Events

Now please forgive the cheesy web title to this page, but there really is no trade get together like an Ifitstuff one! Ifitstuff will give you a reason to travel hundreds of miles to walk round another boring trade show "that's just the same as last year"! There is pretty much guaranteed to be at least a few of us going along to the trade shows. so the way we do it is nominate a hotel in the area where the most of us will stay, get numbers together of who will be around in the evening and book a meal and make a night away of it. Some will come up for the show in the day and meet during the show, some will also stay for the meal we are flexible.

Ifitstuff events

Ifitstuff also has it's own events be it Christmas or summer with the summer event being the big one, it quite often ends up with the main event being go-karting as that seems popular. We would then do a presentation for the winning teams or fastest lap time, but the go-karting itself doesn't have to be serious so don't worry if you are a bit of a Sunday driver! We have also used this presentation time to do prizes for Ifitstuff members with forum related awards, which has seen some lucky member go away with a nice treat. We would then give everyone time to go back to where they were staying and wash up before meeting again for the evening meal and drinks.

Now don't be shy all welcome so come along and do some networking while you enjoy yourselves and claim it as an expense! Remember that those that do attend the events and network really do get more work and more from the site than those who don't so it really is in your business interests to come along.

Some previous Ifitstuff events

Christmas 2009 Ifitstuff meeting with Jim Bute in Newcastle One of our veteran forum members "Jim Bute" was entered into a charity boxing match on the 26th of November in the Newcastle area. Jim (aged 47) was fighting to help raise money for the Macmillan cancer research foundation a very worth cause if ever there was one. With one of our members in need of support and Christmas being just around the corner we decided to make it a combined fight night / Christmas meeting and engineers traveled hundreds of miles by plane, train and automobiles to make the meeting. Well we were not disappointed with the result as our man Jim after three rounds of pounding on Mark Gorman was awarded the win by the judges and quite rightly so! Other events of the evening saw an Ifit consortium buy a Muhammad Ali gown in the after boxing auction and a generally great party feel. Jim also took the time to meet with us the following night and show us around his home town of Sunderland bar by bar before heading back home for a few hours with his wife (the lovely Jo) before he set off for Ghana for a 4 week installation contract. <Click here to see the pictures from the event>

Summer 2009 Event, Ifitstuff went-Ape! Something a little different this year! Click here to open up the summer 2009 event page. Video by Jeff Scott (Sussex Installation Team)

Daltec sponsored go-karting event, summer 2008 This was a cracking event which took place at the pole position go-karting center in leeds, we would like to say a very big thank you to Pete Dallas and the Daltec team for their support and sponsorship of the event that meant that it was free for two engineers from any one company. They also had some fleeces made especially for the event with both the Daltec and Ifitstuff logos on. The fleeces were very nice quality and there was one for everyone and you can't say fairer than that! There were also some nice prices given away for both forum and go-kart related awards including Dice Ipod kits! Click here to see some more pictures from the event.

Commercial Vehicle show 2008 trade meet Another trade show made interesting by an Ifitstuff meet! We got together at the beginning of the day and continued to meet with the other attending Ifitstuff members throughout the day. A good few of us stayed on for the usual evening meal, drinks and a nearby hotel for the night for some much needed rest after a hard days travel, trade show and evenings "serious" discussions!

Expo show 2008 trade meet Trade shows are made much better with friends and a good old fashioned debate over a nice meal on the days events. Of course it would be rude not to wash down the meal with a drink or two!

Christmas 2007 Burton Upon Trent Ifitstuff meet The Christmas meeting was a nice get together for a meal and evening drinks with a few games of pool on the side. The meeting took place in Burton Upon Trent and was made better by the addition of a secret Santa which saw some interesting presents from remote controlled helicopters to heated fleeces (Maplins must have done well out of it!

Summer 2007 Go-Karting event at the Daytona Raceway The Summer events are always great, this one was no exception! We had a 1.5 hour endurance race at the fantastic Daytona Raceway in Milton Keynes. We then dined at Frankie and Benny's in the Escape center, then carried on for a few drinks in the Oceana with 4 bars and 2 nightclubs inside.

Summer 2006 Go-Karting event at Birmingham super wheels Yet another great Ifitstuff summer event with an go-karting endurance race at Birmingham super wheels, followed by a Indian meal and drinks on Broad Street. Video by Ash Sharma of Exec Spec

Summer 2005 paint balling event Something a little different this year, a good team building day of paint balling! Although it was a great event it didn't seem to have the wider appear that go-karting did.

Summer 2004 go-karting event The first Ifitstuff summer event, the start of something truly brilliant! and what better way to kick it off than with a go-karting endurance race at the Birmingham super wheels and then washed down with a few drinks afterwards?