Ahem, it's not his car Taff!

You are almost right Russell so for the record and as the bloke who instigated the change:

2CVGB's annual get together was always called an International. I was told that the name was chosen in the dim distant past to encourage visitors from abroad.

It always struck me as an odd name. When I was club Chairman [2001-2005] and preparing the agenda for one of the AGM's, it was obvious that it was going to be a particularly dull meeting as there was no elections contested and no items had been sent in to discuss, soooo in an attempt to liven up some debate, I added the proposal for the name change to the agenda.

I expected this to created heated debate and be a bit controversy but if my memory serves me well [the minutes will confirm] there was next to no discussion and very few, if any, of the 100 or so people who attended voted against the proposal. So from then on its been called the 2CVGB National.

Not sure that the name change made any difference, still excellent meetings which does seem to attract visitors from abroad when its in the south of England.

It will always be known as the International.

How retro

Not by me, when it doesn't make sense

I guess it now falls in line with other European countries. You have the French National and I think there's a German National, too.

A slightly different situation, in that France don't have a single national club. They have an association of umpty-seven local clubs, who organise one annual event, hosted by different clubs around the country. In that respect, it's a bit more like a WM than the (inter)National.

Well yes, that is true

I might ban people from the site if they refuse to aknowledge it's called an 'International'