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CLASSIC LINES May 2018 Doonan Shed Tour President’s Remarks Hi to all Members Welcome to the May edition of Classic Lines. The April events were very strongly supported, thanks to all The website is an ongoing work of art. We hope to shortly those who attended. appoint a Webmaster to look after the day-to-day changes and additions required to the website. Our thanks to Paul Bookings are also open for the at AIS for his very generous & ongoing help with the site. 30th Birthday Celebrations on 22 September at Noosa Springs. We welcome any and all feedback from members to make this site as useful as possible to members. Bookings will soon be available for the Pre-Hill Climb Event at Sea and Land Brewery, Noosaville, $29 pp. It is also important that information on the site is relevant to all members and we will try to achieve that. ENTRY is now open for the Winter HILL CLIMB on the CAMS entry portal. Check our website for details. So please phone or email one of the team with your comments/ideas. Management Meetings Sponsors required urgently The Management Committee, May monthly meeting will be at the Reef Hotel, on Wednesday 16 May at 5.30 pm. As some of you will be aware The Hill Climb has lost the 2 major sponsors from the 2017 Winter Hill. We will wherever possible hold Management meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, this may not always be Autobarn franchisees have sold their business back to the possible. Venues will vary to enable us to support those corporate owners. sponsors who support our major events. Southern Cross Sheds have given us no reason for their All members are always welcome at NBCCC Committee withdrawal. meetings, however, in future, as a courtesy to the This is a $9,000 reduction in our sponsorship income, Committee, we ask members to please advise the around half the cash input of the 2017 Winter Hill! Secretary of their intention to attend by email and, if I am happy to report that the sponsorship for the 2018 applicable, their wish to raise a particular issue. Classic Car Show and the Summer Hill Climb is looking OK This will enable us to be informed and answer any query at this stage. they may have at that meeting. We always need NEW SPONSORS, so if you have any ideas I would like to thank all members of the Management or contacts in the business world please email Team for their endless hard work and commitment to the the Sponsorship Co-ordinator, Kate Rider: NBCCC, none of it would be possible without them!!!! [email protected]. This is Julie Dickson’s last Classic Lines as editor. I would The Social calendar for May/June like to express our admiration to her for producing such a Kenilworth morning Tea on Friday 11 May 11 high-quality publication. It requires enormous amount of time and effort, Thank you Julie. Performax Tour, Gympie on Saturday 12 May 12 Kandanga Pub Fun Run and Lunch on Sunday 20 May We hope to appoint a new editor in the near future. Jatlen Park Morning Tea on Friday 1 June 1 Graeme Adams has resigned from the management group. Woodford Pub Lunch Run on Sunday 24 June 24 I would like to thank him and Gail on behalf of all members for their years of hard work, Thank you Graeme and Gail. You will find further details of all these events in Classic Lines and on the club website. Carol Croucher has taken over as Membership Secretary, thanks Carol. Judy Bickley and her Team work very hard to make these events possible, so please give them your full support. Till next time Cheers Mike ~ 2 ~ Management Committee 2018–19 President Mike Rider 0418 224 310 [email protected] Vice President Greg Croucher 0408 884 36 [email protected] Secretary TBA [email protected] Treasurer Allan Ryan 0417 476 438 [email protected] Management Appointed Positions Assistant Treasurer Randall Jenvey 0417 244 563 [email protected] Cams Representative Max Parnell 0422 226 911 [email protected] Classic Car Show Chairman Dave Dunwoody 0405 089 270 [email protected] Editor TBA [email protected] Funding Co-ordinator Jack Connolly 0413 420 616 [email protected] Hill Climb Chairman Bruce Anderson 0490 533 843 [email protected] Logistics Equipment & Safety Officer Greg Croucher 0408 884 236 [email protected] Media Officer Jeff Fisher 0481 059 174 [email protected] Membership Carol Croucher [email protected] Motor Sport Co-ordinator Michelle Mugliett 0421 219 965 [email protected] Social Co-ordinator TBA [email protected] Sponsorship Co-ordinator Kate Rider 0416 224 310 [email protected] Historian: Eve Ryan, 0417 476 438, [email protected] Monthly Meetings Classic Show Committee: 1st Wednesday of each Month Hill Climb Committee: 2nd Wednesday of each Month Management Committee: 3rd Wednesday of each Month 2018 Noosa Classic Car Show Committee The new committee for the 2018 Noosa Classic Car Show: the experience and commitment from the members to Dave Dunwoody continue the tradition of staging this premier event and to Greg Croucher have a Classic Car Show which is for all to enjoy. Lynn McLeod We can confirm that the date is the 30 September and is Noel St John-Wood again at the Lions Park. Kate Rider Gos Corry The set-up Working Bee is Saturday 29 September. Chris Stafford Committee meeting is for the first Wednesday of each Daryl Shaw month at the Club Rooms. We have had our first committee meeting on 3 March and Dave Dunwoody the planning for 2018 is off to a good start. This is due to Sunshine Coast Prostate Cancer Support Group Following a members meeting on 28 March it was agreed The Club donated a cheque for $200 to the Group on to make this donation to the Sunshine Coast Prostrate Monday 9 April — Classic Chairman Dave Dunwoody and Cancer Support Group. Hill Climb Chairman Bruce Anderson handed over the donation to Rob Tonge (convenor of the group for 11 years) who was very grateful to our club for their donation as they rely on donations to operate this group who support our area. They will be active at the Hill Climbs and Classic Car Show with their manned kiosk which will have information for anyone who would like to know more about the group. They will also be giving an informed talk to the club at a later date. We have arranged through Rob for our club to use the SCPCSG Logo on our printed publications/flyers stating that we support the SCPCSG .We believe that, funds permitting and with clubs approval, we may be able to do more in the future. Dave Dunwoody Dave Dunwoody, Rob Tonge, Bruce Anderson Performax Tour Gympie Saturday 12 May Come and join us for a special and interesting tour of the Performax Conversion Factory in Gympie and see why Performax is Australia's Leading RHD Conversion Company. There is no doubt you will be impressed. Join us for the scenic drive-cruise to Gympie in your Classic! We are meeting at Cooroy Railway Station Car Park for an 8.30 am Sharp Start, taking a leisurely 30-minute run to Gympie. I have made a change to the itinerary, we will be having lunch (provided by our club) at Performax in the form of greasy pizzas (vegetarian and meat lovers), beer and drinks including soft drink, coffee, tea and bikkies while we drool over the owners’ stable of classics (wet-ones provided) after the factory tour. The visit to Roadside Relics and Hell Town Hotrods as previously planned will be for another day. The tour is open to members, family and friends and should be a great day – see you there. Please SMS your intention to attend (and how many), any queries, directions etc. to Noel 0407 009 464. Noel St. John-Wood ~ 4 ~ Doonan Shed Tour A big thanks to all the well-behaved members who A few members took the option of attending our turned out for this tour – there was quite a long Bookfest at the club shed afterwards. It looks like our procession of cars on the short cruise to Jeff’s shed. library is off to a great start with many interesting What an eye opener to see Jeff's enviable shed with a books and magazines for all members to borrow. variety of expensive, rare and appealing cars to suit Thanks to all who donated their books for this most enthusiasts. Jeff certainly loves to tell a story purpose. with passion – a very down-to-earth guy. It was great to have a Also a big thanks to chat over beer and Lynn McCleod and chips about all the Glenn Sheahan for interesting titles. their efforts in Hopefully we will have providing a quality a large bookcase soon morning tea of to house all these coffee, tea, croissants books, so next time you and bikkies – yum! are at the club rooms They did such a good feel free to browse the job, well done to both collection. of you. We will be taking There were around photos of each book 50 members, family and friends who came along with and hopefully have them up on the club’s website for a few teens tagging along for the morning – great to members to see what’s in the library. Anyway, it was see.