All British Day Report

All British Day

The annual All British Day was held on Sunday 17 th October – one week after Swap Meet. It was hard to believe that just one week earlier the grounds were full of selling sites, food stalls, and thousands of people! The date (deliberately) coincided with October’s OCBC, so British cars streamed in the gate and soon dominated the assembly area, with probably around 150 cars arriving by 10.30am. Unfortunately our coffee van didn’t show up, so tea and coffee was instead dispensed from outside the clubrooms while everyone waited for the All British Run to get underway about 10.45am. The weather was picture-perfect after a very light frost early in the morning. This year there were two runs plotted out, with the finish destination being the Selwyn Huts domain just beyond Lincoln. The short route was fairly direct and took around 50 minutes from Cutler Park, and the longer route did a loop to Doyleston before returning to the domain across Coes Ford, taking just over an hour to complete. A large variety of cars and a couple of motorcycles took part – all up around 100 vehicles arrived at the domain and enjoyed their lunch in absolutely splendid weather. As has become tradition with this event, there was a short prizegiving held around 1.45pm to award prizes to the winners of each route (determined by whoever gets closest to the designated time for each run), and the Peoples’ Choice award for the most popular vehicle on the run. The run raised $600 which has been donated to the Sumner branch of Deaf Education New Zealand (Ko Taku Reo) for a special project of their choice. Thanks to everyone who took part – I trust you enjoyed your day. Colin Hey

All British Day results

Winner Short Route – Mark Cumming, 1959 MGA Roadster Runner-up Short Route - Paul Collison, 1952 Jowett Javelin Winner Long Route – Gavin and Teresa Agnew. 1972 Mini Clubman Runner-up Long Route – Russell Taylor, 1965 Triumph TR4A Winner Peoples’ Choice – Herman van der Weert,, 1931 Austin 7 (See photo Page 38) Runner-up Peoples’ Choice – Ian Clements, Jaguar XK140 Roadster