Ben Hutchings Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Is the 10CR for charity like the RBRR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Not oficially but i doubt that anyone would mind if you wanted to raise money doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hutchings Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 ok cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 The Club feels that too much Charity collecting can dilute the amount we raise as people would get fed up with being asked every year.Therefore the RBRR is run as a Charitable event and the 10CR is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 There's nothing to stop individual crews doing a bit for charity I suppose - I do these thigs for fun, must be mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 For 10CR 2003 Andy Macdonut and I raised about 900 quid for a local charity fund (even though we finished the run in hire cars :-) ) Paul Shattock raised good money for his local area, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hutchings Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Well to be quite honest I asked because I just want to do the event, and not have to worry about the charity side. It seems to me that theres enough to do in car prep etc without having to collect money and talk me mates into sponsoring etc, but yes I can see that its good to do it for at least one major event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Just to echo Tim's comments - yep, the official line is it's not a "Club" charitable event, but there's nothing stopping you doing it yourself... We did talk about it, but as Tim said, we felt if people start asking for sponsor funds every year, it may reduce the superb amounts we raise on the RBRR, hence the decision to keep it non-charitiable... leave more space on the side of the car for a bigger sticker as well !!! Don't worry sidescreen drivers, the stickers won't be as big as last time !! ::) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Can you not make them even bigger as the french policeman who stopped me to ask where i had been obviously couldn't see the sticker ...even though it was half the size of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 At least he didn't start waving a flipping machine gun at you like we had in Italy. It did take all my strength and willpower not to crack a joke. We just kept smiling for the 30-40 minutes it took them to check our passports through the system. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Well, the bored Austrian borderguard did see the stickers. After which he asked "Ist dass ein Rennwagen?". When I told him it was not he didn't believe me and promptly started measuring the thread that was left on my Yoko's. At which point Roger slipped out off the car to have a pee to prevent wetting himself whilst laughing in the face off the poor man ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hutchings Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Racing car? hahahahahaha..... (thanks Google Translate, we love you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigGleR Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 we raised a few hundred quid for the starlight foundation and the Chesterfield Royal Hospital Special Care Baby Unit. But that was just to justify the trip to other people ;D'Your going to drive 2500 miles round europe in five days? What the bloody hell for!?!''Charity''oh........' ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 The 10cr is my holiday for the year so i don't feel i have to justify it to anyone , but you can overdo the charity thing ..when i ask people to sponsor me for the RBRR they nearly always say ''haven't we just done that'' and are quite surprised to find out it was two years ago,so i don't think i could get much out of them if i did something for charity every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Ditto, charity overload. When you have been doing RBRR's consistently for nearly 15 years you can sense the dread from friends/colleagues as you approach them waving a piece of paper, any piece of paper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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