Chairman’s Report Hi Team, First to me it’s unbelievable where that summer of 2022 went, we all enjoyed a great January of summer weather and once February hit it deteriorated, normally the best month of our summer. Not one person has ventured into our pool all month due to cooler temps and overcast days. This week we’ve hit March so officially we are into Autumn. The better news seems to be the Covid rules are slowly being relaxed, travel is becoming possible, many unwell people around but we are told that will soon peak,,, so here’s hoping we are heading to our lives possibly returning to some normality and we may get some events and outings in our vehicles at last. The pile of soil on Patchett's Green has been spread, levelled and hopefully by next week will be destined, sown with fresh grass seed and raked over. Thanks to all members helping in this project. Thanks also to John Simmons for moving all the soil with his digger and Roger Jordan for loan of a heavy levelling Harrow. Cath as our club captain is working hard on outings for us, but spends a considerable amount of time keeping the gardens / trees trim and tidy and spraying weeds. She also has great plans to replant the cleared bank behind the club rooms. Thankyou Cath. Our grounds are looking great and are a credit to our club. The groundsmen, John and Rodger are very excited to have a new “Husky” mower to keep the grass mown and we are very grateful for a generous grant from the Redwood Trust towards this purchase. And to Mike’s Mowers for supply. The old mower after a few repairs will be sold to recoup some funds. Lyall has kindly taken the shop bike frame to golden bay for us, where a new basket is being made for it. The repairs / sealing on the wicker basket on the vintage motorbike was successful, with thanks to Trevor and Ron. Hopefully the bike basket will come back looking fantastic as well. These jobs are really just maintenance and looking after our club assets. The Model A &T guru Kevin who is always willing to share his skills and knowledge - kindly assisted me recently to overhaul king pins / steering and other jobs. Firstly on Chris Birds 1936 V8, however this help continued on to my own Model A Tudor, as I had to promise the testing station I would have the king pins replaced on this by next WOF. This and a few other jobs have now been done. Wow it steers so much smoother and it brakes well - good to get a bit of deferred maintenance done and isn’t it great to have good friends, thanks Kevin. Next Saturday 12th March 9 am there is a working bee for all park user clubs, I understand this is to clear completely the garden in front of the cottage / beside
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