Rover Owners Association of Virginia

Workhorse of the World - Rally, BBQ, and Storm

We had draft horses at Penlan doing a demonstration dragging logs and such as well as a Series vehicle doing similar stuff. 

Built Like a Locomotive

We rented the Buckingham Branch Railroad passenger train. A Land Rover caravan including a 101 from Canada took us all down to the old Penlan Station site where we boarded the train for a ride to a picnic site near the James River catered by the C&O Restaurant.  The train ride included a "train robbery" by the local Tom Mix Rangers group on horseback. The rally included the off road demonstration track at Penlan (including the Gensing Bog and creek crossing), teetertotter and blindfold obstacle course.

In the Beginning....

We rented the local drive-in movie theater for a private club showing of "The God's Must Be Crazy". 1950's or Australian Outback attire was encouraged.  We had over 85 LR's filling up the drive in!

Elegance In The Rough

We decorated the tent in an upscale manner and the evening's entertainment included a jazz band. We had an award for the best creative black tie attire. Fireworks finished off the evening.

A Dog Day Afternoon

The theme came about partly because we had up until that rally had asked folks not to bring their dogs because we were worried about the pet's safety. We finally gave up the loosing battle and that became the theme. It was to be the last rally where we camped at Penlan. We used Pearl's Pond trails during the day

Clan Cudiheagh O’ Usquebeath O'Corn

We had a marching bagpipe band along with single malt whiskey tasting

30th Anniversary of the Range Rover

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Rovers On This Side of the Pond

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I think this is the only ROAV T-Shirt with a Freelander on it - and it is front a center.

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Seeking event logo and stories from this event.

Seeking theme name or stories from this year's event.

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The theme and logo of this year's MAR was dedicated to the trucks and owners that survived the last two year's of events.

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30th Anniversary of ROAV

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A Virginia Safari

Hurricane Isaac - I think it rained 10 inches over the day on Saturday. 

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Land Rover's 60th Anniversary

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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock!

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This was the year of the Federal government's Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), colloquially known as "cash for clunkers", program.

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Celebrating 35 Years

35th Anniversary of the ROAV

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Elegance in the Rough (reboot)

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This year, the MAR joined forces with the Conclave hosted by Lucky 8 at The Cove. The club had lost access to land at Pearl's Pond, Willow Hill Farm, and at Broadus Farm. We were on the look out for a new home for the MAR.

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ROAV Member Sam Moore granted access to ROAV to use Wheatland Farm as the new home of the MAR.

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A hurricane forecast prevented big top tent from being set up. The Saturday evening activities took place in the Newport Community Center. (Hurricane Joaquin)

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Lucky 8 gave a demonstration on vehicle recovery using a donated white Discovery.

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This is the first year of pipeline construction. The weather was good and dry, as well.

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In stark contrast to previous MAR events, the weather was extremely dry. Giles County had issued a burn ban for outside fires due to the drought conditions - so no campfires this year. Bill Burke was a featured guest and offered several classes on recovery techniques.

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The 2020 MAR was held under global pandemic conditions as the COVID-19 virus gripped the world. This was also the year that the ROAV sponsored the Oxford in America Sea to Shining Sea Expedition with the world famous Oxford Rover stopping in at the MAR!

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