The Drum Gathering of Jaguars and Daimlers and JEC Ceilidh

Sunday the 1st August saw the 5th annual Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, Grampian Region, Regional day at Drum Castle, Drumoak, Aberdeenshire. A fine display of Jaguar and Daimler cars from Club members were supported by a quality selection of special Jaguar cars from Larry Kinch [Racing XK120, Mk2], Steve Wallace [Racing 'E' Type and 'D' Type] and Rossleigh Jaguar [New XJ and 'S' Type] together with guest clubs totalling over 80 cars on the day. The NTS reported that we had 1,100 visitors on the day which was greatly appreciated by the Factor, Alex Gordon. Mike Young and his wife Sue who attended the events supporting us with the JEC Raffle Car which was on display both at the JEC Ceilidh and at Drum Castle. My thanks go out to Mike and Sue for all the support and hard work over the weekend.

As well as cars on display there was plenty to do and see including enjoying the castle grounds with several select stalls for the ladies and entertainment and novelties for the children. The Kintore Pipe Band supported our event and it was a splendid sight and sound with the Castle as a back drop. Once again the weather was kind to us with bright sunshine coming out in the afternoon after a misty morning session. My thanks go out to all the committee, JEC members and helpers on the day to make this event a great success.
The JEC Drum Gathering together with the JEC Grampian Region "Celidh" which took place on the evening before our event at The Aberdeen Petroleum Club - Kippie Lodge raised £1100 for "The New Hope Trust" Charity in Peterhead who provide support for children throughout Grampian and in Romania, while £1246 was raised for the "Norman Laud Association" through the sale of tickets for the JEC Raffle Car [XK8], a charity for handicap children. The draw for the XK8 will not be carried out until 24th October this year at the NEC centre in Birmingham. This is a record amount of money that the JEC Grampian Region has raised for charity. My thanks go out to all those persons that generously donated raffle prizes to make the event such a success. A true "team" effort from our local JEC members, friends and family.

The Drum Gathering informal concours prize winners were as follows:

" Best 40's Jim Blackhall 1947 Jaguar 1.5 Litre
" Best 50's Roy Burnett 1957 XK150
" Best 60's Sandy Clarke 1963 E Type Series 1 FHC
" Best 70's Tom Taylor 1973 E Type Series 3 Roadster
" Best 80's Carole Dunlop DS420 Daimler Limo 4.2
" Best 90's R. Mark Bannister 1996 XJS 4 Litre Celebration
" Furthest Travelled Graham Guy XK8 from Paris
" Highest Miler in Daily Use Chris Clarkson XJ6 Series 1
" Best Visitor David Rae Ford Escort RS 1600
" Themed Trophy (Best XJS) Mark Bannister 1996 XJS 4 Litre Celebration
" Best in Show Tom Taylor 1973 E Type Series 3 Roadster
I would also like to thank our sponsors for this year's event and our thanks go out to, National Trust for Scotland, Rossleigh Jaguar, BP [Keith Hines], Salamis, Sparrows, EDS, FMC Energy Systems, Aker Kvaerner, MCS International, Larry Kinch and Steve Wallace.
In addition, we also joined up 10 new members with the help of Mike Young [Special joining fees] and announcements over the PA system.
For a full listing of our upcoming meetings and events these can be found on the JEC Grampian Regional Web Site - www.grampianjec.com.

Tom Taylor
mailto:tomtaylor@grampianjec.com