Fun during the Pomeroy at the VCCNZ 2016 Festival
VERO INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL OF HISTORIC MOTORING Sunday 16 to Friday 21 January 2022, start planning now. The Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring committee is still working diligently to bring to you a world class event in 2022. The change of date from 2021 to 2022 has given us an opportunity to review the original Festival programme and fine tune or change some of the proposed activities. Our original programme had included a public display on the Wednesday evening. However, this had presented some logistical challenges and we are working on a viable alternative which we should be able to announce before Christmas. This has necessitated a bit of a shuffle, and the proposed event will be on the Thursday evening rather than Wednesday. What I can tell you is that its something that has never been done at any of our international events and will be remembered in the future. Covid 19 still has everyone wondering what the future will bring. Unfortunately, it’s quite feasible that we will have a reduced number of international entrants and a possibility of none at all. However, the upside is that with no or limited overseas travel available, and if you were planning an overseas holiday, and not able to proceed with it, we would love to see you at the Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring where you can enjoy the wonderful sights of Taranaki. ▼ Field events are always a crowd pleaser, here’s some of the intense competition from the 2016 Festival of Historic Motoring in Dunedin.
ACCOMMODATION If you had booked accommodation in or around New Plymouth for this event please make sure you have changed this to the new dates in 2022. If you haven’t booked accommodation yet, don’t forget the Auto Lodge or Plymouth International Hotels as possibilities and remember to tell them you are entering the Vero International Festival of Motoring. We are aware there has been some difficulties in changing accommodation to fit the new dates when bookings have been done through booking agents. It may be better to deal with hotel or motels directly rather than through an agent.
REGISTRATIONS We are working toward registration forms being available in March 2021. This is a bit later than would be ideal, but with the current situation with Covid -19 and the reluctance of companies to confirm prices so far in advance, the later we can open registrations the easier it is to get acceptable costings.
SURVEY In last month’s Beaded Wheels, Diane, our National President, stressed the importance of supporting The Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring, in 2022. Towards the end of this year there is to be survey sent to all VCC members to gauge your intention to attend. If there is a low indication of attendance, we will have no option but to seriously review the viability of this event. To be blunt, without the support of our members we can’t continue. It’s quite simple, the Management Committee expectation is that breaking even financially is the bottom line and a financial loss is not an option or acceptable. The organising committee certainly hopes we can showcase Taranaki to you all so please get behind us, and along with your friends, plan now for January 2022 Greg Terrill Festival Director Beaded Wheels 27
