Jump to content


Photo

Monthly gathering at Surfers reaches new heights


  • Please log in to reply
4 replies to this topic

#1 Ray Bell

Ray Bell
  • Member

  • 80,066 posts
  • Joined: December 99

Posted 03 December 2018 - 01:48

I can't go to this as it's on weekends, but Max Stahl makes it sometimes and reported back today.

 

This was a less-regular gathering started originally by Grahame Ward, but since his death Ian Mawdsley has become the organiser and does a good job of reminding people when it's on.

 

For the record, it's the first Saturday of each month at the La Piazza restaurant at Runaway Bay.

 

Max tells me 28 turned out on Saturday, a 'high water mark', and it happened to be John French's 88th birthday. John was unfortunately there alone as his wife died recently. Also present were Digby Cook (now 89), Bruce Richardson, baby-faced Bruce Allison, David Harding, Bob Beasley and Geoff Brabham.

 

Many of the regulars are Sydney people who've relocated to the Gold Coast or nearby and the discussions cover subjects of long-ago, present day affairs and I would suggest the relative health of the large number of octogenarians among the group.

 

Geoff Brabham is still spending several months a year in America racing, so that give cause to discuss those events. Unfortunately Max's memory is too poor these days for him to recall many of the other attendees.

 

January 5 is the next date if anyone wants to go.



Advertisement

#2 cooper997

cooper997
  • Member

  • 3,858 posts
  • Joined: December 08

Posted 03 December 2018 - 03:12

Belated Birthday wishes to John.

 

Sorry to hear Max's memory is declining, .

 

Stephen



#3 The Chasm

The Chasm
  • Member

  • 185 posts
  • Joined: December 05

Posted 03 December 2018 - 23:16

One of the originals from QMSC is David Harding - what a book he could write on Qld Motor Racing History !.

 

Very sad day when we lost Carole Corness.



#4 Lee Nicolle

Lee Nicolle
  • Member

  • 11,038 posts
  • Joined: July 08

Posted 04 December 2018 - 03:04

My father was a member of the Veteran Motorcycle Competitors Association here in Adelaide.

It was great for him for somewhere to go with old friends and quite a few younger ones too. Though as he said, the bad point is too many funerals!

I wish these blokes all the best and I suspect more than a story or two comes out!



#5 TerryS

TerryS
  • Member

  • 967 posts
  • Joined: March 16

Posted 04 December 2018 - 05:10

I can'go to this as it's on weekends, but Max Stahl makes it sometimes and reported back.
 
January 5 is the next date if anyone wants to go.


Ray, for years you have been telling us you can’t go to things on the weekend, race meetings, gatherings, etc

Why don’t you finally let us in on your secret weekend life?