MGF & Modern MGs
Next Meeting
Next event Sunday 24th August ‘Hoods Up Run’
It will be the second half of our MGF 30th Anniversary celebrations, after the Mallala Laps this June.
The Run will depart from the carpark of the Gully Hotel (1349 North East Road, Tea Tree Gully) but arriving early can consider partaking pf a cup of coffee at the Hotel, while discussing the weather.
It is believed that the Run Sheet for this event is possibly the simplest ever compiled for an MGCCSA Run, but does encompass a range of conditions and has been commented on kindly on previous occasions.
Lunch, for those interested, will be at the Charleston Hotel.
All welcome – especially MGA owning Members, because it’s your car’s 70TH!
Book with Haydn Reynolds 0488 541 646
Event Organiser
Haydn Reynolds
Register Secretary
Mobile: 0418 802 410
Email: hreynolds@internode.on.net
Previous Meetings
30th Anniversary Laps at Mallala Event 22 June 2025
This was the second occasion on which Register Members had an opportunity to do some parade laps on a race circuit. Back in 2023, 6 Members did laps at The Bend and subsequently said they would be most interested in doing it again. The original plan was to try and arrange something at Mallala in 2024, but early arrangements clashed with the inaugural Ladies Day event and were cancelled. In retrospect, that cancelation may have been a blessing in disguise, in so far as the 2025 event coincided with the MGF 30th Anniversary.
MGF & Modern MGs: April Fools Run 2025
Another ‘Not Quite’ Run for the Register, Sunday the 13th of April being ‘Not Quite’ April Fools’ Day. A version of the Register’s Southern Loop route was taken with three options for Participants, being to either start at Veale Gardens (10:30 departure) or McLaren Flat (11:45 departure) or meet at the Macclesfield Hotel for Lunch at 12:30.
Not Quite British Enough Run
This was the second annual running of an NQBE event. The original intention was to showcase Members’ vehicles that could not take part in the upcoming All British Day at Echunga, including Modern MGs and non-UK sports cars.
MGF & Modern MGs ‘Hoods Up’ Run Report
The Run was named in recognition of the fact that statistically the second week in August has an extremely high probability of rain. It rained for two days prior to the Run* and for several days afterwards. However, the day of the Run was dry and mild!! So, no ‘truth in advertising’ in this instance. (* On inspecting the route on the day before the Run, visibility along sections of Wickams Hill Road was down to 30 metres!).
Remaining Events for 2024
Due to the dates of other events being changes, the events below have been cancelled.
September 22 – Mallala Track Tour
November 3 – What the Fawkes Run
MGF & TF Engine Swaps – Mild or Wild on 10th May 2024
The Technical Evening on the potential for using recent SAIC MG6 engines as replacements for MG-Rover k-series ‘engines-in-distress’ was a great success. Two versions of such a substitution were discussed (and exhibited) being a “Mild” non-turbo example and a “Wild” version, being the enhanced turbo installation in Dick Manning’s current race-car project, both being the results of Dick’s initiative and efforts.
MGF & Modern MGs: April Fools/Very Late Summer Run 21 April 2024
The Run was named as it was because it was on the 21st not the 1st and held in Autumn! Commencing at the Gully Hotel, the route took just on 100km of traffic-light free roads, via the Murray Flood Plain, to end up at the Charleston Hotel for lunch. The weather was perfect, road conditions were great and there was an almost complete absence of cyclists. What more could be asked for?
Report: The MGF & Modern MGs NQABE* Run on Sunday February 11th 2024
MGF & Modern MGs: Not Quite All British Enough (NQABE) Run 11/02/2024
(Words Haydn Reynolds, Pictures David McNabb – except the obvious one!)
The reasoning (excuse) behind the Run was to provide an alternate event for Member’s vehicles that could not attend the (at the time of writing) upcoming All British Day (ABD). While most of the cars that took part were, in fact, eligible to attend ABD, their participation was seen as solidarity with those that could not.
In establishing the course for the NQABE, attention was given to both the “British” and the “Not Quite” aspects. Now, the quintessential British Car Run, has to be the London to Brighton Rally. And it should be noted that it is to the seaside, not some nice sporting ground in the Cotswold Hills. To keep in character, the NQABE Run commenced in London Road (Mile End, so not quite London) and travelled 75km via Balhannah to Seacliff (so, not quite Brighton). Full Report
*(Not Quite All British Enough – to reflect that newer MGs can’t attend All British Day!!)
