T Register News
T Register News No 23 July 2016
The July edition of the T Register News has now been published.
It contains reports on the T Type which won the concours competition at MG Live, on our winning the Nuffield Gold Cup, on MG Live and the T Register’s T Party at Bicester Heritage.
T Types to the Ardennes 12th – 16th May 2017
Following on from the successful Spring 2016 foray to Normandy, Bill and Sally Silcock are arranging a Spring tour to the Ardennes at the Castel les Sorbiers 10 miles south of Dinant in the Belgian Ardennes for four nights from 12 – 16 May 2017. This is the hotel used for the T Register’s 2008 trip to the area, and the feedback then was very positive. The absolute maximum is 30 cars including the organisers.
There are a number of scenic routes in the area, including some recommended by the Michelin guide to the region. There are also lots of places worth visiting, including particularly good caves at Han sur Lesse, a micro-brewery near the hotel and a castle at Bouillon.
As has recently become the tradition on our continental tours, there won’t be any set routes or timetables, but lots of information will be provided about the area.
There are full details and instructions on the 2017 Events page.
FAK 57 at Le Mans Classic
Colin Murrell has sent us a report and photos of Simon Evans’ replica of the George Phillips Le Mans TC Special racing at this year’s Le Mans Classic.
The report also includes the successes of other MGs there including a great result from the K3 competing in the pre-war class.
The report and pictures are on the T Register’s Facebook Page.
T Register racing 2016
Reports are now available for all four of the race meetings where T Types and XPAG Specials took part.
T Register T Party at the Flywheel Festival
The T Register had a successful turnout at the new-to-us venue of the Flywheel Festival at Bicester Heritage for their annual T Party. The Flywheel Festival was a bit like Shuttleworth on steroids with lots to see and experience, with racing and rallying cars going round the small track, mock 1st World War dog fights, and a Spitfire being put through its paces. Last but not least was the attendance of Sir Stirling Moss who was obviously only too pleased to be seen and photographed by everyone there.
We have published a report on the event, an album of photos and a video made of the event.
T Register email Newsletter for July – and Captain Castor issue 3
The July T Register email Newsletter has now been sent out and the latest edition of Captain Castor has been published. If you are an UK MG Car Club member and wish to receive the Newsletter, got to http://www.mgcc.co.uk/t-register/newsletter/ and fill the form in at the bottom of the page.
You can see the latest issue of Captain Castor at http://www.mgcc.co.uk/t-register/captain-castor-issue-no3/. He’s been pot hunting at MG Live and been remarkably successful.
2017 Autumn Tour
The first details of the T Register’s 2017 Autumn Tour have been published.
This time we will be based at Shap Wells and visiting the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales
T Register videos of MG Live
There’s now three videos of T Register activities at MG Live this year, as well as two albums of photographs.
Album of photos and report of T Type XPAG Specials racing
Video number one of setting up and the stands in the main marquee –
Video number two of scenes outside the marquee and the T Register parking –
And last but not least, video number three of the XPAG Specials display, the paddock, and the T Types and XPAG Specials racing on the Grand Prix circuit –
The T Register is awarded the Nuffield Gold Cup
The T Register had a very successful weekend at MG Live this year.
We came second in the Centre/Register/Branch best stand competition – and we really didn’t expect it.
And at the President’s Dinner on the Saturday evening, we were presented with the Nuffield Gold Cup. We think the only other time we won it was back in 2003, and it came as a great surprise to us. It was presented for all the work done in rejuvenating the T Register.
There are a now quite a few news items with descriptions and photos of the events at MG Live this weekend, so have a look at our dedicated MG Live page
T Register email Newsletter for June – and Captain Castor
The email Newsletter for June 2016 has been sent out to all recipients.
Don’t forget if you don’t already receive the email Newsletter, you can sign up to receive it at the bottom of its descriptive page on this website.
There has also been a new issue of the T Register’s Captain Castor photo-comic published; he’s been to Brooklands!