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

We have had a very positive response to the launch of the Midget 60 Big Weekend on the 25th to 27th June next year, a third of the places on the Saturday run have now been booked. Head over to the Midget 60 Big Weekend page for more details and booking

Don’t let the lockdown spoil your fun, as Alan Rowland shows, there is always a way