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Old 9th April 2011, 13:12   #11
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Default Calne National Meet - Review

The 10th National Meet Sunday 6th March 2011



The Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum established in 1962 played host to the club's first national get together of 2011.





This was a lovely venue in which to meet and offered a wide selection of classic exhibits from yester-year.



The day began with the arrival of the Club team at 9:15am to get things set for the official opening time of 10:30am.
To say it was a bit nippy would have been the understatement of the year, but the sun was out, and we could ask for no more.








After parking the team's cars up and assembling the brand new gazebo (as the last one fell foal to 'Typhoon Gaydon')
Work began on erecting the various flags and signs to tell of our presence.



No sooner had this begun when some of the early bird members started to arrive
and put Actros, Dragrad, and Jake amongst others through their paces.



The place soon filled up and we had a total of 59 cars, and 88 people in attendance.







Plenty of tourers were there too





There were cars in a variety of colours including Trophy Blue and Solar Red



as well as a 'Flying Banana' no less...well actually a Sunspot Monogram ZT



No it's not a karaoke, but me conducting the raffle, much to the bemusement of Christopher and Parker



Actros took on the role of 'official bucket holder'



Then came the award for best car in show and it went this year to Cliff (Teflon)





With his pristine example of a very well maintained 75 Connoisseur in Monogram Lagoon



The day continued until it was time to pack away, and by 5pm the last men standing finally went their separate ways,
my thanks to Neil Coupland for staying to the bitter end.




Many thanks also to all those who made this event the great day it was, and to CMWI and others for the use of these images.
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The second National Meet of 2011 was held on Sunday September 18th
at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum in Flixton, Suffolk. This was the club's 11th National Gathering.



Members started arriving from 10am and the last few left at 5pm.



61 cars attended and were parked in between the varied array of aircraft on display there, making this a rather unique setting for a National.





The weather was kind, which helped make the day a tremendous success.



Many thanks go to member Woolleysox for donating a brand new flag depicting the club's logo which we flew with pride all day.



There were certainly some magnificent machines on view



With a wide selection of saloons, tourers, MGs and Rovers in many different guises



The Club Team were on hand as usual to present the raffle,
and member Starbug2 managed to clean up with most of the prizes including an LCD Digital TV



Some very shiny cars nestled between some stunning exhibits

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November 11th 12th & 13th saw the club attending the NEC Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham for the second year running.

We were inundated with visitors many of whom didn't know of the club's existence, which was exactly why we were there.
As a result we acquired 31 new members at the show, with the promise of many more going to register when they got home.

Duotone, Tony Bubble, Trophy Yellow Mark, and Jezzer 1 all supplied their gleeming cars for display on our stand,
and you couldn't hope to find a wider choice of vehicles to show off the marque.



Welcome to our stand, and hello Duotone



Rovers to the left, and MGs here to the right



Why not take a seat?



Or watch a bit of tele



There's plenty to see



The Dorchester Duchess



and what's inside


The car that's double the fun



Quite cosy inside this one too



and some info on its siblings



A view from the rear



We are the owners club



Over to the yellow one that deserves a trophy



and Tony's 08 with the rather unique under bonnet extras



We're behind you



This cars had a good grilling



Finally back to HQ



and some rather choice items available in the club shop




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Pride of Longbridge 2012



This year's first National Meet was centred around a two day event. The MGR enthusiasts’ weekend commenced with the 7th annual Pride of Longbridge rally held on Saturday April 14th at Cofton Park which is just across Lowhill Lane from the factory now operated by MG Motors. This event, organised by the Austin Longbridge Federation, featured 1100 cars over 100 of which belonging to our members, so the club was well represented. In total over 3000 people were at the event which is rapidly becoming the largest gathering of its type in the world.

The club gazebo at the event



Flying the flags



The factory



Austin 10’s



Austin A40 Pick-up



Mellow yellow



A spectre in its own right!



A brace of shot silk



Rovers galore



A final look across Cofton Park




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12th National Meet - Avoncroft

The first National Meet of 2012 was held on Sunday 15th April 2012 at the Avoncroft Museum in Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove.



The MGR enthusiasts’ weekend now continued with a visit to the Avoncroft Open Air Museum in Bromsgrove where many interesting buildings collected from around the country are on view. Proceedings commenced at 10:30am with the added benefit of warmer weather, the previous day at Longbridge had been rather chilly. Over 100 cars attended which did rather stretch the parking skills of Actros and crew.




The registration desk and members arriving




"Cherished blue"




Wedgwood corner




An early example of a 75




A supercharged ZT260, one of the nine V8’s that were at the event




Bonnets up...etc




Members from across Europe attended










Member Windrush was honoured with a special award for services to the club




Christopher presented the award for best car in show to Devilish for his amazing Firefrost Rover 75 Tourer




The Gryphon award winning Firefrost tourer with “OVP” to the right making a welcome appearence


It had been a rather pleasant day in the company of like minded people with some amazing vehicles on show, but unfortunately like all good things it had to come to a close and by 5:00pm most had started their journey home.


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13th National Meet - Lakeland Motor Museum

The second National Meet of 2012 was held on Sunday 9th September 2012 at the Lakeland Motor Museum near Backbarrow, Ulverston.






The museum is located in a beautiful part of the Lake District and houses some very interesting vehicles together with a display dedicated to the Campbell’s and their record breaking machines.










Several with MG-Rover lineage – images courtesy of starbug2








Exhibits from the Campbell display - images courtesy of starbug2




The day dawned rather misty but it was soon burnt off by the morning sun. Members started arriving from 10:00am, they then made their way to the clubs gazebo to register ready for the event. A visit to the museum was then top of the list of most members before visiting the café for refreshments.








Cowley built 75’s were well represented including these three beauties




The sunspot kinetic Flying Banana




The normal interest shown in one of the V8’s




That spent a lot of time with an open bonnet


The customary raffle now ensued with the normal hilarity presided over by Reebs and Actros





One of the many raffle winning members




It had been a great meet at an excellent venue with like minded people for company and as the day drew to a close members started to make their journey home.


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Classic Motor Show 2012


November 16th, 17th & 18th saw the club at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham for the third year in succession.

Our stand was located right beside the Live Stage where the likes of the “Wheeler Dealers” were featured. Due to this we were kept very busy with enquiries regarding the fine examples of the marque that were being shown. As a result we had many new members register whilst at the event or promise so to do on their return home.

Thanks go to FLYING BANANA, juzza0 and SD1too who supplied their immaculate cars for display on our stand.




Setting up the club stand




The stars of the show




Open for business




SD1too’s Dealer Launch Rover 75 Connoisseur Automatic in Wedgwood Blue




juzza0’s MG ZT-T CDTi Plus in Monogram Shot Silk





FLYING BANANA’s MG ZT 260 SE in Monogram Mirage



We were joined by several celebrities during the three days of the event



The team from Wheeler Dealers




The Practical Classics editor Danny Hopkins seen here with juzza0




The Gadget Show’s Jon Bentley seen here in conversation with Dragrad





The team at the NEC J1MBO, Duotone, Reebs, Dragrad, FLYING BANANA, SD1too & juzza0



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14th National Meet
National Botanic Garden of Wales



The first National meet of 2013 was held on Sunday 17th March 2013 at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire.





The gardens are located in a really beautiful part of the south wales countryside




The day dawned rather misty




But the sun managed to break through to everybody’s relief




Proceedings commenced with an emotional presentation of a rebuilt “Olga” to Jeff, instigated by Eurorover.




The quite amazing Rover 150 'Push me, pull you' car was there








and we attracted members from all over the UK with 47 cars attending




After an update about the Club from Christopher and Reebs, proceedings moved on to the raffle with the ever helpful assistance of actros





To conclude the day, the Gryphon award for best car in show was this year presented to vindaloo





For his winning car, this spectacular Seafrost Blue Rover 75 Connoisseur 1.8T




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Pride of Longbridge 2013


The 8th annual Pride of Longbridge rally was held on Saturday 13th April 2013 at Cofton Park, which is across the road from the factory on Lowhill Lane, Birmingham. The event is organised by the Austin Longbridge Federation together with the Rover Community Action Trust to celebrate the products of the Longbridge factory

Due to the inclement weather prior to the event and the terrain of Cofton Park itself, parking could not be as previous years, however the stewards were on hand to assist and get all parked efficiently, if not all together

Though the day started reasonably the weather soon deteriorated and by mid-morning a steady drizzle had set in, however this didn’t dampen the spirits of most at the event which had attracted over 1000 vehicles




The club gazebo amongst the cars





The factory on Lowhill Lane




The assembled company parked elsewhere




A lovely P4




A gorgeous P5B




Well ahead of its time the P6




The timeless SD1




Inconspicuous as ever starbug2




There was great interest shown in the MG Lifestyle ZT-T




A final panorama of the event



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15th National Meet - AeroVenture


The second National meet of 2013 was held on Sunday 8th September 2013 at AeroVenture, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and followed on from a successful spanner and family gathering the day before.

A total of 61 cars arrived at the aircraft museum for the National and thanks to the efforts of club members Andy Willi and Actros in hosting a spanner day with evening BBQ and quiz the day before, many members were able to make a weekend of it camping overnight for the club's 15th National meet the following day.

The weather was fine and the company excellent as many old friends met up once more and lots of new faces arrived too.




A brace of beauties under the flags




ZTs and 75s stood side by side




As did saloons with tourers




A Cimarron Green tourer




And a not so disappointing grey ZT saloon




A nice use of an MG7 bumper




The unique MG Lifestyle ZT-T with boomerang spoiler




Members gathered to hear the club news and take part in the raffle





'Two fat ladies'...or is it 'legs eleven'




Voted best Rover 75 of the day: Vindaloo's Seafrost Blue




And best MG ZT went to Juzza0's Shot Silk Tourer


Special thanks to members Canonite, FLYING BANANA, Fusilier, Mark2000cc & starbug2 for their images of the event.





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