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Coffee Morning at the Club Rooms
Sulphur City Rally and Rotorua VCC 50th Anniversar y. Words and pictures from Raewyn Fenn
Last Friday, 26th August, Graeme and I left Waihi Beach in our 1934 Graham Bluestreak, heading for Rotorua to take part in the Sulphur City Rally, organised on the last weekend in August each year, by the Rotorua VCC. This year was quite special as the Rally has not been held for 2 years due to “that virus” we are all well aware of, but also because this was the 50th Anniversary of the Rotorua VCC and they would be celebrating! We left the Beach in Sunshine, which slowly disappeared as we approached Tauranga and by the time we were on the Eastern Link Toll Road, had turned to solid rain, and boy did it rain, all the way to Rotorua. As we passed through Tauranga, we spotted the Smylie’s “Road Train” heading in the opposite direction and figured they must be heading elsewhere with their Model A. We stopped at the Clubrooms to collect our Rally Packs and were greeted with friendly smiles and hand shakes. It was wonderful to catchup with people we hadn’t seen for sometime. We have all aged and are very respectful of “that virus”, but were keen to enjoy the beautiful home cooking with a cuppa as we all chatted. Then it was off to our accommodation at the Millenium Hotel, where the Rotorua VCC had organised a good deal for us. Saturday morning dawned rather damp and dismal, but by the briefing at 8.45, we were assured that the rain was finished for the day – and that proved correct. It was really great to see Kaaren and Jim, Helen and Les Duggan, and Thelma and Graham Jack, plus ourselves, from the Tauranga Branch. We were told that this was to be a very relaxing day, with no Timing Section (Yay!), no silent checks, no straight line navigation. It was planned as a lovely day out in the country.
McAlpine’s Vintage
Fenn’s Post Vintage
