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Desember 2017

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Cover photos:

POMC Japanese Classic car and bike day

POMC members meetings and braai are held at the POMC Clubhouse on the 1st Wednesday evening of

each month: 19:30 for 20:00

POMK lede vergadering en braai word elke maand op die 1ste Woensdagaand van die maand gehou in die POMK se klubhuis om 19:30 vir 20:00.

POMC Clubhouse at the corner of Keuning Street and Fred Davey avenue, Silverton/Meyerspark

POMK Klubhuis op hoek van Keuningstraat en Fred Daveylaan; Silverton/Meyerspark

GPS Co-ordinates for POMC: S 25 44.159 E28 18.652

Pretoria

Old Motor Club / Oumotorklub

PO Box 2014 / Posbus 2014

Silverton

0127

www.pomc.co.za

www.pomccitp.co.za

www.facebook.com/POMCclub

Klubvergadering 6 Desember om 20h00

Aanbieding: Bull Run 2017 deur Hennie Raitenbach

Hennie Rautenbach sorg vir die braaivleisvuur vanaf

18h30

Opinies in die NUUSBRIEF is nie noodwendig die siening van die Komitee of die Redakteur nie.

Opinions in the NEWSLETTER are not necessarily those of the Committee or the Editor.

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UIT DIE BESTUURSSITPLEK……………….FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT

JAARVERSLAG VAN DIE VOORSITTER/ ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN 2016/17

Dit was ‘n besondere voorreg om as voorsitter te kon dien gedurende die 51ste bestaansjaar van die

POMK. Die bestuurskomitee het bestaan uit agt verkose lede, asook drie genomineerde lede. Een lid moes

later weens werksomstandighede bedank en ‘n ander weens gesondheidsredes. Elke lid het sy portefeulje

met entoesiasme bestuur en ek was bevoorreg om so ‘n lojale span se volle ondersteuning te kon geniet,

veral Berto Lombard wat soms vir my moes instaan. Taco Kamstra se media ondersteuning tydens die

klubvergaderings het ‘n groot bygedrae gelwer om sake vlot te laat verloop. Al moes ons vir ‘n lang periode

sonder kroegdienste klaarkom, het dit nie afbreuk gedoen aan die braaigeselighede voor die vergaderings

nie. Netso is ons “ Second Sundays” ook goed bygewoon en groei die bywoning steeds danksy Frik

Kraamwinkel en Christo Ferreira. Danie du Plessis het die biblioteek, voorrade en bates in stand gehou,

terwyl Lou Bornman getrou gesorg het dat daar voldoende regalia items vir die entoesiaste beskikbaar is.

Emil en Hannie Kushke , Claude Stander, Leo Middelberg, Tom en Sandra Linley, Leon Stander en Willie en

Adri van Niekerk het verseker dat die tydrenne almal suksesvol verloop. Verslae oor al die bogenoemde

aktiwiteite het in die maandelikse nuusbriewe verskyn wat onder moeilike omstandighede deur Gerrit Höll

opgestel is. Laastens ook my dank aan Fred Calitz wat die wiele aan die rol gesit het met die opdatering van

die konstitusie en die ordening van ons kroegfasiliteit.

CLUB MEETINGS

The monthly club meetings were well attended, taking into account the average age of our members and

the challenges with meetings in the evening, especially during the winter! The following are some of the

highlights:

The 2016 Year-end and Trophy function.

Showcasing of various restored vehicles, such as a 1967 VW Notch Back, 1931 Ford Model A, 1958

Chevrolet Biscayne, 1933 Ford model Y and a 1966 VW Variant Automatic.

Internal presentations on cars and experiences down memory lane, displaying of model cars and

Sandstone Vintage Farm.

External presentations on the Dakar Rally, the Samola Hill Climb and Autonomous Cars as the future

driving mode.

RALLIES AND FUN-RUNS

The POMC excelled in this activity by successfully arranging the following during the year:

Summer rally - 25 February with 19 participants departing on a circular route from Zwartkops Race

Track over a distance of 205 km in the Hartebeespoort Dam area.

Mampoer rally - 3 June with 26 participants departing on a circular route from the Willem Prinsloo

Agricultural Museum near Bronkhorstspruit over a distance of 220 km.

38th Magnum Vintage and Classic Motorcycle & Motorcar Rally - 9 to 13 August with 53

participants departing on three circular routes from Hazyview over a total distance of 780 km. Leo

Middelberg from our club played a leading role in organising this event.

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Diamond run – 23 September as a fun-run with 23 participants from the club premises to Cullinan

over 80 km.

SECOND SUNDAY EVENTS

This proved to be an ever increasing popular event for club members as well as the public. It also has a

social responsibility spin-off as funds are raised for the underprivileged. Although all older vehicles are

welcome at each event, the following monthly themes were organised:

General “Bonnets-up”

American classics

Vintage and Veterans

Cars on the roof

British classics

European classics

Classic bikes, trucks and stationary engines

Classic cars at the Mall

Japanese classic cars and bikes

There is also a proper Scalextric track made available by Willie and Adri van Niekerk for the enjoyment of

visitors during these events.

The POMC furthermore has a close relationship with the Volkswagen Enthusiasts by also hosting their

annual Air-cooled Day at our club premises.

CARS IN THE PARK

This has been the main event on our annual calendar for 39 consecutive years. Due to its size it is hosted at

the Zwartkops race track where 107 motor clubs participated. There were also 153 commercial stalls. The

Executive Mayor of Tshwane (Hon. Solly Msimanga) was our guest of honour, whilst the Ford brand’s 100

year of existence in SA was the central theme. There were more than 2 500 vehicles on display to the

benefit of 6 000 visitors. Despite the prevailing economic recession the event was still financially viable

and served a great purpose to showcase our vehicles and entertain our community.

GENERAL ACTIVITIES

Members are encouraged to show-case and use their vehicles as much as possible. Many members also

enjoy membership of other single make clubs where they promote their POMC relationship to good effect.

The POMC also has an effective communication process whereby public invitations and requests are

relayed to members if the club does not see fit to participate officially. It is found that individual members

utilise these opportunities to a large extent, apart from their private services to weddings and matric

functions. There were also group gatherings where POMC participated and displayed their cars, for

example at the Friends of the Rail steam train trip, the Kitty Hawk airplane club, opening of Menlyn Maine

centre and Dreams on Wheels. Some of our members were also directly involved with the organising of

national events, such as the DJ Rally.

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FINANCES

As stated in the separate financial report, the Club’s finances are in good order. Changes have been made

to the monthly management report to assist with this responsibility.

CONSTITUTION

It became clear during the year that certain managerial challenges, specifically the bar facility, necessitated

a refreshment of the constitution, albeit not fundamental changes. All club members were informed of the

process and had the opportunity to participate in person or otherwise during the exercise.

In summary, the POMC has enjoyed a good year of many successful events with growing member

participation. It was indeed a privilege to have been in the lead - something that was completely

impossible without the full support of all the committee members and the positive participation of our

club members.

May the POMC prosper in its 52nd year onwards!

Doeke Tromp

Voorsitter/Chairperson 2016/2017

Photo: Lou Bornman

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Bikes in Nieuwoudtville

Always expect the unexpected and you will never be disappointed. The flowers were almost non-existent in the Hantam, but the motorcycles were popping up all over, including Charlie Boorman who visited Tinus on the Friday, preceding our arrival. I saw part (circa 150) of his 400 motorcycle collection. They are 'stuffed' into his 'service station', the only one in Nieuwoudtville which closes in the evening. He has had an offer on what I saw and the person was coming out from the Jersey Isles to finalise the deal. Sad to lose those bikes. Apparently the Museum in Franschhoek was not interested. Of note was a V twin James, of which there are only a few left in the world, a Maserati 50, a Honda NS400R V3 2 stroke. You will note a BMW Isetta under the Alfa Spider. Then there were Triumphs, AJs, Ariel, lots of Hondas (CL350/C110 etc), Yamahas, Jawas, etc., quite extraordinary.

Tony

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POMC Japanese classic car and bike day 2017

The Pretoria Old Motor Club held its final event at its clubhouse in Silverton on Sunday the 12th of November.

This was the annual display of Japanese cars and several manufacturers were represented. There was one car that stood out head and shoulders above the rest. Along with new models like the latest Impreza, Legacy and Outback, Subaru Centurion displayed the only Subaru 360 in Africa. This car has belonged to the Centurion dealership for several years. Despite being extremely small, the 360 is a very significant car in that it was the very first car that was subjected to crash testing; since then, Subaru has been at the forefront of innovation as far as safety is concerned.

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The Datsun club was extremely well represented and a few popular models that have become rare were on display. One of the rarest models in South Africa, despite being locally manufactured, is the 260C-Z, which was only on the South African market for a year or so. Pieter van Zyl owns at least two C-series models; a 300 C sedan and probably the most beautiful 260 C-Z still around, The Z differs from the 260 C Hardtop it was based on in that it was a locally-developed model that was fitted with the same twin-carburetor engine as the 260 Z sports car that was not introduced to South Africa. It had distinctive alloy rims and only came with manual transmission. It was quietly discontinued in 1975 when the more powerful version of the 260 C, the 300 C, was introduced. The 260 C sedan was popular in the 1970’s but even they are becoming very rare and it was a surprise to see a 260 C sedan, manufactured between 1973 and 1975, displayed, this particular car is the manual version which was not as popular as the automatic.

The car that put Datsun, and other Japanese cars, onto the map in South Africa were the 1600, which replaced the Bluebird 1300 in 1969. This car raced to the third place on the South African sales charts in 1971. Lenard Labuschagne’s immaculate 1600 SSS was manufactured in that year and, except for its Rostyle rims which were a very popular accessory at that time, it is perfectly original. Lenard has owned this car for 15 years, and is the third owner, even though the second owner did not keep it for a long time. It has never been restored and has only been maintained very well.

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The 160 and 180 U replaced the 1600 in 1974 but they were not as popular. However, Harry and Gerda Venter own a 1977 model 160 U SSS, which they bought just before Cars in the Park last year. This is one of the later models, with sedan bodywork that replaced the fastback-like shape the previous year.

Another Datsun that proved popular but has almost disappeared from South Africa roads is the 1200, introduced to South Africa late in 1971. The range consisted of the De Luxe, the GX sedan and Coupé and the pick-up; the latter remained on the market until 2007, but fitted with a 1400 cc engine. Of course, it also later gained the Nissan badge. There were a few GX models on display. Louis Wessels is the chairperson of the Datsun Club and he displayed his 1974 model 1200 GX sedan. This car has been fitted with quite a few extras, like a glass pop-up sunroof, alloy rims and the engine of the 1400 pick-up. Andrew Langham’s 1974 1200 GX Coupé, on the other hand, looks exactly like it did when it left the factory. He is the second owner, and has had it for two years. It has only done 137 000km.

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Toyota’s pick-ups have always been popular in South Africa, but few of the original models are still around. At the 1963, Dr. Doeke Tromp’s father bought one of the original Toyopet Stout models, but it was only registered at the beginning of 1964. Dr. Tromp recently completed a nut and bolt restoration. He was able to find a new carburettor and the radiator was re-done by Silverton Radiators. He also restored the interior. It took him 800 hours over five months to complete the restoration.

The Toyota Hilux was introduced to South Africa in 1969 and has been a favorite ever since. However, the first generation is very rare. Willie Oosthuizen owns a 1970 model, bought by his father at Hercules Garage, a Toyota dealership in Pretoria at that time. He even displayed the original invoice, and it is difficult to believe that it only cost R 1 469. Even the original tool kit has remained intact and the pick-up is still completely original.

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In 1984, Toyota finally introduced a front-wheel-drive version of the very successful Corolla. Before that happened, the final rear-wheel-drive sedan models were given a nose that made them look like the larger Cressida. A very rare model was also introduced. The TRD Liftback, introduced the previous year, proved to be a great success and after two versions were manufactured, another TRD model was added. Unlike the Liftback, this model was based on the 1.6 GL sedan. This car has been in the Stoltz family since new and Jaco, the current owner, says that the car is in an immaculate, unrestored condition and has done 290 000km.

Few people know that Mercedes-Benz South Africa planned a face lifted version of the Honda Ballade that was on the South African market from 1989 to 1992. Three prototypes were built and only one of them is still running as the other two have already been consigned to the scrap yard. Christo Ferreira was lucky enough to get hold of the surviving prototype, based on the 160i 16, the mid-range model of that range. The main difference was that color-coded bumpers and mirrors would have been fitted. Another Honda of the same year that Christo owns is a CRX, of which about 150 were imported. Christo has owned this particular car for 20 years and has been completely restored to its original condition.

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Bikes displayed by CMC members

Spectators and exhibitors relaxing under the trees at POMC club house

Models vehicles displayed by Mini Auto Pretoria (MAP)

Daantjie Badenhorst

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Henry Ford:

'"A man is educated when he knows how to do what he can do, and extract

from his performance a sufficient economic, intellectual and spiritual

satisfaction. A man who cannot do that is not educated, no matter what

his knowledge of books may be. That man is best educated who knows the

greatest number of things that are so, and who can do the greatest number

of things to help and heal the world. Schools are useful only as they put men

in possession of their own powers; and they cannot do this without the

earnest desire of their students to be so helped. Any man can learn

anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount"

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Classic car show held at Killarney in Cape Town Photos: Andre Loubser

The classic motor show is held every year at Cape Town' Killarney Circuit.

You must admit that we have an extraordinary mix of cars at the bottom end of Africa. Enjoy, Andre

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POMK GEMEENSKAP-UITREIK 2017.

Aan: Die Bestuur: Pretoria Oumotorklub

Geagte Vriende

Toe die bestuur van POMK besluit het om Sonitusskool vir Hardhorendes as begunstigde van die Klub se

gemeenskap-uitreik te verklaar, het ons nie kon dink hoeveel behoeftige leerders se lewens en omstandighede ons

sou kon aanraak en verbeter as gevolg daarvan nie.

Sonitus is `n multi-kulturele skool vir Hardhorende en Leergestremde leerders en is geleë in Jan Niemandpark, `n

voorstad van Pretoria waar daar geweldige sosiaal-maatskaplike probleme ondervind word. Armoede is aan die orde

van die dag. Baie leerders is derhalwe behoeftig en steun op die skool vir kos, klere, skoene, toiletware,

koshuisinwoning – selfs mediese dienste, omdat baie huisgesinne nie `n mediese fonds het nie. Die drie Afrikaanse

Susterskerke lewer via TOIBO (Transoranje Instituut vir Buitengewone Onderwys) jaarliks verskeie dienste d.m.v.

projekte om nood te verlig. Desnieteenstaande moet personeel steeds inklim om al die gate toe te stop. Dit is juis hier

waar die POMK se welwillendheid `n groot verskil maak.

`n Totaal van R17 965 is m.b.v. hekinkomste en kosverkope tydens POMK byeenkomste die afgelope jaar

gegenereer. Die American Day was verreweg die suksesvolste hiervan (R7 610). Dié fondse het die onkoste van

Sonitus se behoeftige leerders se somer- en winterklere gedek.

By die CITP het die skool se Sagtebalgroep R7 500 ingesamel. Verkope het R24 000 beloop. Die aankoop van

produkte, en die Stadsraad se “Compliancy regulations”, het die werklike wins egter tot R7 500 “beperk”. Dit was

steeds meer as die moeite werd vir ons om daar te wees. Baie dankie! Dit het personeel ook nader aan mekaar

gebring en hulle onderlinge spangees bevorder. Die Sagtebalgroep kon hiermee noodsaaklike toerusting en klere vir

behoeftige spelers aankoop. Twee van ons spanne is Tshwane kampioene, `n derde het tot in die semi-finaal

gevorder! (Teen Hoofstroomskole!)

Sonder die geleenthede wat deur die welwillendheid van die POMK moontlik gemaak word, sal BAIE kinders se nood

nie verlig of hoegenaamd aangespreek kan word nie. Ons kan haas nie voorbly om in hulle dringende behoeftes te

voorsien nie. Omdat kleding so belangrik is vir die menswaardigheid van behoeftige leerders, fokus ons vir nou

daarop. Vir 2018 sal ons ook DV op leerderondersteuningsmateriaal wil fokus. (Nadat almal wel geklee is.)

Indien daar POMK lede is wat op enige wyse by Sonitus se doen en late betrokke wil raak, kan u gerus met my

skakel. Dit kan bv wees deur middel van die befondsing van projekte, borgskappe ens. Ons is `n geregistreerde nie-

winsgewende organisasie (oftewel ʼn “NPO. Of Non Profit Organisation” – nr. 004-166). Dit beteken dat ons `n

belastingaftrekbare bewys/sertifikaat kan uitreik aan donateurs vir donasies wat ons ontvang.

Die skool se bankbesonderhede is soos volg:

Rekeninghouer: Sonitusskool

Bank: ABSA

Takkode: 632005

Tipe Rekening: Tjek

Rekeningnommer: 1430770450

Verwysing: U naam, adres, kontakgegewens en POMK.

Die POMK se welwillendheid in tye waar fondse en geleenthede uiters beperk is, is voorwaar vir ons `n riem onder die hart. Nogmaals baie dankie!

Vriendelike groete

JOHAN STAPELBERG

Hoof : Sonitus

[email protected]

082 667 0394 / (012) 800 1161/2/3

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The Day a Cobra went Un-noticed

By Stuart Johnston

Hi POMC guys. This is a story I posted in AutoTrader in early November, 2017. The actual story I wrote

about happened in the mid-1980s, just as I wrote it! Enjoy.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to drive a Cobra? A rumbling, snorting, rough-and-ready V8 machine

that’s threatening to spit you into the scenery as soon as you hit the start-up button? Well, let me tell you

about my first experience in one of these beasts…..

I remember almost every detail about the first time I drove a Cobra in anger. Okay, not a real one, because

there were only just over 1 000 of those built, but a very good replica, imported from America. Actually,

you aren’t really supposed to call Cobra replicas “Cobras”, but everybody does, and in South Africa, certain

replicas are actually permitted to use the Cobra nameplate. But I digress.

Cobra is the four-wheeled equivalent of two-wheeled cruiser or super-bike, depending on the V8 fitted

This one I was driving was way, way back in 1985 or so, and it was in the bad old Pretoria of those days,

where men were likely to drive around in very short shorts and long socks, and women stayed home to

make their own dresses and had competitions to see who could make the sweetest lemon meringue pies.

I was working as a young motoring editor on Pretoria News, but because I’d already written a well-

circulated story on the very first Cobra replica to be seen in South Africa (it was in a Ford dealership’s

display window), this dude from Johannesburg called me up and insisted I spend time with his car, which

he’d just imported from America. He gave it to me for a whole week, the crazy fool!

This car was proper! It was dark blue with white stripes, just like the ones that Carroll Shelby had in his race

team. It had the right Halibrand-type wheels like Shelby’s original Cobras from the 1960s, and it had a

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genuine 7.0-litre Ford V8 side-oiler engine, fitted with not one, but two slurping, guzzling Holley four-barrel

carburetors. To get the tank full, you had better make sure you switched the engine off at the fuelstation,

otherwise the tank would never fill up!

Now, it just so happened that I had a lifelong friend who was building up his own Cobra replica from a kit

he’d bought from a company called, appropriately enough, Kit Car Centre. He had been having all sorts of

problems with the bodywork details, and the suspension, which had bump-steer deluxe, a characteristic

that meant as soon as you climbed on the brakes, the nose dipped and the front wheels kicked out like the

way Donald Duck walks.

Bump steer means bad braking, amongst other things, which means the suspension needed re-jigging.

Also, my friend wanted to see what the correct gauges looked like, the roll bar, the gear-lever with its

reverse gate all that stuff.

I sneaked away from the news-room in down-town Pretoria at about 10 am on a Friday, picked up another

racing-mad friend from the office around the corner, and headed out to an industrial suburb near

Silverton, where Fords are built today.

On the way there, in those bad old days before cops had the budget for speed cameras, I remember

getting this beast into a drift at around two hundred and plenty, my knuckles whitening and my mouth

going dry, before I managed to dial in just the right amount of counter-steering to that wheel. I gave a

death’s head grin, then. My passenger, he was just giggling.

The oke who was building his own Cobra took one look at the car and kicked my office-neighbour out of

the passenger seat, because he wanted to get a feel for what his own baby was going to be like, a few

months down the line. So there we went snorting and screeching around the back suburbs of Pretoria

East, making like kids who were bunking school.

We were stopped at a traffic light at a main intersection , heading back to my buddie’s workshop, when I

heard this screeching sound from somewhere behind me. I glanced in the Cobra’s rear view mirror,

mounted on top of the dashboard in classic fashion, and I detected what looked like an original Mini

skidding towards the priceless rear end of this Cobra, clearly way out of control!

Luckily I had the Cobra in gear and the clutch in, so I simply popped the clutch and wrestled the beast on

the gravel verge, just before the intersection. It was just a case of “Whaaap” on the accelerator and I had

parked it!

The screeching Mini shot past us at an angle not designed to keep it on the road. With smoke spewing

from its tiny 10-inch diameter tyres it slammed into the traffic light pole and rolled over onto its roof.

Just then, I heard another big skid from behind me, and in the mirror was this Datsun SSS, smoking to a

stop, luckily a short distance behind the Cobra. Then these two humongous breekers emerged from the

Datsun. They were big enough to make Mike Tyson seem like a midget, and Mike was friendly compared to

these two manne.

Funnily enough, I had time to see two very glum-looking fat women in the rear seat of the SSS. They were

sitting tight in the Datsun, and they didn’t look as if they had won any pie-making contest on that particular

day.

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I gazed out the windscreen towards the stricken Mini, still on its roof, like an insect that has been flipped

onto its back with its legs whirring away in a futile search for traction. Then the doors of the Mini scraped

open and from either side these two “okes” emerged, both of them dressed in nothing more than their

underpants!

Everything became clear to me and my Cobra buddie at that moment. The okes in the Datsun had

somehow discovered that Lemon Meringue hadn’t been the only thing on the menu back home in Pretoria

East that day. And we’d seen enough B-grade movies with similar themes to know what was going to

happen next.

Time to leave, so with a quick Whaaarrrp on the throttle and plenty rubber smoke, we departed in a haze

of rubber smoke. That’s probably the only time in that part of Pretoria, in the three decades since, that a

full-blown 7.0- litre Cobra in full snarl, leaving black stripes on the road and clouds of rubber smoke, has

failed to draw any attention whatsoever.

Looking back on that slice of Pretoria life, I often wonder if the four okes and the two doedies had taken

time to appreciate the American Racing colour scheme of that car, the dual white stripes, the Halibrands,

and the unsilenced side-winder exhaust pipes.

Probably not.

Stuart Johnstone

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Upcoming Regularity Rallies

9 & 10 March 2018

Regs available on

www.pomc.co.za

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2018 MAGNUM REGULARITY RALLY

Info:

Leo Middelberg [email protected]

Tom Linley [email protected]

Frik Kraamwinkel [email protected]

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Verjaarsdae/Birthdays

Desember

Johannes van Velden 5

Daantjie Badenhorst 6

Graham MacPherson 7

Pieter Neethling 8

Robbie Feun 9

Andre Richard 9

Gume Oberholster 10

Louise Dadford 10

Barry Stephanou 11

Tina Kraehmer 12

Cynthia Walters 13

Frans Willemse 14

Len van Driel 17

Pierre Vermaak 19

Pierre Diedericks 20

Martin Kohler 22

Etienne Fourie 24

Willie van Niekerk 26

Ron Hibbert 29

Albert Etsebeth 30

Indien u naam nie hier verskyn nie kontak Taco dat databasis bygewerk kan word.

LIEF en Leed

Gordon Nel is oorlede

Albert Estesebethh se broer is oorlede

Martie du Tiot is ernstig siek

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Chairman

Beplanning/Ko-ordinasie/Kontrole/Argief

Voorsitter

Planning/Co-ordination/Control?Archive

Berto Lombard (h) 012 546

5974 078 116 8018 [email protected]

Ondervoorsitter

SAVVA verteenwoordiger

Vice Chairman

SAVVA Rep

Emil Kushke 082 655 4879 [email protected]

Sekretaris

Agendas

Notules

Lederegister

Ledegelde

Lidkaartjies

Klub Skyfie Aanbiedings

Trofees

Secretary

Agendas

Notes

Member Register

Member Fees

Member Cards

Club Slideshow Presentation

Trophies

Taco Kamstra (h) 012 335

0549 082 770 8800 [email protected]

Skakelbeampte / PRO/ CIP

Bemarking

Kennisgewings

CIP

Finansiële Sake

Public Relation Officer

Marketing

Notices

CIP

Finacial Affairs

Frik Kraamwinkel 082 444 2954 [email protected]

[email protected]

Bate Bestuur

Onderdele

Biblioteek

Perseel

Asset Management

Spares

Library

Lot/Stand

Danie du Plessis 083 676 0130 [email protected]

Regalia

Klerasie

Aandenkings

Diamand Rit

Regalia

Clothing

Memorabilia

Diamond Run

Lou Bornman 082 337 2966 [email protected]

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Tesourie

Treasurer

Doeke Tromp 082 888 0239 [email protected]

SAVVA Datering

Tydrenne

Nasionale Tydrenne

Klub Tydrenne

SAVVA Dating

Rallies

National Rallies

Club Rallies

Claude Stander

Emil Kushke

082 570 2498

082 655 4879

[email protected]

[email protected]

Sosiale Byeenkomste

2de Sondae

Metro Skakeling

Social Events

2nd Sunday

Metro Links

Christo Ferreira 082 779 5703 [email protected]

Terein Bestuurder

Yard Manager Danie du Plessis 083 676 0130 [email protected]

Redakteur / Editor Vacant

Sosiale Koördineerder

Social Coordinator Frans du Toit 082 893 9342

Rallies

Tydrenne Steffan Stander

079 060 9990 [email protected]

Lidmaatskap

Membership Frans du Toit 082 893 9342

: Membership Dues – Ledegelde

Ordinary Member: R440 (most of us) Student / Scholar: R150

Half Year: R200 Country Member: R180

Entry Fee: R180

Any new Student or Scholar member need not pay the Entry Fee.

Any new Ordinary or Country member needs to add the Entry Fee to the initial payment. Annual subscription is from 01 September to 31 August.

Half year is valid from the 1st March

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