“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 42, No 6 july, 2019 Editor: Michael Williams 10 Selwyn Parade Lyttelton Ph 328 8043, email mimiandmichael@yahoo.co.nz
Chairman: Secretary:
Club Officers: Craig Keenan 322 1006 Ron Hasell 942 1105
Branch Address: 27 Showgate Ave, ChCh 8042 E-mail: bankspeninsula@vcc.org.nz Noggin & Natter: 2nd Thursday of the Month • •
Noggin 7.30 pm at the Papanui RSA. Upham Room – enter either from 55 Bellvue Ave or the first entrance on the left on Harewood Road (Papanui / Main North Road) Thursday 11th of July We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: By the time you read this, Craig Keenan, our tireless chairman will be in hospital, recovering from valve work and general fettling to bring him back to peak efficiency, and we wish him well during his lengthy recovery period. Craig will be off the road for some time, so that means the rest of the committee will have to take over the many tasks he does to make sure the branch keeps going , specifically the organisation of the Mid Year Awards Dinner, and the Balcairn Trial. Committee work load was discussed at our last committee meeting, and the evergreen(British Racing), Ron Hasell announced that he intended to pull back from organising the paperwork side of our speed events, his role as Clerk of the Course and sometimes Speed Steward. Ron has done all this for so many years that he makes it seem easy, but the load does need to be shared, and as a club we need to find someone to take over the roles. Ron will provide full support and there is training available for these important roles. So if we intend to continue to have members entering speed events, help is needed. before the start of the season. Please contact Ron or Craig if you are willing to help. I forgot to acknowledge John MacDonald and his photographic skills in the last Dripfeed. John goes to all our events, takes superb photos and then sends them to me. We are very fortunate to have