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HILL CLIMBS


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HILL CLIMBING - Come and try the thinking drivers motor sport! Hill climbing is the motor sport discipline for the thinking driver. At the MG Car Club’s exhilarating Mt. Cotton venue you can experience all the challenges that hill climbing offers - testing your ability and your car’s performance on the undulating 980m track - competing against other cars in your class - or just spending the day trying to better your previous time.


How hard you try is entirely up to you - there are no other cars on the track to obstruct or to be obstructive (or for you to blame!).

All you need is a CAMS level 2 license, a roadworthy vehicle, an approved helmet and “neck to knee” non flammable clothing. Your car will need to be scrutineered for safety and class compliance, and headlight protectors and blue battery indicator triangles attached. You're then ready for a unique motor sport experience!

A friendly, family atmosphere prevails at Mt Cotton - an ideal day out for your family and friends. Between each run you can chat with other drivers, perhaps solicit some advice - or just spend time with family and friends. Light refreshments are available from the canteen, or you are welcome to bring your own picnic lunch.

Newcomers are encouraged to be “adopted” by an experienced competitor, who will be only too pleased to offer advice on car preparation and just how to best approach the special challenges that Mt cotton offers. Come along. The entry fee is very affordable.

Join like minded enthusiasts for a safe, yet challenging day of motor sport. Both novice drivers and “old hands” have much to learn from just one day at Mt Cotton hill climb.

MGCC (Qld) owns and operates one of Australia's most interesting Hill Climb Circuits at Mt. Cotton. Built by enthusiastic club members, the first meeting was conducted in March, 1968.  Since then, events have been conducted on a regular basis, offering an exciting day for both spectators and competitors.

Competitors vie for both class and outright honours, as well as the challenge of the hill itself.

The track is bitumen sealed, 946m long, and unique in that it includes downhill, as well as uphill gradients. We see Mt. Cotton as a very important aspect of our club, providing the opportunity to foster motor sport for beginners, as well as more experienced competitors, and feel this to be very much in the spirit of MG.

WORKING BEES
Working Bees are vital activities to ensure that Mt Cotton Hill Climb remains viable. Without good numbers of workers, the Club could not afford to maintain this facility.

PLEASE NOTE: TRESPASSING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and ALL TRESPASSERS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE - NO EXCEPTIONS!

HELPERS WANTED
Most of us seem to be unaware, and take for granted, the presence of the numerous officials who make our Hillclimbs possible.
In order to lessen the load on these regular volunteers, it is vital that additional people come forward to be trained for these tasks. It's lots of fun, you have a great view of the action, and we serve a great lunch!!  See us at Mt Cotton or phone John Davies on 3341 6798.

NEXT HILLCLIMB

COMING HILLCLIMBS FOR 2009 at Mt Cotton - no spectator entry fees except for Qld Championships on June 13/14. However a gold coin donation in one of the boxes provided (there is one near the canteen) would be appreciated. Queensland Hillclimb Championships - June 13/14. (Spectator entry fees of $5 on Sat and $10 on Sun)
Tighe Cams Series Rd 4 - July 5
MGCCQ Mt Cotton Challenge Series Rd 2 and Ironman Hillclimb - August 2
Tighe Cams Series Rd 5 - August 9
Tighe Cams Series Rd 6 - Sept 13
MG and sports car only hillclimb - Sept 27
MGCCQ Mt Cotton Challenge Series Rd 3 - Oct 4
Tighe Cams Series Rd 7 - Nov 29

Some photos of  Working Bees below:
The Mouse House

WORKING BEE - WEDNESDAY, 3rd September, 2008

Only ten days to go before our next event, so it was very pleasing to see a record number of helpers at the working bee at Mount Cotton on September 3rd. Much was achieved, from watering, adding our new "delay light", laying cables in trenches and generally enhancing our systems to greatly speed up our set up and strip down times at each event. Electrical installations in the timing shed were completed by Aubrey, with valuable assistance from Allan.

The new sound monitoring enhancements, allowing monitoring to take place anywhere on the circuit and be read from the comfort and safety of the timing shed, was successfully tested.

There's still plenty to be done, so please try to make it to our next working bee (Sunday 7th.) and Mid Week, Wednesday 10th.

Some photos below:

Paving being replaced after water, communication and power being placed underground.
Boyd  mastering the start light mechanism
Tom was kept busy all day, welding this and grinding that.
Dino being offered helpful advice on how to lay pavers.

WORKING BEE - WEDNESDAY, 20th August, 2008

Wednesday 20th August saw the commencement of the long awaited work to supply power, water and communications via underground cables and pipes to the timing shed, and permanent cabling for the split timing lights, start and finish lights, and other hardware on the circuit. When complete, set up and strip down of the timing, power and communication elements will be much faster and easier. More work to be done at a special working bee next Tuesday (26th August), so please try to be able to spare some time for us on that day.

WORKING BEE - EXHIBITION WEDNESDAY

The Exhibition Wednesday working bee saw the same old faces yet again, but the day was most successful. Two hundred square meters of turf, along with a similar area of topsoil, was put down alongside the track on the first hill, around the canteen pavers, and adjacent to the fence at the dam. Duly fertilized and watered, and once taken hold, this will greatly enhances the visual appeal of the venue. Future mid week working bees will have plenty of watering required, an ideal job for some of our retired ladies. Thanks and congratulations to those who were able to attend.

SWAP & NATTER DAY - 20 JULY, 2008

On Sunday, July 20th July, the Club opened the hillclimb, not for a speed event, but for a Swap Meet and Open Day. With a good number of people arriving in MGs (including people from the Darling Downs and Hervey Bay Chapters), an impromptu car display was quickly assembled to add another feature to the day.

For a first-time event, the response was quite rewarding with about 25 stallholders taking advantage of the Swap Meet and many more lookers/buyers coming along to either view the 'goods' on offer, to view the venue at leisure and, for many, to walk the course.
It was gratifying to have four Redland City Councillors, including the Mayor, accept our invitation to come along to meet us and to view our facility. They gave willingly and generously of their time and expressed their surprise and also appreciation at having such a wonderful venue within their Shire. We thank them for taking the time to come and meet with us.

The majority of stallholders seemed to be happy with their sales, particularly the two who quickly sold vehicles on the day! The willing canteen workers were kept steadily busy during the day as were those manning the Club's Regalia stall.

Some photos below:

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