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PRESiDENT’S REPoRT
Tony Gray President’s Report
October always means MotoGP to me and the Australian GP Round at Philip Island. 2022 promises to be a huge year after the 3 year hiatus caused by Covid and the only chance to see Aussie Jack Miller in Factory Ducati colours before he joins the Factory KTM team in 2023. The riders championship is wide open so guaranteed to be edge of the seat action. I am aware of several club members making the journey south so best wishes to you all for a safe journey and great time. Might catch you there for a beer or two. Several other Club members did the long trip to Canberra for the Wall to Wall Ride and this just seems to get bigger and bigger by the year. This is a very rewarding way to remember those who have paid the ultimate price in their job protecting our community. Others on the road at present include Ian Kite & wife Sandy Coleman in WA keeping us all interested with their FB posts of their trip. You really get to understand how vast is the country in which we live by the time you reach the Indian Ocean. It is a great journey of discovery and very rewarding especially when mounted on a GS. Safe travels. Closer to home there continues to be a packed program of Club rides and events to keep everyone happy including the October long weekend B2B #19 ride to Glen Innes and Ballina. Our thanks go to Don & Kate who have put a lot of time into organising what promises to be a cracker of a weekend. Unfortunately the deferred Ruptured Budgie Rally is now on the same weekend and that event always attracts a strong showing from our club. There will be plenty of miles added to bike odometers getting to these events. Will your bike be passing one of the 000,000 milestone barriers (in your hands!)? The first tranche of commemorative medallions are being struck as I write this report and will be awarded at forthcoming General Meetings. If you qualify then get your particulars into Secretary Geoff and get recognised for your riding history. The calendar keeps turning over and it is now under one year until we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the release of the first BMW Motorcycle in September 1923. There are two major functions being planned by the club being a centenary dinner on Thursday 21 September 2023 and centenary of BMW Motorcycles display on Saturday 23 September. Two sub committees have been formed to organise these functions. I have previously announced the Motorcycle Display sub-committee of Peter Ferguson, Gary Bennett, Tony Gray and I can now announce that Tracy Hepburn has joined Cindy Bennett & Paul Hughes on the dinner sub-committee. There is a Facebook site (linked to the Club FB site) and an ad in this Journal which contain details of how you can register your BMW Motorcycle to be a part of the display. Note that we are optimistic that we will be inundated with offers of motorcycle exhibits covering the full 100 years of BMW motorcycle production. It may be that we will have to turn away some bikes if we are over subscribed for particular models. Do not let that dissuade you though, please submit your bike’s particulars for evaluation. The successful nominees will be notified closer to the event when our roster has been filled.
