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Last weekend the team headed down to The Concorde Club in Eastleigh, Hampshire. This is the first time that we have sponsored the event and it turned out to be an incredible day! Not only were we very lucky with the hot sun to be out all day but the event raised an astonishing amount of £15,246.56 for the amazing charity Naomi’s house Children’s Hospice. Naomi House first opened in 1997 to offer care and support to children who were not expected to live until adulthood.

Since then, they have cared for more than 1,000 children and families from across Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, Surrey and beyond.

Naomi House nursing and medical staff provide individualised nursing care that helps to enhance short lives and allows local families to make the most of their precious time with their children.

Whilst wondering around the show you will see a great selection of cars, treasured by their owners all willing to chat about their cars and what they have and do to maintain them, whilst relaxing and enjoying the show themselves. The show has a Ferrari and Super Car section, often sporting the newest Super cars on display for visitors to see. At intervals during the show, you will hear the ‘Sound Off’ competition and this is great to hear the rumble of V8 and V12 engines.

It was quite hard to miss us there with the big AIB marquee and colour matched Lotus Evora GT410 brought to the show by one of our clients! The team kept all the family happy with great value insurance for the adults and fun games for the kids with many prizes.

The show always attracts a lot of attention, and the show often gets celebrities attending to help support the show. This year Tiff Needell came to the show! Famous for his racing driving and many years on the hit motoring show ‘Fifth gear’. You will often see ‘The Stig’ at the show, although don’t expect him to talk to you, but he does enjoy sitting in people’s cars.

If you fancied a ride out in a car, then the show had Sporting Bears Charity running ‘dream rides’ for a donation to the show charity. You will be taken on a 10-mile drive to experience an array of different cars and is a must do for any visitor, so make sure you book your slot on the day next year as early as possible as places go quickly.

The Show Winners!

The ‘Richard Bailey Trophy’ is awarded each year to the car of the show. The trophy is in memory of Richard Bailey who has supported the show for many years!

This year’s winner of the trophy was awarded to the 1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Drophead Coupe, the first Rolls Royce to ever get a V8 underneath the spirit of ecstasy!

The ‘Best Modern’ Winner went to the stunning Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

And the ‘Best Winner’ went to the car we all know and love from the James Bond movies, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5.

Enjoy some of our favourite cars of the show!

Lamborghini Diablo SV

Only fools and horse’s Reliant Robin

DeLorean DMC-12 from back to the future

Ford Capri 2.8 Injection

1989 BMW 325i

2004 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cabriolet

We want to thank all of you who came down and showed support for such a great cause and remember to give us a call on 02380268351 for any of your insurance needs!

All photos used belong to Rob Heard

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Ageas (UK) Limited to our ever-growing panel of insurance companies thus providing us with even more insurance options for the benefit of our customers. When appropriate, they will be providing car, home, travel and commercial insurance for our many valued clients.

Ageas UK is part of Ageas SA/NV that is the largest insurance company in Belgium and is represented in 14 countries around the world. The operation in this country has its headquarters in Eastleigh, Hampshire so it couldn’t be much closer to us.

From various locations around the UK including their Eastleigh head office which is located just around the corner from us at Airsports Insurance Bureau, they employ about 5,500 staff and have in the region of 9 million policyholders to look after. They are the 3rd largest provider of private car insurance, the 6th largest provider of home insurance and the 7th largest provider of travel insurance in this country. Formally known as Bishopsgate and Fortis Insurance they have won numerous awards including being voted the Personal Lines Insurer of the Year in 2014 by the Insurance Times.

They are renowned for the outstanding level of service provided to their customers and that is something that we have found to be of benefit in our dealings with them. Their staff are extremely knowledgeable and professional in every area of their business whether it be in processing insurance proposal forms to dealing speedily and effectively with claims.

Their extensive range of products are continually reviewed to make sure that they are providing the customer with the features and benefits that they have come to expect in what are extremely competitive markets and at the right price.

We look forward to a long and rewarding relationship working with Ageas that will no doubt prove to be mutually beneficial for our customers, Ageas and ourselves.

If you so wish, you can find out more about the company by visiting their website at https://www.ageas.co.uk/