Ok it's a Friday and quite a bit is going on with our event as always it seems :-)

The event's Christmas competition is now running, and has just 30 days left before names are drawn out of the hat for some great Christmas pressies for your Jaguar - if you haven't entered yet and would love a chance at a great Christmas gift for your Jaguar in time for the big day, please get your entry in sooner rather than later.

The event's website had a few hours offline earlier in the week due to the hosting company having DNS issues, but is back online all OK currently and seems to be getting busier with people taking a look at what our event offers (apart for the potential for sunburn on the day - last year I looked like a red and white zebra by the end of the day lol)

We now have confirmation of JaguarForums.com (that's me representing my home forum on the day), JagChat,net & JEC all requiring stands on the day.

I have also seen some of the awards that will be presented next year and I know the winners will love them. Our following on social media is also steadily increasing.

Please remember that none of this would be possible without the fantastic support of attendees, sponsors, supporters, & Jaguar forums and clubs - especially my home forum where all this started :-) A huge thankyou!

Ok for those of you into statistics here are the stats on where we are so far with six months to go until the big day :-)

Our forum threads have received an incredible 7,500 hits
The event Facebook page now has 294 friends
The Twitter feed has 556 followers
The new Instagram feed has a new high of 131 followers
We have 19 Jaguars and 37 attendees signed up
Our event has 13 sponsors
We have 5 trade stands booked so far
New this year we have 3 Jaguar forums/clubs having booked stands
We have 3 Presentation slots booked so far and 4 incredible awards available for you to win

If you haven't signed up yet for our free event please do so - you will have a great Jaguar day out and most importantly it is free! Also please don't forget your Jaguar this Christmas - enter the event Christmas competition for a great chance at a Christmas gift for your Jag :-)

 

Hot off the press - I have just heard from XK Enthusiasts Club & F-Type Enthusiasts Club and they would like be involved with our 2019 event!

We still have yet to discuss & figure the details out, but this does now mean our 2019 event will give you the chance to meet not just JaguarForums.com, but also JagChat.net, the JEC, XKEC, & the F-TypeEC!!

An absolutely massive thankyou goes out to everyone involved with our event - if you run a club or group supporting Jaguar owners and would like to get involved too please just get in touch, or if you own a Jaguar and would like to attend please just pop a post on a forum thread or drop a message via the event website - it would be great to have you along on our biggest free Jaguar event to-date :-)

 

Welcome to our eighth JaguarForumsUK Convoy & Meet event!
This will be our sixth year of running this event, and genuinely the biggest, most feature packed event we will have ever run.

Our event is a great Jaguar day out for you, your Jaguar, and your family, with a convoy element, as well as main one day event - including:

Free Welcome packs
A range of class awards that your Jaguar could win
Talks on how to look after and maintain your Jaguar
Trade stands with great products & services at show prices, plus free advice.
Trade demonstrations showing you the trade at work
A quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, with a great prize up for grabs
A great prize draw with prizes ranging from must-haves to incredible treats for you or your Jaguar

Add to this a convoy/drive through glorious Sussex and Surrey countryside, a superb venue at Denbies Wine Estate (the largest wine estate in England), great Jaguars spanning all walks of life, incredible company and you have our event. And not just all this, but Denbies have a range of award winning wines you can buy and take home with you, plus a carvery restaurant with great food and drink to keep you going through the day.

So go on, treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great day out. Our event is free to sign up for and attend, with just a small fee for entering the prize draw on the day, making it ideal for you and your family, even if you are on a budget! Please feel free to take a look at our previous events to see what to expect, and what attendees thought of our event - we have a great Jaguar day out for you, and would love to welcome you to our 2019 event :-)

Please keep an eye on this thread at your favourite Jaguar forum, our event Facebook page, or via our event Twitter or Instagram feeds as any and all updates will appear there as we go.

Also (yes this is THE free event that just keeps on giving lol) we will be running a Christmas competition for some great prizes, enabling you to give your Jaguar a great Christmas - so please keep an eye out for details of it as we go :-)

Attendees:

Steve Sheldon 2007 S-Type 2.7TD SE (via direct) + 2
Martyn East 2001 XK8 (via Facebook) + 2
Brent Ross-Smith 1966 3.8 S-Type (classic) (via Facebook) + 2
Mark Lambourne 1995 XJR6 (via Facebook) + 2
Gary Woodhams 2001 XJ8 3.2 Sport Black + 1
George Boardman 2016 XF 2.0D Portfolio (via Facebook) + 2
Roger Grote 2005 S-Type R (via Facebook) +2
ETypePhil 2013 XFR (via JagChat) + 4
IanD 2017 XE 25t R-Sport (via JagChat) + 1
Colin Young 2003 S-Type R (via Email) + 1
Darren McLeod 1998 XJ8 3.2 (via Instagram) + 3
Colin Shippey 2004 X-Type 2.0D SE in Ultraviolet (via Email) + 2
Robert Andrews 2012 XF (via Facebook) + 3
Robert Andrews 1981 Daimler DS420 (via Facebook) + 2
Richard Warwick 2010 XJ Portfolio 3.0D (via JaguarForum.com) + 2
Lee Chitticks 2004 S-Type R (via SMS) + 1
Dr Malcolm Lewis 2013 XF Sportbrake (via JaguarForums.com) + 1
Steve Slight 2002 XKR (via email) + 2
TerryH 2004 XJ Super V8 LWB (via email) + 2
XKEC & F-TypeEC block booking - 20 Jaguars + 20 attendees

Jaguars: 39 Attendees: 57


Sponsors:

Claires Vintage Treasures - Nursery Decor, Childrens Interiors & Memory/memorial Keepsakes
Autoglym - Pas5i0n for Perfection
ScratchShield - The bucket filter system
Leather Repair Company - Putting Life Back Into Leather
Robornes - The Surface Protection Experts for your Jaguar
Classic Motor Monthly - The Best for Real Enthusiasts
Professional Detailers & Valeters -The UK's trade association for skilled, proven, and insured car care professionals
Harwoods Jaguar - Harwoods Jaguar Brighton
DesignCats - The Big Cat Workshop
Julian Ferraro Jaguar Specialists - Independent Jaguar Service and Repair on all Models
Simply Performance - Jaguar Performance Parts Specialists
Haynes Manuals - See Haynes, See How
JagChat.net - The World Of Jaguar Chat

 

It's Friday again, and a lot has been developing or in progress with our event.

The Christmas competition has had entries coming in steadily, offering two wash systems, two leather cleaning packs, and a unique engraving of your Jaguar model with your number plate on it, all up for grabs and to be with the winners in time for Christmas. The competition is only open to entries for another 23 days so if you haven't entered yet please get your entry in sooner rather than later, rather than miss out on giving your Jaguar a great Christmas :-)

Our website & forum threads have been getting busier, two more Jaguar clubs have signed up for pitches at our event, and I am currently working on the one promised new feature for our event as well as another feature that will make our event even more of an all year thing for everyone. This has meant a little less social media activity promoting our event , but I am hoping the background work will pay off for us :-)

Now for those of you into statistics here are the figures, noting that I have asked if the XKEC & F-TypeEC clubs can split their block down into models and years, but currently they are still represented by a block. If they are able to split this down I will be able to make a start on the usual year and model statistics for everyone.

Our forum threads have received over 8,100 hits to-date
We currently have 57 Attendees signed up with 39 Jaguars
We have 13 sponsors
We have 5 trade stands booked so far
We now have 5 clubs/forums with pitches booked
You can see 3 Presentations
Our event's Facebook page now has 294 friends
Our event Twitter feed is growing and no has 557 followers
And our event Instagram account has 136 followers

If you know anyone with a Jaguar who would enjoy a free Jaguar day out with lots going on, please point them to our event, and if they do decide to sign up for it they can enter our Christmas competition too :-) Whether your Jaguar be a school run/daily runner or a celebrated classic you are equally welcome and have as much chance of winning one of the annual awards or a prize in our prize draw - so please consider giving our free event a go :-)

 

Just a quick update - I will be announcing a new award later today, taking the current and growing list of awards to five, with more awards yet to be announced early next year!