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            Updated 22:32   23 January 2012         

IVVCC Club News – January 2012 

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 Our Affiliate Club Secretary Shane Houlihan has just secured a deal with AXA to supply our affiliate clubs with public liability insurance at a great rate. Details are available from Shane at clubs@ivvcc.ie 

Recent Events

Annual Christmas Table Quiz:  Following on from our successful Dinner Dance, Robin McCullough as usual, caused endless head scratching in his role as quizmaster at our annual Christmas Table Quiz with questions ranging from topics as far flung as cars to music to geography. There was plenty of fun as teams fought hard to become the 2011 Club Champions, an honour which was taken by Club President Tom Farrell’s team, and well deserved as they held their nerve in a tightly fought competition. This was a free event with the club providing tea, treats and a free raffle for what appeared to be an endless supply of goodies – well done to all in attendance and especially to Michael Duff and his events committee for pulling it all together. 

A New Year and a new rally season kicked off with the clubs New Year’s Day Run based at the Glenview Hotel which this year lacked the seasonal atmosphere of three feet of snow! The weather was very mild and the day started with the majority of the one hundred and twenty two people in attendance having a kick start of tea and scones before the large group of sixty seven cars headed off on a choice of two routes – either thirty two or forty six miles taking in such breath taking scenery as Roundwood and Glendalough depending on which route you took. We had great support from our affiliates and Pat O’Brien, chairman of the MG club led a number of MGs on the a day that also saw cars such as a 1931 Austin Eton, 1937 Riley Lynx, 1939 Standard flying 8 and a 1936 Morris 10 among many others take a post-Christmas saunter. On return to the hotel, finger food was the order of the day and a very jovial and friendly outing concluded with a free raffle.

Future Events:  Dates to keep free in your diary include Sunday 12^th February for our Valentine’s Run, and the weekend of May 12^th and 13^th for our Spring Rally which this years reverts back to a two day event where will be heading down for a great overnight stay with a few surprises in Dungarvan, Co.Waterford – please keep an eye on the website for further information: http://www.ivvcc.ie/Events.htm - all our events are open to not only members of the IVVCC but also to members of our affiliated clubs.

Titanic - the ship of legends and 2012 marks the 100^th anniversary of its tragic maiden voyage – Cobh in county Cork was the ship’s last port of call where 123 passengers boarded this magnificent vessel on a journey that would see it sail into history. This April, the newly formed Cobh Classic Car Club will be holding a commemorative rally for Veteran cars to remember and pay tribute to all who have been involved with the largest passenger liner of its time and the vessel that many thought unsinkable. This promises to be an unmissable event and we will give further updates as we receive them but in the mean time would request that any members with a suitable car might pencil the event into their diaries.

Another Titanic link with the IVVCC is the completion of filming in Ireland of a new 12 part TV drama series Titanic, Blood and Steel staring a host of big names including Derek Jacobi and Chris Noth – keep an eye out for this Downton Abbey style production as club member Jim Boland supplied the cars used and we will have an article in a future issue of the Journal on the making of this remarkable series.

Winter Journal:  The winter edition of the Journal with Jonathan Bewley in full flight in his 1900 Gladiator on the cover will be posted out soon. Inside this edition there are articles on subjects as varied as Derek Mitchell’s very interesting trip in his 1964 Mercedes Pagoda to the 125^th Anniversary of Mercedes Benz and the motor car in Berlin; Clive Evans anecdote on competing in the Global Enduro in India driving an ‘Ambie’; a number of articles on the London to Brighton, and photos from our Christmas dinner dance as well as loads of other articles and cars for sale. The Journal is published four times a year and is supplied free to members – details on joining can be found  ‘here’ 

Affiliated Club Visit:  The Blessington Vintage Car & Motorcycle Club invited board members Shane Houlihan (affiliated clubs secretary) and John Boland (club PRO) on the second Monday in December to give a talk on the IVVCC and their 2010 Mille Miglia experiences – the two lads also spoke about the London to Brighton run as well as showing some short videos and a selection of photos from these events - this was very well received by the members in attendance and if any affiliate club has an interest in having the lads pay a visit, please drop a line to pro@ivvcc.ie

                                    
Founded in 1963.
Ireland's premier enthusiasts club for vehicles from the dawn of motoring up to 1984.

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The Irish Veteran and Vintage Car Club Limited was formed in 1963 to cater for owners of veteran and vintage vehicles and for enthusiasts who did not possess such vehicles. Vehicles catered for by the IVVCC now include post-vintage and classic cars. Cars are divided into the following classes:- 

• Antique: pre 1905

• Veteran: 1905-1918

• Vintage: 1919-1930

• Post Vintage: 1931 – 1945

• Classic 1946 – 1984*

*FIVA adopted a thirty year minimum age for the definition of an historic car from January 1st 2010.  The IVVCC decided to adopt this in a modified form to avoid exclusion of owners of cars that were over twenty five years old but not yet thirty.  The IVVCC adopted a cut-off date of 31st December 1984 which will remain in place until 31st December 2014, after which the thirty year rule will apply on a rolling basis (or whatever later rule supersedes it, if any).     

The club organises rallies, monthly meetings, picnics and outings as well as publishing a quarterly journal giving club news, details of vehicles for sale, information on vehicle restoration and articles of general interest. Various club sections run events especially suited to their own interests and section are usually included in club rallies to cater for these various sections.