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NEWS
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ANNUAL DINNER AND PRESENTATION OF 2012 TROPHIES
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The annual dinner and presentation of trophies was held on Saturday 2nd
Feb. Guest speaker was John Campbell, a long-time Club member who gave
an entertaining account - supported by a slideshow - of his many years
in the Club. John also presented the trophies to the winners who were in
attendance as shown in the photos taken by Joy Jones.
We thank John for his attendance and presentation and Joy for taking the
photographs.
A list of the trophy winners is available
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OFFICIALS RECEIVE CAMS AWARDS
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Three of our long serving Mt Cotton officials
were honoured at the CAMS EVENING OF CHAMPIONS held on January 25.
They were John Preston who was announced as QLD Official of the Year, Mary
Caplet (pictured right) who was presented with a CAMS Service Award and
Judy "Mouse" Evans who was awarded a Women in Motor Sport Achievement
Award.
Our congratulations go to all of them along
with our thanks for their long - and continuing - service for CAMS and
for our Club.
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RACV MOTOR CLASSICA, ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, MELBOURNE |
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Congratulations to three of our Club members
whose cars were chosen for display at the
RACV Motor Classica in Melbourne recently.
They were Trevor and Joy Jones's 1959
Corvette C1, Ross and Georgia Kelly's 1931
MG Montlhery C Midget Racer and Colin
Schiller's 1936 MG TA Airline Coupe.
The photos show the grandeur of the venue
and of the display. Trevor, Ross and Col are
pictured with each of the three cars and
there are some other familiar faces there as
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CAPETOWN TO CAIRO BY MG
- THEY MADE IT!! |
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Don't miss reading the brief account of
their adventure made available for our use
by Dave and Laurel Godwin.
It is accessible
here.
Our thanks go to them for sharing the
experience with
us.
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Photos hAve come in from Shez Letten of the MGs in Africa. The first two were taken at the beginning of their journey in South Africa; the third one was taken on their arrival in Cairo on 31 October.
The first photo below shows the cars with Capetown in the background.
The second was taken at Cape Agulhas, south east of Capetown.
The photo to the right, taken on 31 October, shows them lined up in front of another manmade wonder, the Pyramids in Cairo. |
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The
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Cape Agulhas, south east of Capetown |
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FACEBOOK |
THE CLUB JOINS FACEBOOK.
As from 10th October, 2012 the Club has a Facebook page named MG Car Club of Qld inc and Mt Cotton Hillclimb. The aim of having this page is to use it as another way of getting messages to Club members. Its purpose is to complement this website, not replace it.
Click here for our page!!
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ENTRY FORMS |
Entry forms for Club events will be
posted on the web site on the entry page,
as a PDF file, as soon as they become available.
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CONCESSIONAL REGISTRATION UPDATE OF INFORMATION |
Recently I was asked by a couple of members to seek clarification from Queensland Transport as to whether or not our members are permitted, under the restrictions of Special Interest Vehicle Registration (commonly referred to as 'Concessional Registration'), to drive their concessionally registered cars to the Clubrooms on a Friday night for the weekly Friday night Noggin 'n' Natters.
The guidelines which are published on the Qld Transport website and the letters which those with cars on this type of registration received from Qld Transport last year certainly did not give a clear indication of whether or not this usage was permitted. Please click
here to read the response from Queensland Transport in full.
Elaine Hamilton
Hon Sec
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AHC 13 NEWS |
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Announcement - New AHC page now open to keep you all informed of
the Club's 2013 AHC event to Mt Cotton in November, 2013.
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CLUB POINT SCORES |
Click here
for Interim Point Scores
Click here for Point Score Rules, 2013
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IMPORTANT NEWS FOR MGF OWNERS |
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) has recently published a ‘Vehicle Standard Instruction’ (15/12/2011) in relation to the replacement of hydragas units in MGFs. You can access the information
here.
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ONLINE RENEWAL CAMS LICENSES |
CAMS licence forms
are available
here.
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CAMS EVENTS |
Important message for anyone
who takes part in CAMS events. CAMS have advised
that if a new rule or a change of rule appears on their
website then that information is deemed to have been
distributed.
Therefore, it is
wise that everyone check the CAMS website often.
www.cams.com.au
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CAMS OFFICIALS |
From time to time CAMS advises us
of training sessions for people wishing to become CAMS
officials - stewards, flaggies, time-keepers etc.
If you would like to be on a list to receive this
information could you please email Elaine Hamilton
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THE CLUBROOMS - One year after the flood .... |
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The photos below have been chosen to give you three views of the same aspect of the clubrooms -- 'FIRST VIEW', CLEAN UP" and 'TWELVE MONTHS LATER' for the outside, an overview of the interior, the foyer, the kitchen area and the bar area. Hopefully this will give you a concept of what has happened and been achieved over the past twelve months. However, there is still more to be done so, if you would like to assist, contact Max Johnson on 3201 5836. Our thanks go to all those who came along on that big day of work immediately after the water had receded and to those who have worked for the past twelve months creating the 'new' clubrooms we have today. |
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Outside - First View |
Inside - First View |
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Outside - Clean Up |
Inside - Clean Up |
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Outside - 12 months later |
Inside - 12 months later |
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Bar - First View |
Foyer - First View |
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Bar - Clean Up |
Foyer - Clean Up |
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Bar - 12 months later |
Foyer - 12 months later |
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CLUBROOM FLOOD PHOTOS |
More photos from the flood, the cleanup and work in
progress.
Please
click
here.
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Updated lists of the resources available to you in the club library are available here.
There is one listing all the resources by title, one by shelf list i.e. the order they are in on the shelves, one by author and one by subject.
Don't forget that the library is open on the first and third Friday night of each month for browsing or borrowing.
Please come along and make use of this wonderful resource.
Click here for:
Title List
Author List
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Kitchen - First View |
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Kitchen - Clean Up |
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Kitchen - 12 months later |
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HISTORY OF THE HILL |
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HISTORY OF THE HILL: A pictorial history of the first 40
years of Mt Cotton
This book was launched at the Australian Hillclimb
Championships on the first weekend in November by hillclimb
designer, Jon McCarthy who came from England especially for the
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The book features:
- An illustrated history of the hillclimb
- The winners of all major trophies
- Information on all those who have won FTD or
Top Six
- Information on milestones in terms of times
achieved and a celebration of those who have
broken the magic 40s mark
- The Tighe Cams series
- ‘Personal perspectives’, a collection of
reminiscences from a wide
range of
contributors
- Tributes to interesting vehicles and also to
the occasions when Leonard Teale attended and
when Dick Johnson took part in special
challenges
The book comes with a CD containing
- Full results of all hillclimbs from Feb 1968
until the end of June 2007
- Full reports of all hillclimbs (from the
Club’s magazine, the ‘Octagon’
Price for the book and CD is $50. They are not
being sold separately.
If any errors are
found in the book, you are asked to contact Elaine
Hamilton at
vprojects@internode.on.net. A list of errata has
been updated and is available
here.
Copies are available at the Clubrooms or by
using the order form available
here. |
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