ABOUT BRITISH ENCOUNTER 2025September 11-14 • Tannersville, Pa.
Hosted by the Lehigh Valley Region
See map below
- One show car plus two adults and children under 21
- Hospitality Room every day
- Free driving events: Rallye, Funkhana, Gymkhana
- Thursday Tech Session
- Thursday Welcome Reception
- Friday Charity Auction • Valve Cover Races
- Saturday Encounter Car Show
The Lehigh Valley Region of AHSTC plans three days of varied events that promise to create new friendships and enhance old ones around our common bond – Austin-Healey and British sport cars.
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ENCOUNTER 2025 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tentative — Subject to change
THURSDAY September 11
- 1-5 p.m. • Registration open
- 1-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room Open • Silent Auction
- 2:30-3:30 p.m. • Tech Session TBA
- 4-5:30 p.m. - AHSTC Board Meeting
- 6-8 p.m. • FREE Welcome Reception (cash bar)
FRIDAY September 12
- 8-11 a.m. & 1-3 p.m. • Registration open
- 8:30 a.m. • Rallye School
- 9 a.m. • Rallye departs from hotel parking lot.
- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room Open • Silent Auction
- 1:30-3:30 p.m. • Gymkhana
- 5 p.m. • Pub Night (cash bar)
- 6:30 p.m. • Charity Auction | FREE
- 8 p.m. • Valve Cover Races Download the rules here
SATURDAY September 13
- 8-9 a.m. • Registration open
- 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. • Encounter 2025 Car Show
- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room Open • Silent Auction
- 2-4 p.m. • Funkhana
- 6-9 p.m. • Encounter 2025 Awards Banquet
- Silent Auction Item Pick-Up
- 7-10 a.m. — Goodbyes!
- — Silent Auction item pickup

Linda & Pete Sauvigne ride the Rim Road at the top of Camelback Mountain in Big Pocono State Park,
2,133 feet above the Poconos region of Northeast Pennsylvania, and site of ENCOUNTER 2025.




PAST ENCOUNTERS
2024 | Ocean City, N.J.
2023 | Hershey, Pa.
2022 | * Poconos, Pa.
2021 | Frazer, Pa.
2019 | Ocean City, N.J.
2018 | Lancaster, Pa.
2017 | Princeton, N.J.
2016 | New Castle, Del.
2015 | Gettysburg, Pa.*
* ENCLAVE: Joint meet with Austin Healey Club of America.