HOW DID MG NATIONAL MEETINGS
GET STARTED
One of the main interests of the MG Car Club of SA after its formation in 1956, was
Competition, which mainly involved Trials (navigation rallies) and Motorkhanas
In the early years of the Club, Geoff O’Halloran Giles,(who at first owned an MG
TC, then graduated to an MGA, and later became our Patron) owned a property
‘Lanacoona’ at Mt Compass in SA and it became the venue for many dirt motorkhanas.
Towards the latter part of the 50’s another Mt Compass local, Kelly Arthur, together
with Geoff, Steve Tillett, Malcolm Caire and others of the Committee, conceived the
idea of building a dirt Sprint Circuit on Geoff’s property, and hence ‘Lanac Park’ was
born
With another venue for competition, members of the MG Car Club of Victoria were
invited to come to Adelaide over Easter in 1961, to take part in an Easter Meeting,
which consisted of social activities, a sprint at Lanac Park, a motorkhana and a concours.
The South Australian members then started visiting the Victorian Centre for the
June long weekend – and so the interchange between the Centres began. The
competition between the States was very strong, but at the same time, many good
friendships were formed, and still exist today.
This interchange continued, and in 1969 a proposal was put forward that we start a
National Meeting, to be held each year and involving all the MG Car Clubs.
National Meeting 2010 Concours at Elder Park on the banks of the River
Torrens
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