Calendar of Events 2009 - 2010

Calendar Of Events 2009 - 2010

www.omgc.info Cheapo-Cheapo SLC 2003 Arnprior [ SLC = Shore Line Cruise ] Old Number One On Display At Old The OMGC British Sports Heritage Challenge Museum Trophy [ most clubs tried very hard NOT to win it because it was so ugly ]

OTTAWA MG CLUB EVENTS CALENDAR 2009 - 2010

Month Date Day Event Information Contact

Jul 13-17 Mon-Fri NAMGAR GT34 - North American MGA Register www.NAMGAR.com

16 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ The Brigadoon - Tire Kicker - Terry Haines 822-8642

25 Sat 2008 Edition of Canadian Tire Car Day CTC Hunt Club @ Merivale www.carshowsite.com

25-26 Sat-Sun OMGC - Discover Waupoos Weekend Martin Handforth 476-2953

Aug 2 Sun Auto Waterfront Car Show-BlockIsland, Brockville Paul Gardiner www.tisma.ca

Æ 15-16 Sat-Sun OMGC OVJ Ottawa Valley Jog Overnight Kingston Norm Peacey 832-5508

16 Sun All British Car Day @ Kingston - Boot’n’Bonnet Club - Linda Thomas 385-1947

20 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Red Dot Café - Tire Kicker - Terry Haines 822-8642

Æ 22 Sat OMGC Corn Roast Tony Edge 443-2232

30 Sun Cornwall Car Club @ Upper Canada Village www.cornwalloldecarclub.com

Sep 11-13 Fri-Sun Vintage Grand Prix Racing at Watkins Glen www.theglen.com

13 Sun OMGC Car Display @ Rideau Place Len Fortin 283-0470

18 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Chelsea’a Pub - Tire Kicker - Terry Haines 822-8642

18-20 Fri-Sun The British Invasion – Stowe, Vermont www.britishinvasion.com

20 Sun Bronte Creek British Car Show www.britishcarday.com

Æ Oct 4 Sun OMGC Fall Colour Run Pierre Ranger 722-6900

15 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Louis’ Restaurant - Tire Kicker - Terry Haines 822-8642

T 17 Sat OMGC Fall Technical Session Gordon Timbers 224-4177

Nov 19 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Louis’ Restaurant - Annual General Meeting - Terry Haines 822-8642

Dec 19 Sat OMGC Christmas Party - Britannia Yacht Club Len Fortin 283-0470

Jan 21 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Louis’ Restaurant Terry Haines 822-8642

Æ Feb 5-7 Fri-Sun OMGC Ski Weekend Mike Daniels 592-5408

19 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Louis’ Restaurant - Long Distance Awards - Terry Haines 822-8642

Mar 18 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Louis’ Restaurant - Photo Night - Terry Haines 822-8642 OTTAWA MG CLUB EVENTS CALENDAR 2009 - 2010

Month Date Day Event Information Contact

Apr 16 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meet @ Louis’ Restaurant - Tire Kicker Terry Haines 822-8642

19 Sun Ancaster British Car Show & Flea Market www.ahcso.com

21-24 Tue-Fri NAMGAR Key West www.namgar.com

T 25 Sat OMGC Spring Tune-Up at Land Rover/Jaguar Ottawa Jordan Jones 839-1821

26 Sun Boot’n’Bonnet British Car Club Auto-Jumble - in Kingston www.bootnbonnet.org

May 3-4 Sat-Sun Stirling Flea Market – Stirling, Ontario [email protected]

15 Sat Carlisle, PA Import Show www.carsatcarlisle.com

21 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ The Ashton Pub - Tire Kicker Terry Haines 822-8642

24 Sun Oxford Mills Vehicle Show www.cvmgo ttawa.com

31 Sun British Car Show – Beaconsfield, Quebec www.hudsonantiquecarclub.com

30-7 Sat-Sun Annual British Car Week www.br itishcarweek.org

Æ Jun 6-7 Sat-Sun OMGC Cheapo-Cheapo Bob Stark 258-4636

7 Sun Byward Market Auto Classic Car Show www.byward-market.com

7 Sun Kars & Planes Show Harvey Rule 739-5562

18 Thr Ottawa MG Club Meeting @ Rideau Restaurant Kemptville - Tire Kicker Terry Haines 822-8642

19-20 Fri-Sun VARAC Vintage Festival at Mosport www.varac.ca

21 Sun Stinson Car Show @ Metcalfe Fair Grounds John Armstrong 822-7400

24-27 Wed-Sun NAMGBR – MG 2008 Breckenridge, Colorado www.MG 2009.com

28 Sun Carleton Place Car Show Ken Ferguson 257-8453

28 Sun Athens Car Show

Jul 1 Tue Canada Day Car Show in Arnprior Art Smith 623-7825

4-5 Sat-Sun Carp Fairgrounds Car Show & Flea Market G. Byrne 832-2486

5 Sun OMGC Picnic In Kilmarnock Len Fortin 283-0470

Æ 11 Sat All British Car Day ABCD 2008 Lakeside Park, Britannia Frank Rizzuti 225-4240

APRIL 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Jazz 1 234 April Pony Appreciation Express Fools Day Month Day

5 678910 11 Palm Metric Passover Good System Sunday Day Friday

12 13 14 15 16 OMGC 17 18 Easter Easter Take A Meeting Sunday Monday Wild @ Louis’ Guess Day Steakhouse

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ancaster Boston NAMGAR NAMGAR NAMGAR NAMGAR OMGC Marathon Car Show Day Key West Key West Key West Key West Spring Flea Market FL FL FL FL Tune Up

26 27 28 29 30 Boot’n’Bonnet National Dance Autojumble Day Astronomy Week

End Of The Gumball Rally At The Curnoe’s 2002

OMGC Group At The Swan On The Rideau Pub At A Canadian Tire Car Show - Adrian Sawyer / Ian Taylor Heading For The B’n’B ABCD At Grass Creek, August 1991 Mike Price / John & Janet Dallaire / Jim Nunn / Ian & Sandra Hughes Norbert Peters / Len & Deb Fortin / Deane Corniel / Hugo Leech

MARCH 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat National 1 23456 Beer Peace Name Darts Craft Day Corp Tag Match Month Day Day

7 8910 11 12 13 Daylight Get Johnny Over Appleseed Savings It Day Begins Day

14 15 16 17 18 OMGC 19 20 Ides St.Patricks Meeting Of Day March @ Louis’ Restaurant

21 23 24 25 26 27 28 First Day Chocolate Make Up Covered Your Own Of Spring Raisins Day Holiday Day

National Cleaning Week

29 30 31 Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day

A “British Car Breakfast” is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at The Broadway Bar & Grill, corner Prince of Wales Dr. & Fisher Avenue starting at 8:30 AM. For Information Contact Peter Whitworth 613-692-2270 MAY 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Clean National 1 2 Tuba Sterling Flea Air Scrapbooking Day Month Market & Month Car Show

3 456789 Sterling Flea Cinco Market & de Mayo Car Show Be Kind To Animals Week

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mothers Eat What Carlisle, PA You Want Day Day Kit Car Show

17 18 19 20 21 OMGC 22 23 Victoria Weights & Meeting Day Measures Day @ Ashton Pub 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oxford Mills USA Car/Motorcycle Memorial Show Day

31 Canadian British Car Classic Cars Show Wendover British Car Week - May 30th through June 7th Beaconsfield

St. Louis 1993

S-t-r-e-t-c-h MGB

Esprit de la Gaspesie - 2004

The OMGC Darts Match Trophy [awarded to the OMGC participants because we seldom, if ever, won an actual prize or trophy at any of the Jim multi-club Darts Match events] Nunn (standing) and Hugo Leech give special rally notes to Peter Adomovits at the Monte Carleton Rally July 1992

FEBRUARY 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Heart 123456 Groundhog OMGC OMGC Month Day Ski Ski Weekend Weekend

7 8910 11 12 13 OMGC Read White In The Shirt Ski Tub Day Day Weekend Jell-o Week

14 15 16 17 18 OMGC 19 20 Valentines Flag World Meeting Chocolate Day Human Mint Day Spirit @ Louis’ Day Family Day Restaurant Day

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Curling Inconvience Is Yourself Cool Day Day

JUNE 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat National 123456 National Donut OMGC Steakhouse Leave Work Day Early Day Cheapo Month Cheapo British Car Week - May 30th through June 7th

7 8 9 10111213 OMGC Byward Market Odessa Car Cheapo Auto Classic Show Cheapo Kars & Planes National Automotive Service Professionals Week Show

14 15 16 17 18 OMGC 19 20 Fudge VARAC VARAC Day Meeting @ Rideau Vintage Vintage Racing Racing Restaurant Mosport Mosport

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Fathers Billings Car Austin Healey St. Jean NAMGBR NAMGBR NAMGBR Day Show International Baptiste Breckenridge Breckenridge Breckenridge First Day Stinson Car Conclave CO CO CO Of Summer Show Kingston

28 29 30 Athens Car Carleton Place Show Car Show

Dave Graham 1955 MG Magnette Todd & Jennifer Steeves 1978 MGB at Stowe

Up The Opeongo Line 2006

JANUARY 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Get National 1 2 Organized Papercrafting New Month years Month Day

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Stephen Humanitarian Foster Day Day

Cuckoo Dancing Week

17 18 19 20 21 OMGC 22 23 Winnie Celebration The Meeting Of Life Pooh @ Louis’ Day Day Restaurant

24 / 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Macintosh National Freethinkers Computer Speak-Up Day Day & Succeed Day

A “British Car Breakfast” is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at The Broadway Bar & Grill, corner Prince of Wales Dr. & Fisher Avenue starting at 8:30 AM. For Information Contact Peter Whitworth 613-692-2270 Ottawa MG Club - Summer Picnic - “Grillin’ and Chillin’ In The Park” - Lanark

JULY 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat National 1 234 Share CANADA Carp Day Car Show A Sunset Independance Month Day USA

5 678910 11 OMGC Chocolate Hotdog ABCD Day Day Picnic Britannia Park

12 13 14 15 16 OMGC 17 18 Landsdowne NAMGAR NAMGAR NAMGAR Meeting NAMGAR Fair & Car GT34 GT34 GT34 @ Brigadoon GT34 Show Hot Springs AR Hot Springs AR Hot Springs AR Hot Springs AR Restaurant

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Cornwall Hug Your Health & Tell An OMGC Kid Day Happiness With Old Joke Car Show Hypnosis Day Day Discover Brits In Waupoos The Park Lumberjack Week Weekend

26 27 28 29 30 31 Canadian Tire Discover Milk Father-In-Law Car Show Chocolate Day Waupoos Day Prescott Car Show

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Bob Stark reads the riot act. with the whole gang on the steps of Kingston City Hall

Cheapo Ruth Kadolph and Mary Attwell Cheapo 2007

Escape To Kingston

Gerry Neville & Martin Handforth

AUGUST 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat National 1 Inventors Maxville Games Month

2 3 45678 Brockville Civic National Fresh Car Show Holiday Breath Day

910 11 12 13 14 15 Kemptville IBM PC OMGC Car Show Day OVJ National Romance Week

16 17 18 19 20 OMGC 21 22 OMGC OVJ Bad Meeting OMGC Poetry Corn Roast Boot’n’Bonnet Day @ Red Dot ABCD Cafe 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Waffle Women’s Crackers Perth Day Equality On The Day Keyboard Car Show Day

30 31 UpperCanada Village Car Show

A “British Car Breakfast” is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at The Broadway Bar & Grill, corner Prince of Wales Dr. & Fisher Avenue starting at 8:30 AM. For Information Contact Peter Whitworth 613-692-2270 On The Display Hugo Leech Memorial Trophy is awarded every year, at the British discretion of the President, at Car the Annual General Meeting Night to a worthy OMGC member Orleans 2007

There are other cars in the world as seen at this CTC Car Show but most aren’t as beautiful as the MGs

Steve Gee 1953 MGTF

Dave Graham & Frank Rizzuti British Car Night Hazeldean Mall 2008

NOVEMBER 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 234567 Daylight Cliche National Day Men Make Savings Dinner Day Ends World Communication Week

8910 11 12 13 14 World Remembrance World Orphans Kindness Day Day Day

15 16 17 18 19 OMGC 20 21 Homemade Bread Meeting Day @ Louis’ Restaurant

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Celebrate USA Your Unique Thanksgiving Talent Day

29 30 National Stay Home Because Peanut You’re Well Butter Day Lovers Month A “British Car Breakfast” is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at The Broadway Bar & Grill, corner Prince of Wales Dr. & Fisher Avenue starting at 8:30 AM. For Information Contact Peter Whitworth 613-692-2270 Various Vehicles MG From 2007 The ABCD

[OMGCers line up to get on board the Quyon Ferry] Cheapo-Cheapo 2002 - Marathon To Manawaki - All Aboard!! (right column) [if we had stood the Midget on its end we would have had room for 1 more MG] andThe Hudson Car Show2008( left column)

SEPTEMBER 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 12345 Oatmeal Day

678910 11 12 Labour Wonderful Watkins Watkins Weirdoes Day Day Glen Vintage Glen Vintage Grand Prix Grand Prix

13 14 15 16 17 OMGC 18 19 National OMGC Car National British British Clean Boss/Employee Meeting Up Display Exchange Invasion Invasion The @ Chelsea’s Earth Rideau Place Day Stowe Stowe Pub Day

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Bronte First Day Southeastern Southeastern Creek Of Fall GOF GOF Show Pollution Prevention Week

27 28 29 30 National National Southeastern Yom Women’s Health & Stamping Coupon GOF Kippur Fitness Day Month Month

A “British Car Breakfast” is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at The Broadway Bar & Grill, corner Prince of Wales Dr. & Fisher Avenue starting at 8:30 AM. For Information Contact Peter Whitworth 613-692-2270 Eric Smith 1951 MGTD Mary Attwell & Andrea Harasek NAMGBR FUNKHANA Lake Tahoe 1995 Dave Sankey 1953 MGTD Valve Cover Racers - North American MGB Register Convention

OCTOBER 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat National 123 Guardian Popcorn Angels Poppin’ Day Month

4 5678910 OMGC Mad World Hatter Sight Fall Colour Day Day Run Customer Service Week

11 12 13 14 15 OMGC 16 17 Thanksgiving Meeting OMGC @ Louis’ Fall Tech Session Restaurant

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Evaluate Support Your National Your Local Mole Life Chamber Of Day Day Commerce Day

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Cranky National Internet Halloween Co-Workers Chocolates Day Day Day