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May Club Run
May Club Run by Fleur Tomlinson Well we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect autumn day, the sun was shining and we had clear blue skies and not much wind. We all gathered at the car club for morning tea. We nattered over lovely cakes and biscuits washed down with cups of tea and coffee enjoying the warm sunshine. What a fantastic turn out of cars. Was great to see the Fyfe’s turn up and introduce the new addition to the family, the beautiful wee Hazel. What a cutie just like her big sisters Olive and Violet. Nathalie and Marcus handed out our instructions and sent us on our merry way telling us there was a stop midway for a fun activity which had us all intrigued.
The Skelton’s were the first away in their little red “Chummy”. Given a good head start. Soon we were all in our cars reading through the instructions working out the course seeing that we were heading out towards Waikete Valley. And we were off. Heading towards Sala Street, past the big round about with the famous statue that us ratepayers paid for and can barely see. Turned off onto Highway 30 and onto Whirinaki Valley Road.
We followed the roads answering the questions till we all met up at the Lake Ohakuri Boat Ramp for our fun activity. Marshalls Les and Marcus were there to greet us with a soccer ball and two poles and the objective was to get the ball between the two poles. Was so much fun and a lot of laughs and was good to get out of our cars and have a good stretch of our legs. Was also a lovely spot for a fun activity.
Soon we were back on the road heading towards Waikete Valley where we would end up at the Waiotapu Tavern for a fantastic pub lunch. Well we couldn’t fault the food at all. The burgers looks so juicy and mouth watering. Everyone was eyeing up everyone else’s
meals as they came out. What huge meals for fantastic prices, a great place to stop, will most definitely be putting it on the list of places to go to for a meal when travelling out of town.
With full bellies and questions answered and prizes given out for first, second and third and was lovely to see one for last place who is often forgotten that was fantastic to see. We slowly made our way home. What a great run with lots of laughs, fun, relaxed and great company. Looking forward to many more like this one. So thank you Nathalie, Marcus and Les for your hard work for making this run possible for us and making it as fun as it was.
Taking part were:
Terry Wadsworth & Shelley - 1964 Riley Neil & Sharon Handley - 1957 Vauxhall Velox Ken & Jude Thomas - 1973 Citroen DS 23 Pallas Ralph Bennet & Doug Lambert - 1938 Buick Bill & Adelai Skelton - 1929 Austin 7 “Chummy” John Peters & Jenny Gill - 1973 Triumph Stag Terry & Sandra Fitzpatrick - BMW 2002 Tii Tom, Olive & Violet Fyfe - 1973 Rover P6 Neville & Carol Harper - 1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk Roger & Diana Nelson - 1975 Triumph Stag Doug & Doreen Green - 1929 Graham Paige Ronald Mayes - 1970 Triumph 2000 Bob & Pat MacKay - 1968 Triumph Vitesse David & Alex Tomlinson - 1979 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II Fleur & Kate Tomlinson - 1977 Mercedes 350 SL Pat Burr & Shona Whickham - 1981 Mercedes 280CE Jenny Cole & Dennis Brown - 1983 Land Rover Alan & Lynn Barnes - 1949 Riley Michael Thorne - 1988 Panther Kallista John Newson - 1951 Armstrong Siddley Whitley
The Dorrington’s and the Nitz’s also took part in their moderns.
