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April 2021
2021 Vintage Muster This year saw seventeen entries for our Annual Vintage Muster, ten competitive and seven touring. The field was heavily weighted in favour of Model A’s. Unfortunately, engine troubles meant two non starters. The run was over 80 miles of sealed roads, starting in Papakura and meandering through Drury, Ramarama, Bombay, Hunua, Ardmore and through the village of Clevedon to lunch at Duder Regional Park. The afternoon saw a shorter section over Twilight and Sandstone Roads to head back toward Papakura via Mill Rd and the Ardmore Aerodrome. Most people visited at least one of the off course checks and misinterpretation of least line of deviation saw at least half the field miss Cowan Road in Hunua, without being any the wiser!! A moment of stress for the plotters in the morning when it was discovered a half marathon had closed part of North Rd, Clevedon, but by 11am it was open again so no contingency plan was required. Thank you to our marshals on the day: John Stokes, Merv & Judy Stowers, Glenn & Marion Morris and Ken & Annette Foot. Special thanks to Norm & Pat Dewhurst, as with Stephen called back to New Plymouth and me two weeks out of hospital with a new hip, it was all hands on deck to manage the lead car. We finished back in Papakura where it was straight into the RSA for an early dinner and most people, even those who had to return to the other side of Auckland would have been home before dark. Not going home to get ready for dinner and then have to drive again seems to work well for these smaller events. This was also the first rally for the year where we are trying our new system whereby the top six go into the hat to see who will plot the next year’s event. Honours this time fall to John & Roger Morrison, who are keen to try their hand at plotting and will have plenty of support. Results: Fast class 1st Rodger & Val Ball 1930 Model A Phaeton 2nd Russel & Jocelyn McAlpine 1930 Model A Phaeton 3rd Alan & Shaaran Price 1930 Chevrolet Roadster Slow Class 1st Gavin Welch & Sophie Zhao 1925 Dodge 2nd John & Roger Morrison 1924 Buick Tourer 3rd Wayne & Carrie Roberts 1924 Velie Tracey & Ryan Winterbottom
Right—John & Roger Morrison 1924 Buick Tourer Plotters for 2022 Vintage Muster
