The ALL TRIUMPH RALLY – TONY ESAU MEMORIAL TROPHY – RUN – Sunday 17th November.

Well the 6.00am start was great (Urgh) for a Sunday morning, and we loaded the car and set off up to Top of Taps to unload  the BBQ and supplies and get the instructions for the day.

About thirty five people attended – some smart people not in Triumph’s in case they won….others in Triumph’s set off along South Road to Myponga.  Over the dam we went – great scenic drive and onto Yankalilla.

Off onto the questions (well most people…I managed to set myself up in the Bakery and drank coffee, watching everyone run up and down the main street, tearing their hair out looking for answers!) a few people joined me and said wow…too hard…all was lost!

Then my man who is usually so competitive in this event came and said no way…so I knew it was going to be an eventful drive for the next hour or so!  Then back into the car…well poor Bill caught his hand in the door and a few words were said.  Fortunately I had an ice pack in the car so we drove to Glacier Rock with hand in ice pack and then parked in the car park…out came the first aid kit…blood etc from finger….clean up and bandage the finger and lots of pain!

So that was the end of questions for us and we went directly to the lunch spot where Alex and Sue had secured a great place in the Rose Garden Park in Willunga.  BBQ set up and Bill (sore finger and all) started to cook with the help of members to ensure Lunch was ready for everyone.

All in all a great day and thanks to Alex and Sue for taking the time to set the run and to Sue Gibson for helping me organise the food. Can’t wait till next year!

Margie Berlemon.

This is my first report as competition secretary. I’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped me.

Over the past few months we have had three events to report on.

First off there was round four of the MSCA super sprint held on the 25th August.

We had four cars on track.

Rodger in his rebuilt GT6 who decided to trailer his car after engine problems and didn’t want to take any chances with the new motor.

Robin George in his TR7 who had no brake lights during scrutineering. He managed to get them fixed but unfortunately engine problems put an end to his day too.

Neil Martin in his TR7 v8 had a good run all day and managed a personal best time of 127.693in round two.

Duane Kaak in his TR7 v8 also had a good run during the day and achieved a personal best time of 130.038 in round three.

Congratulations to Neil and Duane.

14th & 15th September was the Modern Regularity Nationals at Mallala. First time ever a whole weekend competition.

3 Triumphs Competed. Robin George, Neil Martin & Duane Kaak all in TR7s Neil had a fuel starvation problem at top speed and in corners. When it wasn’t an issue, Neil was his usual “Peter Perfect” for the first few laps in each event and could have taken home the gold…..

Robin did well on day 1, but retired after an unusual tappet noise persisted before the beginning of Day 2.

Duane was doing well on day one but at the start of Day 2 he suffered a snapped throttle cable and needed a tow back to the pits. His car was repaired and back on track in no time to finish off a good weekend for him.

At the time of printing there were no results for round 5 of the MSCA Super Sprint held on the 20th October.

Enjoy your racing.

Dean Berlemon.

It is spring, yippee. Better driving weather is now here and I hope you are all clocking up some k’s on your Triumph and blowing off the winter dust and cobwebs in preparation for our busiest time of the year in our TSOA Calendar. Taking the Triumph for a maintenance run, or even just to check the tyre pressure is also a good excuse to avoid having to mow the lawn (again.. just like you did last week, how does it grow so fast..???)

With Spring comes lots of new life, eggs hatch, flowers grow and thankfully we have new life in the Club in the form of new magazine Editors! A big thank you to Dean & Margaret for taking on this task. I encourage you all to make their job as easy as possible by overloading them with great photos and articles so we can continue to have a great club magazine. At the same time, send your submissions to our Website Manager also!

The Club wishes those about to head off in the coming weeks to the TSOA National Meeting in Queensland a safe and enjoyable drive and holiday away. I have run out of holiday money & time so can’t attend which I’m a little sad about as Noosa is certainly a top holiday destination, and mixed with Triumphs and old friends, sure to create some wonderful memories for those who are attending. I know many are taking it slow & steady to drive the journey in convoy with others. I’m hoping to hear nothing but success that our trusty Triumphs conquered those miles with ease.

The Club certainly has some great events coming up for the rest of the year, culminating in a Christmas Dinner which is always a great way to end the year. Until then I sincerely hope to see you and your Triumph one sunny Saturday or Sunday soon.

Duane Kaak

Spring glorious Spring. Nothing but Triumph’s on our Breakfast take 2 run – yes 17 out of 17 were glorious Triumphs out on a Spring run! Just wonderful to see a procession of our cars travelling through the hills.  Our Breakfast stop at Morialta Conservation Park was a lot of fun and thanks to Ian and Raelene Rigby for organising the run.

Bay to Birdwood cavalcade of cars will have been run by the time you receive this Trak – we hope all went well at out new observation site.

We hope all those attending the Queensland Nationals have a wonderful and safe event and come back with lots of stories to share with us all.

October 20th run to Roseworthy Agricultural Museum promises to be a great day. This date is their annual working display day featuring lots of the machines working that are otherwise only on static display.  These will include engines, machines, blacksmith, chaff cutter, and tractors on the field for a working display. BBQ lunch tea/coffee and cake are available for purchasing. Some homemade goodies – relishes, jams, sauces and plants also for sale.  Off site miniature train rides also available.

Day of Triumph – November 3rd at TTG Civic Park – gates open from 9.00am. We would like to see as many cars there as possible to make this our feature club day a great success. Dino Vitesse  Proprietor of Café Primo, Tee Tree Plaza, and TSOA member, has offered to provide Club members with a $5.00 Buffett Breakfast – between 9.00am and 11.30am.  This is a great offer from Dino and we hope many members will partake in this fantastic offer. It’s just a short walk across the road from the Civic Park – you could display your car and then cross the road for Breakfast! Please ensure you wear some form of club ID – name badge or regalia so Primo Staff are aware of who you are.

Mid week run on November 13th 10.00am Hazelwood Park Reserve.

All Triumph Rally on November 17th – Top of Taps 8.30am – should see the start of another keenly contested annual observation run. Alex and Sue Smithson will I am sure have set a challenging run to again to see who is the best in the club. A club sponsored BBQ lunch will be provided on the day – just bring your chairs, tables and drinks.

We finish off the year with our Annual Christmas dinner on Saturday December 7th at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club – registration forms were in September TRak and also in this issue. Please, please ,please ,book early to avoid our usual last minute panic. All bookings and monies need to be paid by the November meeting Tuesday 19th.

Birthday wishes to:

Dianne Falzon, Fay Esau, Cherie Lange, Dave Wilson, Peggy Argent, Lorraine Cini and me!

Till next time

Bill Berlemon

Thanks to all the girls for providing the supper for the year…many hands make light work, and I appreciate your help.

Thanks also to everyone who supported Guides by buying their biscuits this year.

As Christmas is coming upon us sooner than we would like and many of us will start baking for the festive season, I thought I would share a really easy recipe with you all that one on my Guide Leaders shared:

Easy Chocolate Balls:
2 packets Tim Tams (can use Oreo biscuits instead)
1 can Condensed Milk
Coconut
Place biscuits into blender, add condensed milk, mix
Take out of blender and roll into balls, add coconut to cover balls and place in fridge to set!

Enjoy!

Don’t forget the ladies lunch on Tuesday 8th at Burnside for those not going to the Nationals!

Margie Berlemon.

Part of this year’s TSOA display at the All British Day – very nice examples of the Spitfire and TR3A . . .

Very Nice Indeed!

Not the Breakfast run….

Well 17 Triumph’s arrived at Burnside Town Hall…yes 17 Triumph’s… (It’s the first time I can remember
ever having only Triumph’s on a run!) Waiting for instructions from Ian Rigby… as usual Ian had a great
run sheet…large font instructions and colored photo’s for intersections! So off we headed up the Freeway
to Crafers, then the back streets through Piccadilly, Ashton, Marble Hill and Montacute.

The roads twisted and turned but the scenery was fantastic, and the weather was great so no fog, or rain
(unlike the previous attempt for this event) for many people it was great to see the Marble Hill
Ruins..Although it was a fleeting visit, maybe next time our drivers might slow down enough for them to
look as well!

Down Montacute Road, to Stradbroke Road, and around the corner to Morialta Conservation Park where
parking was interesting, but in the end everyone parked and went into the park to set up their stoves to
cook Breakfast or Brunch!  A great venue and very popular, everyone had a good morning.  Thanks to Ian
and Raelene for setting such a beautiful run and a great park to complete the day!

Margie Berlemon

Our monthly club run on Sunday the 18th saw us take off from the Top of Taps in very wet, blustery conditions to Meadows and Mclaren Vale. About 25 members braved the day but ended up enjoying a spectacular run set by Rory and Sue Gibson.  We could have stayed home for the day, but would have missed out on a great event!

Our annual AGM was well attended and again with lots of arm twisting for committee members. Yours truly has again accepted the challenge for the next twelve months as Social Secretary with Margie’s help of course!

Future Events: September 11th mid week run, meet 10.30am at The Place Next Door.

Sunday 22nd – Breakfast run take two…From Burnside Town Hall…meet 9.00am

Sunday 29th – Bay to Birdwood. It has come to my attention that the routing for the event has changed so cars will no longer be travelling along Dequetteville Terrace. Hence a new meeting place….have a choice of two…(1) on Greenhill Road just before the cars will turn right onto Glen Osmond Road diagonally opposite KFC thereby giving us toilet/food facilities  OR

(2) at the time of printing the TRAK I am negotiating with Scout Headquarters 211 Glen Osmond Road to see if their car park in the front of their building is available for us to possibly hire for the morning – this will give us next door facilities of McDonalds. Therefore either check site one first, and if not there go to site 2 on the morning or ring Bill 0409849314 or check website for updates.

National Meeting 4th-12th October – Queensland – we wish a safe journey to all our participants.

Sunday 20th October – Club run to Roseworthy Agricultural Museum Annual open day.

A huge Congratulations to Duane and Meranie who got engaged in Paris on their recent trip overseas!

Birthday celebrations to Richard Sutherland and anyone else celebrating a Birthday or special event this month.

Hoping we find a new editor to continue after this month’s Trak to keep everyone informed of coming events. If not check the website for details, as this will become our communication to the members.

Till next time

Bill Berlemon

Club run to Roseworthy Agricultural Museum

Sunday 20th October

Meet:  9.30am Bunnings Parafield, Main North Road (northern corner)

Cost:  $5.00 Adults (Family $12.00 max)

BBQ Lunch, tea &coffee& cake available.

Roseworthy Agricultural is a Working Technology Dryland Farming Museum, established in 1989 and run entirely by volunteer members of the Gawler Machinery Restorers Club Inc.

The Museum strives to present the history and the development of agricultural machinery, much of which was invented in South Australia. We do this by highlighting innovation and invention in our State, including the contribution through research and development of Roseworthy Campus, and the impact of local manufacturing.

Current Displays

– Restored vintage tractors: Holt 45, British Wallis, Howard DH22 and more.
– Restored Stationary Oil engines: Blackstone, Tangye, Campbell.
– Restored farm machinery
– Interactive model displays
– Farm memorabilia

Miniature train rides also available on the College Grounds.

A great Family day out!

Thank you to all the ladies who have helped with the Supper Roster for the year we have now filled the calendar!

The Ladies Lunch went well with a few new faces which was good, and it is great to see Naomi and our youngest member Lily who is growing so fast join us! This year’s venue has proved to be popular but we need to decide if we are going back there in 2014.  Next Lunch is in October for those of us not going to the Nationals.

Hopefully the wet weather will clear up soon, and we can enjoy spring weather.

Margie Berlemon.