Good afternoon everyone,

Well, what a fantastic result.

Without your presence at the show and contributions to the day, it wouldn't have been the show it turned out to be.

No matter what size of club, large or small, each person that attended helped make the day a success and I thank you all for that.

Not forgetting the marshals and team that helped out on the day

- it couldn't have been accomplished without them!
I hope you all liked some of the cars I arranged to be there, including the Nissan GTR, Evo X and Honda Integra DC5 Touring Car

As you all know, the day was a tad moist in places and sadly, this is one element I cannot control

(however, the chinese have mastered methods of precipitation so maybe they can help?

)

The raffle prizes and tickets that were drawn on the day can be found on the website at
www.JapanNorth.co.uk/raffle.html

The competitions on the day were awarded to:

Show
& Shine

- Mazda MX-5 from MX5-Nutz

- This was sponsored and chosen by Demon Tweeks on the day after really struggling to decide upon a winner.

The reason he chose the MX-5 was due to the complete dedication to keeping every inch of the car spotless, in particular the engine bay and ancillaries.

The judge did want me to highlight though that the quality was outstanding and he was gutted to have to turn down so many of the entries.

Best I.C.E.


- Nissan 350Z from 350Z-UK

- This was sponsored and chosen by K and M Acoustics.

Same story here, he spent a large part of the day trying to choose between so many fantastic entries.

Eventually he chose the Nissan 350Z due to not only the quality of the audio, but the way in which it had been seamlessly into the car.

Again, he had to weigh up between both ends of the scale from full on installs, through to almost OEM quality setups.

Best Club Stand

- Lancashire

& District Subaru Owners Club

- This was sponsored and judged by Andy of Just Nissan.

Due to the overall presentatation and organisation of the stand, the LADSOC was chosen as the winner of this trophy and it was presented to the team by Andy.

Keep an eye out in the magazines as Banzai and Japanese Performance promised coverage and details have been sent to them.

If I find out before yourselves, I'll post up the details for you all.

Max Power have already published an article to their website here:
http://www.maxpower.co.uk/article.asp?asset=7452 and
http://www.maxpower.co.uk/gallery.asp?asset=7455
I'll be hovering around the forum for some time and if you ever want to ask anything regarding the show or anything else feel free to get in touch

From the raffle, stand entries and donations, we raised a total of

£1850 which is being donated to Christie's Hospital, Childline Northwest, Wigan

& Leigh Hospice and Butterflies.

So thank you to all!

Once again, may I thank you for all your help in making the show a success and hope to see you at next year's Japan North

- 2009!

All the best and regards,
Japan North Founder

& Organiser