 (?!)
people attended this year’s
Ladies Night at Olton Golf
Club! A great night hosted by
Gerard. A short speech by
Bruce … followed by an
individual tribute to each
person in the room by Kim!
Wondeful! Then on to dancing
the night away! Click HERE to
see some pictures and videos
taken by Alan
Camping Weekend -
Much Wenlock - 8th
to 10th July 2022
A group of 7 couples headed off
to Much Wenlock for our annual
camping event. A stroll into town,
a good pub lunch, followed by a
stagger back to site preceded the
evening barbeque.
We were joined by SLK and
Tangent Chairmen Gerard and
Helen, who brought “Chairman’s
Nibbles”, before we got properly
stuck into cooking on the bbq.
See what we did and where we went!
Click an image to see a full set of photos for each event as
shown on the Gallery pages
7th April 2022 - AGM
Our AGM was held at Olton
Golf Club and Bruce finally
(!after 20 months!) was able to
hand over the Chairmanship to
Gerard! Interestingly, due to
recent rule changes at the
National AGM our long
standing Honorary Members
Gerard and David were made
full members!
2021 Events
18th July 2021 - NOT the
Birdlip Run
A grand total of 14 cars took
part in this event. We started
with breakfast at The Cowshed,
coffee stop at The Cotswold
Distillery, lunch at The Sun Inn
in Hook Norton (after a visit to
the brewery), a stop at
Chesterton Windmill, and a
Cream Tea back at The
Cowshed! Enjoyed by all it
seems!
9th to 11th July 2021 -
Camping Weekend Much
Wenlock
The 6 couples who descended
on Much Wenlock for a bit of
“Carry on Camping” were
joined by both Chairs Bruce
and Kim (with partners) for
Saturday lunch at the pub!
Crazy Golf and
Speaker Meeting - 7th
July 2022
A fun early evening was spent
knocking balls around the Four
Ashes Crazy Golf Course,
followed, by a stroll to Hogarths
where there was food and a
Speaker.
Edgbaston Cricket
SLK visited Edgbaston to see the
Birmingham Phoenix vs Northern
Stars. Great match. Birmingham
womens won but the mens team
lost .
Beers were glugged, burgers
chomped and lots of rubbish was
spoken.
Welcome Hills Vineyard
visit - near Stratford-
upon-Avon
Cec Crossley
SLK played SRT in the
Commonwealth Games Night at
Camp Hill rugby Club in August
2022. Great fun night … oh …
and Table won.
National Classic Car
Rally at Market
Harborough
Three couples from SLK joined
the National Classic Car Rally at
Market Harborough 29-31 July
2022 .
Some excellent cars joined from
other clubs including Bristol,
Alvis, Alfa, MG, 1914 RR along
with our own Aston Martin DBS ,
Merc SL and Rover 75
Great fellowship weekend for
petrol heads.
Iceland Cruise
The 2022 41Club Cruise to
Iceland and Faroes was well
attended with 45 people attending
from all over GB&I with the
biggest contingent being Shirley
Late Knights with a team of 12.
For the full report and ALL the
photos click the photo or CLICK
HERE
Visit to Halton Turner
Brewery in Digbeth -
6th October
Several members headed up to
town to sample the beer from the
small brewery in Digbeth
Braodway Casino
Night - December
Several members went to ‘try
their luck’ at the Braodway
Casino in Birmingham.
Christmas Party -
December 17th
We held our annual Christmas
Party shindig at Shirley Golf
Club, and a good time was had by
all! Lots of singing of 12 Days of
Christmas amongst other
happenings!
New Year Walk 2023
The annual New Year Walk was
attended by several couples, who
braved the weather.
Alicante trip - 2023
The annual International Trip saw
several of our intrepid members
head off to the sun from 17th to
20th March 2023.