MTCQ INFO COMING EVENTS. From The President. MTCQ President Don Rolands. Working Bee Sunday 20th Feb :00 AM start Undullah Road UNDULLAH

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1 MTCQ INFO President Don Rolands VP Robert Eyres Club Captain Mark James Treasurer Gloria Richards Secretary Richard Marken Trials Sub. Com. Robert Eyres Jeff Richards MA Delegate Robert Eyres Comp Secretary Paul McAllister Newsletter Mark Keenan PR Officer Marice Rolands Dinner/Meeting 1 st Tuesday of The month at the Glen Restaurant The Glen Hotel Eight Mile Plains Cnr Logan Rd and Gaskell St 6:30 for 7:00PM MTCQ Postal Address PO Box 6311 Upper Mt Gravatt 4122 From The President. Welcome to the New Year everyone. Here we are in February already! I hope everyone had safe and happy break and managed to keep your feet dry! Firstly a big thank you to all the committee and club members who put in to make last year what it was, our Easter Trial, Qld Titles, Aussie Titles, Arena trial and a few Inter-club and Club trials thrown in there as well. Wow what a year! Welcome to our new/old committee for 2011, there s been a couple changes to our Committee line up for this year, that being myself stepping in as President, Paul McAllister putting his hand up for Competition secretary and Robert Eyres taking up the position of Vice President. Many thanks to those on the committee who have volunteered to retain their positions for this year. I would like to take this opportunity to also thank Robert Eyres for the stellar effort he has put in as President over the last few years. Well our first event for the year is nearly upon us, this is our Sign-On Club trial at Undullah on the 27 th of February. Has anyone been practicing? Come along and shake out the cobwebs out of both bike and body and take the opportunity to renew your club membership for the 2011 season. Remember your comp license isn t valid without a current club membership. See you all at the Sign-On Trial MTCQ President Don Rolands COMING EVENTS Working Bee Sunday 20th Feb :00 AM start Undullah Road UNDULLAH MTCQ Sign On Day Club Trial Sunday 27 th Feb 2011 Undullah Road UNDULLAH Club Meeting at the Glen Hotel 6.30 PM Tuesday 1 st March 2011

2 Annual General Meeting MTCQ s Annual General Meeting was held at the Glen Hotel on the 7 th Dec The following people were kind enough to volunteer, and were then elected for their respective positions. These will be our Office Bearers for 2011: President Don Rolands Vice-President Robert Eyres Treasurer Gloria Richards Secretary Richard Marken Competition Secretary Paul McAllister MA Delegate Robert Eyres Editor Mark Keenan Purchasing Officer Jeff Richards Sub-Committee Delegate Robert Eyres and Jeff Richards Club captain Mark James PR Officer Marice Rolands Licence Renewal The following has been lifted directly from the MQ website and should be of interest: Licence Renewal Incentive Program- December winner announced January 18, 2011 The December Licence Renewal Incentive Program winner has been drawn with Adam Heaton from Morayfield winning the $100 Coles/Myer Gift Card. Motorcycling Queensland encourages all Licence holders to renew their Licence prior to its expiry date, once renewed you will be included in the draw to win a Coles/Myer gift card valued at $100. Next draw it could be you! The Coles/Myer gift cards can be used at Target, Coles, 1st Choice, Kmart, Shell, Myer, Bi-Lo, Officeworld, Vintage Cellars and Liquor Land. The December draw will occur on February 1st For anyone wishing see it, here is the link to the original article on the MQ site: _ttnews[tt_news]=3843&tx_ttnews[backpid]= 95&cHash=efafe0829f 2010 Club Championship Our Club championship results were announced, and the presentations were made to those winners who were present at the Christmas Festive Fun Trial on 14/11/2010. Congratulations to the winners of each of the classes. Open Solo - Boyd Willcocks B Grade - Jordan Tricker C Grade - James Turner Junior - Sam Turner Veterans - Michael Frith Clubman - Paul McAllister Twinshock - Kyle Rolands Classic - Dan Gollagher Intro - Jack Turner Licencing Officer, Courtney Wingfield said Adam was very excited and completely shocked by the win.

3 First impressions Scorpa 280 and 125 Whilst on a short family holiday in New Zealand I had the opportunity to ride the new Scorpa Trials bikes, the Sherco engine 280cc and 125cc Scorpas. One of the bonuses of having a son-in-law who imports Trials bikes is that any time we visit there is always something new to ride, and since the new Scorpas had arrived a couple of days before we got there, it was an ideal opportunity to give Brendon s demo bikes a run. I must add that New Zealand has some spectacular trials country, and the property that we went to, only twenty minutes from Renwick, was a great place to test the bikes, with a rocky creek with running water, large earth banks (an old dam) and then a trail ride with creek and high bank sections all the way to the top of a hill with views to the sea. Having always had a preference for larger capacity trials bikes I did most of my riding on the 280 machine. The first thing that I noticed is that the choke lever is a lot easier to use than my Yamaha engined Scorpa, starting is quite easy and the bike, on the whole, feels very similar to previous models, a very easy bike to hop on and ride. The suspension, while different in the rear (a shorter shock extension), still has a very positive and plush feel to it. This makes it very easy to hold a line in the rocky creek sections we were riding and in the tight turns, the front wheel tracked well without trying to push off line, very much like the Yamaha engine Scorpa does. The 280cc engine has power to burn, very smooth down low and power that just builds as you pour on the gas. Brendon ably demonstrated this later on in the week when we were on a four-wheeler ride at Kaikoura, tackling 15 metre high creek banks with only a five metre run up, real heart in mouth stuff, the bike did it with ease. (But Brendon had to work!) For me, who usually rides most sections in first gear, I found that on the 280 I was doing most of the sections in second, it just seemed more comfortable to me, but another rider testing the bike with us preferred to use first. The 125cc Scorpa was a whole new thing to me, I haven t really ridden a small capacity trials bike since the 1970s, and even then it was an over-bored 172 Montessa that rode more like a 250cc machine. The surprise was that the 125 hauled my bulk up anything that I pointed it at, it had an off-idle stumble at first but a little tuning fixed that. Me stalling it on too many occasions we couldn t fix, too used to larger engines. With the frame and running gear identical to the 280cc machine, (it s hard to pick which one is which from the right side) the 125 feels a smaller bike, it may be a little less weight but it has a completely different feel when riding it, still with the same great Scorpa suspension. All in all a couple of bikes that are a delight to ride, and should be easy to live with. Richard Marken

4 Christmas Festive Fun Trial THE Christmas Festive Fun trial was held on 14/11/2010. Those who attended were treated to such delights as the super skinny balance log, wheelie section, the log ladder bridge from hell, a bit of a hillside section, trials basketball including a super tight slalom whilst holding a basketball, trials soccer, the barrel push, trials limbo, and a bit of a bash at a bank. All the trials fun was followed by a great feed, and social gathering and the presentation from the club championships.

5 2011 Queensland Moto-Trials Calendar Date Events QMTS Other Events 6 13 WDTC Club Trial 20 LRMTC Club Trial 27 MTCQ Club Trial 6 WDTC Open Trial Round LRMTC Club Trial 27 3 LRMTC Open Trial Round /24 MTCQ Open Trial - Easter 2 day Rounds 3 & 4 Easter 1 LRMTC Club Trial 8 Mothers Day MTCQ Club Trial 28/29 LRMTC Club Trial 5 12/13 WDTC Open QLD TITLES Classic Dirt 8 Conondale WDTC Club Trial 3 10 LRMTC Interclub Round MTCQ Interclub TY Challenge 7 LRMTC Club Trial 14 WDTC Club Trial LRMTC Interclub Trial Round WDTC Club Trial 1/2 Australian Titles South Australia 9 16 MTCQ Club Trial Australian MotoGP 23 LRMTC Club Trial 30 6 WDTC Twinshock & Classic Masters LRMTC Christmas Party 27 MTCQ Club Trial Feb March April May June July August Sept October Nov

6 MTCQ Sign On Day Sunday 27 th February 2011 is the date to be at the Undullah property for our sign on day. I ve just attached the sup regs and entry forms below. There is sure to be some interesting riding and a chance to get warmed up (or in my case, worn out) for the new season. There will be a free sausage sizzle lunch. While there is still plenty of time, it might be wise to see if you can still find your bike in the back of the shed, dust off the cobwebs, clean off last year s dirt, add some fresh fuel. Who am I kidding? My bike hasn t seen daylight since last year either. Working Bee There will be a working bee a week before the sign on day, to clean up and prepare for it. This will be on Sunday 20 th Feb with an 8:00 AM start. Many hands make light work, and all help will be appreciated.

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