Charity by the hundreds
The Triumph Sports Car Club (Garden Route) will be organising a novel fund-raising event for owners of old cars on Sunday 14 October.
The event will be called the Century Charity Run and will be open to all cars 25 years and older, where the combined age of the car and driver must equal or exceed a century (100 years).
Though invitations will go to all Garden Route motoring clubs, and the event will be advertised in the local press, entry is not restricted to the motoring clubs.
All participating cars must be licensed and roadworthy. A donation of R100 will be required with each entry to cover administration, emergency rescue / backup, prizes and printing.
The number of participants will be limited to 100 and the participants will be required to travel 100km to the finish point, where an affordable lunch will be available and the prizegiving held.
Prizes will go to:
Oldest car completing the event; Highest combined age of driver and car;
Greatest age difference where the driver is younger than the car;
Highest combination where the driver and car are the same age.
The run will commence at Sedgefield opposite the Engen filling station. Registration commences at 09:00 and first cars will pull away at 10:30.
At the end venue, a raffle will be held for a range of desirable prizes, many of which have been donated. The funds raised, as well as any funds remaining from the entry fees, will be donated to worthy charities in Sedgefield - excluding Hospice, which is already a major beneficiary of the Knysna Motor Show. The organisers will not profit from this event.
There will be ample parking at the starting point in Sedgefield with coffee, breakfast, snacks and toilets available at local outlets.
Entry forms will shortly become available on the Triumph Sports
Car Club website at http:// triumphclubsa.com/index. php/garden-route-centre or by contacting Dennis Cook by e-mail at gardenroute@triumphclubsa. com.