Wellington Triumph Sports Car Club, or  W.T.S.C.C, was formed in 1983 by a group of like minded individuals who felt  that Triumph Sports Cars, with the exception of the TR, were not being well  catered for in the Wellington area. At the time there already existed two clubs  for Triumph enthusiasts in Wellington, the TR Register, which is a national  club, and the Hutt Valley Triumph Club, which it was felt catered mainly for the  big Saloons. We therefore took on the mantle of being the club to join if you  owned a Triumph sports car ie Spitfire, GT6, Stag, TR or one of the Triumph  sports saloons ie Vitesse, Dolomite Sprint etc. This rule was quite rigorously  enforced until mid 1987 when at our A.G.M. it was decided to open the club to  all Triumphs and Triumph enthusiasts. This change was brought about by the many  enquiries we received from saloon owners keen to join us and also by the  dissolution of the Hutt Valley Triumph Owners Club prior to this.

1987 was also the year that saw Wellington  Triumph Sports Car Club create Triumphs at Taupo, which is a weekend event that  sees the Saturday at Taupo Centennial Race track with all types of Triumphs  racing and plenty of others parked on the embankment with their occupants  watching. Sunday is a social day with more relaxing events held before we go  home. Triumph clubs from throughout New Zealand are invited to this special  event. W.T.S.C.C. have been running Triumphs at Taupo since its inception with  the exception of one year, which the Stag Club organised. Triumphs at Taupo has,  of late, become known to many Triumph enthusiasts throughout the country as The  Triumph Nationals. We have even had keen Triumph enthusiasts from overseas  attend, unfortunately without their cars.

Stepping back a year to 1986 saw Wellington  Triumph Sports Car Club gain affiliation to the Mototsport Association of New  Zealand or M.A.N.Z. in its abbreviated form, M.A.N.Z. is the governing body of  motorsport in New Zealand. Through this affiliation it has opened up the world  of motorsport to our members, those that wish to, may acquire a competition  licence which enables them to compete in which ever level of motorsport they  desire, and indeed from our club we have had some noted cars and drivers. Being  a M.A.N.Z. club and being a Wellington club means we are also entitled to  W.M.S.A. (Wellington Motorsport Association) membership, which we have taken up.  Through these memberships we are in touch with fellow car clubs nationwide and  receive newsletters and invitations to other events regularly. We are also able  to organise events through these organizations ie certain rounds of the  Intermarque series. We also believe we are one of the cheapest clubs to join  through which our members can get a competition licence.

As a club Wellington Triumph Sports Car Club  like to pride itself on the fact that we listen to our members and hold events  that they want to attend. As members come and go and mature we realise that what  is wanted from their club changes and we can and are catering for those needs,  our events range from a club breakfast to circuit racing and there is not much  in between that we have not tried. As we do not have club rooms we hold our Club  Nights at various establishments through out the greater Wellington area, these  are on the third Wednesday of the month. But please note that while we would  like everyone to attend every event we realize that this is not always possible,  but please do try to attend as much as you can as the organisers of events do  put a lot of work into holding some first class events. Also remember that  anyone can organise an event, there is no magic involved just common sense and a sense of humour.

Like most other car clubs Wellington Triumph  Sports Car Club publishes its own magazine, this comes out bi-monthly  alternating with our newsletter, both of these are under the name REDLINE. We pride ourselves on the fact  that most of our articles are originals, not something that has been photocopied  from a magazine. As with all club magazines we are always looking for articles  to publish so if you think you have something you want to write down and have  published in REDLINE please contact our editor.

Although the Wellington Triumph Sports Car Club  does not own parts or tools our membership has acquired a vast amount of  knowledge on matters Triumph, also through these members is a large parts  inventory which means that no Triumph should remain disabled for long. We also  have discounts arranged through various automotive related retailers. And if in  the unlikely event that W.T.S.C.C. is unable to help we are in regular contact  with other Triumph clubs and specialists throughout the country and overseas so  hopefully all matters Triumph should be covered.

Whilst Wellington Triumph Sports Car Club is a  Wellington based car club our membership base covers all of the country  therefore to take this into account we have two categories of membership;

1) Full,

Full membership is for those living within the  geographical boundary of Orongorongos-Rimutakas-Akatarawa Road to and including  all of Waikanae/Reikorangi.

2) Country

Country membership is for those living outside  this boundary.

Once you have decided to join us upon  confirmation of your membership you will receive a membership card and  receipt.

Since the advent of the internet the world has  all of a sudden got smaller, this is so in the world of Triumph. We are now able  to communicate with members at the push of a button. Wellington Triumph Sports  Car Club has never been one to shy in the face of technology. It became  imperative that we get a web site to present to the world our club. We are now  on the web and can be found at http://go.to/wtscc or if you like to practice keyboard skills http://www.wtscc.wellington.net.nz both will lead you to our site we hope you  will enjoy it. If you are already there and would like to see something that is  not featured please use our contacts page and get in touch with one of the  committee, but do remember that a web site is a constantly evolving thing and  over time features can and do change.

We in the Wellington Triumph Sports Car Club  believe in the use and preservation of all Triumph Motor Cars. Very few cars are  built to be museum pieces put on show and never driven. Triumph cars were built  to be driven, they were conceived by designers with passion and bought by  enthusiasts, they were built to get wet (thats why they have windscreen  wipers),dirty and sometimes look sad, but most of all they were built to be  driven. Please drive your Triumph ..............and preferably on one of our  events.

Keep on Triumphing