President’s Report – August 2022
Welcome to a new TSOA Club year! The AGM last month went smoothly with most members of the Committee including me as President, being renominated and elected unopposed. The great news is that we have 2 new members on the Committee – Lisa Macleod taking over from Alex Smithson as Treasurer and Katherine Bradley taking over from Marg and Dean Bogisch as Trak Editor. Both the Bogisch’s and Alex spent 9 years or more in these important roles. We thank them for their outstanding service. We welcome Lisa and Katherine and look forward to them making significant contributions to the running of the Club.
At the AGM it was my pleasure to award the President’s Trophy for 2022 to Ian Rigby our outgoing Vice President (Alex Smithson has now taken up the role of Vice President). Ian does amazing work for the Club as
- Director of the Day of Triumph and manager of trophies
- Member of the Nationals 2022 Committee and
- Chair of the Conditional Registration Team
Apart from this he leads a very busy work and home life and when he gets a spare moment is busy refurbishing another Triumph (saloon I believe). Congratulations Ian, well deserved!
Another well-deserved award was given at the AGM to Bob and Natalie Farrell, our newest Life Members. It was an enormous privilege for me to be President when the Club recognized their outstanding individual contributions to the Club and the Nationals. They were nominated by a Life Member, approved unanimously by the Committee, and supported by all existing Life Members. Well done Bob and Natalie.
I would also like to thank co-founder Tony Case for his wise and heartfelt words at the AGM on the tireless work that is done in relation to the Conditional Registration Scheme and the important considerations that need to be taken into account when nominating for and awarding life membership.
Turning to the Calendar, we are now rapidly approaching the end of the calendar year. Key events coming up are the Observation Run (18 Sep), the Show and Shine Day/Nationals Display Day (22 Oct) and our Christmas Dinner (26 Nov). Further details about these and other events are included in the social calendar later in FASTRAK. Check it out and get involved!
I look forward to another exciting year with the Club and hope to see you soon at a Club activity, meeting or at the Nationals in the Barossa.
Kind Regards, Peter Davidge, President