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The Historic Marathon Rally Group invites you to this FREE EVENT. It offers a unique chance to see over twenty surviving cars from the remarkable 16,000 mile rally with several faithful replicas and cars from other marathon rallies up to 1995. See film shows and a large display of memorabilia while personalities including Rosemary Smith (winner of the Ladies Prize) Paddy Hopkirk, Brian Culcheth, Alec Poole, Gunnar Palm and others will relive their experiences of the event in discussion with Graham Robson.

The British Motor Museum, Gaydon. Sunday 19th April 2020 from 09.30 to 16.00.

The 2020 Derek Pollock Memorial Rally

The Three Counties Rally has been renamed The Derek Pollock Memorial Rally.  This is a non-timed 12 Car Navigation Rally, will take place on Sunday, 5^th April, suitable for Experts, Novices and Beginners.

It is part of the CT Rallies Mini-Series.

Regulations, entry form and meal booking form are now available.

The start venue is The Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6QB from 08:30.

All the usual Club Triumph rulings apply and the entry fee is £25 [including VAT], which will include a breakfast roll, with coffee or tea.

A major change is that you will need to hold a competition licence from Motorsport UK to allow you to take part.  To apply see the news item further down this page.

Our 2020 Rallies Mini Series is now up and running,  check out the eligible events here!

https://www.club.triumph.org.uk/menu/18971/view

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2020 Table Top Rally Competition

The Club is again running Table Top Rally for 2020.

Please note that this is for Beginners and Novices.  Experts are welcome to have a go, but won't be eligible for the award at the end of the year.

Those that tried it last year will find that we are following a similar format this time out.  Hover over Comps / Tours, then on Rallies, and then click on what is currently the fourth item down.

There is no entry fee, all you require is OS map 152 from the Landranger series and a romer to plot the map references.  We have used the latest version of the map, which has a windmill on the cover, and cannot guarantee that older versions will work correctly.  RRP is £8.99 but website www.dash4it.co.uk are currently selling at £5.39 with free delivery.

Good luck from the TTR20 Team.

For 2020, the Motorsports Governing Body, MSUK require competitors (and some passengers) to hold a new RS Clubman licence  in order to compete in a Motorsport UK permitted event.

The licence is free of charge, quick and easy to apply for online and has the additional benefit of giving you to access Motorsport UK’s comprehensive member benefits package.

It will allow you to compete in following events run on a Motorsport UK Clubman Permit:

• Autocross/Clubcross (inc. Minicross)
• Autotest/Autosolo
• Trials
• Cross Country
• Road & Navigational Rallying (inc. 12 Car & Scatter)

This is a new thing and will apply to most if not all of the CT organised competitive events, so if you are thinking of getting invloved this year, then don't delay and apply now.  You will not be able to take part without one!

For more info and links to apply

CLICK HERE

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Club Triumph is pleased to announce The 2020 Coast 2 Coast Run. The event will be held during the night of Saturday and Sunday 25^th and 26^th of April.  Sunday 26^th April is National Drive it Day. Normal Club Triumph rules apply - event description and regulations can be found at https://www.club.triumph.org.uk/menu/20691/view and entry at https://www.club.triumph.org.uk/menu/20692/view

 Initially entry will be limited to 50 cars. The price is £25 per vehicle. 

No MSUK RS Clubman Licence is required by entrants to this event.

Dear all,

We would like to thank all of you for your kind words on the passing of our father, Derek Pollock.   It is a comfort to know that he had so many good friends in the Club, which was such an important part of his life. We had a beautiful funeral service for him on Saturday, with a wonderful turn-out of Club Triumph members (and cars!).

Thank you to all of you who were able to join us, particularly those who travelled from far to be with us.  Our father would have been so happy to see all of you at his final send-off. Special thanks go to Dale for organising the splendid line up of cars at Enfield Crematorium and to Dave Shewry for his tribute at West Lodge.

We're planning to join you for the start of the RBRR 2020, and in the meantime, Happy Triumphing!

Susan and Louise

Derek Pollock’s love affair with Triumph TRs began in 1954 when he bought his first one, a TR2. That had to be substituted for a Standard Ten immediately prior to the arrival of his first daughter and was then itself replaced by a TR3A. Another daughter and a Standard Vanguard estate followed before the purchase of his beloved TR4 in 1963. He was to ensure that this car was kept constantly maintained, running and on the road until his death, and indeed, thereafter.

It was in 1961 that he joined the TAA, which led to the formation of Club Triumph, after which he duly used the TR4 through the next three decades on a variety of Club runs, tours, autotests and rallies, though never on the RBRR due to the availability of several ‘Works’ cars for his use and later, cars of his own including his 2500S and more particularly his ‘breathed on’ TR8. Derek owned, in his time, a great many Triumph cars including a Gloria Southern Cross, several Heralds and two TR8s, one a genuine UK model.

Derek on the RBRR in 1969 and 1971

During a Club visit to the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1966 he and his great friend Les Mills wondered whether it might be possible to drive all the way around mainland Britain in one go; not perhaps in 24 hours, but maybe in 48. They drew up their plans and successfully completed the run later that year with a handful of fellow Club members in six cars representing the six models then offered by the company. Since then the Round Britain Reliability Run, as it is now known, has grown into a much larger event with around 120 – 130 crews taking part every two years. In 1990 Derek came up with the idea of raising money for charity by getting crews to gain sponsorship for completing the event. Since then the event has raised over £750,000 for a variety of charities with over £100,000 raised on the last Run in 2018 alone.

Derek with his 2 daughters after receiving the MBE

Derek held various positions within the Club for many years including Secretary, magazine Editor (concurrently for part of the time) and latterly President and magazine proof reader as well as regularly contributing material of historical, technical and humorous nature. He was regarded by many of those who served the Club alongside him simply as ‘Mr Club Triumph’ for several decades although it is true to say that you would have to go a long way to find someone as gentlemanly, humble, approachable and funny as he was. Like many of his generation who, dare we say, ‘Triumphed through adversity’ in the 1940s, he will be sorely missed.

Derek with his TR4 which he owned and drove for 56 years

Club Triumph is proud to announce its Annual Awards Dinner to be held on the 29^th February 2020 at Shendish Manor Golf Course and Hotel near Kings Langley.

Follow the link above for full details and to book <<via the ENTER button>> (look to the panel on the right of the event page)

Club Triumph is pleased to announce the Essex Winter Rally, which will be held on Sunday 17th November 2019. The event is a non-timed 12 Car navigation rally suitable for Experts, Novices and Beginners. Click the title above to link to the event page for further details and to ENTER.