9-90s

Hi to you all

Well the Meikles took us for a nice ride round Spencerville, Kaiapoi and Rangiora on roads many of us never knew about and we finished up at the Wolseley Car Club Grounds on McLeans Island. It was a very pleasant place to have lunch. A big thank you to Colin Hey and the Wolseley Club for their hospitality. The Meikles donated the entry fees to the Wolseley Club. We had a good raffle and the weather was kind to us. There were about 40 cars took part and we extend a big welcome to the new people who came for the first time. We look forward to seeing you again.. Thank you Tony and Annette for an enjoyable day.

March 9 Tony Becker Meet at The Barn, VCC Grounds at 9.55am

April 13 Dave Dacombe is taking care of this outing. Meet at The Peg Carpark, Belfast Hotel at 9.55am. Kevin Templeton's outing to Akaroa is postponed until after the Covid regulations have gone. So:

May 4 Organiser Alan Rennie NB This outing is going to be on 4 May (one week earlier than usual}

Looking forward to seeing you all in March.

Regards

JK and the team

Commercial Annual Rally 2022

It was pretty wet and miserable when 20-odd vehicles turned up at Cutler Park for a pre-rally cuppa and chat. After receiving our instructions and question sheet we headed west on the timed section, having a tiki tour through West Melton then heading for Rolleston.

We then travelled nearly every road in the Weedons area to cross over and under the new Southern Motorway at every point available. It was interesting to see how many of these roads had been altered, re-aligned or had bridges built to facilitate the building of the new motorway.

We then headed for the Halswell/Oaklands area where a whole series of instructions were either left/right at a roundabout of left/ right at traffic lights – certainly a time to keep the navigator on their toes and the driver guessing.

From Halswell it was on to the Prebbleton Lincoln Tai Tapu area through a bit more rural countryside, ending up at the Tai Tapu Domain and Community Centre for lunch. As we pulled in Neil had our “field test” sheet for us – a number of car parts and accessory logos with the brand names missing. Wynns, NGK, and Hella were some of them but knowing more than half seemed pretty good effort by all accounts. There was a large covered area for us all to gather under for lunch, as although the rain had stopped there was still a cool breeze.

Our afternoon run took us back to Cutler Park through the Weedons/Templeton area for a hot drink and an impressive afternoon tea spread in the Barn.

Many thanks to Neil, Louise and Jordan Shaskey for their contributions to a fun day out. Shame about the weather!

Peter and Lyndall Monro

Results

Timed section 1st Anderson Trophy – Dave Cooper, 1988 Toyota Hilux 2nd – Pete Monro, 1970 Mini pickup 3rd – Dave Dacombe, 1990 Ford Courier

Field tests 1st Brass Trophy – Peter Monro, 1970 Mini pickup 2nd – Chris Dyer, 1915 Ford Model T 3rd – Dave Dacombe, 1990 Ford Courier

Overall 1st Bennetts Trophy – Peter Monro, 1970 Mini pickup 2nd – Mark Drury, 1984 Mitsubishi L200 3rd – Chris Dyer, 1915 Ford Model T

Photos Top: Peter and Lyndall (owners and operators of very large trucks) here driving the other commercial extreme, get their instructions from Neil on a soggy morning.at Cutler Park. Peter May and Bob Gough are nearly off. Lower: Peter Monro receiving his just reward for First Overall.