175th MGCP Concentração

September 17, 2022
Carvoeira – Torres Vedras
National

Twelve years later we had the grateful pleasure of returning to the Quinta da Barreira for lunch, accepting the invitation made by our Member José Gaspar.

As the town of Sobral de Monte Agraço was nearby, it seemed opportune to revisit it after the MGCP had participated there in some Classic and Antique Car Shows which, started in 2007, are part of the Festas e Feira de Verão, which date back to September 1912.

So, after parking at the Praça Dr. Eugénio Dias we were received by the local tourism technician, Susana Teixeira, who, next to the bandstand, gave us a brief historical background of the Municipality and the Square, after which we visited the CILT – Centro de Interpretação das Linhas de Torres and realized how the struggle of Sobral was decisive in the final withdrawal of the Napoleonic army from Portugal, in what became known as the 3rd French Invasion.

Finally and in short, who was lucky enough not to have an MG refusing to go out or, once on the street, stop progressing due to malfunction:

  • Enjoyed an excellent day, climatologically speaking;
  • Experienced, for the first time, a sporting event at the Adega Cooperativa da Carvoeira on a slightly wet floor, not with water, but with wine;
  • Added to its expertise in circumventing the pins the escape from the projection of some stalk and/or grape skin;
  • And remembered the great hospitality that we always felt at the Quinta da Barreira.

See more at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B262hXNbQQs

Scores

Member’s Name

MG
Model

Time

(sec)

Final rating

Sport  Class

Isabel Tinoco

B

26.60

Salvador Soares

Midget

27.00

J. Preces Diniz

B

27.16

Joaquim Lima

B

27.47

José Gil

B

27.59

J. Machado Pinto

B

30.51

J. Saldanha Mendes

B

33.50

Inês Castelo Branco

B GT

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Didn’t participate

José Gaspar fº

B

26.80

N/ Member

Production  Class

Vasco Campos

F

25.44

Celestino Guerreiro

F

27.09

Alberto Vale Rêgo F 32.22
Mª Cândida Fernandes TF 34.25