Triumph Sports Car Club of South Africa (Cape Town)
- P.O. Box 2635, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Introduction to the Club
The Triumph Sports Car Club of Cape Town is a regional centre catering for Triumph car owners or those who have an interest in the marque, even though they might not own one (yet).
The Cape Town Regional Centre is one of eight regional centres which jointly make up a National Body known as the Triumph Sports Car Club of Southern Africa, which formally represents the Triumph Marque in Southern Africa. The National Body, has a constitution which provides a framework for all eight Centres to operate in, and is also responsible for ensuring that all registered members receive a copy of a quarterly Triumph magazine, called "Sabrina", which keeps members informed of what is happening both at National and Regional Centre levels. The Regional Centres in turn have individual constitutions, tailor made to their needs and requirements, provided that the regional constitutions do not conflict with any part of the National constitution. Bi annually one of the regional centres will host a National gathering where Triumphs and their owners from all of South Africa's centres will congregate for a 3 or 4 day festival which will include concours judging, driving tests, a dinner / dance plus the camaraderie that can only be found when enthusiasts of like mind gather.
The aim, inter alia, of the Cape Town Centre, is to help ensure continuity of the marque and encourage social activity between the members engaged in Club activities. To this end the Cape Town Centre publishes a monthly members newsletter, organises a mixture of social / technical evenings (referred to as "noggins") on a monthly basis and, organises monthly outings where the cars are driven on some of our awesome scenic routes, be it along our breathtaking coastlines or majestic inland country wine routes. The Cape Town Centre also supports various charities by displaying our cars, amongst others from different marque clubs, at car shows where the aim of the show is to raise money for a deserving charity. The Triumph car stand has improved at shows of this nature in recent years, and has now become a firm favourite among organisers and public alike.
Given the sporting nature and pedigree of the Marque it is fitting, not to mention thrilling, to be afforded the opportunity, albeit only once annually, to stretch the legs of these cars, under controlled circumstances, at the Killarney race track circuit in Cape Town. It is at this event where the healthy and good spirited arguments as to which is the quickest / best handling Triumph, that rage for the other 11 months of the year, are settled. In the main it has to be said that, as a Club, we prefer to get out there and drive / enjoy our cars rather than being a Club where the accent is on cosseted concours type cars that seldom see the light of (non show) day.