Ex-Members of the Under 17 Car Club
Dear Ex-Member,
Thanks for visiting the Under 17 Car Club website! Please be assured that
after 35 years, the Club is still running and is stronger than ever!
We meet most weekends between March and November and welcome Members to join us from the season in which they are 11, until the season in which they are 15. The philosophy hasn't changed, and the Club still thrives on providing young people between 11 and 17 the opportunity to gain experience of vehicle control in a safe environment.
Check out some photo galleries of what the Club gets up to.
Since the Club was founded in 1976, it has gone from strength to strength. Still run entirely by volunteers, with no full or part time paid staff, the Club continues to provide the opportunity for around 300 Members each year to experience driving before they can do so on the road. By the time a Club Member is coming up to 17, they will probably be driving better than many license holders on the road.
We meet most Sundays between March and November at one of our venues and
there are usually in excess of 25 all-day meetings per season. Venues vary
from year to year but this season the Club will be using six different
sites stretching from Leicestershire to Devon, but occasionally we may
use more than one for selected different grades tackling different
disciplines. We are always on the lookout for additional venues,
especially in the Midlands.
Each season we hold a variety of special events. Members are given many
opportunities to attend First Aid Courses, Skid Pan Sessions as well as
take part in Driving Skills Tests. Throughout the year we hold a number
of special events, including a Truck Day, a charity fundraising day, 4x4
Day, Rally Day, and Caterham driving Day with Caterham UK.
Each year, the Club also holds a Social Weekend away which is a chance
to get to know more about other members in the Club. In 2010, we held the
weekend in Exeter and went Go Karting, had a large BBQ on Friday night
and also held a dinner dance on the Saturday evening.
We'd be really grateful if you could get in touch to let us know about Ex-Members - we want to try and regain contact with as many as we can! If you have any photographs or memories of the Club from 5, 10 or 20 years ago, we'd really love to hear from you.
Kind Regards,
The Under 17 Car Club Committee