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E: Arron Secombe’s President report

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Eugene Arocca this years guest speaker - here’s

your chance to meet with the CEO of CAMS

Final Club Plate RequirementsThe committee of BLCC has made fi nal adjustments to club permit requirements as asked for by members at May’s monthly meeting page 8 -10.

Autocross, reports and resultsSee pages 20 and 21 for the report and results of round 1 tight timeline. Noel Peers as usual not only organising the deliveries but taking a lions share of the

work as well.

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Calendar of Events

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VRC Calender

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JUNE MEETING

Friday 26th July

Club Plate report by Chris Hall

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@ Frank Devine Motors - Howitt StListen to Arron’s President

report as he refl ects on the last 12 months and

celebrate the club person of the year award)

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Presidents Report June 2013Arron Secombe President 2012 - 2013

I would like to start this presidents

report by saying how awesome was

the last club night with 50+ people

in attendance , the passion that

people showed with the new rules

for club plates and the input was

great. My next challenge is to find

another way to get the same crowds

to each and every months meeting.

I feel that it was great, that our club

members on that night were able

to discuss a hot topic about the

rules with each side having valid

points, and the respect that each

member had for each other to put

across their points .It was a bit of

the days gone by where members

had a input into the clubs future,

something that has gone by the

wayside in the past. I would like

to encourage more discussions in

the future, as a committee and not

having crystal balls we can’t address

issues within the club if someone

doesn’t voice them. We can only go

on what we think is right for the

club , remember you have a voice

so provide feedback good or bad

please.

The last week or so I have been busy

trying to gain the services of a guest

speaker for the AGM and I am glad

to announce that this year’s guest

speaker will be CAMS CEO Eugene

Arocca. Eugene has had a major

impact on lots of different sporting

codes over the last 10+ years.

Eugene has a huge passion for

junior development to help reduce

the road tolls within Victoria and

Australia. He may have never raced

a vehicle, but what I heard and seen

him do within CAMS already is

certainly a step in the right

direction in my eyes and something

that CAMS has needed for a while.

I hope that everyone has scheduled

the AGM into your calendars, it’s

going to be a great night and I think

it would be great to show Eugene

that we are a car club that means

business, and who knows Eugene

may play a big part in our future

land developments. This year we

will also be offering Children less

than 16 years of age a special rate

of $15 per head, as we are a family

club I encourage you to bring your

partner and children to the AGM,

in fact to any meeting/event, let’s

face it our children if they choose

are the future of our club.

With a busy event calendar this

year already, the committee are

looking at adding more next year

with the return of the Begonia Rally

and the Darryl Tunbridge. The DT

will be ran as a novice trial which

will allow a lot of people that may

not normally have a go at a rally a

chance to experience rallying first

hand . To add to my event directing

schedule of VCAS etc., I will be

co-directing this event with my

old partner in crime Ash Mabbitt,

it’s been a few years since we have

directed a trail but one we have

discussed a few times in the last

couple of years. The director for the

Begonia has started the negotiation

stages and something we hope to

have sorted soon!

With the end of the financial year

approaching fast, it also means

that it’s that time of year to call for

nominations for committee. There

always seems to be rumours that

someone wants to come on to the

committee but each and every year

the nominations seem to be the

same names , so if it’s something

that you would like to do , get your

nominations in .

I am looking forward to this

month’s meeting, which will be

the quiz night. We have Noel Peers

(you think you know Ballarat) Rod

Molly Hall (Rock and Roll) Paul

Gladman (Racing) Keith McElroy

(Renault) and Steve Ezzy (????) as

our quiz hosts, last years was a huge

hit and with the feedback received

we have been able to tweak it a bit

to make it even better and more

family orientated and not just about

cars or racing. So grab a mate or the

partner and kids and come out to

the quiz night.

That’s me for this month.

See you at the club

Arron Harry Secombe

President 2012-2013


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Eugene Arocca’s Summary

Eugene Arocca graduated from Monash University in 1983 with degrees in Jurisprudence and Law. In that same year, he obtained employment as an articled clerk with Maurice Blackburn (“MB”) and became one of the youngest lawyers to be appointed partner at the firm in 1990.

He played an important role in the growth of the firm into a national practice that expanded from one office in Melbourne to 15 offices in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. By the time he retired as a senior partner from MB in late 2005 he was recognised as one of Victoria’s leading lawyers and a forthright advocate of people’s rights.

In 1996 he was appointed lawyer for the Collingwood Football Club where he also acted as a Board member from 2002 to 2005.

In late 2005 he retired from both MB and as a Board member of Collingwood to take up the role of Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Counsel for the Club. During that time he oversaw the Club’s growing interests in external and non football commercial operations.

In January, 2008 he left Collingwood to accept the position of Chief Executive Officer of the North Melbourne Football Club.

Eugene drove a number of historic and important initiatives during his time as CEO, including managing a change in ownership structure to hand control of the Club back to its members, restructuring the club administration and delivering the biggest profit in the Club’s history in 2008.

In 2009 he played a key role in the redevelopment of the Club’s facility at Arden Street and conceived and developed the idea of the Learning and Life Centre - with the Scanlon Foundation and the Australian Multicultural Foundation – an innovative community and education facility embedded within the football club.

More recently, he was a key driver behind securing the Club’s partnership with World Vision.

Arocca resigned from the Club on the 5 June, 2012 and commenced as CEO of CAMS on 26 October, 2012.

AGM 2013 Guest Speaker


Members listed below have nominated themselves as being willing to assist fellow members

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Phone Mob: 0437 959 928

EditorialIf you think that going to a meeting

at the club is a little more than you

can handle then you in luck. This

Friday’s meeting has been set aside

and in its place will be our annual

Pub Quiz. I am assured that this time

there will be much more variety in

the questions and to keep the wives,

girlfriends, kids and significant

others interested there will be many

less car related questions.

There was quite a lot of interest at

the last two of our meetings with

regards the committee’s decision to

impose conditions on members when

they had Club Plated vehicles. A

motion was put forward at the latter

of the meetings by Mr Ian Brain that

asked the committee of the BLCC to

review the original solution.

At our last meeting the discussion

was long and involved but the

committee finally thrashed out a

solution which is presented in this

issue of the Bulletin. Basically current

members will not be required to

complete three commitments to the

club; this will only be a requirement

for new members, a period of three

years. There will still be a need for

members to have a go but it will not

be compulsory.

There will be an annual check of

vehicles required but it can be done

at any club event for free or for a

small fee by arrangement with Chris

Hall. Chris has also been given

discretionary powers with regards

new members with regards whether

or not they have to complete the

events commitment. Please read the

new version.

See you at the club

ED


Th e BP Rally ReportMORE OF AN

ADVENTURE THAN A

RALLY.After just over 2000 km in 3 days,

finishing the historically B.P. Rally

is a great achievement. Where you

finish is irrelevant.

Based on the Ye Old B.P. rallies of

the 50’s and 60’s this event travels

from one end of the state to the

other on a variety of roads, tracks,

and the odd “grotty”, and yes, sand.

Known to be very demanding on

car and competitors, didn’t deter

45 cars from heading off from the

RACV Country Club in Healesville

on Thursday evening and headed for

the mountains, and the first service

point at Mansfield. This stage 250

kms, instructions seemed straight

forward but a “cock” up sees us

travelling an extra 50 k or so more.

(Must read all instructions carefully

next time, says Noel.)

After a 30 minute service it was

off again this time another 150k

stage on some challenging tracks

in the Yarra Ranges and finishing

at Benalla round 3.00am for the

overnight stop. (Or the rest of

it anyway.) Rear shockers at this

stage, were showing signs of fatigue,

despite having done very little prior.

Next morning, breakfast at the sports

ground catered by local Clubs. A

quick check over, and the car is ready

for the next stage, a short run (205

km) to Echuca, and a 30 minute fuel

stop.

Next destination was Ouyen via

many great roads and tracks the area

has to offer. The night stage again

used great tracks some twisty and

tight others straight, (my favourite

part), and a chance to go a bit

quicker if you had to make up a little

time. Keeping in mind all of the

way, the dreaded radar gun. Yes they

were out as part of the event. Heavy

penalties applied if caught. The “3

times you’re out” rule applied.

The overnight stop was in Mildura

arriving there about 2.00 am, for a

well-deserved break.

Next morning it was breakfast at the

local sports ground and a chance to

do a bit of car maintenance. By now

many cars and crews were starting

to feel their ages. Some with broken

suspensions, while others with brake

issues, even sick navigators. At this

stage my 260 z was fairing quite

well although I was still nursing

the rear shockers. A quick check

underneath, bleed the brakes, clean

the windscreen, and we were off once

again.

From here the going was to get

tougher and rougher, as we headed

for the dreaded SAND. First stage

not too bad, bit rough and again had

to ease up to protect the shockers.

The next stage is where it all turned

to s--t for us and several other crews.

We ended up on a rough wrong road

bogged to the a-s in sand. Now it is

worth mentioning how we ended

up there as it wasn’t totally the

navigators fault.

When we were plotting this division

back at the tea break, Noel got

some advice from a prominent and

respected gentleman whom we know

quite well, which turned out to be

incorrect information. The result

sent us on a very long excursion

to nowhere in particular. We were

further hampered by more bad

advice from local 4WD enthusiasts,

stating that the track we were on was

a good track and quite passable. As it

turned out, only passable in a 4WD

with high ground clearance. Which

I might add the Zed does not have.

Anyway we were now bogged as

mentioned.

Th e BP Rally Report


For the next 45 minutes we

proceeded to dig ourselves out and to

my amazement along came another

stray 4WD. After many attempts for

him to turn around (narrow sandy

track,) managed to hook us up and

tow us free.

By now about 1 hour had passed

and we were staring down the barrel

of being excluded from the event

due to “out of late running time”.

We decided not to continue on

the route instead deciding to “cut

and run” to the end of the section,

Patchewollock. Here we would get

fuel, and a feed.

The division break was still a long

way off and besides the next part

was through more sand and more

demanding than the previous. We

opted not to risk further delays

by being bogged again or maybe

breaking the car, so chose to cut

and run again. Continuing on may

put us out of the event. Arriving at

the division break just on dark was

a relief and a wonderful sight. We

found out then it was the right move

as many crews were still unaccounted

for presumed to be still stuck in sand

around Lake Albacutya.

Anyway time to refuel, bolt on the

driving lights, and relax with a lovely

meal supplied by the local footy club

at their rooms in Jeparit.

As we were departing the control

for the final division (some 2 hours

after arriving,) cars were still coming

in which again proved we made the

right choice.

This division was to be straight

forward for the first part with some

tricky but rough sections later in

the night. A short cruise south to

Marma, west of Lubeck, proved

also to be a bit demanding with

control well hidden and with two

ford crossings to firstly find and then

negotiate, in order to enter it from

the correct direction. Several crews

missed this including Dinta Officer

who wasted 40 minutes only to enter

from the wrong direction. (Noels

determination finally paying off

here. Loss of only 20 minutes.) After

jokingly voicing some disapproval

to the control official (Peter Parry),

of its location, it was off towards

our next destination and control

at Glenorchy, just out of Stawell.

Unfortunately this control was to

beat Noel and we failed to visit it.

(More loss of pride from Noel rather

than the loss of points). Service at

Stawell, then on to the home run

using some familiar territory around

Stawell, Ararat, and ending at control

near Warrak.

Decision time again. Do we

continue on through the knowingly

rough areas of MT Cole and risk

breaking the shocks all together, or

make a dash for home and finish at

the BLCC. We had heard that Stapo

was out there parked at a steep rough

hill to assist crews up. Keeping this in

mind and the fact that we only had

60 minutes left to complete the stage

and the event, it was an easy decision

make. “Cut and run”. It would take

us at least the hour to drive down the

highway to the Clubrooms as it was.

An easy call in the end, and the right

one. Finishing this memorable event

in 19th place, with only minutes to

spare.

Now 19 th may not sound too

exciting for some but before the

event Noel and I set a realistic target

of 20th or better. And when you think

that there were 20 cars that didn’t

finish for whatever reasons, it isn’t

too bad of result. And oh yeah the

shocks made it but they are definitely

stuffed. No oil in one at all and the

other moving very freely.

Seven crews from Ballarat started the

event and only two finished. Gary

Gibbons with Martin Forbes, (HRA

members) in an Escort and us in my

Zed.

At this point I must really thank our

good mate and very reliable service

crew, Paul Duncalf. He travelled

almost as far as we did, only on good

sealed roads, and on his own, to

ensure that we had fuel, a cuppa, a

bite to eat, and if need be, repairs.

Before the event he had no real idea

of what lay ahead as a service crew,

but by the end (all be it a few days

later), asking when is the next one.

I would also like to thank my

navigator Noel whose enthusiasm

for this event helps me through the

many hours of preparation that is

required to ensure the car is up to the

task.

Anyway I hope this gives you some

idea of what it is all about and maybe

encourage you to have a go yourself

next time, and I’m led to believe that

there will be a next time.

Till then, catch ya, Chris Hall

Th e BP Rally Report continued


Event Calendar• June 2013

Sat/Sun 29 / 30th Winton Sprints Winton Raceway Maserati BLCC CDC Rd 3

• July 2013• Sun 14th Autocross Reserve BLCC Complex BLCC NA

Sat/Sun 20th / 21st 2DAYTA BLCC Area HRA CTC

Sun 28th Motorkhana BLCC Complex BLCC MK Rd 4 CDC Rd 6

• August 2013• Sun 11th Social / Economy Run Somewhere in Vicoria BLCC NA

23rd to 25th Winter Classic Around Ballarat BLCC NA

• September 2013• Sun 1st Festival of Motorsport Ballarat Airport

Sat 7th Mt Porpunkah Rally Sprint Mt Porpunkah NECC CTS-5• Sat 14th Day / Night Autocross BLCC Complex BLCC Ax Rd 4 CDC 7

21st Spring 200 Murrindindi FFCC CTS-6

• October 2013• Sat/Sun 5th-6th Masters Games Mt Leura Camperdown BLCC

Sat/Sun Bathurst 1000 Bathurst NSW

Sat 26th Bagshot Rally Sprint Bagshot HRA CTS-7

• November 2013

Sat/Sun 2-3rd COG’s Carnival BLCC Complex BLCC

Sun 17th Sandown Sprint Sandown Maserati CDC 8\

Sun 8th Geordie Fawcett Memorial AX BLCC Comple BLCC


DRAFT

Recent changes to the VicRoads Club Permit Scheme has opened up freedoms on the use

of red plated vehicles. This in turn has led to an increased demands from prospective mem-

bers of our club. The concern is that some people may take advantage of the privileges

offered by the scheme without putting anything back into the club. As a result, the commit-

tee have moved that some requirements be placed on new members, especially members who

have joined our club simply to benefit from membership to use the scheme.

The following are the new requirements :-

New members who wish to join BLCC in order to have vehicle/s on the Vicroads Club

Permit Scheme need to participate in at least three (3) activities per year for the first three (3)

years of their membership. This will not apply to existing members who are still encouraged

to continue to contribute to the clubs ongoing events and activities.

All new members will be issued their membership card at their first event of the month in

which they sign up and entry will be free which includes a Motorkhana, Autocross,

Khanacross or Club Night and will also count as their first contribution to the club (If State

Championship Hillclimb or any Rally/Trial, Winter Classic will not be free) It will be the

new member’s responsibility to maintain proof of other contributions for the committee at

time of renewal. A suggestion of this proof is to get an official of the attended function /

event to sign your VicRoads Logbook or provide results from the event you competed in or

your CAMS official logbook signed by senior official as applicable.

The club activities that are eligible for this are:- A Monthly General Meeting, Club run

motorsport events, competitor or official or Social tours / Working Bees / Fundraisers or the

contributions of and article to the Bulletin

Club Permits will not be renewed by the club if proof of participation is not provided

Special consideration for an exemption from this participation will be considered on a

case by case basis.

All Club Permit holders must :-

Be a full financial member of the BLCC

( Associate Members are required to upgrade to full membership if a CPS user )

Comply with the current rules and regulations outlined by VicRoads

Be aware at all times that every time you use your vehicle you are representing your

club and should always act in a responsible manner.

BLCC Club Permit Scheme Requirements

Our club has designated Mr Chris Hall as our CPS vehicle inspector for these inspection/s. Noel

Peers can act a Chris’ deputy. Chris or Noel will not sign off on the inspection paperwork without

sighting a current full membership card, receipt of $45 fee and successful completion of the

inspection. To ensure that there is no deterioration or modification in our Club Plated vehicles an

annual inspection will be required for continuation in the scheme. This may be done by attending

one of the many events (with prior arrangement) where scrutineering occurs (no fee) or by having

Chris or Noel inspect the vehicle at a pre-arranged time at (Peter Stapleton’s or Carline garages with a

charge of $20)


DRAFT

Financial members of VicRoads’ approved clubs are able to apply for either a 45 or 90

day permit depending on how much use they expect to make of their vehicles over a 12

month period. If a person obtains a 45 day permit but later decides that this is not

enough, another 45 day permit may be purchased later on. However, no-one will be able

to obtain a permit to drive their vehicle for more than 90 days in each 12 month registra-

tion period.

Modifications. The club’s position is that the club permit scheme is there to preserve

CLASSIC and HISTORIC vehicles and to allow members to utilise their vehicles in

various club events including driving to and from them.

Regulation 155(1)(b) states

“Club responsibility for verifying that a vehicle is safe for use will be the same as currently i.e. by club inspection and a letter confirming the vehicle’s state or by sighting a current Certificate of Roadworthiness for the vehicle”.

All modifications for safety or performance must be approved by our CPS inspector. In

other words the vehicle should be and should remain in a safe condition and not have

post inspection alterations made. These may result in your permit being suspended or

worse, having your vehicle defected by police. This will also mean that a full roadworthy

will be required. Please note that the scheme is not there to allow cars to be driven that

would not normally be able to be registered. Vic Roads and the police are likely to start

stopping cars for checks with the result that the club can lose its ability to have vehicles

on Club Plates if members are found to not complying with these VicRoads rules.

A reminder to all club members who use this scheme that you must renew your

membership otherwise your permit lapses (no membership, no permit)

If you use your car without renewing your membership you are driving an unregistered,

uninsured vehicle (a $600 plus fine)

Vicroads will be notified of un-financial members who are using the scheme.

If you sell a car that is on the scheme you must inform the club, as the permit is not

transferable when the vehicle is sold.

You must fill out an entry in your log book for each day of use BEFORE you begin your

journey. Failure to abide by this rule may result in you getting a fine for an unregistered

vehicle and of course you'd have no TAC cover. You won’t have time to fill out your log

book after an accident or when you are pulled over by the police

BLCC Club Permit Scheme Requirements


John Bourke Richard Gay

Mick Goossens Les Listen

Darren Everett Damian Faulkner

Ben Fawcett Keith McElroy

Wayne Drew Gary Harrowfi eld

Engels Leoncini Ben McKee

Russell McKenzie Ben Davis

Rob Prosser Barney Haddon

Peter Elis Darren Wythe

Steve Richards Mark Fawcett

Chris Hall Mark Hunter

Greg Pitt Sharon Pitt

Rod Hall Kat Meyer

Stacey Noonan Ian Brain

Paul Gladman

Club Driving Instructors

Leaving the complex after Scrutineering

If a competition vehicle needs to leave the motor sport complex, the vehicle needs to be re-presented for scrutiny upon its return before continuing competition.

Sport Sub CommitteeRod Hall (Chair), Barney

Haddon, Damian Faulkner, Wayne Sleep, David Marmo, Ben Davis, Steven Richards, Ben McKee.

Meetings: Wednesday night immediately prior to monthly committee meeting.

Welcome to our new members:

Daniel Parker


BLCC Club Plate Report June 2013 Sunday 16th June, 13 Club Plated

cars were to assemble at 8.45am

around Lake Wendouree for a

leisurely 250km drive through several

historic gold mining towns around

the Ballarat area. However late

withdrawals from 4 crews resulted in

only 9 setting off at 9.15 am.

The weather was perfect for this time

of the year, no rain, and not too cold,

which I was very pleased about as I

had dragged out my Sprite which can

be unpleasant in damp conditions,

and oh yeah no heater.

With nothing really planned just

a basic route, our first stop was at

Talbot via Learmonth and Lexton on

a great scenic road, and arriving at

around 10.15am.

This Sunday was market day

in Talbot so about an hour was

consumed, many taking the

opportunity to grab a bargain, a

coffee and a bite to eat.

A quick regroup and it was off to

our next destination, Carisbrook, to

Eddington, and arriving at Maldon

for lunch. You could spend lots of

time wandering these towns enjoying

the history, old buildings and of

course the odd craft and coffee shops.

After lunch back to the cars and

made our way to Daylesford through

Newstead, and Hepburn Springs. If

you haven’t been on these roads you

should. It had the lot, tight twisty

bits, plenty of hills, and one or two

straight pieces to suit all drivers.

The views were also worth the trip.

Another stroll around the shops,

(chocolate shop is a must), more

coffee if you wished, but by now we

were all” coffee’d” out.

From here we made our way back

home via whichever, and whenever

you wanted to go as some needed to

get back bit earlier.

Overall, crews seemed to enjoy the

outing and hinted at being involved

in more in the future.

If anyone would like to plan a day

trip please feel free to do so, just give

me a call and we will make it happen.

You don’t have to wait for me to do

it. Having a basic idea of a route and

maybe a destination with a highlight

at the end is possible. I would like to

thank Glenn Orr for assisting with

planning this day out

Till next time, catch ya soon ,

Chris Hall.


Date Event Name

22-Jun-13 Nissan Nightmoves Multi-Club Non Special Stage VCRS - 410-Aug-13 RSM Baden Powell Intro Trial Multi-Club Non Special Stage Novice17/08/2013 Rallye du Mont Col Multi-club Touring Road Event25-Aug-13 Winter Classic Trial/Tour Multi - Club Touring Road Event7-Sep-13 Mt. Porpunkah Rally Sprint Multi Club Rally Sprint14-Sep-13 Ivans Folly Multi- Club Touring Road Event21-Sep-13 Spring 200 Multi-Club Non Special Stage VCRS - 55-Oct-13 Victoria Cross Rally Multi-club Special Stage rally20-Oct-13 Akademos State Championship Special Stage VRC - 526-Oct-13 Bagshot Rallysprint Multi-Club Rallysprint15-16-17 - Nov-’13 Rally Victoria ARC, VRC.30-Nov-13 Alpine Rally Club Special Stage Rally

Victorian Rally Calender 2013

Round 6 - 2013

Host Club: PAC

Saturday, 29 June, 2013

Venue: Boisdale Hill Climb Track

Round 7 - 2013

Host Club: MADCC

Saturday, 20 July, 2013


Round 8 - 2013

Host Club: CCC

Saturday, 24 August, 2013

Venue: Broadford Motorcycle Complex

Round 9 - 2013

Host Club: CCRMIT

Saturday, 21 September, 2013


Round 10 - 2013

Host Club: RSM

Sunday, 27 October, 2013

Venue: Mafeking Rover Park

Round 11 - 2013

Host Club: BCC

Sunday, 17 November, 2013

Venue: Th e Bagshot Motorsports

Complex

Round 12- 2013

Host Club: SDCC

Sunday, 1 December, 2013

Venue: Mooroopna Autocross Track

Greetings Fellow BLCC Members

The Annual General Meeting

is fast approaching its time for us all

to think about who wants to be on

committee.

Being elected for a 3 year

term both Clare Bennett and Rod

Hall have finished their 3 year

terms. Both John Welford and

Paul Hocking were co-opted onto

committee during the past 12

months which means that their terms

also finish and they are both up for

election. In order for this to happen

someone needs to nominate them

also.

This all means that there are

4 positions about to become vacant

on committee. The nomination form

should be elsewhere in your Bulletin.

This form needs to signed by 2

BLCC members who nominate and

second the nomination along with

the signature of the person being

nominated. This form then needs

to either reach Clare Bennett as our

secretary or be in PO Box 400 in

both cases by the 5th July.

The only other thing the

nominee’s need to do

is provide Mr Ez as our

current Mr Ed with a

paragraph blurb for the

July Bulletin of why they

want to be on committee

and what they can offer

your club though the committee.

If there are more than 4

nominations an election will then

be held at the AGM on the 26th

July. Please don’t hold back from

being nominated to stop an election.

Having an election is a very healthy

sign.

Nominations Committee 2013/14


Th e HRA 2DAYTA 2013 Greetings to all The 2DAYTA is happening on the 20th & 21st of July. Anyone wishing to participate will fi nd Supp Regs HERE.In the meantime here are some details--Saturday---commences at the Ballarat LCC rooms at 8.30 am for division 1 which is a 200K run through forests/open farmlands with a variety of road surfaces ending at Maldon after 4hours of driving.

Division 2--Saturday pm kicks off in Maldon -fi rst car away at 1.30 with another 4hours and 200K's back to the LCC rooms where the club BBQ and Bar will be available--again you will experience a wide variety of road surfaces.

Sunday brings Division 3 which again starts at the LCC rooms with breakfast available with the fi rst car leaving at 9.30 for a 1.30pm fi nish. Sunday probably has more bitumen roads than Saturdays divisions.

The directing team has chosen to use Gravel roads in preference to bitumen roads as it keeps competitors off busy Hwys especially when searching for that elusive via!!

All vehicles are welcome including 4x4's even EVO's and WRX's however all 4x4's will start towards the rear of the fi eld as they may be of assistance to other crews.

While nothing is mandated -apart from a RW vehicle with seat belts for all occupants--we most strongly suggest that your car is fi tted with a ACCURATE COMPASS as well as an ACCURATE TRIPMETER

The entire event was surveyed in my R31 Skyline on radial tyres and without a sump guard-what

we are trying to say is that you can do the event in any vehicle providing that you DRIVE TO THE CONDITIONS.

While ALL maps will be supplied we appreciate that some modern vehicles are fi tted with GPS devices that cannot be disabled and in this regard we expect that competitors will comply with the spirit of the event--However the carrying of ANY MAPS is forbidden and the use of these maps may result in exclusion.

Mobile phones are permitted as these will enable crews to contact the Directing Team in the case of accident/becoming lost/ bogged or broken down- a Sweep car will be following the last car on the road.

We have decided to make the event a positive scoring event--that is you get points for what you fi nd and NOTHING for what you dont--At passage controls correct entry is 30 points a WD is 10 while a miss scores ZERO.

To ensure that all competitors complete as much as they can in their 4 hours a time is given to each competitor which tells them the time that the fi nish control closes for them. Providing a crew arrives at the fi nish on or before their control closure time they will receive a bonus 200 points--failure to arrive at the control before it closes ZERO and zero for the entire division.

Once again TIME MANAGEMENT is critical and to help crews we're put extra directions in the route instructions to remind crews of where they should be at that time and directions to get you back on time.

You may enter for all 3 divisions at $150--2 divisions for $110

and 1 for $70--full details will be included in the Supp regs.A reminder that for the HRA Touring Championship this event has extra points.So keep July 20/21 available head to Ballarat enjoy up to 600K’s of FUN and don’t forget to pack--

1 AN ACCURATE COMPASS2 A ACCURATE TRIPMETER3 A SENSE OF HUMOUR4 A MAGNIFYING GLASSLets get those entries coming in---The DIRECTING TEAM FRED,PETER and ROB


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Ballarat Light Car Club Khanacross 1/6/2013

Competitor Car Class Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Total OR CLASSMick Goossens Subaru RX F 76.84 64.88 75.19 90.4 84.76 392.07 1 1Paul Hocking Pulsar C 77.63 66.08 83.13 94.72 90.6 412.16 2 1Richard Gay Mirage A 82.98 68 81.3 95.88 89.01 417.17 3 1Paul Gladman Laser B 84.59 67.34 86.86 96.57 93.59 428.95 4 1Sean Payne Subaru WRX F 91.75 67.52 86.37 96.69 90.79 433.12 5 2Shane Ratcliffe Subaru WRX F 94.04 63.84 86.47 95.18 100.99 440.52 6 3Rod Hall Gemini I 86.09 78.3 81.62 103.55 94.66 444.22 7 1Sam Mennen Mirage J3 90.99 70.06 94.93 101.35 88.82 446.15 8 1Darren Hetherington Sigma D 85.11 76.33 97.92 100.46 98.6 458.42 9 1Damian Quirk Pulsar A 91.42 72.62 83.97 107.32 108.31 463.64 10 2Marc Salter Corolla H 91.11 80.26 90.59 115.19 102.62 479.77 11 1Rob Dekker Silvia B 97.99 74.41 94.79 110.26 108.96 486.41 12 2Zac Griffith Pulsar J3 94.65 83.97 93.46 108.7 117.13 497.91 13 2Arron Secombe Commodore D 84.32 78.07 122.26 106.75 109.86 501.26 14 2Jake Gladman Laser J1 110.52 77.41 100.09 113.46 103.92 505.4 15 1Heath Salter Laser J2 89.42 77.01 92.3 126.87 120.86 506.46 16 1Josh Gay Mirage J1 114.8 85.67 99.23 116.83 99.64 516.17 17 2Sam Quick Gemini D 93.86 68.83 115.95 126.87 122.63 528.14 18 3Bronwyn Salter Corolla L 108.84 88.75 92.98 126.87 122.63 540.07 19 1Drew Gladman Laser J1 121.55 85.26 110.99 121.87 117.63 557.3 20 3Jess Meyer Lancer J2 106.3 85.87 200.44 117.8 109.96 620.37 21 2

Competitor Car Class Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Total0-1800 Standard ARichard Gay Mirage A 82.98 68 81.3 95.88 89.01 417.17 3 1Damian Quirk Pulsar A 91.42 72.62 83.97 107.32 108.31 463.64 10 2Over 1800 Standard BPaul Gladman Laser B 84.59 67.34 86.86 96.57 93.59 428.95 4 1Rob Dekker Silvia B 97.99 74.41 94.79 110.26 108.96 486.41 12 20-1800 Modified CPaul Hocking Pulsar C 77.63 66.08 83.13 94.72 90.6 412.16 2 1Over 1800 Modified DDarren Hetherington Sigma D 85.11 76.33 97.92 100.46 98.6 458.42 9 1Arron Secombe Commodore D 84.32 78.07 122.26 106.75 109.86 501.26 14 2Sam Quick Gemini D 93.86 68.83 115.95 126.87 122.63 528.14 18 3Four Wheel Drive FMick Goossens Subaru RX F 76.84 64.88 75.19 90.4 84.76 392.07 1 1Sean Payne Subaru WRX F 91.75 67.52 86.37 96.69 90.79 433.12 5 2Shane Ratcliffe Subaru WRX F 94.04 63.84 86.47 95.18 100.99 440.52 6 3H Plated HMarc Salter Corolla H 91.11 80.26 90.59 115.19 102.62 479.77 11 1Specials IRod Hall Gemini I 86.09 78.3 81.62 103.55 94.66 444.22 7 1Juniors 12 & 13 Years J1Jake Gladman Laser J1 110.52 77.41 100.09 113.46 103.92 505.4 15 1Josh Gay Mirage J1 114.8 85.67 99.23 116.83 99.64 516.17 17 2Drew Gladman Laser J1 121.55 85.26 110.99 121.87 117.63 557.3 20 3Juniors 14 & 15 Years J2Heath Salter Laser J2 89.42 77.01 92.3 126.87 120.86 506.46 16 1Jess Meyer Lancer J2 106.3 85.87 200.44 117.8 109.96 620.37 21 2Juniors 16& 17 Years J3Sam Mennen Mirage J3 90.99 70.06 94.93 101.35 88.82 446.15 8 1Zac Griffith Pulsar J3 94.65 83.97 93.46 108.7 117.13 497.91 13 2Ladies L Bronwyn Salter Corolla L 108.84 88.75 92.98 126.87 122.63 540.07 19 1


Sports Sub Committee NotesPast EventsBP 2 or 3 BLCC Crews went. Lots of crews had to cut & run. Lots of getting bogged. Covered serious amount of

distance.

AX3 Chris Hall & Noel Peers directed with Roy Parkinson as steward. Paul Duncalf, Rob Prosser & Rob Stevenson

acting as permanent infield officials. Well received was the amount of help when packing up. Numerous hats, 28

entries who all had at least 1 run with a hat. Chris & Noel set a good track given the conditions. Wet at start and

dried out towards the end. 5 Runs plus a practice.

Cooper Memorial Trial . CT1 6 BLCC crews. Seemed to go off OK. Great roads. Favourable weather, Barney &

Kids, Paul Hocking, Damian Quirk & Sean Payne and Ian Gilhome & crew helped man the BLCC stage. Darren

Wythe & Damian Faulkner first of BLCC crews, Richard Gay, Matt White & Mick Goossens, Arron Secombe, Scott

& Stacey Secombe.

Khanacross. Director Rob Prosser did a marvellous job in very trying conditions. Timers & judges Ian Brain, Paige

Haddon, Gareth Prosser & Noel Peers. Darren Wythe and Arron Secombe scrutiny. Steve Ezzy laid out morning tea.

Michelle booked in competitors. Mick G & Rod H calculated results which made the Courier later in week courtesy

of Richard Gay. Mick Goossens, Paul Hocking and Paul Gladman top 3.

Coming Events16th June MK 3 Nigel Stevens & Ben McKee All in hand, has now been run and won.

Winton Sprints. Supp Regs are on the Maserati Website. Entries for this event cannot be accepted from drivers under

18. To this end we will shorten the number of events in the J2 and J3 CDC Championship by one event at this point

in time. Apologies that this has occurred but we weren’t aware that was the case when we added the event to the

calendar. I will find out if the same rule applies to Sandown later in the year.

Fred Lakerink & HRA’s 2DAYTA, all in hand, Division 1 will be a part of our Club Trials championship CT2. Will

be based out of BLCC rooms. Fred is looking for assistance with passage controls etc. This event is on dirt. Prior

to this event Fred has offered to run a Navigation School at our Club Rooms for those who are interested. With

Division 1 of the 2DAYTA now allocated as a heat of the BLCC trials championship, Fred is proposing to conduct

a navigator’s school covering the basics of navigating in this type of event as suggested by Clare Bennett. This will

be on Friday, 5th July at the club rooms, 8:00pm start.. Expressions of interest to [email protected].

Will run the school if there are more than 6 participants.

28th July MK4 Damian Quirk & Rob Prosser Directing.

The reserve date Autocross is not required so is now deleted from our calendar as its not needed and the track would

not be ready with all the use and rain its been getting.

HRA & George Davidson are running the Rallye Du Mont Cole in the Mount Cole area on the 17th August. This

will also be part of our CTC. Knowing Biggus Geogeous the navigation will be testing to say the least.. Details on

HRA’s website.

Winterclassic – starting to fall into place. Will be in CTC to increase numbers of events. Those wanting to use this

event as part of Club Trials Championship need to enter the Trial not the Tour.

AMG at Mt Leura weekend before Bathurst – starting to fall into place. Meeting at Camperdown with AMG and

Corangamite Shire this Friday.

General BusinessKhanacross passengers allowed to be parents of dependants as Per CAMS standing regs. Previously this wasn’t the

case but having enquired of CAMS it is now allowed. Currently this only pertains to Khanacrosses, we are waiting

to be advised what the situation is with an Autocross Training Activity. This means that Mum’s or Dad’s can sit


beside their youngsters and teach them. They do need to be on BLCC’s driver training list as well. This role is be an

instructive one not a joy ride though.

Khanacross and Motorkhana competitors are advised to bring a packed lunch to MK & KX events at BLCC complex

as not convenient to have food at tower. Stapo’s KX still would be convenient but events at BLCC complex are too

spread out and remote from the tower. Not advisable to stop for lunch when weather is threatening.

Paul Gladman is added to Driver trainers list.

Sports Sub Committee Notes

The weekend before the event I spent

time out at the track working on some

tests that would give drivers the chance

to show off their ability and let them

take part in some good competition and

I must say I was pleased with what had

been put together.

The day before the event, the great god

of rain decided to put in some overtime

and started throwing the wet stuff

from the sky as if he had some sort of

schedule to meet. I spoke to Rod Hall

at the Friday night meeting and asked

what would the weather need to do for

us to call it off, the ever positive Mr

Hall informed me things would need

to get much worse, hail and some snow

maybe!! He failed to mention flood.

It’s now 7.30am on the day of the event

and I am stood on the tyre wall in front

of the timing tower looking up at a grey,

angry sky. It looked as if the old god of

rain had gone out after work, got on the

grog and was suffering one mother of a

hangover. SMS to Rod Hall, “There’s a

lot of water out here”…..no response, I

was alone.

I frantically start to look for some dry

areas to use for the tests and managed

to salvage most of tests one and two

that I’d worked on the weekend before,

but test three was a total wash out. By

the time we had the drivers briefing we

had three tests in place and with a field

of 21 starters and the rain had finally

stopped, the Khanacross got underway.

Tests one and two seemed to be going

better than expected, apart from the

mud so we moved things along and

opened up test three and this became the

leveler of drivers and machines. It didn’t

matter how much your car cost or how

many wheels you had driving or what

tyres were on those wheels everyone

suffered the same big problem…..

wheel spin. There is a rumour that a

certain commodore pilot managed to

add one hundred kilometers extra to his

odometer but yet only managed to move

his vehicle 10 k’s for the day!!

After combining tests one and two and

making some changes to the dreaded

Khanacross Rnd 3 Report test three to make it dreaded test five

we all managed to get through a long,

but I hope, satisfying event with Mick

Goossens taking out the top honors.

I would like to say a really big THANK

YOU to the people who without their

help this event would not have run. Ian

Brain, Darren Whythe, Aaron Secombe,

Rod Hall, Steve Ezzy, Noel Peers,

Michele Bayley, Gareth Prosser, Kate

Meyers, Barney Haddon and a special

mention and big thanks to young Paige

Haddon who as a junior stepped up and

was in control of the largest test of the

day.

Rob Prosser


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the Vinnies CEO Sleepout is a unique way for business leaders to raise awareness and funds for essential homeless services. Mr. Arocca’s friends and colleagues from the legal, football, corporate andmotorsport worlds helped out with sponsorship for this wonderful cause.Money raised through sponsors directly assists Vinnies to provide relief to the homeless through crisis accommodation, domestic violence support, soup van services and access to budgetcounselling, cooking skills and legal advice.The evening could become something of a battle between CAMS and the TAC with Mr. Arocca to be joined by TAC Chief Executive Janet Dore. Arocca recently expressed concerns thatnot enough is being done to educate

pre learner drivers, so it could be interesting for other CEO’s to hear what the two discuss when they sleep out together on June 20. Strange bedfellows perhaps, but whatever the night brings... the TAC andCAMS are united in their support of the homeless.“It’s a great cause, and for some short term pain it’s worth the gain for Vinnies. I might be a little slow on the uptake at the offi ce the next day, but it’s worth it!” Arocca said

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