Hi Trevor
I have been giving the new club kit some thought and reading
about every ones ideas...
I must say that although I quite liked John B’s leaf
patterns and ideas I still prefer the idea of:-
Traditional panel-like solid colours,
stylised forest scene mixed with Manchester cityscape silhouette?..this fits with our ability to produce high quality town
and country events…I like the photos of the O top Trevor Roberts has sent
but would like to see forest/trees on there as well as city scape…although
I do like this 
art work for city scape that Trevor Roberts
has sent:
So may be city scape along the bottom of the back of the O top
(under the word Manchester – which I prefer to MDOC) and forest along the
bottom of the front of the top would be good?
Colours I like the colours of the NW squad top I think they are
striking, although if we were to use yellow, green and red we would obviously
use the colours in different places so they don’t look the same...here’s
Alex wearing his while packing bags to raise money for the NW 
squad!
I also like the mixture of solid and mesh on these tops.
I also like the colours of the French 6 day O top last summer –
of white, red and blue. I particularly like the V collar those appear to
be the ‘in thing’ at the moment (I think)...I quite like the collar
being in a different colour.
Vic (My answers in the table below)
|
Question |
Answer |
|
Do you currently own a club running top? |
One short sleeve and one old long sleeve |
|
If yes when did you purchase it? |
While back |
|
Would you be interested in purchasing a
new club running top? |
Yes |
|
Would you be interested in purchasing a
club ‘wind top’? |
Yes if the price is right |
|
Do you prefer long sleeves or short? |
Short as I can always wear a long sleeved
lifa underneath |
|
Which neck style do you prefer (V, round
etc.)? |
V neck |
|
Do you prefer a solid material or mesh? |
Both |
|
Do you think we should display a club
logo on the tops? |
I’m not bothered – I think it
needs updating! |
|
Should we stick with the existing MDOC
colours (white/green/blue) or make use of different colours? Please indicate from the pantones below
which you would prefer |
Colours I like are any three out of:
yellow, green, red, blue, white. (May be yellow, blue and red –
possibly with some bits of white as well?) |
|
What colour should the word Manchester
be? (red/blue! or other) |
I don’t mind as long as it stands
out on the background colour. |
|
What do we want as a design? Traditional panel-like solid colours,
stylised forest scene mixed with Manchester cityscape silhouette? Any other ideas? |
Traditional panel-like solid colours,
stylised forest scene mixed with Manchester cityscape like on the bottom of
the Istanbul 5 day event in 2010 O top. |
From: mdoc-manager@simplelists.com
[mailto:mdoc-manager@simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Trevor Roberts
Sent: 26 June 2012 16:43
To: 'TREVOR HINDLE'
Cc: mdoc@simplelists.com
Subject: RE: [MDOC] New Club Kit
Trevor
Attached are my answers to your questionnaire. I am pleased that we
intend to use the full name of MANCHESTER on the shirts rather than the cryptic
MDOC. I believe we should take on a new design and colour scheme from our
existing kit. The existing design was a stock design from Trimtex and has been
chosen by several organisations both in the UK and abroad. I frequently spot an
AIRE or SEOA shirt and mistake it for our own club.
I acquired a rather attractive designed shirt at the Istanbul 5 day
event in 2010 which was supplied with my name and class printed on the front. I
have attached two photos of this (front and back). I think that a similar
design would look good for MDOC but perhaps not so full on with the red colour.
However, red is included in the club badge and I think it should form some part
of the design.
|
Question |
Answer |
|
Do you currently own a club running top? |
Yes – One short sleeve and one long
sleeve |
|
If yes when did you purchase it? |
Ages ago |
|
Would you be interested in purchasing a
new club running top? |
Yes |
|
Would you be interested in purchasing a
club ‘wind top’? |
Yes if the price is right |
|
Do you prefer long sleeves or short? |
I like to have both and wear different
ones according to the weather |
|
Which neck style do you prefer (V, round
etc.)? |
Prefer a short opening zip at the front.
I don’t like a tight neck |
|
Do you prefer a solid material or mesh? |
Solid |
|
Do you think we should display a club
logo on the tops? |
I think our club logo is rather dull. I
don’t have an opinion on putting the logo on the top. |
|
Should we stick with the existing MDOC
colours (white/green/blue) or make use of different colours? Please indicate from the pantones below
which you would prefer |
There is also red in the club logo and I
think we should make more use of that. My choices would be White with some Warm
Red and Black |
|
What colour should the word Manchester
be? (red/blue! or other) |
I am pleased that we intend to use the
word Manchester rather than MDOC. The colour needs to allow the name to stand
out against the background. |
|
What do we want as a design? Traditional panel-like solid colours,
stylised forest scene mixed with Manchester cityscape silhouette? Any other ideas? |
I have a very attractive O Top from the
Istanbul 5 day event in 2010. It is predominately red and is personalized
with my name in white. It cost me 35 Euros. Two photos are attached. I have searched for an image of the
Manchester skyline but Manchester lacks a truly iconic building or skyline.
The attached image is a possibility. |
Trevor Roberts
From: mdoc-manager@simplelists.com
[mailto:mdoc-manager@simplelists.com] On Behalf Of TREVOR HINDLE
Sent: 14 June 2012 20:10
To: mdoc@simplelists.com
Subject: [MDOC] New Club Kit
Hi All - those of you quick off the mark will already have spotted
the link on the club web site asking for your thoughts on new club kit. The
committee have been discussing this for a while now and want to move swiftly to
a conclusion based on the views of the membership. As the document on the web
site describes we believe we have found a supplier who can provide such kit and
also wind tops (like those that SYO/OD members wear).
It would be really great if you could all spend a little time
completing the questions in the document and adding any additional comments you
might have. For those of you with an artistic bent you can even help us come up
with a design if you cut/paste the images into a drawing tool like Paint or
similar, hand drawing/colouring would also be fine.
So that we can move forwards we ask that your responses are sent
back before the end of the month so that they can be collated and discussed at
the next committee meeting. Please reply direct to this email.
I've attached a couple of noddy ideas to stimulate your thoughts.
The idea with the forest is that it would somehow be printed across the entire
back section, I just can't stretch the image in that way with Paint.
The links to the document are on the web site but I've included
them here as well.
Thanks in anticipation for your time and replies
Trevor (on behalf of The Committee)
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