The Midget and Sprite Club will have a stand (5-810) at the Practical Classics Class Car & Restoration Show at the NEC on the weekend of the 24th to 26th March.

The discount code is available in the members Only area

It s not just MASC that are running a photo competition, The David Manners Group are looking for Autumn photos of your Spridget in this season.

Two lucky winners will receive a luxury Autoglym Cleaning Kit and 8 runner-ups will receive a small glove compartment DMG brolly.

Please send your photos to marketing@davidmanners.co.uk

Members of the Midget and Sprite Club have been invited by the Lincolnshire centre of the MG Car Club to take part in a Practice Autotest Day on 10th April. Tuition and an explanation of the rules will be given.

For an entry form please contact the MGCC Competitions Secretary David Stonehouse on 01790 754774

Members of the Midget and Sprite Club can get a discount on tickets for the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show on the 18th to 20th March. Take a look in the Member’s Area, Discount codes

The discount code for the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC is now available for members in the Member’s Area

Many thanks to Andrew Musgrave, he has scanned all of the 2002 editions of MASCOT which are now available to view on-line on the website. Then as now, there are some really interesting articles.

MASCOT September 2002

The Austin Healey Club are holding a celebration event on the 4th July at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon. The event will celebrate all things linked to the Donald Healey Motor Company and the launch of the mk1 Midget and mk2 Sprite.

The Heart of England Area will be representing the club with a stand and a couple of cars on display. The event is open to all members of the Midget and Sprite Club. Tickets include access to the event and the museum and are available here:

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/whats-on/warwick-healey

Further details of the event can be found here:

https://www.warwickhealeycc21.com/july-4th

I am immensely disappointed and very sorry to have to let you know that new guidance was issued by government yesterday- Tuesday 6 April – which contradicts the previous position that spectators would be permitted at non-elite sport events from Step Two of the roadmap (12 April onwards). As a result of yesterday’s announcement, the 2021 Donington Historic Festival can now only be run behind closed doors, with only essential personnel attending.

Whilst outdoor attractions like zoos and theme parks can reopen, and events such as boot fairs, steam rallies and food festivals can take place with up to 4,000 visitors per day, a specific ban has now been applied to spectators at sport events until 17 May. This means that all events due to take place between 12 April and 17 May will have to be run behind closed doors.

I know exactly how hard some of you have worked to promote the event to your members, and how disappointed you will all be that DHF is not permitted to welcome spectators this year.

Those of you and your members who have already booked will, along with all other affected customers, be contacted by email by Donington Park’s operators, MSV, with options on how to manage your booking – including obtaining refunds. Please note, while I’m always happy to help where I can, I don’t handle ticketing at all, and it’s not handled from the DHF office, so ticketholders should wait to hear from MSV. You can read more about this here: http://news.msv.com/statement-5-march.aspx

Once again, I am so very sorry and disappointed to have to give you this news. I can only hope that we can see each other again next year.

With best wishes

Karen

Karen Coe
Car Club Co-ordinator
Donington Historic Festival