Gordon May gave us an informative and enthralling talk on his "adventure", illustrated by excellent photgraphs (see photo left). He went, on his own, from Manchester to the Enfield Motorbike factory in India - and he did it on a 1953 Royal Enfield motorbike. He went via Europe, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan taking the best part of 2 months - and believe it or not he managed this without getting a puncture!
At the end of the evening , he signed copies of his book - Jamie is seen , photo right, getting his copy signed.
Premier Class
1st - Richard Sherman - MG TD - 1863 points
2nd - Ralph Greenhalgh - MG TC - 1834
3rd - Cyril Vincent - MG TF - 1730
4th - Cam Cunningham - MGA - 1680
Standard Class
1st - Martin Pagett - MG Midget - 1698 points
2nd - Peter Dobson - MGB - 1644
3rd - Roger Morrison - MGB - 1620
4th - Richard Bryant - MGB - 1475
5th - Steve Bentley - MGB - 1430
6th - Tom Harrison - GT -1382
7th - Andrew Straniforth - GT - 1289
8th - Tony Woods - GT - 1264
9th - Stuart (visitor) - MGB - 1246
Modern Class
1st - Ron Whittle - MG ZR - 1585
2nd - Ray Trivass - MG TF -1539
3rd - Sandy & Dave Grant-Wilkie - MGF - 1485
4th - Dave Maguire - MG ZT - 1424
5th - Jamie Coventry - MG TF - 1379
6th - Alan ( visitor ) - MGF - 1326
NON - MG
1st - Nigel Malyan - Triumph Stag - 1567
2nd - Nigel Lomas - Morgan - 1329
The car You'd like to Drive home
1st - TD of Richard Sherman - 8 votes
2nd - TF of Cyril Vincent - 6
3rd - MGA of Cam Cunningham - 3
4th - Stag of Nigel Malyan - 2
5th - Morgan of Nigel Lomas - 1
CAR PARK TRIALS
RESULT
1st - Martin Pagett - Midget - 29.1 seconds 7th - Cam Cunningham - MGA - 40.4
2nd - Glyn Lloyd - MGB - 32.4 8th - Dave Grant- Wilkie - MGF - 41.9
3rd - Ron Whittle - MG ZR - 34.7 9th - Richard Sherman - Magnette - 47.6
4th - Ralph Greenhalgh - MG TF - 35.8 10th - Tony Seed - MGA - 50.3
5th - Peter Dobson - MGB - 36.5 11th - Richard Bryant - MGB - 51.7
6th - Roger Morrison - MGB - 37.3 12th - Noel Skinner - GT - 53.0
THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER - ROCKER BOX DERBY
There were 11 entries for the competition this year and the standard of the buggies was even higher than last year . This was shown with the increased distances reached by many of the buggies on a slightly less steep ramp. Competition was close with Jerry's buggy travelling the greatest distance - in fact only being stopped by reaching the end wall, with last year's winner Eric, finishing 2nd. Winner of the best designed buggy was judged by bar manager Paul once again, with Peter Dobson's beautifully made buggy a clear winner and Peter also finished 3rd in the competition.
Final result - Top 5 buggies
1st - Jerry Myers .................................................. 36' +
2nd - Eric Hesketh .............................................. 27' 11"
3rd Peter Dobson ........................................... 26' 9"
4th - Team Malyan ( Nigel , Thomas and Jack).. 26'4"
5th - Cam Cunningham ........................................ 25' 8"
THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2011
ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING
There was a good turn out of club members for annual Awards presentation.
The Rocker Box Derby trophy was presented to Jerry Myers for his buggy which recorded a distance of an amazing 36 feet.
Next the Pride of Ownership shields were presented-
The Premier Class went to Richard Sherman for his newly restored MG TD.
The Standard Class went to Martin Pagett for his MG Midget and the Modern Class went to Ron Whittle for MGZR. Club chairman Nigel Malyan then presented himself with the Non - MG Class for his Triumph Stag. The Dargan trophy will be presented next month and finally the Club supporter of the Year Shield went to Martin & Margaret Pagett for all their hard work for the club. They are both at the club meetings very regularly , with Margaret over the last few years helping the treasurer with the account sheet, counting votes at our AGM and writing poems for the newsletter - whereas Martin always takes part in the activities , winning our car park trial in July and researching Ethanol Fuel additives and reporting his findings back to club meetings as well as contributing extensively to the club newsletter.
DECEMBER 15TH - CLUB CHRISTMAS MEAL
There was a good sized gathering of club members and family at our Briars hall HQ. We enjoyed an excellent quality meal thanks to the staff at Briars Hall followed by some "entertainment" courtesy of our chairman Nigel and the rest of the committee. First, Ray Trivass was presented with the Dargan Trophy - this should have been awarded in October but Ray had been under the surgeon's knife at the time and is now recovering well. Nigel and Noel performed their version of the Ronnie Corbett "blackberry " sketch and this was followed by the committee choir and their rendition of the "Fairy tale of New York ". The "Irish raffle " resulted in the last 8 standing winning a prize with Ray Trivass winning the main one - a magnificent hamper put together by Jamie and Mandy.
Many thanks to Roger, Jamie and Mandy for arranging the evening.
OUR ANNUAL SCALEXTRIC GRAND PRIX
CLUB NIGHT THURSDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2011
Paul Jackson and Peter Dobson were at Briars Hall early once again to set up the track for the Grand Prix . It is a big task to put all the track together and test it ready to go, taking well over an hour. We are really appreciative of the time and effort they put in - many thanks Peter and Paul.
This event always draws lots of interest and there were 32 entrants into the competition. Peter had organised the practice and heats so that everyone got at least 2 drives. Paul had set the lap recorder to 15 and made sure that all the cars stopped after the first car reached the chequered flag to make sure of judging the winner fairly. There were 8 heats with 4 in each heat and the best from each heat going through to the semi final.
The 32 starters were then down to 8 for the 2 semifinals and then to the final 4. Amazingly I survived into the final for the first time, joined by past champions Martin Pagett and Micheal Staniforth with Dave Maguire who was a past finalist. Even more amazingly I was adjudged the winner - "Fix"you all cry - "Probably" - I replied with embarrassment. I think I was just lucky (Like Vettel) to have the fastest car in every heat and also did a Tortoise and the Hare" tactic in making sure I did not crash at all - thanks once again to Paul and Peter for organising the evening.
