I am pleased to be able to report that we will be holding our AGM on Saturday 20th April at the Bird In Hand from 19:30. Please contact Mike Aldrich (details below) to let him know you are coming so that we can arrange the accommodation accordingly. We are hoping for a guest speaker, however, we have had to confirm the venue date before our speaker has been able to settle. As soon as we can we will let you know his identity, in the meantime it will have to be a closely guarded secret – thank you for your

At our Christmas Dinner at the Bird In Hand our Awards Officer Carol Rose had the pleasure of presenting our trophies to the winners for 2012. For those of you that were not there I am now pleased to announce the winners as follows: F. H. Douglass Trophy: for the owner who has driven the most distance in their Morgan during the year was won by Ian Morgan for travelling seven thousands miles in his Centenary Aero 8. His Morgan has been off the road for the last nine months of 2012 so this mileage was quite an achievement. One

If you are reading this Centre report then I am very pleased, because at least it probably means that the predictions from the Maya Calendar did not come to pass and the world hasn’t come to an end. This is good news because we have a busy 2013 ahead of us. Long weekends to Torquay and Corfe Castle are just two of the highlights. We also have a welcome return to the National Trust property Hinton Ampner, on the day of our visit they will be holding a special celebration to mark fathers’ day. We will have our Morgan Sports

Last month I detailed our trophies awarded to members of Thames Valley Centre on an annual basis. You will never believe it but I managed to forget one. There is of course the “wooden spoon” – not made of ash I might add because as we know all ash needs to be preserved/reserved for the construction of our beloved sports cars. The holder of this trophy is by her nature quite modest so through these good pages I will let you know her name – later though just to keep you in suspense.   It is amazing to think

On the domestic front for the Centre, I am really pleased to be able to announce that we have a newly appointed Awards Secretary for Thames Valley. This is quite a demanding position since we have quite a diverse set of trophies. Hence, it gives me great pleasure to let you know that Carol Rose has accepted the role. Thank you Carol; I look forward to working with you on this important aspect of the Centre.   To recap we have seven trophies as follows:   F. H. Douglass Trophy: for the owner who has driven the most distance

While booting up my computer the other day I noticed an interesting news story, you know how it is one gets a list of top stories to look at before one goes into one’s mail account. This particularly one mentioned a new luxury tower block in Singapore with fantastic views. The twist though, was that the owner of an apartment pulls up at ground level and with the use of a finger print reader opens access to a lift with windows all round big enough for a Ferrari or two. Having driven in, the lift delivers the car and