February Club Night Follow Up

MK MGOC FEBRUARY CLUB NIGHT FOLLOW UP

Despite the weather we had 21 people attending the February Club Night. It was nice to see Andrew, who has a new white MG3. We were pleased to welcome Acer (pleased forgive the spelling) who turned up with a new MG EV – the all electric MG SUV. It looked very impressive.

January saw a large contingent attend the New Years Day Cobweb Duster Run. We also had a good turnout at the Bicester Scramble on the 5^th.

The first quarter is usually a quiet one for the club but we are preparing for another busy year of events.
COMING UP>>>

February –
 9^th – Stephen is attending a classic car meet at Jacks Hill Cafe on Sunday 9^th
20^th – 23^rd – The London Classic Car Show is on at Olympia.
21^st – 23^rd – Race Retro at Stoneleigh Park
March 4^th Club Night at the Inn on the Lake
22^nd – Silverstone Social Club meet at Turweston.
April 1^st Club Night at the Inn on the Lake
5^th – MGOC Kimber Run – members already booked.
19^th – MK Classic Tour.
So far Mike has over 120 confirmed bookings. This is our big charitable event of the year – supporting the Little Lives Charity at MK Hospital. As always Mike will need people to volunteer to be marshals.
26^th – Bicester Scramble and Autojumble. Keep an eye open for ticket sales. It will be a busy event as it coincides with Drive It Day.
May 6^th Club Night at the Inn on the Lake

Possible future events:

– May: –
– Weekender to Haynes Museum near Yeovil.
– Pau Historic in France.
– Spa Classic Belgium.
– MGOC Rose of the Shires.
– MGOC Pendine Dash.
– Laon Historique

June: –
– Club Run to Claydon House.
– MG Live! At Silverstone, buy your tickets early to get early bird pricing.
– Bicester Scramble.
– MGOC New Forest Run

July: –
– Kimbolton Country Fayre.
– Le Mans Classic.
– Silverstone Classic.
– Cotswold Caper

Christmas Dinner 2019 Pictures

We had a great Christmas Dinner at The Inn On The Lake, with 23 members and partners present, unfortunately Mike and Alison could not attend as they were unwell. Leigh, Sharon and their staff who look after us throughout the year produced another excellent meal. 

November Club Night Follow Up & AGM

Thanks to everyone that came to our November AGM and Club Night. It was good to see so many of you. So a quick summary of the AGM…….

Review of the Year.
– It’s been another busy and active year for the club within members attending a wide range of events and activities, from Mid Month Club Runs to International Runs to Belgium and France.

Club Accounts Summary.
– Ian presented the club finances which are in good shape with a balance of £461.63, a positive result.
If you have any queries we can send you a copy of the audit report.

Website.
– The website is running well. We have had to pay out £132.05 for web hosting and domain renewal etc.
– Please send Ian photos to add to the website

Elections.
– No-one has put themselves forwards for any of the club official positions.
– Brian is unable to dedicate enough time to the club but will keep it ticking over. It means there may not be Club News articles in Enjoying MG Magazine, Club Night Follow Up messages, or other events coordinated.
However, if members take a more active role in arranging the occasional events, articles etc. it should continue to be a busy and active club. (For example, Martin has agreed to book the New Years Day Cobweb Duster Run.)
– Ian has also agreed to keep his role as Treasurer. (for which I am very grateful).

Subscriptions.
– It was agreed to keep membership at £10 pa.

Outline Plan for Year.
– A copy is attached.

Other.
– It was agreed to keep the Inn on The Lake as our club venue,
If you have any questions…please ask

MK MGOC 06 11 19 2020 Calendar

September Club Night Follow-Up

August had a number of significant events for the club.

The first was Cars at the Claydons. This was a two day event held at Claydon House. Mike organised a run for thirty cars, finishing the lovely National Trust property. Saturdays car show was a bit quiet, but the weather was fine on Sunday and there was a bigger turnout. Thank you to everyone who acted as marshals over the two days, you were brilliant, as always.

We had 18 people attend the mid month run to the Plough at Simpson. A good evening was had by all.

Members also attended the Rufus Centre event, the MGCC Summer Picnic, the 95^th MG anniversary at Beaulieu

COMING UP – WE HAVE MEMBERS ATTENDING ALL OF THESE EVENTS.

SEPTEMBER 4th

Club Night at the Inn on the Lake – was a quiet evening, with many people away on holiday.

September 15^th

Due to other commitments I find I am unable to organise a trip to the IBCC this year.

For those of you interested there is a “Wings at Wheels” event being held at the IBCC (near Lincoln) on the 15^th September. Details are on the IBCC website.

September 19th

Our final summer Mid Month Run to a country pub for dinner. Yvonne has proposed the Crown at Gransborough. As usual the plan will be:

18.50 meet at Inn on the Lake, 19.00 set off, 19.30 Table will be booked for this time

The names I have so far are: Mike & Alison, Yvonne and Ian, Rosie & Ken, Brian & Jenny, Terry

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU’D LIKE TO ATTEND SO WE CAN BOOK THE TABLE

Other September events:

September 7^th / 8^th Beaulieu Auto jumble

13^th to 16^th Goodwood Revival

21^st Sywell, Pistons and Props

27^th / 30^th Spa Francorchamps. “Spa Six Hours”

October 2^nd Club Night at the Inn on the Lake

October POSSIBLE NEW EVENT!!!

Mike has kindly agreed to use one of his prepared routes. The plan is to meet at Poplars Garden Centre and drive a beautiful cross country route to Claydon House for lunch. Everyone will receive a detailed route to follow. We will stagger the departures to minimise the number of convoys. We will be asking for a £5 donation to club funds.

IMPORTANT – PLEASE LET US BY RETURN KNOW IF YOU’D LIKE TO DO THIS RUN.

October 6^th

Bicester Scramble. Buy your tickets asap

October 12^th/13^th or 19^th 20th

Still hoping to go to the Haynes Museum near Yeovil. It will include a Saturday night away

November 6^th

Club Night at the Inn on the Lake and AGM.

– Please make every effort to come along, it’s the most important meeting of the year where committee members get to know what you’d like to do.

– We really need more members to take on roles on the committee, helping to organise events etc. I am struggling to give the club the attention it needs and I know Ian feels the same way. Please will you consider this carefully and let us know if you can help.

December 4^th Club Night at the Inn on the Lake and Xmas Dinner

January 1^st Club Cobweb Duster. A run to a nice pub for lunch where we can chat about the toys we all received from Santa.

PLEASE NOTE there will be no club night on the 1^st January

August Update of Events

Evening All,

The 18th was “Cars To The Claydons” which saw entrants start from Toddington for a scenic run to Claydon House, with all monies going to the Little Lives charity. The morning at Claydon was very wet until about 10am then it became a very pleasant and warm day. The setting at Claydon House was very nice as the cars parked in the gardens along with the cars from the Lotus club and vintage cars and tractors. Lady Alexandra Verney and her PA Tory made us welcome and the day was a great success for all. 

On the 22nd we had our Mid week run out to the  Plough at Simpson, a newly refurbished pub. We had 18 members and partners attended, with 15 dining, the food was very good and there was a good selection of choices on the menu. I think we may visit the Plough again in the future. Pictures from Claydon and Mike, Alison & Alexandra at the prize giving.