<p class="p1">Generally, September was a quiet month as the dark evenings of autumn approaches.</p> <p class="p2"><b><i>Our September Meeting on the 11th</i></b></p> <p class="p3">With both Rob and Martin sending in their apologies, Keith welcomed everyone to the meeting, including our new member Ifor Davies. Apologies had also been received from Myn, Adrian, Lindsay and Mary, Keith then introduced Kate Beim, Bill Lash and Pam Farnsworth from Watershed RDA, Coates our chosen charity for the 2025 Cotswold Caper. We were then pleased to present Kate with a cheque for £5.000.00 for Watershed RDA.</p> <img class="aligncenter size-jnews-750x536 wp-image-12830" src="https://staging.glosmgoc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Presentation-750x536.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="536" /> <p class="p3">Kate, Pam and Bill were very surprised by the amount we had raised from the Caper event and Kate thanked the members of our club. Kate informed us that the amount raised would be used for the upkeep of their newly acquired pony called Bentley, and apologised that it couldn’t be renamed MG. She said that they had all enjoyed helping at the Caper and thought it was a wonderful event and again thanked us again for all of our hard work in making it possible.</p> <p class="p3">Following the cheque presentation, the meeting continued with Keith thanking Lindsay for organising the successful August evening run and that the next evening run would be on September 16<span class="s1">th</span> which was being organised by Dale. Keith informed members that details regarding both the October Sunday lunch organised by Martin and the November Sunday lunch organised by Laurence would be emailed out to all members as soon as possible.</p> <p class="p3">Keith then announced that the venue for this year’s Christmas dinner had been changed from The Swan at Coombe Hill, and will now be held at The New Dawn, Norton. A list with a copy of the menu was circulated during the meeting.</p> <p class="p3">Keith informed the meeting that the preparation of next year’s Caper is underway, with two possible start points being considered, which would be the Stroud area or the Cirencester area with a possible route around the south of the Cotswolds.This part of the meeting concluded with the announcement of the nominations for next year’s chaity for the 2026 Caper and these are:</p> <ul> <li class="p3">St Roses School, Stroud - A charity offering education, therapy with day and residential care for children and students aged 2 to 25, with a wide range of disabilities.</li> <li class="p4">CALM (Children Achieving Lifelong Movement, Bourton on the Water. – A charity providing support and therapy for children with movement disorders.</li> <li class="p4">Linc, Cheltenham – A charity dedicated to supporting blood cancer patients and their families across Gloucestershire.</li> </ul> <p class="p4">Copies of the 3 resumés for these charities have now been emailed out to all members to read and decide which charity they/you wish to vote for at the next meeting. For anyone unable to attend the next meeting, you may email your vote to Keith at <a href="mailto:secretary@glosmgoc.co.uk"><span class="s2">secretary@glosmgoc.co.uk</span></a> or <span class="s2"><a href="mailto:keithmgtd@gmail.com">keithmgtd@gmail.com</a>.</span> Please note: each member is allowed one vote, so couples have one vote each. All email votes must be submitted by Wednesday 8<span class="s4">th</span> October.</p> <p class="p3">Terry proceeded to update members that we now have 49 members and our funds stand at £2,049.36.</p> <p class="p3">Keith then continued the meeting highlighting some of the following forthcoming events:</p> <p class="p3"><b>September</b></p> <ul> <li class="p3">Fri/Sun 12<span class="s1">th-14th - Goodwood Revival</span></li> <li class="p3">Tuesday 16<span class="s1">th - Evening Run organised by Dale</span></li> <li class="p3">Sunday 28<span class="s1">th - Goodnight Sweetheart Road Run – Chesterfield MGOC</span></li> </ul> <p class="p3"><b>October</b></p> <ul> <li class="p3">Sunday 5<span class="s1">th - AWC Autumn Leaves Run – Abingdon Works MGC</span></li> <li class="p3">Tuesday 9<span class="s1">th - Club meeting – voting for charity & social evening</span></li> <li class="p3">Sunday 26<span class="s1">th - Club Sunday lunch – organised by Martin</span></li> </ul> <p class="p3"><b>November</b></p> <ul> <li class="p3">Tuesday 13<span class="s1">th - Club meeting – Talk by Paul Mount</span></li> <li class="p3">Sunday 23<span class="s1">rd - Club Sunday lunch – organised by Laurence</span></li> </ul> <p class="p3">Details of all events should be on the diary page of the website.</p> <p class="p3">Volunteers are now required to organise the January, February and March Sunday Lunches and if any member wishes to organise one of these lunches, please inform Martin or Keith. Since the meeting Trev and Sue have volunteered to organise the March Sunday lunch.</p> <p class="p3">Keith kindly requested that if any members had any suggestions, and or to help organise any club trips or events for next year to notify either Martin or Keith.</p> <p class="p3">John White announced that he was considering trips to view the work in progress on the A417 missing link project. Details of which have now been emailed to all members.</p> <p class="p3">Keith also mentioned, on behalf of Laurence, that Laurence and Carol were looking to partake on a Classic car Tour in South Africa in 2027 and if anyone else would like to consider going, to contact Laurence.</p> <p class="p3">The meeting was then concluded with a break and the raffle, run by Wendy, which raised £47.</p> <p class="p3">After the break Keith hosted a general knowledge quiz with 25 wide ranging questions, with the winning team scoring 18.</p> <p class="p3"><b>The next meeting will be on Thursday 9</b><span class="s1"><b>th</b></span><b> October and will feature the voting for next year’s charity </b><b>followed by a social evening.</b></p> <p class="p2"><b><i> Horsley Fete – 13</i></b><span class="s5"><b><i>th</i></b></span><b><i> September</i></b></p> <p class="p3">Tim Parrott took his TA along to Horsley village fete, to join around 15 other classic cars on display and he won second prize. The judge for the show was the person who sleeved and line bored Tim’s engine!!</p> <img class="aligncenter size-jnews-featured-750 wp-image-12828" src="https://staging.glosmgoc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_0894-750x563.jpeg" alt="" width="750" height="563" /> <p class="p2"><b><i> Evening Drive/Run – 16</i></b><span class="s5"><b><i>th</i></b></span><b><i> September</i></b></p> <p class="p3">Dale organised our September evening run. Report to follow, meanwhile here are a couple of action photos from the evening:</p> <img class="aligncenter wp-image-12831 size-large" src="https://staging.glosmgoc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_0893-713x1024.jpeg" alt="" width="713" height="1024" /> <img class="aligncenter size-jnews-featured-750 wp-image-12829" src="https://staging.glosmgoc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_0892-750x567.jpeg" alt="" width="750" height="567" /> <em><strong>Newsletter No.181</strong></em>
