Table Top Rally Report

Philip and Rosemary Bayne-Powell organised a Table Top rally in July for us in conjunction with the Inter Register Club (IRC) to which the MG Car Club is affiliated.

As we are not able currently to take part in any form of competition, a Table Top rally helps keep us in the competition mode. The last time a Table Top rally was run in the SE Centre was back in February 2016, at a Fairmile natter evening.

This event attracted 32 entries with a wide range of virtual cars from our own MGs to Rileys, Humbers, Austins and Alvises etc from the IRC.

The entries were broken down into novices and Experts, who were anyone who had come in the top three in any previous rallies. We had 14 Experts, but the novices totalled 18, which was very satisfying to know that many newcomers wanted to try out a Table Top rally.

The clues were given out at 10am for the novices and 30 minutes later for the experts, with a finish time of 12.30, thus giving the novices half an hour more that the experts to produce the answers. These were e-mailed back to the organisers, with a one point penalty for being every minute late, just like a scatter rally. The novices also had slightly different instructions to help them get into the swing of things.

The 15 section instructions took competitors down roads, using spot heights, grid crossings (both numbered and compass directions). Coloured roads and road numbers were also used, as well as compass turnings at junctions. The later sections left the roads and followed the course of a river, cycle route and electrical power lines to add interest and to give the experts a challenge.

The scores covered a wide spectrum ranging from the winning 115 points down to single figures. The MG Car Club team did well to come second (out of 8 teams) to the Austins, largely helped by David de Saxe (MGA) and Jeremy Bayne-Powell (Midget).

Due to success of this rally, it is proposed to run another one on September 13^th

Inter Register and MG Car Club SE

Table Top Rally Results

12^th July 2020

EXPERTS

Pos	Driver	Navigator	Virtual vehicle	Score
1^st	Carl Rich		1947 Riley 12hp	115	N
2^nd=	Andy Ranson	Do Ranson	Austin 10/4	114	N
2^nd=	Peter Christie	Richard Long	Austin 18/6	114	N
4th	David de Saxe	Anne de Saxe	MGA	110	N
5^th	John Buckley		Ford Model A	107	N
6^th	Dick Patten	Christopher Patten	Fiat 508	102	E
7=	Peter Hanna	Adrian Ducker	Riley Gamecock	101	E
7=	Hebbie Kay	Jacky Payne		101	E
9^th	Trevor Edwards		Austin 10	98	N
10^th	Jeremy B-Powell	Toby Bayne—Powell	MG Midget	97	N
11^th	Philip Longhurst	Barbara Longhurst	Humber 9/20	90	N
12^th	Colin Cooke	Chris Cooke	Austin 7 saloon	89	E
13^th	Bob Blackstock		MG M-type	87	E
14^th	Stephen Kay		Austin 7 Ruby	84	N
15^th	Joy Cooke			83	E
16^th=	Malcolm Haward		Jowett	80	E
16^th=	Austin Banner	Alison Newlyn	MGRV8	80	N
18^th	Chris Smith	Patsy Smith	Riley Adelphi	78	E
19^th	Mark Pacey	Rachel Pacey	Riley Falcon	77	E
20^th	Roger Wrapson	Judy Wrapson	Riley Lynx	76	N
21^st	Tony Gunton	Clive Wilson	Jowett Jupiter	67	N
22^nd	Janice Leigh	Chris Leigh	1930 pedal Sociable	65	E
23rd	Tony Westhall	Pat Westhall	Austin 12/6 Ascot	61	N
24^th	Ian Webb	Gill Webb	Humber 9/20	60	E
25^th	Bruce Girvan		Jowett 7hp	59	E
26th	Lindsey Cooke			57	N
27^th	Richard Keil		Jowett 8	53	E
28^th	David Crouch		Renault KJ1	39	N
29^th	Liz Cooper	Keith Cooper	MG TF LE500	16	N
30^th	Ian Russell	Paula Russell	1958 MG Magnette	5	N
–	Nigel Coulter	Jane Coulter	Humber 12/25	–	E
–	Karen Stubberfield	Richard Stubberfield	Alvis 12/50	–	N