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Healeys on display at ENCOUNTER 2019 on the Ocean City, N.J., boardwalk. We return to the boardwalk for ENCOUNTER 2024!

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September 15-18, 2024 • Ocean City, N.J.

Hosted by the Philadelphia Region
The Austin-Healey Sports and Touring Club’s annual, multi-day meet called Encounter is open to all Healey owners and enthusiasts. The AHSTC regions take turns hosting the event, which features a popular vote car show, judged concours, a rallye, tech sessions, a gymkhana and a flea market.

On September 15-18, 2024, the event returns to Ocean City, N.J., site of Encounter 2019, and the host hotel will again be The Historic Flanders Hotel, a 100-year-old landmark located just a stroll away from the boardwalk.

ABOUT ENCOUNTER 2024

See map below
Early registration fee is $79 by June 1, and includes:
  • One show car plus two adults and children under 21
  • Hospitality Room access throughout the event
  • Free flea market space
  • Free participation in all driving events
  • Admission to all tech sessions
  • Sunday Welcome Event • Movie and Trivia Night
  • Monday Charity Auction & Social • Valve Cover Races
  • Encounter Car Show on the Boardwalk on Wednesday
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HOST HOTEL

The Flanders Hotel
719 East 11th Street
Ocean City, N.J.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SUNDAY September 15
  • 2-5 p.m. • Registration open
  • 7 p.m. • Welcome Event – Movie & Trivia Night FREE
MONDAY September 16
  • 8:30-11 am & 1-4:30 p.m. • Registration open
  • 9:30 a.m. • Rally School,
  • 10:30 a.m. • Rally departs from hotel parking lot.
  • 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room
  • 3:30-4:30 pm • Tech Session
  • 4-6 p.m. - AHSTC Board Meeting
  • 7-10 p.m. • Wine and Cheese Reception & Charity Auction

TUESDAY September 17
  • 8:30-11 a.m. & 1-4:30 p.m. • Registration open
  • 8 a.m.-Noon • Gymkhana
  • 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room
  • 1-3:30 p.m. • Ladies Luncheon, offsite at Jon & Patty's Coffee Bar & Bistro
  • 3:30-4:30 p.m. • Tech Session
  • 6-8 p.m. • Southern BBQ Buffet | $47
  • 8-10 p.m. • Valve Cover Races  Download the rules here

WEDNESDAY September 18
  • 7:30 -11:30 a.m. • Concours judging
  • 8:30-11 a.m. & 1-2:30 p.m. — Registration open
  • 7-10:30 a.m. • Funkhana
  • 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room
  • 11:30 a.m. - Cars stage for parade to Boardwalk
  • Noon.-3:30 p.m. • Encounter 2024 Car Show, Ocean City Boardwalk
  • 6 :30 p.m. • Specialty Cocktail Reception
  • 7-10:30 p.m. • Encounter 2024 Awards Banquet | $60
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