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Border Reivers Autumn Meeting 3-5 October 2008
- supported by Graypaul Edinburgh and Bill McGrath Limited

LATEST UPDATE:  THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.

If you would like to join the waiting list in the event of cancellations, please contact Peter Holmes on 01721 720264 or ph.kerfield@tiscali.co.uk

WANTED: A Maserati Quattroporte III or Royale

"Dear Maserati Club Members,

I've been given the interesting if rather tricky task of locating some rare four-door supercars for an article in Classic Cars magazine. Amongst other things (Bitter, Iso, Lagonda, De Tomaso etc) we would like to find a Maserati Quattroporte III or Royale. The photoshoot would take most of a day and would probably be in the south east of England, sometime before the middle of May - details to be tightened up as the cars are found.

Do you know of anyone with a presentable (but not necessarily concours) Q'porte III/Royale who would be prepared to come along for a day and make up part of this interesting group? We will pay all fuel and food costs and a CD of the pictures from the day will be available after publication.

If there's no-one in the club who springs to mind, could you suggest one or two specialists who might have customers with the car in question?

With thanks and best regards,

Nigel Boothman
Contributor
Classic Cars Magazine
www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk
0131 668 4199 / 07837 828133

An Invitation from Joe Macari Servicing Ltd

Joe Macari Servicing Ltd are hosting a “Service Clinic” on 22 June 2008. The purpose of the clinic is to offer a free inspection and report of member’s vehicles and to share their enthusiasm for cars with you all.

Coincidentally it is on the same day as the French Formula 1 Grand Prix at Magny Cours and they offer an open invitation to all of our members to watch this event with them. They will be laying on a BBQ and refreshments during the day. All they request is that nearer the time they get an idea of interested parties so they can cater accordingly.

If you would like to take up their kind offer, please contact Dave Smithson of Joe Macari Servicing Ltd. direct.

Dave Smithson AAE MIMI
General Manager
Joe Macari Servicing Limited
The Kimber Centre
54 Kimber Road
London SW18 4PP

Tel: 0208 877 0157
Web site: www.joemacariservice.com.

Exciting news for all club members

The central Maserati Club in Modena have announced a special promotion aimed at existing paid-up members of the following Maserati Clubs:

Club Maserati Australia
Maserati Club Austria
Maserati Classico Belgio
Maserati Club France
Deutscher Maserati Club
Maserati Club Japan
Maserati Club Holland
Norsk Maserati Klubb
The Maserati Club (SA)
Maserati Club of Sweden
Maserati-Club Schweiz (CH)
Maserati Club UK
The Maserati Club USA

Members of the Maserati Clubs listed above will now qualify for membership to the Official Maserati Club at a specially discounted one-time enrolment fee of EURO 200. This special offer represents a saving of approximately 33% off the normal joining-up fee of EURO 300.

This enrolment fee entitles each applicant to one year's membership (the membership year runs from 1st January to 31st December), plus a "Welcome Kit" comprising of:

a personalised solid silver membership card
a dark blue Maserati Club polo shirt ( available in S, M, L, XL or XXL )
a Maserati Club baseball cap
a pair of Maserati blue/beige bi-chrome nappa leather driving gloves (available in S, M, L or XL )
a set of four Maserati Club car stickers

Members are also entitled:

1. to take part in the following events scheduled for 2008.

Date TBA - General Assembly
29th-30th March 2008 - Meeting at Cervia military airport
19th-20th April 2008 - 3rd Maserati Club Trophy
10th-11th May 2008 - Weekend in Tuscany
30th May- 1st June 2008 - Meeting at Balocco circuit
22nd June 2008 - Master Racing Maserati Club
September 2008 - Weekend in Montecarlo
7th-9th November 2008 - Truffles and Wine
14th December 2008 - Christmas Lunch

On each occasion, a welcome kit containing a special gift from the official Maserati Store will be given to participating members.

Meetings in collaboration with other clubs are under discussion.

2. to retrieve information from the Maserati historic archive and download User’s and Maintenance Manuals
    for all Maserati cars which are no longer in production, registering with the site for Maserati clients:
    www.owners.maserati.com

3. to a 10% discount on:

    - Maserati and Maserati Club merchandising on sale at Maserati in Modena
      and at Maserati Club events in Italy

    - wheel rims for classic cars from "Borrani". Members should contact Mr Politi "Ruote Milano”:
      tel: +39 02 8240151; fax; +39 02 8259320.

Members may also benefit from a number of special offers (to be announced) and take part in events organised by supporting clubs.

Eleonora Tassinari
Segreteria Maserati Club

Viale Ciro Menotti, 322
I-41100 Modena (MO)
Tel: +39 059.590 786
Fax: +39 059.866 3823
E-mail: etassinari@maserati.it
Web site: www.maseraticlub.com

Master Maserati Driving Courses 2008

"Dear Members,

After the huge success of 2007 Master Maserati Driving Courses, Maserati is once again ready to offer its prospects and customers a new season of exciting experiences on the track of Varano de' Melegari. We are therefore pleased to present you Master Maserati 2008 schedule and some important news regarding the car fleet. Please note that from 2008 the Courses' fleet will include the Maserati GranTurismo and the Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S in addition to the Maserati GranSport and the Maserati Trofeo.

To ensure that they can meet the demand on all of the following dates, Maserati would be grateful if you could send them your booking requests complete with payment at least 45 days prior to your chosen Driving Course dates.

Master Maserati Driving Courses for 2008 available on:

We remind you that Master Maserati Secretary (email: info@mastergt.it) is at your complete disposal for any questions or concerns about Master Maserati reservations.

Best Regards,

622 150 Master Maserati Team."

Download your information leaflet and booking form HERE!

Francesca Miani
Direzione Marketing Maserati
Brand Development

Maserati S.p.A.
Viale Ciro Menotti 322,
41100 Modena,
Italy
Tel: +39 059 8663821
Fax: +39 059 8663823
E-Mail: fmiani@maserati.it
Website: www.maserati.com
Website: www.maseratistore.com

Le Mans Series broadcast on Eurosport

Le Mans Series is pleased to announce its new broadcasting agreement signed with Eurosport. This notification is the evidence of the expanding Le Mans Series media exposure. Discover the details of the new TV coverage planned on the international Eurosport interface:

Three channels (Eurosport, Eurosport 2 & Eurosport Asia Pacific), sixty or so countries covered, over 110 millions homes reached, over 20-language versions, an internet hub which is the sports leader in Europe… Eurosport is today the major sports multi media interface.

Thus, Le Mans Series was very pleased to sign this year with Eurosport this TV coverage agreement. The aim is to support all season long the Le Mans Series thanks to an exceptional live broadcast on Eurosport - within the frame of the global agreement signed with the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) for the three forthcoming seasons. This broadcasting allows the series to reach the media coverage it deserves, should we consider the quality of the grid, even more increased this year.

Major broadcast measures were set up from the 1000 Km of Catalunya on 4/5/6 April onwards, 2hrs30 of total broadcast for each Le Mans Series race (even over 4hrs for the 1000 Km of the Nürburgring); here is what Eurosport platform intends to offer to its viewers.

The provisional programme includes the first 30 minutes of race live broadcast, a highlights summary on the evening of the meeting, and on the following Tuesday, completed by a onehour summary during the week following the event.

On the occasion of the 1000 Km of the Nürburgring (15/16/17 August), the viewers will be able to follow a 2hr-live programme from 12:00 on, a spot at 16:00, then see live the final 30 minutes of the event. From Monday morning on, a15-minute summary will be on the air on Eurosport, as well as a special 1hr-programme on Tuesday evening on Eurosport 2 and Eurosport Asia Pacific.

2008 le Mans Series Calendar:

- 4/5/6 April 1000 Km of Catalunya, Spain
- 25/26/27 April 1000 Km of Monza, Italy
- 9/10/11 May 1000 Km de Spa, Belgium
- 15/16/17 August 1000 Km of the Nürburgring, Germany
- 12/13/14 September 1000 Km of Silverstone, England

Press Contact:

Marine Allainguillaume
103 rue Lamarck – 75018 Paris – France - Tel : +33 1 42 59 73 40
E-mail: media@lemans-series.fr
Web Site: www.lemans-series.com

2007 Racing Trophy Results

I am pleased to announce the results of the 2007 Racing Trophies:

Ray Fielding Rosebowl Trophy:

1st - 23 points - Sean Danaher
2nd - 7 points - Alan Minshaw
3rd - 5 points - Burkhard Von Schenk

The race meetings that scored points for this trophy in 2007 were the VSCC races, the HGPCA races, Goodwood Revival, Monaco Historic and the Shell Ferrari/Maserati challenge. To qualify the Maserati drivers had to be paid up members of the Maserati Club. 8 club members scored points for this.

250F Fangio Trophy:

1st - 5 points - Burkhard Von Schenk
2nd - 3 points - Nick Mason
3rd - 2 points - Barrie Baxter

The race meetings that scored points for this trophy in 2007 were the VSCC races, the HGPCA races, Goodwood Revival, Monaco Historic and the Shell Ferrari/Maserati challenge. To qualify the 250F drivers had to be paid up members of the Maserati Club.