West Lancashire MG Owners Club - Everything you need for MG's in the North West.

Life time membership - first introduced in 2006

Tony Woods -( Chairman 2001 -2004)

Honorary Membership

Barrington Powell - (Our show entertainer 2001-2007)

John & Charmione Woollam - (Derian House Charity fundraisers at our show for the last 8 years. )

Club Supporter of the Year - (for excellent work for the club from a non committee member -awarded by the committee)

- 2001 -Tom Ford

- 2002 - Ray Trivass

- 2003 - Bill & Olive Jump

- 2004 - Alan Grindley

- 2005 - Peter Dobson

- 2006 - Noel Skinner

- 2007 - Tom Harrison

- 2008 - John Dickenson

- 2009 - Stuart & Louise Rogers

Dargan Trophy - (awarded in memory of a former member who died in 1987) - nominated by the previous year's holder

- 2001 - Tony Woods.

- 2002 - Tom Ford

- 2003 - Dave Utley

- 2004 - Jamie Coventry

- 2005 - Nigel Malyan

-2006 - Bill & Olive Jump

- 2007 - Andrew Dickenson

-2008 - Ralph Greenhalgh

- 2009 - Cyril Vincent

Pride of Ownership winners

2009

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh -TC (3rd time)

Standard Class - Ken Glaze - Mk1 Midget

Modern Class - Pauline Reeves - RV8

2008

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh -TC

Standard - Richard Sherman - TD

Modern - Robert Collier - RV8

2007

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh - 1946 MGTC

Standard - John Dickenson - 1969 MGC GT

2006

Premier class - John Dickenson - 1972 MGB GT (2nd time)

Standard Class - Bill Jump - 1976 MGB GT

The car that most would like to drive home -

David Bryant's MGA Twin Cam (2nd time)

2005

- Premier class - John Dickenson - 1972 MGB GT

- Standard class - Cam Cunningham - 1960 MGA

The car most would like to take home - 1949 Triumph roadster of Martin Pagett

2004

- Premier Class - Nigel Malyan - 1980 MGB roadster ( 3rd time)

- Standard Class - Peter Dobson - 1973 MGB roadster

NEW for 2004 - The car I would most like to drive home

Winner - the MGA Twin -Cam of David Bryant

2003

2003 Premier Class -Nigel Malyan - 1980 B Roadster (2nd time)

2003 Standard Class - John Dickenson - 1972 MGB GT

MILESTONES IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY

October 1979 - 1st meeting at the Richmond Hotel , Southport . Advertised as the SOUTHPORT MG OWNERS CLUB, Clive Middleton the North West regional secretary and his wife Pat set up the meeting through "Enjoying MG". Chas and Beth Carrigan were the only people to respond.

January 1980 - The first secretary - Peter Brierley

September 1981 - Beth Carrigan produces the first club newsletter.

April 1982 - Chas Carrigan new secretary

November 1982 - New meeting place - Prince William in Dalton, Parbold.

January 1983 - New secretary - Will McCooey - also newsletter editor.

July 1984 - New Secretary - Steve Mills

January 1986 - New secretary - Bob Swindells

April 1986 - new meeting place - Beacon Inn - Dalton, Parbold

May 1986 - New name for club - West Lancs MGOC

June 1986 - 1st club concours competition

September 1990 - new secretary - Mike Kite

January 1991 - New meeting place - Wincot Country Club, Aughton

February 1993 - Dargan Trophy purchased

January 1994 - New secretaries - Dee Axon/Phil Shaw

August 1996 - Phil Shaw / Bill Palmer secretaries

January 1997 - new secretary - Bill Palmer

May 1999 - new meeting place - Red Lion - Scarisbrick

January 1999 - new secretary - Cam Cunningham

May 2000 - new meeting place - Scarisbrick Village Hall

September 2000 - 1st classic car show at the village hall

January 2001 -1st club chairman - Tony Woods

September 2003- our 4th Classic Car show at new venue Scarisbrick Hall

November 2003 - new meeting place - Briars Hall Hotel

January 2004 - 2nd club chairman - Nigel Malyan

October 2004 - Our 25th Anniversary - special badge produced

January 2007 - Tom Ford elected as New Chairman

September 2007 - Our 8th show held at new venue - Leisure Lakes

January 2008 - Nigel Malyan elected as chairman (2nd term of office)

September 2008 - Our 9th show at Leisure Lakes cancelled due to flooding

December 2008 - Our 30th Anniversary badge produced

September 2009 - Our 10th Show - at the Leisure Lakes for the 3rd time

October 2009 - Our 30th Birthday celebrations at Briars Hall

A BRIEF HISTORY

Now in its 30th year our club was founded in late 1979 as the Southport MG Owners Club, linked to the national MGOC , originally meeting at the Richmond public house near KGV school.

The club then moved its base to to the Beacon Inn pub in Dalton and with the move came the present name .The meeting place then moved to the Wincot Club in Aughton where it stayed until 1997.

With the impending demolition of the Wincot a move was forced on us. After looking at various places (including Briars Hall which turned out to be too expensive at that time!) a temporary base was found at the Red Lion pub in Scarisbrick.

This pub proved unsuitable and our next base at the Scarisbrick Village Hall was first used in March of 1999. It was here that we were able to use the field for various events including our first 3 car shows. These were initially in conjunction with the Village Flower Show and gained in success with each show. The 3rd show enabled us to make a donation of over £1000 to the Village hall. In 2003 we found that the hall field was too small for our plans so we took up the offer to use the fields of Kingswood College at Scarisbrick Hall. This is where we held our next 4 succesful shows from 2003 - 2006. Our success there enabled us to make donations to Derian House Children's Hospice in Chorley ( £1000 in 2006 + another £300 at Christmas), who are now our main adopted charity. We also donated another £400 to 4 other charities in 2006.

After the 2007 show we broke all charity records despite the awful weather at the show. Derian House received £1200 with Queenscourt Hospice and Southport Oncology MDU receiving £900 each bringing our total for the year to £3000.

Since November 2003 our monthly club meetings have been in the function room (Orangerie) at The Briars Hall Hotel in Briars Lane, Lathom, Near Burscough.

Membership is now £15 per year payable after the AGM in January each year . Joint membership for the member plus partner is £25. There is also a Junior Memebrship for members' children under 17. Membership fees are available for those joining after October with the annual fee covering the remaining months of the year and the whole of the next year. .

As of October 2004 we had 70 paid up members - this level was maintained through to 2008 and 2009 when the membership reached 75. A monthly newsletter , the "Mag", edited by the secretary, is published for each meeting to keep members up-to-date with events,etc. and as record of the club's activities.

The committee of nine club members is elected at the Annual General Meeting every January.