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NEWS

CAR CAVALCADE OF CLEM 7 TUNNEL

Three of our members took part in the Clem 7 Tunnel opening on Sunday, 28 February, 2010. Click here for some photos.
 

CLUB DINNER & TROPHY PRESENTATION

Click here for Report and photos of our annual Club Dinner & Trophy Presentation on 13 February, 2010.
 

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Notice, Menu and payment sheet for Christmas in July are available here now . Get in early!! Click here.
 

NEW SPONSOR AT THE HILLCLIMB

Big news is that we have a naming rights sponsor for the 2010 Qld Hillclimb Championship which will now be known as the Carselling.com.au Qld Hillclimb Championship. Many thanks to Scott Dean for this.

Watch also for a new sponsor sign at the hillclimb as JAPANESE WHOLESALE CARS AND PERFORMANCE IMPORTS chosen the hillclimb as an appropriate place to advertise. Please support them and all the others who sponsor the hillclimb through the payment for advertising signs opposite the spectator area.
 

ENTRY FORMS

Entry forms for Club events will be posted on the web site on the entry page, as a PDF file, as soon as they become available. 
 

NATIONAL MEETING '10

The MG Car Club of South Australia  is hosting the 2010 National Meeting. Click here for their website. More information is on our National Meeting page.
 

JOHN CAMPBELL BOOK

John Campbell's book "Centaur"was launched at our Clubrooms on Friday, 3rd August, 2008.

 

Click to read advertisement.
Click here to download Order Form.
Errata list for book available here
 
 

CAMS EVENTS

Important message for anyone who takes part in CAMS events. CAMS have advised that if a new rule or a change of rule appears on their website then that information is deemed to have been distributed.  Therefore, it is wise that everyone check the CAMS website often. www.cams.com.au
 

LIBRARY NEWS

Updated lists of the resources available to you in the club library are available here. There is one listing all the resources by title, one by shelf list i.e. the order they are in on the shelves, one by author and one by subject. Don't forget that the library is open on the first and third Friday night of each month for browsing or borrowing. Please come along and make use of this wonderful resource.

Click here for:
Title List
Author List
Shelf List
Subject List


HISTORY OF THE HILL


HISTORY OF THE HILL: A pictorial history of the first 40 years of Mt Cotton

This book was launched at the Australian Hillclimb Championships on the first weekend in November by hillclimb designer, Jon McCarthy who came from England especially for the occasion.

The book features:
  • An illustrated history of the hillclimb
  • The winners of all major trophies
  • Information on all those who have won FTD or Top Six
  • Information on milestones in terms of times achieved and a celebration of those who have broken the magic 40s mark
  • The Tighe Cams series
  • ‘Personal perspectives’, a collection of reminiscences from a wide
    range of contributors
  • Tributes to interesting vehicles and also to the occasions when Leonard Teale attended and when Dick Johnson took part in special challenges

The book comes with a CD containing

  • Full results of all hillclimbs from Feb 1968 until the end of June 2007
  • Full reports of all hillclimbs (from the Club’s magazine, the ‘Octagon’

Price for the book and CD is $80. They are not being sold separately.

If any errors are found in the book, you are asked to contact Elaine Hamilton at vprojects@uq.net.au. A list of errata has been updated and is available here.

Copies are available at the Clubrooms or by using the order form available here.
 

 WORKING BEE AT CLUBROOMS

Working bee at the Clubrooms on 4th March
With more people present for this working bee, there was significant progress made. Have a look at them at work here. (Photos supplied by Darryl Barrington)
 

SOLVIX CHALLENGE

The Solvix Challenge is a Multi - Club Touring Assembly to be held on Saturday, 8 May [ the day before Macleans Bridge.] Distance is approximately 250 km . Instructions will be in the form of map reading using 1 to 100000 Topographic Maps.

An Information Night for Competitors unfamiliar with this type of Navigation will be held on Monday, 26 April at 7:30 pm The location for the Information Night is the Brisbane Sporting Car Club Clubrooms Unit 1 , 206 Montague Road, West End.

Further Information and Supplementary Regulations will be on the ite in the near future. The website is www.bscc.asn.au
 

CLUB POINTS SCORES & RULES HERE

Click here for Final Points Scores for 2009.
Click here for the final Points Scores for 2008.
Click here for the 2009 Points Rules.
 

CAMS OFFICIALS

From time to time CAMS advises us of training sessions for people wishing  to become CAMS officials - stewards, flaggies, time-keepers etc. 

If you  would like to be on a list to receive this information could you please  email Elaine Hamilton here.

 

CONCESSIONAL REGISTRATION UPDATE OF INFORMATION

Recently I was asked by a couple of members to seek clarification from Queensland Transport as to whether or not our members are permitted, under the restrictions of Special Interest Vehicle Registration (commonly referred to as 'Concessional Registration'), to drive their concessionally registered cars to the Clubrooms on a Friday night for the weekly Friday night Noggin 'n' Natters.

The guidelines which are published on the Qld Transport website and the letters which those with cars on this type of registration received from Qld Transport last year certainly did not give a clear indication of whether or not this usage was permitted. Please click here to read the response from Queensland Transport in full.
Elaine Hamilton
Hon Sec

 

JUNIOR DRIVER INITIATIVE

New Committee member and well-known hillclimber, Neil Lewis, has put together a Junior Development Program for pre-licence age youngsters with the aims of fostering interest in motorsport and club camaraderie and assisting young people in gaining a basic understanding of how to use a motor vehicle in a safe and sensible way. He intends to devise a training plan for each participant based on their current abilities. He is also hoping that this program will encourage younger members to our Club.

In keeping with his goal of making the tuition highly individual, only four participants were accepted into the first get together of the first group to undertake his program on November 21st in the pit area of the hillclimb. The Chief Steward of the meeting sat in on the discussion/tuition session and was so impressed that he highly commended Neil's program in his Steward's report. The photos below are from the training session which included a 'walk and talk' around the hillclimb circuit. For more information contact Neil Lewis on 3807 6273.
 

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