I would like to thank all club members who have assisted to make this club year, my first as president, very successful. We have had a hard-working committee, supported by various appointees, who have put in a huge effort to keep things on track and allowed the club to prosper and grow.
Although Vice President Richard Sellars was not called upon too often, he was always willing to step up, including taking meeting minutes in Secretary Duane’s absence. Richard is very experienced with other clubs and organisations he has been involved in, and I am sure this experience will help the club to improve its operations in the future. Secretary Duane Kaak continues to be a tower of strength within the club and provides us with great service.
Our treasurer, Lisa Macleod has now completed her second year in this position and maintains the books very efficiently. Having had this role for the previous 10 years, I know what a time consuming and at times complicated job this is, and the club owes Lisa a debt of gratitude for her hard work. Whilst we have a deficit this year, this was in line with budget, and has been a deliberate decision to hold subscriptions down and us some of previous surpluses for club operations.
Katherine Bradley took over the Fastrak Editor position two years ago and continues to produce an excellent publication each month. Again, we are very grateful for all she does in this production.
Neil Martin has been Competition Secretary for many years and has also been the mainstay of TSOA motor sport at local and interstate race meetings. Neil has decided to relinquish this role as he is planning to reduce his involvement in motor sport in the future, and we tank Neil for everything he has done for us over the years as Competition Secretary.
We started the year without a Social Secretary, however Life Member, Natalie Farrell volunteered to take on this role. We have had a terrific range of monthly events that Natalie and others have organised throughout the year, and they have all been very well attended, with quite a few of our newer members attending events. Natalie has been assisted behind the scenes, by Lawrie and Kaye Placing in particular, who have also arranged mid-week lunch runs which have a small but keen following.
Ian Rigby has, as he does every year, carried a heavy club load, and worked tirelessly as Conditional Registration Scheme Registrar and Membership Officer. Ian has a band of helpers as Assistant Registrars on his committee and I thank these members for assisting Ian in this major role. Ian is also our representative on the Federation of Historic Motoring Clubs and has been instrumental in gaining grants from the Federation for our Day of Triumph.
Bill and Margie Berlemon have also assisted in club runs, particularly where we have provided a club-sponsored barbeque, and run the Weekender again this year, this time based at Goolwa. This three-day, two-night event was highly successful and enjoyable, and is always a highlight of any club year.
Dean Berlemon was the convenor of the day of Triumph Display Day, as well as taking on Regalia sales this year. Dean assisted by wife Lisa, did a great job and team Berlemon/Macleod remains integral to club operations and success.
We had a great turnout at the All British Day in March, and had two club members on the organising committee, Geoff Ellis and Stephen Wade. Thanks to both Geoff and Stephen for their involvement. Geoff has been on the ABD Committee for some years and has now decided to retire from that committee. Thanks Geoff, for all your hard work on behalf of TSOA.

Our Christmas Dinner continues to be our largest, and best attended function of the year. Life member Sue Gibson is the main organiser of this event, as she has been for many years. Thanks, Sue once again for making this such a successful and enjoyable event.
Whilst we are obviously an aging group, and our raison d’être is the love of a make of car which ceased production over 40 years ago, it is great to see that we continue to attract new members, many of whom have purchased their first Triumph recently. The club’s challenge is to continue to attract new members and to get new members involved with our club, not just be a member to be eligible for historic registration. I hope that any new member attending a meeting or other club function is made welcome and ask all “old hands” to go out of their way to welcome and support new faces at our meetings.
One of my goals as President has been to streamline club meetings, and reduce the amount of non-essential business, but to add “cars on stage” as a key part of each meeting. I have rung new members to invite them to bring their cars and tell us about them, and I hope this has been well received. I hope to continue this at most club meetings in the future.
Bill and Margie do much of the work of providing suppers at meetings, as well as raffle prizes and Margie and Lisa collecting on the door. Thanks to other club members who have assisted for suppers.
We were successful in obtaining a SA Car Club Program grant from the South Australian Government last year and this grant has been fully spent on club equipment and first aid courses. We also received a grant from the federation for this year’s Day of Triumph. Storing and transporting our club equipment remains a significant task, and Ian Rigby and the Berlemons do most of this work. It would be great to see another club member take on this role and Ian, Bill and Margie are already heavily committed to working for the club in many critical areas.
We are coming up to our 60th birthday in March 2025, and we are very fortunate to have our joint founder, Tony Case in our club, and who remains an active (and vocal) part of Club activities. Tony is putting a history of the club together and I know, is very keen to have the 60th birthday celebrated in grand style. I am sure that the new committee will put as an early agenda item, just how we can make this celebration very special.
Our club has two awards for service made each year. The President’s Award is made to the Committee member who has made an outstanding contribution to the running of the club, and the Vice President’s Award is to a club member, other than a committee member.
At the last AGM, Bill and Margie Berlemon relinquished the role of Social Secretary after several years of fantastic service, however no other club member was prepared to stand for the position. Life Member Natalie Farrell called me after that meeting to volunteer for this role. Natalie has had an incredibly tough year, with family tragedies and a couple of unfortunate injuries, however she has been able to put a great social calendar together, which, as I have said previously, have had strong attendance and have all been very enjoyable. I am therefore very pleased to announce that Natalie is the winner of the 2023/24 President’s Award.
Regards
Alex Smithson

Thanks to all those members who have paid their subscriptions by 30^th June, and had their logbooks stamped. For anyone yet to do both things, can you please be proactive and make sure you are financial as soon as possible. The jobs of club Treasurer (Lisa Macleod) and Conditional Registrar (Ian Rigby) are arduous enough as it is, and chasing unfinancial members make the tasks that much harder. Please also remember that you need to be financial and have your logbook stamped for 2024/25 for your car to be registered. You should not drive your car until this has been done.

Lawrie and Kaye Placing organised a great mid-week run to the Green Man Inn, Ashbourne on 10th July, and we had a large turnout for the “Christmas in July” run through the southern Adelaide Hills to the Old Noarlunga Hotel for lunch on Sunday 21^st July.

We had our traditional thankyou night for committee members and other club helpers prior to the July meeting, with pizzas provided by the club. There is a small but very hard-working group who keep the club and its events ticking over, and I am most appreciative of all those who help to make this happen.

Special thanks to Katherine Bradley who stepped in at the last moment to take the minutes for the July meeting. Our hard-working secretary, Duane Kaak was away in Bali, and his deputy and Vice President, Richard Sellars came down with RSV and was also unable to attend. Richard had called me earlier in the day, and certainly sounded like he was suffering. Hopefully he makes a quick recovery. Kat’s joke telling at the meeting maintained the rich tradition of excellence in humour that we have come to expect from our incumbent secretary.

It was great to see Terry and Sue Dowden’s TR6 on stage at the July meeting.  It has been a home coming for this car, as it was owned previously by Jon Williams (and also briefly by Roger Lange) and had only recently migrated with Jon to Queensland. Terry and Sue love the car and it presents very well.

We are now only a month away from the Annual General Meeting after August general meeting. All positions in the club will be declared vacant. It is not too late to call me (ph 0412 823789) or email me (alex.m.smithson@outlook.com) if you wish to stand for any position in the club or are prepared to help.

Alex Smithson

President

This photo shows the gate pass to the All British Day at the Uraidla Oval in February of 1997 and the jointly owned entrant being the extremely rare 1968 Triumph Herald 13/60 Estate of Tony Case and Tom Long, both former TSOASA Presidents and current Life Members.

The car was jointly restored by Tony and Tom and sadly, after being sold on, was stolen from the owner and torched. It did not survive.

Below is a photo of the cover of the Triumph Monthly Review of May, 1971 as it was back in those times before it became TRak magazine in 1976.

At the time the President of the TSOASA was Fred Cullen, the Secretary was Andrew von Neidermuller, the Treasurer was David Hurling, Competition Secretary Geoff Cousin, Social Secretary Rick Robertson, Assist. Secretary Vin Anderson and the Editor was Bob Burke.

Notably the Official Typists were Helen Bidstrup and Deb Chernoff.

General Meetings in  those days took place at the Brecknock Hotel in Adelaide and invariably were followed by a film.

Above is a photograph of the 1957 Triumph TR3 roadster once owned by Tony Case and the gate pass to the 1999 All British Day at Uraidla in February of that year. The car was fitted with Minilite wheels and Bridgestone 205/60×15” performance tyres, aero screens, anti-sway bars at the front and rear, bonnet louvres and twin Lucas flame thrower spot

lights and seven speed overdrive gearbox.

Hi Everyone

We all enjoyed our “Christmas in July” run on the 21st. It was nice to see some of you dressing for the occasion. The
sun shone and it had stopped raining after we had a drenching on the Friday before and the meal was good. Sue had
organised the table decorations and each person got a little box that Sue had made from Christmas Cards with a
sweet and joke inside representing a bon-bon. Thankyou Alex and Sue.

Our August run is on Sunday 18th. Sue and Rory have planned a run to Kersbrook Hill Wines and Cider for morning
tea. This is a run to the north with coffee/tea and muffins for $6. It will be nice to see you there.

The next midweek run will be at the Uraidla Hotel. The maximum seating is 20 people. So, get in quick with a phone
call to Lawrie, to secure your place.

I have included the rest of the events for the year, so you can mark them off in your diaries. The November midweek
run will be advised soon, and Margie and Bill will set the after Christmas Après run.
See you there on the runs.

Natalie Farrell
Social Secretary
0455 250 990

Thanks to all those members who have paid their subscriptions by 30th June, and had their logbooks stamped. For
anyone yet to do both things, can you please be proactive and make sure you are financial as soon as possible. The
jobs of club Treasurer (Lisa Macleod) and Conditional Registrar (Ian Rigby) are arduous enough as it is, and chasing
unfinancial members make the tasks that much harder. Please also remember that you need to be financial and have
your logbook stamped for 2024/25 for your car to be registered. You should not drive your car until this has been
done.

Lawrie and Kaye Placing organised a great mid-week run to the Green Man Inn, Ashbourne on 10th July, and we had
a large turnout for the “Christmas in July” run through the southern Adelaide Hills to the Old Noarlunga Hotel for lunch
on Sunday 21st July.

We had our traditional thankyou night for committee members and other club helpers prior to the July meeting, with
pizzas provided by the club. There is a small but very hard-working group who keep the club and its events ticking
over, and I am most appreciative of all those who help to make this happen.

Special thanks to Katherine Bradley who stepped in at the last moment to take the minutes for the July meeting. Our
hard-working secretary, Duane Kaak was away in Bali, and his deputy and Vice President, Richard Sellars came
down with RSV and was also unable to attend. Richard had called me earlier in the day, and certainly sounded like he
was suffering. Hopefully he makes a quick recovery. Kat’s joke telling at the meeting maintained the rich tradition of
excellence in humour that we have come to expect from our incumbent secretary.

It was great to see Terry and Sue Dowden’s TR6 on stage at the July meeting. It has been a home coming for this
car, as it was owned previously by Jon Williams (and also briefly by Roger Lange) and had only recently migrated with
Jon to Queensland. Terry and Sue love the car and it presents very well. (Web Editor’s Note – this TR6 was initially built at Powertune Motors for Chris Barnes  and a lot of credit should go to Steve Moule for the initial build and the various repairs and rebuilds that followed –  a real credit to Steve)

We are now only a month away from the Annual General Meeting after August general meeting. All positions in the
club will be declared vacant. It is not too late to call me (ph 0412 823789) or email me (alex.m.smithson@outlook.com) if you wish to stand for any position in the club or are prepared to help.

Regards,
Alex Smithson
President

Our club was originated right here in South Australia and we should all be reminded that we are officially registered as
the TSOASA, and we should also remind everyone that we are not just the TSOA.

Submitted by Crank Case

Small section of the vast crowd eagerly awaiting for the start of the 1995 Inland Run to Victor.
L -R, Tony Esau, Cherri Lange, Faye Esau, John Tuohy, Tony Case, John Fechner

I ran the ‘Inland Run to Victor’ observation run from 1980 until 1999 and provided a trophy for the winners. It really
suited the times and was to become the highlight road event of the year.
After a drivers’ briefing on departure, all were given a route sheet and a questionnaire to complete along the way, so
boredom was not an issue. For those who made it to Victor Harbor, free beer and a barbecue awaited.
I seem to recall the weather was always fine, and never did we experience rain to spoil the day out.
Questionnaires were handed in on arrival for me to adjudicate the winner, which always seemed to take such a long
time.
Of course, it also took a very long time to set the course and provide the sometimes cryptic questions, so I inevitably
ended up going to Victor forty times over the of life of the event.
I loved doing it, it was so worthwhile. Perhaps I might bring it back if I am encouraged to do so.

And the winners are………..
1980 – Ray Taylor – TR4
1981 – Helmut Liepe – TR5
1982 – Chris Meulengraaf – Spitfire
1983 – Bob Burke –
1984 – Louis Whittle/Sean Field – GT6
1985 – Geoff Bills –
1986 – Bob Burke –
1987 – Steve McReady –
1988 – Bill McGuiness –
1989 – Geoff Bills –
1990 – Paul Swain –
1991 – Roger Lange/Peter Ruta –
1992 – Roger Lange –
1993 – Roger Lange –
1994 – Trevor Lindsay –
1995 – Roger & Cherri Lange – TR6
1996 – Jac Dittmar –
1997 – Peter Ruta/Des Wilkinson –
1998 – Peter Ruta/M.Whiston

1995 Inland Run to Victor Winners – Roger and Cherri Lange, presented by Tony Case

Hi Everyone

We had a lovely sunny day for our run to the Beach Rd Wines on the 16th June. Our run took us on the Mount Lofty
summit Rd with beautiful views, through Stirling down to Echunga to Meadows, over to Kangarilla to Chapel Hill Rd and
on to the Beach Road winery for pizza etc. and a taste of wine. Everyone enjoyed themselves and had a wonderful
outing in their cars.

Next month we are travelling south to a “Christmas in July” lunch at the Old Noarlunga Hotel set by Alex and Sue on
Sunday the 21st July, meeting at the Feathers Hotel carpark at 9.30 am. Another great day. If you wish to wear
something to get into the spirit of Christmas in July, please do so.

Our August run is on Sunday 18th. Sue and Rory have planned a run to Kersbrook Hill Wines and Cider for morning
tea. This is a run to the north with coffee/tea and muffins for $6. It will be nice to see you there.

I have included the rest of the events for the year, so you can mark them off in your diaries, the only ones left to be set
are the mid-week runs for September and November which Lawrie and Kaye are working on.

The mid-week run to Ashbourne on 10th July will enable you and your cars to charge your batteries and get out in the
fresh country air, Thanks to Kaye and Lawrie.

See you there on the runs.

Natalie Farrell
Social Secretary