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MGCCQ 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. 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.)
The 2010 Club Concours competition will be held at the University of Qld on Sunday, 1st August.
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2009
Concours at University of Queensland |
CONCOURS 2009
The 2009 Concours was held on August 23rd at the University of Qld where
the grand original building formed an appropriate background for the
display of beautiful classic cars.
The competition attracted about 60 entries ranging from Pre-War through to
modern MGs along with a few non-marque cars including the Cranleys' Bentley
Continental GT.
The display attracted quite a lot
of attention from passersby with many students taking the most
of some photo opportunities with the cars.
A list of class winners is available
here.
The three
major winners were Bernie Pereira (Pre MG TF), Bruce Jackson (Post MGA) and Ken Wasley
(Modern - Post 2000).
Complete results are available
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