The Club received the very sad news this morning that our Dear friend, and dedicated SMCC member, Allan Walker has passed away after a long and courageous battle with illness.

Allan was a beloved member of the Sporting Motorcycle Club and a true friend to all who knew him. 

Allan was always the first to lend a helping hand, whether it helping with a breakdown or offering a listening ear & advice or to help organise club events.

Allan was a passionate rider & motorcycle enthusiast and loved nothing more than hitting the open road with his friends rain, hail or shine.

Allan will be sorely missed by all who knew him. He was a true friend, a great person to be around, and a joy to know. We will always cherish the times & rides we were lucky enough to have had with Allan and memories we have of him.

Ride on Allan.

The proposed Sporting T. T. (Tiddler Tour ) has been postponed until the 10/12/2023 due to the clash with the Geelong Revival. It will now be run in conjunction with the SMCC end of year breakup on 10/12/2023 both starting and finishing at our club rooms in Bellarine St, meeting around 9.00am with a departure time of 9.30.

We ask members to come along on the oldest or smallest capacity bikes they have access to for a fun ride around the Bellarine Peninsula, stopping at Barwon Heads for a coffee before heading back to the clubrooms for a BBQ lunch and refreshments.

The ride his open to all club members and friends on bikes or cars, old or new, so even if you don’t have an old or small bike you are very welcome to come along on what you have, but it will be a fairly slow ride with the little bikes leading the way. Hope to see you there.

PS. We will also be having a morning ride on 26/11/23 (Revival Weekend) to The Old Workshop at Anakie for a coffee if anyone is interested in a morning ride before going to the Revival. Also starting at the clubrooms in Bellarine St around 9.00am. Regards Mal

Wow what a great Annual General Meeting last night, and a perfect way to launch the new clubrooms. Thanks to Bott for the great BBQ, and thanks Bernie for filling in for Beak in his absences.

Congrats to everyone who was elected to a committee position, and thank you for your ongoing commitment to help and support the Club.

18 Motorcycle riders joined our Monday ride led by Guy Perdrisat to the Lethbridge General Store via Ceres, Pollocksford, Bannockburn, Sutherland Creek, Maud then into Lethbridge .

A very pleasant and relaxing ride in perfect weather, nice to see a few newer faces among the regulars enjoying the company and a chat.

It was a perfect day for riding with 24 bikes joining in. I think we almost broke our Red Plate Monday attendance record, Nice work everyone !

The weather was clear and sunny, and the roads were dry. We decided to spread out a bit without corner marshalling and told everyone to go whichever way they choose, but to meet in Birregurra in about an hour for a coffee and chat at the Birregurra General Store

Most chose to go Via Ceres, Gnarwarre to Cape Otway Rd and then onto the designated stop in the Main Street of Birregurra.

All arrived safe and a great chat was had before splitting up and making our own way back home, A round trip of about 150 km for most.

It was a great day out and all attendees enjoyed ourselves, Hope to see you an next weeks Monday Red Plate Ride.

What a great ride it was today, another very successful club event, thank you to everyone who help organise the event, and thank you to everyone who joined in the ride.

Over 50 people joining in today, with an amazing mix of machines, from classic enduro all the way through to ultra modern super bikes, plus two fantastic classic cars.

It was the perfect introduction to the new clubrooms with the new car park area providing ample space for members to congregate while completing the signing in process.

Winners are grinners as you can see, with Mal taking home a handful of folding cash for collecting the strongest poker hand along the 80+ km journey.

80% of the pool collected today being donated to the club, which I’m sure will help with some of the cost of relocating to the new clubrooms.

Another winner was Lenny, who won the very prestigious “Pig’s Ear” award for His sparkling new KTM690 which would feel at home under Toby Price on the Dakar Rally, but today never left the bitumen for fear of it getting Dusty !.

Thanks again to everyone for making it such a successful event. If you have any photos or videos from today to share, please feel welcome to do so here.

Cheers,

With an excellent turn out from Members, The lucky door prize was drawn at random, and Dave Stewart’s number was drawn! , but unfortunately Dave wasn’t present at the meeting to collect so the lucky door prize will jackpot to the next meeting, make sure you attend the meetings so if your number is drawn you can collect your winnings!

Member Marty brought along his 1995 Yamaha YZF600, which he acquired in Feb this year and used his extensive hands on skills to completely strip the bike down to nuts and bolts, cleaning, fixing & replacing whatever he found to be sub standard or non original. Marty also provided a slideshow to accompany his presentation which showed the projects steps, including hand polishing the frame and swing arm with watchmakers metal polish, that is dedication to the job !

Thanks Marty for bringing your bike along, a very impressive bike and an example of your skills..If any members are interested in showing their machine at the next show n tell (28/11), please put your hand up.

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