President’s Report

John Ingle and his Yamaha 250

FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO CLUB MEMBER DAVID HUXTABLE WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE VACANT SECRETARY POSITION ON THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE. WELCOME ABOARD DAVID. OUR NATCOM TEAM WORKS TO PROVIDE THE BEST, FOR OUR CLUB NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU ALSO TO TONY MAHONEY FOR STEPPING INTO ONE OF THE TWO GENERAL COMMITTEE POSITIONS IN PLACE OF ALAN STEVENS WHO HAD STEPPED DOWN FROM THE POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALAN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLUB DURING HIS TIME ON THE COMMITTEE ALSO.

The VJMC has also got its Junior Encouragement Grant up and running. John King has taken the reins for this and will handle enquiries for this grant. There is more info on this grant elsewhere in this issue. I really appreciate the work put in by all our Area Reps but I must say I am very pleased with the way the bike event at Tooradin on the outskirts of Melbourne is going. Dave Parker has done an amazing job with this event which gains enormous publicity for the VJMC. Fantastic effort Dave. On the subject of great efforts, I must also say congratulations to Phil Scorah and the Bendigo National Rally Committee. What an awesome job you have done for this year’s event. Looking forward to the 2023 National Rally, to be held again in Bendigo. One of the things I love about these rallies is the chance to catch up with members from all the other states and areas. Great to see a couple of members travelling all the way over from Western Australia for this year’s event. Hope to see you back there in 2023. I think we will have quite a few there from Tasmania next year too. The Tasmanian membership has greatly increased thanks to the great efforts from the Reps in the various areas down there. The recent Monto Muster in Queensland was again a big success with members attending from Mackay to the Gold Coast and also one member from Sydney attended. John Ingle trailered his Yamaha 250 up from Sydney and took part in the various rides on the Saturday. John has owned the Yamaha since purchasing it new in the late 60’s. A great effort to travel all the way up for the event. Congratulations to Phil Heggie who coordinated the event and anyone else who helped out in anyway. Also a big thank you to all the sponsors including Precision Powder Coating at Yatala south of Brisbane.

Ride safe. John McNair President