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Alfa MiTo Photo Shoot Back to Bruntingthorpe. Regular readers of Auto Italia magazine will recognise many club members’ Alfas appearing from issue to issue. We’ve had 159s, 147s, 156s, more 159s, Breras, GTVs, Spiders, you name it - well coming very soon it will be MiTos., after I had another request to track some suitable smart Alfas down. 16 December saw Leigh Nethercot with wife Mandy’s, Mark Sangster in Fiona’s and me with Maria’s yellow peril. Simon brought his Brera over (we snuck him in) and there was a lot of fun had blasting around the circuit and ‘V- Maxing’ on the two mile runway. Great fun as ever, if just a tad freezing…. Photos will appear in the magazine sometime early in 2012 John Above: Leigh splashes through the puddles Above: Derelict Jets abound Above: Getting close to photographer Mike Ward
Date 6 Jan ‘12 from 7.30pm 11 Jan ‘12 from 7.30pm 8 Feb ‘12 from 7.30pm 24 Feb ‘12 from 7.30pm 14 March ‘12 from 7.30pm 25 March ‘12 11 April ‘12 from 7pm 24 April ‘12 from 7pm 29 April ‘12 9 May ‘12 from 7pm 20 May ‘12 3 June ‘12 13 June ‘12 from 7pm TBC June ‘12 from 6.30pm 11 July ‘12 From 7pm 29 July ‘12 8 Aug ‘12 from 7pm AROC Central & East Midlands Section Events 2012 New Year Meal at La Torre, 48 High Street, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3EE. . .See cover. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone Skittles & Supper at The Red Admiral, Broughton Astley, Leics, LE9 6PU. Traditional Long Alley Skittles Night at the pub owned by local member Richard Doyle. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone Coventry Transport Museum visit, including special display of our Section members’ Alfa Romeos in the impressive Millennium Place. Free admission. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone Classic Car Meeting at Beedles Lake Golf Centre, Nr Leicester. Meeting up with the Leicester Region of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club, and more. (170 Broome Lane East Goscote, Leicester LE7 3WQ ) All Alfas welcome, plus all 'interesting others'! Spring Alfa Day at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford. Will feature a special Section parking area and display. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone - starting at 7pm. FOX RUN – Scenic drive across Northamptonshire, including pub lunch. Will include a navigational element for those who enjoy that, plus a traditional ‘convoy’ option. Auto Italia Italian Car Concours - Stanford Hall near Lutterworth. Includes special Section parking area and picnic. Fun Concours Night at The George & Dragon in Thringstone KARTING NIGHT at Sutton Circuit, Broughton Astley. Fantastic outdoor track, £40 a head - endurance style event. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone MITCAR 2011 - Midlands Italian Car Day. Elvaston Castle between Nottingham and Derby. The 12 th edition of our Section's flagship event and will be one not to miss. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone - starting at 7pm. 12 Aug ‘12 National Alfa Day – Newby Hall, near Ripon, Yorkshire. 2 Sep ‘12 from 10.30am 12 Sep ‘12 from 7pm 10 Oct ‘12 From 7.30pm TBA Nov ‘12 Event Leicester Aeroclub Open Day - at Leicester Airport (aka Stoughton Aerodrome), including air displays, special AROC display, model aircraft flying displays and potential free pleasure flights too! Starts at 10.30am. The WW2 'War Birds' are expected again. Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone - starting at 7pm. Section AGM & Alfa Quiz at The George & Dragon in Thringstone Classic Motor Show, NEC Birmingham, AROC stand featuring historic Alfa Romeos and possibly something new. Gazetta News Snippets 2012 SECTION WALL CALENDAR is being kindly produced again courtesy of section member Chris Cheal. It features a lots of photos of our ‘regulars’ cars and we hope will be available for the New Year Meal, Copies of this strictly limited edition will cost £5 (£7 if posted) and all proceeds to charity of course. Some orders are already in and it’s a strictly limited edition, so if you want one please email John NOW! MITCAR 2012 is now booked! Bryan has pulled off another great negotiation with another excellent venue in the East Midlands, Elvaston Castle close to the A52 between Derby and Nottingham. We’re able to hold the admission cost down to just £5 per car again too! It has lovely grounds , gardens lake and parklands and our parking area is huge! Lots more in the next edition. COVENTRY TRANSPORT MUSEUM VISIT and our Alfa Display just outside is now confirmed as booked for 25 March, thanks to Simon. We will have space for as many as 50 Alfas in the impressive Millennium place and admission to the excellent car exhibits is free too! Again, more details in the next edition. ALFISTI CONTRIBUTIONS - Many thanks to this month’s contributors. If you have any happy memories of 2011’s Section events, or perhaps a holiday where your Alfa played a part, do get in touch with John so we can do a featurette. OTHER MARQUES RENAULT WIND. Avoiding the obvious gag about passing gas, this ugly little bug does look rather like a partially-sucked toffee. Guess it does look better with the roof down - mainly because there is then less of the car to look at... (Thinks - will there be a Nissan Juke cabrio? ) 14 Nov ‘12 from 7.30pm 12 Dec ‘12 from 7.30pm Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone Monthly Meeting at The George & Dragon in Thringstone LOTS MORE EVENTS WILL BE ADDED AS TIME PROGRESSES The Small Print: ‘Alfisti’ is published primarily for the enjoyment of members of the Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club Central & East Midlands Section with its cost effectively included as part of their annual subscription paid to the AROC. The club is very pleased that local dealer Chris Variava Alfa Romeo Nottingham also support the cost of Alfisti’s printed production. Please note that the Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club UK ltd cannot endorse or recommend services or products advertised in its publications. In particular, any opinions published in ‘Alfisti’ are personal ones. Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club Ltd registered Number 01106134. Please contact John Griffiths if you have any queries about the club or our active local area Section (see cover for contact details) .
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