It’s that time of the year again - come and enjoy a drive in your favourite classic before we all settle in to celebrate Christmas and reflect back on yet another year of fun filled MG Magic.

Full details of our Christmas BBQ: MG Christmas BBQ Flyer 

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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.

More detailed instructions will follow closer to the time.

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.

Diary mark this one now!

Come and enjoy a classic run to the fabulous East Coast! Our tour guides for the day, Hugh and Sue have a great knowledge of this area so no doubt there will be some fabulous roads and scenery for us to all enjoy!

View the full flyer for this run here: Blackhead Beach Run (PDF)

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Twenty two cars of various models including MGA, TD, Magnette, MGB, MGB GT, MGF,TR7, Stag and their crews assembled at Awahuri on a cool but fine overcast morning for the start of the 2008 Breakfast Run. The cars left on time at 8.15am and headed for Mount Stewart turning on to Penny Road and through Rongotea. From there we followed a variety of back country roads dodging the inevetible cow muck here and there, a short smooth gravel section across the flood plains, some more surprise back roads before arriving into Levin and our breakfast destination, The Loaded Hog Brewery. The fire was roaring and everyone settled in for a good long natter over a hearty full cooked breakfast. Thanks to Gay & Bill for organising this run!

Please remember - if you have any photo’s or comments from this run you would like to share with everyone, please email them to me and I’ll add them to the gallery (there’s a couple there already!) or Bulletin Board. Thanks.