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MG Car Club of South Australia I Motorsport Mutterings n the past month Peregrine Corpora- tion, owners of Mallala and The Bend, called for expressions of interest for events at their tracks in 2018. MGCC has registered interest in the Queen’s Birthday weekend for the Challenge and MSCA has requested dates for super sprints. As yet there has been no re- sponse and it is understood they will compile requests and notify clubs of availability and costs when they are ready. The Multi Club Hillclimb series has fin- ished and motorkhanas and sprints are winding down. Keep watching the calendar on the web- site but the next upcoming events are detailed below. September 9 & 10 – South Australian Hillclimb Championship, Collingrove Entries have closed but this is a good event to attend to see some great com- petition and support our club members competing. It is anticipated a number of interstate entrants will be here to prac- tice for the Australian Championship later in the year. Sunday 22 October – MSCA Super Sprint Round 5, Mallala Round 5 of the MSCA Super Sprint se- ries will be held at Mallala on October 22 nd . This is the final sprint for the year and entries will be lodged on CAMS event entry system accessed via the CAMS Members Portal. October 26 to 29 – Australian Hill- climb Championship The Australian Hillclimb Championships will be held on the weekend of October 28 & 29 with practice on the Thursday and Friday before. This event attracts the fastest hillclim- bers in the country and generally a num- ber of records are broken. Come out to watch and support the locals. Friday 8 December – Shannons Adelaide Rally MGCC SA is managing the stages at The Bend on 8 December and this will be the first event at The Bend. If you would like to be involved please register your interest on http:// l i g h t f o r c e r a l l ys a . c o m . a u / r e g i s t e r - adelaide-rally-official/ It will be an early start and early finish and you will be given a free pass to the Adelaide Motorsport Festival on the Sat- urday and Sunday. 18