Debden Autosolo 16th July 2017
Entries are now open for the SCCoN and ECMC Debden Autosolo.
Entry Form HERE
Entry List HERE
Regulations HERE
Helmingham Hall Festival of Classic & Sports Car Show, 6th August 2017
The MG Car Club will have again this year a Stand and Show Area at the Helmingham Hall Festival of Classic & Sports Car Show on Sunday 6th August 2017.
The cost is £10 for a driver and one passenger. Additional passenger tickets are available at £7.00 per adult and £3.00 per child.
Please book with John Cumming as soon as possible so that he knows how large a parking area we require. Please let John know the model of car and the registration number that you will be in.
A Club Pass and instructions to enter via the Hall Main Gate and drive will be sent by email.
As in previous years, John will collect the fee on the day. Please have the correct CASH to give to him on your arrival.
If you have booked earlier with the Helmingham Office and wish to join us on the Club Stand then please let John know.
Telephone: 01359 259717
Email: johncumming@talktalk.net
Anglia Summer Run 2017
Anglia Centre Summer Run
The Summer Run on June 11th is again this year being organised by
Margaret Beresford and Barbara Pratley.
The Run starts at Melton, Woodbridge and takes in 55 miles of beautiful
Suffolk country lanes to The Museum of East Anglian Life.
Lunch will be available at the Osier Café.
The event is limited to 20 cars so book early to secure a place.
The entry form is available HERE
John Cumming receives the MG Car Club Marque of Friendship
MG Car Club Marque of Friendship
I have great pleasure in being able to announce that John Cumming, host of the Mid Suffolk Club Meet, has been awarded the MG Car Club ‘Marque of Friendship’ award.
John, who is Anglia Centre Membership and Regalia Secretary, along with holding the position of Vice Treasurer, was presented with the award by MGCC Chairman Ian Quarrinton in recognition of John’s friendly approach to members, time given to the club and the sharing of his extensive technical knowledge among the members.
I don’t think that you could find anyone who is more helpful than John, he is always the person that you turn to if you need help or have a problem to sort out. He quietly gets on with everything from organising touring runs and events for us, to keeping members up to date with what is going on. He is one of the people who makes our club the success that it is.
Supported by his Wife Sheila at many of the events, I would say that anyone who has met John would agree, we are privileged to have him in the club. Well done mate.
Rob Muir
Terry Starkey
It is with much sadness that we have to report that Anglia MG member Terry Starkey passed away peacefully on Wednesday after a short cancer related illness.
Terry will be fondly remembered in MG and V8 circles and as a founder member of the Norwich Burblers pub meet Natter. A group he founded with friends Angus Munroe, Max Porter, John Cumming, Stuart Middlemiss and Ian Quarrington who all share a passion for the burble of a V8 engine.
Terry is also well known for producing the Burr Elm gear knobs which many RV8 owners have on their cars.
Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with Terry’s wife Brenda and their two sons.
The Spring Car Show, Sunday April 30th, at the Duxford War Museum
The Spring Car Show, Sunday April 30th, at the Duxford War Museum
You will be aware that The MGCC Anglia Centre will, again this year, have a Stand and parking area at the Spring Car Show on Sunday 30th April.
The gates open at 9.30 am. You should enter the site by Gate Number 1.
Gate Number 1 is on the A505 to the west side of the airfield (the Royston side)
The reduced entrance fee is £12.60 per person. Pay after you have entered but before you are directed to our parking area.
This fee also allows you free access to all parts of the Museum.
John Cumming is coordinating the event, so if you haven’t already done so please let him know that you will be attending.
Contact; John – johncumming@talktalk.net
Village Run details
The Village Run on the 21st of May details are now available for view/download HERE
Some musings including MG’s I have owned – Roger Latham
I’m a long standing member of the MG Car Club over some thirty plus years. Can’t say for sure how long as I don’t recall and the Club is unable to tell me when I joined.
As a Natter Leader at the time I was invited to a meeting to discuss the possibility of forming a Branch within SE Centre to look after Anglia affairs. From this we formed a Committee and gradually progressed first becoming a Sub Centre and then finally a full blown Centre in 1987.
I have been a Committee member of Anglia from day one right through to today holding various positions over the years. Firstly a very long spell of more than twenty years as Secretary followed by five years as Centre Chairman. Nowadays I’m serving as a Committee member without portfolio.
My MG motoring started in the 60s when I spotted an MG Midget on the forecourt at my local BMC dealer. At first they couldn’t start it, not a very good beginning! Undeterred I purchased it and used it for my daily commute; it was our only family car. As is often the case it eventually had to go to make way for something more family friendly.
All that was long before I became an MG Car Club member.
Since when I have owned many MGs and still do today.
Here is a list of them to the best of my recollection.
MGB Roadster, MGC GT and TC. These three I owned concurrently. Sadly they had to go first to do so was the MGC then the TC. The MGB was my daily driver for some three plus years.
A pause in my MG owning followed while I made do with other cars. Then the urge took hold again with the purchase of a new MGF in 1996. This had an unfortunate end as it was damaged at the dealers while there for service. It was repaired but unfortunately not correctly. The outcome was the car was returned to the dealer and the full invoice amount refunded!!
After a while an MGF VVC Abingdon followed. This gave way to a TF160 with aircon and hardtop too. A great car.
Restless again it was sold and an MG Maestro EFI replaced it.
That went but a new MG ZS180 filled the void very nicely. That in turn was replaced by the updated MG ZS180 which was improved not just in looks but in ride and performance; a better torque curve I thought.
I have owned various MGB GTs, probably about four in total, over the years including a very nice BGT LE, the pewter colour one.
An RV8 was enjoyed too especially as it had power steering fitted during its time in Japan, plus aircon of course.
I enjoyed a lovely black TF LE 500 which had a very full specification and was purchased with less than 1500 miles on the clock. It went to the Le Mans Classic where the aircon proved its worth in temperatures of 30 C.
With a desire for something more versatile it moved on and was replaced by a ZR105+ fairly quickly replaced by a ZR160, face lifted version, which I much enjoyed.
Coming right up to date last December I traded in my first MG3 a 3 Form Sport for an MG3 Style Lux which you can see in the photo above.
Enough from me I think hope you enjoyed my musings.
Roger Latham
2016 MGCC Anglia Trophies Awarded
The 2016 MGCC Trophies have been awarded –
Restoration Trophy – Roger Martin
Enthusiast Trophy – Michael Murkin
Chairman’s Trophy – Mike Pelling
See the photos at http://www.mgcc.co.uk/anglia-centre/anglia-trophies/
2016 Riviera Run Form
The entry form for the 2016 Riviera Run on the 29th of December is now available HERE
