May 2012 Vol 49 No 5
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May 2012 Vol 49 No 5 Waikato Branch Newsletter of the Veteran & Vintage Car Club (Waikato) Inc. Workshop Repairs & WoF Vehicles of all Ages Vintage Vehicle Towing & Delivery Repairs & Rebuilds Phill and Glenn Ward Unit 6, 28 Foreman Road, Hamilton Mailing - 32 Waterford Road, Hamilton 3206 Ph/Fax: 07 849 4895 ** Mobile: 021 474 894 ** [email protected] Classic &Vintage Cars Service and Repairs By appointment only Contact Knud Nielsen Ph. (07)829 4886 / 021 595 600 TYRE TRADERS 24 Commerce St. Cambridge ENGINEERING SUPPLIES Koken, Stanley, Britool, Stahl-Wille Tools For ALL your Taps, Dies, Wrenches, Spanners Tyre needs Imperial/Whitworth, Metric or American Drills, Reamers, Specialist Hand Tools Visit Don Wise Aerosol Lubricants and much more Sales Consultant 25 Somerset Street, Hamilton & VCC member Ph: 07-847-4994 Fax: 07-847-4884 Phone 07 827 3875 THANKS TO THE MOOLOO MEANDER SPONSORS CASTROL BLACKWOOD MOTORCYCLES, CAMBRIDGE C.V’s Craft Needs: Flyers Peel Craft SNAP-ON TOOLS Brochures Bazzill card THE TOOLSHED, MORRINSVILLE Newsletters Vellum Packs WYNN’S NZ General Typing Scrapbooking & Wedding Invitations Special papers ENZED WAIKATO AUTOTRAIL EMBLEMS NZ LTD Contact Valmae Spence ~ Ph: 07-888-6542 or email ~ [email protected] EQUIPMENT MARKETING President’s Report Writing annual reports is a great time for reflection. It makes us think back to all the activities that the club has been involved with over the past year. This report does not cover a full 12 months as Marcia and I are heading away on the 10th April for 3 months. So looking back over the last 10 months, the club activities have been many and varied. Every class of motoring has been catered for, Veteran, Vintage, PV, PW and P60, Motorcycles, Commercials and Hill Climb. I commend all the members that have helped to organise these events, assisted with marshalling and helped out with the catering needs. Our Double Fifty this year was a little different in that all the entry fees collected were donated to the VCC President‟s Earthquake Appeal Fund, enabling all the entrants to play a part in assisting with the fund. The Branch this year has again had a very busy programme, with good turnout to all events. The New Years Day run is proving to be very popular with a large number attending. The Blue Smoke and Pedals Event was a victim of the shocking summer weather and had to be cancelled, but will be on again next year. The highlight of the year for many club members was the 2012 Wanganui International Rally. This was an excellent event and I am sure that all the Waikato members that attended thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The camping ground fellowship was great fun and the Happy Hours really enjoyable. Hopefully the members who did not attend, by reading the reports and looking at the photos, have realised what they missed out on and will try to attend the next rally in 2016. Unfortunately during the year we had some members pass away, our thoughts and sympathy are with those families as we reflect on the past year. I would like to especially mention our late member Eric Rogers, who was our Club Captain at the time of his death. Eric, together with Alison, have been great Club Members, and he has been greatly missed at our Committee Meetings. Our branch membership has been steadily growing and we are currently the third largest branch, with Canterbury and Auckland ahead of us. With this size comes the responsibility to partake fully in the Executive Meetings and national activities of the Vintage Car Club of NZ. With the effort we put into these, I am sure that the Waikato branch is held in high regard throughout the country. The main reason we are a successful branch is the hard work and dedication that is put in by the Branch committee. My thanks go to all the committee members for their efforts over the past year. I must make special mention of the Branch Secretary, Bob Hayton. Bob is an invaluable asset to the Branch and is always Club Captain 4 Motorcycles 15 Secretary 5 Market Place 16 Mooloo Meander 6 Officer Directory 18 My Big 4 8 Events Ahead 10 Cover : Bob Hayton’s Pride & Joy 13 Hrs 19 Mins 13 1929 Norton Big 4 CONTENTS 3 going above and beyond the duties of a Secretary. The branch members owe a huge debt of gratitude to Bob‟s efforts again this year. To all our new members this year, a warm welcome, come along to events and get involved, trust me you will enjoy yourselves. On the financial side, the club is still in a strong financial position. The surplus this year will probably be lower due to the $3,000.00 donated to the Earthquake Appeal Fund. This year we were fortunate to secure a $500.00 grant from the Waipa District Council for administrative purposes. At the AGM there will be opportunity for all members to discuss the costing involved with the proposed Club Rooms extension, so please make the effort to attend and have your say. Thanks again to all the Committee members who have worked so hard to keep the branch running at the high level of performance it has. We have achieved a lot but we must look ahead and strive to achieve more. This will be the end of my third year as your President and I am happy to stand again for a further year, if the members so desire. My apologies for not being able to attend the Branch AGM but on the 13th June we will be arriving in Ottawa, Canada. However I will be thinking of you all. See you all in July. Graham Pate. Club Captain For the lucky ones who don‟t work during the week, Bob has arranged a tour to the Toyota factory in Thames on 04 May. Give him a call on 856 7238 if you would like to join in, as numbers are needed so that Toyota can allocate suitable staff. Clubnight in May is sure to catch the interest of everyone. Police officer Nigel Fookes is coming along to share his experiences and photo record of affairs “Beyond the Cordon” in the days following the earthquake in Christchurch. This will be followed by the Prizegiving dinner on 12 May. Newer members will have had an invitation to the upcoming training run on 20 May, this is an ideal chance to come to grips with competitive rallying. Our older members are also encouraged to come along to lend support to the newbies and also to brush up on your own skills. The Double Fifty over Queen‟s Birthday weekend is also nearly upon us, you can look forward to great motoring and a good social event. This is our big one for the year and your support is always appreciated. For a run with a difference, come along to the Night Rally on 23 June - it is always a lottery as to what the weather will be doing but that adds to the excitement. Happy motoring from your committee 4 Secretary Unpaid subscriptions are now overdue and you need to be financial to vote at our AGM. The next Venture newsletter will be your last and no more copies of Beaded Wheels will arrive in your letterbox if you remain as one of the few still unfinancial, so perhaps it would pay to get it done. Committee likes to acknowledge at prize-giving all newly restored vehicles from the past year, so if you know of something completed in the past twelve months, even if it has not yet appeared at a club event, we would appreciate the tip. Our Branch AGM will be held this year at clubnight on Wednesday 13th June. There is only one „notice of motion‟ received, which is a Committee proposal for reworked Branch Rules or Constitution. This is considered necessary in order to bring our document up to date and into line with national requirements, with which it has conflicted in some areas for some time. The current Branch constitution is based on the original founding document from the 1950‟s and the last small change to this was incorporated in 1997, so that‟s quite a good run as these things go. Copies of the old rules and the new proposed set will be mailed to you separately in early May, together with the formal notice. You can still ask for any non-notifiable items to be placed on the agenda by advising myself in good time. A couple of events which require you to pre-plan are almost upon us. The weekday visit to the Toyota factory at Thames on Friday 4th May (see page 11) is a great opportunity to see how Signature Class cars are prepared, but the company needs information on numbers to make suitable arrangements. Let me know by email [email protected] or phone (07) 856 7238 if you plan to come along and the number of people in your vehicle. The other event to book for is our annual prize-giving social evening on Saturday 12th May. This time the person to advise is Jeremy Brook, who will also need your $15 each to cover the club subsidised meal. Booking forms were enclosed with the previous Venture and we need numbers for catering purposes. Make your booking with Jeremy by 1st May with your cheque payable to the club to 279 Vaile Road, RD4, Hamilton 3284. Maybe there is no such thing as a free lunch, but this is one occasion when our long service badge recipients and their partners get something back for their loyalty.