Club news, June 1987

The Morgan Sports Car Club’s “MOO 87” meeting is being held at Beamish Open Air Museum in Durham over the weekend of June 26-28. The organiser is the MSCC Durham and North-East centre, whose secretary is Tony Oliver, East Moor, Trimdon Station, Co Durham TS29 6DU.

To cope with the expected demand for places and relieve worsening speed differential problems, the 750 Motor Club is planning to hold two Relay races this year. Road-going sports cars, saloons and pre-war cars may compete in the 6-Hour Relay at Snetterton on Saturday 17 October, while a 4-Hour event at Silverstone two weeks later will cater for sports racing cars and modified saloons. Full details are available from Dave Bradley, 16 Woodstock Road, Witney, Oxford 0X8 6DT.

Jack Turner, designer and manufacturer of Turner sports and racing cars, will attend the second annual rally for devotees of the marque on Sunday July 5 at the Gwernvale Manor Hotel in Crickhowell, Powys. All owners and enthusiasts are invited, and further details are available from the Fairthorpe Sports Car Club’s Turner Registrar, Dave Scott, at 21 Ellsworth Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2TU.

Anyone who likes to see beautiful Bentleys should be in London’s Kensington Gardens on June 27 for the annual BDC Concours d’Elegance.

Pre-1956 MGs will converge at both Syon Park in London and Studley in Warwickshire on June 7 for the MG Octagon Car Club’s third annual Wings Run to Abingdon. The organiser is Harry Crutchley (0785 51014),

Intemational Healey Weekend this year is August 1-2, and the Austin Healey Club of Great Britain has chosen a venue (Charlcote Park, near Stratford) which is close to the Warwickshire home of the marque. A visit to the “Old Cape Works” and the Donald Healey Motor Co is included in the itinerary, which is available from the MC. Pineview, 412 Norton Lane, Earlswood, Solihull, West Midlands B94 SLR.

Organised by the Retromobile Club d’Aix-en-Provence, the fifth Alpes-Retro international rally for pre-1945 cars will take place from July 17-21. About 400 miles of Alpine territory will be covered, starting and finishing in Aix. Details are available from John Hinchcliffe, The Corner House, Ivychurch, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 OBB.

Intemational TR weekend this year is June 6-7, at the East of England Showground, Alwalton, Peterborough. For details contact the TR Register, 271 High Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.