Invitation to join our Motoring/MotorSport 'Pub Quiz' in aid of CA charities.

[Topcatz]

We have organised a 'Pub Quiz' for Friday 12th June at 9.00pm to be held on (and around!) our pitch on Beausejour camp site.

There will be a cash prize for the winner (*up to 100 Euros!) AND a donation from proceeds to the 2009 CA charities. This year's charities are AICR (Association of International Cancer Research) and The Motorsport Safety Fund, both very worthy causes in the eyes of CA'ers I'm sure, see CA guide for more details.

Entry charge is 10 Euros per team (max 5 persons/team) - play on your own or join up with some other peeps to make a team if need be, it's just for fun and a good cause.

Sorry I'm not able to give you a definitive location on Beausejour yet, as we won't know where we are going to be on the site until we arrive on Monday 8th,  but so early in the week, we should be somewhere near the 'front'. We plan to post direction arrows as best we can to try and guide you.

Our pitch will be big and fairly obvious, with a 40m 'frontage', a couple of large St George Cross flags, plus 40m of St George Cross bunting, not to mention a easy to spot red Landrover station-wagon, horse-box trailer and a large green/white striped gazebo.

Bring your own chair AND booze (this is for fun, you don't need a clear head  ). Question sheet and pen will be provided.

If you are interested, please send me a PM BEFORE Sat 6th (I wont be checking after the 6th, so just turn up), so we can judge numbers. If only a small number of CA'ers express interest, we will throw it open to all on the campsite to boost numbers. We've enough question sheets to cope with up to 30 teams (150 peeps)! (Could be interesting if that many peeps turn up!!!!!!! )

* Prize amount will be dependent upon number of teams entering quiz.

Cheers

TC

Mods - Any chance of making this sticky until the race?

[Topcatz]

OK folks - where's the great stampede of peeps showing support?

When the idea of a quiz was mentioned to a few potential interested parties, it was greeted with enthusiasm, so we made it a reality.

A quick scan through the forum suggests there are at least 75 CA'ers camping on BSJ (I'm sure there must be MANY more with the way the ACO allocated tickets!), so all things considered, a bit more interest was expected. 

Expressing interest is NOT a commitment to attend, you are free to choose on the night. We are just trying to get a feel for the likely numbers of CA'ers. We will throw it open to the campsite in general on a first come first served basis (limit of 30 teams total), but obviously, we'd like to have as many of you lot as possible.

With enough support, some lucky bod could have a wad of cash in their pocket and the CA Charities would also get a wad of cash to boost what under the economic circumstances is likely to be a lean year.

For little more than the cost of a (highly overpriced Le Mans bar) beer, you and your team could have a couple of hours of fun. 

This isn't 'Mastermind', most of the questions are going to be fairly simple, we're looking to provide a couple of hours of fun, NOT find 'BRAIN OF LE MANS 2009'!

Come on folks, let's have a CA get together as a warm up for the Sat. meetup in the Courbe bar. 

I'll overlook the comment from one unkind soul, that you've all addled your brain cell with excess booze and aren't up to the task, I still have faith that there are a few partially functioning brain cells left amongst you. 

[smokie]

Your problem is probably one of two opposing things:

1) People already have plans for that time on Friday or

2) People don't want or can't commit (because they are part of a larger, not exclusively CA, group) and then let you down.

Be patient, I'm sure you will get some support!!   

[JDS]

Perhaps a silly question, but what about moving it to the Thurday night? Many people book Fri/Sat night malarky up long in advance .....

[Topcatz]

Smokie
The quiz is open to ALL, CA'ers, mates of CA'ers, peeps you met on the ferry, peeps in the 'tent next door', absolutely anyone who can drag their carcase along to our pitch.

I'm not looking for absolute commitment, just an indication of whether or not ANY CA'ers might turn up.

It's not a lack of patience, it's a lack of time - I'm off to France early on Sun 7th, so won't be checking the forum again until after the race (unfortunately I was unable to put the invite out before this week, which was a lot less notice than I would have liked).

A fair number of hits suggest it has reached people's attention, but not produced a great response. We were always prepared to accept that it wouldn't fit in with other plans, or that it's simply not to everyone's taste, but from experience, BSJ is a very busy place on a Fri night, generally there seem to be a lot of peeps just socialising with others on the site, so we reckon we can drag in sufficient numbers, but we'd just like to catch a few CA'ers amongst them.


JDS
It's not a silly question at all, but originally we set the quiz up for our own amusement and 8 out of the 12 of us are not arriving until late Fri., so Fri is the day it needs to be.


At least a bit of 'conversation' on the subject might bring in a few more 'viewers' and stimulate some interest.

[Rhino]

Sorry Topcatz, we are on BSJ but have already got other plans. Good luck though.

[Queen Vic of the Melans]

Really good idea Topcatz but we also have plans on Friday night.  I'm sure you'll have some support, but it is a shame that all the campsite are so far apart!  Have a good night!

[Chris24]

I may be up for it, and i am keen on the idea, but depends on a few things.

1) What time we get back from the drivers parade,

2) If any of my group are also up for it as i don't want to pay 10 euros to enter on my own, because I am already paying the entire cost of the trip on my own this year. (Approx £340)

3) Chaffing, because if its struck by Friday night i don't see myself walking from BN to BSJ

I will have to see what happens and how things pan out.

[termietermite]

Great idea TK, just too far for the o/h to push me, I'm afraid!  Maybe once my legs work better (ie in a future year) we'd be up for it.  Certainly the o/h finds this a much more appealing idea than listening to other people's taste in music (which never co-incides with his own thus he avoids parties like the plague normally.)

[Topcatz]

Queen Vic - We always realised that it was likely to be far to much of a trek from the other campsites, but reckoned BSJ was big enough to supply sufficient bodies.

Of course, if anyone from another site wants to come, then they will be made very welcome.


Chris24 - What can I say, we'd be very honoured by your presence, with or without 'chafed' bits. 

I really don't want to know which particular bits you were planning on chafing or indeed how you planned to chafe them, but some athletic girlie type friends swear by Vaseline to minimise the problem on some 'sensitive' bits (... I think I may have to offer to assist in their preventative measures )

Hope to see you there, and if we don't, enjoy the w/e anyway.


Well Termie, just very glad you are able to make the race, that's pretty impressive considering how you were, really not so very long ago!

If anyone has a justifiable reason for not making our Quiz, then yours has to be about the best.

Mind you I think it was a little OTT pranging the motor just so you could avoid us! - if you just said you didn't want to come, we wouldn't have hunted you down and forced you - we're very reasonable people you know 

We wish you the very best and hope you enjoy the race.

[gaz crewe]

Hi where does everyone meet up ,on sat night

[Topcatz]

Hi Gaz

Bit off subject, this is the Pub Quiz thread, but the answer is 'THE COURBE BAR' near the Dunlop Bridge. See CA Guide for more details.

Why not come to our Pub Quiz on Fri night as well 

TC

[gaz crewe]

 

Hi thanks look forward to it its been 2 yrs since we last got down to the race cant make the friday night but really looking forward to next weekend

[Topcatz]

That's it folks, we're OFF TO FRANCE tomorrow.

This will be my last post on the subject until after the race - No good asking specific questions about the quiz now, it's too late to get an answer from me, and no one else has knowledge of the details! (Hopefully my first post has all the details you need).

If you have a more general question such as where is BSJ campsite, or how far is it from 'X', how do I get there, etc., I'm sure any number of folks on here will help you out.

Of course if you want to join in the quiz, just turn up unannounced, you will be made very welcome.

Here's hoping you all have a great time at the race and that the weather isn't as grim as some of the forecasts!

TC