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One of the reasons for creating
the club was the demise of class H racing for 750cc cars -
the lowest division was to include cars up to 1100cc. Hence
Bill felt the need for a '750' club. 64 years on, Bill Boddy
is still the club's president and the club now runs about 12
different racing formulae (including Austin Sevens),
sporting car trials and, most importantly in this context,
it is the oldest Austin Seven club. A7 activities include
races, trials, autotests, rallies, runs and overseas
adventures.
The club is
geographically split into centres around the country, some
specialising in one or more of the club's activities and our
Brooklands Centre is one of the more active 'Austin Seven'
centres. We annually run a full calendar of very varied
events for A7s and invite other clubs to join in.
The Austin Seven
Trial at Cobham every April sees many VSCC (Vintage Sports
Car Club) A7 competitors taking part. The Centre set a
standard of exciting events for Austin 7s by organising a
series of major continental runs starting with a run to
Monte Carlo with 42 Sevens in 1974. Then came San
Marino in 76, Andorra in 78 and back to Monte Carlo in 1980.
The last of this style of event was to Leichtenstein in
1984. Since then others have taken up the baton and
organised splendid events – for example Ken Cooke’s
Eurotours - enthusiastically taken up by Austineers from
many clubs. For the last dozen years or so the Centre
has put on continental motoring “holidays” organised by
Robin Gray and has included trips to France (Brittany),
northern Spain, Norway and Germany.
© 2006 Brooklands Centre
A7 Club
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