MG Car Club of South Australia
MGA / MAGNETTE REPORTS
From..Sandra Cardnell
MGA/Magnette Register Meeting,
16 May 2019 held at
Arthur Ruediger’s, West Lakes
F
ifteen members attended the meet-
ing and we had apologies from
Trev and Sandy Dicker (interstate),
Raeleen and Allan Semmler (USA and
Canada) and De Denny (no reason
given), but that’s OK De.
We had eight MGA’s, and MGBGT and
an MGZR. Bob Bazzica and Kevin
Roper arrived in their everyday drive. I
can say that because Bazz came in the
Ford and not the new Bentley Continen-
tal, which you could hardly call an eve-
ryday drive. Bazz told us some of the
features of his new car, but the only one
that I remember is the fuel consumption
– about 25 litres per 100. A bit of a
stretch for the budget.
Arthur had a telephone call from the
serial pests accompanying the Bob
Schapel entourage to the
Historic racing event at Winton (?). This
follows their calls to Buckles at Goldy’s
Murray Bridge T Register Meeting in
March. Is there a correlation between
the time of night and the amount of
wine, red or white, or perhaps port con-
sumed. Maybe, or were they just feel-
ing a little homesick?
I have transferred the last five Gold 50 th
MGA anniversary badges to Regalia
Stock. They are a flat $50, so if you are
a new member, or you missed out on
the first batch, see Barrie Spencer in
Regalia on a meeting night. Barrie will
arrange to be at the Clubrooms on a
Club Registration Day (Saturday morn-
ing - see magazine for his details)
On the subject of new members, April
was a good month for MGA’s. We wel-
come Geoffrey Atherton, 1958 MGA,
Brian Thredgold, 1961 MGA and John
Van Velzen, 1960 MGA. Hopefully we
will see these new MGA’s at the club or
on a run in the future.
By the time this magazine is delivered
we will have had the Long Weekend
Lunch Run to Woodside. Twenty mem-
bers have accepted to date, not all
MGA’s or Magnettes. There will be a
report in the next magazine.
Our next meeting will again be held at
the Clubrooms at Chief Street on Thurs-
day 18 th July 2019.
A pizza night will be the theme, so come
along for an “Italian” supper. All wel-
come. If you fancy a pizza supper,
come along – we would love to see you.
Many thanks to Arthur for a lovely sup-
per as usual and for holding the Regis-
ter meeting. Thanks to Kevin Roper for
the photos he took at the meeting,
something I don’t have to think about on
the night.
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