Sunday Run to McLaren Vale

Well sixteen dedicated TSOA Members met at Burnside Town Hall for a Morning Tea run to McLaren Vale, set by Rory and Sue.

It was a cold start to the day, however as we drove through the hills, the sun started to appear and the day became a little warmer (thanks to the British Cars for having such good heaters).

The run went up Greenhill Road, to Balhannah, Hahndorf, Meadows, Kangarilla, Blewitt Springs and into McLaren Vale to Bracegirdle’s for hot chocolate and cake….a very picturesque drive, and the temperature climbed from 8 degrees to 11 degrees during the morning.

Thanks to Rory and Sue, the drive was great, as was the hot chocolate!

Margie and Bill Berlemon.

2016 Triumph Nationals Show and Shine Clare Valley

If you have never been on a National tour this is your opportunity to give it a go and join in for the day/weekend.

You are welcome to join us on Saturday 22nd October 2016 for the Display Day Event, Centenary Park in Auburn.

Come to Auburn and look over more than 50 superb Triumph cars many of which have traveled from interstate. The display day is open to all, but only those entered into the Nationals can be in the park for the display and judging. Cars will be to position by 10am and the event concludes at 2pm

The Afternoon activity is still in the planning stage but will be a leisurely afternoon around the Clare area.

We will then move back to the Clare Sports Club for the evening Meal and you are welcome to join us there too. The meal at the club will be $40 per person with a choice of 2 main meals (Alternate Drop) and 2 deserts.

Perhaps you can make a night of it and stay in Clare. Your choice to make that arrangement but we can help with details.

This will then give you another opportunity to head back home through Mallala where we will be running the Race day event. Roger has secured this day for the National participants who are licensed to join in the race event being held on Sunday the 23rd. This will not only give you a chance to watch our club and interstate members compete against a greater field but the chance to feel part of our clubs organization and hosting this yearly event in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

We would love as many of the SA members as possible join us on the weekend and look forward to a great display and race event.

See you there.

Regards

Ian Rigby: & the 2016 National Committee.

TSOA Annual Weekender
After a long 10 years hosting this event Bill and Margie Berlemon have done it again. Not only did they turn on great weather they also provided a value packed itinerary.
The day started at Burnside Town Hall where 36 adults, 5 children and Quinlan the dog arrived in a variety of cars with a good mix of Triumphs. Progressing up the freeway we arrived a “Melbas Chocolate Factory” for Coffee and chocolate cake and the start of the traveling food fest.
It wasn’t long before a local turned up with what can be described as a very worn out, tired TR7 on a trailer and the owner then attempting to sell it off.
Several of our senior members gave it the look over and thought better of it.
We were told that it did run, REALLY!!
We were then back on the road through Woodside, Nairne, Littlehampton and onto Murray Bridge where we stopped for lunch at “Sanctuary Café.
The service was very friendly and the meals came out quickly.
On leaving the café we were on the road to Mannum to “Serenity Nursery”. Well worth a look if you’re interested in anything for the garden even an Elephant or 2.
Just before we stopped for the day, some of us took a short break to look over some Vintage Speed Cars displayed in a very interesting shed full of other memorabilia. Not only did he have an impressive collection of cars he wasn’t short of a cap or two either. There were several rows hanging from the roof and apparently you can never have enough.
We all arrived to our destination for the night at the Mannum Motel opposite the caravan park.
Before the evening meal and after a few wanderers came back from the main street, we gathered outside Sue and Rory’s cabin to have a few wines and tastings while Rory and Sue gave an importuned quiz night. Let’s say we would never win on “the chase” but all involved gave it a good go.
The evening meal was at the community Club in the main street and as usual we did not go hungry.
Early morning on Sunday had us down by the river at the local rowing club, where we were met by locals who served us up coffee, bacon & Eggs for Breakfast.
It was then onto the river cruise aboard “MV Jester” for a very relaxed cruise up and down the river. They entertained with a very comprehensive discussion about the history of Mannum, the floods and wildlife.
Departing the boat we then headed up to the Information Center where we all took in a tour of the museum. Never guessed it had all that inside and we have been driving past this building for years. Goes to show you need to stop and check things out more often.
Back down to the river for a BBQ lunch, held by the local Lions Club.
A few of us then ventured to the lookout. Another spot we have never bothered to look at before now and it really does give another perspective of the river and I must say it’s looking a lot healthier than the last time we were there at a family members shack.

Oh and one local who has more time than most and apparently an endless supply of corrugated iron, filling his front garden with all sorts of artworks.
Fast trip down the hill back to Auchendarroch house for, you guessed it, coffee and cake. Just in case we hadn’t filled up enough over the weekend.
That’s it until next year and I’m sure if we are lucky we will have another one to look forward to.
A big thank you must go to Bill and Margie, from all who attended, and for all their efforts in putting together another wonderful weekend.
Regards
Ian, Raelene and the weekender group.

Annual Weekender

Saturday May 14th and Sunday May 15^th 2016

Come along and enjoy the Murray River.

Meet: Saturday 14th 9.00am Burnside Town Hall

Saturday run will travel through the Adelaide Hills and will include

• a visit to the Serenity Nursery at Murray Bridge,
• visit to a Vintage Speedcar member Bob Holland collection of Speedcars and memorabilia, (or shopping in the main street of Mannum),
• Dinner at the Mannum Community Club
• Accommodation at the Mannum Motel

Sunday will include

• Breakfast at the Rowing club
• River Cruise
• Visit to the Museum
• Lunch in the park provided by the Lions Club

Cost:  $125.00 per person Twin Share (costs includes accommodation, main meals and activities)

Cost: $180 single

Children by negotiation with Bill

Non members plus $25.00 per person

Payment due April meeting -19^th April

Bookings with Bill/Margie 0438836837

Calendar Feb/March/April 2016

FEBRUARY
Sun 14th All British Day – Echunga Oval from 10.00am
Tues 16th General Meeting – Sporting Car Club King William Road Unley 8.00pm
Tues 23rd Ladies Lunch Caffe Buongiorno Mitcham 12.00 noon

MARCH
Tues 15th General Meeting – Sporting Car Club King William Road Unley 8.00pm
Sun 20th Breakfast Run – meet 8.30-9.00am Cnr Esplanade/Lady Gowrie Drive/Harrold Street
Largs Bay – see advert

APRIL
Sun 10th Evening Run – see calendar for details
Tues 19th General Meeting – Sporting Car Club King William Road Unley 8.00pm
Tues 26th Ladies Lunch Caffe Buongiorno Mitcham 12.00 noon

TSOA Social Scene – Jan Feb 2016

The year finished in deep sorrow with the passing of our wonderful friend Lorraine Page, our thoughts are
with Greg and his two girls and their partners, as their long journey without Lorraine begins.
Many thanks to all who attended the After Christmas run. We had a very good turn out with 60 in all, along
with 18 Sun-beamers coming along in their modern cars which was somewhat disappointing, Brian and I
were the only ones in a Sunbeam .The Venue was good and the food excellent in my opinion. I would just
like to point out, this is why it is fair to the organizers of a Club Event that you do let that person know if you
are attending or not, as the Venues can get rather toey at times with the numbers fluctuating leading up to
the day and on the day.

We have a reasonably full calendar for 2016 with just a few dates yet to be taken by a willing member to
organize a run. Those dates to be filled in are August 21st and Sep 18th, Sue and I are hoping we have
planned events that are pleasing to you, our members and we have many Triumphs out on the runs. We
would love to have a little more feedback on runs, so we are catering to the needs of members who look
forward to club runs each month.

The ice cream run was very well attended with 50 people enjoying ice cream coffee, donuts etc. at the
beach with a brilliant sunset out over the horizon.

If you were one of the helpful people who bought raffle tickets from Peg for the Orange Tree Quilters group
late last year I am sorry to say you didn’t win, However Peg did sell the winning tickets 1st prize the Blue
and yellow baby quilt went to Kathy Woods in the Sunbeam Club, and the 2nd prize went to Ross Kent from
the Hillman Club, we sold 220 tickets and the proceeds will enable our group to purchase more materials to
complete quilts for “Children in the Community “

Cheers Peg (Sue)

This year it’s Brekkie at the beach UPDATE
8.30 to 9am start When 20th March
The plan this year is in reverse.

Bring your food, table,chair and cooking gear.
We meet for Brekkie at Largs Bay @ corner of Esplanade / Lady Gowrie Drive and Harrold Street. Make your own way there.
(Travel North from the Palais Semaphore to the 5th Roundabout.)
Car parking in the Largs Bay Kiosk car park should be free at that time. Or park on the street.

For those that turn up on the brekkie day, the plan is Leisurely Breakfast then a short drive for a tour of AWD Shipbuilding.
ITS ON.

This is a 2 part tour. THE AWD TOUR HAS NOW CLOSED OUT DUE TO NUMBERS SORRY IF YOU MISSED OUT>
For those that are not as mobile as others then it will be a yard and Warf tour.
For those with a little bit more adventure then you will need Long sleeves and closed in shoes. Ladies also please.
Please bring PHOTO Id with you on the day.

We will then hit the road for a drive for coffee and cake (or lunch)
to another destination. Big day out, you can have a sleep in the afternoon.
Bring your Triumph, cooking gear, chair and table and food.
Ian Rigby 82581266 or 0417085083

SOCIAL SNAPSHOT

Well the NSW Nationals are done and dusted and I am sure a good time was had by all those who attended.   There were a few “minor incidents/mechanical failures” but generally things ran smoothly.   The weather, unfortunately, was not the best with some inclement and cold weather, but this did not stop the action.    South Australia came up TRumps winning the Iron Man TRophy – congratulations to those who participated in the various Ironman events.   Most of the SA delegates left on the Saturday morning heading home via Hay and others had other places to go to and people to see.   Rory & I went to the Blue Mountains and spent 3 nights in Wentworth Falls with friends, but boy was it cold – we had the combustion heater on each night and this is November.

As Peggy mentioned at the last meeting the ladies’/partners lunch was very well attended and it was nice to see Lorraine & Greg out and about.

By the time you this is posted on the website, the annual Observation Run will have taken place and I wonder who this year’s winner is??   Hope they realise they have to set next year’s event and to win they needed to be driving a TRiumph.   The run was set by Peter & Julie Davidge and as I write this I have no idea where they are taking us.

The Christmas Dinner and Trophy Presentation is fast approaching and, again, is at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club at Seaton.   This venue seems very popular hence we have had no change over the past few years – however we are always open to suggestions.

The Annual After Christmas Run is going to Links Lady Bay at Normanville.  Whilst we have been there before the food and service was good, so we have opted to return.   We will do a similar route but as we are meeting later we are not stopping for a coffee on the way.  Hope to see you there.

All upcoming events are listed on the website calendar and are also included in the next issue of TRak.

We wish you all a Safe & Happy Christmas and hope to see you out and about in your TRiumph in the near future.

Cheers Sue (and Peg)

TSOA Christmas Dinner & Trophy Presentation

Saturday 12th December

 Club sponsored pre dinner drinks

From 6.30pm

Dinner 7.00pm

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

Tapleys Hill Road, Seaton

Cost – $55.00 Members

           $70.00 Non Members

For further information please contact

Sue 8449 7814

Bookings with full payment by 29th November

Just a quick report before I head off for the Nationals in Bathurst.

What a day at the Bay for our 50th year. We had a 48 count for the day but with the 2 late arrivals we got 50 cars for 50 years.
After a very early start for Arrand Ellery and myself we had a bit of a worry with the sprinklers still running happily, but thankfully they dropped out and the cars rolled in and we were up and running.
A VERY big thank-you to all the helpers on the day. The Team of Bill and Marg always are a great support for the club and again reliable in bringing the club tents etc. for us.
The ladies Sue, Marg and Natalie took over for me on the gate.
There was lots going on as we laid out the field. Coffee and Cream were in place and he was very happy to be part of the day and it turned out to be worth his time.
He asked if we were planning more events and I told him of the Nationals next year and he has already expressed interest in supporting us on that day also.
(I will put that to the National Committee to discuss.)

A blow on the horn had the judges front for action and with not much persuasion they were into it.
Thank you to Neil, John, Roger, Richard, Alex, Peter, Duane, Chuck, and Dean great work team.

I must say as I turned around and looked at the line-up of cars and a stream of locals with dogs, bikes, kids and strollers it was impressive. I’m very happy with the outcome for the event.

We also had the very supportive inspectors looking over the cars for a number of people catching up on the Historic part of owning and running these cars.
It’s a great help to them to catch as many as we can in one spot and helps keep their records up to date.

I also had an interesting conversation with a lady from South Africa.
She told me that she (and her husband) were members of the triumph fraternity over there and she told me she was sending pictures of the cars back to her husband so he could see what we have here.
I believe we had an Iconic Bathurst driver turn up and was seen looking over the cars with interest. (Name not in print)
I also had several cars enter late and one that looked a great barn find turn up and take up a membership on the day.

I’m sure that there was a lot that I missed out on and there is a lot more I could put here but the day has burnt me out and I needed to get this to our Editors so that they can get it to print before the day ended.
The results were announced on the day and are as follows:
I had a great team supporting me doing the tally ups and score sheet checks.
Again I could not have done this without their help so Thankyou to Rory Gibson and Mike Temby. They kept me on my toes and the judges honest.

For CONCOURS
1. TR2/3/3A/3B Winner: Chuck and Dianne Falzon (TR3a)
2. TR4/4A/TR5/250 Winner: 1St place: Johnny Fricke (TR4) 2Nd place John Tuohy (TR5)
3. TR6: Winner: Peter Davidge (TR6)
4. TR 7/8 Winner: Roger Lange (Silver TR8)
5. Spitfire/GT6 Winner: Volker Stroeher (Spitfire)
6. Stag Winner: Andy Hill
7. Saloon: Winner: Bob Cini
8. Herald / Vitesse Winner: Carolyn Byrne (Herald)
9. Pre 54 Winner: Chuck Falzon (TR 1949)

Michelotty Trophy:          Johnny Fricke
Register Trophy: Chuck Falzon
Harris Mann Trophy: Roger Lange

1st place outright for the day: Johnny Fricke

2nd place for the day: John Tuohy

3rd place for the day: Roger Lange

For Pride Of Ownership:

10. TR2/3/3A/3B Winner: Ivan Powell (TR3)
11. TR4/4A/TR5/250 Winner: Tony Rutter (TR4)
12. TR6: Winner: Ian Burman
13. TR 7/8 Winner: Bob Farrell (TR8)
14. Spitfire/GT6 Winner: John Wood (Gt6)
15. Stag Winner: Mike Temby
16. Saloon: Winner: Trevor Lindsay (Pi Estate)
17. Dolomite: Winner: Bob Cini
18. Competition: Winner: Neil Martin (TR7 V8)

I have a camera full of pictures and on return from Bathurst I will get them to the right people so we can get them in the Mag and also on the web.

Thank you to all those that took the time to fill in the short Questionnaire regarding the event and I have passed on the results to the committee for review and discussion.

Kind Regards and thanks to all for coming out and making the day what it was.
Ian Rigby.