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My report will only be a shorter one this month, as we have effectively only had 4 events, being John Stokes Veteran meeting, The Midweek Tourers, the Motorcycle Bert Cuthbertson Rally and the Vintage Muster. John Stokes Veteran meetings continue with their good attendance. The Vintage Muster was plotted by Shaaran and Alan Price, out in the western parts of Auckland. 26 entries started the event and by all accounts it was an excellent rally. 56 people gathered in the early evening to have dinner at the RSA. Congratulations to Rodger and Val Ball, who won their section and Gavin Welch and Sophie Zhao, who won their section and won the rally overall. Thanks to all the marshals who helped out at this event. My apologies that Martin and I didn’t attend, but it was the big 5 birthday for our grandson, who now goes to big boys school he tells us. The Bert Cuthbertson Rally was attended by 14 motorcycles and 5 cars. A lovely Franklin countryside rally was plotted by Stuart Metge and a great afternoon tea provided by Jan, Stuart’s wife. The winner of this event was Martin Seay on his little Triumph Terrier. Well, what a month March turned out to be and at this stage I am unsure as to when my next report will be. The Committee has been hard at work, via emails and telephone calls, making hard decisions on behalf of Branch members and what to do for the best. On Tuesday (17 March) we made the decision to close the Branch for all events, including our regular Saturday afternoons, biweekly Thursday nights and all other groups which meet at the Clubrooms regularly; Commercial, Library, Charabanc, Vintage, Veteran and Motorcycle section meetings. We have also closed our Clubrooms to all outside hirers until further notice. During that day and Wednesday we were kept abreast with other things going on within the VCC movement and getting notifications of events being cancelled everywhere Nationwide. We also received a notification on Friday 20 March that the International Rally planned for 2021 has been postponed until early 2022. For those who have entered, you will be kept appraised of ongoing actions. We were also advised that the National VCC Daffodil Day is also cancelled. The National Executive meeting, due to be held on 28 th March in Wellington, was also been cancelled. The Committee will be discussing during the next couple of weeks, as to whether we have our AGM or whether this will be postponed. Again, you will be kept advised of any developments through the email tree. If you are not on our email tree and have access to a computer, please let Tracey Winterbottom know your email address, as this will be the only line of communication open to us for the short-term in getting important information out to our members in a timely fashion. I understand that Murray Firth is going to try and keep the Vintage section going, asking members to send him stories etc., which he will distribute through his email list to those members who have attended their previous meetings. Martin will keep his emails going through to the Motorcycle members.
