The Kombi Sleepover 2017 - Raffle Prizes Needed

Hey Guys
As you know by now that the Kombi Sleepover is nearly here! We cannot wait to see the ‘space’ themed costumes and the dressing up of your Kombi.

This year we shall not be running an auction at the show. Instead, we have planned an on-line auction with bidding open to all club members. This is now up and running - see the General Discussion Section for more details.  

In addition to the on-line auction of larger items, at the event itself Scooby will be trying to sell you some raffle tickets on the Saturday – please be kind! We would therefore like your assistance with donations of suitable raffle prizes. Each prize will need to be shiny and new, but not necessarily Kombi related! We shall start off the donations with the following five items as listed below.  

When the raffle is drawn each winning ticket holder will be able to choose which item they would like from the available prizes. We shall continue drawing tickets until each item has gone.

The funds raised from the raffle will do two things; the first will be to help cover some of the outstanding costs of putting on the event and secondly, any remaining funds will go towards our club charity – Cancer Research.  

Well there it is guys, our request for shiny and new raffle prizes is officially out there! We doo hope you will support this raffle at the event as well with your prize donations.  

If you would like to confirm any items you are able to donate then simply reply to this thread and maybe even post a photo.  

Many thanks for your assistance.  
Roo b Roo


Raffle Item
A FAB book with some great stories and photos - worth considering just for the back of the book notes.  
Below is the front and back of the book


Raffle Item
Just in case you might like a little tipple over the weekend    


Raffle Item
One for you Air Cooled owners I think!  


Raffle Item
Something a little special - only one bottle - taken out of the box for the photo  


Raffle Item
A nice little book - a 60th Anniversary edition for your consideration  
Below is the front and back of the book

Just so I'm clear, all of the money raised isn't going to the charity?

AbsintheKombi wrote:

Just so I'm clear, all of the money raised isn't going to the charity?

We're currently looking at a slight shortfall from ticket and t-shirt sales based on the number of bookings so far, however we are hoping that enough bookings are received in the final few weeks to cover this.

As a contingency we are suggesting that some of the proceeds from the raffle may go towards event costs just to balance the books otherwise a certain individual may end up being out of pocket personally.

Thanks for that, Keith.

1st one from us... More to follow....

Tallulah wrote:

AbsintheKombi wrote:

Just so I'm clear, all of the money raised isn't going to the charity?

We're currently looking at a slight shortfall from ticket and t-shirt sales based on the number of bookings so far, however we are hoping that enough bookings are received in the final few weeks to cover this.

As a contingency we are suggesting that some of the proceeds from the raffle may go towards event costs just to balance the books otherwise a certain individual may end up being out of pocket personally.

Not sure how anyone else feels ,but why don't we just find out what the shortfall is and then just ask for an additional top up payment from each pitch . In the end we can still have the raffle and raise for charity. Due to unforeseen cost it just means the price was not quite right to start with. Just a thought........

Feliz - sounds good to me.

Thank you for the suggestion Feliz.

Bottom line is that we expected more people to come, particularly as last year's Sleepover was so well received. The rental of the marquee has gone up this year and the improved showers (based on feedback from last year) have cost more to hire. So bit of a Catch22 situation. The costs were based on 40 pitches being booked. Hopefully we'll see further bookings in the next week or so. That would be ideal from my perspective.

Just had word from @gordonmac - he's sending me an Empi shifter to go in the raffle, so if you were after one, there's your chance at the Sleepover.

TimV wrote:

Thank you for the suggestion Feliz.

Bottom line is that we expected more people to come, particularly as last year's Sleepover was so well received. The rental of the marquee has gone up this year and the improved showers (based on feedback from last year) have cost more to hire. So bit of a Catch22 situation. The costs were based on 40 pitches being booked. Hopefully we'll see further bookings in the next week or so. That would be ideal from my perspective.

Was just thinking about a solution , if we get the numbers then probably not an issue. Even if we don't pretty sure most of the attending members would not mind making up the shortfall. After all this is our club and the event is for us so right and proper that we collectively cover the cost.

I've got one if these for the raffle:

Ok here's an update on the shortfall. It's currently £400.

This has come about because of 2 things. Firstly 2 of our advertisers have chosen not to renew this year and secondly the numbers were worked out on 40 pitches being booked over the weekend.

So whilst the show goes ahead, we really need to a) encourage more people to attend and b) boost the items going into this raffle so we can sell more tickets.

It is going to be the fun weekend it always is.

Thank you.

More bookings mean more raffle prizes - cool!!!

You doo not need to post a pic of your raffle prizes, just try and bring some along to the event if you can

New pop up washing bowl we use the same 1 and they very good

Something for the raffle -

I've finally got round to sorting something out for the raffle. Here's a lighthouse bottle light that I've made.

If anyone's interested, Alison has said that I can put these two lights we've made in the raffle.