2006 EVENTS

2006 EVENTS

BROOKLANDS MG DAY

Sunday 9th April 2006

The South East Region of the MG Car Club MGF Register

Kris & Kate with Kris's Trophy160	The F Register stand	Jay's Cassie balanced up the stand in a pink way
Some Effers - Neil Willetts, Stu Dickens, Andy Philips, Paul Bridgman (Two of these came in 260's)	Any colour F as long as it's red !	Chrome roll hoops - a popular option
The man from Octane taking photos of Andie, Emma, Tony, Jay, Kris, Kate and Cassie !	Philip Bayne-Powell gets some help up the Test Hill in his C Type. *	A dozen or so 260's turned out
We launched the MGF 10 DVD with Adrian cutting the ribbon and Tim taking care of the bubbly. +	We were serenaded by a jazz band +	Handing Kris the first "official" DVD whilst Adrian still tries to cut the ribbon ! +
Kris's Trophy with logo	Who called the Police ?	B's, T's and Y's in front of the clubhouse
Under the nose of Concorde	Clerk of the course	Adrian being flagged off on his run up the Test Hill
Colin Whithers TF was on the MGCC stand.	Green with Envy looking reflective	Good as Gold on the banking with one of the first 5 MGA's built behind.
A short line of Z types on the finishing straight	Saloons in front of the sheds	A couple of Old English Whites
Andie poses with club logo and one sample from her enormous hat collection	Neil Willet's car has a Trevor Taylor prototype exhaust and is personally signed by Gerry McGovern.	Paula Martin's 80th Anniversary TF in front of the clubhouse
It's Willets again - this time in his ZT260 - Hill what Hill ? *	The F contingent begins to grow first thing. *	Rod Sawyer in his platinum gold 2005MY TF on the Test Hill. *
Hang on what's going on 'ere then ? %	Look's like there's a thief about - where's the cops ? %	Oh - aiding and abetting on the Test hill by the look and I'm sure those seats were in a red car not so long ago ! %
	Pink MG

Most of us got away before the storm and the hail stones came crashing down apart from a couple of us who valiantly helped the MGCC take their marquee down and got drenched.

Actually it was pretty good weather all day down at Brooklands in Surrey. Kris Ford and Jay Sheppard brought their cars along to take pride of place on the MGF Register stand whilst around them parked the other 30 plus F/TFs who ventured out to the birthplace of British Motor sport and aviation.

Numbers of other MGs were slightly down on previous years probably thanks to another event going on in the same region - it's always better when these don't clash !.

The MGF fraternity just keeps growing though and we'll soon be pushing those Bs off the top spot !

Three Fs had the honour of being allowed up the Test Hill - Adrian Clifford, Neil Willets and Rod Sawyer all roared up in record time ! In fact Neil even took his other car of the day up the hill - a ZT260 - not sure if he noticed the bump though !.

I blagged a lift in Adrian's Good As Gold as it's front wheels lifted off the ground at the top and we spun into the sharp right hander yards from the top - I'll get my breakfast later !

We took the opportunity to officially launch the MGF 10 DVD as well with the help of a wandering jazz band . Adrian cut the ribbon, Tim handled the bubbly and Kris received the first "official" DVD (We'd sneakily sold a few prior to that though !)

Andie arrived fashionably late having missed the motorway junction and Richard arrived even later just before everyone went home ! Seems to be a habit in the South Coast Group !

The Octane photographer grabbed some pics around Jay's Cassie on the stand so keep an eye out on next months MG Enthusiast !

All in all a splendid day out which just shot by . See you next year with an even bigger turn out of F/TFs hopefully !

Photo acknowledgements

* Neil Sutton

+ Emily Morris

% Jay Sheppard