Octagon July, 2016

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Some words from Elaine Let me start at the very beginning - the cover. You don’t often get to see a cover photo from a hillclimb event unless something pretty exceptional has occurred. Well, that is exactly what happened at the third round of the series on June 25 and 26 when Dean Tighe broke his class record an incredible five times, each time setting himself a more difficult task to do the same thing again. The end result? In a sport where improvement is generally measured in hundreds of a second, by the end of the weekend he had taken nearly a whole second - 0.94s - off his class record and more than half a second off the unofficial record for fastest Queenslander of 37.56 when, on his best run, he broke into the 36s bracket with a 36.99s. Certainly something to be celebrated and to bring more of you down to the hillclimb to see him - and others - in action. Congratulations go to our ace amateur photographer, Steve Johns, for his brilliant photo and for his enhancement of it with the time embedded in the order and yes, that photo was taken on the run when that time was achieved. Next, an apology to the members of the Darling Downs Chapter and particularly Gary Lawrence who writes their reports. As they say in the newspaper business - “an error occurred in the production process” when the text from the March issue was not replaced with the May text but the photos were and the person responsible for the checking failed to notice. My apologies to Gary and to all members of the Chapter. This issue has posed a real problem for me, one which any editor would be delighted to deal with. I have received so much material that a number of articles have had to be held over to the next issue and one - the Rayments’ story of their epic journey to Perth and back in their MGY - has had to be serialised. The Chapters, as always, have been busy but with two of them undertaking long trips away there has been even more for them to report on than usual. My regret is always that not all photographs can be included because there are many exceptional and interesting ones among them. Please don’t be deterred from sending your contributions in. I am sure there are lots more ‘Stories from the Stables’ waiting to be told. Don’t wait to be asked as I don’t know where all those stories are ... if you know of a good story waiting to be told and it’s not yours, nudge your ‘stablehand’ friend to share his story with us. Length is fairly flexible but a guide is two pages of text (approx 1500 words) and 8 photos. You will be pleased to notice that Ace Reporter has found his quill and is back reporting on Competition events. There has been a lot of activity to report on with our major hillclimb event for each year, the Queensland Championship, deserving appropriate coverage in this issue. Also inside is information for owners of modern MGs on how to get a duplicate copy of their car’s remote key, a fascinating report on the 1968 (NOT a misprint) Qld Hillclimb Championship and a report on the inaugural running of the Wondai sprints which had members of the Wide Bay Chapter there in numbers supporting Dave Roberts who has become a regular competitor at Mt Cotton. Notice of the AGM and forms for nomination for committee are inside to be read - and used! The President has more to say about that in his report. With the AGM not for a couple of months, it may seem early to put out the notice of meeting but our Constitution says that every member must receive notice of the meeting at least two weeks before the meeting and this is the simplest and most cost effective way of meeting that obligation. Closing date for material for the September Octagon is the last day of August. Looking forward to receive your contributions - Elaine 4 The Octagon - July 2016
Notice Board The Clubrooms are open on the first and third Friday nights of each month with hot food starting at 6.30 pm priced as low as $3. The goal will continue to be to have something special happening on the first Friday of each month. Your suggestions are welcomed. (P) indicates that the event is pointscoring for Club trophies. The rules for pointscoring for trophies can be found on the News page of the Club website. The pointscore is updated throughout the year by Ian Fettes so you can see how competitive you are. Please contact Ian with any queries you may have. AUGUST Wed 3 and every following Wednesday - Working bees at Hillclimb from approx 9am to 2pm. BYO morning tea and lunch Fri 5 - Noggin ‘n’ Natter Sun 7 Concours and Car Display (P) CONCOURS AND CAR DISPLAY POSTPOSED TO OCTOBER 16; VENUE CHANGED TO ORMISTON HOUSE (see flyer on page 18) Sun 7 Qld Motorkhana Championship Rd 4 Sun 4 HSCCQ Motorkhana (P) Driver Training Centre Willowbank TBC Come & Try Motorkhana with HSCCQ (Interclub) Sat/Sun 10/11 Carric Accounting and Business Service/Tighe Cams Hillclimb Series Round 4 (P) Fri 16 Annual General Meeting at Clubrooms Sat 17 All British Day set up for Sunday 18 Fri 19 Fri 19 Wed 24 Noggin ‘n’ Natter Sun 21 - Combined Chapter meeting in Mackay Midweek run organised by Barry Lutwyche This is a northside run with morning tea at Lake Somerset and finishing with lunch at Lake Samsonvale. Meeting Point is at the James Drysdale Recreation Reserve, BUNYA - UBD Map 117 Ref Q11. Meet at 08.45 for a 09.15 start. BYO morning tea and lunch. Venues have sheltered tables and seats. Organiser is Barry Lutwyche. Contact is 0414 740672 should any further details be required. Sat 27 Sun 28 Come and Try/Test and Tune at Mt Cotton Car display at Peak Crossing (P) SEPTEMBER Fri 2 Noggin ‘n’ Natter Sat 3/Sun 4 CAMS State Championship meeting At Morgan Park (P) Sun 18 All British Day St Josephs Showground, Tennyson. Money raised supports QIMR. Wed 28 Midweek Run Organised by Gary and Dawn Lawence Meet at Keperra Picnic Grounds UBD Reference Map 137 N 6 at 9.00 am for a 9.30 start. BYO morning tea. Lunch can be BYO or light lunch can be purchased at lunch destination. Limited seating at lunch venue which is Caboolture Historical Village which has a $9 per head entry fee. (Full information is available on the calendar page of the Club website) New members We welcome the following new members and wish them a long and happy association with the Club. Bruce Ramsden Mary Ramsden Randall Jenvey Robyn Jenvey Andrew Todd Ralph Tennenh Kenneth Samway Kevin Ritchie Aaron Langford Patrick Martin John Horton Craig Beaven Peter Linn Richard Sorensen Rohan Trundle William Turnock Jeffrey Watson Ross Kelly 3352 4151 0407 364 543 MG ZR, ZS, ZT Ken Wasley 0423 15 27 23 The Octagon - July 2016 5
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