EVENTS CALENDAR

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 would like to join a Triumph convoy which will stay away from major highways and transport you from Burlington to Niagara Falls, please contact dave.sims@cogeco.ca     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.
Saturday, 9	Brits in the Village Car Show - Blue Mountain Village	10:45 am
The Georgian Bay British Car Club (GBBCC) with the Blue Mountain Village Association (BMVA) is very pleased to hold its seventh “Brits in the Village” car show in the Plaza at Blue Mountain Village on Saturday, June 9th 2018 from 12 Noon to 4:00 pm.   On Saturday morning we will assemble our British cars from 10:45 am at the South Base Ski Lodge on Gord Canning Drive, Blue Mountain. We will parade into the Village Plaza just before 12 Noon. SORRY but we will NOT be able to accept any registrations on the actual day. The registration form and further details are available at the below web site.  Registration is $15 per car.
https://gbbcc.com/2018-future-gbbcc-events/
Sunday, 10	EuroCar Day 2018 - Williamsville NY	9:00 am
This year's EuroCar Day will be held at The Angry Buffalo / Rose Garden Restaurant Grove, 2753 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville, NY 14221.  There are 27 automobile classes, 4 of which are Triumph-related and the feature vehicle this year will be Lotus.   The entry fee is $15 before 20th May and $20 after.    To find out more please go to the below URL or contact Dave Kray (716)633-4586 or Tom Luksch (716)681-1607 or George Barber (716)694-7366.
www.bcc-wny.com
Tuesday, 12	Annual BBQ at Coronation Park in Oakville	6:00 pm
Warren Beach and Mike Pearse will be doing their usual fine job of hosting the club BBQ again this year.   Date AND location is now firm and I'm pleased to report that we will be back at Coronation Park for 2018 now that the flooding has subsided and clean-up completed.  The address for Coronation Park is 1426 Lakeshore Rd W, Oakville, ON. L6L 1G2.   Look forward to our usual good turnout of club members and classic cars for this excellent club event.
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/
Saturday, 16	25th Gravenhurst Car Show at Gull Lake Rotary Park	9:00 am
Looking for a car event for Father's Day?  Look no further.   For all the details, including how to pre-register, click onto the below URL.
www.gravenhurstcarshow.com/
Saturday, 30	Canada Day Long Weekend Drive - Club Event	9:00 am
Terence and Dave will be organizing this event.  We will start in the Meadowvale area (similar to last year) Follow Heritage Road to Terra Cotta. Over the Escarpment and around Silver Springs Conservation Area; south on 9th Line to Glen Williams (coffee stop). West to Hwy 7 and then 22 Side Road over to Limehouse. Limehouse south on 5th Line to Lower Baseline and east over to Trafalgar to finish. If you plan to attend please let either tnmckillen@sympatico.ca or dave.sims@cogeco.ca and we'll send the detailed route.
JULY 2018
Date	Event	Time
Monday, 9	Thornhill Cruisers - TTC Night	6:00 pm
Toronto Triumph Club has been invited to attend Thornhill Cruisers Monday Night Cruise which takes place at the Canadian Tire at 2900 Major MacKenzie just off Highway 404.  There will be a special ticket for TTC members so that we can win prizes and a designated parking area so that all Triumphs can park together.   The show goes until 9:00 p.m.  So that there is enough parking room for us, please contact dave.sims@cogeco.ca if you plan to attend.
https://thornhillcruiserscarclub.com/
Sunday, 15	Brits in the Park, Lindsay, Ontario	9:00 am
www.victoriabritishcarclub.ca/
Tuesday, 24	Club Meeting in Scarborough	7:00 pm
Archie Thomas has kindly agreed to host this club meeting.   The venue is The Olde Stone Cottage Pub located at  3750 Kingston Road  - north side one door east of Scarborough Golf Club Road (between Eglinton and Lawrence).  This will be a long awaited chance for our members in the east end, Scarborough, Pickering, Ajax, and Markham to attend an event closer to home.   We are pleased our speaker will be Jeraline Mohan from Mohan’s Auto Electric.  Jeraline, along with her father and brother run a very successful business on Danforth Ave.  LBC owners know them as having all the skill, knowledge and experience to solve the mysteries of Lucas! Jeraline’s father spent his younger years exposed to British cars in his native Trinidad.  Join us as we break the gender barrier with this knowledgeable speaker.  Female owners and spouses especially welcome!   Finger food will be paid for by the club and cash bar is available.
www.stonecottagepub.com/
AUGUST 2018
Date	Event	Time
Saturday, 4	Rosseau Classic Cruise 2018
Details to follow
Saturday, 4	Air Legends at Peterborough Airport	8:30 am
Peterborough Airport has invited LBC owners to display their vehicles at theupcoming aircraft, auto & motorcycle display at Peterborough Airport on August 4th & 5th, 2018.   The event is called Flying Legends over Peterborough and is a fundraiser for the Brock Mission in Peterborough.  There will be a B-29 WWII Superfortress aircraft on display as well as civil aircraft, classic cars and motorcycles.  Last year a similar event and attracted 7,500 people over the weekend and over 15,000 people are expected this year. There is no cost for LBCs for the two days however; donations for the Brock Mission will be accepted at the gate.  You should be at the Peterborough Airport by 8:30 a.m. before the gate opens to the public at 9:00 a.m. and stay until 5:00 p.m. when the event closes. This is a rain or shine event. The display is outside on the airport grounds.  For insurance purposes please send an e-mail to Joyce Manserby (see below) by June 1st indicating that you are are interested in participating in the event.
Jmanser@loomex.ca
Sunday, 5	UK Car Day - Rochester NY	10:00 am
The Greater Rochester Triumph Touring Club and Webster Lions Club invites you to the area's only event for all British cars and motorbikes, once again being held at Riverbend Pavilion in Genesee Valley Park.  Same times: 10:00 AM until 4:00PM.. There will be Class Awards and other special awards, Door Prizes, a 50-50 Raffle, Live Music, Food, and lots of your friends with British cars and bikes.  Registration information available soon at the below web site.
UKCarDay.com
Monday, 6	Simcoe Day Long Weekend Drive
Terence and Dave will be organizing this event - stay tuned for details.
Tuesday, 7	Hagerty Broker Event	11:00 am
Hagerty is hosting a small event on Tues Aug 7th at the Canadian Automotive Museum in Oshawa for a small group of insurance brokers.  This event is designed to give those brokers some additional information about Hagerty products as well as a chance to spend some face-to-face time with the owners of collector vehicles.  The goal is to make the vehicles less intimidating and to give brokers a chance to understand the passion owners have.  Several members of the Hagerty team will be flying out for this event as well.   Andrew is looking for approximately 15 collector vehicles (not all Triumphs) and their owners to participate.  The event will begin at 9 a.m. with an information session for broker partners.  At 11 a.m. Andrew will introduce owners and vehicles followed by a short drive (about 20-30 minutes) giving the brokers the experience to be driven around in classic vehicles (driven by the owner, of course).  After that Hagerty will host a lunch and repeat the same schedule in the afternoon.  Volunteers should be available from 11am-2:30pm.  If any club members are available and willing to participate it would be greatly appreciated; please let Dave know at dave.sims@cogeco.ca
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.  There are 8 cars celebrating anniversaries this year including the Series 1 Landrover (70 years), Austin A40 Farina, Austin Healey 100-6 and Healey Sprite (60 years), Triumph TR6, Morgan Plus 8 and Jaguar XJ6 (50 years) and Triumph TR8 (40 years).  The organizing committee looks forward to seeing you at 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
Saturday, 29	Port Dover Harbour Museum's Fourth Annual FUN CAR RALLY	11:00 am
Open to all with a special category for Classic Cars.   Registration cut-off 11:00 a.m.  Mandatory Driver / Navigator meeting at 11:30 a.m.at the museum located at 44 Harbour Street, Port Dover.   Entry forms available at the museum or via below e-mail, or by calling (519)583-2660.  Cost is $5 per person which includes light refreshments.
portdover.museum@norfolkcounty.ca
OCTOBER 2018
Date	Event	Time
Friday, 5	Canadian Classic	3:00 pm
The Classic is going to be a little different format this year with more driving and less showing off our cars.   Our good friends Alex and Sharon McLeod are investigating hotels in Haliburton area so you can bet they’ll be some excellent driving and spectacular fall colours.  Thanks you two for taking this on!  If you live in the Peterborough / Haliburton area and want to help out Alex, please drop him a line at alex@dnsrealestate.ca  More details will be available soon.
Sunday, 14	Ol' Guys All British Auto Swap Meet	8:30 am
This year's meet will again be at Rockton Fairgrounds, 812 Old Highway 8, Rockton, ON.   Admission is $6 which includes free parking; there will be dedicated British car parking.   A lunch counter will be available.    For vendors the charge is $25 per 8 foot table (supplied).  Please contact Don Nicholls at the below e-mail or at (905)541-1975 to obtain a copy of the pre-registration form.   For outdoor vending no pre-registration is required and the cost is $25 for a 20 feet x 20 feet spot.
sixinarow@live.com
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/