Forthcoming Events
A massive thank you to everyone who attended our 49th Steam & Country Show on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd May! Without you, we wouldn`t be able to put a show on!
See you all next year for our 50th year on Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd May 2027.
We have a couple of dates for the diary below, We hope to see you there!
Sunday 24th & Monday 25th May - Abergavenny Steam Rally
We will be having our usual club stand, so be sure to call in if you want a cuppa.
Saturday 6th June - Gwatkin Cider Country Show
New to this year - A number of our members have always supported this show, but this year, we will be having a club stand! If there is anyone who would like to bring a vehicle, please let us know, so we can book it in!
Sunday 28th June - Monmouth Carnival
We have been asked by a member of the Monmouth Carnival team, so see if we can get some vehicles together to be a part of the Monmouth Parade. The procession starts at the top of town @ 12.30 & we will then return to Chippenham Fields, a chance for the public to look at our vehicles too! If anyone would like to be a part of this event, please let us know, so we can get an idea on numbers.
Membership:
A reminder to those, if your membership renewal is due for renewal, forms will be available at all the above events. If you are unsure, please get in touch & we can check for you
See you all soon!
The club was formed in 1975, by a group of like-minded enthusiasts, who felt there was a need for a vintage club in the area.
Following a meeting it was decided to call the club the "Border Counties Vintage Club" as the formation took place at Symonds Yat - on the borders of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Monmouthshire.
The club started with an opening membership of 15 (it now averages 150 year on year) some of which have remained members throughout the year`s including the club`s first chairman Derek Williams.
The aims of the club, then, as now, "ARE TO FOSTER INTEREST, DISPLAY & PRESERVE ALL ITEMS WHICH COME UNDER THE HEADING VINTAGE", and the membership is open to anyone who owns or is interested in vintage machinery & vehicles of all types.
Our History
The first club rally took place on 5th October 1975, which were known as “Working Rallies”, normally taking place in the autumn after the farmer’s had completed their harvest, exhibitors with tractors, machinery & often horses gave ploughing demonstrations. Owing to the autumn weather being very unreliable, we started having rallies in the spring. For the first 13 years rallies were held courtesy of the Gee & Beaumont families at Old Court Farm, Symonds Yat, until the site was outgrown & we moved to Speech House, in the Forest of Dean where we stayed from 1988 - 2003.
Ironically perhaps, that over the years shows have been held in each of the 3 “Border Counties” Our monthly meetings take place at the Old Court Hotel, Symonds Yat, at 8pm on the first FRIDAY in the month, where speakers come and different presentations are shown. It is the aims of the club, that following each show, a proportion of the profits are donated to LOCAL charities or individuals who perhaps find it difficult to get financial assistance from elsewhere. Over the years well over £40,000 has been donated to many worthy causes. For 2004, needing yet more space, we moved to our present site, at Vauxhall Fields, Monmouth, where our annual show continues to grow, culminating into a “2 DAY SHOW” in 2008.
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Registration No. 3494136
29 Belgrave Road, Abergavenny,
Wales, NP7 7AH
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Registration No. 3494136
29 Belgrave Road, Abergavenny,
Wales, NP7 7AH
site by web informed
