Thank you's etc etc...

[tinpants]

With only a few days left until the AR I think it is time that Grunty, Stretchie and all the rest of the organisers are publicly thanked for all their hard work sorting out this years AR.



*round of applause* :smt003:smt003:smt003


I would also ask that everyone remembers that the markers for the rideout are doing it to ensure the smooth running of the event. Please don't abuse them or give them a hard time - the weekend is for them as well as you.


Ride safe all, and stay in front of me - I'll be the one at the very back.



Best Wishes to you all for a cracking weekend. See you on Friday.

:rave::drink::drink::drink::rave:






Nick

[Nick_69]

Well said thanks for all the hard work u have done already. Everyone on the forum appreciates it

[widepants]

seconded on that one mate

[Specialone]

Thirded

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Thirded
Even though I'm not attending (this year) I tip my hat as anyone who gives up time & effort to organize something on this scale defo deserves at least a pint or two (no, not on commission).
So well done you lot (hat is tipping as i type), good luck to all attending, have fun & ride safe.

p.s. Looking forward to see some of the pics and no doubt epic stories.

[-Ralph-]

Hang on, hold fire, we haven't seen if the weekend will be any good yet!









thanks guys ;)

[Kate Moss]

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[robh539]

Here Here. Many thanks all, it sounds awesome weekend ahead :drink:

[_Stretchie_]

Hang on, hold fire, we haven't seen if the weekend will be any good yet!


As above

; )

[darkdreamsgal]

+1 to all the thank yous above :-D

[Owenski]

Im not going but I thank those who've arranged it all for giving me the option to be able to do something like this.

Hope all goes well for those attending.

[Electro]

YEAH, a big thank you to all for putting in alot of time and effort, thanks in advance for what will be a great, great weekend.

[Scoobs]

Thanks in anticipation.

[Viney]

It may be rubbish, so i'll reserve my thanks untill after the event ;) :lol:

[gruntygiggles]

Hang on, hold fire, we haven't seen if the weekend will be any good yet!

thanks guys ;)

It may be rubbish, so i'll reserve my thanks untill after the event ;) :lol:


Listsen to these guys...lol ;-)

[Paul the 6th]

Massive thanks to everyone who has organised this years AR, it's going to be absolutely epic..

just spoken to Cheryl, Drew, DMC and Spiderman in the last half an hour. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to attend the AR for a handful of reasons, number one being that I would be absolutely furious with myself if we missed leedsmatt's wedding service on sunday, and number 2 being that I've been run down with exhaustion for quite a few weeks. Drinking because everyone else is and sleeping in a tent will probably finish me off so I'm gonna take a weekend to have some proper me time with the missus with phones turned off, no internet and no one to answer to :)

Hope you all have a great weekend & sorry if I've let anyone down (preston, I'll buy you a beer on sunday night to make up for it buddy)

[hongman]

Thanks guys!!

As I said before, I know of profiting events companies that dont seem to have put in half as much effort as these guys have.

:)

[warg60]

A big thanks to all those organising. Just got to the hall and it is fantastic. Also some of the roads here are really nice. It's even stopped raining too:)

[Spiderman]

Once they get the weather we ordered then i'll thank them :)

[Specialone]

Massive thanks to everyone who has organised this years AR, it's going to be absolutely epic..

just spoken to Cheryl, Drew, DMC and Spiderman in the last half an hour. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to attend the AR for a handful of reasons, number one being that I would be absolutely furious with myself if we missed leedsmatt's wedding service on sunday, and number 2 being that I've been run down with exhaustion for quite a few weeks. Drinking because everyone else is and sleeping in a tent will probably finish me off so I'm gonna take a weekend to have some proper me time with the missus with phones turned off, no internet and no one to answer to :)

Hope you all have a great weekend & sorry if I've let anyone down (preston, I'll buy you a beer on sunday night to make up for it buddy)

Well Paul, thats a bit of a ball bag, gutted for you mate, we still get the shirts i presume ;)

[Paul the 6th]

they've just been dispatched on a pre-10am delivery with DHL to arrive with drew & lily tomorrow :) covered in phone & tracking numbers!

[Specialone]

Cheers, i was joking you know, it wouldnt ruin things if they wasnt there :)

Phil

[phil24_7]

Thanks to ALL who have organised, ALL who have helped, ALL who have sorted the clothing and ALL who will be attending.

I trust you'll make my holiday and birthday one to remember...and maybe for the right reasons too! :D

[Cazza]

Once they get the weather we ordered then i'll thank them :)

A wise man speaketh.

Oh, wait, it's Spidey...

Anyway - big thanks to all - these things aren't a small job to organise!

[gruntygiggles]

A wise man speaketh.

Oh, wait, it's Spidey...

Anyway - big thanks to all - these things aren't a small job to organise!

Apart from some late night printing, really....not that bad, no stress yet! :-)

[keith_d]

I've just arrived home after an excellent weekend and I'm knackered. I've got just enough energy left for a big thank you to Cheryl, Stretchie and everyone else involved in organising AR10. :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

Now I'm off to get some :smt015

Keith.

P.S. I think I may have got sunstroke on Saturday because I woke up with a dreadful headache this morning :drink:

[Devil Biccy]

Like Keith I too am home and cuddling my one month old daughter to all those organisers, helpers, markers and anyone else involved in organising and running the AR this year a great big thank you to each of you. What time you have given up to ensure we all had a fab weekend is much appreciated.

[robh539]

=D>

Huge Thank you Cheryl, Stretchie and everyone else that help make the weekend one to remember, awesome. :D

[Specialone]

+10000000000000000000

Thanks guys, it was muchly appreciated by all :D

Also thanks to DMC for the lend of a puncture repair kit, Rictus for doing the repair and stretchie for blowing my tyre up.

Kwak and shelly for basically looking after us all weekend with various lends of stuff and most importantly getting our drinks for us :D

Wideboy for making me laugh so much :)

Finally, mattsv for making me wanna spend £400 notes on some cans for my sprint ;)



Phil

[Supervox]

Thanks to Cheryl & her 'assistants' - for EVERYTHING !!! :smt058

Thanks to Stretchie - for the route :cool:

Thanks to The Markers - for doing exactly what it says on the tin

Thanks to Bellerephon - for taking on the most boring role - TEC

Thanks to KrazyKim - for being the perfect 'accessory' to my GS Adv (and one that Touratech could never even dream of competing with)

Thanks to The Org - for making it successful & wonderful

And finally, I hope that no-one thinks me hypocritical as it's well known that Hovis & I had our run-ins on the forum but . . .

. . . Thanks to Hovis - for getting things going and insisting that we all spend a weekend in Wales :cool:

[Beenz]

A hooooge thanks to everyone involved in the organsing of the event, and to everyone who turned up.

On a personal not a big thanks to everyone who offerred with help with my bike and transportation following the 'event' on arrival. I had a great time even though I had to leave early to get the poorly bike home.

[maviczap]

Yep many thanks for a great weekend, hard to top this one

[staceylew01]

Thank you soo much for such a great weekend, my heads just a little bit better now, after drinking way too much last nite!! Special thanks to those who i apposed myslf onto and you taking me under your wing. Hope to see you all again. :cheers:

[Specialone]

Thank you soo much for such a great weekend, my heads just a little bit better now, after drinking way too much last nite!! Special thanks to those who i apposed myslf onto and you taking me under your wing. Hope to see you all again. :cheers:
Stacey you was a good laugh and a great sport, im glad you had a good time :)
You was brave doing what you did this weekend without hardly knowing anybody, braver than me :p

Hope to see you again soon :)

[staceylew01]

Stacey you was a good laugh and a great sport, im glad you had a good time :)
You was brave doing what you did this weekend without hardly knowing anybody, braver than me :p

Hope to see you again soon :)

Thanks very much for putting up with me. Im really glad i came and i really did enjoy myself, cant wait for the next one.:D

[tinpants]

Thanks to Cheryl & her 'assistants' - for EVERYTHING !!! :smt058

Thanks to Stretchie - for the route :cool:

Thanks to The Markers - for doing exactly what it says on the tin

Thanks to Bellerephon - for taking on the most boring role - TEC

Thanks to KrazyKim - for being the perfect 'accessory' to my GS Adv (and one that Touratech could never even dream of competing with)

Thanks to The Org - for making it successful & wonderful

And finally, I hope that no-one thinks me hypocritical as it's well known that Hovis & I had our run-ins on the forum but . . .

. . . Thanks to Hovis - for getting things going and insisting that we all spend a weekend in Wales :cool:

Not in the slightest mate. Hovis was all things to all people. Some liked him, some didn't but he would do whatever he could for anyone.

Oh and BTW, TEC's job isn't as boring as some would think. I had more than one real good blast...

[fizzwheel]

Ah the thank you thread excellent...

/admin mode on

1. A massive massive thank you to Cheryl for picking up the organising of the site and the AR itself. The site was awesome, you did an awesome job with getting everything into place. Fantastic effort. You've set an unbelivably high standard for next year.

2. To Drew & Lily, MBK and Mr Squirrel Huner, I popped up to the admin office a couple of times, and you all had everything under control, everything organised and sorted out, awesome job.

3. To Stretchie, for picking up the rideout plan from a rough couple of PM's and a google map from Hovis and fine tuning and tweaking it, that was one of the best days riding I've had.

4. Marker team quality job, even the ones you sent the wrong way ;) you gathered back up on got them back on track again.

5. Thanks to Bellerophon for TEC duties.

6. To everybody else for coming, these things just dont work unless you guys turn up, you make the forum what it is and you guys make the AR a fantastic weekend with the atmosphere that you create. It was also great to see so many new faces there, lots of newbies and people I didnt know :cool:

/admin mode off

To everybody that moved over to make my job as a Marker that tiny little bit easier, it was really appreciated :cool:

To the few of you that stopped when there was no marker where there should have been one, again thank you very much.

and lastly thanks to Hovis for the intial idea and groundwork, because without him putting himself forward to run it, there'd have been no AR at all.

[SVStorm]

Ah the thank you thread excellent...

/admin mode on

1. A massive massive thank you to Cheryl for picking up the organising of the site and the AR itself. The site was awesome, you did an awesome job with getting everything into place. Fantastic effort. You've set an unbelivably high standard for next year.

2. To Drew & Lily, MBK and Mr Squirrel Huner, I popped up to the admin office a couple of times, and you all had everything under control, everything organised and sorted out, awesome job.

3. To Stretchie, for picking up the rideout plan from a rough couple of PM's and a google map from Hovis and fine tuning and tweaking it, that was one of the best days riding I've had.

4. Marker team quality job, even the ones you sent the wrong way ;) you gathered back up on got them back on track again.

5. Thanks to Bellerophon for TEC duties.

6. To everybody else for coming, these things just dont work unless you guys turn up, you make the forum what it is and you guys make the AR a fantastic weekend with the atmosphere that you create. It was also great to see so many new faces there, lots of newbies and people I didnt know :cool:

/admin mode off

To everybody that moved over to make my job as a Marker that tiny little bit easier, it was really appreciated :cool:

To the few of you that stopped when there was no marker where there should have been one, again thank you very much.

and lastly thanks to Hovis for the intial idea and groundwork, because without him putting himself forward to run it, there'd have been no AR at all.

+1
Was just thinking how I would thank everyone for a wonderful weekend and you have summed it up for me :)

Thanks again everyone.

[Electro]

Massive thanks to the workers for the weekend. Your time and effort are more than appreciated. Gruntygiggles, Stretchie, all the markers, the weekend would not work without you guys.

Thanks to Bellerophon for delivering my beer :)

Thanks to Yorkie Chris for telling me how bad my front shocks are lol.

Thanks to Luckypants for getting me to the hotel.

Thanks to Dave Preston for being born. Need a beer with you soon mate.

Thanks to SVstorm, Mandy, Maria and any one else who looked good when i was following them :)

Thanks to Badger for keeping me awake with his snoring on friday night.

Thanks to everyone else for being there and making it such a brilliant event.

[hongman]

Thanks to Badger for keeping me awake with his snoring on friday night.



I could hear him with my earplugs on #-o

[Messie]

Thank you!!!

All of you...

the special ones...
the funny ones...
the organising ones...

all of you

THANK YOU XXXXXX

[Littlepeahead]

I never met Hovis properly - but he must have been chuckling up there somewhere to see the Soho Massive in a dodgy Welsh disco , (including Supervox in sunglasses) with some of us wearing sheep t-shirts while dancing to the Spice Girls, stripping, and snogging the locals. Was that part of his original plan when he said we had to go to Wales?

[blue curvy jester]

i've been asked by julian mongtard, syilvian coq-monkey and tarquin c**ntbubble to thank stretch personally for the services he rendered to all and sundry during the week end even stretching to going to bed early on the saturday so GG could play ;-)

[kellyjo]

Thanks to everyone who played a part, whether it was organising, marking, or like me just riding and having a great time. A weekend i'll NEVER forget.

I never knew Hovis personally, but i'd like to think he was up there smiling down and feeling really proud!!

[keith_d]

If AR09 was anything to go by he's probably up there thinking, "Too f**king slow!!".

[-Ralph-]

Excellent weekend everybody, thanks to everyone who made it happen, thanks to everyone who took part!

[phil24_7]

To add to my original post, I would like to thank the weather for staying relatively clear, and those who I managed to convince into going for a play on Sunday with. You gave me a chance to revisit some roads I haven't ridden in a long time, and bring back some good memories.

I shall not be thanking Hovis, as he had a right laugh at my expense yesterday by getting me and Kate thoroughly drenched!

Now lets get planning AR11! :D

[BernardBikerchick]

AR11 round M25 i can lead and won't get lost !!!!!

[FG1]

Yes you would.

[Kate Moss]

Thanks to everyone for encouraging me to ride, so glad i did and thank you for those who gave me a wide birth on the roads and when overtaking!
Thanks to Phil, The Biscuits and the Quiffs for riding with me, at least it gave you an opportunity to admire the scenery!!
Thanks to those who helped with Phils birthday plans.

And thanks to everyone for making it a fab weekend.

[dyzio]

:smt038

:notworthy:

:takeabow:

http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/images/smilies/hail.gif

To everyone involved in organising this. The the leaders, markers and tec.

Thanks to Drew Carey for picking the best spot for pictures and the amaizing ride to catch up with the group.
The Sunday BBQ crew, Bananaman for the cigars :D

See you next year :thumright:

[lily]

Thank you mummy cheryl!

xxx

[Milky Bar Kid]

What Lily said....and thanks to Daniel for being slave to me on the rideout and S_H for letting me be bitch on sunday.

Awesome, awesome time!

[squirrel_hunter]

I would like to extend my thanks to GruntyGiggles and Stretchie for all their hard work over the last year to pick up the ideas and rough plans that Hovis left us and turn it all into such a great weekend.

I also need to thank my fellow members of the marker team, and those who have been helping out behind the scenes. I also thank the local wildlife for not turning themselves into lamb-chops just yet.

Last but by no means least, I want to thank all of you who made it to the AR in one form or another and by so doing so making the weekend what it was.

[Wideboy]

+1 to all that's been said and massive thanks to dan and cheryl for organising it aswell has all the rest that helped out, it was a privileged to have been asked marked for such an awesome weekend and to attend

[Milky Bar Kid]

Everything was immense.

[metalhead19]

Im sure its all been said before, but im gna say it again.
Big thanks to cheryl, dan and everyone else who put in the time and effort in organizing such a great weekend, and thanks to all the markers on the ride-out for doing such a good job and herding us all round.
Thanks for an amazing weekend.

[metalangel]

Cheers to everyone who organized, marked or helped with this, a fantastic weekend, we both loved it!

[_Stretchie_]

I would like to extend my thanks to GruntyGiggles and Stretchie for all their hard work over the last year to pick up the ideas and rough plans that Hovis left us and turn it all into such a great weekend.

Thank you guys, just a quick reminder to everyone though, I can't take the credit, it was Hovis that came up with the route in the first place, all I did was sort the stops out with the help of some of the markers and plan the first leg of the rideout because he never liked that part of it, the rest was all him, and Cheryl was always sorting out the food and accomodation and did a cracking job too.

I also need to thank my fellow members of the marker team, and those who have been helping out behind the scenes. I also thank the local wildlife for not turning themselves into lamb-chops just yet.

Cheers guys, wub you (the markers, not the sheep [although I have LOVED the sheep ;) ])

It was a privilege to have been asked to mark

That's what he wanted mate, would not have taken no for an answer (unless you didn't want to :D )

[Viney]

It may be rubbish, so i'll reserve my thanks untill after the event ;) :lol:
I was right. It was a right shambles. No one knew what they were doing who was leadingt he rideout, where to stay, anywehre to eat or anything. Lucky Cheryl stepped in at the last minute and sorted out a flask of tea and and packet of Hobnobs. And that bendy bloke or whatever he was called for doing the ride out, and the local riding school with thier yellow bibs marking the corners.

Dunno on whose land we stayed, but there was some wierd stuff going on Saturday afternoon involving horses and spikey things.

So, yeah, can someone organise it a bit better next time, shhessshh

;) :smt045:drink::fish::smt041:smt082:smt026

[chris8886]

would just like to add my huge thanks to all those who were involved in whatever form for organising and running this years event. i had a great time, caught up with people i've not seen for a while and met plenty of new people (not that they probably want to meet me again!). what a weekend :D

[BernardBikerchick]

Yes you would.


oh ok ! then i guess when i get to junc 3 i wqould get lost always do !!!!

[AndyBrad]

tip top doo folks.

Thanks to all who helped organise it and to all the lovely people who were there. Especially to the ones that put up with our lass for the duration of the rideout back at camp. She thourght it was lovely everyone had gone to the effort to learn her name. I havnt the heart to tell her its cause it was on her t-shirt ;) Bless ;) She did say to pass on a massive thankyou to everyone who made us both feel so very welcome :)