7:30pm at New Clubrooms at 313 Bellarine St – South Geelong.
Spread the word !

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The AGM will be the 1st official meeting held at the new club rooms, The perfect way to celebrate the move to our new home.

All members are invited along to the SMCC Annual General Meeting on 14/11/23 for the election of office bearers and officials.

All positions will be declared vacant on the night & elections will be held to fill committee positions.

So if anyone is thinking of helping the club out please put your hand up.

Remember this is a member based club, run by members for our members.

Hope to see a good member turnout on the night and to fill all positions.

To help celebrate another successful year of the SMCC (entering our 92 year – Amazing!), our resident Chef “Bott” will be firing up the BBQ, which is always guaranteed to be a delight.

This mornings ride to Deans Marsh was a success, despite the cooler weather and a bit of drizzle. 16 riders turned out, including a good mix of sports bikes, trail bikes, classics, and cruisers.

The route took the riders up through the scenic Barrabool Hills, across to the Princes Hwy then to Buckley Road, Cape Otway Road, Winchelsea to Lorne Road, with the final stop at the Deans Marsh General Store for a nice hot coffee.

The ride was a long and wet one. The Die Hard riders set off up through Ceres with grey skies overhead. They rode through Merrawarp Road, Inverleigh, Teesdale, and Meredith Shelford Road.

However, they were soon hit by a detour and had to go back to Lower Plains Road and up Midland Highway to Meredith.

The rain poured down on them during the entire ride, but they persevered and eventually made it to their destination the Meredith General Store were they had time to partially dry out and warm up.

Hats off to the group for braving the conditions and completing the ride, nice work !

The Club will be holding its Annual Poker ride on Sunday the 29th of October, All Welcome, Club Members, Family & Friends, Bikes, Cars.

Come along and enjoy a leisurely ride with mates out through the Golden Plains, while raising money for the club and possibly taking home a bit for yourself, so spread the word.

Meet at the New Clubrooms 9:00am (29/10/23) (313 Bellerine St – South Geelong) behind the rowing sheds on the Barwon River, opposite Landy Field, a great opportunity to checkout the progress on the recently renovated and centrally located new clubrooms.

$10 to enter at the New Clubrooms, Register your Name and emergency contact details on the day

New Clubrooms – Google Maps Location – https://maps.app.goo.gl/QAy2nBaDrM1UqP1b9

Map of the ride on Google Maps:- https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1W2JQEV7ZSyifYCP9wpat2-QDBeJCwA4&usp=sharing

Below is a Relive video of the route, details:-
Approx 80km from the Clubrooms to the Anakie General Store (collecting cards at various stops along the route , then 30km back into Geelong.

1st Card – At New Clubrooms
2nd Card – Hamilton Hwy Truck Stop (Bannockburn Turn off)
3rd Card – Top of Maude Hill. Perdrisat Rd.
4th Card – Steiglitz Rd to Anakie turn off.
5th Final Card Card – Anakie General Store – Strongest hand wins 20% of the kitty, (remainder to the club fundraiser).

Food and refreshments will be available at the Anakie General Store.

Hi Current & Prospective club members, a reminder that our next General meeting is Tuesday 10/10/23 at the Newtown Clubrooms at 07:30pm.

Being the 1st meeting of the month our resident gourmet Chef (Bott – Artists impression below) is preparing a special treat, his version of an old classic, tuna casserole, but I’m told Bott’s version has a bit of a twist to it, by adding beans, eggs, corn chips, sounds delicious.

So come along for a good hearty feed, chat with mates and get your membership and club permits processed.

Also the lucky door prize was not claimed at the last meeting, so has jackpotted, you have to be present to collect if your number / name is drawn at random.

Hope to see you there.

11 Riders, perfect riding conditions this morning to test out the upcoming Club Poker ride event.

Departed at 9:30am from the normal meeting point, out through Ceres, Barrabool Hills, Gnarraware, Stonehaven, Murgheboluc, Bannockburn, Russells Bridge, Sheoaks, Steiglitz, ending up at the Anakie General Store for Coffee, treats & a chat.

Guy captured the ride as a “Relive clip” and the video clip is included here, this will give you a good idea of the upcoming Club Poker Ride.

We need your help prepping the new club rooms for painting!

Don Lum has kindly volunteered to spray paint the inside of the new clubrooms, but needs a hand doing some basic prep work before he gets started.

If you’re free on Friday 29th, please come down to 313 Bellarine St South Geelong (1st Shed on the Right as you enter from Bellarine St) and donate whatever time you can spare.

We’ll be starting at 9am and with many hands we’re sure to bowl it over quickly.

There will be plenty of tasks to keep everyone busy, such as:

* Cleaning and washing walls

* Masking windows

* Levelling any proud nails

* General clean-up

Please bring any cleaning items you have, such as a broom, brush, hammer, scrapers, buckets, sponges, rags etc.

We hope to see you there!

313 Bellarine St South Geelong.

Google Maps Link

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If you have any questions, please contact Stewy Turner on 0418591120.

Thank you for your support!

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Another great meeting last night, a good turn out of members.

The lucky door prize was drawn during the meeting with Peter Attwood’s membership number being drawn at random.

Unfortunately Peter wasn’t present so the prize jackpots to next meeting.

To be in the running make sure you come along for your chance to collect.

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The new clubroom renovations are coming along well, but we require a couple of items that members may have sitting around taking up space and would be willing to part with to help out the club:-

2 x large pavers for installation of the Air Con Outdoor unit.

Insulation batts, enough to fill about 8²m in an external wall cavity.

If you can help out, please get in touch here, or with Stewy Turner.

We are still a while away from moving into the new rooms, so business as usual at the Newtown rooms, stay tuned , Thanks.

13 riders. A leisurely ride out through Ceres, Bannockburn, Russell’s Bridge, then back to North Geelong, coffee and treats at The Pickers Union

Two breakdowns on the way, Mal’s lovely specimen of a BMW that needed it’s carbie drain & plug tighten up, Luckily that BMW’S come with a large tool kit!

Ross was not able to continue on the ride on his 350 Norton as it started to nip up a bit coming out of the Barrabool Hills, He turned around and headed for home.