MAITLAND
CLASSIC MOTOR ASSOCIATION
President’s
Website Report, March 2025
A big welcome to our MCMA
website. We welcome everyone, especially ‘first timers’ with an interest
in preserving and driving our motoring heritage, on the roads. We are especially
proud of our reputation as car drivers and motorcycle riders who make our club,
a very social club that has over 80 events each year. We welcomed quite a few
new members at our February Meeting and there will be more at our March
Meeting. Membership is now 270, and it is interesting and satisfying to note
that we have welcomed a few Valiants into our club since Christmas.
Our club calendar
is on our website the first half of 2025 has filled very quickly. Please note
that there is an official club run on every Wednesday. On these runs we travel
together of rural roads at a respectable and achievable speed. We always meet
at Bakers’ Cottage (in the Supercheap, Good Guys and Lone Star Complex) in East
Maitland near Green Hills. Arrival is 9:00 am for a 9:30 am departure for
morning tea (from 10:30 am) and lunch (from 12:30 pm). Everyone is most
welcome.
MCMA is very aware of its
responsibilities for members’ health and safety. We have acquired
equipment to support members and associates in case of injury including a
comprehensive first aid kit, a defibrillator (AED), and a satellite phone. We
are completing our HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid course on
Tuesday March 4th. This course is valid for 3 years
and has 9 members/associates enrolled. Since October 1st last year
we had an average of 3.75 members with resuscitation certificates attending our
32 runs/events. We hope to have similar support for the next twelve months
despite not all 2024 certificate holders completing their compulsory training
in 2025.
Members have shown some
concern about their approaching senior driving assessments. This can
apply to many of our members depending on their health circumstances, and to
somewhat fewer members once they are 85 years old. To provide a professional
view of this senior assessment, I have arranged for Scott Holding from Holdings
Driver Training to run a workshop at our April 1st meeting. This should be a
very insightful presentation and discussion.
There are TEXT replies
required to ensure effective organisation of some of our runs and events.
They are:
1.
Wednesday March 26th and
Thursday March 27th. Official Autumn Overnighter to Tea Gardens. TEXT
me urgently for details if you would like to come.
2.
Saturday June 7th to Monday
June 9th Official Long Weekend Run to Kandos. TEXT me urgently
for details if you would like to come.
3.
Saturday September 27th to
Sunday October 5th Official Tour of Riverina and South-Western New
South Wales. TEXT me for details if you would like to come.
Please enjoy your historic vehicle/s and the pleasure
your hobby brings you and others. Make sure you take care on
our roads and enjoy your historic/classic as often as you can on official club
runs/events, or for 60 days each year for ‘personal use’, by making a logbook
entry and going wherever you wish.
Kind regards,
Ian Scanlon
MCMA President and Events Co-ordinator.
ian.scanlon53@bigpond.com
0412726420