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It does not seem that long ago that I was talking about the start of the year, and here we are in May 2021 already.
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.
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.
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.
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. Very soon you will be receiving emails, asking 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.
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.
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.
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.
Vic Moore,
President, PCSA Inc.
president’s report
Dear Members Welcome to 2022; on behalf of the Committee, I wish you a Happy and much less disrupted New Year. On Sunday January 30, the first official Porsche Club event for 2022 was a Motorkhana held at Mallala Motorsport Park, with a full field of entrants enjoying another successfully staged Motorsport event. This was followed by the second event on the calendar, the February Supersprint at Mallala, again well attended, but we would like to encourage more female competitors to come out and develop their skills in a friendly safe and supportive atmosphere. We are looking at partnering with Motorsport Australia to develop a program to encourage more female participation in as many speed events as possible, with professional driver training, guidance, and support. As I previously mentioned in the last report, we had ten of our 50 competitors in the Adelaide Rally either all female crews, navigating, driving, or sharing duties. Your committee will keep working hard for you and we hope you are able to support as many events as possible this year. Do not forget the two-day Easter Event, with many of our interstate counterparts joining us at The Bend Motorsport Park. Even if you are not competing in the event at The Bend, if you have the time bring the family and join in the event and meet some of our interstate visitors. For those of you who have not visited The Bend previously, it is a must for all South Australians to experience the magnificent facility that the Shahin Family have built for all with an interest in Motorsport, it is truly world class. We will provide updates prior to Easter detailing event schedules and activities that will provide a focus for your visit. You can of course just come for a drive, enjoy a meal or a coffee and experience ‘The Bend’. Our social calendar is be published on the Porsche Club SA website and in more detail on the members only Club Express link, with breakfast runs, lunch runs, not 911 runs and evening dinners at selected hotels, all in the schedule. To date a dinner at the Caledonian Hotel was held on February 18 with a full complement of members attending and the following weekend a successful run to Mannum with another excellent show of support from members. The date and venue for the Black Tie Dinner is August 19, 2022 at Penfolds, so mark the date in your diary, along with the weekend away in late October, details available later. If you have any suggestions for Social events or other activities you would find valuable for
Vic Moore
the club and its members, please contact me by phone or email or one of our committee members; any feedback helps us provide more opportunities for all our Club members. If you feel really passionate and would like to contribute to the organisation, think about becoming a member of the committee or volunteering to assist at various functions or events, you would be most welcome. To continue to support the development of all aspects of the Club, we actively encourage assistance from club members who have a particular interest in certain events and activities, by joining sub committees for a period while that particular event is being organised and held. For example, every two years we have our Show and Shine Event, which is very demanding and requires many hours of work months prior to the event and plenty of work leading up to and on the day. Lee Fulton is organising the 2023 Show and Shine and certainly will welcome any assistance you may be able to offer. Similarly, the Porsche Report (Magazine) requires assistance to develop and produce, but in a different form. I know Chris is always looking for valuable and relevant contributions in the form of articles and reports from dinners, club runs and social gatherings. We have instituted a Partner’s Page and are always looking for someone to write an article about being the partner of a Porsche club member and hopefully also a member, giving a perspective that others will find interesting and inspire them to write their own article. The Porsche Report is for all our members to enjoy and be a part of and often comments are made relating to more local content being of interest. Now is your chance; photographs (clear, good quality 300dpi) with captions or details, small or large recent articles or stories can be submitted to our Editor, Chris Baldwin, for consideration. If you are not sure of the type of file, photo quality or type of article contact any of your committee members for information. If you have an idea that may be able to be a regular magazine article or feature, please submit your suggestions and become a contributing member of your Porsche Family. I know that Chris is instituting a ‘Letters to the Editor’ feature in the magazine so please feel free to put forward any suggestions, critique, or ideas. Looking forward to a great 2022 and meeting as many of you as I can at our packed year of events. Kind regards, Vic Moore, President, PCSA Inc.
Vic Moore President 0412 700 194 president@pcsa.asn.au James Law Vice President & Membership 0416 044 051 vicepresident@pcsa.asn.au
Johnny Fricke
Vice President & Membership Darien Herreen 0434 272 707 Secretary & Motorsport vicepresident@pcsa.asn.au secretary@pcsa.asn.au
Darien Herreen Secretary & Motorsport 0427 348 490 secretary@pcsa.asn.au Steve Thiele Treasurer 0412 195 634 treasurer@pcsa.asn.au
Steve Thiele Roger Paterson
Treasurer Motorkhana Director 0412 195 634 Mobile: 0414 993 930 treasurer@pcsa.asn.au motorkhana@pcsa.asn.au
Lee Fulton
Social Secretary Ron Wishart 0422 129 710 Social Secretary / Merchandise social@pcsa.asn.au social@pcsa.asn.au
Chris Baldwin Phillip Kellett
Magazine Editor Magazine Editor 0434 231 840 Mobile: 0409 931 193 magazine@pcsa.asn.au magazine@pcsa.asn.au
Doug McPherson Doug McPherson
Website/Facebook Website/Facebook 0419 704 247 0419 704 247 webmaster@pcsa.asn.au webmaster@pcsa.asn.au
Peter Brunnthaler Peter Brunnthaler
Historic Register/ Historic Register/ Licencing Licencing 0410 614 911 0410 614 911 historic@pcsa.asn.au historic@pcsa.asn.au
Peter Kowalenko Historic Register/ Licencing 0429 390 911 historic@pcsa.asn.au Peter Kowalenko Historic Register/ Licencing 0429 390 911 historic@pcsa.asn.au
general committee
Mark Coupe
Johnny Fricke
Lee Fulton
general committee Peter Panopoulos
Mark Coupe
James Law
Roger Paterson
Jan- Mar 2021
