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MG Car Club of South Australia right for the Excel support race at Bathurst Six Hour at Easter. Thanks to the officials, drivers and sup- porters who came out for a great day. It was an entertaining day with great com- petition and all finished well in time for the curfew. Upcoming Events for MG Motorsport Driver Car Time John Davies Mitsubishi Lancer EVO8 1:16.83 Jason Edwards Lotus Exige 1:20.65 Laurie Houghton MGB V8 1:23.65 Dick Manning MGF 1:29.33 Garry Bolt MGB GTV8 1:29.78 Scott Stephenson Hyundai Excel 1:30.94 Nick Micklem MG ZR 1:32.71 Lindsay Hick MG TC Special 1:38.99 John Parmiter MGF 1:51.10 Sunday 8 April – Multi Club Hillclimb Round 1, Collingrove The first Sporting Car Club multi club Hillclimb will be run at Collingrove on 8 April. Get your entries in early on CAMS event entry system as this event will fill quickly. Note this is one week after Easter, and the Nat Meet, so it will be a busy start to the month. Sunday 15 April – Shannons Nation- als Show & Shine MGCCSA is putting on a display of twenty five MGs at the Shannons Na- tionals at The Bend Motorsport Park. This will be a three day motorsport festi- val so worth a trip to have a look at the new facility, watch some great mo- torsport and support your club members on the Sunday. Sunday 29 April – SA Motorkhana Championship Round 3, Mallala Round 3 of the SA Motorkhana Champi- onship Series will be held at Mallala 30 skidpan on 29 April. Come and have a go or at least support your club mem- bers who are competing. There is a Come & Try component to these events so you can enter and buy a licence on the day and/or bring along a family member, child or grandchild, to try a mo- torkhana. You might work out why we enjoy it so much! Sunday 6 May – The Peter Hall Six Hour Regularity, Mallala This is the ultimate team event for mo- torsport. We need drivers and helpers to make the team run smoothly so if you can assist with driving, timing, sash change or anything else please let me know your availability and we can put you to work. Otherwise, just come out to watch some good fun motorsport with a wide variety of vehicles attempting to keep the sash moving for six hours and maintaining a steady speed. Sunday 20 May – SA Motorkhana Championship Round 4, Mallala Round 4 motorkhana on 20 May is half- way through the series so come and cheer or have a go. Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June – MG Interclub Challenge The MG interstate Club Challenge over the Queen’s Birthday weekend will in- clude a Hillclimb at Collingrove on Satur- day 9 June and a Super Sprint at The Bend on Sunday 10 June. Planning is well under way and we should have the Supp Regs soon. Expressions of Inter- est have started coming in from inter- state so if you plan on coming please let us know and start planning your accom- modation. There will be an informal dinner gathering on the Saturday night at Murray Bridge and the presentation dinner on the Sunday night in Murray Bridge. We will also require a number of officials on the Sunday so if you would like to