Coppice Steam Fair ( fundraising event ) Sept 5th - 8th

 This rally is the 4C’s biggest fundraiser for the air ambulance and started on Thursday. We arrived on Friday afternoon and the weather was sunny with a strong breeze. Volunteers from the club spent Thursday and Friday setting up the air ambulance stall with a section for the tombola and selling raffle tickets and a section for selling goods which had been donated. There were also lots of other vendors and catering vans setting up.




Friday evening there was a disco in the event's beer tent which was well attended by vendors, exhibitors, volunteers and people staying on the campsite.Friday night it poured down with rain and continued to rain on and off throughout Saturday but spirits were still high.


Saturday attendance of the public was slow starting and footfall was lighter than previous years due to the weather. In  the main arena they had a dog show with lots of categories like prettiest bitch, waggiest tail and most wanted to take home. There were also the vintage cars being exhibited and one of the club members brought along his own vintage car to show and one of our members had the privilege of riding in the car with him. Unfortunately the traction engines and HGV’s were unable to enter the arena due to the amount of rain we had and the ground being too soft, however they did parade down the road. Our volunteers were hard at work on our stall selling raffle tickets, items donated and over seeing the tombola game. They had a good laugh and fun together. One of our members supplied filled cobs and pork pie for lunch.








Sunday the sun came out for us and we only had an occasional shower. In the main arena was an exhibition of miniature trains, vintage cars and a dog race. The footfall today was a lot better and everyone was so relieved that the weather was better and that the public were having fun and spending money ( all for a good cause ).


We as a club raised an amazing £1747.44 for our charity Leicester, Derbyshire and rutland air ambulance. SN, RN



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