Due to a cancellation, there is now space for two people on the Sports & Classics trip to the Loire and Normandy from 4th to 13th July. For further details, please contact Gail Harrison by email to: classics@shelsley-walsh.co.uk
The Club attended this event to draw attention to the MAC Classic 2018 and it was a great success with all our entry forms being taken away. Great enthusiasm for the event, particularly the run up the Hill itself. Our team consisted of Finton Murphy, Colin Moore, John Spencer and Andrew Davis with John Dyas helping out too. An early start for setting up with Finton arriving at Gaydon before 7 am! We rewarded ourselves with a Gaydon breakfast. The visitors to our stand included Roger Moran, Paddy Hopkirk and Barrie Williams. Above is a photo of our stand with Finton and Colin making sure no -one passed by. An excellent stand with a great map showing all 4 routes to be used on the MAC Classic
Stanbrook Abbey hosted the Midland Automobile Club’s Annual President’s Dinner and Prize Winners Awards Reception for the second time on Saturday 6th January, with the reception moving to the beautiful Callow Great Hall (the old chapel for the nuns). Lighting was supplied by Nicky Mansfield and her family’s LSE lighting company and created a stunning atmosphere in every room. Cars were supplied by John Cottrill, Richard Summers, Duncan Andrews and Nigel Elliott, for which we are extremely grateful. Guest speaker, Mark Higgins, held everybody’s interest when revealing some of the secrets of being a Bond stunt driver (for Daniel Craig) and also revealed how Dame Judy Dench was a wiling and hap
The New Year was welcomed in at Shelsley Walsh with the annual New Year’s Day Walk and brunch. This event started as a group of members and friends gathering together to bring in the New Year at the hill approximately 10 years ago and has grown year on year as word spreads. This year over 200 people visited us on New Year’s Day in an array of cars. The restaurant was busy serving ‘Shelsley Breakfasts’ and many MAC members gathered together to catch up. The weather wasn’t the best with heavy rain early on, but it brightened up around 10am and stayed dry for the rest of the morning. The rain didn’t stop people turning up in their pride and joys though with everything from modern super cars to
