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GOF Central Mk XXXII was held July 1-3, 2010 at the Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio.
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UPDATED SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS:
Thursday July 1
12:00 Noon Registration desk & Hospitality officially opens in The Granary
3:00 PM Chris Nolan Seminar on T-types and pre-war cars - “Birds of Prey” rooms
6:00 PM Leave the lodge for a light dinner cruise aboard the Goodtime I, departing
from Sandusky’s historic Jackson Street Pier. www.goodtimeboat.com
Friday July 2
9:00 AM First Timer’s Car Display. (Must be registered to display for awards.)
10:00 AM Gymkhana - parking lot near Granary
12:00 Noon Poolside Cookout.
1:30 PM Tour/Rally around Marblehead Peninsula.
5:00 PM Triple M “tour” through the Bear Run Portico! M’s, J’s, P’s, F’s, K’s, N’s, D’s, C’s,
L’s - learn the MG alphabet!
6:00 PM Triple M Fabulous Bibulous Gallimaufry at the Mariner's Club
8:00 PM Live Auction & Raffle in the Birds of Prey Room
Saturday July 3
9:00 AM Car display. (Must be registered to officially enter car show.)
9:00 AM Sawmill Autojumble (Flea Market)
10:30 AM Valve Cover Races; Concours d’Elegance (display & voting)
12:00 Noon Deadline for Voting - Car Display & Photo/Craft
(all seminars in “Birds of Prey” rooms)
2:00 PM Seminar - Native American history
3:00 PM Caligraphy Seminar with Shelia Bly
3:30 PM Put-In-Bay Races Seminar - with Manley Ford
5:00 PM Silent auction in South Wilderness Hall
5:30 PM Happy Hour
7:00 PM Awards banquet in South Wilderness Hall
Sunday July 4
9:00 AM Best in Class Photo Op Display outside the Granary & Official Goodbyes for those not optioning to stay.
OPTIONAL
3:15 PM Crazy parade on the beautiful Cedar Point Chussee
just down the road from Sawmill.
Join us for fun in
your MG!!
10:00 PM Cedar Point fireworks over Lake Erie. Beautiful!
Enjoy the lakeside resort atmosphere of the 
Sawmill Creek Resort Lodge
400 Sawmill Creek Drive
Huron, Ohio 44839
1-800-Sawmill (729-6455)
email: theLodge@SawmillCreekResort.com
Special MG Club room rates are only $110 per night.
This great special rate can be extended to cover days before and after the meet. Stay Sunday and enjoy the fireworks show over Cedar Point.
Room block will be held until June 1, 2010.
Check out the Sawmill Creek website at:
www.sawmillcreek.com
In the area you can take in a Lake Erie Island hopping tour on the Jet Express, or check out the many area antique stores, or charter a Walleye fishing trip, or even enjoy a day or two at Cedar Point Amusement Park. Canadian friends may wish to drop straight down from Kingsville on the MV JIIMAAN via Pelee Island and into Sandusky’s Jackson Street Pier.
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T-shirt: $20 Polo Shirt: $30 |
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ORDER DEADLINE - Please order shirts before June 1st.
The auction and raffle held during the event is one of the primary ways we raise funds to support GOF Central activities.
This handmade quilt by NancySeabrook will surely be one of the premiere auction items. Her description:
"It is a hand pieced and hand quilted quilt that is approximately 42" X 60". Parts of it were pieced and parts were appliqued. The blocks in the bottom part are called "Storm at Sea" and the scene at the top is my interpretation of the Marblehead Lighthouse. It can be used as a lap quilt, a car quilt or a wall hanging. The fabrics are all 100% cotton so it is completely washable."
Shelia Bly donates the drawing below of the famous Marblehead Lighthouse for auction or raffle.
In the early 1950s, South Bass Island was the scene of sports car races utilizing 3.1 miles of public roads around the island. This SVRA sanctioned event will attempt to relive those romantic early days of European sports car racing in America on this colorful and historic island circuit. Check out the Put-In-Bay Sportscar Reunion web site for more detailed information.
The island is quickly and easily accessible from our GOF Central headquarters in the Sawmill Creek Resort. Come early and enjoy the same room rates as the GOF. Contact: Manley Ford.
Fees for GOF Central 2010 events:
Registration: $50 per car (couple). A second MG is free.
Thursday Evening Dinner Cruise: $22 each
Friday Noon Poolside Cookout: $15 each
Saturday Evening Awards Banquet: $40 each
Vendor table charges: $25 each /$35 with electricity.
Registration cut-off date: June 15th, 2010.
Seating and/or participation cannot be guaranteed on registrations past this date.
NOTE: Those wishing to attend only the car shows must be registered ($50) to display at car shows for awards.
Print, fill out and mail this registration form.
Please download and print one of these in full page format:
GOF-Registration Form.pdf * or GOF-Registration Form.jpg
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GOF-Registration-Form-N.gif
Return completed form with payment (check or money order) to:
GOF Central 2010 Registration
PO Box 6
Reedsville, OH 45772
Questions? Email us at: Registration@gofcentral.com
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The promotional pieces below are intended for use by club publications and individuals alike.
- Publications please download the print version of our full page (8.5x11) flier/advert. Separate printable GOF Central 2010 Logo file at the bottom.
- Individuals please download the email version of the full page flier and send it as an attachment to your MG friends who might not be fully aware of the event. The smaller "promo banner" below is a JPG that can be inserted into (rather than attached) at the bottom of your emails to MG people.
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General questions about GOF Central 2010? Contact:
Tom Metcalf
Safety Fast Restorations
mgtom@zoominternet.net
Questions about registration or payment, contact:
Registration@gofcentral.com
Questions or suggestions (serious ones only!) about this web site or to submit material to be posted, contact: webmaster@gofcentral.com
GOF Central MK XXXIII - Michigan
The 2011 event is scheduled to be held in Michigan, July 28 - 30.
Headquarters hotel will be the Clarion Hotel Kalamazoo.
Contact: Sandra Kuivenhoven, Co-Chairman sandybear890@gmail.com
Roger Melton, Co-Chairman
Check back for more complete dates and information.
GOF Central MK XXXIV - Chicago
2012 - Hosted by the Vintage MG Car Club of Chicago
www.vintagemgchicago.com
GOF Central MK XXXV - St. Louis
2013 - Hosted by the St. Louis MG Club
webmaster@stlouismgclub.com
GOF Central MK XXXVI - Minnesota
2014 - Hosted by the Minnesota MG-T Register
www.mnmgtr.org
GOF Central MK XXXVII - Indiana
2015 - Hosted by the Olde Octagons of Indiana (OOOI) - NEMGTR www.Hoosiermgs.com
THE WINNERS!
Car Classes and Awards Given at GOF Central 2010
- Premier
1-Len Star - 1939 MG TB Tickford
- MMM 4 cylinder small cam 1-2-3
1-Tom Keller - 1933 MG J3
2-Dick Hall - 1930 MG M-type
3-John Orrell - 1932 MG J2
- MMM 4 cylinder large cam 1-2
1-Eric Baker - 1936 MG PB
2-Peter Ross - 1934 MG PA
- MMM 6 cylinder 1-2
1-Len Star - 1935 MG NB
2-Chris Nowlan - 1933 MG L2
- TA/TB Class 1-2
1-Lee Jacobsen - 1939 MG TA Tickford
2-Edwyn Curtis - 1937 MG TA
- TC Class 1-2-3
1-Mike Jansen - 1946 MG TC
2-Jeff Fields - 1949 MG TC EXU
3-Tom Wilson - 1945 MG TC
- TD Class 1-2-3
1-Dale Zinn - 1953 MG TD
2-Peter Weber - 1951 MG TD
3-David Braun - 1953 MG TD
- TF Class 1-2-3
1-Jim Yaussy - 1955 MG TF 1500
2-Joe Endres - 1955 MG TF 1500
3-Dave Jackman - 1954 MG TF
- MGA 1500 Class 1
1-Mark Halm - 1958 MGA
- MGA 1600 Class 1
1-Ron Bryant - 1960 MGA RHD
- MGB Chrome Bumper Class 1-2-3
1-David Jefferson - 1968 MGB
2-Dick Brown - 1970 MGB
3-Craig Peck - 1973 MGB
- MGB Rubber Bumper Class 1-2
1-Dave Handley - 1980 MGB
2-Stacy Harley - 1978 MGB
- MGC Class 1
1-Tony Shoviak - 1969 MGC
- MGB V8 Class 1
1-Dick Hall - 1975 MGB GT V8
- Midget Class 1
1-Kathleen Metcalf - 1972 Midget
2-Craig Seabrook - 1972 Midget RHD
- MG Racecar Class 1
1-Paul Henry - 1948 MG TC
- Other British Class 1
1-James Adams 1952 Bentley
Other Awards
- Individual Distance Award pre '56 -
Jack Norton, 1953 MG TD
- Individual Distance Award post '55 -
Oscar Gonzales, 1979 MGB LE
- Paul Johnson Club Team Distance Award - Ohio Chapter
- Funkana - 1 Lee Jacobsen/ George Patrick
- Ralleye 1
- Valve Cover Race Winner - 1 Bob Gecsi
- Valve Cover Concours Class - 1 Dan Glow
- Best Photo - 1 Linda Fields
- Best Craft/Model - Nancy Seabrook
Paul Johnson Memorial Trophy
("Johnson Trophy")
Team distance driving award to the Club with the most MG miles driven to the event.
Competition Rules
The object of the award is to encourage the preparation and driving of all MG's in the long distance driving tradition of Paul Johnson. Paul was an ardent supporter of GOF Central and the award is also intended to promote the attendance of GOF Central by members of all GOF Central Clubs even though it may require them to make a long journey and to encourage owners of older MG's to drive them to GOF's.
The award will be made on the basis of miles driven to GOF Central in an MG by members of a MG Club that is a member of GOF Central. A traveling trophy will be awarded each year to the winning club, with the club being responsible for engraving its name and the year on the trophy. Members of the winning team will also receive individual awards recognizing their participation in the team winning that year's Johnson Trophy competition.
The following rules will govern the Johnson Trophy competition:
• Competitors must be a member of the member Club prior to their departure for GOF Central.
• All miles driven during the trip to GOF Central will be counted.
• Points for mileage driven in an MG will be awarded as follows:
• 1 point per mile driven in a 1956 or newer MG
• 2 points per mile driven in a 1945 through 1955 MG
• 3 points per mile driven in an MG older than 1945.
• A Club can not win the trophy 2 years in a row.
Each Club will designate a leader for their team who will be responsible for gathering name, mileage and car type driven for each of their participants and submitting it to the person responsible for the award at GOF Central (Suggested form for this is attached). Information may be supplemented by that person up to the cut-off time designated by the Host Club (suggested time not earlier than noon of the day of the Awards Banquet). The Host Club will total the points for each Club on the basis of the information submitted by the designated person of each Club. Presentation of the trophy to the winning team will be made at the Awards Banquet at each GOF Central. Club winning the trophy will be responsible for engraving the trophy and delivering it to the Club sponsoring the next GOF Central in time for presentation at their event.
Paul Johnson Memorial Trophy
Team Scoring Information
Download your team scoresheet below.
Team does not need to calculate scores. It will be done by GOF person coordinating competition using the following factors: 1 for 1956-1980 MG, 2 for 1945-55 MG; and 3 for MG earlier than 1945.
Download rules and team scoresheet as a Word Doc file.
Download the Rules as a PDF file. Download Team Score Sheet as PDF file.
Valve/Rocker Cover Racing has become a regular event at GOF Central meets. Put some wheels on your old MG valve cover and join the fun. The rules:
VALVE/ROCKER COVER RACER OFFICIAL RULES
The Course
- The course shall consist of a launch incline eight (8) feet long, followed by a level run out of twenty (20) feet.
- The launch incline shall be divided into two (2) lanes, each two (2) feet wide. The incline shall be two (2) feet high at the rearmost part and level with the course at the front edge. The front edge shall be mitered so as to provide a smooth transition from the incline to the run out area.
- The official “starting line” shall be two (2) feet from the rear edge of the incline. A mechanized starting gate may be provided.
- The run out section of the course shall consist of two (2) lanes, each three (3) feet wide. The lanes shall be clearly marked.
- The finish line shall be marked twenty (20) feet from the front edge of the launch incline.
The Cars
- The cars shall have no power source. All motive force is provided by gravity.
- Cars shall be based on an actual rocker cover or cam cover from a British automobile engine.
- Wheelbase shall be no more than twenty-four (24) inches.
- Wheel track shall be no more than fourteen(14) inches.
- Cars must have four functioning wheels, each no more than six (6) inches in diameter.
The Races
- Cars will be run in heats of two (2) cars each.
- Race will be single elimination random draw pairings.
- The cars are to be launched with their front wheels on the starting line. The first car to have its front wheels cross the finish line is the winner. If neither car makes it to the finish line, the car going the furthest wins.
- If the wheels of a car should touch the lane markers, or cross over the lane markers, the car shall be disqualified. The competing car immediately becomes the winner.
- Winning cars will advance to the next round until all are eliminated except one car.
This page will display photos of future meets. However, we are dedicated to preserving GOF Central history and will display photos of past meets that are made available. Club reps. with photos of their past meet, please contact webmaster@GOFcentral.com.
Select a meet to view a picture album of the event. (Only underlined are active so far.)
GOF Mk XXXII 2010 - Lake Erie (Huron) Ohio - Group 1
GOF Mk XXXII 2010 - Lake Erie (Huron) Ohio - Group 2
GOF Mk XXXI 2009 - Sheboygan, Wisconsin
GOF Mk XXX 2008 - Auburn, Indiana
GOF Mk XXIX 2007 - Chaska, Minnesota
GOF Mk XXVIII 2006 - Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
GOF MK XXVII 2005 - Chicago, Illinois
GOF Mk XXVI 2004 - Dayton, Ohio
GOF Mk XXV 2003 - Delavan, Wisconsin
What is GOF Central?
GOF Central is a loose coalition of independent MG clubs and state chapters of the New England MG-T Register located in the central United States.
Each year a different state club sponsors a regional "Gathering of the Faithful" of MG cars. The convenient central U.S. location often attracts the Triple-M Register of pre-war MG sports cars to stage their yearly gathering in conjunction.
GOF Central has become the premiere yearly MG event in the Midwest drawing over one hundred of the most beautiful MGs in the country!
All MGs, whatever vintage, are welcome at GOF Central! Come join us!
GOF Central sponsoring Clubs:
Ohio Chapter, NEMGTR http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=ohionemgtr
MGMGMG Club of Wisconsin www.mg3club.org
Michigan Chapter MG-T, NEMGTR www.michiganmgt.com
Minnesota MG-T Register www.mnmgtr.org
Olde Octagons of Indiana (OOOI) - NEMGTR www.Hoosiermgs.com
Vintage MG Club of Chicago, Illinois www.vintagemgchicago.com
MG Club of St. Louis, Missouri www.stlouismgclub.com
Topeka T's, NEMGTR, Kansas
Ohio Chapter, NEMGTR http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=ohionemgtr
New England MG T Register www.nemgtr.org
North American Triple-M Register www.nammmr.org
North American MGA Register - NAMGAR www.namgar.org
American MG Association www.mgclub.org
North American MGB Register - NAMGBR www.namgbr.org
Central Ohio MG Owners www.comgo.org
Emerald Necklace MG Register - NAMGBR www.mgcleveland.com
MG Cars Enthusiast's Club in the U.K. www.mgcars.org.uk
List of MG Parts Suppliers http://www.avmz31.dsl.pipex.com/sup/sup_mg.htm