For The Lovers of All Things Vintage and Classy, Concours d’Elegance Launches A TV Program
The Alfa Romeo Owners Club has opened the entry list for the 2016 CBA Africa Concours d’Elegance which will be the 46th in the annual series organized by the Club. The event is scheduled for September 25th at the Nairobi Racecourse.
The regulations have been posted on the event website (www.concourskenya.com) and a list of classes and entry forms have been mailed to past and potential competitors, and officials. In the near future printed copies will be available at the official launch of the Concours and the premiere of the TV programme. Arrangements for this popular motoring and social function will be announced soon.
Meanwhile Concours fans will be able to enjoy a preview of the TV programme which will be televised eight times on DSTV Supersport. The series commences on Monday February 15th at 8.00 pm on the Supersport Nine East Africa channel and the final one will be at 2.00 pm on Thursday February 18th on Supersport Eight.
The acceptance of the CBA Africa Concours d’Elegance TV programme for Supersport is a tribute to the Africa continental status of the event which has been recognized and sanctioned by FIM Africa since 2006. The filming, editing and narration were the work of Screenshot Productions who have produced a programme which meets international standards.
This highlights some of the unusual cars and motorcycles which were admired by spectators at the Nairobi racecourse during the assessment by the judges. These include the 1934 Railton of Diccon Wilcock, Francis Kungu’s 1951 Riley and Paul Chemngorem’s 1962 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Among the crowd-pulling motorcycles were the 1925 DKW of Sati’s Classics and a 1927 Raleigh and a 1946 Harley Davidson which were prepared and entered by the Vintage Motorcycle Club of South Africa.
Last year the Concours attracted 23 entries from outside Kenya which came from Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. The Concours TV programme is being used by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club to publicize the event to motor clubs in Africa and beyond.
