ALVIS CAR CLUB of

VICTORIA

ABN 36 118 172 771

 

BOB MORROW. RESTORATION AWARD

 

Bob Morrow was one of the founding members of the club, and the clubs first President.

The Bob Morrow Trophy was donated to the club by Bob Morrow and was originally awarded for the best performance at "Alvis Day". An impromptu sports day held by the Alvis Car Club in an effort to rekindle the earlier sporting nature of the club. For a variety of reasons this event was only held for 2 years. In the third year the club awarded the trophy to Ron Wilson for his efforts in organising and competing in the clubs events.

As it was becoming increasingly difficult for the club to hold sporting type events the committee decided, in 1996, to use the trophy as the clubs RESTORATION AWARD. (See Guidelines below)

RECIPIENTS

1992
John F Hetherington
Alvis Day
1993
Richard Tonkin
Alvis Day
1995
Ron Wilson
Special Award for services to the club (Rally organisation etc.)
1996
George Smith
Silver Eagle Ch. 8470
1997
Bob Graham
Speed 20 Ch. 11827
1998
John Ball
12/50 Ch 4553
1999
Murray Fitch
Silver Eagle Ch.12684
2000
David Head
Silver Eagle Ch. 11770
2001
Tony Hannam
Firebird Ch. 13630
2002
Eric Nicholl
12/70 Ch. 15170
2003
Brian Hemmings
12/50 Ch 3306
2004
Merv Coombs
TC21 Ch.25367
2005
Chris Higgins
12/50 Ch.3182
2006
No Award
2007
Alan McKinnon
12/50 Ch. 3771
2008
No Award
2009
Richard Wallach
TA21 Ch. 24314
2010
No Award
2011
No Award
 
2012
No Award
 
 2013
No Award
 
2014 
No Award 
 
2015 
Mark Weller 
Speed 20 Ch. 10090
2016 
Peter Mackay 
 Silver Eagle Ch. 13531
2017 
 Alan Wettenhall
12/50 Ch.2410
2018 
 Alan McKinnon
12/50 Ch. 2446
  2019 
  No Award
 
2020 
No Award 
 
2021 
Andrew McDougall 
Speed 25 Saloon  Ch. 14684
2022 
Heather Goldsmith 
12/70 Ch. 15305
2023 
No Award
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

Summary:

The Bob Morrow Trophy is not a concours award. The award is open to Alvis cars that are either professionally restored and potentially technically excellent, or refurbished by an Alvis enthusiast.

Guidelines: (Approved by committee 19th Feb 2006)

1. The ACCV Committee or a nominated sub-committee will determine which, if any car is to receive the Bob Morrow Trophy for “Best Restoration”.
2. As a basic requirement, candidate cars should be roadworthy and presentable. In addition, credit may be given for:
· The owner’s effort applied to the task.
· The scope of the task
· Unusual facets of the restoration or history
· The excellence of the final result
3. A car can only win it once (per restoration), but a car that is passed over in one year could win it in a future year.
4. The decision on “when it is restored” should be up to the owner. That is, a ‘rolling restoration’ would become a candidate when indicated by the owner as essentially complete.