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CLUB RUNS
The Club offers its members the opportunity to take part in two types of runs. One is the Day Run held on various Sundays throughout the year and the other is the Mid-week run held regularly on the fourth Wednesday of each month. There is also one weekend away, usually held in July.
These runs are organized to allow time for socializing as well as enjoying a drive with fellow enthusiasts.
Details of meeting times and places for the runs are advertised on the Calendar page of this website and also in the Octagon. A contact name is always given so that you can check on the latest details of the run.
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"Watch the birdie, they say!!??....
I can't see any b....y
birdie!!! |
Most participants drive their MG but other makes are not excluded.
Below are reports and photos of some recent runs held by MG Car Club.
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JOINT RUN WITH SPRITE CAR CLUB – 28 FEBRUARY, 2010 |
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This
was a joint activity for the MGCCQ and the SCCQ.
We
started with morning tea and welcome at the MGCCQ Clubrooms from
9:30am. At 10:45am we headed off via Sheldon and the Venman Bushland
area to the MG hillclimb facility at Mt Cotton.
On
arrival our guests had a good look at the hillclimb track so that
they could appreciate the challenges that the hillclimb presents.
This was followed by lunch, some picnic and some BBQ, and then a
short working bee session to work off lunch and remove some dead
tree branches out of the spectator area.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the run and the facilities at Mt Cotton.
There was particular interest shown in Brant Rayment’s Midget and
all its improvements.
PARTICIPANTS WERE:
MGCCQ
Peter May BRG
John & Marian Tait MGB GT Yellow |
MGCCQ (cont.)
John & Pat Walker MGB GT V8 Red (Alternate route)
Cyril Bennet MGTF BRG
Ron & Bev Clydesdale MG Midget White
Andrew & Susan Willesden MGB Black
Owen McNeill MGB GT Red
Chris Hurling MGB GT Green
Gary & Dawn Lawrence MGB GT Black (Left run at Mackenzie)
Tony & Debbie Slattery MG Midget Red (Clubrooms only)
Errol & Wendy Hoger MGB Gold (Clubrooms only)
Brant Rayment MG Midget Blue (Joined run enroute)
Selena & Rebecca Rayment VW Golf Green (Joined run enroute)
SCCQ
Gary Seymour Sprite Mk13ARed
Peter Fellows Sprite Mk13A BRG
Alex Robertson MG ZT190 Green
Graham & Margaret Harris Toyota Prado White
David Robertson & Tanya Holden Torana White
Mike Wade Sprite Mk 1 Green
Mike Millard Sprite Mk 3 Red
Mick & Liz Cole Peugeot Red |
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RETIREES MIDWEEK RUN – 24 FEBRUARY, 2010 |
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19 cars arrived at Doug Larsen Park at
Beenleigh for the start of our run to the Gold Coast and Northern
NSW hinterlands. Malcolm Campbell sent apologies as he had to work
and for the first time in memory we had no MX5s on the run. John
Tait took his yellow B-GT this time.
We left Beenleigh and took the now
familiar roads to Canungra via Tambourine Village and the Mundoolan
Connection Rd. The ever vigilant patrol car was watching but was
left very disappointed as we all went past 20 km under the speed
limit [sorry officer no Red MGB for you today] to Canungra.
We then went to Beechmont for morning
tea. The country looked wonderful after all the recent rains, all
green and lush, looking more like the Northern Rivers area.
After tea etc. we drove down to the
Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd and had good weather until about the Natural
Arch area when the low cloud became rain, spoiling the view. At
Chillingham we headed to Tyalgum and then on to Murwillumbah, still
in light rain.
After passing through Murwillumbah it
was up the Tweed Valley Way for 4 km to the Condong Sugar Mill then
right into Clothiers Creek Rd past the “Madura” Tea plantation over
the Highway and on to the Tweed Coast Rd then down to Hastings Point
for lunch. |
A
friend of John Walker’s [driving from Mullumbimby] was waiting for
him as John said we expected to be there about 12.45; unfortunately
John forgot to add Queensland time. When we left for home John was
still chatting with his friend.
Participants were:
Bruce & Tip
Ibbotson BMW Silver
Bill & June Spall MGY Green/black
Dennis & Diana Kelly Toyota Corolla White
John & Marian Tait MGB GT Yellow
Trevor & Joy Jones MGA Red
Doug Cooper Toyota MR2 Red
Denis Thomas MGB BRG
Ian Fettes BMW Z4 Silver
Jeff & Pat Heslewood Subaru Silver
Greg & Rhonda Hannant MGB White
Trevor Mills & Fred Enever MGB Red
Phil & Sue Young Fiat X1/9 Yellow
Blair Salter & Judith Johnston Toyota Corolla White
John Walker MGB GT V8 Red
Allan & Joyce Tebbutt MGB Blue
Meryl & David Miles MGB GT White
John & Tricia Cranley Bentley Continental GT Silver
Will Charlton Holden Astra Convertible Blue
Bruce Mutch & Ross Brunckhorst Subaru Forrester White |
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BREAKFAST RUN – 7 FEBRUARY, 2010 |
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Breakfast run, 7th February - Report by Val Horgan; report by John Tait
will be in the next Octagon.
(Photos by Val Horgan and Ian Fettes)
Despite the atrocious weather, six cars turned up at Keperra and we
soldiered on despite the road being cut bear Eaton's Crossing (no warning!)
by backtracking to get to our breakfast stop.
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The eleven of us made
the most of the situation even though the BBQs weren't working.
Errol and John are obviously ex-boy scouts as they brought their own
gas stoves and duly shared them. It was a lovely run and we all
enjoyed the camaraderie.
Errol and Wendy were
celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. Shame we didn't know in
advance - we could have enjoyed a champagne breakfast.
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MID WEEK RUN – 27 JANUARY, 2010 |
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JANUARY MIDWEEK RUN
John Tait's trial of having a midweek run in January proved to be highly
successful with over twenty cars taking part. The cars covered a range of
types and models as seen in the photos ranging from an MGY through to a
GT40 replica.
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John has not yet
submitted a report on the run, having become preoccupied with his
'new' MGB GT which he took delivery of at the
conclusion of the midweek run. I guess we'll see the 'Hunny B' on the next
Club run. Photos
were provided by Malcolm Campbell and Stu and Wendy Gross.
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FISH ‘n’ CHIPS RUN – 17 JANUARY, 2010
(John Tait) |
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It was most pleasing to see twenty cars of all makes, models and vintages assemble at the clubrooms for a late afternoon cruise to Cleveland lighthouse restaurant.
John and Pat Walker’s MGA made a rather unusual arrival by cutting out after entering the driveway and then steadfastly refusing to start. After a bit of opening and closing of doors and bonnet, inspection by the experts on hand and some very serious head scratching, the A burst back into life, raring to get on with the run.
We worked our way from Rocklea through Durack, Coopers Plains, Rochedale and some back roads around Sheldon to arrive at Cleveland without incident in the cool of early evening. A couple of club cars also met us at Cleveland. The take-away section of the restaurant was soon surrounded by a swarm of run participants placing orders.
Eating and chatting continued on the grassed park area into the night – a sure sign that all attending had a good time.
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Run Participants:
John & Marian Tait Mazda MX-5
Ian Fettes BMW Z4
Stuart & Wendy Gross MG TF
Bill & June Spall MGY
Bernie & Charmaine Pereira MG TD Mk2
Jeff & Bev Jackson Jackson
John & Pat Walker MGA
Phil & Sue Young Fiat X1/9
Terry & Lynn Jones MG TC
Tony & Debbie Slattery MG Midget
Bruce & Anne Hill MGB
Peter & Liz Gannon MG Maestro
Ross & Shez Letten MGB
Ron & Bev Clydesdale MGA
Peter & Debbie May MGF
Cathy Bartlett & Ken Simmons MG TF
Greg & Rhonda Hannant MGB
Paul & Kerry Strange MGB
John & Glen Boyce Holden Commodore
Dee Andersen & Chris Carswell Peugeot 307 |
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Photos from a different perspective by Jeff Jackson
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