After waking very early to the sound of pouring rain and gutters overflowing we made an early start to go to the Wheels Festival. Four cars and passengers met up
Read FullOn our arrival at Stanstead Park, we joined Solent MGOC and other Region 10 clubs, parking in front of the house. The weather could not have been better and we
Read FullOur guest speaker at the May club night, Denise Edwards, kept us entertained for an hour with her stories of how she started as a stunt lady and then worked
Read FullWe arranged for our spring run this year to coincide once again with National Drive it Day. Over 30 cars assembled at Avon Heath Country Park for the 43 mile
Read FullThis very popular annual event, organised this year by the current holders, DHMC, took place on Thursday April 17th at Hamworthy Sports Club. After four rounds of interesting and often
Read FullThey are off! Our second ‘Race Night’ was again successful, providing an evening’s fun and excitement, together with a profit for many of the members attending. There were six races
Read FullThe poor weather did not stop 30 members of 1020 visiting Mike and Carole Rolls, at Fifehead Magdalen, for an excellent ‘April Fools Cream Tea’ on Sunday 6th April. The
Read FullThe annual skittles challenge, organised by Dorset Historic Motor Club, took place on Tuesday 11th March at HSC and got off to a slow start with 1020 losing the first
Read FullOur club night entertainment was provided by the “Call My Bluff” team of Sue, Larry and Charley. They gave us light hearted descriptions of 14 items of memorabilia and asked
Read FullThe Cobweb Spin, organised by Winchester MGOC, took place on Sunday March 2nd. The cars representing 1020 (not all of them MGs) were 3Bs – 4F / TFs – a
Read FullFollowing the atrocious weather of the last two months the Winter Run took place in bright sunshine without rain or high winds. This run, organised by Chris Adamson and Pat
Read FullA very large number of people filled the room to capacity at the February meeting and enjoyed a wonderful visual presentation and talk by Brian Pettit, renowned wildlife photographer. The
Read FullRegional Secretary, Nigel Knowles, joined us on Saturday 11th January for our New Year Dinner. Held for the first time at the Canford Magna Golf Club, 60 members enjoyed an
Read FullFor the first club night of 2014 we showed a film entitled “Ultimate MG Performance”.The different levels of tuning and handling updates were very interesting and the performance of the
Read FullThe Christmas Lunch raffle at the Sir Walter Tyrrell raised £210 which we donated to the Dogs for the Disabled Association. We have received a letter of thanks from them together
Read FullThe Sir Walter Tyrrell pub in the New Forest was filled with 100 members and guests from other region 10 clubs, for our Christmas lunch on Sunday 8th December. The
Read FullTrisha Lewis entertained us at the December meeting with “A Sprinkle of White Christmas”. It was an evening of songs, stories and reminiscence based around the 1950’s and 60’s. Trisha
Read FullStefan Morawiec, one of our newer members, treated us to an interesting, informative and sometimes humorous presentation describing his experiences and love of the MG F and TF. Aided by his
Read FullThe autumn run started in dry conditions for the 39 cars meeting for a 10.30 am start at the Hamworthy Sports Club. Unfortunately the rain soon set in and never
Read FullThe 2013 AGM took place on Monday 7th October when we also celebrated the 29th anniversary of 1020 with another excellent birthday cake, made for us by Penny Leach. The
Read Full8 cars from the club travelled together to Angoulême for the annual classic car racing event, held this year from the 20th to 22nd of September. We drove mostly on excellent D
Read FullOur speaker this evening, Kevin Patience, entertained us with the true story of The African Queen.The story started during the first world war, the 1935 novel by C.S.Forrester followed and
Read FullThe club’s annual Garden Party and Picnic at Athelhampton House was very well supported this year. With increased attendance, the grounds of this lovely Grade 1 listed Elizabethan Manor House
Read FullThe room was packed to capacity, on a very busy club night, with more tables and chairs needing to be brought in by the Hamworthy Club staff. Our speaker for
Read FullThis year, the carnival organisers added, for the first time, a Vintage, Classic and Modern Car Show to the list of scheduled events. 11 cars from 1020 made the journey
Read FullThis venture was new to us. At the beginning of the year I was contacted by the Marketing Bid Team from Wimborne who invited us to put on a display
Read FullThe club has attended this event for the past three years. Set in the superb grounds of Forde Abbey, the Summer Fair continues to expand and this year was the
Read FullOn a very hot day, Sunday 21st July, 28 cars arrived at Breamore House to park on our club stand. The gazebo was erected to provide some welcome shade, tables
Read FullThe long awaited celebratory weekend of 13th & 14th July was a huge success. 10 MGs and a camper van from our club made their way to Swavesey in brilliant
Read FullThe summer run was held on Saturday 29th June in wonderful weather. 42 cars took part in the 45 mile route through the New Forest, taking in some fantastic scenery,
Read Full1020 Stand at the car show This was the first time that the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club had organised their annual show at Lulworth Castle. It was a most enjoyable venue
Read FullThe timing of the talk, by the Mary Rose Trust representatives, could not have been more appropriate, taking place 4 days after the opening of the new museum. The talk
Read Full1020 turned out in force to support DAMASC at Upton House Country Park, the new venue for their annual gathering and charity fund raising day. The well organised event took
Read Full14 cars from 1020 met at Rownhams services, on the M27, before proceeding in convoy to Stansted Park near Rowlands Castle. On arrival we were directed to the centre of
Read FullOur first race night proved to be an enjoyable evening and very popular with over 60 members attending our Bank Holiday meeting. We projected 6 races, each with 8 runners
Read Full30 cars met in sunshine at Pamphill Dairy ready for a 10.00 am start on the 90 mile spring run which also coincided with National Drive it Day. The route
Read FullThe Inter Club Quiz 2013 hosted this year by Dorset Historic Motor Club, as holders of the trophy, took place on April 17th at Hamworthy Sports Club. 13 teams, representing
Read FullQuiz masters Roger and Penny The 60’s Music Quiz, prepared and presented by Roger and Penny Leach, was a resounding success. Segments of music were played to us in rapid
Read FullThe Dorset Historic Motor Club (DHMC) challenged us again to a skittles match, which has now become an annual event. We were invited as their guests to The Hamworthy Club
Read FullOur guest speaker at the meeting was Edith Carpenter, who spoke very emotively on behalf of Julia’s House. The charity was chosen by our members as the second charity for
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Winchester MGOC organised a great day out at their new venue, Sir Harold Hillier gardens at Romsey, for this year’s Cobweb Spin. Although the weather was cold it remained dry
Read FullA record breaking number of cars took part in this run into the northern limits of the New Forest. Just shy of 50 cars and their owners registered for the 62
Read FullThe guest speaker on this evening was Lt. Col. Malcolm Torrent, a retired army musician and one time Director of Music of the Life Guards. He entertained us for over
Read FullOur January meeting is also our annual subscription night. Many thanks to those of you who attended and renewed your membership. On that evening we showed a short film entitled
Read FullOur Christmas lunch on Sunday 9th December, held again at the Sir Walter Tyrrell pub in the New Forest was a great success. 95 members and guests, our largest attendance
Read FullAt our December club night, our last meeting in 2012, we were entertained by a group of 5 Salvation Army bandsmen and their musical director Malcolm Randell. On their arrival,
Read FullTerry Mobley with a model of Wellington “R for Robert” Terry Mobley provided club members with a very interesting and emotive presentation covering some of the wartime flying experiences of his father,
Read FullThe 2012/2013 committee The October meeting was the 28th birthday of the club and also our AGM. 60 members attended and elected the club committee for 2012/2013 and also selected
Read FullOn the last day of the Bournemouth Air Show we had two classic car events taking place locally. Some members attended the Classic Cars on the Prom meeting which had
Read FullThe rear lawn at Athelhampton House Our major annual charity fund raising event, this year in support of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance and Troop Aid, took place in brilliant
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