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The Chesapeake Chapter of the New England MG cT d Register, Ltd. The Square Rigger July 2003 BCD 2003 Special Edition Chairman 9s Comments John M. Tokar I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the BCD Planning Committee and other BCD volunteers from The Chesapeake Chapter for their help in making our Original British Car Day 2003 at Smokey Glen Farm (SGF) such a success.

Many long hours were expended --- all our volunteers deserve to be commended for a job well done! There was food, games, and many fantastic cars for all to see and enjoy. The food lines were non-existent and the food was up to SGF's high quality standards.

The management at SGF was also pleased with the outcome of the show and they are anxious to have us return again next year. Although the wet grass and gray skies had a major effect on the number of cars on the show field, we still managed to attract 245 show cars, 26 vendors, and over 570 spectator cars. I am especially pleased to report that our efforts paid off this year --- after reviewing the data, we found that we made a profit of ... more. less.

$1428.13 --- this despite the fact of the poor weather and lower than usual car turnout. Just think of what we can do on a good weather day and a higher car count! Our special thanks go out to the Linganore HS Band Boosters for all their help with spectator parking and traffic control. They were well organized and did an outstanding job that contributed to the overall success of our show. With the profit realized from this year's BCD, we will have the opportunity to make a charitable donation to the Linganore HS Band Boosters and to other charitable organizations as well. Many of the local car clubs were well represented at BCD, including the MGCC Washington DC Centre, The National Capital Triumph Register, The Capital Mini Register, and The Nation's Capital Jaguar Owners Club. We would also like to extend our thanks to all of the people from these organizations that helped with car parking for BCD this year. Later this year, we plan to meet with representatives from these clubs to involve them more formally in the BCD planning process for next year. This year's vendor sales were brisk, despite the wet field and threatening weather. Most of the vendors I spoke to were pleased with the vendor layout and their sales results. The 8 covered vendors were especially pleased with their location! One vendor in particular, Steve McLean, from Manhattan Jaguar in Rockville, called me recently and said he was impressed with SGF's location and venue. Steve was the one vendor that probably had the most to gain from his sales experience at BCD. He actually sold two cars at our show, the new XJR and XJX that were displayed in his flea market space! In addition, he said that he was expecting orders for more cars as well. Not a bad take for $105 worth of flea market space! He expressed his thanks and appreciation for allowing him to participate in our show and is very anxious to have Manhattan Jaguar represented again next year. We plan to meet with Steve to discuss a possible 1 Chesapeake Chapter corporate sponsorship arrangement for BCD 2004. BCD 2003 Financial Statement In closing, I would like to mention that with only days before the show, there was a major crime spree in the city where the BCD trailer was stored. Thieves cut through the steel latch on the trailer door and managed to make off with most of our pewter BCD octagonal award plate trophies. I was shocked and saddened at the nature of this crime. We reported the incident to the local Maryland State Police and I will follow developments on the case closely. Thanks to quick action by our Regalia Chairman, we were able to receive enough replacement trophies in time for the show. Income: Advertising / Inserts $1200.00 Registration: Show Cars $6075.00 Cars for Sale $465.00 Vendors $1250.00 Spectators $2860.00 Regalia $1384.94 Total Income: $13234.94 Expenses: Smokey Glen Farm $5360.25 Again, many thanks to all those volunteers who helped make another Original British Car Day a success! Dash Plaques $466.95 Regalia $2596.16 Printing $960.76 Postage $672.75 Sincerely, BCD Meetings $139.16 Supplies $115.78 John Tokar Trophies $1155.00 Chairman Security $240.00 Montgomery Cty First Aid Unit $100.00 _____________________________ Total Expenses: $11806.81 Editor 9s Comments Profit: $1428.13 Stephen R. Woodall Respectfully Submitted, This is a "special edition" of our Square Rigger newsletter, featuring the winners from this year's (our 26 th !) Original British Car Day. A table of all the winners, by class, is attached as the final page. Pictures of the winners follow, for all winners who stayed late enough to participate in the awards ceremony! Martha Ludtke Treasurer Chesapeake Chapter MG-T Club Financial Statement For more pictures from BCD 2003, please take a look at our "evolving" web site at: http://www.chesapeakechaptermgtclub.com Financial Statement for the Chesapeake Chapter MG-T Club, for the period from 1 January 2003 through 7 July 2003: Also in this edition --- an update of many exciting coming British Car events! Receipts: Dues $66.00 Editorially Yours, BCD 2003 $13234.94 Mini-GoF 2003 $1215.00 Steve Woodall Club Event (Winter Eat Out) $660.00 Newsletter Editor Total Cash and Receipts: $29712.96 _____________________________ 2 Expenses: Newsletter (Square Rigger) $282.10 BCD 2003 $11806.81 Mini-GoF 2003 $1657.10 Club Event (Winter Eat Out) $1255.70 Postage $23.68 Web Site $199.90 Club Expenses: Board Meetings $213.54 Trailer Tags $13.50 Total Expenses: $15432.33 Balance as of 7 July 2003 $14260.63 Respectfully Submitted, Martha Ludtke Treasurer ____________________________ An Article on British Car Day 2003 from the Web Site of the MG Car Club of Washington, D.C. Centre BRITISH CAR DAY 2003 June 15th, 2003 F ather 9s Day this year saw another very enjoyable British Car Day at Smokey Glen Farm, hosted by our sister club, the Chesapeake Chapter of the New England cT d Register. Chairman John Tokar and his team did themselves proud, as usual, and had a reasonable number of beautiful cars turn out in spite of the threatening weather. There were lots of vendors selling everything from old rusty parts to brand new NOS bits, to Union Jack flags and Union Jack unmentionables. If it was for British Cars, it was there. I could have spent a small fortune on shiny things I didn 9t need. It is always fun to see what turns up, and this year, aside from the two early Lotus Elans, the most unusual car was a mid- eighties Aston Martin Lagonda sedan. What a car. Long, low, and wide, this thing was a real head-turner. I talked with the owner, and we may see this car in the Prince of Wales class at Hunt Country! At the other end of the spectrum was the 1961 Ford Anglia that looked to be all original. They weren 9t common here back in 1961, and to see one surviving today is very rare. Of particular note is the change in the serving of lunch by the Smokey Glen folks. This year they were well prepared, and the lunch line took only as long as it took to place your order, a welcome change from last year. Plus, they offered a wide variety of entrées for the discriminating palate. As time goes by, and with the weather helping, next year should be an even better show, and we all hope that the attendance grows back to the levels we were used to seeing at Bowie. Good luck to you John and company! www.mgcarclubdc.com/index.html _____________________________ From the Historian's Desk Nancy Woodall Arrayed below are the pictures of all the winners who stayed long enough at BCD to get their award at the award ceremony. Please also take a look on our Club web site at many additional pictures! The Pictures' titles include BCD Car Class / Name of Class / Place of Award / Name of Winner(s). For the names of the other winners, see the Table at the end of this special edition! Historically Yours, Nancy Woodall Historian 3 Class 1 / Austin Healy Sprite / 1 st Place: Neal & Jackie Brewer Class 4 / Triumph TR7 & TTR 8 / 1 st Place: Paul Edelstein Class 5 / TVR / 1 st Place: Chris & Suzanne McArdle Class 3 / Austin Healy 100/4/6 & 3000 Mk I/II/III / 1 st Place: Matt Siegel Class 7 / Triumph TR6 thru 1973 / 1 st Place: Joseph Cannon Class 3 / Austin Healy 100/4/6 & 3000 Mk I/II/III / 2 nd Place: Lou Hegler 4 Class 7 / Triumph TR6 thru 1973 / 2 nd Place: Bob Otten Class 13 / Triumph Spitfire & GT6 / 2 nd Place: Richard Anderson Class 8 / Rolls Royce & Bentley / 1 st Place: John Bays Class 19 / MGT Series TC/TD/TF / 1 st Place: Paul & Louise Tucker Class 13 / Triumph Spitfire and GT6 / 1 st Place: Linda Papritis Class 19 / MGT Series TC/TD/TF / 2 nd Place: Joseph Cannon 5 Class 19 / MGT Series TC/TD/TF / 3 rd Place: Chris Goudreau Class 26 / MG B/C thru 1974 / 3 rd Place: James Stuart Class 26 / MG B/C thru 1974 / 1 st Place: Bruce Hurley Class 27 / MG B/C from 1974 ½ / 1 st Place: Randall Shuck Class 26 / MG B/C thru 1974 / 2 nd Place: Bill Duckworth Class 28 / MG B/C GT / 1 st Place: Craig Cummings 6 Class 29 / MGA / 1 st Place: Ralph Eriksen Class 31 / MG Midget / 1 st Place: Bill & Vanessa Duckworth Class 32 / Sunbeam / 1 st Place: Larry Paulick Class 29 / MGA / 2 nd Place: Jeffery Zorm Class 34 / Mini (Austin & Cooper) / 1 st Place: Les Taylor Class 30 / Morgan / 1 st Place: Richard & Geri Cooperman 7 Class 34 / Mini (Austin & Cooper) / 2 nd Place: Michael Scheg Class 35 / Jaguar XKE Series I/II/III / 2 nd Place: Randy Moss Class 34 / Mini (Austin & Cooper) / 3 rd Place: Larry Atkinson Class 38 / Jaguar XJ6/8/12 Series I/II/III & Mk II & Saloon / 1 st Place: Ken Nachman Class 35 / Jaguar XKE Series I/II/III / 1 st Place: Eric Fygi Class 38 / Jaguar XJ6/8/12 Series I/II/III & Mk II & Saloon / 2 nd Place: Janen Anne- Marie Degeling 8 Class 39 / Jaguar XK 120/140/150 / 1 st Place: W. Ronald Gaertner Class 45 / Land Rover Series I/II/III / 1 st Place: Bob Edwards Class 41 / Morris / 1 st Place: Joan Dallas Class 46 / Range Rover, Discovery Freelander & Defender 90/100 / 1 st Place: Steve Young Class 42 / Jaguar Sports from 1975 / 1 st Place: Winfried Pakiz The Awards Tent, Just Before the Ceremony 9 The Latest on Upcoming British Car Events ! 22-24 August : Stratton Mountain, VT, British Marque Car Club News Triathlon V. See http://www.britishmarque.com for details. 3-7 September : GOF Mk 75 of the New England MG-T Register (NEMGTR) will take place at the Radisson Fort Magruder Hotel, Williamsburg, VA. The official program begins on Wednesday, September 3, and concludes on Sunday, September 7. For more information, contact: Charlie Searles, Event Registrar, 57 Washington Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Phone him at (585)586-2806 or contact by e-mail at: csearles@rochester.rr.com Register Event Organizer, Charlie Searles, is building an extensive file on potential GOF sites and in addition to his decision on Williamsburg, Virginia for September 2003, he has locked-in the next two events for 2004. Charlie "Loves Virginia" and he has put together an interesting schedule of events and has added a few bonus features that include a Concours d'Elegance with a Southern Colonial Theme. Don't Miss this one! The registration forms, schedule of events, and local attractions are detailed in the June issue of The Sacred Octagon magazine, which was mailed to more than 3000 Register members on June 16th . *** Important Note: the deadline for registration for GOF Mk 75 is 4 August !! As a point of historical interest, it has been quite a few years since The New England MG-T Register has scheduled one of its two annual events below the Mason-Dixon Line. GOF Mk 33 was held in Virginia Beach way back in 1981. Mk 35 in 1982 was held in Jekyl Island, Georgia, and Mk 36 was held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, in 1983. The New England MG'T' Register, Ltd. was founded in 1964. Its primary purposes are the Maintenance, Preservation and Enjoyment of the T-Series and Pre-War M.G. Although its name sounds regional, The Register is International in scope with members throughout the world. Visit The Register at: www.nemgt.org ! 27 September : The 24 th Annual MGs on the Rocks , open to all British Marques. It is held by the MGs of Baltimore, Ltd. Club, at the Rocks State Park 4H Camp in rural Harford County, Maryland. For more information and registration form, go to their web site at http://www.mgsofbaltimore.com/, and download the Flyer for the event! 11-12 October : Mike Hughes has blocked out 8 rooms at the Highland Inn for the second weekend in October, 2003 (Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th) for our bi- annual Fall Foliage Weekend . Two of the rooms are suites, so two couples can share - or a family can bring children. The other 6 rooms will sleep two. This also happens to be the weekend of the Highland County Harvest Festival so there will be a lot to do and see. They held the blocked rooms only until March 1, so if you're not registered yet, you need to get moving! Mike may be able to wrangle a couple more rooms if we've used up the block of rooms, or to find space in some of the B&Bs in town, if we get a big response. Many people book their rooms a year in advance for the Harvest Festival which is why we need to be thinking about this now! The phone # for the Highland Inn is 540 468-2143 and the blocked rooms are in the name of "Chesapeake Chapter." Please, please let Mike Hughes know after you have made your reservation so he can keep track of the bookings and know if he needs to make the arrangements for additional rooms!! 19 October : The 8 th Annual Hunt Country Classic , Svea Farm, Middleburg, VA. This show features all British marques, and is held at the picturesque Middleburg, Virginia estate of Bill and Barbara Scott, the owners of Summit Point Raceway. For more information on how to register, contact the planners at: HuntCountryClassic@mgcarclubdc.com 10 That 9s all for this special Edition; comments, articles, tech info, pictures and other inputs (MS Office Word format is best!) always welcome ! To get a copy of your Square Rigger in full color, simply go to our web page, download it, and print on a color printer! : , Ed. _____________________________ ____________________________ A few more BCD pictures, to fill the page! 11

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