Events

Below you'll find some of the upcoming Alfa-related events, both the ones organized by AONE and other activities of interest to Alfisti. To submit new events, or changes to listed events, please contact the Webmaster. Mark your own calendars with the events that interest you—there's something for everybody!

Hover your cursor over a highlighted date for a brief synopsis, and click on the blue links for further details

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Other events of interest

Holidays

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"Il Giro Del Monadnock"
New Hampshire Road Tour
Saturday, October 1

It's back for an encore! Fellow AONErs and Peterborough, NH residents John Percival and Guilherme Bonatto have teamed again to put together what portends to be a another fabulous motor tour in the Monadnock region of southern New Hampshire. Organized as a last-minute event last year, the dozen or so participants all had a terrific time on a tour that included quiet back roads, a stop for lunch, a couple of Alfa photo ops, a little shopping, more back roads, some historic landmarks, country estates, the McDowell Dam, horse farms, a basket-making shop, more back roads, and finally a stop for ice cream.

This was a well-planned, interesting event and this year’s variant promises to be even better! Guilherme and John inform us that another great route is being planned. We will drive by Greenfield State Park, Hancock, Dublin, Harrisville, Dublin Lake, gorgeous views of Mount Monadnock, and finish the tour in Jaffrey.

Our gathering spot will be the parking area of Peterborough Plaza, with a target meeting time of 10:45 to 11:15am. Our group of Alfas will proceed to the Depot Square area of downtown Peterborough, a destination spot for the Monadnock region. Depot Square is framed by the confluence of two rivers in the center of Peterborough. It provides an attractive setting for the Sharon Art Gallery plus several fine restaurants and clothing boutiques. Our group can visit the Square and have lunch at our leisure. After lunch, we’ll head out on the tour and find out what John and Guilherme have in store for us!

In order to keep things under control, our tourmasters are limiting the event to the first 20 cars to sign up—first come, first served! To register, contact Guilherme at 603-732-1539 (work), 603-860-9705 (cell), or via email at bbonatto@verizon.net. Do it now so you don’t end up on the waiting list!

So reserve Saturday, October 1st (rain date Sunday the 2nd) on your calendars and sign up post haste!

Directions: Peterborough Plaza is visible from Route 101 and includes a Stop & Shop supermarket. There’s an entrance off Route 101 near the traffic light at the intersection of Routes 101 and 202 South.

From Route 3 - Exit 7 or 8 West, onto 101A West (Amherst St) to 101 West toward Wilton, NH. Stay on 101 toward Peterborough. After Pack Monadnock, go downhill past a blinking light (intersection with 123) continuing on 101 to just before the traffic light (intersection with 202 South). Peterborough Plaza will be on your left, after the bridge.

From Route 202 - Heading North (from Northwestern Mass), go past Jaffrey toward Peterborough. Turn right at a traffic light onto 101 heading East. Peterborough Plaza will be on your right.

From I-91 in Brattleboro VT - Take Exit 3 for Route 9 East toward Keene NH. Where 9 changes to 101 East, continue straight toward Dublin Lake and Monadnock Mountain. Careful going through Dublin (radar and steep downhill). Stay on 101 to Peterborough, straight through a set of lights (at intersection with 202 South). Peterborough Plaza will be on your right.

Look for a BUNCH OF BEAUTIFUL ALFA ROMEOS in the parking lot!

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VSCCA Fall Finale at Lime Rock Park
October 7-8

Wind down the racing season in style! This is a very low-key vintage racing event, at one of the nation’s most scenic race tracks, on a weekend when there’s still much fall foliage to enjoy on the ride out and back. Although not nearly as large an event as the Labor Day extravaganza, there are upwards of a hundred great old race cars slugging it out on the race track just like in days gone by. For more info, visit the VSCCA web site and/or the Lime Rock web site. No crowds, easy parking, lots of great historic cars to admire up close and on the race track. Be there!

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Wachusett Mountain Hillclimb and Brewery Tour
Saturday, October 22

It’s Baaaack! Yes folks, we are once again running that popular tour to Mount Wachusett and its namesake brewery nearby. There will be a new tweak to the run this year—AONE members Gene and Judy Durso and Scott Navaroli have concocted a pleasant 70-mile tour through the back roads, made just for leaf-peepers, to get us to the base of the mountain in Princeton, MA. The start point is at 91 Mannville Street in Leicester, MA at the parking lot of the K-of-C Hall. Try to arrive by 10am, as the first car off is at 10:30. SPECIAL NOTE: As in years past, we have invited the members of the New England Triumph club to join us, which always adds to the interest of this event.

You can reach Gene with any questions at gdurso@emdurso.com or 978-314-1224 (cell).

Directions to 92 Mannville Street, Leicester:

From East, West, or South:
1. Mass Pike (I-90) to Exit 10 for Auburn, MA. Take Route 20 WEST to Route 56 (~2.5 miles)
2. Take RIGHT onto Route 56 (North) for 5.9 miles
3. Take RIGHT onto Route 9 (East) for .5 mile
4. Take LEFT onto Mannville Street for .4 mile
5. Look for Knights of Columbus Sign and turn LEFT into Parking Lot

From North:
1. I-495 South to I-290 West
2. Take I-290 West to Route 20 West (Exit 6B)
3. Take Route 20 West to Route 56 (~2.5 miles)
4. Take RIGHT onto Route 9 (East) for .5 mile
5. Take LEFT onto Mannville Street for .4 mile
6. Look for Knights of Columbus Sign and turn LEFT into Parking Lot

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Western Massachusetts Fall Foliage Tour
October/November ???

As of press time, the date hasn’t been set yet, but you can count on another fun AONE frolic through the hills of Western Massachusetts this fall! Peter Walker’s promising us an interesting, scenic, trafficless, twisty route through the falling leaves, but we just don’t know exactly when yet. So keep an eye on your email inbox for the time and place! (See this month's Editor's Corner, and send a note to webmaster@velocissima.com if you’re not on our list!)

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