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

CLUB AWARDS

Life time membership

Noel and Jill Skinner - Awarded January 2024

NIGEL MALYAN - Awarded October 2019

(Chairman 2004 to 2006 and 2008 to 2016)

RAY TRIVASS - awarded 2013 - committee member for 10 years - now retired to France.

ERIC HESKETH - awarded 2014 . Committee member and membership secretary for 10 years

RICHARD SHERMAN - Awarded in 2015 - Richard was our Events secretary for around six years and retired due to ill health

Club Supporter of the Year

-awarded by the committee)

1995 - Diane Harrison

1996 - Cam Cunningham

1997 - Mike Newton

1998 - Tony Woods

1999 - Margaret Duce

2000- Ralph Greenhalgh

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

2010 Sandra and David Grant-Wilkie

2011 - Martin & Margaret Pagett

2012 - Paul Jackson

2013 - Ray Travies

2014 - Martin Pagett

2015 - Dave Hose

2016 - Joyce Whittle

2017 - Dave Maguire

2018 - Steve and Elaine Till

2019 - David Graham

2020 - Joe Grindley

2021 - Phil Den Herder

2022 - John Lloyd

2023 - Ray Travies

Dargan Trophy

(awarded in memory of a former member who died in 1987)

- nominated by the previous year's holder

1992 - Dave Lee

1993 - not awarded

1994 - Mike Kite

1995 - James Coventry

1996 - Chris Shaw

1997 - Bill Marsh

1998 - Cam Cunningham

1999 - Diane Harrison

2000- Lisa Christian

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

2010 - Tom Harrison

2011 - Ray Trivass

2012 - Amanda Sheridan

2013 - Nigel Malyan

2014 - Richard Sherman

2015 - Cam Cunningham

2016 - Steve Kirton

2017 - Noel and Jill Skinner

2018 - Ron Whittle

2019 - David Grant- Wilkie

2020 - Ray Travies

2021 - Sandy Grant-Wilkie

2022 - Dorothy Cottriall

2023 -Steve and Elaine Till

Pride of Ownership winners

From 2018 there is a new system of

classes for the pride of ownership

Classes A to E All voted for by the owners of cars on display

A - all cars pre 1955

B - all cars 1955 to 1969 (date change 2019)

C - all cars 1970 to 1980 ( date change 2019)

D - Sports cars 1981 to 2006

E - Saloon cars all years to present (date change 2023)

The Ralph Greenhalgh Memorial Trophy

( voted for by all club members for best car of the day )

2023

Class A - MGTC - David Grant- Wilkie

Class B - MGA - John Lloyd

Class C - MGBGTV8 - Steve Plowright

Class D - MGTF - Steve Rigby

Class E - MG Magnette - Ted Bennett

Ralph Greenhalgh Trophy - MGBGT V8 - Steve Plowright

2022

Class A - MGTC - Keith Fox

Class B -MGC Steve Plowright

Class C - MGBGT - Steve Cunliffe

Class D - MG TF - Steve Rigby

Class E - MG3 - Dave Maguire

Ralph Greenhalgh Trophy - MGTC - Keith Fox

2021

Class A - MGTC Ralph Greenhalgh

Class B - MGBGT Steve Plowright

Class C - MGB Steve Till

Class D - MGRV8 -Mike Law

Class E - MGZS Dave Maguire

Car of the Day - MGTC Ralph Greenhalgh

2020

The Pride of Ownership was cancelled due to Covid 19 restrictions

2019

A Class - MG TF - Roy Green

B Class - MGC - Steve Plowright

C Class - MGB - Steve Till

D Class - MGF - Ron Whittle

E Class - MG ZS - Dave Maguire

Car of the Day -MGC - Steve Plowright

2018

Class A - MGTA - Richard Sherman

Class B (55 - 65) - MGA - Cam Cunningham

Class C (66 - 80) - MGC - Steve Plowright

Class D - David Reeves - RV8

Class E - MG6 - Dave Maguire

Car of the Day - MGTA - Richard Sherman

The Premier Classes are for cars that have previously won an award at any show in their current ownership .

2017

Premier - Richard Sherman - MG TA

Standard - Steve Till - MGB

Modern Premier - Jerry Myers - MG RV8

Modern - Ron Whittle - MGF

2016

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh - MGTC (8)

Standard - Roy Green MG TF

Modern Premier - Steve Kirton - MGF

Modern - David Graham - MGTF

2015

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh - MG TC (7)

Standard - Steve Plowright - MGC

Modern Premier(1st year awarded)- Pauline Reeves - MGRV8

Modern - Jerry Myers - RV8

2014

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh - MG TC (6)

Standard - John Dickenson - MG Midget

Modern - Steve Kirton - MGF

2013

Premier - Richard Sherman - MG TD

Standard - Peter Dobson - MGB

Modern - Eric Hesketh - MG TF

2012

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh - MGTC (5)

Standard - Ray Travies - MGBGTV8

Modern - Eric Hesketh - MGTF

2011

Premier - Richard Sherman - MGTD

Standard - Martin Pagett - MG Midget

Modern MG - Ron Whittle - MGZR

Best non MG - Nigel Malyan - Triumph Stag

2010

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh MG TC 4th time

Standard - Glyn Lloyd - MGB

Modern MG - Paul Jackson - MGZR

Best Non- MG - Martin Pagett - Porsche

2009

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh -MG TC

Standard Class - Ken Glaze - Mk1 Midget

Modern Class - Pauline Reeves - RV8

2008

Premier - Ralph Greenhalgh -TC

Standard - Richard Sherman - TD

Modern (1st year of award)- 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

Premier Class (1st year of award)-Nigel Malyan - 1980 MGB

Standard Class - John Dickenson - 1972 MGB GT

Previous Pride of Ownership (one class only):-

2002 - Nigel Malyan - MGB

2001 - Tony Woods - MGBGT

2000 - Bill Palmer - MGBGT

1999 - Tom Ford - MGTC

1998 - Rob Golightly - MGBGTV8

1997 - Dave Marsh - MGBGT

1996 - Tom Lord - MG Midget

1995 - Dee Axon - MGB

1994 - Dee Axon - MGB

1993 - Dee Axon - MGB

1992 - Rob Golightly - MGBGTV8

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

January 2003 - Jamie Coventry elected as New Club Treasurer .

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 2005 - Tony Woods - our first ever Chairman from 2001 to 2003 - was awarded our first ever Life Membership of the club

January 2007 - Tom Ford elected as our 3rd 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

January 2011 - Nigel Malyan elected as Club Chairman for a 3rd term of office.Cam Cunningham elected to a fifth term of office as Club Secretary

January 2012 - Jamie Coventry re-elected as Hon Treasurer for a 4th term of office having now served for 9 years . Nigel Malyan re-elected as Club Chairman for an 8th year in office

Jan 2013 - Nigel Malyan re-elected as Chairman for 9th year in office.

Cam Cunningham and Jamie Coventry continue in their positions not requiring re-election this year.

January 2014 - Cam Cunningham re-elected to 6th term of office now having served for 15 years as Secretary. Nigel Malyan re-elected as Chairman and is now into his 10th year of office. .

January 2015 - an extra member was co-opted on to the committee for this year making 10 in all. Family membership introduced. Nigel Malyan elected as chairman - 11th year.

February 2016 - David Grant-Wilkie elected as Treasurer after Jamie Coventry stands down after 12 years.

Nigel Malyan re-elected as Chairman for a 12th year.

January 2017 - Nigel Malyan steps down as chairman after 12 years in office - he will stay on the committee as Social co-ordinator. Ralph Greenhalgh is elected as Chairman for the first time. Tom Harrison is elected back to the committee after a 2 year break - he will serve as Membership secretary. Cam Cunningham was re-elected for another 3 years in office having now served for 18 years.

January 2018 - Ralph was elected for a 2nd year as our Chairman.

Mal Evans and Geoff Pentin joined our committee bringing to number back up to the full strength of 9.

January 2019 - Tom Harrison and longstanding club chairman, Nigel Malyan retired from the committee and were replaced by Steve Till and Sandy Grant-Wilkie. Dave Grant- Wilkie, having served for 3 years , was re-elected for a 2nd 3 year term to the post of treasurer. Ralph Greenhalgh was elected as club chairman for a 3rd year.

August 2019 - Club meeting night changed to the 3rd TUESDAY of the month

October 2019 - Celebration of the club's 40th Anniversary - A Hot Pot Supper at Briars Hall.

This was attended by 50 club members. Nigel Malyan awarded Life Membership . It was also announced that our membership was up to a total of 93 - the first time it has gone past 90.

AGM - January 2020 . Ralph Greenhalgh re-elected to post of chair for a 4th successive year. Cam Cunningham re-elected to post of Secretary after 21 years in office for an 8th 3 year term .

January 2021 - A "ZOOM" virtual AGM was held online on 19th January 2021 and last year's committee was confirmed to serve for a further year.

September 27th 2021 - A sad day for our club as our Chairman, Ralph Greenhalgh died suddenly during his 5th year of office.

January 2022 - At our AGM Noel Skinner was elected as Chairman . Dave Grant-Wilkie was re-elected as Treasurer for a further 3 year term of office after already serving for 6 years. Dorothy Cottriall was co-opted on to the committee. She volunteered to act as media/publicity officer.

January 2023 - AGM - Noel Skinner re-elected as Chairman for his 2nd year in office. Cam Cunningham re-elected as secretary after 24 years in office for a 9th 3 year term. David Grant- Wilkie confirmed as Treasurer for 2nd year of his 3 year term - having now served for 7 years. Remaining committee members from 2022 were re-elected . John Craik and John Lloyd volunteered to join the committee and were co-opted .

January 2024 - Noel Skinner stepped down as chair after 2 years in office. Dorothy Cottriall elected as our FIRST lady chairperson. John Lloyd also stepped from the committee. Cam Cunningham and Dave Grant-Wilkie confirmed as continuing in their posts as Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Sandy Grant-Wilkie, Steve Till and John Craik confirmed they would stay on the committee and were re-elected unopposed.

A BRIEF HISTORY

We are now 40 years old - 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 main function room or Orangery at The Briars Hall Hotel in Briars Lane, Lathom, Near Burscough from 8 p.m.

Membership is now £15 per year payable after the AGM in January each year . Joint membership for the member plus partner is £25, with family membership at £30. There is also a Junior Membership for members' children under 18. 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 and repeated in 2010 . In 2018 we reached a record membership of 81 , with monthly club meeting attendance averaging 38.

Our membership numbers in 2019 exceeded 90 for the first time with the meeting day changed to the 3rd TUESDAY of the month

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 a record of the club's activities.

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