2nd Interbalkanic Classic Rally 31/5-3/6/2012
Our Athletic Club announces that in collaboration with the Retromobile Club of Varna, we will organize the 2nd Interbalkanic Classic Rally from May 31st to June 3rd,2012. The crews will have the opportunity to participate in the category Regularity or in the category Tour.............
 
 
4th Mountain Classic Rally 30/3-1/4/2012

The M.R.O.E. A.C. realized with great success from March 30th to April 1st the 4th Mountain Classic Rally in central Evia. This event counted in the championship of OMAE-EPA/ETHEA with factor 1.

In the start there were several people from different places of Greece such as Athens, Kozani, Kastoria, Thasos, Bucharest, and Thessaloniki. The event took place in the mountainous and coastal areas of Evia and the crews competed in regularity tests fairly known as the ascent of Ritsona, the ascent of Kimi and other mountainous areas like Steni, Seta etc.

The event was supported by the Hotel Holidays in Evia, which was the mega sponsor of the event, and was under the aegis of the Municipality of Kimi-Aliveri and the Evia Chamber.

The winners are:
1. Kounelis Dimitris / Kounelis Aggelos with BLMC MINI of 1978
2. Vallindas George / Vallinda Fotini with MERCEDES 220 Sb of 1961
3. Palavidis Manos / Palavidi Maria with BRITISH LEYLAND MINI of 1978

   
  

 

   

The 4th Mountain Classic Rally will be held this year in central Evia from March 30 to April 1st, 2012. The event will be realized with the support of the Municipality of Kimi and Aliveri and the Chamber of Chalkida.

This event is included in the championship of EPA/ETHEA for historical cars with factor 1..............

 
 
 
Bulletin board
Members and Friends of the A.C. of M.R.O.E. from Greece and Bulgaria participated with 9 cars in the event "Casa Rally" which was organized by the classic cars club of Istanbul "Klassik Otomobil Kulubu" (K.O.K.). The Start took .......................
 

The board committee announces the events program for 2012.

1.      4rd Mountain Classic Rally 30/3 -1/4/2012 (regularity) Central Greece
2.      2nd Interbalkanic Classic Rally 31/5 - 4/6/2012 (regularity) Bulgaria
3.      Summer Classic Rally 28/6 - 1/7/2012 (regularity) Greece
4.      Autumnal Classic Rally 12-14/10/2012 (regularity)

The places and the program of the events will be announced soon.

 
THE MET HOTEL
The Athletic Club (M.R.O.E.) in collaboration with the 5* THE MET HOTEL of Chandris club in Thessaloniki city, offers for its members and friends the price of 100 euro/per night for staying at an one-bedroom or two-bedroom BB and the using the underground parking. This price is valid throughout the whole year except during the running of the International Fair of Thessaloniki on September.

Reservations will be made only through the M.R.O.E. club. Anyone who is interested in this offer can call at +30.6945.903420 for their reservation.

 

PRESS RELEASE

The athletic club M.R.O.E. realized with great success from the 10th till the 12th of June the 1st Interbalkanic Classic Rally, the 2nd event abroad, with the cooperation of the Retro Mobile Club RomanianAt the start in Bucharest, 24 cars departed out of which 18 were Greek participations.The event included apart from the regularity, also tour. We visited the historic city Sibiu recognized by UNESCO along with a visit to the Bran Castle (Dracula’s Castle). Following, we were received accommodation for the night in the renowned ski resort Poiana Brasov. The finish took place on Sunday afternoon in Bucharest after passing by Old and New Brasov, Slanic and Ploiesti.The winners of the rally were:

1.            Kikizas George/Hadios Theodoros with a Porsche Cerrera RS (1972)
2.            Vasilopoulos Petros / Narli Ismini with a Wolseley 16/60 (1964)
3.            Stanciu Gabriel / Ladopoulos George with a Jaguar XK 150 (1957)

  

  

 

 
 
 

PRESS RELEASE
3rd Mountain Classic Rally 19/4 -
1/5/2011
 Sponsored by

The Athletic Cub M.R.O.E. carried out successfully the 3rd Mountain Classic Rally from April 29 until May 1, 2011
The rally, having as a center the Hotel Spa Platystomo Asclepius which offered to the winners of each category a free weekend stay at the premises, began from the central square of Larissa and developed to the old Akropolis rally routes in mountainous areas of Karditsa and Fthiodida.. The special stages of the race as Giannitsou, Makryrachi, Smokovo, Tarzan, Tsouka revived good old racing moments.
In the two-hour regrouping that took place on Saturday 30 / 4 in Rentina, Deputy Mayor Mr. Pavlos Stavrou welcomed the crews and toured them in the Museum of National Resistance and the Byzantine Museum.
In the regrouping of Sunday the 1/5 a warm welcome was done from the residents of Tsouka where with the initiative of President Polymeros Dimitris and Gregory Kalopita there were offered to the competitors’ traditional homemade pies, coffee, soft drinks and finally a bottle of raki of their production to each participant.
It is also worth mentioning that throughout the journey by road assistance from INTERAMERICAN was present as always, making the competitors feel more secure.
     Winners of the rally         
     1st Overall Sinan Evman, co-driver Tuba Soycan with a Pontiac Bonneville of 1977 participation from Istanbul Turkey         
     2nd Overall Papadakis Elias, co-driver Papadaki Isabella with a VW Cabrio of 1970 participation from Athens.         
      3rd Overall Prassas Konstantinos, co-driver Koumpenas George with a Mercedes Benz 200 of 1975 participation from Athens.    

     

 
Interbakanic Classic Rally 10-12/6/2011

      

 Our Athletic club is announcing that the Interbalkanic Classic Rally will be realized with the cooperation of Retromobile Club Romania during the period from the 10th to the 12th of June in 2011................

 
3rd Mountain Classic Rally 29/4-1/5/2011

  

Bulletin
The organization committee of the 3rd Mountain Classic Rally which would take place in central Greece from the 11th till the 13th of March has decided that due to the bad weather conditions in the area where the event would take place that the event will be postponed for the 29th of April to 1st of May of 2011.

Amazing classic Acropolis routes are included in this year’s Mountain Classic Rally, like Tsouka, Loutra, Retina, Tarzan etc. Everyone that wishes to relive the era when Valter Rerl, Biorn Vaaldergard and Santro Munari were making their way through the Greek mountains.................

 
Videos

Start from Larisa - 1
Start from Larisa - 2
Rentina
Tsouka - 1
Tsouka - 2
Price giving - 1
Price giving - 2

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4th Peking to Paris 2010 - Greek section

PRESS RELEASE

4TH PEKING TO PARIS 2010“Greek section”

Under the generous support of

      During the 11th and 12th of October the Rally “4th Peking to Paris 2010” passed through our country. A marathon race in which 107 classic cars manufactured from 1907 to 1968 participated. The race started at September 10th from Peking and will finish after 37 days and 14,500 kms at Paris.
     
The Athletic Club M.R.O.E. organized the route for the organizing club Endurance Rally Association (ERA) for the Greek part from the border of Kipoi to Igoumenitsa. In this particular part 22 classic cars from Greece, Bulgaria and Rumania participated also.
     
The participants raced through the picturesque routes of the counties of Evros, Arnaias and Cholomontas and then spent the night at Thessaloniki. The next day they raced through the Eltaochori, Daskio, Velveto and ended up for a two-hours regruping at Meteora where they had the chance to visit and admire the monasteries. Afterwards they arrived in Igoumenitsa to continue the race by ferry to Italy. The Greek-section participants finished at Ioannina where the ceremony of prize giving award and the gala dinner took place.
      It is worth mentioning that throughout the whole route the road assistance of INTERAMERICAN was there making the participants feel secure.
     
As the Rally director Mr. Kim Bannister mentioned the organization of the Greek part was impeccable and it was the one that the participants enjoyed the most. 

The winners for the Greek sections are:
1st overall: Driver, Prassas Konstandinos – Co-driver, Koumpenas George with a Mercedes benz year 1975
2nd overall: Driver, Stasinopoulos Ioannis – Co-driver, Kakuszi Szilvia with a Lancia Fulvia year 1973
3rd overall: Driver,Vasilopoulos Petros – Co-driver, Petrenas George with a Ford Capri year 1973

   
  
1st Overall                                     2nd Overall                                     3rd Overall      

 

                                  

The Endurance Rally Association (ERA), organizer of the rally "4th Peking to Paris 2010" passing through Greece at 11 & 12 of October, in corporation with the Athletic Club M.R.O.E. will accept entries for the Greek section of the rally from the border station Kipi to Igoumenitsa.

The entries open at 1st June and close at 6th of August.

 
 
Other Events
Members and Friends of the A.C. of M.R.O.E. from Greece and Bulgaria participated with 9 cars in the event "Casa Rally" which was organized by the classic cars club of Istanbul "Klassik Otomobil Kulubu" (K.O.K.). The Start took place .................
 

The members of "Classic Cars Owners of Istanbul" (IKOD) visited our city with 17 splendid Classic Cars. At the frontier station of Kipi the crews received welcome by the chairman of the Athletic Club M.R.O.E, Mr. George Pontikogiannis. During their stay in our city, they visited the museum of research and technology and also the town hall where they received a warm welcome by the Mayor, Mr. Mpoutari. He proposed also to the clubs to co-organize an event with classic cars between the cities "Istanbul - Thessaloniki".

     

 
2nd Interbalkanic Classic Rally 31/5-3/6/2012
 

If you like to sell your classic car, fill the following form and also send us two photos in high resolution and M.R.O.E. will announce gratis in her web page.

 
 
 
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