MG Car Club of South Australia
THE AUSTRALIAN ANNUAL
KIMBER RUN. NOV.11th - 2018
A DAY AT THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM
From..Berry Treffers. AAKR Co-Ordinator. Photos by David McNabb
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his year the MG Car Club of South
Australia can report that the 23 rd
running of its primary event of the year
in terms of numbers of MGs taken out
of their respective sheds, garages or
car ports accounted for 102 cars from
TCs up to the modern ZR; ZS & ZTs.
All the MGs and their passengers as-
sembled at Edwards Park and were
given the traditional “Ladies & Gentle-
men, start your Engines” at 09.30 and
were waved off by the Club’s President,
Adrian Ward
As this event coincided with Remem-
brance Day, prior to departure a 2-
minute silence was held to remember
the end of the First World War 100
years ago, whilst we were all assem-
bled together. By 11am most partici-
pants would be located at various points
along the road to Birdwood. This year’s
destination.
This was the second time to the Na-
tional Motor Museum; however, this
year’s run was a different route to last
year. It was not a very long one but
there were some very twisty roads
along the way to enjoy in a MG.
The lawn at the rear of the Museum
was lovely green and the weather was
picture perfect which added to the at-
mosphere of a perfect day for a picnic
with plenty of shade to stay out of the
sun.
This year the catering was provided by
Leanne Barker of Leas Eats, who to-
gether with her husband John and help-
ers, put on a fantastic barbecue for us
and made sure no one went hungry.
Well done.
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From what I could see and feedback I’ve
received since, all had had a wonderful
day and people were in no hurry to head
home, just savoring the enjoyment of a
pleasant day out in these wonderful old
English cars with like-minded people of
all ages, to me the smiles on the faces
was what made the whole exercise so
much fun to be involved with.
The National Motor Museum has put a
lovely piece on Facebook showing all
the cars in their glory parked on the lawn
behind the museum. Please have a look.
Next year the Kimber run will be re-
named the Cecil Kimber Run to avoid
confusion. Some new members where
under the impression we were driving to
Kimba which deterred some from enter-
ing.
We will not be going to the National Mo-
tor museum in 2019.
These events do not happen by them-
selves and I’d like to thank those mem-
bers who assisted in the background to
help make it a success and those mem-
bers who assisted on Sunday with set-
ting up, checking in and marshalling.
A special thanks to Dick Manning,
whose help is greatly appreciated, my
daughter Rebecca and my wife Pam,
who between them, compiled and bound
all the run books, bags etc. and Sam
Pirrotta from the RAA, for providing us
with a support vehicle in case of any
breakdowns (none reported) and MG
Sales and Service for providing a box of
spare parts, just in case.
Looking forward to organising the 2019
run!
Berry Treffers…..