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Once again the Grange Mens Shed has constructed a teddy bar zip wire for our show, this year run by Grange Scouts, at the top of the field. The Zip wire will run between 12pm and 3pm, if you’ve not brought a Teddy, there will be a few at the top of the field, ready and waiting!

So bring your favourite Teddy and give him/her a thrilling ride on our amazing zip wire!

Once again we’ll be having “Out of the Blue” with Debora Field (AKA the Hoop Lady), seen here performing on the Ariel Hoop. Debora has been a real hit at our last few shows, encouraging visitors onto the hoop, to display the talents to the crowds.

Grange’s very own Classic Car Show is close to FULL, with over 290 vehicles already entered.  So if you haven’t yet entered, we suggest you do it soon, as we will close the entry list at 300 cars.

For visitors to the show, at only £7.50 per adult and children free, this really is a reasonably priced family event, with our visitors voting for the car they want to see win in each of the classes.  As ever, we’ve plenty of attractions other than cars, with a local blues band and the ever-popular Milnthorpe steel band, side shows, locally based food and drink stalls  – as well as plenty of ice cream!  All profits will, as usual, be split amongst our charities and local groups, this year we are supporting local Charity “Growing Well”, as well as the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Classics over Sands is to be held on Sunday 10^th August 2025 on our usual venue overlooking Morecambe Bay in beautiful Grange over Sands.  We had a record entry of vehicles in 2024, with the field at capacity.  This year we have capped the age of the youngest vehicles at 25 years old, although we will consider younger vehicles by request.  Last year we were able to make donations totalling nearly £10,000 to Coeliac UK, Coniston Mountain Rescue and other worthy causes including the Cumbria Wildlife Trust & the Scouts. 

None of this would have been possible without yourselves, the entrants, and your great classics – thank you.  

Once again we are accepting entries made via our website only.  

To Enter, please…

• follow the link: How to enter your vehicle at https://classicsoversands.org/entry-form/
• fill in the on-line form
• include your e-mail address (unfortunately this has to be entered more than once)
• use your debit card to pay the £7.50 fee to complete your entry
• You can also add either £5 ,£10  or £20 donation to our supported charities Alzheimer’s Society  & our local Charity “Growing Well”.

Two e-mails will then be sent to you: 

1. an immediate confirmation of your application
2. a numbered receipt, which should be received within 7 days – IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU KEEP THIS EMAIL WHICH WILL ALLOW ENTRY TO THE SHOW.

We look forward to seeing everyone on 10th August.

Derek Seward, our Chairman. presented a cheque for £3500 to Coniston Mountain rescue last week. We also presented a cheque to Coeliac UK for a similar amount, this is alongside donations to our local Scout Group and Cumbrian Wildlife Trust.

Huge thank you to all our supporters, volunteers & entrants for making the show such a success.

Thank you for your support of Classics over sands this year, with rain before and after the show, we were blessed with fantastic weather on Show Day.  With over 300 classics, the crowds literally burst onto the show field in record numbers.  Importantly we raised a record £8,500 for Charity, with Coeliac UK and Coniston Mountain Rescue receiving £3,500 each and the local Scouts and Cumbria wildlife sharing a further £1,500.

We have already announced the date of next year’s show as Sunday August 10^th, 2025.

You may not be aware, but the show is put together by a small group of volunteers (all classic vehicle fans), this year we really needed a little more help!  We are looking for volunteers to help on or around the show day, or even for specific parts of the day, such as helping with taking down the numerous marquees, the odd hour or two could make a big difference.  If this is something you feel you could help with, please drop a note to me on classicsoversands.org@gmail.com , together with your contact details.

Once again, a huge thank you for your support.

We asked all visitors to our event to vote for the car they would most like to take home.

Overall winner : Philip Oldfield – 1935 Derby Bentley

Class A , Classic cars up to 1959: 1st. Neville Wright – Corvette C1 2nd. David Saul – MG SA

Class B, Classic cars 1960-1979 : 1st. Stephen Wright – Fiat Dino Coupe 2nd. Cliff Graham – BMW 3.0 CSL (Batmobile)

Class C. Classic cars1980 onwards: 1st. Anthony McGlinchy – Aston Martin Vanquish 2nd. David Pattison – Ferrari 328 GTS

Class D. Motorcycles: 1st Clifford Robinson – BSA A10 2nd. Graham Powis – Laverda 3CL

Big thank you to all our entrants for bringing their amazing classics to our event, we look forward to seeing you at a future event.

Identified in a ‘bit of a state’ in an Italian barn and imported into the UK in 2008, this machine, when restored, completed a Milano Taranto (category win) in addition to four Moto Giro* d’Italia long-distance regularity events between 2011 and 2017. These 175cc single cylinder models were the first production overhead camshaft motorcycles offered by Ducati, being based on the successful racing machines of 1954-6. The design gave rise to capacities of 200, 250, 350 and 450cc, manufactured in Italy until 1974.

Come and see other fantastic motorcycles and classic cars at Classics over Sands on Sunday 11th August!