2019 – 2020 GOLDEN GATE AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB EVENT SCHEDULE
Includes non-GGAHC Major Healey Events and Club-recommended events
Indicates events sponsored by the Golden Gate Austin Healey Club.
The club is introducing some new stuff this year to encourage participation:
- The 100%er Club has been created to recognize club members that participate in ALL OFFICIAL CLUB ACTIVITIES. 100%er Club members will be recognized at the 2018 Christmas Party.
- The club is going to revive Club Member Name Badges but you MUST QUALIFY by participating in 5 official club events.
- An Annual Mileage Award will be presented at the 2018 Christmas Party to the club member that drives their Healey the most during the year. The Events Coordinator will record your odometer mileage at the first event you attend for the year.
2019 GGAHC EVENTS
December 8: Christmas Party
What: IT WAS SO POPULAR LAST YEAR THAT…
This year’s Golden Gate Austin Healey Club Christmas Party will return to The Van’s Restaurant (815 Belmont Ave, Belmont, CA 94002) on December 8th at 12:00 p.m.
The Van’s has a unique and interesting Bay Area history. Built in San Francisco as the Japanese Tea House to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal in 1915 (same as the Palace of Fine Arts) for the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Only those two buildings remain 103 years after the Expo. The Tea House was moved by barge and then horse and mule team in 1921 to its current location. It served as a residence, a speakeasy during the Prohibition, then a saloon and, since 1945, as an Italian restaurant.
More info: The price is unchanged from last year: $30 per person (checks made out to GGAHC and mailed to 164 Regency Dr., Clayton, CA 94517) and attendees need to bring a suitable unwrapped gift or check (minimum $10) for Toys For Tots (please be generous) and RSVP to events.ggahc@gmail.com by November 24th. Please indicate the number of attendees. SERVERS WILL TAKE YOUR MENU ORDER AT YOUR TABLE.
Commemorations and awards will be presented at the party.
2020 GGAHC EVENTS
January 18: 2020 and Rendezvous Planning Meeting
What: The GGAHC will hold its annual Event Planning Meeting on at 11:00 AM January 18, 2020, at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive, Walnut Creek.
This is your opportunity to help plan the Club events for 2020. If you attended the Club events this last year, you may have noticed an increased turnout to several exciting events. That’s because of club members like you that stepped up and organized cool drives to cool places.
Have a favorite back road?
Favorite restaurant or watering hole?
Favorite cool/weird/historic/interesting place?
Help us plan events that you want to attend. As with last year, you don’t even need to drive your Healey if don’t own a Healey, or own one that isn’t running, or think it isn’t ready for tours. Bring your “BJ9”, or whatever. You will find help and encouragement to get that Healey on the road! We need your help to plan even more exciting events for 2020.
Also, we are looking for some volunteers to help host some of the activities at Rendezvous 2020 and we will have our Rendezvous planning meetings monthly, starting at this meeting.
So come on out and let us know what and where the help is needed.
The club will even spring for lunch!
So bring your ideas and wishes for events.
More info: To get to the Lodge, take Highway 680 toward Walnut Creek.
From the South, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.2 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
From the North or East, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.3 mi, turn left onto S Main St. After 0.1 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
February 15: Rendezvous 2020 Coordination Meeting
What: Planning and coordination meeting for Rendezvous 2020 for Board and volunteers to help host some of the activities at Rendezvous 2020. The 2-hour meeting will begin at 12:00PM.
More info: The meeting will be held at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive, Walnut Creek. To get to the Lodge, take Highway 680 toward Walnut Creek.
From the South, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.2 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
From the North or East, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.3 mi, turn left onto S Main St. After 0.1 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
March 21: Rendezvous 2020 Coordination Meeting
What: Coordination meeting for Rendezvous 2020 for Board and volunteers to help host some of the activities at Rendezvous 2020. The 2-hour meeting will begin at 12:00PM.
More info: The meeting will be held at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive, Walnut Creek. To get to the Lodge, take Highway 680 toward Walnut Creek.
From the South, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.2 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
From the North or East, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.3 mi, turn left onto S Main St. After 0.1 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
April 18: Rendezvous 2020 Coordination Meeting
What: Coordination meeting for Rendezvous 2020 for Board and volunteers to help host some of the activities at Rendezvous 2020. The 2-hour meeting will begin at 12:00PM.
More info: The meeting will be held at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive, Walnut Creek. To get to the Lodge, take Highway 680 toward Walnut Creek.
From the South, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.2 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
From the North or East, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.3 mi, turn left onto S Main St. After 0.1 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
May 9: Rendezvous 2020 Coordination Meeting
What: Coordination meeting for Rendezvous 2020 for Board and volunteers to help host some of the activities at Rendezvous 2020. The 2-hour meeting will begin at 12:00PM.
More info: The meeting will be held at the Walnut Creek Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive, Walnut Creek. To get to the Lodge, take Highway 680 toward Walnut Creek.
From the South, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.2 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
From the North or East, take Exit 45A to S Main St; after 0.3 mi, turn left onto S Main St. After 0.1 mi, turn right onto Creekside Dr. After 0.1 mi, the Elks Lodge will be on the right. Park and walk around the building to the left and enter the back door.
May 17 to 21: Rendezvous 2020
What: GGAHC, Austin Healey Association of Southern California (AHASC), and Austin Healey Club USA (AHCUSA) will host the 45th Austin Healey Rendezvous at the Mont Bleu in Lake Tahoe! 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of AHCUSA and GGAHC, so this will be a BIG EVENT!!
More info: Click here for more information and to register.
2020 NON-GGAHC EVENTS
January 5: Marin Cars & Coffee
What: On the First Sunday of every month, automotive enthusiasts gather in front of Starbuck’s in the Vintage Oaks Shopping Center Novato, California to share their vehicles and admire the other fabulous classics, exotics, rods and anything else with wheels and a motor. This has become a HUGE event and now commonly has well over 200 cars, ranging from serious vintage to modern. First Sunday of each month, from 8-10 am, though many spaces fill by 7:30. This is a great gathering of cars and car fans. FREE—no charge, no registration.
Points to know:
- The first Sunday of every month, rain or shine, in front of Starbucks in the Vintage Oaks Shopping Center Novato, California.
- 8:00 in the morning to 10:00 am. Arrive when you want.
- Check your ego at the stop sign.
- Park where you can.
- It’s free! Excluding your Starbucks purchases! Please do patronize the local stores!
- Leave when you want. BUT, behave yourself! No burnouts, no running over pedestrians, no sudden left turns into center dividers. Seriously, you won’t impress anyone and the other 100+ cars owners will not take kindly to any attempt you might make to screw up this event.
- Photographs will be taken of your car.Many of these photographs (including personalized license plates) will find their way to the web.
- The Marin Cars and Coffee Facebook page posts pictures, monthly, that participants may continue to revel in the experience and to allow others, who missed attending, to fill this void in their lives.
- This is a family friendly get-together.
- There is a welcomed police presence (hint, hint).
- Enjoy yourself! This is a wonderful assembly of diverse car owning folks! Lots to see and lots to learn!
More info: online at www.facebook.com/Marin-County-Cars-and-Coffee
UPCOMING BIG EVENTS!
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Rendezvous 2020
May 17 – 21, 2020
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Conclave 2020
May 17 – 21, 2020
Crystal River, FL
More Info
For Healey Events Nationwide, go to the Austin Healey Club of America at AHCA Events Calendar
Go to UK Healey events for the year-round schedule of the Austin Healey Club UK.