ANNOUNCING

The Standard Motor Club cordially invites you to the 51st Annual Standard International Rally on 25th - 27th June 2010.

The Venue is Wyboston Lakes, a Conference Centre on the Great River Ouse, on the Cambs/Bedford border. Participants can attend for just one day, but the rally entrance fee allows then to attend for one, two or all three days. All Standards are welcomed as well as non-Standards in our Open Class.

If members just wish to attend the static rally, that will take place on the Sunday 27th on the "lawn" at Wyboston. As in previous years, if members wish to make a longer break, events will start on Friday evening with a short road-run incorporating a buffet meal, before returning to Wyboston before dark. Remember it is mid-summer and dusk will be late and the weather fine!

Saturday sees a longer roadrun on a round trip to a major Motor Museum, home to 350 vehicles, including some Standards in captivity. A lunch stop will be incorporated. Saturday evening will be the Rally Dinner in a restaurant and bar on-site at Wyboston.

On Sunday, the cars will gather on a large flat lawn. There will be self-judging in the Standard Classes and prizes for all the winning cars, including other marques. There will be onfield catering, traders and members are invited to bring their own spares to sell or swap. The afternoon will conclude with a prizegiving.

Accommodation is available in en-suite rooms of a 4 star standard (our building actually has no star rating as it is a conference centre, not a hotel). As the facility is little used at weekends, we have negotiated a very advantageous rate for these rooms, which normally retail at £140 per night during the week. Our rate will be £65 per double or twin en-suite room, bed and full English breakfast. The rooms include TV/Radio, alarm, trouser press, ironing board and iron, coffee and tea making facilities and Wifi Internet Access. Complimentary on-site gym and pool access is included. Rooms are available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night if required.

For those not requiring hotel accommodation, there is provision for a limited number of Motorhomes and Caravans on site. 24-hour toilet access in the main building will be available. Pitches will be £15 per night. Dogs are allowed on site but must be on a lead as this is a Nature Reserve. They are not allowed in the Conference Centre buildings. Camping is not available on site but there is a campsite nearby on the banks of the Great River Ouse.

We hope that as many members as possible will join us for what promises to be the highlight of the year, though attendance at any of the events is entirely optional. An independent review of Wyboston by one of our members includes the following words:

"We were delighted that the organisers of the 2010 International Rally have discovered Wyboston Lakes Country Club. We recently organised a classic vehicle event there for the other car club we support.

The facilities provide excellent overnight secure parking well away from busy areas in an area of the car park very near the accommodation block. This has both CCTV coverage and floodlighting and we negotiated a reserved block for our classic cars.

The rooms are quite well appointed and should satisfy most people. They are quiet and located well away from any on site event facilities. The bar prices are normal and certainly not loaded. The usual wide choice was available for breakfast and dinner was a carvery style event with vegetarian options. The food was well presented and the support staff were very efficient.

If you like a little exercise, then the gym and pool facilities are most enjoyable.

Finally, the staff were excellent and the management delivered all that they promised so we can fully recommend this venue to our members for a relaxed and worry-free weekend."

More information is available on www.standardmotorclub.org, where you can also obtain a booking form or book online from December 1^st. 2009