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Celebrating
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We celebrated our 10th Anniversary with our first ever weekend rally at Wendron Sports Club, near Helston on 9/10/11 July 2010. Friends from the Scottish, Bristol, Dorset, Devon and South Wales Austin Seven Clubs were invited, and with our own members we had 72 entries, some of whom could not make it on the day. This probably made the event the biggest ever gathering of Austin Sevens in Cornwall. So why 'The Kernow Rumble'? Well, 'Kernow' is 'Cornwall' in the Cornish Language and our 'Sevens' do tend to rattle along. But then we considered 'Rattle' to be a little harsh to describe our lovable cars so 'Rumble' is was to be.
I wonder how many of the founder members at the inaugural meeting back in August 2000 ever thought that the Club would grow to what it is today? I can’t answer that question personally, having missed its earliest years, but the Club has thrived over the decade and continues to grow and we now have over 140 members. We are pleased to be able to celebrate our first ever open gathering with friends from other Austin Seven Clubs as well as our own members. To the visiting clubs; thank you for coming, and while you are here, please make the most of our wonderful county, its villages, lanes and byways in one of the best little cars ever built." The venue was the Wendron Sports Club, cricket and football combined, which offered sufficient space for a large group of campers etc, with 24/7 facilities; a bar and a room for the evening entertainment. This enabled us to invite our visitors from up-country to stay on site for a week and offer them the opportunity to have free days to visit all parts of the area and see the wonderful coastal and inland scenery that the west of Cornwall offers.
The first arrivals were soon on site.
Everyone was soon chatting to friends whom they had not seen
since the last Club Rally a few weeks before, and were introduced to folk they
had not met before.
The Wendron Cricket Club offered a good value breakfast and the bar for evening relaxation.
Work on site for the organisers seemed to expand to fill the time available. The Event Secretary was anxious that we had a group photograph of all the 'Sevens' present on the Sunday morning. Trials with a platform ladder did not work and so a tower was brought on to site.
The Bristol Club supplied the song books; the familiar old words soon rang out.
Our music arrangers had earlier composed "There's a hole in my
tank, me 'andsum, me 'andsum." to a well known tune but few of the impromptu
choir hit the right notes at the right time!
The suggested circular routes for the Rumble Run on the Saturday took the 'Sevens' westwards along the north and south coast roads to meet at the Cape Cornwall Golf Club for lunch. Locals, and visitors, in many coastal villages were surprised to see the many 'Sevens' passing by.
With plenty of time allowed for the run everyone had the opportunity to visit places that they had heard about but, perhaps, never visited, so Porthleven and Marazion, Mousehole, Botallack, Levant Mine and Zennor were some of the villages which saw our 'Sevens' passing through.
Then it was back to the site by the rest of the circular route looking at places of interest as they wished along the way. Everyone had had a chance to see some of best coastal and inland scenery in west Cornwall.
There was a little time to relax and chat over food whilst enjoying the better evening weather; and then it was off to the live music.
Continued on Kernow Rumble 2
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Welcome by our Chair, 
After months of planning the event was
underway so come the day it was time to set up the site, ready for the first arrivals who
would be staying for the week. Signs at the gate and
setting up the reception tent were the first tasks.
Friday evening was the opportunity for our own music and
entertainment as more folk had arrived to stay for the weekend.
