A few weeks ago I sent a message to the 3 Spridget email lists that I
know of
asking for details about current Car Clubs that cater specifically for
Sprites and
Midgets to find out how many are out there and see who the oldest one
was.
I was a little dissapointed with the few responses I received, I thought
there
would be a few more clubs out there, perhaps there aren't? It appears
many clubs
that started as Sprite/Midget clubs were at some stage absorbed, or
became general
Austin Healey Clubs.
Heres the list of current clubs. I don't have dates for when some of
these clubs began so I've taken a guess at listing them in order of age:
The Sprite Car Club of Australia - began June 1960 - Australia (NSW)
The Austin Healey Sprite Drivers Club Inc. - began ?? - Australia (Vic.)
Sprite Club of South Australia - began ?? - Australia (SA)
SMOG (Sprite Midget Owners Group) - began ?? - USA (unclear as to
whether still
running)
Midget & Sprite Club - began 1983 - UK
Let me know if I've got it wrong or if there are any other clubs
secretly lurking
out there somewhere.
Cheers,
Eriks Skinkis
Eriks Skinkis wrote:
> Australian Sprites and Midgets - http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/4936
>
> The Sprite Car Club of Australia turns 40 in June of this year. This
> makes it one of the oldest continuously running Spridget clubs in the
> world.
>
> I thought it would be interesting to make a list of all the Spridget
> Clubs in the world and also see if we can work out who has the honour of
> being the oldest right through to the youngest. Besides, having a list
> of all the Spridgets Clubs could be a useful thing to have anyway.
>
> I would like to restrict this list to those clubs that are still in
> existance and that cater specifically for the MG Midget and AH Sprite. I
> don't want to include the general MG or Austin Healey Clubs otherwise
> we'll end up with clubs that existed before our cars.
>
> So if you know of a Spridget Club and when it started (even if you don't
> know when it started) let me know. I'll compile the list and publish the
> results here.
>
> Cheers,
> Eriks Skinkis
>
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