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October 2008 Sunday 26th |
Auckland: Topliss Mooning: A great evening to follow Alasdair's run around some of Auckland's older and more interesting suburbs including a visit to the top of Mt Victoria with its signal station and old fortifications | |
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Saturday 4th - Tuesday 7th |
Canterbury - West Coast Run:
A spectacular run from Christchurch to Reefton via the Lewis pass, on to
Westport through the Buller Gorge then up to the Denniston Plateau.
Back to Westport then south to Greymouth and Blackball before heading back to
Christchurch across Arthur's pass. Great weather, great driving, great
company, great food ... what more could one ask for? Organised by
Morag & Trevor Cullamore. Full report in December TRansmission.
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August 2008 Sunday 17th |
Auckland:
Fish & Chips at the Beach. Braving the rain,
low cloud and a miserable 8°C a good team from TR Register and ATCC ventured on
a most enjoyable winter drive through north and north west Auckland. After
travelling over quite a few roads never visited before and stopping to look at
all the model cars in Helensville the run ended up at Shelly Beach on the
Kaipara Harbour for a great lunch. John Lee's TR6 & Richard Wooster's TR7 below
shown alongside the Shelly Beach Wharf may tell the story about the weather
although it had cleared somewhat by lunchtime!
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August 2008 Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th |
Dunedin: Deep South Group Winter Escape Weekend An
adventure into the beautiful Maniototo, Cental Otago! Snow and all.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! For story and images follow this link DSG Winter Escape 2008 |
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May 2008 Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th |
Auckland: Waiheke Weekend An "Oversea" adventure for Auckland members to explore Waiheke Island. For story and images follow this link. Waiheke Weekend | |
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April 2008 Sunday 27th |
Auckland: ATCC "Show & Shine" at
St Heliers The only two Triumphs to make it to the annual ATCC - TR
Register Show & Shine at St Heliers for 2008. This event
has to date been blessed with good weather for every year it has been held but,
alas, this year it was not to be so! Normally Rangitoto Island would be
conspicuously visible in the background
but on this Sunday morning
it was just drizzle and small whitecaps as the weather steadily deteriorated for
the day. Event cancelled but may be held towards the end of the
year. Watch the calendar for details........
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April 2008 Sunday 20th |
Auckland: TR Mystery Run: An
excellent run starting from Albany and touring through some very interesting
country to the north of Auckland in the autumn sunshine. Great views
and even more spectacular were the several huge mansions
scattered around the otherwise tree covered slopes. A good number of cars
participated including several members of Auckland Triumph Car Club.
The run ended at the Riverhead Tavern for a late lunch. Located about
38km from the centre of the city this tavern was established in 1857 and, along
with the adjacent area has a long and interesting
history Organised (including the diabolical questions!)
by Jan Hendricks and Alisdair Keucke and enjoyed by all..
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April 2008 Tuesday 16th - Wednesday 17th |
Auckland: TR7 Recovered. An immaculate TR7 DH belonging to member Richard Jacques was stolen from his home during a daylight burglary. After an anxious 29 hours it was located in a nearby suburb after short search by another TR Register member. The TR7 appeared to be undamaged. | |
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Auckland: Everyone knows that
Auckland has some traffic problems. The City Council has a team of intelligent
staff hard at work finding solutions.. An April example is shown below!
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March 2008 Friday 7 March to Sunday 9 March |
2008 National Weekend - TR Register
Deco Weekend 2008. Napier, Hawke's Bay.
An outstanding weekend. perfect in just about every way. With over 100 people attending and around 50 TR's, perfect weather and our first National Weekend with an international presence it was a true credit to the Hawke's Bay team.
To read about the weekend click on this link
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December 2007 Tuesday 4 December |
Auckland: Christmas Pub Night & The Marian
Hendrix Ladies Night Out: A good number of Auckland members and
partners enjoyed a pre Christmas night out at The Horse & Trap on a dampish
Tuesday evening.
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| Sunday 2 December | Wellington: Pre Christmas BBQ at Palmerston North: A report received AFTER the deadline for the December TRansmission brought to you on the website instead of in TRansmission to prove that the Capital does still exist ...and so do deadlines!! Click on link to read: Wellington Report - December 2007 | |
| November 2007 | If you were wondering what past Committee Member and Spares Manager, Brian Peet has turned his spare time to after selling his TR4 (when he is not flying French jets for Air New Zealand) then look at this website http://www.seuffert.co.nz | |
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Saturday 24 November to Sunday 25 November |
Deep South Group - End of Year Mystery Tour Weekend: A wonderful weekend in the Deep South. With about 20 TRs and 4 almost TRs (2 Stags, 1 Spitfire and a MGB) there was plenty of enjoyable motoring for everyone (about 700km and all with the top DOWN!) over the excellent and almost deserted roads in Southland and Otago. Starting on Saturday morning in Lawrence first stop was at Tapanui for a superb morning tea in the sunshine at the home of the organisers, Alan & Norma Parks. From there westwards with a beautiful lunch stop to end up at Manapouri for the Saturday evening dinner complete with Christmas crackers. On Sunday morning everyone headed back to Lumsden and then north to Bannockburn for a tasty lunch in the sun at The Lazy Dog cafe before returning home.
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Canterbury - Akaroa Run: Sometimes it is
great when the met service gets it all wrong .... and fortunately this was one of those
occasions. Sunday in Christchurch was predicted to be wet and
generally not very nice at all but it turned out just about perfect for this
most enjoyable tour of Banks Peninsular. About thirty people ended
up at French Farm for an excellent lunch followed by a visit to Akaroa returning
via the "top road" which must be one of New Zealand's more interesting
drives .. scenic beyond belief and a great road for a convoy of TR's to enjoy!
Thank you Glenn & Sue for organising this
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October 2007 Sunday 28 October |
Auckland - "Topless Mooning"
A fun evening driving topless (for most)
up and around several of Auckland's volcanic cones with some very welcome
guests from the Auckland Triumph Car Club Everyone ended up at
"The Landing", Onehunga for a most enjoyable meal to round off of the evening.
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September 2007 Weekend 21-23 September
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Europe - TR International Meeting at Rimini,
Italy: "Dolce Vita in Triumph" A truly amazing and well organised weekend at this Italian seaside resort. Great people, great food, great wine, perfect weather, 160+ TR's lined up three abreast for a convoy thundering through the city with the Polazi urging everyone to go faster while they held up the other traffic ....what more could you ask for? Photo Gallery - TR Register Italy |
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August 2007 Sunday 12 August |
Auckland - Visit to Brian Whiteman's studio and
then to War Birds at Ardmore: An entertaining day with weather ranging from thunderstorms to bright sunshine. Organised by John Lee in conjunction with ATCC the day started with a visit to view Brian Whiteman's art works and enjoy an exquisite morning tea. Later just about everyone ventured south to Ardmore airfield to look at some of the War Birds aircraft collection finishing with afternoon tea at the Aero Club cafe. 
A line up of Triumphs & TRs
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| July 2007 | Auckland - Murder Mystery Weekend .. Another Amazing Weekend again ably organised by the Mence team. Jousting, Medieval torture, the odd dead body, a fine evening and a lot of fun. | |
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TR
TRavels for May. Evan and his team are obviously very clever and talented engineers and tradesmen, and would be well worth considering if your classic requires major or minor repairs or rejuvenation. Thanks heaps, Evan for a very enjoyable afternoon. While the blokes were enjoying themselves, The ladies also were out enjoying themselves with a ladies day out at “Just Plane Interesting”. We then regrouped for a barbeque at Marian and Jan's place. This certainly topped off a really social and enjoyable day. Thanks to Marian and Jan. It was also good to mix it with other clubs. Thanks to the Triumph and Sunbeam Owners Club for coming along and supporting us. We have another interesting month lined up with a tech night at BOC gases and a run to an interesting Historical sight and then a winery in our own back yard. Hope to catch up soon. Cheers
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February 2007 Friday 23 February to Sunday 25 February |
National Weekend 2007. "The
Nelson Nationals"
Held at Leisure Lodge, Nelson To read about the weekend click on this link National Weekend 2007 News & Views |
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Sunday 11 February |
Auckland - 2007 NZ Classic Car Weekend (Intermarque Concours d'elegence.)
Again, this year, a display was prepared by the TR Register team and, together
with ATCC a range of Triumph cars from 1929 to 1980 were shown. NZ
Classic Car Weekend 2007
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Auckland - 2007 Galaxy of Cars - MOTAT A
hard day out in the sun with about 680 cars on show at this [popular event at
MOTAT (Museum of Transport & Technology), Western Springs, Auckland.
(Below: Auckland Area Steward, Jan Hendrix with his 1930 Triumph Super 7)
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January 2007 Sunday 21 January |
Auckland - Fish 'n Chips Run:. After
the multi-club event was cancelled at short notice TRR decided to arrange the
run anyhow. With ideal weather and an excellent turnout of assorted
TR's, a Spitfire, Triumph 2500 and the odd TR-Nissan about twenty souls headed
off on a scenic drive to Kaiaua. The refreshments at the local pub
and the Fish 'n Chips were excellent, the weather was perfect and the company
most enjoyable. Below: Part of the group enjoying their Fish 'n Chips
under the familiar willow tree.
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September 2006 Sunday 17 September |
Auckland - 30th Isadora Duncan Rally:. Another
of these excellent fun events Go to Isadora Duncan 2006 for more about this enjoyable event |
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August 2006 Sunday 20 August |
Auckland - Winery Run: A great run in the
South Auckland area over some interesting but seldom travelled
roads. Everyone ended up at the Vila Maria winery at Mangere for a
wine tasting and lunch from the excellent menu.
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August 2006 Sunday 13 August |
Canterbury - Winery Run: Christchurch turned on a
very pleasant sunny Sunday afternoon for a recent visit Stella & Robert
made to the south. But that was not all ... the hospitality of the
Canterbury TR people was wonderful when altogether twenty
something TR people with their friends and guests met at the Larcomb Winery at
Rolleston, just south of Christchurch around midday. The excellent lunch was made even more enjoyable by
tastings of our hosts excellent wines and, of course, a number
of Bernard Egan's tales ....... Thank you Bernard and the
Canterbury team.
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July 2006 Friday 7 July Sunday 9 July |
Auckland - Murder Mystery Weekend 2006: Again the superb team of Peter, Jenni & Sam Mence organised a weekend that will be remembered for a long time. To read more and see some of the images from the weekend follow the link Murder Mystery Weekend 2006 | |
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May 2006 Sunday 21 May |
Auckland - Winery Run: Excellent weather for about 10 cars that turned out for this interesting run to a Macadamia Nut Farm and cafe on the South Kaipara Head. A fine lunch was followed by a tour of the site before leaving for a wine tasting at Coopers Creek, Kumeu. Another great day out | |
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March 2006 Sunday 5 March |
Auckland - ATCC "Show & Shine" at
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February 2006 Friday 24 February Sunday 26 February |
National Weekend 2006. Held at Solway
Lodge, Masterton To read about the weekend go to this link National Weekend 2006 News & Views |
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| Tuesday 14 February | Auckland - Valentine's Night Picnic: At Vellenoweth Green, Tamaki Drive, St Heliers. A most enjoyable and relaxing evening with a good selection of Chinese food and fish & chips together with the odd glass of bubbly as the sun settled for about 20 Auckland members and their partners. Thanks Jan & team | |
| Sunday 12 February |
Auckland - NZ Classic Car Weekend (Intermarque Concours d'elegence.) This year, in a
departure from the usual Concours team entry, a display was mounted together
with ATCC. A fine effort from Alisdair and his team with an
excellent audio-visual presentation around the central theme for the day
"The Passion of the Fashion". NZ Classic Car Weekend - 2006 - Click on link for the news |
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December 2005 Sunday 11 December |
Auckland - Grasskahna:. A TOP day for those who ventured to Waitakere for this most enjoyable event. Go to Grasskahna 2005 for more about this enjoyable event | |
| July - December 2005 | Unfortunately, again, your webmaster has just not had the time to keep this page up to date over recent months. If you are a new visitor to this website go to Current Calendar for a guide to the many successful events that have been held during 2005. My sincere apologies.. Robert | |
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July 2005 Tuesday 5 July |
Auckland - Technical Night: An interesting
visit to Alan Bowden's restoration workshop, Classic Restorations Ltd , in
Penrose. Alan kindly spent the evening with the 25 members and guests
that turned out (and that was on the same night as a Lions vs. Auckland rugby
game!). Everyone enjoyed a fascinating "tour" of quite a
selection of a number of classic restoration projects projects, each with
their own interesting story to tell. Thank you Alan. Go to www.car-restoration.com/ for more info about Alan's services |
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July 2005 Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July |
Auckland - Murder Mystery Weekend 2005:
Another TR Register Murder Mystery Weekend again impeccably organised by
Peter, Jenni & Sam Mence. Starting with the 1950 OSCAR's
evening on Friday night in Auckland the weekend progressed with a well planned
and interesting journey through South Auckland, Franklin, Waikato and
Hauraki Planes to a lunch stop at an excellent winery and cafe, Ohinemuri
Estate, in the Karangahake Gorge.
From there to Waihi Beach for the Saturday evening. Below is most of the
cast (except photographer Sam and dead body Graeme Nuttall).
Kevin Glover in the role of Louis Armstrong (note the well suntanned trumpet player below) gave us all a weekend of "alternative" trumpet playing(?) (Keven, if you plan to continue please go to the Falklands to practice). All in all an excellent weekend in this series of events that the Mence family have organised that just keep getting better and better. Who done it? The plot would make the average Agatha Christie novel look like kindergarten material and would take about a day to explain! However, that sneaky alpha driver, Guiseppe Farina (World's first Formula 1 champion in 1950) masquerading as Jan Hendrix (second from left below) had the blood on his hands this year From your shy and sensitive reporter, Humphery |
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June 2005 Friday 24 June |
Auckland - Mid-winter Xmas Dinner: An evening of excellent company, food and all that went with it. The President's Trophy was awarded to John Lee for 2005. Organised by Peter & Jenni Mence | |
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May 2005 Tuesday 3 May |
Auckland - Technical Night: A very informative presentation from John Lee about Triumph IRS Rear Hubs and their problems. John dismantled a hub to show what goes wrong with them and to highlight the difficulties faced trying to service these items without the correct tooling. Also some interesting items re Lucas Electrical systems. |
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May 2005 Sunday 1 May |
Auckland - "Hillclimb in the Domain". An autumnal Sunday, no TR's competing this year but quite a few familiar faces....... | |
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Start Marshal Kevin Glover: "Three, two, one, BANG" and the Mistral Sports Replica driven by Merv Neill sets off up the hill
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April 2005 Sunday 24 April |
Auckland - "Paeroa Picnic". A thoroughly great autumn day with a nautical twist on the Waihau River between Paeroa and Te Aroha Paeroa Picnic 2005 | |
| Saturday 2 April | Auckland - Kevin & Glenis "Tie the Knot". Yes its true! Delivered to the wedding in style by chauffer, Jan Hendrix in "GLORIA", a 1935 Triumph Gloria. | |
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March 2005 Sunday 13 March |
Auckland - "Topless MOOning". An enjoyable evening drive through suburban Auckland including an "oversea" journey. Follow this link for details Topliss MOOning 2005 | |
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February 2005 Friday 25 February to Sunday 27 February |
National Weekend 2005. Held at Haruru
Falls, Northland. To read about this weekend go to this link National Weekend 2005 News & Views |
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Auckland - ATCC "Show & Shine" at
St Heliers ATCC 2005 Show & Shine - Click on link for the news |
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Sunday 13 February |
Auckland - Intermarque Concours d'elegence. Intermarque Concours d'elegance 2005 - Auckland Click on link for the news |
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September 2004 Sunday 12 September |
Auckland - Isadora Duncan Scavenge Rally 2004: Organised by Jan & Marian Hendrix and their amazing team Isadora Duncan 2004 | |
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Unfortunately your webmaster has just not had the time to
keep this page up to date over recent
months. If you are a new visitor to this website go to Current
Calendar for a guide to the many successful events that have been
held during 2004. My sincere apologies and I will attempt to bring this up to date as soon as I can. Robert |
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January 2004 |
North Otago - National Weekend 2004. Another EXTREMELY well organised and successful weekend thoroughly enjoyed by over 100 TR enthusiasts with almost 50 TR's participating. This has to be the biggest NZ TR event ever! . National Weekend 2004. |
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October 2003 |
Auckland - Technical Evening: Hosted by John McKechnie, Motor Trimmer.John McKechnie - Technical Evening - Click on link for details |
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September 2003 |
Auckland - Isadora Duncan Scavenge Rally 2003: Organised by John & Eileen Lee. Lots of fun for all Isadora Duncan 2003 - Click on link for the news |
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September 2003 |
Auckland - Rocker Cover Racing Organised by Kevin Glover. A new twist on low cost racing Rocker Cover Racing 2003 - Click on link for the news |
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The Great Annual Murder Mystery Weekend: Two days of Intrigue, Murder, TRavel and TRivia AND a great deal of fun for all. 2003 Murder Mystery Weekend |
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April 2003 |
Waikato - Grasskhana at Steve and Cazna's farm, Tr Aramutu. An excellent day in just about every respect Grasskhana 2003 - News & Views |
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April 2003 |
Auckland - "Topless Mooning". Well there was not too much Topless or Mooning (No moon!) but about 6 or 7 cars spent a most enjoyable evening touring Auckland and its volcanic cones. An interesting route organised by Ruth "No Right Turn" Rye who also doubled as a very welcome Easter Bunny with yummy Easter Eggs for those who were in the right place at the right time . Everyone ended up at "One Italy" the usual Club Night venue for snacks and drinks after the event where some of the group are shown below.
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Intermarque Concours d'elegance 2003 - Auckland |
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January 2003 |
Taupo - National Weekend 2003. A VERY well organised and successful weekend thoroughly enjoyed by all. National Weekend 2003. |
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November 2002 |
Auckland - Annual General Meeting: An almost record turnout for this popular event on a wet Auckland night with only Guy Fawkes night entertainment to compete with. |
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September 2002 |
Auckland - Isadora Duncan Scavenge Rally 2002: Organised by Mike Petterson and Lynda Robinson Isadora Duncan 2002 - Click on link for the news |
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July 2002 |
Auckland - Murder Mystery Weekend: Organised by Peter & Jeni Mence |
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June 2002 |
Auckland - Mid Winter Xmas Dinner: Organised by Peter & Jeni Mence with Kevin Glover and a small team of helpers. This superb event was held at a Classic Car Museum and will be well remembered by all that were fortunate enough to be there. Traditional classical non-digital photos to follow. |
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May 2002 |
Te Aroha Visit 2002 - Click on link for the news |
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April 2002 |
Auckland GrassKahna 2002 - Auckland |
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March 2002 |
National Weekend 2002 - Christchurch |
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February 2002 |
Intermarque Concours d'elegance 2002 - Auckland |
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December 2001 |
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Sunday 23 December |
Auckland Breakfast Run Click on link for the news |
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Sunday 2 December |
GreaTR Wellington Xmas BBQ/Picnic. Click on link for the news. |
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May 2001 |
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Tuesday 15 May |
Go-Kart evening. Organised again by Kevin Glover an excellent evening of fun, speed and watching the competitive spirit emerge from even the most genteel of those who were lucky enough to be there. 1st: TEAM1 (John Lee, Bruce Stubbing, Greg Sutton) |
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Saturday 3 March |
"Topless Mooning" A fun evening driving topless (for some) around Auckland's Eastern suburbs. Interesting selection of cars... 8 TR's (2 TR4's, 1 TR5, 2 TR6's 3 TR7's a Triumph 2500 Saloon, 1 Nissan and 1 Corvette. Everyone ended up at One Italy for a pleasant rounding off of the evening. Thanks Ruth and Garry.
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February 2001 |
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Sunday 11 February |
Concours d'elegance: TR Register team gained fifth place overall at the 2001 Intermarque Concours d'elegance held at Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland. |
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January 2001 |
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Friday 12 - Sunday 14 January |
- TR Register National Weekend - Manawatu |
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Sunday 26 November |
The 2000 End of Year South Otago run, organised by Brian & Susan Hope was held 26 November. For more details South Otago End of Year Run |
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Tuesday 7 November 19:30 |
Annual General Meeting. Click here to view a copy of the last year's |
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October 2000 |
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Sunday 15 October 10:30 |
Isadora Duncan Scavenge Rally: Results Overall: 1st Keith & Diane Humphreys (Daimler SP250) 2nd Stephen Carr, Scott & Carl (BMW) 3rd Peter, Jenni & Sam Mence (Triumph 2500) (Next Year's organisers?) 4th= Ray Davies & Rosalie Smith (Austin Healy Sprite) 4th= Jon James (Scimitar) 6th Robert Johnston & Stella McDonald (TR5) 1st SCAVENGE: Graeme & Bev Nuttal (Corvette) |
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May 2000 |
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"Grasskhana": 1st Chris Potter TR6 For further details contact Peter Mence 9-3564043(B) 4836424(H) |
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TR Domain Hillclimb Went like clockwork for 177 runs up the hill until, shortly after 1pm, the event was brought to an early finish due to rain. About 84 cars participated in the event which again attracted a good crowd of spectators. For further details contact Chris Watson 9-4444573 or email: chrisrwatson@hotmail.com |
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Historic & Classic Automobile races |
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Tuesday 4 April Auckland |
"Topless Mooning": Thanks to Auckland's wonderful weather (raining) the event was postponed. The hardy(?) souls that did turn out wisely decided to revert to "One Italy" for the April Pub Night that would have been anyhow. Contact Ruth & Garry Rye 09-2357231 |
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Friday 10 March - Sunday 12 March |
- TR Register National Weekend - Waikato |
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February 2000 |
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Saturday 19 February |
Racing: The TR Register team finished a very close second place in the 2000 Porsche LeMans Relay race at Pukekohe |
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Sunday 13 February |
Concours d'elegance: TR Register team gained fourth place overall at the 2000 Intermarque Concours d'elegance held at Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland. |
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