MG Car Club of South Australia
MID WEEK LUNCH RUN NEWS
From..Roger Polkinghorne
T
tremely grateful for their dedicated ef-
forts and we will miss Diane with the
red folder in her hand ensuring every-
thing is running smoothly and David
with the camera ensuring we feature in
the photographic section of the maga-
zine.
Thanks to everyone who came and
supported the run and to first timers
Barry Spencer in his green MGB and
Dean Hosking in his impressive MGB
V8.
Next mid-week lunch run will be on 9
August 2018 to Strathalbyn meeting at
the Crafers Hotel, Crafers at 10.30am
and departing 11.30am. Everyone is
welcome. Please book with MIKE
GREENWOOD if you would like to
come so the venues can be advised of
numbers attending.
MIK E
G R E ENW O O D
–
[email protected] or 0412 701 850
Thursday 12 July 2018
he weather looked quite threaten-
ing for the July lunch run to the
Rex Hotel particularly when morning
tea was in the hills at the Crafers Hotel.
The MG drivers who took a chance and
ignored the forecast of a shower or two
were rewarded with only a few drops of
rain on the windscreen. The cars fin-
ished the day clean and dry.
The route briefly brought us through the
Adelaide hills which are now looking
very green following recent winter rain.
We then came down Greenhill Road
which these days is quite rough in an
MG but provides the best view of the
city and suburbs of any road entering
Adelaide.
Chris and Annette Kinney gave the
COOL 1963 Dodge Phoenix a run
which was a treat as it’s rarely seen
these days. Alan and Sandra Cardnell
came for the first time this year so Alan
was able to test the blue B and more to
the point himself through the bends on
Greenhill Road.
Mike Greenwood and Jan drove up
from Strathalbyn in Mike’s recently pur-
chased MG6. Mike has grabbed a part
of British motoring history with this nice
looking car which is loaded with many
outstanding features. It was also fortui-
tous that Mike should come to this run
as he has offered to arrange the August
run to Strathalbyn.
Diane and David Holmes were un-
able to attend the run due to David’s
progress in getting back to full fit-
ness. To this end the Holmes have
sadly decided after fourteen years
not to continue arranging the lunch
runs. They have done a marvellous
job over this period. We are ex-
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