Secretary’s Scribblings A couple of weeks ago I was asked, as a late replacement if I was interested in a 7-day tour of parts of the southern area of our Island. I said I had no reason not to, so duly rocked up at Oamaru in my Ford Model A Phaeton to join up with 7 other Model A’s for a great trip by mainly back roads down to Invercargill through coastal areas of North Otago, and the Catlins, then up through the Southland hinterland to Millers Flat, into Central Otago to Ranfurly, and to Fairlie via the Danseys and Hakataramea passes. What a great week of real Vintage motoring, with rain only on the Sunday heading to Oamaru, and Saturday heading to Fairlie. Plenty of gravel roads and a bit of dust. I saw a lot of great farming country that I hadn’t seen before and the group I was with were great. So now back to reality and life as we know it. From our Wednesday Committee Meeting. Some of you would have had notification from me about outstanding subscriptions. Thanks to those who have paid. I have had notification from the National Office in Christchurch that we still have 16 members who haven’t paid, although a couple of those have informed me, they have resigned. By the 11th of March you will be struck off the list as a member so if you wish to continue, please pay. If you are going to resign, please let me know. Thanks. We are planning on the Biennial Rally which we are organising this year and the dates we have selected are Friday 14 th September to Sunday 16th. Please watch this space for more info in the coming months. Those of you who have been to the Park lately would have noticed the piles of soil on Patchetts Green. This was removed from the Southern area where the retaining wall was and will be spread out and sown in grass soon. Thanks to all those involved in this project, and special thanks to John Symonds for his digger use and a tractor from our neighbours. It was decided a couple of months ago that we needed a new lawn mower as the one we had was causing some issues. We applied to the Redwood Trust for funding for this and they have kindly donated $3000 towards the purchase of a new mower which John Russell has ordered from Mikes Mowers. We have set the date for our AGM, which will be on Sunday 29 th May. If you would like to stand for the committee, please let us know. Nomination forms will be in next month’s Vintage Viewpoint. To all those people who received trophies last year, could you please return them to the Clubrooms at your earliest convenience, as they need to be engraved for this year’s recipients.
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