For those of you who are attending the run to the Wings Over Wairarapa Airshow on Sunday 18th Jan 2009, here are the details for this fabulous day out: airshow-2009
Ian Pearson has passed on the details for this event which he is involved with organising that is taking place in Wanganui on 28th February 2009.
This looks to be a very interesting evening involving a 2 hour cruise on the riverboat The Waimarie, along with a live band, supper, drinks etc etc…
This is not yet an official MG Manawatu event as our full events calendar for 2009 has not yet been finalised, however if any of you would like to attend as a group or individually, I would strongly urge you to promptly book with Ian as tickets are limited to 100 on a first in first served basis.
Full details of this event can be viewed here: Riverboat Flyer
Booking form can be downloaded here: Cruise Order Form
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Ho, Ho, Ho .... Merry Christmas Everyone!
What a great way to wind up an excellent year for MG Manawatu. As usual, the Manawatu turned on another fine sunny day albeit a little breezy as cars and their crews assembled at The Chalet Car park by the Centennial Lagoon in Palmerston North for the run out through Aokautere and on to Ashhurst for our annual Christmas get together.
24 cars arrived at our venue including a TC, Magnette, Frogeye Sprite, MGB’s, MGBGT’s, MGF’s, ZS 180, Metro and even a BMW roadster sort of thingy me jig! Where have all the Triumphs gone……..?
The lovely gardens we had access to soon had everyone seated enjoying a drink or two and discussing all manner of things. Before not too long the sizzle of steaks and sausages was under way on the BBQ and everyone tucked into lunch with salads, potatoes etc etc. Afterwards a tempting array of sweet treats and tea & coffee seemed to go down very well with everyone.
Father Christmas himself recognised the importance of this MG event and once again made a special trip to be with us and distribute gifts to everyone. He certainly seemed to be enjoying the odd Christmas kiss that came his way too….He left as quickly as he arrived…..just who is that man?
Morris Gordon Bear “was not amused” after he was “hung” on a lamp post for quite some time, although he did have a good view of the goings on around the place.
An excellent and social way to end the year - a great time was had by all who attended. On behalf of everyone, our thanks must go to Karen & Fulton who very kindly hosted this event in their beautiful gardens and made it such a special occassion.
Don’t forget if you would like to add a photo or make a comment please do so!
Happy Christmas everyone!
It’s that time again when we all need to get together and organise our next 12 months of MG runs and activities. As you all know, our group is entirely voluntary and its success comes from the active participation of all of us. This is your opportunity to come along and give us your views and ideas on what you would like to see and do in 2009 and, if possible, to help organise with others these events for all of us to enjoy. We’ll look forward to seeing you there!
Read the full details here: 2009 Annual Planning Meeting
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24 cars assembled at Fountaine Square in Woodville for the run to Blackhead Beach on the East Coast.
Cars included a TR7 V8 , Stag-osaurus, Midget, Magnette, several MGB’s (Roadster & GT), a nice matching pair of white MGA’s, and 4 MGF’s.
Once again it was very good to see some new faces amongst us - you’re most welcome and we hope you had a pleasant day out with us all.
Hugh had much pleasure rounding us all up with his new handheld air horn throughout the day. Triumph owner though - probably the best blast he gets to enjoy!!!
The weather was fantastic - perfect open top touring weather as we left Woodville and headed for Dannevirke, then our first stop at Waipukarau for morning tea before continuing along some excellent touring roads to Blackhead Point. Fantastic views at the top of the hill before we descended to the beach for our lunch stop.
The weather was fine and sunny; everyone found a good spot to picnic. MG people were spotted flying kites, taking photos, walking on the beach and at least one pair of togs came out!
Morris Gordon Bear enjoyed a good view of the activities from the roof of the Stag. (See comment below…..)
The return run took us along more scenic touring routes to the finish for afternoon tea at Dannevirke.
Thanks to Hugh & Sue for once again organizing a splendid run to a great destination and for the perfect weather as well!
Remember if you’d like to comment about the run please do - and if you have some interesting photo’s from the day send them in! Some in the gallery already.
****IMPORTANT UPDATE**** To attend the airshow with the MG Manawatu Group you need to let Rachel know if you are coming or not by November 30th 2008. See details below…..
Rachel has very kindly offered to organise our MG run for Jan next year. The date is Sunday 18th Jan 2009 and the destination is the Wings Over Wairarapa Air show in Masterton - this is always a very interesting day out!
We want to reserve special car parking within a display area for our MG Manawatu group - however to do this we need you to decide in advance if you are going to come on this trip as we have to book this space very soon. Also we will get a group discount if we book early. So put your thinking caps on and here are some more details:
Date: Sunday 18th January 2009
Flying starts at 11.00am. So I think we should be there by 10.00 to 10.15 to get parked and find a place to sit.
Tickets booked with Rachel priced $ 27.00 per person. We need 20 plus to get this price otherwise $30.00
Pay on the Day $ 35.00 but cannot guarantee to get into same parking area as pre booked.
So please contact Rachel (deanora@xtra.co.nz or 06 3233249) ASAP to confirm your attendance and purchase your tickets. Lets make it a big day of wings and MG wheels!
Note - Full details of start times & place etc will be sent via a flyer closer to the time.
Castlecliff Beach to Castlepoint Beach (Coast to Coast)
13 cars lined up at the Castlecliff Beach car park in Wanganui on a fine but brisk spring morning. Some crews had very early morning departures to arrive in time for the 8.00am start whilst others had chosen to stay overnight in the river city. Bruce & Sue, the organizers for this leg of the run were unfortunate enough to get a puncture on their way to the start.
We were soon on our way and headed out through Marton enjoying views of Mt Ruapehu on the way, down through Kakariki, Feilding, through the Manawatu Gorge and on to our morning tea stop at Beyond the Bridge Café at Ballance.
Here we were met by the second wave of participants and the number of cars now grew to 25. Some other members who couldn’t do the run also met us here for a coffee and a chat plus there were some new faces amongst us which was great to see - you’re very welcome!
Cars on the run now included TF, MGA, Midget, Magnette, a gaggle of MGB’s & GT’s, MGF’s, Stag, and a nice Jaguar XJS.
Rachel led us at a good pace in her “MADGIC” MGBGT along some splendid scenic back roads out to our destination and lunch stop at the very scenic Castlepoint. Everyone enjoyed a picnic lunch in the sun at the waters edge, except maybe Maurice (see notes below) Morris Gordon Bear who seemed to have some difficulty with the local seagull gang! (See gallery photo’s)
After lunch there was plenty of time to stretch your legs and walk along the beach or up to the light house and along the rocks.
At about 3.45pm the return trip got underway heading for our dinner stop at The Black Stump Café in Pahiatua. On this leg of the run Ron & Di’s TF suffered a minor mechanical hiccup but with some help from other members were soon up and running again.
Everyone enjoyed a well deserved drink at the Black Stump Café before tucking into a dinner of roast beef, ham, potatoes and salads followed by sweets, tea & coffee. The prize for the “Spanish” translation quiz was won by Neil & Liz. Overall a top day out!
Our thanks go to Sue & Bruce and Ron & Di who did a splendid job of organizing this event for us all to enjoy.
See you all at the next run to Blackhead Beach next month…..
I’ve added a few pictures to the gallery for this run - remember if you have any that you would like to share email them to me and I’ll post them on the site for you.
