Hi all, I will be taking a break for a few weeks, and in the meantime our other Accredited Inspector, Rob Cleary, will be in control of all the initial inspections and necessary paperwork. Rob can be contacted on 0479 151011 for all your enquiries and appointments. Hope you all enjoy my absence as much as I will enjoy having a break. Mal Loone

Great ride today to The Old Workshop Cafe at Anakie with 12 riders attending where we were warmly welcomed by the owners and treated to great food and coffee by their ever polite and efficient staff. A good eclectic mix of bikes attended including moderns and oldies varying from Aermacchi, Moto Guzzi, Ducati, Honda’s, BMW’s, Triumph, Harley D and Yamahas.

The ride took us through Ceres, Pollocksford towards Inverleigh, then via Bannockburn, Russell’s Bridge, Maude to the Bacchus Marsh road then on to Anakie via Granite road. A total ride of approx 135klm’s by the time we arrived back in Geelong.

Smiles all round, corner marshalling worked well with no delays and no one lost.

It was decided at a recent club meeting to transfer the monthly runs from the 2nd Sunday of the month to the 4th Sundays due to clashes with many other special days throughout the year. We already have several Sundays allotted to varying runs this year but we are always looking for fresh input. All runs are listed on the wall calendar in the clubrooms and are always open for discussion. We also encourage our members to put forward any suggestion or notifications of upcoming events we may be able to attend on any other dates throughout the year.

This Sundays run 26/02/2023 will be leaving from the clubrooms in Riversdale rd at 9.30am heading for The Old Workshop at Anakie for a morning coffee or brunch depending on your preference. The run will be approximately 1hr in duration with everyone free to make their way home what ever way they choose afterwards.

All of our monthly runs are open to all members and friends with any vehicles, cars & bikes old or new welcome.

Tragic News – Justin Willman

If you are involved with the motorcycle scene in Geelong you would have heard about the tragic incident at Stonehaven that resulted with death of Justin Willman.

Justin wasn’t just an integral part of the Geelong Motorcycling community being one of the best and most renowned motorcycle mechanics, he was also great mates with so many of us.

When people have spoken to me about Justin they have described him as a top guy & a true gentleman. 

On behalf of the Sporting Motorcycle Club Geelong executive committee & members we pass on our deepest condolences & sympathy to Justin’s Family, friends and to the broader motorcycling community in Geelong for this tragic loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

SMCC.

photo: Facebook

Looking for ideas, destinations or reasons to go for a ride on the 4th Sunday’s of the month for the 2023 calendar. We have 10 rides scheduled for the coming year but there are always extra dates available to add in. If you hear of anything interesting to attend or an idea for a ride please feel free to suggest it either by e-mail or at any of our Bi-Monthly meetings. In the past we have done rides to Vintage Tractor pulls, Eddington Sprints, The Liberator Bomber Restoration Project in Werribee, Combined dirt and road rides to a common destination, The Beeac Pub for a meal and to see Ians car collection , Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally, etc. too many to recall, some are good to repeat others are a once of only, but fresh input is always welcome and helps us to discover what our members would like to do as a club.

The more suggestions and ideas we get the more rides that can be organised for our members (That’s you) to enjoy.

What a great ride to Gordon to celebrate the end of 2022 with the SMCC, here is a brief video I took, I knew I should have taken the XL instead of the Duke ! Sorry about the poor pict & sound quality & bug!, but you’ll appreciate the road conditions at the moment in Victoria.

The club received the sad news of the Passing of a club Legend – David Jeremiah.

David Jeremiah raced competitly for many years & won the club championship in 1953, At the time he rode a 500cc Ariel with an alloy barrel and shaved head running on Petrol/Benzol mixture, with lots of other mods, it was tuned to be a bit of a rocket ship. David Jeremiah pictured here with his winning sash from 1953.

David raced with other club legends like Allan Wembridge and were known as the “Boundary Rd boys”, Ironically he was born in 1932, the founding year of SMCC. RIP David.

It is with great sadness we hear of the passing of Lyn Powell, partner of Beak and club stalwart for many years. We wish to pass on our deepest sympathy to Beak ( David Murray) and Lyn’s family and close friends. Many of us here at the SMCC will remember her as always a cheerful and happy person who would always help where ever she could.

Rest in peace Lyn

For all the Facebook users we have today launched the clubs new Facebook site, In Facebook’s infinite wisdom they for reasons unknown have turned our old page off and it will soon be removed, sorry for the inconvenience.

So Please head over to https://www.facebook.com/SportingMotorCycleClub/ and follow the new page for club updates, news & events. Please spread the word to other members and friends.

Cheers,

Patrick Middleton – Club Secretary.