32 |SCOOTERING|AUGUST2019
1 .GeoffreyBottoni
a.k.a.‘JoKerr’–
Joker)andOlivier
Courtois(a.k.a.
Babos’–which
ooselytranslated
means‘Hippy’).
GeoffreyandOlivier
hadriddeninfrom
heFrenchtownof
Montbeliardnear
theGerman/Swissborder.Thefellasset
offontheThursdayandhadtakena
leisurelyapproachtothe 1030 - mile
roundtripusingOlivier’slaminatedroute
map!Attheevent,Geoffreywonthe
awardforfurthesttravelledmaleashe’d
takenaslightlylongerjourneywhenhe
setofftomeetOlivierattheir
rendezvousstartpoint.
2 .DarrellMcPhee
fromYalding.
Darrellhadmade
theshortrideinon
hisbeautifully
restored 1959
LambrettaLi 150 Series 1 .Darrell
explainedthathe’dhadthenearside
sidepanelsignedbyPhilDanielswhen
PhilwasoverinBrightoninOctober
2018 developingmaterialfora
forthcomingdocumentaryaboutthe
40 thanniversaryofQuadrophenia.
3 .TheDarksidecollective.Amongstthe
groupwasMattDown,aDrumandBass
DJwith‘TheDarkside’.AlongwithMatt
wasJustinSearle(blackt-shirt).Justin
pointedoutthattherewasanother
memberofthegroupalsocalledJustin
Searle(whiteGTS).JustinSearle(black
t-shirt)explainedthathehadthe
braggingrightstobeing‘THE’Justin
Searleofthegroupbecausehewas
threedaysolderthan(whiteGTS)Justin
Searle!!!NickMurray,a.k.a.‘Wookie’,
wasinthegroup.Nickhadrecently
completedtheVespaWorldDaysrideto
HungaryandtheEuroLambrettarideto
Poland,atotaljourneyofaround 3000
miles!MarieDoherty,a.k.a.‘Chinese
Marie’,wasalsoenjoyingtheatmosphere
andcontributingtothebanter!
4 .MichaelMcLean,RalphNorcado,Paul
EdmondsonandPeterArnouldof
EnglandsOwnS.C.,Essex.Thefellas
wereallwearingtheirscooterclubt-shirts
andlaughedatthequestionaboutthe
grammaticalcorrectnessofthe
apostropheonthet-shirt.“Thebadgewas
designedbytheoriginalmembersin
1984 andthenameisanall-
encompassingdescriptionoftheclub.
However,we’renotsureiftheoriginal
memberswhodesignedthebadgeand
foundedtheclubgottheapostropheright.
Thirty-sevenyearslaterit’sstillindebate,
butwe’llcometoadecisionsoon!”
5 .AlisonRichards(a.k.a.‘Shirt-Steps’)
fromLostandFoundS.C.,Pontypridd,
KarlHillbergofDistantEchosS.C.,
BarryIslandandtherestoftheteam.
AlisonexplainedthatLostandFound
S.C.isanon-scooterclub,meaningthat
itdoesn’tdoscooterpolitics.“Anyone
canjoinus.Wedon’tengageinallthat
scooterclubpoliticalnonsense,wejust
lovescootering!”Karladded:“We’rethe
same.There’sonlyoneruleinourclub
andthatruleisthattherearenorules!”
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CustomShowResults
The AllanTester Best in Show:Vespa GS-346 GKO
Best in Show:Lambretta cut-down/chopOJE 62J
Best Lambretta: ‘Midnight Oil’
BestVespa:‘Hammer Horror’
Best Auto:Lambretta Ld–806 YUP
Best Chopper:Lambretta-‘Illusion’
Best Ridden Classic Scooter:LambrettaSeries 2–
755 CYR
Best Street Racer:Vespa UKL 698X
Best Mod Scooter:LambrettaTV175–VAS 334
Best Rat:Vespa –CR854VN
FurthestTravelled by Scooter (Male):Jo Kerr (‘Joker’
–515 miles–France)
FurthestTravelled by Scooter (Female):Karen
Soulsby (290 miles)
Best Attended/Turned Out Club:South Coast Pirates
(17)
Big7 Dyno Shootout:Daz Macken (DonaldTrump
S.C.) GP Cassa SSR 250 (90mph)
SSettupffortthheweekkendd
Arriving toawarmwelcome
Sunset over the mainfield
Scooter workshop
