Union Concours 2026

Sunday 24th May 2026 www.unionconcours.co.uk

Worth School, Paddockhurst Rd, Turners Hill, Crawley RH10 4SD

An Exclusive Event Entry free for members of attending clubs The Union Concours is a UK-based concours that brings together members from six exceptional owners clubs; The Drivers Union, Lamborghini Club UK, Maserati Club UK, 96 Club, De Tomaso Drivers Club and the Honda NSX Owners Club, for a judged celebration of standout automobiles across curated classes.

The event is staged at Worth School in Turners Hill, West Sussex, and blends formal judging with a full-day programme that typically runs from morning arrivals through to afternoon trophy presentations.

In 2026, the Union Concours is scheduled for Sunday 24 May 2026, and following its 2024 and 2025 editions,it will mark the event’s third concours gathering, continuing its focus on exceptional cars, club camaraderie, and top-tier presentation standards.

The Classes Trophies are available for the following classes

Aston Martin

Maserati

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Aston Martin class

De Tomaso •

De Tomaso class

Ferrari • •

Concours Class Ferrari Class

McLaren •

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Best NA1 or NA2 Best NC1

McLaren class

Porsche •

Honda NSX

Early years & Classics (1926-80) Expansion & Modern Classics (1980-23) Current model range (2023-26)

Porsche class

Icon Class •

Lotus Esprit

Lamborghini

Champions Class

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V8 Lamborghini V12 Lamborghini Pre-1990 models Post 1990 models

Various marques

Champions Class Class winners from our previous concours will now be placed in the new Champions Class.

As our concours winners, the Ferrari 360CS (not pictured), Lamborghini Islero and Porsche 930 Turbo attended the Concours of Elegance 2025 event where they took part in the Club Trophy.

Best In Show Winners An exclusive invitation

The Best in Show winner and runners up will receive an exclusive invitation to be one of thirty automobiles in the Concours of Elegance Club Trophy competition to be held on Saturday 5th September 2026.

Set within the dramatic backdrop of Hampton Court Palace, the Concours of Elegance is one of Britain’s leading celebrations of automotive design, craftsmanship, and history. www. concoursofelegance.co.uk

Concours Lunch Fifty places are available for lunch in the Cowdray Room for pre-booking.

Starter Courgettes with crispy quinoa and roast yeast sauce Main course Sous vide chicken breast with potato gnocchi courgette ribbons and tomato and olive sauce or Sweetcorn millet, king oyster mushrooms and crispy cavolo nero (Vegetarian) Deserts Chocolate delice, with orange mousse and rum crème fraiche or local Sussex cheese board Drink Half a bottle of wine per person

Lunch cost is £69 per person To book lunch, please complete the form at: www.unionconcours.co.uk/the-event/concours-lunch

Outdoor Lunch There will be a street food option on the day for all attendees

8.30 to 11am

Tea, Coffee & Pastries will be available to purchase

11am to 3pm The following will be available for purchase Steak sandwichs Chicken wraps Veggie wraps

There will be tables and chairs in the marquee for dining

The 2026 Judges Andrew Seward

Our Chief Concours Judge who was the former Chief Concours Judge for the Ferrari Owners Club. He is also a winner of the Concours of Elegance Club Trophy.

Alan Robb

Chairman of the Lamborghini Club UK, Alan entered the automotive trade with Lamborghini, and has spent more than two decades building a career in the exotic and supercar world.

During his career, Alan has represented some of the industry’s most prestigious marques.

Simon Thornley

Simon is a co-founder of Thornley Kelham and was brought up around cars from an early age by his enthusiast father who restored his own cars. Having spent many years in the international corporate sector, he turned his business experience into developing a state-of-the-art restoration business.

Martin Tinsley

Martin is a Client Director at Tysers Insurance and a leading authority in automotive risk solutions, renowned for his expertise in protecting some of the world’s most prestigious vehicles and events.

Richard Hawken

Richard is the founder of EMM London Private Office, a dedicated wealth manager for HNW car collectors. A former City trader, Hedge Fund Manager and life-long semi-professional racing driver, Richard's role at EMM London lead him to being invited to be a professional judge at several prestigious concours events which he enjoys immensely.

Navjyot Sagoo

Nav has been detailing and painting automobiles for over a decade and is the owner of Precision Detailing.

Thomas Haywood

A former Royal Air Force mechanic and devoted Honda enthusiast, he has firmly established himself within the NSX family.

He plays an active role in supporting the NSX Owners Club and is the founder of TOMDA, a specialist NSX workshop widely recognised for its exceptional craftsmanship and outstanding customer service.

Nick Bowden

Nick has been working at McGrath Maserati for over 20 years working his way up to workshop manager, carrying out and managing multiple award winning restorations. He is very passionate about all Italian cars but has always had a love for the trident brand.

Gerry Hulford

Gerry has been in motorsport all his life and has owned many race and performance cars over that time. Notably a 36-year ownership of Ferrari’s stands out and he has been privileged to have been both a Concours Judge and an Area Group Organiser for the Ferrari Owners Club.

Shahzad Sheikh

Former Editor of the Middle East edition of Car Magazine and with over 35 years in global automotive media, Shahzad brings a wealth of experience and insight to the Drivers Union judging panel.

Walter Chrobok

Walter eats, sleeps, drives, repeats cars! A Bsc and MA in engineering and design led him into automotive construction and accident damage investigation and repair! More recently a former restoration business owner of 10 years and currently consultant to Gunther Werks, DRVN group and Goodwood FoS.

Other Judges Graham Earl Thomas Hilary Neil Gaisford

The Venue Worth School Paddockhurst Rd, Turners Hill, Crawley RH10 4SD The origins of Worth lie in the foundation in 1606 of a Benedictine community at Douai, France by a group of English and Welsh monks who were in exile because of the severe penal laws in England against Catholics and, by 1617, English Catholics were sending their boys across the Channel to be educated there. In the 1790s, however, French revolutionaries plundered the Abbey and School, but the monks and boys were allowed to escape to England in February 1795. After some years sheltering on the estate of a former pupil at Acton Burnell in Shropshire, the Abbey and School finally settled at Downside in Somerset in 1814.

In the early 1930s, Abbot John Chapman established both another monastic community and a junior school in West Sussex by purchasing a country estate then known as Paddockhurst. It lay in 500 acres of landscaped grounds surrounded by woods and fields and with a view southwards over rolling countryside towards the South Downs.

The house was formerly the property of the industrialist Weetman Dickinson Pearson, later Viscount Cowdray, who in turn had purchased the estate from Robert Whitehead.

Whitehead had made his fortune as the developer of the first self-propelled torpedo in the 1860s and is linked to Worth’s long connections with Austria and Germany. Whitehead’s descendants include his granddaughter the Countess Marguerite of Hoyos who married Herbert von Bismarck, the eldest son of the great Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, and his granddaughter Agathe Whitehead who was the first wife of Georg von Trapp, and the mother to his children. Captain von Trapp remarried after her death and became famous as the patriarch of the von Trapp Family Singers who were portrayed in the semi-fictional stage play and film ’The Sound of Music’.

Worth School flourished, despite being evacuated back to Somerset during the Second World War while Canadian troops were stationed in the house prior to the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.

In 1957 Worth Abbey became independent from Downside and two years later in 1959 the Senior School was founded. By 1965 a Junior House for boys aged 11 to 13 had replaced the Preparatory School. In the 1990s Worth became the first English Benedictine school to take both boarding and day pupils, and the important transition to co-education began in 2008, with the first boarding and day girls accepted into the Sixth Form. Girls were welcomed into the lower years in 2010 and by September 2012 the School was fully co-educational in all years. The School has had a lay head since 2002 with the Abbot being President of the Board of Governors.

Today, Worth School is thriving with some 625 pupils, encompassing boarding and day pupils, girls and boys.

Apply FAQ Drivers Union What is the Union Concours?

Login to your club website and sign up to this The other concours event is for allinother carssection. that attend the event and event the events is more relaxed and informal.

Is it open to the Public?

De Tomaso Drivers Club No. This event is private and Contact entry isyour strictly club toticketed be placed on the list for this event.

How much is entry to the Union Concours?

Entry to the Union Concours is free for members (and their passengers) Lamborghini Club UK of all clubs listed in this website.

Email the LCUK Events co-ordinator, David Morris, with names and vehicle.

How do I apply to attend?

If you are a member of a participating club, please contact your club representative to be placed on the list. See the APPLY page in this Maserati Club UK document for further information.

Register their attendance to this event via your club website.

What is the dress code?

Whilst there is no official dress code, we would love for all attendees to attend in smart casual clothing.

Honda NSX Club Should sign up on their club website at

Timetable on the day www.nsxclub.co.uk/Events/Calendar 08:30 - Arrival of Concours Automobiles 10:00 - Judging Starts 13:00 - Concours Lunch 15:30 - Trophies Awarded 96 Club 17:00 - Event ends Please contact Louise May at the 96 Club office to be placed on the entry list

Non-members of the above clubs should email concours@thedriversunion.com

FAQ Local Hotels There are a variety of hotels nearby including: Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa East St, Turners Hill, East Grinstead RH10 4QD (7 minute drive away) Holiday Inn London Gatwick Crabbet Park, Turners Hill Rd, Worth, Crawley RH10 4SS (10 minute drive away) Elite Venue Selection Felbridge - Gatwick London Rd, East Grinstead, East Grinstead, RH19 2BH (14 minute drive away) Is it open to the Public?

No. This event is private and entry is strictly ticketed Will there be food & refreshments available?

Yes, there will be hot drinks and food available to purchase on the day.

There is also the option to join the Concours Lunch.

I am not a member of any of the listed clubs Unfortunatly the event is only open to members of theattending clubs.

If you do not have a Lamborghini, Maserati, De Tomaso or an NSX, you may be able to join the Drivers Union which are a mixed marque club.

Apply Members of the clubs below will receive Free Entry to the event which includes automobile, driver and all passengers.

Drivers Union

Login to your club website and sign up to this event in the events section. www.driversunion.com

De Tomaso Drivers Club

Contact your club to be placed on the list for this event. www.detomasodc.co.uk

Lamborghini Club UK

Email the LCUK Events co-ordinator, David Morris, with names and vehicle. www.lamborghiniclub.co.uk

Maserati Club UK

Register their attendance to this event via your club website. https://www.maseraticlub.co.uk

Honda NSX Club

Sign up on their club website at www.nsxclub.co.uk/Events/Calendar

96 Club

Please contact Louise May at the 96 Club office to be placed on the entry list www.96club.co.uk

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