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MGA / MAGNETTE REGISTER From .... Sandra Cardnell
MEETING REPORT 17 TH NOVEMBER 2016
ecause of unforeseen circumstances and Alan ’ s 70 th birthday party on the following Saturday , this meeting was held at the Clubrooms and supper was provided by several of the members . In fact the only people who did not contribute to supper were our guests , John and Jenny Hebron , old friends from Canberra . I think we can let them off this time , but when they come back for the National Meeting in April , I will expect more input . They will be driving our MGA – you can gauge that John must be a good friend to be given the use of Alan ’ s “ love ” for the weekend . Thank you to everyone .
It was a fine night and 17 members attended with a pleasing turnout of MGA ’ s – seven in all and one MGB . It was also the first outing for David Archdall ’ s MGA after his partial rebuild – see a separate article with photos .
The trouble with writing these reports in January – two months after the event – is that the memory is not good , however , what was memorable was a DVD we watched on MGA ’ s and some other MG ’ s . It was given to me by Dean Baker and I can recommend it . I have it at home if you would like to borrow it .
We had a number of apologies on the night , mainly due to the motorsport festival for the following three days organized by the Sporting Car Club . Some of our members participated in
36 the Prima Tour on the Friday and needed an early night to get the most from their entry .
Our next meeting will be at David Evan ’ s home , 20 Weewanda St , Glenelg South . As there is parking on one side of the street only due to its proximity to the beach , it might be a good idea to arrive a little early . As David has not had a meeting before , can you ring him on 0419809848 so that he has some idea of the numbers for supper .
MGA / Magnette Christmas Lunch Run 4 December 2016
W ell the lunch run day arrived and as per usual for these outings it was either a hot , stinker of a day or the heavens opened and rain was the forecast . We had the latter . I have now decided to organize a December Lunch Run – perhaps if I don ’ t mention Christmas we could get a nice day
We met at Beaumont Road in the parklands under various sized and coloured umbrellas . Four brave members arrived in MGA ’ s and John and Rosie Miles arrived in their Magnette – its days like this that I wish we had a Magnette , but really four cars for two people , plus our son ’ s restoration project is enough for any normal backyard .
We set off up Greenhill Road and followed it straight through to Balhannah . We kept an eye out for the group in the rear vision and thought we had lost a couple . We pulled over