EVENTS CALENDAR

MARCH 2018
Date	Event	Time
Tuesday, 27	Club Meeting	7:00 pm
Club night at Streetsville Legion, 101 Church St. Mississauga ON L5M 1M6.   We’ll have a chance to check out the story of Bruce McLaren the New Zealander who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team. He was a man who showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.  Thanks to Mike Pearse for coming up with the idea of viewing this excellent movie and for setting up the meeting!     Finger food paid for by the club will be available after the movie and a cash bar is open all evening.
www.streetsvillelegion.ca/
APRIL 2018
Date	Event	Time
Sunday, 22	British Flea Market and Car Show - Ancaster	9:00 am
The first big event of the year and time to get the Triumph out for a spin down to Ancaster.  Don't forget to drop by the Toronto Triumph Club table and say hi!  Event runs fro 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.and admission is $7.00 (Youth under 18 are free). Come and browse the vendors tables inside Marritt Hall. More parts and cars for sale at the outside vendors area.  Refreshments available inside and outside Marritt Hall.  Reserved parking area for all British cars in the ‘Show Area’ - Bring yours out and be part of the show! Last years’ show featured over 325 British Cars, some older than 75 years old. Don’t forget your camera to take pictures of your favourites.
www.ancasterbritish.ca/
MAY 2018
Date	Event	Time
Sunday, 13	Donna's Cruise - in memory of Donna Rapattoni	11:00 am
Following is an invite from J.P. Rapattoni who will be leading the way for this drive in his 1976 Spitfire 1500 (Donna). All are welcome to attend the second annual Donna’s Cruise in honour of Donna Rapattoni, who passed away May 13th 2016.   Please meet up at the Tim Horton's on the corner of Mud street and Upper Centenial Parkway (Hwy 20) Hamilton Ontario. (244 RR 20, Stoney Creek, ON L8J 2V6). Early lunch if you like at the Wendy’s and then head out shortly after 11:00 a.m.  J.P. plans to head down Ridge Road for a while then take the back roads out toward Cayuga and follow the Grand River right up into Brantford. He will have the route planned out in full well before the event but will probably cruise parts of Brantford then head back toward Hamilton. (Aprox 4 hrs).  Feel free to email J.P. if you have any questions.
prapattoni@outlook.com
Monday, 21	Victoria Day Long Weekend Drive	9:00 am
Terence and Dave will be organizing this event - stay tuned for details.
JUNE 2018
Date	Event	Time
Friday, 1	Spring Fling 2018 - Niagara Falls	4:00 pm
The 2018 Spring Fling will be hosted by the MG Car Club of Toronto in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Our annual, joint club event will be held on the weekend of June 1 - 3, 2018.  Our host hotel will be the Americana Conference Resort Spa & Waterpark, 8444 Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls ON, L2H 1H4 For reservations call: 1-866-707-0030 or 905-356-8444, (Group ID - MG-Triumph Spring Fling).  We have blocked 70 rooms for our event weekend at the guaranteed rate of $169.00 per night.  Visit americananiagara.com for more information on the hotel's amenities.  (The hotel has graciously agreed to wave their normal parking fee of $15.00 per night and 9% resort fee for our event) For event registration visit https://form.jotformpro.com/73034604484959     If you have any questions, please contact Jim Sweeney or Mac MacFarlane of the MG Car Club of Toronto by email to; springfling@mgtoronto.com.
Tuesday, 12	Annual BBQ	6:00 pm
Warren Beach and Mike Pearse will be doing their usual fine job of hosting the club BBQ again this year.   Date is tentative and location to be determined (depending upon flooding!).
Thursday, 14	2018 VARAC Vintage Grand Prix	9:00 am
The 2018 VARAC Vintage Grand Prix will be held June 14-17 on the Mosport Grand Prix track at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.     There are 3 special races planned:   SP1 Open Wheel Challenge held on Friday at the end of the day, any open wheeled car entered for the weekend is eligible of this session, F5000, RFFCS, Toyo, Monoposto. SP2 MGVR - Triumph Challenge being held at the end of the day on Saturday. This session is only for MG and Triumph based racing cars; and   SP3 the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix is being held as the final session on Sunday, any Vintage, Historic, or Classic car (under 2500 pounds) is eligible for this session.  For more details (and there are lots) please go to the VARAC website shown below.
varac.ca/vvgp/2018-vgp/
JULY 2018
Date	Event	Time
Sunday, 1	Canada Day Long Weekend Drive	9:00 am
Terence and Dave will be organizing this event - stay tuned for details.
Sunday, 15	Brits in the Park, Lindsay, Ontario	9:00 am
www.victoriabritishcarclub.ca/
AUGUST 2018
Date	Event	Time
Monday, 6	Simcoe Day Long Weekend Drive
Terence and Dave will be organizing this event - stay tuned for details.
Sunday, 19	Brits-on-the-Lake, Port Perry, Ontario	9:00 am
The tenth annual Festival will start things off on Saturday with a motoring tour of the idyllic Lake Scugog countryside, motoring through hamlets and villages followed by a noggin in Port Perry. Sunday, all of the cars and entrants will be out in their finest on Queen Street in historic Downtown Port Perry for the all-British Car show with Peoples' Choice Judging in 26 different Classes.    No prior booking is required and displaying your vehicle really couldn't be easier. You can simply show up and REGISTER at the gate then find a place to park in the show area.  Just $25 for cars and $20 for motorcycles.   However, pre-registration for a discounted fee is available starting at $18 for cars and $15 for motorcycles.  Pre-registering your car or motorcycle saves you money and it significantly reduces the amount of administrative work that we must do on the day of the show, which is quite considerable.  And since pre-registering assists us to prepare in advance, when you do arrive at the event, you'll be whisked right into the show with no wait at all.  So, please consider pre-registering (see below link)..
mowoguniversity.com/register-here.html
SEPTEMBER 2018
Date	Event	Time
Monday, 3	Labour Day Long Weekend Drive
Terence and Dave will be organizing this event - stay tuned for details.
Sunday, 16	35th British Car Day - Bronte Creek Provincial Park	8:00 am
British Car Day is the biggest British car show in North America featuring over 1,000 British cars and over 50 vendors.  This is a must event for lovers of British cars.   The organizing committee will start work in February so stay tuned for details of the 35th running of this amazing event.
www.torontotriumph.com/BCD/
Thursday, 27	2018 6-PACK TRials, Fontana Dam, N. Carolina	9:00 am
The 6-PACK TRials are being held in Fontana Dam, North Carolina from Thursday September 27th thru Sunday September 30th (see below URL).   The 6-Pack Car Club of the Americas, is a single marque, web based Club dedicated to the 6-cylinder models of the Triumph TR range - the TR5, TR250 and TR6.  The TRials are the Club’s once a year physical gathering with the location changing from year to year. Dave Tushingham will be organizing a drive to this great event from the GTA of approximately 1400KM or 14 hours one way to Fontana Dam Village.  Due to the time/distance, Tush will be breaking this drive up into 2 days down and 2 days for the return.   Therefore the plan is to depart on Wednesday September 26th from the GTA and arrive in North Carolina for registration on the 27th.  Sunday the 30th of September will be departure day from Fontana, with arrival back in Canada on Monday October 1st.   if you are interested in finding out more please contact Tush at cheftush@hotmail.com
https://jimholewka.wixsite.com/trials2018
OCTOBER 2018
Date	Event	Time
Friday, 5	Fall Weekend Event
Alex and Sharon McLeod are organising an event to coincide with the Fall colours - stay tuned for details.
NOVEMBER 2018
Date	Event	Time
Tuesday, 27	Annual General Meeting - Streetsville, Ontario.	7:00 pm
Our AGM will be held at the Streetsville Legion again this year located at 101 Church Street, Mississauga, L5M 1M6.    To help Toronto Triumph Club thrive, please put your name forward to assist with events, British Car Day, drives, running the club, whatever takes your fancy ... there are always plenty of jobs to go around.  Food will be paid for by the club and a cash bar will be available.  Look forward to seeing a full house.
www.streetsvillelegion.ca/