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MGCCQ CONCOURS
2011 CONCOURS, 7th AUGUST, 2011
The sun shone, the cars gleamed and the admirers came in droves --
that was Concours 2011. Thanks to the good organisation of Malcolm
Spiden, Ross Kelly and helpers, the day went smoothly. Many thanks to
them for their hard work and to all those who came along to support
the event. Full results in Excel available
here.
Click here for results in .pdf. Some general photos from the event
below.
ABOUT CONCOURS
This event derives from an earlier one called a Concours d’Elegance which originated in Paris in the early 20th century. It was a combined showcase of fashion and cars. It was revived at Surfers Paradise as part of the Speed Week held there in the 70s.
MG Car Clubs formed in Australia from the early 1950’s picked up the event as one of their annual features and in 1970 incorporated it as a National event in their Annual National Meetings.
Our Club has presented a trophy for Concours since 1962 when
Denis Geary presented the Club with a trophy for this purpose.
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The three major winners for the day were Peter Gannon (MG Maestro),
Bernie Pereira (MG TD) and Mike Allen (MG Midget). |
The first winner was Tom Armstrong.
The current Concours event is confined to judging vehicles for
their relative merits in terms of finish, originality,
cleanliness and appointments. The coachwork design is not a
factor, but is for the purpose of determining classes, the
determinant of the marque.
The basic intent of the Concours is aimed at ‘Maintaining the Marque’.
(The above is a summary of the introduction to the Club’s Concours Procedures Manual. The full text of the manual – 50 pages – may be downloaded
here.)
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