Events and News
20-21 Sept 25
The Kop hill climb will continue to have appeal – and particularly for our Brough-owning members.
25-27 July 25
We have a Club invitation from the Vintage Minor Register to join in another weekend event on the Worcestershire/Herefordshire border. Some members will recall our previous successful collaborations with the Vintage Minor Register and their Pre-War Prescott event. For 2025 they are inviting our participation in what promises to be an exciting new venture centred on the Herefordshire town of Bromyard where the annual Festival of Speed will, for the first time, incorporate a hill climb. The Herefordshire Council have agreed to the closure of a section of the B4203 leading out of the town up onto the Bromyard Downs. With some interesting bends rising up through beautiful countryside, this will be a non-competitive climb on a public road — very much along the lines of the annual gathering at Kop.
Details of what is planned for the weekend of July 25-27th can be found in the latest issue of the Vintage Minor Newsletter at:
https://www.vintageminor.co.uk/January.pdf
Entry forms for organised Tours on the Friday and Saturday, as well as the hill climb on Sunday July 27th can be found at the end of their Newsletter. We are invited to participate in all or some of these events as non-members. I have already signed up and hope to see a number of Midlands-based ROC friends also joining in what promises to be an enjoyable programme in beautiful countryside.
13-15 June 25
Our National Meeting if based around the “Brooklands Relived” weekend in June. It will be the 90th anniversary of John Cobb’s setting the all-time lap record in the mighty Napier-Railton and, of course, 1935 saw the launch of the straight-eight Brough Superior. Details of the programme for the weekend will be found on the Calendar page of The Bulletin and I know some of you have already booked accommodation arranged at the Talbot Hotel in Ripley. We hope for a really good turn-out for this major commemorative event.