CONDOLENCES
IT IS with great sadness that I must inform you all that MG Car Club President Bill Wallis died on the 22nd August after an illness, borne with great fortitude.
Bill was an enthusiastic supporter of the MG Car Club and a friend to many since joining in 1949. In his long association with the Midland Centre Bill tried most aspects of motor sport except actual racing.
He was at one time very active in auto-testing and was an RAC scrutineer for 10 years. As an RAC Rally Marshall for 22 years he did everything from administration at HQ to standing in the snow on Welsh mountains.
Bill served with distinction as Chairman of the Club from 1980 to 1985 but he will be remembered most for his role as our President, a post that he has filled in every sense of the word since 1996.
He was unanimously elected each year at the annual AGM and this was no surprise to anyone who was privileged to know the man.
In writing this tribute to Bill I referred back to a Personality Profile I wrote about him three years ago. In it I wrote:
“Bill is the staunchest of supporters of the Club and all it tries to achieve. He is unassuming, knowledgeable, approachable, friendly and professional but above all, wise…”
Looking back now these words defined the man and what he has meant to his many, many MG friends.
Bill was a warm hearted man with a unique style who managed to get on with just about anyone he met. He used this talent, as our President, to guide us through times of difficult Club politics and could always be counted on to provide just the right words of encouragement when they were needed.
His passing leaves a huge void in the Club but his wisdom and kindness will live on as an example of what being a member of the MG Car Club should be all about.
The Club motto is “The Marque of Friendship” but to Bill it was a code of conduct which he tried to live by and instil in all members.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his ever supporting wife June and his daughter Louise and family at this sad time.
John Day - MG Car Club Chairman - 23 August 2010
Details of Funeral arrangements will be posted on the MG Car Club website in due course.
A condolence page will follow shortly, please e-mail your tributes to webmaster@mgcc.co.uk
For those wanting to send condolences by post, please send to:
MG Car Club, Kimber House, 11/12 Cemetery Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1AS
The MGCC will forward letters and best wishes to Bill's family.
A full tribute to Bill will feature in October's edition of SafetyFast!

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