Venturers Report - December

Catering for the requirements of vehicles produced in the early days of motoring, and their enthusiasts

Our Waikato Branch annual Vintage Rally was unfortunately cancelled by the organisers due to lack of sufficient entries to make it viable. We encourage all veteran and vintage vehicle enthusiasts to support appropriate branch events organised for their involvement, otherwise they will become a thing of the past.

The next opportunity for a suitable ‘early eras’ run with the club is Sunday 16th April. The planned venue is the Manawaru Heritage Centre which is located just behind Café 77 in the old Manawaru Dairy factory. We will be starting again this time from Zenders Café in Hopkins Road, Ruakura which has plenty of parking, proximity to Hamilton or motorway exits and most importantly, good coffee!! Leaving with good route instructions at 10.00am, but come along earlier to enjoy their coffee, brunch and/or the company of fellow members. Petrol is available on route if required, possibly card only. The run will be of modest distance, on fully sealed roads and suitable for all vintage or capable veteran era vehicles. Entry to the heritage centre, which records the history of settlement and activity within the local area, is by way of gold coin donation. There are also one or two restored vehicles on display there. Plenty of time available for lunch at the café too.

If you are not receiving emails from the Venturers Group and you own or have an interest in vehicles from the Early Eras, ask to be added to the email roll by contacting Bob at email: hayton.rj@gmail.com or ph: (07) 856 7238.

If you have an idea for a suitable future Early Eras Venturers Group event, please discuss it with one of our team:

Alan Sharp, Bob Hayton or Terry Pidduck Your Venturers Co-ordinators

From The Library

A good number of surplus magazines were taken from the library by members last club-night, so now the rest of the surplus can be disposed of. Magazines destined to remain as part of our collection have been moved along to clear new space for our expanding book collection and will be re-assessed for boxing and re-labelling. Some donated books have been left in the library office recently with no donor info, so thank you, whoever left them.