The MGF Register

The MGF Register’s AGM takes place on Sunday 24th March at Kimber House, Cemetery Road, Abingdon.

It starts at 10.30am and you’ll get the chance to hear from the Chairman and see reports from the various committee members.

We will also be giving out our annual awards for 2023 at the AGM.

If you can join us that would be great but please let us know by email to chair@mgfregister.org

MG40 was held on the hottest day of the year in a field next to Toddington Railway Station on the Gloucester & Warwickshire Steam Railway. Despite the hot weather there was a good turn out of Post Abingdon MGs on both days of the event.

The entrance fee was a donation split between the charities of all those modern Registers taking part in the event. Over £3500 was raised with over £500 going towards the MGF Register’s Charity – the Camphill Wellbeing Trust.

The Register took the opportunity to hold a TF only Pride of Ownership competition on the Sunday to mark the 20th anniversary of the TF, with a nice selection of cars taking part. The Overall winner was Trevor Orpin and the runner-up was Adrian Miles. Steve Greenwood took the third-place rosette. The standard was high and our judges, former MGF Reg treasurer Ron Kemp and his wife Joan, had a hard job in marking – so much that they nearly missed their ride on a steam train!

The MGF Register annual awards, in a change to tradition, were presented at this year’s MGLive! event at Silverstone. The presentations took place in the stage arena and were shown on the big screen with some missing recipients being presented later.

The awards are nominated by the committee, reps and members and confirmed by the Chairman who can also present special awards at his discretion.

So, congratulations to the 2021 award winners:-

The MGF Register held its AGM on Monday 28th March and, once again, it was held via Zoom. Next year we hope to be able to hold the AGM in person but Zoom, in theory, should allow more to attend. In this case there were just over 20 people at the meeting.

A new committee was voted in and you’ll find their details below. As last year, reports were circulated to those attending prior to the meeting and there were no questions relating to those and they were all accepted by the meeting. Some questions regarding the roles of our Regional Reps were raised at the end and a lively discussion took place.

The meeting was attended by the MGCC Chairman, Dave Tynan, who is also a member of the MGF Register committee although as he remains in the MGCC post his role as Vice-Chair with the Register has changed and Ian Wright was voted into that position.

As a result Ian has decided to stand down as the Regalia officer so that position is currently vacant and a new person to take on the role is being sought whilst Ian will caretake the position.

We welcome new committee members – Jo Bradley as treasurer who replaces Philip Hayward who has stood down to become the MGCC treasurer; Martyn Lucas who takes on a role as main show co-ordinator and Christine Edwards who, at the moment, is a Committee member without portfolio.

All the regional reps were approved and we were delighted to welcome Keith Thorpe from Manchester as a new Representative in that area.

The 2022/23 committee is as follows:-

2022 marks 40 years since MGs were first made at Longbridge. The move followed the closure of the Abingdon MG works in 1980 but by 1982 MG production began again at the Longbridge factory with the MG Metro.

This year we celebrate all MGs that followed on – the MG Maestro, MG Montego, MG 6R4, MG RV8, MGF, MGTF, MG ZR, MG ZS, MG ZT, MG SV, MG6, MG3 and, although no longer made at Longbridge, we’ll still find a place for the modern MG range of SUVs.

The show takes place over two days at the Gloucester & Warwickshire Steam Railway at Toddington. Spend two days and take in a ride on the railway too! All the MGCC Longbridge registers will be represented all weekend with Saturday focusing on the saloons, with MG Saloon Day incorporated, and Sunday focusing on the other Registers including the MGF Register who will be marking 20 years of the MGTF.

To find more about the show visit the dedicated MG40 Facebook page:-

Tickets are by donation and proceeds will benefit the Register charities taking part in the event – the MGF Register is supporting Mistletoe Therapy UK and the Camphill Trust.

You can book your tickets by clicking the button below:-

The Winter edition of FasTForward is out now. This edition features:-

a look back at the MGF Register’s National Event in Wales,

Phil Rigby’s summary of his first season racing an MGF,

Rob Bell reaches the 40th episode of his ongoing Project Shed saga,

a trip to New Zealand for the Mangaweka MG Festival

and all the usual news views, regional updates and more.

The magazine is available by subscription only from the MGF Register online shop here:- SUBSCRIBE TO FASTFORWARD

The judging is over and we can now announce the twelve winners of the 2021 MGF Register Photographic Competition.

The quality was once again very high and the decisions were difficult to make but it had to be whittled down to the winning dozen…and here they are –

All the winning photos are included in the 2022 MGF Register calendar which is on sale now from the MGF Register online shop. There is only a limited quantity available and delivery should be before Christmas.

All the winning photos can be seen on our online photo album by clicking the button below:-

Congratulations to all the winners and to all those who took part in this year’s competition.

The MGF Register photo competition returns to its original format for 2021. Despite some of the year being in lockdown, we reckon there have been lots of opportunities for you to get out and about during 2021 and we are looking for up to three of your best photos of the last 12 months.

To enter simply email them to photos@mgfregister.org and let us know your name but check the rules below first.

The overall winner will be the recipient of the annual MGF Register Photographic Cup and the top 12 photos will appear in a printed MGF Register calendar for 2022. Each of the winners will receive a complimentary copy of the calendar.

All entered photos will be posted in a gallery on this page.

Rules:

1. Photos must be of good quality and exceed 1mb in size
2. Photos must be your own work and not “borrowed”. If you do wish to submit another photographer’s work of your car then they must be named as the entrant and have their permission to do so.
3. Photos must include an MGF or TF
4. Photos must have been taken in the last 12 months.
5. Winners will be notified and addresses asked for so we can post out a calendar.
6. Photos must be emailed to photos@mgfregister.org. Any posted on social media will not be judged, however good they might be!
7. By entering the competion you allow the MG Car Club and MGF Register to use them in any publicity or marketing (printed or electronic) for their purposes only. They will not be passed to 3rd parties and photographers retain original copyright beyond these uses.
8. If you enter more than three photos we will choose what we think are the best three to submit for entry.

CLICK BELOW TO SEE THE COMPETITION ENTRIES

STOP STOP PRESS: ALL TWENTY-FIVE ROOMS NOW RESERVED!

STOP PRESS: All twenty rooms reserved – an extra five have been added.

Following the success of the Welsh weekender in 2021 we will be heading across to the other side of the UK for our 2022 National Weekender. It will be based at Heacham Manor Country House Hotel in Norfolk and 20 rooms have been reserved for the Register.

The weekend will take the usual format – arrive on Friday – 3 nights three-course dinners, a Saturday road run organised by the Anglia MGF Region and Sunday free for all. The Hotel is situated near the North West Norfolk Coastline and boasts an 18-hole golf course and spa plus is near attractions such as Sandringham.

The cost is £495 for three nights half board for two people and rooms are being reseved now.

E-mail Ian at events@mgfregister.org to reserve your place now.