REPCO TAKAPUNA ROCKS 2020
Matt Turnwald, organiser of Repco Takapuna Rocks.
Takapuna set to Rock again! Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 – Takapuna Beach, Labour Weekend, Saturday 24th October Repco Takapuna Rocks was a brand new event for the North Shore in 2019. Thousands turned out for that inaugural event which encouraged the organisers to make it an annual fixture on the calendar. Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 – taking place on Saturday 24th October – is set to draw classic car enthusiasts from the length and breadth of the country to Takapuna on the Saturday of Labour Weekend. Locals and visitors will join in the family fun, with countless options of food and refreshments and an opportunity to enjoy an extensive show of some of the country’s finest cars, lovingly preserved from our past. Best of all, Takapuna Rocks is also a community fundraising event. Channel Mag’s Aidan Bennett caught up with event organiser Matt Turnwald during July to learn what he has in the pipeline for Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020. AIDAN BENNETT: First of all Matt, well done for launching this new event in 2019. Launching something like this from scratch is a big undertaking. You must be thrilled with how it went and that it looks like being bigger again in 2020, despite the upheavals that the year has dished out? MATT TURNWALD: The start to the year has certainly had its challenges and has seen many Classic Car and Rock ‘n’ Roll events postponed, but we are ready to go with Repco Takapuna Rocks 2020 and excited to be bringing this free family fun day to Takapuna. We launched for vehicle registrations on July 4th and already the interest has been strong from classic car, bike and hot rod owners to be in the show. We are also selling tickets fast for our Repco After Party/Hop where we have Tom Sharplin and the Cadillacs playing. We have also booked some great vendors for the Vintage Market stalls, and the Pin Up competition entries are flowing in. All in all it promises to be even bigger and better than last year.
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AB: For our readers who didn’t attend in 2019, can you explain exactly what Repco Takapuna Rocks is all about? MT: Repco Takapuna Rocks is a classic car, bike and hot rod show which gives car enthusiasts an opportunity to show off their vehicles from a bygone era. Some of the country’s finest examples of pre ’72 classics will be there on the day and we encourage people to come down to The Strand, bring the kids and hear the live music, see the Rock ‘n’ Roll dancers, wander around and shop at the Vintage Markets, see our Pin Up competition and relax at the cafés and restaurants or grab some great food from our food and coffee vendors.The show opens at 10am and the Pin Up is at 3pm followed by the prize-giving for the show. AB: It must be great to have a lead sponsor like Repco? They are a great fit for the event and most of your other sponsors are back again as well, I understand? MT: Repco are fantastic to partner with and help us to make the event really special with their wealth of experience with classic car events and their supportive team making sure we have great prizes and giveaways. We are really grateful to our entire family of sponsors for their continued participation and to the Takapuna Beach Business Association and Devonport Takapuna Local Board for giving us their support again this year. AB: You had 200 classic cars and vehicles in 2019 and are confident of having 300 for 2020? MT: Due to the COVID-19 lockdown so many of the regular events had to be cancelled or postponed. So we will be one of the first major events on the classic car calendar and many of the classic car clubs, enthusiasts, and Rock ‘n’ Roll clubs are looking forward to the event and keen to get their engines humming again after a long break.
The Repco Takapuna Rocks Pin Up competition is loads of fun.
