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Australian Annual Kimber Run 2010 MG80- The celebration of 80 years of involvement with the MG models. Think MG80!
Hi everyone,
If I can start this report with the requested UK MG Car Club weekend dates for this run! 16 and 17 October 2010. The MG Car Clubs’ inception started with a meeting of interested parties at a little pub in Stevenage at The Roebuck Inn, on the A1 Great Northern Road, London and it was only 80 years ago!
The MG Car Club UK, in Abingdon, has asked if all MG Car Clubs throughout the world try to get as many MGs on the road over the weekend of 16th & 17th October as a celebration of MGs continued use be they 1928 vintage or 2005 manufacture.
This event is to be known as MG80 and will see all the clubs who participate sending back a video of part of their involvement; starting in New Zealand as the earliest in the time zone and moving in a westerly direction through all the Australian MG Car Clubs and on over to South African MG Car Clubs; through the MG Car Clubs in Asia; through the many MG Car Clubs in Europe through to the many UK MG Car Clubs and pass through Abingdon at noon and over to the many American MG Car Clubs and ending in the Alaskan MG Car Clubs in the evening.
This year’s South Australian event has been organized to start a bit later at round 10.00 am at the Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Drive just off King William Street in the City.
This will take the form of a hot BBQ “brunch” with Tea/Coffee etc before the off ( I Suggest bring collapsible chairs/ table as well as seating is not available.)
The run will be a lovely drive down through the Southern Adelaide Hills. Through McLaren Flat to Willunga! Why not go over the Myponga Dam Wall! Shh!! I have told you too much already! It is supposed to be a secret!
There will be two runs one via Yankalilla to Victor and the second via Second Valley then turn left at Dellamere and that lovely run through the farming properties to Victor Harbor (lots of passing here mate!). Then thru Goolwa and will end round 3.00 to 4.00pm with afternoon tea in Strathalbyn.
So we want as many MGs as we can get to be on the road over this weekend and more importantly come on this special run and receive your Kimber Run Plaque with the MG80 logo for 2010 on it!
Only those who actually enter the event will get one of these 200 plaques!
ALL MG owners are invited to partake on this historic run! So pass on an entry form to any MG owners who you know may well wish to be a part of seeing MGs of all colours in front and behind them, and not just one or two but well over 100 of them and not all RED either! Spread the word!
So this is an invitation to all the MG owners to get their MGs out and ready for a terrific run over this mid October weekend, (hopefully mild) and in particular to our members from the far flung reaches of the state! Or over the border! Organise a bed, be it in Adelaide or in Strath and come and join us for a day, meet some like-minded people and forget the bugs in the teeth!
As you will see the price to be a part of this special event is a real snip at $17 Registration and $32 for two for the meals, $49.00 for a couple, not bad eh! All you have to do is turn up in your MG!
So please complete the attached entry form and send it in with your preferred payment to the MG Car Club SA. We would love to have you join us!
Regards
Mike Greenwood and Helpers – MG80

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Welcome to MG80!

The MG80 event

A worldwide celebration of the founding of the MG Car Club

16 - 17 October 2010

The MG Car Club will be staging the largest MG event ever to celebrate our 80th birthday
The first meeting of the club was on 12 October 1930 at the Roebuck Inn, Stevenage on the A1 Great North Road. The date of the event will be the weekend of the 16th-17th October 2010. The plan is for the celebratory event to start in New Zealand early in the morning and travel westwards around the globe, passing through Kimber House, Abingdon, UK at noon and finishing in Alaska late that evening.

Inviting the MG family

The MG Car Club is inviting all overseas MG clubs to join it in this exciting worldwide event. We would like each club to stage a local event of their choosing which is both organised and funded by them, and which involves as many members as possible. We want the clubs to capture the spirit of their event on photo or video, which will be then upload to the Internet and displayed on a time line showing the progress of the events throughout the day.
This has the potential to be an innovative celebration of our 80 years, and we think that the participation of clubs throughout the world will foster a closer relationship within the extended MG family. The PR that could be generated for all the clubs and MG as a whole could be enormous. Our intention will be to generate local, national and international interest.
Clubs and volunteers have already come forward from Europe, Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK.
This will be an event of truly worldwide proportions so help us celebrate:
MGCC logo
The Marque of Friendship
and take part in this innovative event.

The technology
Our intention is to use resources already present on the Internet. We will use a geographical/time line on Google Maps. Points on this line will show the progress of events and will be linked to photos and videos uploaded by clubs to well-known media hosting sites such as YouTube, flickr and Panoramio. It will also be possible to upload snippets of text describing events, or to make links from the map to a club’s own website describing the event. The intention is to enable making contributions as flexible as possible.
We will create a single Google Account for all participating clubs and create the ‘bare bones’ of the map. We will then send the account details to all clubs who will then be able to edit the map. Instructions on how to contribute to the map will also be sent and are also shown below, as well as information on how to incorporate the results into other media such as club websites and Google Earth. It will also be possible to view the map and links on Smart phones that can install the Google Earth app.

Google Earth geographical line

MG80 time line on Google earth On the right is a .kml file which when loaded into Google Earth shows the geographical/time line for the event (as pictured on the left), and gives our first indication of the places and order we think the events will occur.
Click the icon of the .kml file which will then download the file to your computer. Open the file with Google Earth and the MG80 time line will appear under the Temporary Items menu on the left hand side. Select the MG80 menu title and it will appear on Google Earth.
Note that we are still not entirely decided whether to use Google Maps or Google Earth for the event. At the present time we favour Google Maps, as indicated above, because it allows collaboration on adding to the map of events and the results are there immediately for all to see. Google Earth is a bit messy in this respect because you have to keep downloading amended .kml files of your additions and send the .kml file to all participants.
As this is an innovative MG event, we would welcome enquiries from people who are interested in contributing to the technology.