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We all know how much Mike loves his sports, whether it’s watching Bury AFC, out on the golf course or playing a game of cricket, Mike loves to get involved. After not being able to play as much in 2020 due to lockdown, Mike was happy to be back and just starting to get back into the swing of things. At the beginning of August during a cricket match, he was hit on the forearm with a cricket ball which resulted in a broken arm and being in a cast for a 8 weeks. Unfortunately for Mike, this meant he had to take some time out, again!

So it is great news that after 8 long weeks in a cast, and another few weeks on top of that to get his arm back moving and recovered, Mike has finally made his return to the golf course. On the 24th November he finally played his first round of golf in the Wednesday Roll Up competition.

It might not have been Mike’s best performance but he had a great day catching up with everyone and sneaking in a pint after the game. Let’s hope he can start making a full return soon!


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The cricket might be over for the season but Mike’s still getting his sporting fix. He recently travelled to Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey to spectate at the 5-day BMW PGA Tournament.

 

Wentworth is one of the most prestigious golf courses in the world, surrounded by mansions and with a rich history stemming from its founding in 1922.

 

Mike and his partner Jane attended the Pro-Am day which saw a host of the world’s top, pro golfers and a group of well-known sports people and celebrities take part.

 

None other than Ronan Keating had the honour of meeting CAVA’s finest when his golf ball rolled over to Mike’s feet. Ronan asked for the ball to be kicked back over to him and in true Mike Bailey fashion, Mike responded with “Play it from where it lands!”

 

The weather was glorious, and the surroundings were even better. Mike also enjoyed seeing the amateurs miss occasionally, as it gave him hope for his own future amateur golfing career…



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REG   Remember those days where there was a buzz around the start of August every year as people awaited the ‘new reg’? It was a brilliant feeling driving around with passers-by in awe of your shiny new registration plate and even shinier new car. The 66-plate is soon to be released, but isn’t it a shame that now there isn’t quite the same feeling attached with being one of the first cars on the road brandishing the new plate? Licence plates have been around for as long as cars, introduced firstly in France in 1893 but the UK hopped on the bandwagon when they were made a legal requirement under the Motor Car Act in 1904. It just goes to show how far along the car industry has come, that the first number plates issued in 1903 consisted of two letters to indicate the locality of the vehicle’s registration and the numbers only ranging from 1 – 9999. This method of licencing ran until 1932, when an extended scheme introduced, however in the early 50s numbers began to dwindle. By 1963 there were no more registration combinations available, and as a result a letter to indicate the year of registration was added to the end of the plate. There was further change in 1983, registration plates were now broken down into a single letter (indicating year of registration) followed by three random numbers, another random letter and the final two letters to indicate where the plate was registered. After several failed attempts at a competent system the registrations were changed to the system we have nowadays, in 2001. Nowadays the age identifier in a registration plate tell you which six month period of the year the car was first registered in, rather than having one day a year where the industry revolved around the new plates. We now have number plate changes in March and September. The decision to change plates twice a year has been in place since September 2001, with cars registered from March having the number in their plate correlating to the year and those from September having the same year plus 50. The old system, which replaced the age identifier each year in August, instead used the first letter of the car’s registration to indicate the car’s age, with the letter changing yearly. What do you think? Do you think having two new registration plate updates a year takes away from the ‘newness’ of your car? If you would like some information on financing a car or van with a new 66 plate, we currently have a LOW RATE FINANCE OFFER till September 30th 2016. Contact CAVA Finance today on 0161 222 9599
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