Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver

THIRD TIME LUCKY

One Australian Rolls-Royce club finally celebrated its 2021 Concours in brilliant sunshine under a cloudless sky…in January 2022. RR&BD’s Australian correspondent Richard Holdsworth explained the delays endured by the Victorian Branch of the Rolls-Royce Owners Club of Australia.

‘It’s quite understandable that the event might be postponed because of Covid-19, but it was scarcely creditable that the re-scheduled Rally and Concours could be abandoned on account of a waterlogged venue! This is Australia, isn’t it?’

Nonetheless, both virus and weather intervened, and the entrants had to wait until earlier this year. Concours judging was carried out at the Club’s Technical Centre in Rowville – 12 judges covering every facet of the Rolls and Bentley cars – while the Rally and Presentation was held under the Melbourne sun at

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