Chapter, Register or NAMGAR. It is He has maintained its original objective to
awarded to someone who is a leader be an important source for the exchange of
amongst his or her peers, who takes a technical information between Twin Cam
leadership role to ensure that the MG Owners. He has done invaluable research
Marque of Friendship is not just a slogan, but in not only the history of the Twin Cam but
an actual way of life... someone who gives of all MGAs. He has made several research
more than he or she receives. visits to the MG archives not only for his
With the 50th Anniversary of the own projects but for others who have
announcement of the Twin Cam and with asked. Robin has continually given to the
the interest generated with the evolution of MG community. He is an individual that
the Twin Cam Jubilee, it became very promotes the marque and the spirit of
evident to the NAMGAR Board that there friendship that it stands for.”
was an individual who, for years, has been The picture shows George
a cornerstone of the Twin Cam Special Merryweather (right), the Chairman of
Interest Group. NAMGAR presenting the Mac Spears clarify that Robin runs the Twin Cam
Robin Barker clearly embodies the spirit Award to Robin Barker. Photo courtesy of Discussion Group on the Internet and the
of the Mac Spears Award. Robin started the Don Hayman. MG archives referred to are those largely
Twin Cam Group nearly 10 years ago. I will not add to the above except to to be found at BMIHT at Gaydon.
SOUTHERN TOUR ... SEPTEMBER
The now-traditional Southern Tour was
based this year in Hampshire and attracted
an entry of 23 cars consisting of 19 MGAs,
an MGB, a Magnette and two TDs.
The MGB belonged to Geoff & Pat Jebb,
whose Twin Cam is not feeling very well and
the other interlopers were all local MGCC
enthusiasts from the organisers’ local car club.
This year the Tour encompassed a one-day
tour of the New Forest on Saturday and a
run further afield through southern Wiltshire
and east Dorset on Sunday.
Most participants arrived at the Premier
Inn at Ower on Friday and, after dinner, the
route books were handed out to allow
navigators a sneak preview.
By a stroke of great fortune the Tour
coincided with a glorious spell of weather
with only a little fog in the early mornings
which caught out a few whose cars needed
bump-starting. No names to avoid red faces
but they know who they are!
The Saturday route took in Beaulieu,
Exbury and Lepe (with wonderful views of
the Solent and the Isle of Wight) before a
coffee stop at the Master Builder Hotel at
Buckler’s Hard where many of the Trafalgar
fleet were built. The main street is very A typical scene from the New Forest taken near Fordingbridge. Photo: Peter MacWaters.
picturesque with the slope down to the
Beaulieu River and the ancient slipways. A Alice Lisle, an ancient New Forest pub. From was presented after dinner with a suitable
number of people came back in the there, the route swung south to Milford-on- cake with an MGA theme to it and a ‘funny’
afternoon to sample the boat trip up to Sea with its views of the Needles and card signed by everyone. I won’t tell you
Beaulieu and down to the Solent. Yarmouth before returning to Ower through how old he was but he was very proud of
The route then meandered through Lymington and Minstead (burial place of his new bus pass!
Brockenhurst and along the famous Arthur Conan Doyle). Sunday’s route took in Romsey and
Ornamental Drive with its giant redwoods to Saturday marked the birthday of MGA Kimbridge on the River Test before swinging
Bolderwood and Linwood for lunch at the Register Chairman George Dutton and he west across the Forest to Fordingbridge and
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