MG Car Club of South Australia
MGA MAGNETTE NEWS
From...Sandra Cardnell
REPORT FROM THE MGA/
MAGNETTE REGISTER MEETING ON
18 TH JANUARY 2019 AT THE HOME
OF VELLI AND GARY ALGATE,
CRAIGBURN FARM
A
New Year and a new venue: thank
you to the Algates for hosting the
first Register Meeting of 2018 at their
new pad at Craigburn Farm. A lovely
home and we stayed later than usual,
could be that we were thinking of the
warmish drive home after the 42 degree
day. Mine host did not offer a bed for
the night so we eventually went home.
Beware next time Velli if we arrive with
swags and pillows.
Gary’s new garage is very impressive –
neat and tidy, a place for everything and
everything in its place. Much planning
obviously went into the garage set up,
including underground power to the scis-
sor lift in its special recessed home. Oh
– and its airconditioned too!
In spite of the heat, we had four MGA’s,
including the Algates, and two Mag-
nettes, Anthony Pearson arrived in his
ZB Magnette and Tony and Pauline
Welsh drove their ZB Magnette Vari-
tone.
Ian and De Denny used their Mark II
MGA and Arthur arrived in his MGA
1500. But the surprise of the night was
the arrival of Dean Hosking in another
MGA Mk II which he has recently ac-
quired from Gary Hecker. Unfortunately
for Gary, and a familiar story for many,
the arrival of a family has curtailed his
use of the car, hence the sale to a very
happy Dean. That means of course that
Dean now has his previous red MGA as
well as the new one – can he keep
two???
We are also deviating from a Thursday
meeting in September. We will shift the
Register Meeting to Sunday 23 Septem-
ber for a lunch run to Caroline and
Roger’s Bradbury property, which has
quite an array of wildlife. More details
later.
That leaves the July meeting for a volun-
teer host. Arthur Ruediger will host on
17 May and the Bazzicas will host the
meeting on 15 November. We will have
an Annual Lunch Run on Sunday 2 nd
December 2018
David McNabb kindly took photos of the
evening and I have included most of
these for the website and magazine.
Our previous Register Secretary from
2005, Neil Stagg, also attended.
The general feedback was that our
hosts enabled a very convivial meeting –
thank you.
Many thanks to Velli and Gary for a very
successful gathering – and special
thanks to Velli, a fine effort for her first
supper
Members who attended were
Dean Hosking,
Jas & Geoff Goode
Arthur Ruediger
Ian & De Denny
Anthony Pearson Trev & Sandy Dicker
Neil Stagg
Tony & Pauline Welsh
David McNabb . Roger & Caroline
Boylen
Nick & Dennise Micklem
Alan & Sandra Cardnell
and our hosts Gary and Velli Algate
Sandra A Cardnell
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