V8 event before the EEOY 2017 in Portugal

Preliminary event for V8 enthusiasts - "Visiting Portugal 2017 - from Saturday 29th July to Thursday 3rd August 2017 is being organised for V8 enthusiasts by Victor Rodrigues and his wife Evelyne of the Swiss-MGV8/IG.

European Event of the Year 2017 (EEOY) is being organised by the MG Club Maia in Oporto in Portugal from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th August 2017. Briefing

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Victor & Evelyne Rodrigues. Email

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For MGV8 enthusiasts planning to travel to Portugal to attend the MG Car Club's European Event of the Year 2017 will welcome the news that a preliminary event - "Visiting Portugal 2017" - is being planned there for V8 enthusiasts by the Swiss V8 Group run by Victor Rodrigues and his Swiss wife Evelyne. Although he has lived for many years in Zurich in Switzerland he originally comes from Portugal and has used his local knowledge to arrange the additional event.

Update on 4th July 2016 from Victor Rodrigues
Victor reports "the results on our « SWISS-MGV8/IG Visiting Portugal » Event-Survey, are now in - we have 32 positive responses. We are now in the process of informing all interested participants with the necessary informantion and forms that Evelyne and myself have prepared. The number of cars from the participants are: UK 14, Switzerand 12, Germany 4, France 1 and Sweden 1".

The members from Switzerland will fly to Lisbon and their 12 MGs will be transported to Portugal by lorry which will deliver them to the hotel where they are staying. They will drive back to Switzerland from the city of Porto after the event.
Preliminary programme for the Swiss-MGV8/IG V8 event "Visiting Portugal 2017"
See a copy of the preliminary programme.