June 2019
shifted to various
other locations in-
cluding other “Motors
Limited”
branches.
“Guide Dogs SA/NT”
is now housed in the
same building. (168
degrees)
WIGLEY RESERVE.
Glenelg, has been
used as our Con-
cours
venue
for
nearly thirty years.
These events used
to be held at shop-
ping centres and
then Colley Reserve,
but were shifted to
Wigley Reserve when
From.. An Anonymous source
more
space
was
needed. (220 degrees)
he signpost (pictured) is in our LANAC PARK was a dirt sprint circuit
Clubrooms carpark. It points to built by our club on a member’s land
some places which have been impor- near Mount Compass in 1959. It was
tant in the MGCC of SA history. New used regularly until 1984 when members
members might not know the signifi- became less tolerant of stone chips and
cance of these places, so a few details dust. (177 degrees)
are given below. (Approximate com- MALLALA is a race circuit where the
pass bearings from our clubrooms are MG Car Club, Triumph Sports Owners
in brackets.)
Club, Austin Healey Club and others,
ABINGDON is regarded as the home held combined sprint meetings in the late
of MG. For the first few years, MGs 60s and early 70s. Our club still holds
were made elsewhere, but from 1930 sprint meetings there. (354 degrees)
to 1980 they were made at the Abing- COLLINGROVE is a bitumen hill-climb
don factory. Since 1989 the MG Car track near Angaston. For decades,
Club UK has been based next door to Collingrove events have been included in
the old factory site. (Compass bearing our competition calendar, and are well
to Abingdon is 312 degrees. Our club- attended by MG Car Club members. (53
rooms face approximately 308 de- degrees)
grees.)
MONARTO (Big W Distribution Centre
MOTORS
LIMITED
had
their
carpark) was our motorkhana venue until
“Kingsway Showroom” on Brown
Street (now Morphett Street) in 1956. It a couple of years ago. Before Monarto,
was there that our South Australian they were held in other carparks at
MG Car Club was formed, and where Marion, TTP, Colonnades and Lonsdale.
the first committee was elected. Meet- (119 degrees)
ings were held there into 1957 but then
THE CLUBROOMS SIGNPOST
T
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