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In the driving seat
etter late than never, I suppose.
The Hawk is delighted to announce, somewhat belatedly, the winners of the C/VBSEAT vvin an Inca van competition. Well I've been a bit busy what with bathing Foden the dog and clipping the rabbit's toenails (oh do get on with it—Ed). But here they are, in full-colour photographic form.
The two lucky van getters were Rosie Lowe, secretary at general haulier MD Lowe of Elthain, Kent, who's pictured collecting the keys to her prize with husband Malcolm (left) and David Hawkins, sales manager at SEAT Sutton Park in Maidstone.
Lucky winner number two was Trevor Woods, director of contract distribution company JM Wood of Woodbridge. Suffolk; seen here giving the traditional big beaming smile and thumbs up of every competition winner since Moses told the Israelites he'd got the commandments down to 10. The Hawk wishes them happy motoring and wonders whether the nice folk at SEAT couldn't possibly see themselves clear to providing your avian correspondent with a replacement to the ageing Reliant Robin? (No chance, the next one's mine—Ed). rivers crossing the Irish sea by ferry have been greeted by a new ship-board campaign to persuade them not to drink and drive. Irish and Welsh police have co-operated to ram home the simple message: keep the stopper on the duty free till you get home and have a cuppa rather than a Caffreys.
Driving you bonkers
eopie who are naturally bad tempered are likely to be bad tempered drivers. That is the perhaps unsurprising conclusion of a new study by Manchester University—although we've all had pals who are normally placid but turn into Kamikaze pilots when they get behind a wheel. The study found the most annoying driving habits included tailgating; people who nick parking places; drivers who roar up behind you at night with their lights blazing and drivers cutting in front on motorways. Of course, no CM reader has ever been guilty of these misdemeanours. Whoops, is that my nose growing or yours?
Sport aid
aife has been a game of two halves for Brian Parkinson, former professional soccer player for Everton and now managing director of Ritsons Trailer Sales. After finishing with the Merseyside blues, Brian had a playing swansong in the USA alongside George Best, Pele and others before returning to the UK for a five-year coaching spell with Liverpool Pt. These are not skills you lightly forget so he recently came out of retirement to spend a week coaching 4,000 refugees and orphans in Armenia.
His partner in the enterprise was Dave Cooke, the founder of Operation Christmas Child: "Once Dave told me what the trip was about and how the children in Armenia had been affected by both the earthquake and the war with neighbouring Azerbaijan, I was keen to give some time to those who had been orphaned and left homeless," says Parkinson.
The team's many visits included the Shahumian Village where 80 families live in converted water tanks and other temporary shelters. They also called at the town of Gumri where 30,000 people lost their lives in six seconds. At each stop the team set up goalposts, carried out a coaching session and handed out certificates to the children who took part. "It gave us all a great sense of joy," says Brian. Later this year Operation Christmas Child will repeat its task of collecting and delivering more than 1.000,000 shoeboxes which are filled with gifts, goodies and necessities by kids in the UK. If CM readers can help by loaning vehicles contact Brian on 0151-546-9371 or Dave on 01978 660465.