Veteran Report

VETERAN REPORT

Annual Veteran Rally The time for the branch Veteran Annual Rally on Sunday 25th September is getting closer. Everything is now booked in, so please get your entry in so I can finish the final planning soon. There are already some confirmed participants - there is unlimited room for everyone who wants to come so nobody will be excluded, but don’t hold off. It will be springtime by then, and our lunch venue in particular will provide a suitable backdrop to enjoy that time of year. The gardens in particular will appeal to everyone, especially perhaps the keen gardeners in your household. Please note that entries close Friday 9th September. Only pre-registered vehicles will be able to attend on the day – this is to ensure we can make prior bookings at the venues we visit. All veteran-age vehicles are invited and encouraged to attend, including any from outside of the region. Veteran motorcycles are especially encouraged to join in. A back-up vehicle with trailer will accompany the run. Two-wheel braked vintage vehicles are also very welcome as are any other club-eligible vehicles, but will not qualify for awards. Likewise, if there are any veteran owners who for some reason cannot bring a veteran vehicle but want to come in their modern and join in, please just give me a call so we can accommodate you. As I mentioned last month, it’s vitally important that we get our veteran vehicles out on the road whilst we still can, and with some great national and local events coming up in the next 18 months there’s no better time to revitalise idle veteran machinery than now. The entry form is available now on the branch website: https:// www.canterburybranchvintagecarclub.org.nz/events or if you can’t access that then just give me a call and I’ll be more than happy to sort your entry for you. Hororata Highland Games. (See Page 41 for entry form.) The Games organisers have now confirmed that we are welcome to and indeed invited to put on another veteran display this year, which has now been confirmed for Saturday 5th November. It will be run along the same lines as it was at the last Highland