F Register ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCH

 It's the time of year once more when I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and we look forward to a Fantastic 2010 with our F/TFs.

It's also the time of year that we hold our annual awards shindig at the Dog House Hotel in Frilford. It was great to see so many enthusiasts enjoying the Dog House Hospitality and getting stuck in to the tricky Xmas Quiz as well as the seasonal Turkey. Well done to the South East Team (A) who took the honours this year. The Thames Valley Roadsters organised a run in from Kimber House , a route of some 50 miles to actually go about 5 as the crow flies, by all accounts it was a good scenic run and the weather held off for them as well.

We welcomed some visitors from further afield this year, Belgium and the Netherlands , who joined us for lunch and had a valiant stab at the quiz.

Julian White, the MGCC General Manager, joined us and handed out the awards in a ceremony hosted by the Chairman, Tim. You can see all this year's winners in the adjacent column - well done to them all particularly Dave & Carol Walker (aka the UK Kiwis) who are our Members of the Year. A new award was introduced this year - the ICHBABDA - which is made out of the Chairman's old blown MGF head Gasket (yes that could have been abetter day !). The first recipient was one of our oldest members, Derek Varney, who locked the keys of his TF in the boot at no less than three shows in 2009!.

There was also the opportunity to buy the newly released Register calendar, and a host of DVD's - MGFest09, MGFIM and MGLive were all on sale to fill those Christmas stockings.

2009 AWARD WINNERS

Tanswell Trophy Members of the Year

Dave & Carol Walker

Priest's Trophy Significant Contribution to the MGF Register

Victoria Bond & the MGF Centre

Brian Griffin Competition Trophy

David Koskela

FasTForward Trophy

Rob Ball

ICHBABDA (It Could Have Been a Better Day Award)

Derek Varney

SPECIAL AWARDS

The MGFIM Team for organisation of the first MGF International Meet in the Netherlands

Stewart Griffiths for dedication and outstanding effort in bringing the Star Car Project to Fruition

MGFifteen DATES ANNOUNCED

The 15th Anniversary celebration of the MGF will take place at the Heritage Motor Centre on

31st July and 1st August 2010.

Make sure you keep the weekend free for this special anniversary celebration.

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ABINGDON to GENEVA

 RE RUN

3rd to 7th March 2010

This prestigious recreation of the 1995 MGCC run to Geneva for the launch of the MGF is now being finalised. Details can be found at:-

http://www.mgfregister.org/MGFRegister/AbtoGen15.htm

MGFest09 DVD OUT NOW !

Click here for the trailer of the official MGFest09 DVD

Buy it at our online shop in time for Xmas - only £7

2010 CALENDAR OUT NOW !

Yes it's ready. You voted for the pictures at MGFest09 and now you can find out the results of this year's Photo competition with the 12 photos that came out tops. All you need do is buy it  in time for the New Year - visit our online shop now !Just £12 !

Sian Welby with the CSA race car

The F Reg Team on the stand

A CLASSIC SHOW

The NEC is such a massive place that it's easy to get lost whilst looking at all the fantastic cars and motor bikes on show. In fact the Classic Motor Show now consists of four shows adding the Classic Bike Show, MPH and Top Gear Live - all of which makes for an exhausting weekend.

The Register joined forces with the ZR/S/T Register once again just across a walkway from the main MGCC stand giving the club a pretty large footprint at this year's show.

We featured Darren Vaughan's Supersports II and the Church Square Autos Race Car as well as our full range of regalia and a photo display. The free sweets on the stand kept the kids (and adults) energy levels high for the walk around the six huge halls.

The F Register team did a great job for all four days greeting the thousands of people who walked on to our stand and many new members were converted to the club.

The Star Car winner was drawn by Sian Welby (who also introduced the MG Live DVD) and the proud winner drawing to a close our project was Phil Vickery - congratulations !

The FREEDOM OF SCOTLAND

The new FoS group organised their first weekend event towards the end of September. Based at the Tontine Hotel in Peebles two day runs were organised to the East and to the West of the town taking in some fantastic countryside in the process. The evenings were spent back in Peebles with a splendid dinner in the Hotel's galleried dining room followed by a tasting of the huge variety of Scotch Whisky on offer in the hotel bar.