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VBOA National Rally, Billing Aquadrome, 11-12th July 2015

The Big One! "Billing" will be back in July and ready to rock with the biggest gathering of Vauxhalls, Bedfords and Opels in the world. Over 30 clubs and 2500 vehicles make the annual pilgrimage to Billing. Featuring the biggest and best autojumble, it’s an unmissable event for anyone who owns and/or loves all things Vauxhall, Bedford and Opel.

Be There! Tickets are usually a tenner on the gate, advance tickets from VBOA affiliated clubs attract discount.

Billing Aquadrome
Crow Lane
Great Billing
Northampton
NN3 9D

Tel: 01604 408181

The easiest routes to find Billing Aquadrome:

From the South

Exit the M1 motorway at Junction 15. Follow the signposts from there, or take the A508 and join the A45 ring road after 2 miles. Then follow the signs to Billing Aquadrome for about 4 miles.

From the North

Either exit the M1 at Junction 15 as per the directions from the South or exit the M1 Motorway at Junction 16. Take the A45 to Northampton. Follow the signs to Billing Aquadrome for about 7 miles.

Event info from the VBOA website:

The Big One! The biggest gathering of Vauxhalls, Bedfords and Opels in the world.

Over 30 clubs and 2500 vehicles make the annual pilgrimage to Billing. Featuring the biggest and best autojumble, it’s an unmissable event if you own or just love all things Vauxhall, Bedford and Opel.

Be There!

Members of VBOA affiliated clubs who pre-book with Billing will enjoy a discounted rally rate of £15 per vehicle per night for pitches without an electric hook-up. This pre-booked rally rate will apply to reservations for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, July 10th, 11th and 12th

There is no minimum night booking period. Members can pre-book for 1, 2, or 3 nights and get the rally rate.

All pitches are for one vehicle and a maximum of four people.

Pre-book electric hook ups will be charged at an extra £6 per night but please note that very few of these are available on the designated show fields.

All pitches have to be vacated by 11am the following day.

For non pre-booked camping arrivals or for camping on days before and after the event, the normal park camping rate of £21 per vehicle per night for non-electric pitches and £26 with electric hook-up will apply.

Extra vehicles will be charged at a flat £10 for the duration of the event.

Day visitors will be charged £10 per day per vehicle and up to four people and do not have to pre-book.

Billing will give VBOA club members a £5 per night discount on any static holiday home bookings for the event - a 7 night minimum booking period applies.

Pre-Book Benefits include the Rally rate for entry, a dedicated “fast track” entry lane, a welcome pack to include Billing passes, a park map with the VBOA Club stand locations and details of special offers - The Venue will be offering Chef’s Specials for 2 for £12 throughout the weekend.
Children’s (under 12) half price swimming sessions in The Venue leisure complex

To pre-Book:

For one night bookings call 01524781453, quoting the VBOA booking code which will be sent to VBOA Club Representatives
For more than one night bookings either use the call centre or go on line at http://www.billingaquadrome.com. Go to the “book now“ tab and enter the VBOA booking code

All pitches must be pre-booked by 3rd July 2015. Bookings made on the 4th onwards will be at FULL tariff

Note: the Billing pre-booking process requires a pitch location and number to be issued and shown on the customer pass. These specific locations do not apply to VBOA bookings and club members should proceed to their club stand areas as usual.

I'll be there in the LS as usual. Probably on the Sunday.

We should all try and meet up at some point this year.

James McGrath wrote:I'll be there in the LS as usual. Probably on the Sunday.

We should all try and meet up at some point this year.

Sounds like a plan. I should be there on the Autobahnstormers stand in the MV6 if all goes to plan.

Sunday?
I guess I can go for the Sunday.

I'll be going on Sunday with Migweb as usual.

I'll be up with Migweb too.. I'm trying to convince the wife come along so that we can bring the GTE and Cav..

I'll be up there with the VODC and the Cavalier and Chevette Club.

I've always been with the DSG in previous years, coming in a Cav Turbo this time but all the people who have replied to this topic seem to be parking with other clubs.

Presumably this club has somewhere for us to park together?

ken707 wrote:I've always been with the DSG in previous years, coming in a Cav Turbo this time but all the people who have replied to this topic seem to be parking with other clubs.

Presumably this club has somewhere for us to park together?

Nope and probably never will

btcctroy wrote:

ken707 wrote:I've always been with the DSG in previous years, coming in a Cav Turbo this time but all the people who have replied to this topic seem to be parking with other clubs.

Presumably this club has somewhere for us to park together?

Nope and probably never will

One day maybe Troy.

Envoy CDX wrote: One day maybe Troy.

Does anyone know what we have to do to become VBOA affiliated?
Probably huge fees to pay now doubt.

There is some kind of fee. Usually clubs ask for a membership fee to cover the expenses, this in turn puts people off

There is a one time fee to join the vboa, usually no more than 20 quid. All the criteria is on the vboa website and this club would qualify.

Mk3 Astra owners are members...

Are we going as a club to billing? Would be nice.

Well I think we should get our heads together and make it happen. The mods should try to make us a club that represents the mk3 cavalier, especially at these larger venues now the car is becoming a rare site.
This is the only club that is dedicated to the cavmk3, which is always missing at shows

btcctroy wrote:Well I think we should get our heads together and make it happen. The mods should try to make us a club that represents the mk3 cavalier, especially at these larger venues now the car is becoming a rare site.
This is the only club that is dedicated to the cavmk3, which is always missing at shows

I'm all for that. Let's make it happen people.

We are on it. A lot of changes coming up for CavMk3OC. A bulletin to all members will follow shortly.

I've not been to any shows over on the mainland but was aiming to take my ( now project ) turbo rep cavalier over to PVS next year

which is the better event, PVS or Billing?
which is cleaner an quiet at night?

Definitely billing pal. Pvs is full of chavs although I go every year and camp

btcctroy wrote:Definitely billing pal. Pvs is full of chavs although I go every year and camp

ive read abput PVS being dirty etc... but the drag is something that i'd watch an enjoy, but me an the mrs dont drink so we'd like to get a bitta sleep at night lol

thats just be reading about PVS though, i've never been

There is a quiet camping area which certainly is an improvement for those wanting a quiet night.
There is however background noise but it's not excessive

This needs to be sorted ASAP, Is there not a deadline for booking billing?

I've never been. Went PVS was not really my thing to many chav crap there and stance stuff lol.. Me and my brother just watched the drag racing all sat n sunday. The American v8 cars was the best on the sat afternoon.

Super89 wrote:This needs to be sorted ASAP, Is there not a deadline for booking billing?

I've never been. Went PVS was not really my thing to many chav crap there and stance stuff lol.. Me and my brother just watched the drag racing all sat n sunday. The American v8 cars was the best on the sat afternoon.

Whoa there. Hold your horses. We'll get to it in time. But as things stand it isn't at the top of the list of things to be doing at this point in time.
You can turn up to Billing on the day and get a day or weekend pass, or you can book camping spots around the place if you're wanting to stop over night.

Possibly might go in the nova but I will be camping on the outskirts of the show ground.
Anyone who wants to tag along then by all means do so

If you need a hand with the VBOA application give me a shout, its well worth doing and a lot of people respect a club more once its part of the VBOA so membership will possibly grow!