The winners of the club’s two main trophies for 2020 are John Paternoster – The Brian Maeers Claret Jug, with Chris Hipwood taking The Harry Edwards Memorial Trophy. Full citations have been posted to the website’s forum here.

Friday 5th June was to have been the date that many Network members along with their cars, assembled in Hereforshire for the start of the 2020 Marches Rally. The spread of the coronavirus across the U.K. put paid to those plans leading to the postponement of the event until the same June weekend in 2021. Until then, keep safe. (Kate Martin photo)

Network member John McDonald from Christchurch, New Zealand reports that this 1933 Minor Saloon has recently sold for $NZ300, approximately £154! John was sorely tempted to buy the car himself but the almost 2000 kilometre round trip to the Bay of Islands persuaded him otherwise! Perhaps the new owner will discover this website and forum and tell us about his new acquisition?

Janie Maeers and Geof Wilson are seen here exploiting the UK’s glorious spring weather by taking themselves off for a picnic in ‘Prudence’, Janie’s 1929 Minor Tourer (VJ 1756). Their timing looks impeccable, as the weather forecast is predicting a significant change!

Although the Network’s annual rally has been postponed until June 2021, the 2020 club trophy winners will be announced on Saturday 6th June. As the ‘Gregory Award’ and ‘Weekend Break’ are awarded specifically for rally-related occurrences, they will not be presented this weekend.

Forum member, Geoff Wigg from Queensland owns this late metal panelled MG M Type Midget 2m/3328. (formerly TG 2977) He took the car to Australia in 1977 and commenced a rebuild in 2016. The red 1929 Minor roadster is owned by John Cox in Tasmania.

The 2014 Old England Rally was centred upon Cavendish in Suffolk. The weather over the weekend was changeable and included a full blown thunderstorm on the Saturday morning. By mid-afternoon the sun shone once again and here in Lavenham Stuart and Glenda Clark have folded back the Kopalapso roof of their 1930 Coachbuilt Saloon (WD 1430) while Andy Brown in his 1931 SV Minor Tourer (372 XUA)  still didn’t trust the conditions and kept his hood firmly in the ‘up’ position! (Photo Ken Martin)

Robert Farnell from Yorkshire owns this red Morris Minor 5 cwt van (NSX 727) while new member Howard Annetts has recently purchased this 1929 Morris Minor Tourer (UR 4361). The car’s maiden voyage in Howard’s ownership was an inauspicious affair in that it expired with carburation issues just a mile from his Berkshire home. Both of these images are now resident in the appropriate gallery within the Members Area of the website.

Mick Robert’s restoration of the £100 Morris Minor prototype (JO 764) is now well under way. Repairs to the steel skin on the doors and scuttle have been made while some body timbers (of necessity) have been replaced and added to the frame. More images of the rebuild can be found on the website’s forum here.

Geof Wilson’s Minor special ‘Wilson’s Wasp’ (MM 9326) is now being de-bugged in Leicestershire. While some panelwork awaits completion, the remainder of the bodywork has recently passed through the paintshop.