Chairman’s Report
- May 2021
by David Tomlinson
Our May club night was also our AGM, and ran smoothly and quickly. We also had John Newson’s wonderful 1951 Armstrong-Siddeley in the room. As a result of the AGM we had a small changing of the guard, with retirements from committee of Bob Mackay and Kevin Scott, while welcoming 3 new committee members. Jenny Cole, Dennis Brown and Geoff Nitz are the new committee members, with Jenny and Dennis also taking over the role of midweek co-ordinators from Bob. Our annual accounts showed a very creditable result after a very difficult year. I thank Bob and Kevin for their service but know they will both continue to be involved in helping keep our events happening. Our May run was put on by Nathalie, Marcus and Les, the first run they had organised. It was a great day in fantastic weather, with an excellent turnout of cars. The run meandered around south of Rotorua with break in the middle, and ended up with lunch at the Waiotapu Tavern. I think as we move forward, aligning our Sunday club runs to be more like our midweek runs could improve participation. Although our last three club runs have had very good turnouts, there does seem to be a greater appetite for a “fun day out” rather than a competitive style rally. It was also signalled at the AGM that the Night Run evening meal was popular, but less so the driving around in the dark in busy traffic. This has been taken on board and perhaps next year the run will be before the meal and better suit older cars. May also saw the first midweek outing organised by Jenny and Dennis. I have yet to receive feedback on the day out, but I 2
Side Curtains June 2021
