The Mk1 Golf Owners&#039; Club Team

Club Chairman chairman@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: 36thcrazyfist Name: Simon Berry Location: Manchester Role To over see all meetings and have the casting vote in the event of a tied vote About My name's Simon, or '36thcrazyfist' on the forum, the name comes from a band called '36 Crazyfists' who I loved when I was younger and still listen to now, I've seen them more times than I remember and even had a few beers with the guys. I joined the club in 2006 after I bought my 'sportline' - the quotes are because it's actually a replica, as it's on a D plate. This was pointed out by you lot quite quickly and since then it's affectionately been known as the 'fakeline'. I believe it was stolen back in 2006, bought by a company, where everything was transferred into an existing shell. I have owned the car for such a long time that I don't intend to part with it, back in Feb 2016 I took the plunge and started stripping him down (he's called Dudley) and found a lot of rust…. I'm tinkering with it when I can, but I'm in no real rush to get it back on the road, but when it does, it'll be a different colour and have a 130 BHP PD TDi up front and some fancy pants interior (and I'll be a lot skinnier than I already am because I think I'll be starving myself to fund it!) If you're interested my build thread is here: View Topic: Project: and #DudleywantstheD - The Mk1 Golf Owners Club I currently live in Manchester, originally from Coventry, after a 5 year stint in London. I'm a Product Manager for a company who give electricity to the third world. I have a background in web development, photographic science and a bit of engineering, makes me sound like an adult, but I only am when I have to be. I have a huge passion for the MK1 Golf, always have, there's just something about them that's made me always want one, which is why I do what I do for the club - I'm a friendly chap, so if you see me at a show come and say hello.

Club Chairman

chairman@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: 36thcrazyfist
Name: Simon Berry
Location: Manchester

Role
To over see all meetings and have the casting vote in the event of a tied vote

About
My name's Simon, or '36thcrazyfist' on the forum, the name comes from a band called '36 Crazyfists' who I loved when I was younger and still listen to now, I've seen them more times than I remember and even had a few beers with the guys.

I joined the club in 2006 after I bought my 'sportline' - the quotes are because it's actually a replica, as it's on a D plate. This was pointed out by you lot quite quickly and since then it's affectionately been known as the 'fakeline'. I believe it was stolen back in 2006, bought by a company, where everything was transferred into an existing shell.

I have owned the car for such a long time that I don't intend to part with it, back in Feb 2016 I took the plunge and started stripping him down (he's called Dudley) and found a lot of rust…. I'm tinkering with it when I can, but I'm in no real rush to get it back on the road, but when it does, it'll be a different colour and have a 130 BHP PD TDi up front and some fancy pants interior (and I'll be a lot skinnier than I already am because I think I'll be starving myself to fund it!)

If you're interested my build thread is here: View Topic: Project: and #DudleywantstheD - The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

I currently live in Manchester, originally from Coventry, after a 5 year stint in London. I'm a Product Manager for a company who give electricity to the third world. I have a background in web development, photographic science and a bit of engineering, makes me sound like an adult, but I only am when I have to be. I have a huge passion for the MK1 Golf, always have, there's just something about them that's made me always want one, which is why I do what I do for the club - I'm a friendly chap, so if you see me at a show come and say hello.

Club Treasurer treasurer@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: Beany Name: Richard Stringer Location: Tamworth Role Manage and approve financial matters with regards to the club's costs and income About My name is Richard, but everyone knows me as Beany. I've been into cars for as long as I can remember, my 1st road legal car was a classic mini that my Dad and I did up together. I did the show circuit in it for a couple of years then moved on to Japanese cars for a while, until I discovered the VW scene after owning several Beetle's. I brought a MK1 Golf to run through the winter months and fell in love with the car. In 2011 I decided to buy a GTI. I then joined the club in 2012 at the AG in Uttoxeter after seeing the cars at the show I knew I wanted a show car again. That winter I bought a series 1 Golf in Florida Blue that I modified and showed for several years, until I brought my swallowtail which I have kept OEM. Work wise I work in a treasury office which lends itself to doing the similar job role in the club.

Club Treasurer

treasurer@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: Beany
Name: Richard Stringer
Location: Tamworth

Role
Manage and approve financial matters with regards to the club's costs and income

About
My name is Richard, but everyone knows me as Beany.
I've been into cars for as long as I can remember, my 1st road legal car was a classic mini that my Dad and I did up together. I did the show circuit in it for a couple of years then moved on to Japanese cars for a while, until I discovered the VW scene after owning several Beetle's. I brought a MK1 Golf to run through the winter months and fell in love with the car.
In 2011 I decided to buy a GTI. I then joined the club in 2012 at the AG in Uttoxeter after seeing the cars at the show I knew I wanted a show car again. That winter I bought a series 1 Golf in Florida Blue that I modified and showed for several years, until I brought my swallowtail which I have kept OEM.
Work wise I work in a treasury office which lends itself to doing the similar job role in the club.

Club Secretary secretary@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: unityneil Name: Neil Butler Location: Nuneaton Role To look after correspondence delivered to the PO Box, generally deal with day to day interaction with the public. To act as the first port of call when outside companies approach the club to advertise their products or enquire for a suitable car for a specific purpose. Liaise with all other team members regarding club business. About Hi I'm Neil the Club Secretary. TBC

Club Secretary

secretary@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: unityneil
Name: Neil Butler
Location: Nuneaton

Role
To look after correspondence delivered to the PO Box, generally deal with day to day interaction with the public. To act as the first port of call when outside companies approach the club to advertise their products or enquire for a suitable car for a specific purpose. Liaise with all other team members regarding club business.

About
Hi I'm Neil the Club Secretary.
TBC

Membership Secretary membership@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: Wmk1rickdale Name: Rick Dale Location: Oldham Role Develop Club Membership Package and benefits together with Club Secretary Develop the Membership Pack ensuring it offers good value for money to Members and the Club Promote the sale of Club Membership through the Forums Produce Membership packs and dispatch them to Members within two weeks Regularly check Club Forum and emails keeping up-to-date with Member queries About I joined the Mk1 Golf owners club in January 2015 hoping that one day I would be the proud owner of my step fathers MK1 golf, that dream came true in May 2017. The car had sat in a garage unused and unloved for the last 20 years. It is currently a work in progress and undergoing a full overhaul. I have always been brought up with VW's and spent my childhood doing various bits to a V reg golf that was owned by my family. I have had numerous VW's over the years from Polos, Golfs and a Corrado. I became a fully paid up member in March 2018 and have attended numerous shows since then. I really enjoy attending the shows and meet ups talking to people about their VW's and there is always someone around to ask for advice. I have a partner called Karen, 2 step children and 2 dogs. I always have a long list of things to do and places to go.

Membership Secretary

membership@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: Wmk1rickdale
Name: Rick Dale
Location: Oldham

Role
Develop Club Membership Package and benefits together with Club Secretary

Develop the Membership Pack ensuring it offers good value for money to Members and the Club

Promote the sale of Club Membership through the Forums

Produce Membership packs and dispatch them to Members within two weeks

Regularly check Club Forum and emails keeping up-to-date with Member queries

About
I joined the Mk1 Golf owners club in January 2015 hoping that one day I would be the proud owner of my step fathers MK1 golf, that dream came true in May 2017. The car had sat in a garage unused and unloved for the last 20 years. It is currently a work in progress and undergoing a full overhaul.
I have always been brought up with VW's and spent my childhood doing various bits to a V reg golf that was owned by my family. I have had numerous VW's over the years from Polos, Golfs and a Corrado.
I became a fully paid up member in March 2018 and have attended numerous shows since then. I really enjoy attending the shows and meet ups talking to people about their VW's and there is always someone around to ask for advice.
I have a partner called Karen, 2 step children and 2 dogs. I always have a long list of things to do and places to go.

Events Manager events@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: CabrioAnna Name: Anna Bebbington Location: Staffordshire Role Organise and attend national and local events to maintain the high profile of the club, including the AGM. Support Regional Hosts and encourage local meets. About Well, I'm married to Elvis (no, he doesn't work in the local chippy). We have 2 Labradors, Purdey and Tolley and a passion for all things VW, especially my Mk1 Cabrio and Elv's T5 Van. We live in Staffordshire and travel around the country to attend National and Regional events. For the past 22 years I have worked as an Architectural Technician producing technical drawings for buildings and managing building projects. I currently work for a private Architects, working on a variety of projects. I work full time, but work flexible hours and don't work weekends, which enables me to indulge in my Cabrio cleaning fetish, do work on our never ending house project, maybe a spot of baking, and attend lots of VW shows with Elv throughout the year. I joined the club as a paid member 9 years ago, with my first AGM in 2010 and taking on the Events Manager role in 2011. I love being part of such a great club, I've made so many friends and enjoy organising and representing the club at many national and regional club related events.

Events Manager

events@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: CabrioAnna
Name: Anna Bebbington
Location: Staffordshire

Role
Organise and attend national and local events to maintain the high profile of the club, including the AGM. Support Regional Hosts and encourage local meets.

About
Well, I'm married to Elvis (no, he doesn't work in the local chippy). We have 2 Labradors, Purdey and Tolley and a passion for all things VW, especially my Mk1 Cabrio and Elv's T5 Van.

We live in Staffordshire and travel around the country to attend National and Regional events.

For the past 22 years I have worked as an Architectural Technician producing technical drawings for buildings and managing building projects.
I currently work for a private Architects, working on a variety of projects.

I work full time, but work flexible hours and don't work weekends, which enables me to indulge in my Cabrio cleaning fetish, do work on our never ending house project, maybe a spot of baking, and attend lots of VW shows with Elv throughout the year.

I joined the club as a paid member 9 years ago, with my first AGM in 2010 and taking on the Events Manager role in 2011.
I love being part of such a great club, I've made so many friends and enjoy organising and representing the club at many national and regional club related events.

Merchandise Manager merchandise@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: Anton_cabrio Name: Anthony Musskett Location: Bedford Role Development and sales of Club Merchandise About My name is Anthony and I joined the club in 2016 after I bought my 1990 cabby. My cabby was a barn find that had been neglected for over 5 years so I rescued her and polished some life back into the old girl. It is an ongoing project when funds allow it to be and has come quite far in the last 3 years. Unfortunately for me the main things left for me to do is replace the roof and get a full respray but I will get there eventually. I am a floor layer by trade and live in Dunstable but my true love is modifying cars, I really cant leave anything I own standard (including my work van). Any spare time I get is usually spent cleaning one of the motors on the drive, could quite happily spend the day out on the drive polishing up the paintwork. I'm in a band called Blu Munki ( hit us up you never know you might like it) I am the drummer and have been playing the drums since I was 5 and absolutely love it. I enjoy going to car shows and meets but don't really get to enough of them so I'm hoping being part of the mk1 team will get me to more shows and involved with the car scene.

Merchandise Manager

merchandise@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: Anton_cabrio
Name: Anthony Musskett
Location: Bedford

Role
Development and sales of Club Merchandise

About
My name is Anthony and I joined the club in 2016 after I bought my 1990 cabby. My cabby was a barn find that had been neglected for over 5 years so I rescued her and polished some life back into the old girl. It is an ongoing project when funds allow it to be and has come quite far in the last 3 years. Unfortunately for me the main things left for me to do is replace the roof and get a full respray but I will get there eventually.

I am a floor layer by trade and live in Dunstable but my true love is modifying cars, I really cant leave anything I own standard (including my work van). Any spare time I get is usually spent cleaning one of the motors on the drive, could quite happily spend the day out on the drive polishing up the paintwork.

I'm in a band called Blu Munki ( hit us up you never know you might like it) I am the drummer and have been playing the drums since I was 5 and absolutely love it.

I enjoy going to car shows and meets but don't really get to enough of them so I'm hoping being part of the mk1 team will get me to more shows and involved with the car scene.

Social Media Manager social@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: Ans4r Name: Ansar Mahmood Location: Birmingham Role Manage the Social Media Sites for the club, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. About I joined this club in September 2005 when i was looking for my first MK1 Golf, always wanted a GTI but being young back then meant I couldn't get insured on one, so instead bought a low mileage 1993 Clipper with a 1.8 Carb'd engine, loved that car, but in 2007 I sold that and finally bought what I always wanted, a Schwartz Black 1983 Mk1 Golf 1.8 GTI DX. Ive had about 14 Mk1 Golfs in total, made a few quid on them too lol. Im a Self Employed Mortgage & Protection Consultant, which means I can take days off when i like for the many shows i go to throughout the year.

Social Media Manager

social@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: Ans4r
Name: Ansar Mahmood
Location: Birmingham

Role
Manage the Social Media Sites for the club, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

About
I joined this club in September 2005 when i was looking for my first MK1 Golf, always wanted a GTI but being young back then meant I couldn't get insured on one, so instead bought a low mileage 1993 Clipper with a 1.8 Carb'd engine, loved that car, but in 2007 I sold that and finally bought what I always wanted, a Schwartz Black 1983 Mk1 Golf 1.8 GTI DX. Ive had about 14 Mk1 Golfs in total, made a few quid on them too lol.

Im a Self Employed Mortgage & Protection Consultant, which means I can take days off when i like for the many shows i go to throughout the year.

Design Manager design@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: Mark One Name: Lucy Crowe Location: The Bridge Role Impressed by my felt-tip pen skills, he said they wanted a logo or maybe a couple of fliers. Yeh, me and Berol can manage that. I thought. About Brought up in a third hand Land Rover short wheel base with no first gear, no suspension, a petrol tank that would fall off, and doors held on with chewing gum, is it no wonder I dreamt of the classier, smoother life of the VW MK1 Golf? As per my Design predecessor Dan, I started with MK2s back in '92. Picked up my '88 Clipper in 2005, and then enforced the joys of the MK1 on my children when the youngest was learning to drive. Now with the '83 tin top, we are a two car fam, complete with about five road side assistance memberships, and O'Leary's Autos on speed dial. For all your MK1 design dreams, I am on it like a car bonnet.

Design Manager

design@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: Mark One
Name: Lucy Crowe
Location: The Bridge

Role
Impressed by my felt-tip pen skills, he said they wanted a logo or maybe a couple of fliers. Yeh, me and Berol can manage that. I thought.

About
Brought up in a third hand Land Rover short wheel base with no first gear, no suspension, a petrol tank that would fall off, and doors held on with chewing gum, is it no wonder I dreamt of the classier, smoother life of the VW MK1 Golf? As per my Design predecessor Dan, I started with MK2s back in '92. Picked up my '88 Clipper in 2005, and then enforced the joys of the MK1 on my children when the youngest was learning to drive. Now with the '83 tin top, we are a two car fam, complete with about five road side assistance memberships, and O'Leary's Autos on speed dial.
For all your MK1 design dreams, I am on it like a car bonnet.

Marketing Manager marketing@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: ratty23 Name: Matt Oleary Location: Warwick Role Is to interact with our members and Followers online including sharing and promoting the club events and the mk1 golf on Our social media sites About I was born and bred in Coventry and for my sins iam a long life Coventry city fan! Yes that's right there are some of us it's not a fairy tale. I started messing with cars as soon as I could and attended college when I left school to study motor vehicle mechanics eventually ending up working for Fiat . Luckily thanks to my mate owning a heavily modified Vw Bug most of my teenage years were spent at VW shows where I saw my first MK1 and fell in love , I bought myself a 1983 MK1 Golf GTI tin top when I was 19 owning it for several years . Sadly I had to part company with it to pay for a pushchair ! but I'm glad to say that back in 2007 I purchased cherry sue my mk1 cabrio and she's been in the family ever since . You will often see me cleaning my wheels I seem to have some form of obsession! I live at home with Arkle my giant cat and my Daughter Olivia who you will see at most shows with me during the year ! We joined the club back in 2015 and have loved it ever since , it's by far the most chilled out friendly and family oriented club out there ! I'm proper chatty laid back dude so come say Hi

Marketing Manager

marketing@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: ratty23
Name: Matt Oleary
Location: Warwick

Role
Is to interact with our members and
Followers online including sharing and promoting the club events and the mk1 golf on Our social media sites

About
I was born and bred in Coventry and for my sins iam a long life Coventry city fan! Yes that's right there are some of us it's not a fairy tale.

I started messing with cars as soon as I could and attended college when I left school to study motor vehicle mechanics eventually ending up working for Fiat . Luckily thanks to my mate owning a heavily modified Vw Bug most of my teenage years were spent at VW shows where I saw my first MK1 and fell in love , I bought myself a 1983 MK1 Golf GTI tin top when I was 19 owning it for several years . Sadly I had to part company with it to pay for a pushchair ! but I'm glad to say that back in 2007 I purchased cherry sue my mk1 cabrio and she's been in the family ever since . You will often see me cleaning my wheels I seem to have some form of obsession!

I live at home with Arkle my giant cat and my Daughter Olivia who you will see at most shows with me during the year ! We joined the club back in 2015 and have loved it ever since , it's by far the most chilled out friendly and family oriented club out there !

I'm proper chatty laid back dude so come say Hi

Club Historian historian@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: dano Name: Dan Perkins Location: Chorley, Lancashire Role To maintain records relating to the history of the Mk1 Golf Owners Club. To collect articles and items relating to the Mk1 Golf models for the Forum use. About I joined the Club during it's infancy waaayyy back on 8th December 2004 having bought my 1984 GTI Cabriolet in 2002 as a restoration project. Back in May 2005 myself and 'Walt' set up what is thought to be the club first regional meet and so began a period of North vs South friendly rivalry!! Progression through to Moderator status followed and then in 2008 I became Chairman for the first time. Positions changed and I took on the secretary role in 2009 through to 2012 when I took over as Chairman until 2014. The username 'Dano' is probably known to most long term members but in case anyone doesn't know where it came from - I was a Cop for 30 years, hence 'Book him Dano'!!! I've now retired from the Police and life is (slightly) less hectic. At the AGM 2017 I had a number of roles thrown in my direction and took on the historian role as a lesser of 3 or 4 evils!! Having been out of the Committee circle for 4 years I've some catching up still to do. The Cabby was restored fully in 2011 but the dreaded rust signs are creeping back in certain areas - more work required. BUT… the car is now in competition for funds with my newly acquired T6 Camper. Having kept the Cabby 'standard' I'm going to enjoy being able to modify bits on the van!! Will the car be able to stay?? Well it's survived a house move, wedding and an extension so fingers crossed it will be around for a while longer!! Build thread here

Club Historian

historian@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: dano
Name: Dan Perkins
Location: Chorley, Lancashire

Role
To maintain records relating to the history of the Mk1 Golf Owners Club.
To collect articles and items relating to the Mk1 Golf models for the Forum use.

About
I joined the Club during it's infancy waaayyy back on 8th December 2004 having bought my 1984 GTI Cabriolet in 2002 as a restoration project.
Back in May 2005 myself and 'Walt' set up what is thought to be the club first regional meet and so began a period of North vs South friendly rivalry!! Progression through to Moderator status followed and then in 2008 I became Chairman for the first time. Positions changed and I took on the secretary role in 2009 through to 2012 when I took over as Chairman until 2014.
The username 'Dano' is probably known to most long term members but in case anyone doesn't know where it came from - I was a Cop for 30 years, hence 'Book him Dano'!!!
I've now retired from the Police and life is (slightly) less hectic.

At the AGM 2017 I had a number of roles thrown in my direction and took on the historian role as a lesser of 3 or 4 evils!! Having been out of the Committee circle for 4 years I've some catching up still to do.

The Cabby was restored fully in 2011 but the dreaded rust signs are creeping back in certain areas - more work required. BUT… the car is now in competition for funds with my newly acquired T6 Camper. Having kept the Cabby 'standard' I'm going to enjoy being able to modify bits on the van!! Will the car be able to stay?? Well it's survived a house move, wedding and an extension so fingers crossed it will be around for a while longer!!

Build thread here

Website Manager webmaster@vwgolfmk1.org.uk	Username: Lhasadreams Name: Adrian Daniels Location: Staffordshire Role Responsible for maintaining and managing this website. About I have owned my MK1 Golf GTI since 1993, bought as an unloved 10 year old motor with 112,000 miles on the clock. In the last 24 years she has covered another 77,000 miles :-) Today she is modified from a performance standpoint but not cosmetically, as I love the original look of the Mk1 Golf. The engine is based on the MK2 Golf Limited design, currently a 1.9L 16V Lysholm supercharged unit producing 240bhp and lots of torque! I work for a small company called Chef - architecting software solutions. I try and get to as many shows as I can.

Website Manager

webmaster@vwgolfmk1.org.uk

Username: Lhasadreams
Name: Adrian Daniels
Location: Staffordshire

Role
Responsible for maintaining and managing this website.

About
I have owned my MK1 Golf GTI since 1993, bought as an unloved 10 year old motor with 112,000 miles on the clock. In the last 24 years she has covered another 77,000 miles :-)
Today she is modified from a performance standpoint but not cosmetically, as I love the original look of the Mk1 Golf.
The engine is based on the MK2 Golf Limited design, currently a 1.9L 16V Lysholm supercharged unit producing 240bhp and lots of torque!

I work for a small company called Chef - architecting software solutions.

I try and get to as many shows as I can.

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