“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 39, No 4 May 2017 Editor: Craig Cowie 404 Bower Ave, North Beach, ChCh 8083 Ph. 3833-159, e-mail: mcaracowie@gmail.com Club Officers: Chairman:
Craig Keenan
322 1006
Secretary:
Ron Hasell
942 1105
Branch Address: 27 Showgate Ave, ChCh 8042 E-mail: bankspeninsula@vcc.org.nz
AGM / Noggin & Natter: 2nd Thursday of the month.
Noggin 7-30 pm at the Papanui RSA. Upham Room - enter either from 55 Bellvue Ave or the first entrance on the left on Harewood Road (Papanui Road / Main North Road. Thursday 11th May. We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
The AGM follows at 8pm ____________________________________________________________________________
From the Editor: Greetings to you all. As I write, I’m looking forward to the Hadstock Park Gymkhana on Sunday 7th May. You might get Dripfeed after the event if you’re on snail mail, but not to worry, the Balcairn Trial follows in July and then the Rosco and Marlborough versions. We had a discussion in the Committee last week about one of our traditional events, the Pomeroy Trophy. Unfortunately the conclusion is that we can’t run it as we have for at least three reasons. The first is that Ruapuna is currently so heavily booked that we can’t get a useable slot during the day and two, noise restrictions come into force at 6pm precluding a run into the evening and three, it is now prohibitively expensive to hire the track for a small club such as ours. I imagine it’d be pretty prohibitive for a club the size of the state of Texas actually. An option is to go further afield to Levels. We’ll explore that as an option, but don’t hold your breath. Regards Craig If you wish to receive Dripfeed by email, please let us know. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Dripfeed May 2017