NCJOC is affiliated to Jaguar Clubs of North America (JCNA). JCNA is the hub for Jaguar enthusiasts from Canada, Mexico, the United States and around the world. As a social organization with a common interest in the Jaguar marque, JCNA strives to provide members with the widest range of services and activities for those with an enthusiasm for all Jaguars, both old and new.
2025 Year in Review and Looking Forward
from Greg Furst - Club President
We enjoyed quite an active 2025 in the NCJOC.
In 2025, we did lots of things that were either new or the club hasn’t done in a while. Two of us attended the Jaguar Club of North America’s Annual General Meeting in Philadelphia which was well presented and provided us more insight into the resources available from JCNA. Our chief judge, John Larson, provided zoom-based concours judges’ training sessions over numerous weeks prior to holding our concours in late April in conjunction with the Britain on the Green car show in Lorton. Bill Owen (the club’s webmaster) hosted a class in restoring the front suspension of his 1970 Jaguar XKE FHC; we had a club drive thru portions of Maryland after meeting at Katie’s Coffee one Saturday morning; we met up at the Polo Field in Great Meadow for their annual car show; and led a visit to a local museum to see a Bugatti display.
Update on Recent Events
(including Scottish Walk)
The end of the year was busy for club members with four club events:
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the Drive and Lunch in Deale
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the Loudoun Leaf Prowl
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the ever-popular Hunt Classic
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the Alexandia Scottish Walk/Parade
For those who took part each provided a great opportunity to meet fellow Jaguar owners and discuss the relative merits of the marque. For those who missed the events or if you want to relive your experience there are updates on each in the Gallery:
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Links to each are below
These were in addition to some of the activities we have been doing consistently over the years - our annual kick off picnic at the home of Scott Hoffman (the club treasurer), our concours at Britain on the Green in April, a drive and lunch in Southern Maryland, our now annual Loudoun County Prowl, and socially meeting and displaying our cars at almost innumerable shows and meet ups. Just a few weeks ago a group of us participated in Alexandria’s Scottish Walk/Parade where our Jaguars escorted Santa Claus along the parade route. All of these activities couldn’t have been done without great support from volunteers getting each of them off the ground.
Our website continued to be a great club asset. We began placing member recommendations of service businesses on our NCJOC website; this forum can help us get our cars in the shape we want them to be and is a great resource in the website Forum, and likely one that will encourage future membership. If you have a service location you think deserves a shout out (or potentially a warning to send to other members) please submit your comments to Bill Owen at webmaster@ncjoc.net. We intend to nominate our website for JCNA’s annual website competition.
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I continuously get calls from people who are interested in selling their Jaguars, and are looking for advice on how best to do that. Usually these calls are from family members of owners who have passed away. I also get calls from people who do not live locally but are looking for help in assessing a local Jaguar that is for sale. If you have ideas on how best to support these callers, I look forward to your suggestions. I think finding out about local Jaguars for sale may be a great way for our members to expand their Jaguar collections.
In 2025, we had great support from club member volunteers. How many interesting things we do as a club is highly dependent upon members with great ideas helping us organize activities. We count on volunteers doing some of the groundwork for each event and getting it started – the club’s leadership will help with the sign-ups and keeping participants informed, so a good part of the challenge is identifying events that sound interesting. We had great help on that in 2025; numerous members have already approached me on ideas for 2026.
One thing we have consistently done in the past, but weren’t able to do in 2025, was to hold our club slalom event. The facility we have used for many years wouldn’t allow us to use it this year (and dragged us along until telling us it wouldn’t be available), so a few of us scurried around trying unsuccessfully to find an alternate location. I am hoping that with the knowledge we gained, we may actually be able to hold two slaloms in 2026, one in the Spring and another later in the Fall, maybe conducting them in different locations to encourage additional member to participate in this JCNA-wide competition. If you haven’t participated in our slalom before, it has always been a great event. I’d also like to try to conduct a club Rally in 2026, something we have not done in a long while, but has been noted by a few members as something we should set up (if you are interested in trying to help in this, please let me know). Information on rallies can be found on the JCNA website.
Besides activity volunteers, our 2025 success could not have been done with lots of work from the club’s leadership. Besides those already mentioned, David Serber has been serving as our secretary, Dan Drude is working on our club communications, and Doug Wolfire guides our slalom activities. We could use one or more members to be activity chairpersons.
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I encourage you to participate in our activities in 2026. As part of the ongoing membership renewal activities, we are asking members about their interests, so please let us know what we should be planning to make your membership fun and worthwhile. Actively visit our website – and contribute where you can with stories about your cars, suggestions on interesting routes we can drive, places or car shows where we should meet, and encouraging owners to become members of NCJOC. We can have a lot of fun and learn a lot about our cars by meeting up with other owners, so I encourage you to meet with us and make suggestions on how we can be active with things that make Jaguar ownership fun and interesting.
Greg Furst
(703) 864 3870