NBO 2012 - 24th June - DISCUSSION THREAD

Surely they can get cover......any1 else got owt planned??? Nothing as big as this mate :0(

Gotta work on them tomorrow!! But not looking possible!

ah man you gotta work that charm it could be the last one ever
like the end of an era
lian

hardy 172 wrote:

Gotta work on them tomorrow!! But not looking possible!

Ya cant miss the final NBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lian&johnwrx wrote:

ah man you gotta work that charm it could be the last one ever
like the end of an era
lian

Charm we still on about hardy!! pmsl

There you are guys
As always NBO has twists and surprises

here is all the information you are looking for the club stand competion at the NBO 10

There is quite a lot of changes for NBO 10 in the ten year < vison >


this will be the 8th year we have held the club competion and after getting to such incredible levels in the last few years with the new kids on the block taking 1-2-3 lately we will be continuing with this very important part of the show.

similar format, the Trophies have been ordered, and suppied kindley by Total impreza and we have done what we wanted to do many years ago increase subaru awareness and link people to the growing club scene that we have created In the last ten years .

Its interesting to see that in just over 300 cars expected we have had over 270 linked to clubs and because of that and the numbers you have supplied us with we are again relaying the field with more emphasis on club space and smaller lines in the middle for independents and of course the new special attraction for NBO 10

it was great to see the independents being targeted by the clubs to increase membership to their clubs .
Last year the field was planned to perfection by the team and club space was increased which made the displays stand out even better.


If we see people not visiting other clubs stands and hanging around their own club stands only then it wont work ,but we dont want to go back 8 years to just lines of cars so NBO 10 will work if people actually visit other clubs to see each others cars and displays
Its a 2 way process
club stands MUST be inviting and people are not shy and walk to other clubs to see their cars and meet fellow owners

most stand managers have reported lots of visitors to their stands ,prehaps other clubs dont want rival clubs looking at their displays I dont know ? but I want to see everyone on the field moving from display to display ,been wellcomed by other clubs so to increase movement around the field
We have made a major change ######



The Club stand judges are YOURSELVES
Well one representative from each club ( although you can fetch a friend or two)

This is a MAJOR CHANGE to the competiton this year

ONE CLUB == ONE VOTE
We have 13 clubs who will each vote on the TOP FIVE only
It's EASY

You will walk around the various club stands and look at the stands and select the top five

You will then vote your best display on the marking sheets which you will be given

Number one
Then
Number two
Then
Number three
Then
Number four
Then
Number five

The rest on your sheets will be the runners up

It's so easy I've done it for years !!
At NBO 10 we then collate all the numbers of 1-2-3-4-5 and that will be the running order
As you all know ALL clubs get a Trophey for entering as part of our thanks for making the show special with a great display and to increase competiton to make an attractive display for the show

So why change it from previous years ?
We must change and try new things
We struggle to get judges
Lordys getting older now !!

We have always used 5 judges led by myself all professional with different opinions and ideas of what makes an attractive display but this year we want to take the pressure of these judges so we can redeploy them in other areas of the NBO to make the show better and to take away any critisism that we have our favourites with our displays
It's your show and we want each club to wander around and pick your top five
Its EASY and of course I've included a list of things to look at ,which is what the judges last year looked for when marking the club stands

I will also be on hand to walk around with a few of you and gave a talk at the start And hand out the judges sheets to the thirteen clubs
I'm looking at starting the NBO self judgeing at around about 1130 as it normally takes an hour and we need the full results back in by 1pm so we can have the official count up of the top five so we can work out the running order for the NBO club stand of the day


Things to look for are Help you make your decision are

Banners /signage
Bunting/ flags
Use of colour/equipment
Space uses wisely
position of vehicles
impact of display

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CARS
clean and tidy
Variety of modles
Boards and specs on cars

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CLUB HEADQUARTERS

Quality of tents/ equipments
club info/leaflets etc
Catering/hospitalility
SWAG and kid friendly ( Subaru wives and children )

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Club members /Activities
Roles of members
Details of club activities
Club uniforms and regalia
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WOW FACTOR !!!

Desire to win
The X Factor
Club Theme


IMPACT ON THE DAY

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notes on the above to help the YOU the new club stand managers
Is it wellcoming to outsiders ?
Is everyone treated like a judge ?
does your entry look good from a distance ?
are you advertsing your club ?
If it was a shop would you go in and buy something ?
would you buy into the club/subaru concept
did you plan it out beforehand ?
Cars is there lines of scoobies crushed in together or have you put some thought into the layout in colour ,age ,modle,variety and possibly a centre piece ?

Remember we have the show Arena for the entries for the car of the day !!!
are all cars on show looking their best with spec sheets
as there is more to a club display then just cars !!!

(lordys pet hate is someone polishing the car wearing umbro/addias or looking bored or scared when the judges are wandering around)
Is your Club HQ looking fantastic ,this is your headquarters ,your conference room and rest area Does it look the part ?

Do you have club documentation ,leaflets ,buisness cards, photos etc?
Have you refreshments for your troops and guests?
A well fed club is a happy club ""Very imortant part of club structure this !!

Have you developed the SWAG section (Subaru wives and girlfriends ) and activies for any Subaru children as we have become more mainstream /family orintated rather then just men dressed in jeans and T-Shirts looking down at engine bays what we started ten years ago !!


Club members make the group ############

Are they Buzzing and passionate and as excited as Lordy
or are they standing around bored and thinking of the dump valves and the price of fuel ?
Are they advertsing their club and scoobies or addias and umbro or chav style clothing ?
Is the club well organised with structure and meetings ?
does the appointed stand manager shine and is he committed ?

##Can he sell the benefits of the club ###
Is he/her the ultimate salesman /spokesman and purist ""
the club stand manager and his team ,their excitement and manner has won many tropheys !!

The X Factor !!!

Has the complete stand and staff got it?
Does the judges walk away thinking that was fantastic and wishing they were part of that club ?

and we are repeating again this year !!!

A Theme ####

We would like every club to come up with a theme for the day ,it can be 'anything' scooby OR non scooby

It could be dressing up ,collections ,a charity, a new display, some thing different ?
---Its your choice ----
that is your club theme for the day and you will get 10 points for that and that tied up with the X factor could make you a winner ,

good luck for the gold !!

Some clubs are richer then other newer clubs ,thats why we have developed different criteria that doesnt need hugh amounts spent ,passion is sometimes as important to give every club a chance for the gold
So it's simple your appointed member from each club will walk around and judge the rest !!

we have the final list of 13clubs now for the NBO

Cumbrian Scoobs
TTS
NESF.
UK Scoobies
LADS
YPCO
NWC.
Porsche independent owners club
UK legacies
CADS
B-SPOC
Midlands Scoobies
EVOS


stand Managers

##PLEASE CAN YOU ENSURE THAT EVERYONE FROM YOUR CLUB WHO IS GOING IS ON THE NBO LIST AS INSURANCE IS GETTING BOOKED ON THE 19th June #
and the field has been planned and we can,t change it for late comers

NOT ON LIST YOU CAN'T COME IN !!!!

This year YOU will be starting the judging at 1130 am Sharp #
And are determined to complete it by 1245 for scoring ,YOU now know what you are looking for so please check the above and go for the GOLD !!


see you all soon
Lordy
Who is looking forward to a rest after nine years of judgeing

Counting down the days now should be a sight
50+ scoobs heading down a1. Gonna
Put the wife on camera duty
Also looking forward to meeting some of
You lads and lasses as carnt make any of
The meets due to work hours.

NBO 10 SHOW AND SHINE COMP #######

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Well as it was so popular over the last few years and with the new arena and with over 140 scoobies taking part last year we are repeating the

NBO 10 show and shine car of the day comp

this year we will have an even BIGGER arena to give more space for the cars and the crowds that watch this .
As the NBO concept has grown every year we feel this is the finale for the final year of the current NBO ten year vision .

this is a major part of fundraising so everyone pays a quid or TWO as they drive into the arena for the charity buckets We made over £400 for charity last year .
This year we will have the fireman with the buckets collecting at the arena gates
This is becoming an important part of our fundraising
To drive your car into the NBO Arena for a quid or TWO is a bargain to park up with the best Subarus in the uk

Don't be frightened to enter
Its a bit of fun and half the cars drive into the arena that attend the show

we try to keep it simple and quick and this year Chris < the legend > Towers and the judges have made a few changes to things ,speed the process up for the 180 cars expected in the arena for the various classes and we have made an even BIGGER arena

Judges
Well to sort out the best cars of the day we have assembled some great judges !!!

Chief Judge
Chris < the legend > Towers
After our cabinet reshuffle and after nine years Chris fancied a change to celebrate NBO 10 and what better way then to use his management and engineering skills in the Arena managing the classes to be judged


Andy Rae from Scotland
Andys second year in the judges coat but with 20 years experience in show and shine on the RS concourse scene and now Subaru nothing gets past him .
Andy has taken his skills to a new level this year with producing new sheets and specifications
Some say he will get his White gloves out and want to check the nuts and bolts are the correct angle and the things are taken apart ,cleaned and put back together again he will not miss anything a true perfectionist .
I once told Andy I'd washed and cleaned the Greenwagon which took 8 hours and Andy laughed at me and said that's just a basic wash from where I come from

We also have another two top judges that will be announced very shortly

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These judges have fantastic qualification and experience built up over many years and no one can ever question their abilities
Yes we will always get the moaners and grumbles and it would be easy to give 180 trophies away to keep everyone happy but these guys have the awesome job of sorting out the best cars in the show ,they know their stuff and their decision is always final !!


Please read carefully for the changes we have made as there is quite a few from last year #
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1230pm
1. Best non Subaru car

A great class to get us underway for the day
Non Subaru only ,anything goes and will in this class to draw the crowds to the arena
Might even be some of the Porsche and EVO ,choppers ,custom car ,wagons or even a remote control car
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1pm
Best new hatch section 2008 +
This is the third year that the hatches are in the arena last year we had 14 in the arena ,hopefully we might have a few more this year and a couple of the new saloons too
With hatches & Salloons the future (until the BRZ ) of Subaru we must look to the future with these cars
Get your hatch in the arena ,modified or just clean ,the judges don't mind and the crowds are always drawn to this class as they discuss upgrading to having a new age
Yes they are a rare sight on the roads and this is the biggest Subaru show in the Uk to see all the hatches assembled in one display

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130pm
Yes another major change at the NBO 10 ##
Judges Rest period and discussion of what lies ahead

Also this year we are going to draw the raffle as we feel as a committee thata few people have left the show early so we want to go for the captive audience when the show field is packed out
We also have some top donated goods to raffle so we want to maximise on people still at the show
It also will gave our admin staff time to count the many thousands raised in time for the cheque presentation at 3pm

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2pm
Best Classic and legacy ,Forrester and any other Subaru ,justy ,pickup or Sv .
With the early classics approaching 19 years old and the youngest 12 years old this class is how good and long lasting they are .Andy will be looking for clean and polished and overall condition and the other judges are looking at modifications and how well they are done
YES that's right all Classsics in the arena ,standard ,modified we want to see them all together in the ring ( mirrors under them ) we will be expecting 50-60 classics in the Arena to fight for the gold
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230pm
Best new Age
This is always the biggest class in the arena so we leave it to the end
Bug eyes ,blob eyes or Hawk eyes we want to see them all in the Arena
We are expecting again 50-60 in the arena modified to the extreme ,some just tastefully modified and some just nice and shiney hoping to catch the judges attention



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You will notice we have made quite a few changes to the car of the day competition this year loosing the best hifi and modified classic ,shiney new age ,modified new age and same for the classics .lots of thought has gone into simplifying the classes of non subaru, new hatch .best classic and then best new age to gave the judges less classes although the same number of cars and to avoid confusion on number of modifications and is mine shiney or modified .
Its simple and easy to understand and will be fantastic as always #
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3pm

The final line up of the winners

4 runners up and 4 winners from each section compete for the

Car of the day ##

You will see 8 of the finest cars in the UK parked up together ##

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Awards ceremony starts

310 pm
Lordys special awards
315pm
prizegiving for all the cars
325pm
club of the day comp trophies
330pm

charity cheque will be presented to the firemans charity for this year
Also a group photo of the NBO ten year cheque total of what we have raised over the last ten years
Will be break the magic 50k ??
We are also looking for those of you who have attended every NBO or prehaps nine of them for a group photograph this should be an exclusive group of maybe a dozen or so for a NBO celebration of our last great ten years .

that is the plan hopefully we will try to keep to these times but that is the running order for the day

Hope the weather forecast changes from this before the weekend

If you are a bit girly and worried about getting wet like poor Stevie, tickets for the marquee are now available for a small charge.

One shiney £1 sterling - PayPal to kgt@thievinggypsybastard.com

Steviedoo wrote:

Hope the weather forecast changes from this before the weekend

yeah, but whats the weather gonna be like on the day the nbo is on?

on the other hand, the weather could be like this for some on sunday

http://uk.weather.com/weather/dailyDetails-Zakinthos-GRXX0024?dayNum=4

could just keep driving!!!

Rooter wrote:

Steviedoo wrote:

Hope the weather forecast changes from this before the weekend

yeah, but whats the weather gonna be like on the day the nbo is on?

Oops meant to put Sunday up, that actually looks worse.



But I will still be going as my scoob is a car not an ornament so comes out to Play in the rain

ah shite, not looking good.

weather forecasts can change hourly though, so there's still hope

hopefully you can all still enjoy the day though, i'm gutted i'm missing it

As this is my 1st Nbo I have been able to make it too, is their pleanty of places to get food and drink while their or is it best to take some.

yeah we normally park up near the burger van

i usually take a few sarnies with me, cos it can be a long day.

baldy has been known to turn up with some super strong eastern european beer, for those who don't have to drive

The forecast has changed