Sep 13, 2023 | All, Events, News
KVVCCC AUTUMN RUN 2023
You are warmly invited to this year’s Autumn Run in Kenmare. Please find special deal for weekend this deal only applies to people who have sent an ENTRY for the run. Download forms below. Looking forward to meeting you all in Kenmare again this year.
For information on booking a Room, the Run, and the Gala Dinner please click the forms below for more information.
PLEASE BE ADVISED YOUR HOTEL BOOKING CANNOT BE GUARANTEED UNTIL A COMPLETED RUN ENTRY FORM IS RECEIVED BY THE CLUB CHAIRMAN
In conjunction with Kenmare Bay Hotel, we are delighted to provide attendees in residence at the hotel for the duration of the Autumn Run with a complimentary drinks voucher. Vouchers are valid for use in the Hotel’s Courtyard Bar on Friday or Saturday. There is a one-drink allowance per voucher for a beer, wine, or mineral.
Click below to download the Entry Form and Information Form
Autumn Run Info Sheet
Autumn Run Entry Form
May 4, 2023 | All, Events
120 Th ANNIVERSARY BALLYFINANE HILL CLIMB RUN
On behalf of the Club may we extend an invitation to celebrate the 120th Anniversary of the Ballyfinane Hill Climb.
We are delighted to be able to host a celebration of this event and also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the KVVCCC erecting the Ballyfinane monument in 1993 at the point where the hill climb ended.
This was achieved by the foresight of the late PJ O’ Riordan, the then Club Chairman, the committee and Club members in 1993 using club funds and local donations.
Entry will be by pre-registration only and event will start at 8:30am at Cronin’s Circle k Service Station,Brackhill, Castlemaine, Co Kerry. V93 HFC6.
EXACT ROUTE MAP ON THE DAY
Click below to download Entry Form and Information Form
Ballyfinane Climb Info Sheet
Ballyfinane Climb Entry Form
May 4, 2023 | All, Events
44 th RING OF KERRY / PJ O RIORDAN REMEMBERANCE RUN
You are warmly invited to this year’s Ring of Kerry and PJ O’Riordan Remembrance Run which will see our vintage family reconvene at the Kenmare Bay Hotel, from 9th to 11th of June.
For information on booking a Room, the Run and Gala Dinner please click forms below for more information.
PLEASE BE ADVISED YOUR HOTEL BOOKING CANNOT BE GUARANTEED UNTIL A COMPLETED RUN ENTRY FORM IS RECEIVED BY THE CLUB CHAIRMAN
In conjunction with Kenmare Bay Hotel, we are delighted to provide attendees in residence at the hotel for the duration of the Autumn Run with a complimentary drinks voucher. Vouchers are valid for use in theHotel’s Courtyard Bar on Friday or Saturday. There is a one-drink allowance per voucher for a beer, wine or mineral.
Click below to download Entry Form and Information Form
ROK Info Sheet
ROK Entry Form
May 4, 2023 | All, Archive, News
MEMBERS of the Kingdom Veteran Vintage and Classic Car Club were out in force at the weekend for their annual dinner dance marking 30 years since the club’s foundation.
Over 130 people were expected to attend the dinner in the Fels Point Hotel in Tralee, an event traditionally held on Valentines night, with all proceeds raised going to the Kerry Hospice.
The club was founded in 1979 and now has about 160 members from all over Kerry and neighbouring counties. The late Tom Twohill suggested to PJ O’Riordan, (President and founding Chairman), that there was enough interest and cars in Kerry to form the club, after the Rose Of Tralee Run, which took place at the end of August 1979.
Enthused by the suggestion PJ seized the moment and called a meeting for those interested to take place a few weeks later at Farranfore Airport, and the Kerry Veteran Car Club was formed.
The group then embarked on the club’s first run which left from the Airport and toured Firies-Currow and the surrounding area before returning to the Airport (there are reports of all sorts of calamities along the route with tempers frayed and cars expiring!).
On Saturday night, some of the members took time out to speak on their beloved cars and about their fundraising activities.
Interview by Lorraine Walsh, Irish Independence, 18 Feb 2009
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Jan 29, 2023 | Run Reports
Kingdom Veteran Vintage and Veteran Car Club map out the year ahead at Annual General Meeting
The Kingdom, Veteran Vintage and Classic Car Club is preparing for a busy year on the roads of Kerry.
As well as a full programme of Cars n Coffee meet-ups and one-day runs, the biggest historic car club in Kerry will also run three very different but hugely important flagship events.
Details of the club’s programme of events were announced at the club’s Annual General Meeting in Tralee on January 29.
Willie McElligott was elected chairman of the Kingdom Veteran, Vintage and Classic Car Club at its Annual General Meeting on Sunday
Blennerville-based Willie McElligott was selected as the club’s new chairman, and he replaces Tony Hehir who has been in the hot seat since 2017.
“It is an honour, but I have big boots to fill taking over from Tony,” said the incoming chairman.
“I am looking forward to it, my main interests are cars and people and they go hand in hand in this club.”
Francie Cantillon was announced as the club’s president – he has given 44 loyal years of service to the organisation.
The club’s 44th annual Ring of Kerry Run will remember club founder PJ O’Riordan.
The Ardfert man passed away in 2020 during the height of pandemic-related restrictions so the club was unable to honour the contribution PJ made to the classic car movement, not just locally, but nationally too.
The June 9/10 event will be known as the PJ O’Riordan Remembrance Ring of Kerry Run and will start and finish in Kenmare – a new venue for the club’s early summer run but a regular halt in the Autumn Run.
“We as a club will be celebrating PJ’s life, times and cars while recognising the fact that the KVVCCC would not exist today without the huge work that was done by PJ, his wife Noreen and family,” said club secretary Garrett Foley.
“PJ was a founding member, Chairman, and President of the KVVCCC for a period that spanned 41 years. This is our way of remembering such an important person in the vintage scene in Kerry, Ireland and beyond.”
Noreen was made an honorary life member of the club at Sunday’s AGM.
In July, the club in association with the Irish Vintage and Classic Car Club will mark the 120th anniversary of the Ballyfinnane Hillclimb.
The July 1903 event is hugely important to motoring historians and motorsport enthusiasts all over the country and beyond and was the first closed-road motorsport event in Kerry.
On July 15, 1903, Charles Rolls, who later went on to become a founder of the Rolls Royce Motor Company won the County Kerry Cup over a 500-yard course near the mid-Kerry village.
In 1993 the KVVCCC erected a monument to Rolls on the finish line to mark the 90th anniversary of the historic event and since then the location has been a popular stopping-off point for visiting car clubs.
The KVVCCC will run a classic car run over the original course on the morning of July 15. A few hours later members of the Brass Brigade arm of the Irish Vintage and Classic Car Club will follow.
The Brass Brigade hold annual rallies all over Ireland but specifically chose Kerry for this year’s event as club members wanted to mark the 120th anniversary of the famous hillclimb.
Up to forty cars, from the early 1900s to the 1930s are expected in Tralee on the weekend of July 15/16. After visiting the Rolls Monument in Ballyfinnane both clubs will enjoy a tour of West Kerry before a Gala Dinner Celebration in the Ballyroe Hotel.
The KVVCC’s Autumn Run will take place on October 14 and will be once again based in Kenmare and a road-run along the Beara Peninsula is currently in the planning stages.
The 2022 running of the Autumn Run was significant because it was the first time that the Dick Mason Memorial Trophy was presented. The trophy was donated by the Mason family from Tralee in memory of a man who gave a life-long dedication to the club.
It will be awarded annually to the person who has done the most to promote the club over the course of a year and the inaugural recipient was long-serving secretary Garrett Foley.
The full list of club events announced at the AGM is as follows.
Date Event Venue
April 23 Garrett Foley Cars n Coffee TBC
May 14* Johnny Cahillane Run Killorglin
May 28 Ray Corkery Run TBC
June 9/10 Ring of Kerry Run Kenmare
June 25 Cars in Coffee North Kerry
July 15 Ballyfinnane Hillclimb Ballyfinnane
August 27* Secretary’s Scramble TBC
September 24 Cars N Coffee TBC
October 13/14 Autumn Run Kenmare
October 22 Tony Darmody Run Faha
*Both events are to be confirmed and are subject to a date change
The following officers were elected at the AGM and will take charge of the club for the year ahead.
The 2023 Kingdom Veteran, Vintage and Classic Car Club committee from left to right: Martina Molyneaux (Webmaster); Joe O’Sullivan (Vice chairman, Chris Foley (Social Media); Willie McElligott (Chairman), Garrett Foley (Secretary); Alan Fitzell (Youth Officer) and Geroge Glover ( Joint Treasurer) [absent from photo joint treasurer Aine Doyle]
Position Name
Chairman Wilie McElligott
Vice Chairman Joe O’Sullivan
Secretary Garrett Foley
Joint Treasurer Aine Doyle
Joint Treasurer George Glover
Youth Officer Alan Fitzell
PRO Sean Moriarty
Webmaster Martina Molyneaux
Social Media Chris Foley
