Summary; My Chat, October/November Events, 90thAnniversary Year, Centre Facebook Page, Wiscombe Hill Climb 2027, Ian Benningfield’s Donation Page, Jon Pittard Donation Page.
My Chat,
This coming Saturday, 31st October, Martyn Lucas has arranged a Cars and Coffee meet at Castle Combe to coincide with the MG Car Club Speed Championship round at the Bristol Pegasus Sprint, details below in the upcoming events.
I have a new stock of MGCC SW Centre windscreen stickers. If you would like one for each of your MGs, send a stamped addressed envelope to MG Car Club, C/O Jim Lott, 67, Somerset Avenue, Yate, BS37 7SQ, stating how many you would like, and I will send them by return.
Upcoming October/November Events
Saturday 31st October 2026 – Cars and Coffee Meet at Castle Combe Race Track.
To coincide with the MG Speed Championship being held in conjunction with Bristol Pegasus Sprint at Castle Combe, Martyn has organised a dedicated MG parking area and the Café Bar H will provide breakfasts for those that require one. Details on the website at this link Cars & Coffee Castle Combe
Thursday 19th November 2026 Centre Christmas Lunch
The menu for the Christmas lunch is now out and detailed below, if you would like to attend, send your name and menu choices to andrewowst@hotmail.com. No later than Wednesday 11th November. The cost will be £27.50 per person payable on the day.
MG Car Club Star Natter Christmas Lunch
Mains
- Traditional Roast Turkey with festive trimmings
- Roast striploin of beef with festive trimmings
- Seabass Fillet with crushed new potatoes, seasonal vegetables, caper and raisin sauce.
- Vegetarian Roast with Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, with festive trimmings (vegetarian)
Desserts
- Christmas Pudding with brandy cream.
- Dark Chocolate and Orange cheesecake with orange ice cream
- Somerset Cheese Plate
- Cinnamon rice pudding with gingerbread and vanilla ice cream
Details are also on the website at the following link The Star Christmas Lunch.
Saturday 21st November Christmas Mood – Hunt an MG gathering in Herefordshire
This is not an MG Car Club event but a private event being organised by Julija Chalmers for any MG owner that would like to join in the fun. Full details on the website at the following link Christmas Mood – Hunt
90th Anniversary Year 2026 – 90 for the 90
Although the challenge is closed. Please keep your entries coming. We are setting up a Fickr Page to show all of the photos posted. Full results of the challenge are available on the website at the following link, 90 for the 90 Challenge
All items in the Clothing Store are now available with either the normal South West Centre Logo or the new 90th Anniversary logo. The 90th Anniversary logo will only be available until the end of the year, so it you require some clothing as a reminder of our celebration, then order it quickly. Select the item you require, T-shirt, Polo shirt, Sweat Shirt, Premium Cap, Beanie, Hoodie, Fleece Jacket, Softshell Jacket, Shell Gilet, Soft Padded jacket, soft padded gilet or long-sleeved shirt, then select the colour and size and then you have the option to select which of the two logos you require. It couldn’t be simpler.
Centre Facebook Page
Another way to keep up to date with what is going on in the Centre is to visit the SW Centre Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/MGCCSW regular updates are posted there. Also, we have a SW Centre WhatsApp group, message me on my mobile 07773491953 to be included in the group. We are revamping the WhatsApp Group to make it more secure by creating an MG Car Club South West Community. Once the community has been set up and tested, we will ask current members of the South West Centre WhatsApp groups to move across into the new secure community.
Wiscombe Hill Climb 2027 Event Organiser Required
As a consequence of Ian Benningfield’s passing, we have managed to sort this year’s event with a lot of assistance from Woolbridge Motor Club, Torbay Motor Club and Wiscombe Park. The current committee do not have the relevant experience to carry out the administrative functions of organising such a prestigious event and are therefore seeking a volunteer to become the ‘Wiscombe Hill Climb Event Organiser ‘ it would be the sole task of this person. No experience is necessary as the role will be well supported by Wiscombe Ltd. and the Clubs helping us out this year. The task is not onerous and should take very little time during the beginning on the year up until late June when it starts getting a bit more involved as the event date in September approaches. If you are interested and want to know more drop me an email at jim.lott@hotmail.co.uk.
Ian Beningfield’s Donation Page
Following the untimely death of Ian Beningfield, The Meningitis Research Foundation have set up an official donation page in memory of Ian at https://ianbeningfield.muchloved.com/ and all proceeds go to the Foundation.
Jon Pittard’s Donation Page
Following Jon’s celebration of life service last week, his family are suggesting that donations be made in memory of Jon to St Peters Hospice, who did an excellent job of caring for Jon in the last days of his life. Donations can be made vis Jon’s Tribute Page https://www.stpetershospice.org/tribute-funds/jon-pittard/.
Jim Lott
Chairman, MGCC SW Centre
jim.lott@hotmail.co.uk
Mobile: 07773491953
