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INSIDE: £ LEARN TO DRIVE DAY 10th November £ BRAD JONES RACING TOUR 13th November £ My Car - Woody chats about his Datsun 1200 Rally Car The official journal of the NORTH EASTERN CAR CLUB INC. NOVEMBER 2019 the Good Oil is published monthly, except January, by the North Eastern Car Club incorporated. The opinions expressed in this EVENTS CALENDAR 2019 magazine are not necessarily those of the club or its committee. Copyright of this publication is vested with the North Eastern FEBRUARY AUGUST Car Club Inc. Material may not be reproduced or used for 7 General Meeting commercial advantage, but may be used by other clubs or 31-3 Bathurst 12 hour motoring organisations without written permission provided 6 SHOW US YOUR 14 Committee Meeting suitable acknowledgement is made. CAR NIGHT 18 Khanacross Rd.3 The deadline for material to be published in the Good Oil is the third weekend of each 16-17 Targa North West 24-25 ARC.3 VRC month except December. Material as text files (.txt),Word documents (.doc) or PDFs (.pdf) is acceptable. Alternatively printed document is also acceptable. All material to be directed 23 George Woods Rally Eureka Rush VIC to the EDITOR - [email protected]. 22-24 Clipsal 500 30-1 Targa Barrier Reef The North Eastern Car Club meet at 7.30PM on the first Wednesday of each month, except 31-1 Shannons Nationals January, at The NECC Clubrooms, Nolan Lane, Tarrawingee 3678. Winton Motor Raceway MARCH 2 VRC Mitta Mountain Rally NECC COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 6 General Meeting 4 General Meeting 2019 Executive Positions 14-17 Australian Grand Prix 20-22 ARC.5 Adel Hills SA 20 Committee meeting 22 *VRC VCRS 24 Khanacross Rd.1 Yarra Valley Stages PRESIDENT Scott Mann 0409 836 440 31 VRC/VCRS Ada River Rally k [email protected] 28 AFL Grand Final VICE PRESIDENT Stuart Lister 0418 629 900 APRIL OCTOBER 3 General Meeting SECRETARY Sherwin Williams 0403 739 447 2 General Meeting 5-7 ARC.1 Forest Rally WA 5 *Bill Orders TREASURER Gary Gourlay 0407 833 002 7 Wilby Lap Dash Memorial Rally [email protected] k 17 Committee meeting 5 *VCRS Tunbridge Trail 29-4 Targa Tasmania 10-13 VA Supercars GENERAL COMMITTEE Bathurst 1000 MAY 16 Committee meeting MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Richard Fung 0419 324 571 1 General Meeting 20 VRC Akademos k [email protected] 4 VRC/VCRS 20 Khanacross Rd.4 EDITOR Richard Fung Marysville Stages k [email protected] 5 Corowa Road Tour NOVEMBER 10-11 ARC.2 Nat. Cap Rally ACT WEBMASTER Richard Fung 6 General Meeting k [email protected] 11 *Rich River Rally 8-10 Targa High Country 15 Committee meeting 9 *VCRS George Derrick MERCHANDISE/SOCIAL John Bell (03) 5725 1728 19 Khanacross Rd.2 10 LEARN TO DRIVE DAY k [email protected] 24-26 Winton SuperSprint 13 General Meeting: MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT James Stanistreet 0491 368 846 BRAD JONES RACING k [email protected] JUNE Tour, Albury 2 Khanacross Rd.3 JUNIOR LIAISON Joshua Dowell 0439 167 710 15-17 WRC ARC.6 k [email protected] 5 General Meeting Rally Australia 15 *VCRS Nissan Nighmoves Coffs Harbour NSW SOCIAL & SOCIAL MEDIA Kylie Dowell 0437 126 313 19 Committee meeting 17 Khanacross Rd.5 k [email protected] 21-23 ARC.3 Rally Tas TAS 20 Committee meeting CLUBROOM/CATERING Kurt Kazenwadel 0404 147 944 29 VRC Rally of the Bay DECEMBER JULY NON-COMMITTEE APPOINTED 4 Annual General Meeting POSITIONS 3 General Meeting - 6 Presentation Dinner GO TAFE TOUR CLUB PERMIT SCHEME Ron Woodward (03) 5727 3407 14 Khanacross Rd.3 * Round of the NECC Rally [email protected] k 17 Committee meeting Championship º To be confirmed KHANACROSS SERIES Ray Wingrave 0403 932 515 27 *VCRS Tunbridge Trail k [email protected] Note: dates & events subject to change POINTS SCORER Stuart Lister 0418 629 900 CAMS SCRUTINEER Laurie Weston 0419 395 421 k [email protected] Cover photo: ‘Khanacross’ - the Editor NORTH EASTERN CAR CLUB Inc. PO Box 138, WANGARATTA VICTORIA 3676 AUSTRALIA northeasterncarclub.com.au facebook.com/northeasterncarclub [email protected] PRESIDENT PRATTLES… Scott Mann k [email protected] G’day folks, On a different note, I need to extend another shout out to Cody Richards, Matt Dillion and the Richards Rallysport Team for their The silly season is warming up… continued efforts to raise awareness for mental heath via Beyond Blue. As the weather starts to warm up, so to does the silly season! My understanding is that at last posting, the team have raised over $10k for Beyond Blue. Congrats and well done to all. Championships are decided, fire restrictions are declared, end of year work functions are planned, and our club looks to the AGM and Looking beyond the Christmas – New Year, our club will be starting presentation nights. off will another busy month in February with the Show Us Your Car Night (SUYCN) on Feb 5th. This is followed by the first round of the It all starts in October with the last rounds of the VRC and VCRS VRC run co-jointly with AWDCC, the Mitta Mountain Rally is currently championships. I suspect that at the time of writing this, the VRC we scheduled for Feb 29th (subject to finalisation of the rally calendar) have been decided and the VCRS will be decided shortly thereafter. Keep an eye out for calls from the organising teams for assistance. Congrats to all who have participated throughout the year and those These are both hugely successful events that do require lots of help who have enjoyed success. in the lead up and on the ground. Let’s make them a great success In November we see the last round of the club’s Khanacross series, again in 2020. Round 5 (Nov 21st). John Bell has been able to book in a visit to Brad Well that pretty much wraps it up for this month. I hope to see many of Jones Racing in Albury (Nov 13th) and Ray Wingrave will be conduct you at any one of our events in November. the club’s inaugural ‘Learn to Drive’ day on November 10th at the club rooms. See elsewhere in this edition for details. Until then, safe travels. In December we kick of the month with the club’s AGM on December 4th followed by the annual presentation dinner on the Friday (Dec 6th). This year’s presentation dinner will be held at the ‘Northo’ hotel (North Eastern Hotel) in Wangaratta. Again, details of this night will be elsewhere in this edition. WORKING BEE Saturday, 2nd November 2019 The AGM will again provide all members with a review of the club’s 9am-2pm activities over the past year along with the presentation of the club’s It’s time again for our annual financial statement for the year. Working Bee. If you could spare nd The club will be seeking nominations from members to stand on a few hours on Saturday 2 the committee for 2020. All positions will be declared vacant. A brief November, please drop by the praise of each position and the key attributes should be printed Clubrooms to help out. BBQ lunch elsewhere in this edition. will be provided. I would again ask each member to consider what they might be able Things we need done: to offer in terms of representing the members as a member of the lawn mowing & grass trimming + club’s committee. general clean up of the club grounds Your contribution will help steer this club into the future. Nomination forms should be printed within this edition. For more info: Scott Mann: 0409.836.440 If you’re unsure of what the committee does, please ask. NECC Annual Presentation Dinner Friday 6th December 2019 Where: NORTH EASTERN HOTEL Spearing Street, Wangaratta Cost: $27 per head includes Main Course, Sweets & Tea/Coffee - drinks at bar prices Time: Arrive @6 PM for 6:30 PM start For bookings or more information, please contact Kylie Dowell - 0437 126 313 [email protected] the Good Oil 3 NECC COMMITTEE POSITIONS Committee Positions and Descriptions EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Secretary Some duties may include: Some duties may include: • prepare agendas and chair all meetings; • maintain minutes of all proceedings at meetings; • arrange the trophies and guest speakers for the annual • clear the Club’s mail box. presentation; • receive and attend to correspondence; • attend as many Club functions, activities and events as possible; • responsibility for all matters associated with the Club’s affiliation • be completely familiar with the Constitution and general Club and association with CAMS and AOMC; policy; • keep, record and maintain the Club’s files; • prepare the Presidents Annual Report for the club’s AGM; • organize the Annual Report for distribution at the Annual • and prepare a monthly report for the magazine General meeting. Vice President Treasurer Some duties may include: Some duties may include: • chair meetings of the Club when President is absent; • management of all monies received and paid out by the Club; • maintain a forward planning calendar; • generate and provide monthly financial reports to the committee • Liaise with event organisers in the development of new and • preparation of annual financial statement prior to the AGM; existing events for the club and it members; • management, maintenance, insurance of Club equipment; • manage nominations for Committee elections; • review of budget/ balance sheets submitted by event organizers • manage nominations and voting for the Club Champion award; and reporting on such to the Committee; • maintain points score for club championship awards. • Proper allocation of Club funds.