At the upcoming AGM on Wednesday, 13th July, I will be presenting The Michael Andrews Memorial Trophy 2021/2022 Awards for best attendances at PMEA Events. There is only a few more Events until 30th June, and until these are concluded, I cannot order the winner Trophy, as the point scoring is so close! For this year and ongoing years, prizes will be awarded to the winner, as well as 2nd and 3rd place awards. So please make sure that you always list your name on the attendance sheet at every fortnightly meeting and run. Bonus points awarded for attending in your classic car or bike (DO NOT list just because you own one!!).

Please join us on AGM night Wednesday, 13th July at RMYC starting at the special time of 7pm, when all PMEA yearly awards will be presented to the winners.

On another note, over the last 2 years I have been organising Mid-Month Brunch Runs, roughly on the middle Wednesday of each month. Sadly these have not been well patronised. I would have anticipated that with over 435 members, it would be a no-brainer for another chance to get out your classic car for a club drive and catch up.

It’s enormous work to come up with a variety of venues for club Events, book each one, compile the spiel to go onto the website, then construct the web page for that Event with photos, and finally upload the Event to our PMEA website (yes I do that too).

Therefore, I am retiring our Mid-Month Brunch Runs with immediate effect.

UPCOMING PMEA EVENTS

Please refer to each event link for full details.

THIS SUNDAY 19th June: Frenchy’s Café, Georges Heights (Mosman)

This heritage building is the heart of our bustling little French cafe and has a beautiful outdoor setting. Nestled in the heritage landscape of Headland park, Mosman. Surrounded by artist studios and ocean views, Frenchy's is a bush walk away from popular landmarks including Balmoral, Chowder Bay and Taronga Zoo.

The free limited parking at the nearby carpark. Actual address is 3 Read Place Mosman. Advance booking under PMEA for approx 20 people. Please RSVP ASAP.

Sunday 3rd July: Ball Boy Café, Balgowlah Heights

This very new cafe is located in leafy Balgowlah Heights near the tennis courts. It was only opened in 2021 and sits below some new apartments that were built on the site of an old service station. It's all open air environment, so sound acoustics will be good.

We have from 8.30am until 10am allocated and reserved ONLY for PMEA, so please don't dilly dally and order as soon as you get there to facilitate kitchen flow! Please RSVP ASAP!

Seating is LIMITED and all undercover, so you will definitely need to adhere to booking your space early VIA RSVP on our website ASAP or miss out! You will NOT be just able to turn up, due to the strictly limited capacity of 32 persons. There is plenty of parking in the street.

Sunday 17th July: All French Car Day, Silverwater Park, Silverwater

PMEA will celebrate French Bastille Day and visit the annual All French Car Day at Silverwater Park. Club members are invited to display their French vehicles.

Come and see the huge variety of Citroen, Peugeot, Renault, Alpine and Simca vehicles on display. Vehicles on show from veteran to modern. It’s a nice location with close by walkway along the Parramatta River. BYO breakfast & chairs.

Plenty of free parking either side of Silverwater Bridge off Clyde St.

Sunday 14th August: Shannon’s Classic, Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek Raceway

Largest display of classic cars in NSW. Up to 2,000 vehicles attend. You also get a chance to drive around the circuit as a group. This is a highlight on most club’s calendars every year.

If you are going as a spectator, you DON’T need to RSVP on the PMEA website.

Should you with to attend, PMEA purchased 25 tickets for the 2021 event, these are also now valid for the 2022 event. For those 11 members that have paid already for last year, please ensure that you RSVP via our website if you are going in 2022, as we are currently only showing that 7 members are going. Tickets will be handed out closer to the event.

NO further tickets will be available once our allocation has been exhausted, so don’t delay, get in quickly if you want to attend.

IMPORTANT SPECIAL NOTES FOR CONCOURS ENTRANTS

Rules state that to enter the Concours, you will need to complete a special form (2021 form is OK), and email directly to the CMC organiser Terry Bebbington at terry@bebco.com.au

This form is available on our webpage for this Event. ONLY 1 vehicle per decade per club permitted. Full details on the entry form.

The cut-off date for Concours entries is Thursday, 14th July. No additional fee is payable.

Mid-year over winter is a busy time for car clubs and events in general, don’t forget to check them all out on Classic Car Gurus.

Don’t forget

IF you can’t attend an event after you have booked, please let us know! Preferably cancel via the website, (there is a ‘Can’t Go’ link, just click on it and complete, it’s just below the orange RSVP Button on each Event page). If you have difficulty, contact me directly.

Businesses rely on knowing numbers in advance for large groups for staffing and catering purposes.

IF you have difficulty booking online and wish to attend an Event, please contact me and I will book you in.

PMEA also have now available newly designed FREE windscreen information sheets for members to display on their vehicles. If you would like one for your vehicle/s, please contact me. They will be available at the next meeting and run. And of course, these go well with our PMEA windscreen banners, which are available for the bargain price of $25. Please contact our regalia officer Linda Upton to purchase.

Keep those wheels turning!!

David Cawthorn
Vice President and Events