Event Reports

2011

Old Speckled Hen Run - Sunday 29th May
It was again a full house for the 2011 Speckled Hen the annual MG Tour which brings together Abingdon’s two most famous products. With four countries represented amongst the 100 cars entered, the 19th Tour could certainly rank as being one of the most international to date.
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Abingdon Works Car Show - Sunday 8th May 2011
This year saw the 6th running of the AWC Car Show in conjunction with the Abingdon Air and Country Show at the Abingdon airfield. As in previous years we were supporting the Berks Oxon and Bucks Air Ambulance Charity who this year treated us all to a short display and flypast prior to the main display. Click here for a full report. Click here for photos.

St. George’s Day Run - Sunday 17th April 2011
We met in the Miele factory car park in the retail park in west Abingdon at 10am on Sunday April 17th. First, we were incredibly lucky with the weather, the sun shone all day and the temperature remained high, great with the hood down!
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Abingdon Works Centre Awards Dinner - Saturday 26th March 2011
It is rumoured Isadora Duncan once lived there when it was owned by sewing machine magnate Sir Mortimer Singer and it was the former home of MG racer George Eyston, but on the last Saturday in March, Steventon House Hotel was once again the venue for the AWC 2011 Awards Dinner.
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2010

Abingdon Works Centre's clock for the John Thornley Suite - Tuesday 9th November2010
A decision was made that we should commission a unique timepiece for the club and early November saw a stunning contemporary multi chronometer presented to Kimber House to be displayed in the John Thornley Suite for all to see.
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The Chairman's Run - Sunday 3rd October 2010
Sunday the third of October 2010 was a day definitely erring on the side of Tin-Tops. The fastest moving objects that you could see from the Miele Car Park were not the Black Stuttgart and Munich made cars on the A34 but the Gunmetal Grey Clouds attempting a new airspeed record over Abingdon. Click here for a full report. Click here for photos.

Summer Day Out - Sunday 25th July 2010
Cars ranging from Peter Down’s 1935 PA to Bob Foster’s 2009 TF LE500 and most of the models in between congregated for the traditional summer picnic and get together at Hinton Ampner House and Gardens near Alresford in Hampshire.
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Old Speckled Hen Tour - Sunday 30th May 2010
77 years of MG machinery gathered at Radley College for the 18th Old Speckled Hen Tour in the annual celebration of Abingdon's two world-famous brands. Spanning the years 1932 to 2009, it was again a full house of 100 cars.
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Abingdon Works Car Show - Sunday 2nd May 2010
The early 2010 May Bank Holiday saw the 11th Abingdon Air & Country Show and the 5th year that we had joined them on the old Abingdon airfield now the home of the Army and re-named Dalton Barracks.
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Abingdon Works Centre Awards Dinner - Saturday 27th March 2010
The last Saturday in March saw the former home of record-breaker George Eyston, Steventon House Hotel, again welcoming those attending the annual AWC Awards Dinner. This Victorian country house became a hotel in 1981 and in 2007 a part of the Divine Hotels group.
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2009 

Boxing Day Run - 26th December 2009
Boxing Day morning saw the usual good attendance of cars assemble in Abingdon's Market Square for the Boxing Day Run. After a delightful 50+ mile run we ended up at The Dog House in Frilford for lunch.

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