Diamond Jubilee National

De Vere Horsley Estate Sussex

11-13 July 2025

As announced in the August magazine the 2025 National Rally will be held at De Vere Horsley Estate and Towers in Sussex. This will be celebrated as the prime event of the Diamond Jubilee year of the Club.

Accommodation

Members can book accommodation in the De Vere Estate hotel. The hotel caters for many events and weddings and has plenty of accommodation. But bedrooms are on a first come first reserved basis and are released for booking one year in advance of each event. You are strongly advised to to  make your booking as soon as possible.  A number of members have already done so.

You can book on the DeVere website or by phone 01483 917075, this will be the most expensive option but you can get an immediate 10% off the price by joining Applause the free-to-join loyalty club of De Vere. Or you can book through one of the online booking agencies such as Booking.com. Trivago, Expedia.  It is best if you book rooms in the Horsley Place including breakfast.

If you fancy trying out the accommodation now they are offering discounted rooms for 2 nights Sunday 11th & Monday 12th August 2024

Club History

A brainchild of the 1960s the Austin Ten Drivers Club was conceived in a layby in 1964 by two Austin 10 drivers on the road to an Austin 7 rally at  Beaulieu, where they met a third.  Within nine months sufficient members had been gathered to form a club for the Austin Ten and meet at a London pub. The Austin 7 had numerous clubs and older Austins had the Vintage Austin register but at that time no club existed for the Austin 10. The first ATDC rally took place on 18th July 1965 consisting of 8 members and 3 guests on a follow-my-leader tour from Epsom to Newlands Corner for judging by Mr William (Bill) Boddy - Editor of Motor Sport and author of The History of Brooklands Motor Course - who had a soft spot for Austin 10s despite them being neither Vintage nor sports cars. The first national rally was held at Beulieu in 1966.

10-28hp 1931-1939

In 1969 ATDC grew to include the Austins of larger than 10hp Austin cars of the 1930s which also had no club, VAR only catering for the Vintage designs at that time.