Vintage Minor Register
Welcome to the VMR 2013 Summer Rally
Friday 19th July to Sunday 21st July
Download your entry form here.
Visit the Pre-War Prescott website here.
(This web page
last updated 6/6/2013
- more updates are anticipated as planning progresses,
so add this
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(Photo: Graham Abbott)
Come and enjoy
a spectacular weekend of rallying, touring and socializing
among old
friends and new in the glorious Cotsolds and the Vale of Evensham
Below we hope
you will find all the Rally information you need to make your weekend a
most enjoyable one.
If you have
any questions, or need any further information or help in booking accommodation,
simply e-mail
the Register.
The Rally Itinerary
Friday Evening
Informal Reception
at the the Shutter Inn, Gotherington
for early arrivers.
Everyone most
welcome!
Saturday
Pre-War Prescott!
Organised
and hosted by the Vintage Minor Register
After three visits to Prescot
by the VMR, the Register inaugurated Pre-War Prescott in 2011, and was
immediately a tremendous success.
Pre-War Prescott now forms
the centrepiece of our annual Summer Rallies. VMR Prescott has become
famous for its relaxed, friendly, garden party atmosphere.
The day offers the unique
opportunity and thrill of being able to drive your own pre-war car up this
famous and historic hill, owned and operated
by the Bugatti
Owners Club. All pre-war cars are cordially invited to attend,
and a number of one-make clubs and registers have already booked in for
the day.
A wide variety of activities and displays is being planned once again, including vintage aircraft displays and a host of trade stands.
2013 marks the 80th Anniversary
of Cameron Gilg's and Walter Kay's record-breaking
expedition in a 1933 Morris Minor tourer from Liverpool to Cape Town,
and members of the Gilg
family will be present over the weekend as we mark this remarkable Morris
Minor achievement.
An exhibtion of expedition
artifacts will be on display in the VMR tent during the day.
During the lunch break, the Sports & Vintage Cup will be awarded to the most meritorious Register member in the last year.
Once again, the designated
charity for the day is the RAF
Charitable Trust.
ALL proceeds from the hill
after the first 400 climbs of the day will be donated to this most deserving
charity.
There will also be a no-reserve
auction of spares and automobilia organized by Hereford
Vintage Auctions during the lunch break,
with all funds raised to
be donated to the Trust. So please bring along any suitable item
that you would like to donate to the auction.
Lsst year, we raised a very
creditable £674 for the RAC CT, and we hope to do even better this
year.
Also during the day, we are expecting a display by a Hawker Hurricane of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and may well have other overhead visitors.
Full catering and a licensed
bar will be available throughout the day,
and will feature fine ales
from the local Prescott Brewery.
(Fiona Harrison at our 2008 Summer Rally)
The day will conclude with
a BBQ and Forties Swing evening with entertainment provided by Fiona
Harrison,
Britain's finest professional
forties singer at the Clubhouse on the hill.
A map of Prescott - we will
be using the long course formmost of the day, and switching to the short
course around 3 p.m.,
so you wil have the uniuque
opportunity to have a go at both courses duruing the day.
Pre-War cars wishing to
climb the hill will be parked in the Paddocks.
Spectators' cars and post-war
cars will be parked in the Public Car Park.
Images of Pre-War Prescott 2011 may be found here, here, here, here, here and on YouTube here.
Sunday
The Vale of Pershore Navigation Rally and Scenic Tour
The Vale of Pershore Navigation
Rally and parallel Scenic Tour will start in the Orchard at Prescott at
9 a.m. sharp.
Hot tea, coffee and bacon
butties will be available in the Paddock for those who had to miss breakfast!
The route will take in some
sixty miles of lanes and byways nestling at the foot of the Cotswolds,
calling in at numerous places of interest en route.
There will be a lunch stop (location top secret!)
The afternoon will conclude with teas, cakes, results and prizegiving.
The Roy Hogg Trophy will be awarded to the best Morris Minor/M Type performance in the Navigation Rally.
The Lewis and Nicholson Trophy will be awarded to the winning team in this traditional challenge between the Minors and the Austin 7's.
There will also be a special
trophy presentation by Hereford Vintage
Auctions
for the best non Minor/M
Type performance in the Navigation Rally.
Sunday Evening
A Farewell run out to a the Shutter Inn, Gotherington, where once again great food and ales will be available.
(As usual, FREE BEER will be provided for those who have marshaled during the weekend!)
Accommodation
May we suggest that you consider
booking your accommodation as soon as possible,
as suitable accommodation
in the area will at a premium in July.
Camping will also be available at Prescott in the Orchard.
Maps
..
You will require OS maps 150 (any Edition) for the Navigatiom Rally.
Scenic Tourists will require
no maps as they will be provided with a Tour Handbook at the start
containing explicit route
instructions for the day.
Order your maps here.