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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY RALLY

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OUR MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THE RALLY

GEOFF WINNICOTT WITH HIS 1957 TWO TONE STANDARD SUPER TEN CHECKS HIS CAR OVER BEFORE JUDGING

GEOFF MADE THE JOURNEY UP ON HIS OWN

DESPITE THE FORCAST OF A WET WEEKEND TWO MEMBERS BRAVED THE ELEMENTS TO TRAVEL UP ON THE FRIDAY TO THE RALLY.

GEOFF IN HIS TEN SALOON AND DARRELL IN HIS FLYING 8 TOURER WITH HOOD DOWN.

Even though the Standard Motor Club was not inaugurated fifty years ago, the organisation’s spiritual ancestor, the Standard Register, held its first ever meeting at Standard-Triumph’s Canley factory in 1960. Although only fifteen cars attended that historic event, this year saw approximately 90 Standards descending on the Cotswolds.

GEOFF JOINED THE MORE AMBITIOUS OWNERS ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN A 23 MILE AMBLE TO KEMBLE AIRFIELD FOR A BUFFET

SATURDAY SAW GEOFF JOIN IN THE RUN TO BOURTON ON THE WATER

IN THE EVENING A THREE COURSE SUPPER WAS LAID ON

SUNDAY THE OTHER TWO CARS FROM THE NEW FOREST GROUP JOINED OVER 90 OTHER STANDARDS FOR THE JUDGING.

DARRELL SPENT THE TIME FILMING THE EVENT AS PUBLICITY OFFICER

DARRELL CUNNINGHAM TAKES TIME OUT FROM HIS WEEKEND ROLL AS PUBLICITY OFFICER FOR THE STANDARD MOTOR CLUB TO TAKE LES KNOWLES FROM NEW ZEALAND OUT FOR A DRIVE IN HIS 1939 FLYING 8 TOURER ‘STAN’

SHARRON & GEOFF CATTERMOUL TRAVELLED UP ON THE SUNDAY IN THEIR 1959 STANDARD VIGNALI.

THEY WERE REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORT WITH FIRST PRIZE IN THEIR CLASS.

THEY ALSO OWN A 1946 STANDARD 4/8A TOURER

CALLED ‘ BLUEBELL’

SEEN HERE WITH STANDARD CLUB MEMBER STEVE LOVEGROVE & HIS PRIZE WINNING BEST IN SHOW 1934 TEN ARE NEW MEMBERS LES KNOWLES AND HIS WIFE MAGGIE FROM NEW ZEALAND.

LES IS REBUILDING A 1933 LITTLE NINE AND HAD BROUGHT HIS HOLIDAY TO THE UK FORWARD SO THAT HE COULD VISIT THE GOLDEN RALLY.

AFTER JOINING

THE STANDARD MOTOR CLUB INTERNATIONAL

AT THE SHOW THEY WERE MADE HONOURY MEMBERS OF THE NEW FOREST GROUP