MG Car Club of South Australia
Motorsport – The motorsport calendar for 2017 comprised of 18 events which were used to calculate the “ Club Competition Champion . “ This year the eligible events included 5 motorkhanas , 4 multi club hill climbs at Collingrove and 5 MSCA super sprints at Mallala . Plus 2 competition events at each of the National Meeting and The MG Challenge .
The MG Challenge – The Victorian MG Car Club were hosts for the 2017 challenge , 10 competitors and 4 support crew travelled over to Victoria to compete against 32 from Melbourne , 9 from Geelong and 1 from Sydney . A super sprint was held at Sandown , where club member Peter Mathwin in his MG B Gt V8 , was fastest MG on the day . The hill climb was held at Rob Roy . The presentation dinner was held in the MGCC clubrooms with our club declared winner of the 2017 challenge .
In addition to the above other motor sport events entered by club members included outings at Sandown Park , Winton , Philip Island , legend of The Lakes Hill Climb , the South Australian Hill Climb Championships , the South Australian Motorkhana Championships , the Victoria Park sprint at The Adelaide Motor Sport Festival , and Vintage Collingrove Hillclimb .
Annual Kimber Birthday Run – The Kimber Run for 2017 , the twenty second run to date , was held in October with a total of 125 cars forming up for the start at Edwards Reserve on Anzac Highway for the run to The Birdwood National Motor Museum via Lyndoch . Thanks to Berry Treffers and his team of helpers for another successful Kimber Run . . A special thank you also to the RAA crew & vans that were on hand for any breakdowns .
National Meeting – Our club hosted the 2017 National Meeting with 340 entrants including Peter Cook , the MG Car Club overseas director , and two visitors each from Japan and Italy , registering for the event . The noggin & natter and rocker cover racing night kicked off the proceedings on Friday evening with our own member Heather Bennett declared the winner .
The events continued over the weekend , with the concours at Wigley reserve , the motorkanna at dock one Port Adelaide , the super sprint at Mallala , plus an observation run , a social run and the Kimber run . The presentation dinner was held on Monday evening and the event wrapped up with a farewell breakfast on Tuesday morning .
National meetings do not happen without a lot of planning and input , volunteers are a vital element of any event and we thank the organising committee and all the volunteers for ensuring that this was a most successful National Meeting .
Historic Registration – the historic registration committee again provided their voluntary services on the 2 nd and 4 th Saturday of each month , we now have over 660 vehicles on the historic registration system .
Regalia – sales continued to be an important aspect of club requirements , with several new lines of shirts , jackets and caps being introduced to compliment the range of regalia available to members ..
The library - new publications were added to our already extensive library this year thanks to or librarian Geraldine Hough .
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