Proposed rally at Hawick over New Year

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I read else where that it is being claimed that the new parking for motorhomes is now "reserved" for this rally. Given that this is a public space it seems more than a little odd.

Anyone heard anything about this?
 
Is it a car Rally ( motorsport) if so may be used for the Parc ferme.
 
This is what a google search brings up

The Motor-home Fun Club is planning to bring 15 campervans to Hawick for rallies from December 29 to January 2 and from March 24 to 28.

They have asked for the top end of the Common Haugh car park to be sectioned off for their exclusive use during those periods.

Group members provide an economic boost to the town during their visits and members of Hawick Common Good Fund Sub-Committee gave their support to the plan at a meeting last week.
Presenting the request, Derek Tait, of Future Hawick, said: “They come in numbers, roughly between 15 and 20 campervans each time. They are looking to have a rally in the town over the New Year and they are wanting to have all their vans together and what they are looking for is the top end of the Haugh, which is going to be dedicated to campervans eventually, to be made available to them for their ‘exclusive’ use, while they are in the town.
It is, as I understand, something which they are prepared to pay for. They love coming to the town and they would like to come back but they just want to be assured they can be together and they are prepared to pay for the privilege.
 
Wully said:
They have had meets rallies there at new year for a few years now. I’m a member of MHF and have a few friends who attend this I was asked if I wanted to attend last years. Can’t see a problem.
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I was also asked if I would like to attend, a polite no thanks was sent back
 
They are a nice bunch well the ones that I know. They do much as we do think they book a nice Italian restaurant and do a few pub nights if they spend money locally then the town will have them willingly. The towns not my favourite place but I have stopped for a night in the carpark. At least they are trying with these new overnight spaces the town deserve to get a turn out of it.
 
Wully said:
They are a nice bunch well the ones that I know. They do much as we do think they book a nice Italian restaurant and do a few pub nights if they spend money locally then the town will have them willingly. The towns not my favourite place but I have stopped for a night in the carpark. At least they are trying with these new overnight spaces the town deserve to get a turn out of it.
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Couldn't agree more . Unfortunately some of the locals don't [didn't] encourage visitors .
 
We were kicked out because I took exception to being called a FLT, free loading tosser !!, so much for the self proclaimed friendly club
 
Honestly Peter I never signed that petition but seen your name at the top of it took six people to lift it 😜😂😂. I got banned for six months too for telling a nugget where to go. I Don’t read or post on it since then that was a couple of years ago I just use it to be nosy and keep in touch with a couple of mates.
 
We`ll never go back after the last horrendous night we had there with the local boy racers 🤬

They took great delight in seeing how close they could get to us and they drove at breakneck speeds through and around the car park,

I phoned the police but no one came, i also mentioned it to the guy that came to clean the toilets the next morning, he wasn`t surprised and said they knew about the problem but nothing ever gets done about it.
 
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