AUTOTESTS & AUTOSOLOSThe
SE Centre Autotest
Challenge, for the Magic Midge Trophy, is awarded for the best
performance over the Centre's annual events.
The
Inter-Centre California Cup Autotests are run at Silverstone
during the M.G.C.C. International Weekend. As well as individual
awards, there are team prizes for the best Register performance
as well as the major prize of the California Cup itself.
Weald Motor Club run a series of summer
autotests on grass to which we are usually invited.
A new variation of Autotesting is the
AutoSolo
event - a bit faster than our usual events, and no reversing. We usually
receive invitations to
Farnborough District MC's
spring, summer and autumn events which appear on our
Events page.
Broadband
users! Jeremy Bayne-Powell has produced an amusing video
guide to Autotesting, based on our NESCOT event.
Click
here to view.
Other
Centres also run Autotests at which you will be very welcome.
Check the web sites, for example, those of the Abingdon
Works and South
West Centres.
RALLIES AND TREASURE HUNTS
We
are invited to a number of rallies each year. The very popular Regis Rally,
run by Bognor Regis MC, is one in which M.G.s usually
do very well. It is primarily a navigational road rally for
historic cars but includes a few special autotest-like stages on the
way. A bit more serious than our scatter rallies, but just as much fun.
Blackpalfrey Motor Club run a series of '12 car' regularity runs
throughout the year to which MGCC members are invited. These provide a
good introduction to navigational rallying.
The
SE Centre Valentines Treasure Hunt and Spring Naviscat (scatter
rally) are held
in February and March respectively. Always well supported, these
light-hearted events are very popular with members. Essentially a tour
round the countryside seeking out clues to solve before meeting up for a
friendly lunch in a local hostelry. Further Naviscats are run in
June and October, while the Gribble Natter organise a popular Treasure Hunt in
December each year.
If you enjoy Naviscats, don't forget
that other centres organise them too. Check the web sites, such as the South
West Centre.
PRODUCTION CAR TRIALS
Always popular, these events
have historically provided the chance
to be competitive in a standard road car on non-damaging grassland.
However, the
SE Centre has recently been unable to find a venue for our events. We
receive invitations to several other clubs' trials each season, in particular those
organised by the Weald Motor Club and
Farnborough
District MC, although the terrain for these is often a bit rougher
than our preferred grassland. Contact
Colin
Reynolds for details.
Other
Centres, such as the Midlands
and South
West, offer a series of
events for those who like this sort of challenge.
SPEED EVENTS
The
SE Centre no longer runs any sprint or hillclimb events
itself, but several of our members compete in the
M.G.C.C. Luffield
Speed Championship each year, usually bringing home a few class awards
- 2010 saw Howard Harman (P-type) and Martyn Phillis (MGA) both win
their classes.
2011 Southern region championship rounds are as follows
And remember that MGCC
membership allows you to enter many speed events without necessarily contending
for a championship. Contact our Competitions
Secretary for details of these invitations.
CIRCUIT RACING
The Club is extremely active in this
aspect of the sport, and many South East Centre members participate at
circuits all over the country in several keenly contested championships.
Full details on the Main Club
site.
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