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Special 70Th Anniversary SPOKESMAN Has Been Quite a Task for Me As to What to Include 70th PLATINUM JUBILEE REAR FRONT ACTA 70th Anniversary Cycle Top designed th ACTA 70 Anniversary Cycle Top by ACTA Member Di Michels designed by ACTA Member Di of Kiwi Cycling Company Michels of Kiwi Cycling Company ACTA cyclists who participated in the Celebratory Ride on 24 February 2019 being 70 Years to the day after ACTA was founded! The picture was taken near the end of the ride at West Brook Vineyard where the Anniversary was celebrated with drinks and a Special Anniversary Cake. Special thanks also to John (an ex-ACTA President 2007-2011) and Briar Gregory who joined us for the celebration ACTA SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY (PLATINUM JUBILEE) ISSUE 1 1949 2019 Trek Touring Bike Rene-Herse French Touring Bike with Mafac cantilever brakes and TA chainset 2018 Tour de France 1949 Tour de France 2019 Pinarello Road e-Bike First Bike released by Honda in 1949 as a motor-assisted “Dream-D Type” bicycle ACTA SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY (PLATINUM JUBILEE) ISSUE 2 Special 70th Anniversary Platinum Jubilee 1949 - 2019 Contents CONTENTS Page(s) Your Committee: April 2018 – March 2019 and March 2019 – March 2020 4 Editor’s Comments 5 Message from your President 6 -7 List of ACTA Presidents and Secretaries from 1949 - 2019 8 The Bicycle is Born! 9 SECTION ONE A BRIEF HISTORY OF ACTA FROM 1949 UP TO DIAMOND JUBILEE 2009 10 Newspaper Advertisement of Meeting to form the Auckland Cycle Touring Association 11 The First ACTA Club Run 12 A Short History of ACTA by Arthur Sharp President 1996 / 1997 13 South Island Tour 1959 as told by Ron Shipton to Colin Kemplen 14 - 15 The Bikies Come to Town – humorous article by Arthur Westaway 16 Chas King, Ex-Life Member and Ex- President of ACTA and the “King” of Cycling 17 - 19 ACTA’s 40th Anniversary (Ruby Jubilee) Celebrations 20 ACTA’s 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) Celebrations 21 A Brief History of ACTA News Letters for Members and its Editors 22 Cartoons from 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) News Letter 23 SECTION TWO A BRIEF HISTORY OF ACTA OVER THE LAST DECADE FROM 2009 to 2019 24 An Important Legal Issue: The Incorporation of ACTA on 21 April 2015 25 Long-Term Renown Stalwart ACTA Members Who Died in the Last Decade 26 - 29 Some Prominent Leaders of ACTA Rides and Tours in Recent Years Since the 60th 30 - 39 Diamond Jubilee in 2009 How did ACTA Celebrate It’s 70th Anniversary? 40 The ACTA ANNIVERSARY RIDE on Sunday 24 February 2019 being the actual day ACTA 41 - 44 was founded 70 years ago on 24 February 1949 by Stu Andrews The ACTA Weekend 70th Anniversary MATAMATA Ride on 16 & 17 March 2019 45 - 51 commemorating that ACTA was founded 70 years ago in 1949 by Stu Andrews The ACTA 70th Anniversary Commemorative Ride on Sunday 31 March 2019 by Stu 52 Andrews The ACTA 70th Anniversary Tour de Taupaki Treasure Hunt Commemorative Ride on 53 -54 Sunday 28th April 2019 by Lyn Jobbins Reference to current ACTA Website and a brief resume of ACTA activities 55 th Back Page - ACTA 70 Anniversary Logo 56 ACTA SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY (PLATINUM JUBILEE) ISSUE 3 www.acta.org.nz YOUR COMMITTEE APRIL 2018 – MARCH 2019 PRESIDENT Annette Collins 021 257 7365 [email protected] Carolanne SECRETARY 021 212 1828 [email protected] Oosterdjik TREASURER Geoff Phillips 022 301 1604 [email protected] COMMITTEE John Billinge 021 039 7164 [email protected] Ron Jackson 027 611 1013 [email protected] Sarah Ley- 027 576 7155 [email protected] Bucherer Richard Oddy 027 293 6096 [email protected] Louise Sinclair 021 268 1155 [email protected] Ron Smith 09 815 1043 [email protected] RIDES LIST Bruce Rankine 027 472 5067 [email protected] EDITOR Stuart Andrews 021 185 3088 [email protected] YOUR COMMITTEE MARCH 2019 – MARCH 2020 PRESIDENT Annette Collins 021 257 7365 [email protected] SECRETARY Colin Quilter 027 715 4434 [email protected] TREASURER Geoff Phillips 022 301 1604 [email protected] COMMITTEE John Billinge 021 039 7164 [email protected] Ron Jackson 027 611 1013 [email protected] Simon Bucherer 021 985 186 [email protected] Richard Oddy 027 293 6096 [email protected] Louise Sinclair 021 268 1155 [email protected] Ron Smith 09 815 1043 [email protected] RIDES LIST Bruce Rankine 027 472 5067 [email protected] EDITOR Stuart Andrews 021 185 3088 [email protected] ACTA SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY (PLATINUM JUBILEE) ISSUE 4 Editor’s Comments: Hi and welcome to your Special 70th Anniversary Platinum Jubilee Spokesman Issue… Editing this Special 70th Anniversary SPOKESMAN has been quite a task for me as to what to include. To provide a full and detailed history of ACTA since its founding in February 1949 would require hundreds of pages! However, there have been some previous special anniversary news letters such as for the 40th Anniversary (Ruby Jubilee), 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) and 60th Anniversary (Diamond Jubilee). Some of our older and long-standing members plus the Committee, may well have copies of these, which, possibly, could be lent to newer members to read, should they be interested in learning about ACTA’s history and prominent members. I, personally, congratulate Pelham Housego and Dan Cole-Baker who are the oldest surviving ACTA Members. Both joined ACTA just a few months after it was founded. Pelham is renown for his regular Wednesday rides and has since been made an ACTA Life Member. Although Dan has not ridden a bike much over recent years and is no longer an ACTA member, the Committee has added him to the complimentary email list. I have decided to split this Special 70th Anniversary Issue into two Sections. The FIRST SECTION provides some historical snippets from the founding of ACTA through to its 60th Anniversary (Diamond Jubilee). You will note from the brief history regarding ACTA written by Arthur Sharp, a previous ACTA President 1996/97, that ACTA initially flourished in the 1950s after its founding, but did decline somewhat in the 1960s, possibly due to the ability of average citizens to purchase motor vehicles. The SECOND SECTION covers the last decade from 2009 to 2019. There is no doubt that ACTA has flourished during this decade and thanks go to those who participated in the ACTA Committee over this decade. Certainly, in recent years, there has been innovation in order to provide variety and diversity of rides plus other activities such as pot-luck dinners and movies. In this Section over the last decade, mention is made of ACTA becoming Incorporated, the sad passing of ACTA members over this decade and mention of prominent recent Ride Leaders. Prominent recent ride leaders, together with their photographs have been included such that when the ACTA 75th and 80th Anniversaries occur, current members at that time will be able to look back and learn about those club members and how they participated and enjoyed ACTA. Also included are articles and pictures of some of our 2019 commemorative 70th Anniversary activities. I trust you find this Special ACTA 70th Anniversary SPOKESMAN Issue to be interesting and enjoyable. HAPPY RIDING!! Kind regards from your Editor, Stu Andrews ACTA SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY (PLATINUM JUBILEE) ISSUE 5 70th Anniversary Message from your President… Welcome everyone to this special edition of the Spokesman thoughtfully put together for you by our editor Stuart Andrews in recognition of 70 years of Cycle Touring in New Zealand. As you’re aware we have been running a programme of events to celebrate this anniversary and many of you have been able to attend one or more of these events. I thank my hard working 70- Anniversary Sub- Committee for organising these. It’s been a lot of fun putting this programme together. So, thanks to Simon Bucherer, Richard Oddy, Sally Johannessen, Colin Kemplen and Stu Andrews. We’ve had two 70km cake rides with a great turnout and perfectly choreographed by our experienced west and south leaders, Ray and Bill. They certainly lived up to our nickname, “Auckland Coffee and Tea Association” with numerous tea and coffee stops and a vineyard stop as well. We also ran the traditional “Tour de Taupaki” treasure hunt ride originally started by Colin Kemplen many years ago. We had a small determined group who turned up to play. Interestingly, they turned out to be fiercely competitive and when we had our “marking” session every answer was debated very LOUDLY, leaving some poor souls in hysterics! Another popular event we held to mark the occasion was our film night at the quirky Riverside Theatre in Avondale and all that culminated in our final 70th Anniversary dinner in Remuera where there was plenty of opportunities to socialise and “chew the fat” with many of our past members who attended. I am pleased to say that after 70 years our club is in great health. Although there were some quiet years in the history of the club, we now have a regular influx of new members and people willing to help get involved with the club, so we go from strength to strength. Our number of Wednesday rides and tours offered have been increasing over the last number of years reflecting our growing membership. And while we are not finding youngsters who wish to pedal with the club, the newly retired or almost retired are certainly gaining lots of benefits cycling with ACTA. People constantly tell me how they love meeting the truly diverse range of people we have out cycling and how members are very welcoming to newbies.
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