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MAY 2020 Clubtorque Official Publication of MG CAR CLUB NEWCASTLE INC ABN 96 210 450 708 NSW Inc Assn Reg'd No Y0354245 Founded 1955 - MGs and MOTORSPORT Club address: CONTENTS PO Box 632, HAMILTON NSW 2303 Reports Website address: President........................ .............6 www.mgcarclub.com.au New Members ............................. 7 Clubrooms: Northcott Park, Cobby Street, Shortland Register Captain .......................... 9 Monthly Meetings Register Secretary ..................... 11 2nd Friday of month 7.30pm Speed Co-ordinator ................... 28 Information Coming Events ............................. 2 corner Italia Rd & Pacific Hwy, Balickera Board ........................................... 4 (12km north of Raymond Terrace) Turnham Sports Cars ................. 12 Membership enquiries: Ted Dial Happy 25th Birthday ................. 17 (M) 0408 562 748 (Not after 9.00pm) Jay Bee made his Marque ......... 21 Email: [email protected] Guess who? ............................... 29 Other enquiries For Sale & wanted ..................... 30 Contact the Secretary at the club address or Website Tips .............................. 32 phone 0447 521 656 Affiliated with Photo Credits Various Club Members www.cams.com.au United Kingdom Page 1 2CLUBTORQUE Coming Events - May 2020 Khanacross D/T D/N KC2 CC9 R7 M Sat 2 MGCCN RINGWOOD **Cancelled ** 9am State Hillclimb Rnd 4 Mt. Cooperabung Sat 2 KSCC KEMPSEY Practice **Cancelled ** 9am State Motorkhana Rnd5 **Cancelled ** Sun 3 HDCC NIRIMBA 9am State Hillclimb Rnd 4 Mt. Cooperabung Sun 3 KSCC KEMPSEY **Cancelled ** 9am Mon 4 MGCCN Mag Assy. **Cancelled ** 2pm COBBY ST Thurs 7 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Fri 8 MGCCN Club Night M **Cancelled ** 7:30pm COBBY ST Sun 10 Mothers Day Thurs 14 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Tri-Challenge Rnd2 Oakburn Park Prac- Sat 16 TSCC TAMWORTH tice **Cancelled ** 9am Tri-Challenge Rnd2 Oakburn Park Sun 17 TSCC TAMWORTH **Cancelled ** 9am Tilligerry Motorama **Cancelled ** Sun 17 Tanilba Bay 9am Board Meeting M **Tele Conference Tues 19 MGCCN COBBY ST ** 7:30pm Thurs 21 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Motorkhana MK3 CC10 M **Cancelled Sun 24 MGCCN RINGWOOD ** 9am Thurs 28 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Sat 30 MGCCN YDDC-3 M **Cancelled ** 9am RINGWOOD Hillclimb A3 TS1 CC1 M ** Change of Sun 31 MGCCN RINGWOOD Date ** 9am State Motorkana Rnd6 **Cancelled ** Sun 31 TCC Nirimba 9am Page 2 MAY 2020 Coming Events - 2020 Thurs 4 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD State Hillclimb Rnd 5 Mountainview Sat 6 GSCC GRAFTON Practice **Cancelled ** 9am State Hillclimb Rnd 5 Mountainview Sun 7 GSCC GRAFTON **Cancelled ** 9am Mon 8 Queen's Birthday Holiday Mon 8 MGCCN Mag Assy. **Cancelled ** 2pm COBBY ST Motorsport Panel M **Cancelled Wed 10 MGCCN COBBY ST ** 8pm Thurs 11 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Club Night M **Cancelled ** Fri 12 MGCCN COBBY ST 7:30pm CSCA Supersprint Rnd3 Pheasant- Sun 14 MGCCN MARULAN wood M **Cancelled ** 9am Touring Assy Des West Memorial Sun 14 AHRG T B A TR2 CC11 **Cancelled ** 9am MG Sun 14 Hunter Euro Motorfest ** Cancelled ** Foreshore Park Region Board Meeting M **Tele Tues 16 MGCCN COBBY ST Conference ** 7:30pm Thurs 18 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Sun 21 MGCCN Come & Try M **Cancelled ** 9am RINGWOOD State Motorkhana Rnd7 Sun 21 MCC Nirimba **Cancelled ** 9am Thurs 25 MGCCN Dads Army **Cancelled ** 8am RINGWOOD Khanacross D/T KC3 CC12 M Sun 28 MGCCN RINGWOOD **Cancelled ** 9am State Khanacross Rnd3 **Cancelled Sun 28 HDCC Hampton ** 9am Page 3 4CLUBTORQUE THE BOARD PRESIDENT CLUB CAPTAIN Dave Atkins (Chris) Gregg Noonan 02 4956 6200 0415 963 515 4952 4476 0425 202 794 [email protected] [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT LAND PANEL Chris Fernance Kevin Akers (Chris) 0437 662 195 4951 4297 0417 405 590 [email protected] [email protected] SECRETARY SOCIAL SECRETARY Jacob Motum Rose Collins (John) 0402 609 144 0413 222 828 [email protected] [email protected] EVENT CO-ORDINATOR TREASURER Rick Vincent (Lynne) John Finch (Christine) 0418 494 663 4957 3123 0434 405 782 [email protected] [email protected] MAGAZINE EDITOR MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Bob Millington Ted Dial (Diana) 0409 418 507 0408 562 748 [email protected] [email protected] REGISTER CAPTAIN REGISTER SECRETARY Ken McLeod (Louise) Allan Evans (Louise) 4943 6239 0408 682 420 4957 2871 0412 170 871 [email protected] [email protected] RALLY CO-ORDINATOR SPEED EVENT CO-ORDINATOR Paul Martin John Garroway 0425 354 689 0436 022 393 [email protected] EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AUTOTEST CO-ORDINATOR Paul Bower (Joy) VACANT 02 4933 2346 0407 247 895 [email protected] Page 4 MAY 2020 THE BOARD No phone calls after 9.00pm. Thank you DIRECTOR ASSISTING No 1 NSW Hillclimb Panel member Noel Parkinson Peter Robinson 0402 315 414 0411 487 640 [email protected] [email protected] DIRECTOR ASSISTING No 2 Tri-Challenge contacts Rod Berwick Matt Halpin TSCC 0411707075 0408 977 564 Chris Seam KSCC (02) 6562 7536 [email protected] Peter Robinson MGCCN 4933 8167 PUBLICITY Libby Fernance (Chris) Westlakes Autoclub Contact 0434 791 965 John Newton (Secretary) [email protected] 0423 170 259 [email protected] Other Contacts WEBSITE Manager Young Driver Development Course Michael Snow Greg Hunter 0432 772 044 0412 493 711 [email protected] [email protected] PRIVATE PRACTICE & TESTING AT Natmeet Co-Ordinator RINGWOOD. Fran Hodgson (Darren) 02 4946 9989 0414 449 252 Available most Thursdays, check in advance to ensure track works are not [email protected] planned by the Land Panel on that day. Other days can be arranged, provided a CSCA Delegate suitably qualified “Supervisor” is available. Wayne Movigliatti CAMS have now implemented the MIDCAR 0435 100 205 protocols under which we must operate to [email protected] be covered by their insurance policy. CAMS Delegate Contacts :- Col Bray David Atkins 0415 963 515 0408 994 093 Kevin Akers 0417 405 590 [email protected] Michael Snow 0432 772 044 Greg Hunter 0412 493 711 Page 5 6CLUBTORQUE PRESIDENTS REPORT While everyone has been staying at home, I am sure there has been a lot of work done on the cars that people will be hoping to use again shortly, be they competition or classic cars. I know the lack of activity within the Club is making it difficult to stay interested, which is possibly one of the reasons that the number of people accessing the magazine on line via the website has been disappointing. Almost 69% of our members have indicated that they wish to receive a hard copy of Clubtorque each month and with the restrictions in place we could not provide that service to our members. I did however try to contact all of those who had been receiving a hard copy, to advise that for April, it was only going to be available via the website. Perhaps not everyone received the email via their inbox! With a view to having some interesting reading put into the May edition of Clubtorque, I contacted two people with information about cars that have been built by our members over the past four decades or so. Those of us who have been associated with the Club for most of that period will be aware of the many “Jay Bee” cars constructed by our late member, Jim Bayliss. Russ Baldwin has information on all the cars Jim built and has supplied a highly informative article on these, and in most cases where they are now. We all know Peter Turnbull has also been responsible for quite a fleet of “Turnham” Cars over a similar period. With Peter’s help I have put together an article which will cover his work, in two parts. Part 1 this month and part 2 in the June edition of Clubtorque. While researching this article, I realised how little I knew of Peters Motorsport history! These two “Motorsport Marques” may have the most numbers of cars involved, but I know there are many other members (past & present) that have constructed significantly successful cars, for example Ron Hammond with his “Debron” cars, John Collins JWS, Darrell Peattie, Ford GT40 replica and I’m sure there are many more that should be added to this list. Then there are the restorers of the MG marque, some with more complex stories than others, but Jeff Newey’s black MG TC restoration would make an interesting read. If you have a story to tell, we would love to see it in Clubtorque. We had listed all events during March as “CANCELLED” however that is the case for Page 6 MAY 2020 PRESIDENTS REPORT some others may be just “postponed”. Once we know when we can get back to running events, even if with some restrictions, we can’t say what the rest of the year will look like. If we do try to squeeze all previously scheduled competition events into the remaining part of the year it will be very busy for Officials and competitors alike. With the increasing conversations around removing or scaling back some restrictions by various governments, there appears to be a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, due to Sydney being part of N.S.W. I predict we will be behind most other states with the return to activity. If there is a change that enables us to run events we will get started as quickly as possible, so it may not be feasible to rely on getting the information out via Clubtorque. We can try to contact most people via the email address we have and will keep the information on the website up dated as things develop, so keep an eye on both. Until we do see events resume, we will have to continue to get our motorsport hit from watching the various e-series events on TV.