president’s report

A major event for the Porsche Club of SA held at the Bend Motorsport Park over the Easter long week-end, Good Friday and Easter Saturday was a resounding success. Although sixteen of our friends from the Porsche Club of Queensland were locked out of the event, those who were fortunate enough not to be affected by Covid19 still represented other state clubs, along with our large home state contingent.

Dear Members

As you read this we are well into 2022, with many events having been organised at the track and a variety of social venues, with great support from you the members. If you have any ideas that you would like included in our range of activities make sure you send us an email with your suggestions.

you to respond to a series of questions and to update your club information. We, as the Porsche Club of SA Inc, are moving to a new database, Club Express, to ensure your information and details are up to date and secure. The new system will give member portal access allowing you to enter events, attend functions, contact the committee and update your details from anywhere you can find the opportunity to log in. Johnny Fricke has spent hours researching and questioning the Club Express group to ensure we are getting best platform available to support our growing club and the diverse needs of a database system.

During April, May and June, Lee Fulton has been busy with a range of social activities including Hotel dinners, breakfast runs and planning for the Black-Tie Event, and already preliminary work for the 2023 Show and Shine. If you have any time or think a particular event appeals, feel free to touch base and offer your assistance in any way, shape or form; remember, it is your Club.

Vic Moore President president@pcsa.asn.au

James Law Vice President & Membership 0416 044 051 vicepresident@pcsa.asn.au

Darien Herreen Secretary & Motorsport secretary@pcsa.asn.au

Darien Herreen and his Motorsport team are to be congratulated for the enormous amount of time and effort that they put into the Porsche Clubs of Australia Easter event, not once but twice!!!! Why twice, the first time the event was scheduled for Easter 2020 and then of course Covid19 caused the major disruption to all of us and so the event was cancelled at short notice. I also need to acknowledge the incredible support from The Bend Motorsport Park and Charise Bristow for all the background work to allow the event to be rolled over to 2021. However, that did not mean Darien’s work stopped there. It was basically start again with all the re-organisation, planning and scheduling and the final result was an event which will continue into the future each Easter. Just a note at this point that I also need to acknowledge, Darien as an employee of Qantas had to juggle many situations at work while still trying to negotiate the future of the event and he acquitted himself in exemplary style in both roles as always, thank you on behalf of all members Darien.

Once again Easter saw the return of our National Titles at The Bend Motorsport Park, with our fellow Porsche Club members from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria making the huge effort to get to the event. The minimum distance for travel would have been about 800 kms for those from Victoria and obviously a greater number of kilometres for those from Queensland, for both cars and drivers. Members from South Australia provided great support for this now major two-day meeting, which provided the opportunity for all of us to meet and greet our fellow Club members from around Australia and share the world class Bend Motorsport Park with fellow Porsche enthusiasts. As South Australians we have access to this magnificent facility any day of the week and thanks must go to the Shahin family for the vision to take Motorsport in SA to the world stage with this magnificent playground.

Darien Herreen, our Motorsport Director organised and executed the event to the exceptional standard we have come to recognise with whatever he does, whether it is our Motorkhanas, Super sprints or Hill climbs, keeping Qantas flying or managing the family, his dedication, passion and commitment is remarkable. A huge thank you Darien for another truly magnificent two days of competition and social interactiogn. Darien was supported by Mark Coupe, Josh, Doug and Lorraine undertaking documentation, registration, form up and many other tasks over the weekend. Helen Kowalenko organised and set up the table décor and welcome baskets with an array of local products and magnificent Porsche baked treats created by her daughter Sarah.

Mark Coupe was another of the Motorsport team who made the competitors most welcome with his excellent service at the front desk and the great job in form up and of course the support for Darien. As I said the feedback and general comments from competitors, visitors and support groups has been extremely satisfying and we look forward to Easter 2022 when more of our interstate clubs will be joining us for the next chapter of Porsche Clubs of Australia at The Bend.

Bob Taylor once again produced a plentiful supply of photographic shots over the weekend, with his trademark ability to take exceptional images and capture all the action in and around the track for all of us to enjoy.

If you were not a competitor our Social Committee members, but mainly Lee Fulton, organised a lunch run to the Bend for members to share in the event enjoying the excellent food and beverages track side and an opportunity to have a drive on Australia’s world acclaimed Motor Racing Circuit. Thank you Lee and to all those who made the effort to attend and meet some of our interstate friends. Mark the date in your calendar as part of your 2022 planning.

Each year there is an Interstate competition with points accumulated over the weekend by the competitors from each state and a trophy awarded as a perpetual award to add bragging rights to each states competitive nature. Chris Windsor our dealer Principal at the Adelaide Porsche Centre has generously offered to sponsor the trophy for the competition for 2023 and beyond.

A big thank you to Porsche Cars Australia and Chloe Adamson for supporting us financially with the welcome baskets and pre-dinner beverages for all to enjoy.

Our membership is expanding with the number now in excess of four hundred and growing each quarter and with such expansion, we as a committee are looking to support the diverse needs of you the club members. The social calendar is being finalised as I write this article, with three dinners, the AGM and the Black Tie Dinner and a week-end away just some of those to come. Keep an eye on the website for further updates and submit any suggestions to the committee via email of any future social event or idea that you may like included.

During the past months your committee has been working tirelessly on a range of tasks and activities to ensure the Club is functioning to the highest standard and achieves the goals and expectations we all hope to achieve. There are times when change occurs and we need to be flexible and prepared to regroup and continue with our tasks. Johnny Fricke resigned from his role as Vice-President and I want to publicly thank Johnny for his loyal support, his exceptional work in initiating the Club Express database system to administer all our Club functions, activities and membership and all the preliminary work on the review of the Club Constitution, to the point where we are able to have a document that meets the current legislative requirements. Thank you, Johnny for all your time, effort and expertise, and we look forward to you re-joining the committee in the future. James Law is our current Vice President and will continue in the role until the AGM when elections are held.

Steve Thiele Treasurer 0412 195 634 treasurer@pcsa.asn.au

Which brings me to the next item of news for you the members to contribute to and support the team who will be producing the Porsche Partners page(s) in the Porsche Magazine. Keep an eye out for the first instalment in this issue.

Historic registration, membership and the new financial year. All members who have vehicles on Historic registration are reminded that they must renew their club membership and have their logbook signed to remain legally registered and insured under the current agreement. I will email details of time and location for logbooks to be presented for endorsement in the next few weeks.

Roger Paterson Motorkhana Director Mobile: 0414 993 930 motorkhana@pcsa.asn.au

Ron Wishart Social Secretary / Merchandise social@pcsa.asn.au

Phillip Kellett Magazine Editor Mobile: 0409 931 193 magazine@pcsa.asn.au

It is with great sadness that I am writing this to inform you of the passing of one of our beloved and well-respected Club members. On the 16th June 2022, James Richard Pierson (Jim) passed away after a short illness. Jim was larger than life, a true gentleman and a “bloody” nice bloke. That infectious smile, beaming grin and honesty that was so much of the “man” Jim, will be missed but also it will always be remembered. Jim was a true Club person who participated, attended, supported and thoroughly enjoyed the Porsche Marque and the Porsche family. He is affectionately known for his generous donations for raffle prizes for Black Tie events and any time we needed a donation. Jim and his son ran a successful and innovative almond orchard with many of Jim innovations and visions being adopted to assist other growers through the development of the Almond Growers Cooperative. The donations for raffle prizes from Jim, were obviously his produce and it was to become common knowledge that Jim’s Almonds, or more correctly Jim’ s Nuts would be the raffle prize at perhaps a Black-Tie event or similar function. To this end it became evident that some of our members were very happy to win the prize of “Jim’s Nuts!!!!!!”

Doug McPherson Website/Facebook 0419 704 247 webmaster@pcsa.asn.au

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Helen Kowalenko has been made an Honorary Member of the Porsche Club of SA Inc, in recognition of her years of service and dedication to so many aspects of the Club and the Porsche marque. As many of you know the Christmas function and the assistance given to Santa with the suitable present choice for the children has been Helen’s domain for many, many years and Santa sends his congratulations too. More recently Helen with the assistance of her daughter Sarah produced beautiful gift packages (all SA products) for those who attended the dinner at the Bend on Easter Friday. Many of the interstate participants were very appreciative. Congratulations Helen and on behalf of past and present members of the Club thank you for your unwavering support.

Peter Brunnthaler Historic Register/ Licencing 0410 614 911 historic@pcsa.asn.au

Peter Kowalenko Historic Register/ Licencing 0429 390 911 historic@pcsa.asn.au general committee

Mark Coupe

Johnny Fricke

Lee Fulton

Vic Moore, President, PCSA Inc.

Our thoughts are with Jim’s family and we are all richer for having had Jim as a true friend and Club member. Thank you, Jim.

Kind regards,

Vic Moore, President, PCSA Inc.