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Since 1949 The Bulletin The official publication of the Ballarat Light Car Club JULY 2017 IN THIS ISSUE 5 President s Report 10 AGM Announcement 14 Motorkhana Report 21 Nomination Forms

COMMITTEE 2016-17 COMMITTEE POSITIONS Keith McElroy - President president@blcc.net.au Home: 5330 1717 Mobile : 0407 324 732 Chris Hall - Vice President clubplates@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0438 094 684 Les Noonan - CAMS Representative medialiason@blcc.net.au Mobile : 0401 056 089 Barney Haddon - Motorsport Complex mscomplex@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0437 167 790 Noel Peers - Secretary secretary@blcc.net.au Mobile : 0408 033 895 Ben McKee - Sports Sub Committee sportssubchair@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0418 313 695 Geoff Boyd - Treasurer treasurer@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0408 210 846 Darren Wythe - Assistant House Chair mscomplex@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0448 417 506 Michele Bayley - Membership members@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0437 959 928 Wayne Holness - Property Officer 4x4@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0408 343 238 Arron Secombe - Media Officer editor@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0419 539 083 Garry Harrowfield - Junior Development Sub Committee garyh@vic.chariot.net.au Mobile: 0418 508 244 Non Committee Positions AX Series TBA MK Series TBA KX Series TBA VCRS Gavin Porterhouse Photography credits Cover Main (K. Mackrell - Taken on his return run from setting FTD at the Ararat Hillclimb) -Andrew Bayley Left (P. Keast - Paul steers the ex-joe Viccars Corolla around Winton during the sprints) -Rod Hall Middle (D & B Quirk - Last months cover car, repaired and ready for the Motorkhana) -Michele Bayley Right (M. Conway - One of the newer Rallycross cars at the Winton Rallycross) - Arron Secombe Inside pictures by: Andrew Bayley Michele Bayley Arron Secombe Rod Hall Liability Disclaimer All material in this magazine represents the opinions of the authors and does not carry any endorsement by the Editor or the Committee, Ballarat Light Car Club has no official connection with any public or commercial organisation and it does not provide product recommendations. Names of commercial products mentioned in this magazine are registered names and trademarks of their owners. Copyright Notice Material in this magazine may be copied by any other club without fee or written permission provided that the copyright rests with the Ballarat Light Car Club. The copies are not to be used for commercial advantage and the origins of the material and this permission to copy are acknowledged in the reprinted item. The Nissan Car Club-Australia is acknowledged as the source for the wording of this Disclaimer. 2 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

CLUB CALENDAR 2017 July Sat 22 AX VCAS 7 Boisdale Boisdale Hillclimb Track Sun 23 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Frid 28 Club Meeting New Motorsport Complex - Ken Marriott BLCC Clubrooms 7:30 doors open August Sun 6 KX KX 4 BLCC Complex Richard Gay Sat 19 AX VCAS 8 Cardinia Park Sat 19 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Sun 20 Track Winton Sprints CDC 8 Winton Sun 20 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Frid 25 AGM AGM - Dinner, Speaker & Election BLCC Clubrooms 7:00 doors open Sun 27 MK & KX MK 4 CDC 7 ; KX 3 BLCC Complex P & B Haddon ; D Quirk (KM) Sun 27 Rally VRC 4 Pyrenees Rush CCRMIT September Sun 3 Fathers Day Sat 9 NE Rallysprint Sat 16 Rally VRC 5 Marysville Stages CTC 5 Sat 23 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Sat 23-Sun 24 Multi Wings & Wheels 1/8th Mile Sprint ++ Maryborough airport ask SSC Ben McKee Sun 24 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Sun 24 AX VCAS 9 Bagshot (Bendigo) Frid 29 Club Meeting CAMS Official Training Ian Brain BLCC Clubrooms 7:30 doors open October Sat 7 Rally South West Rally-SEAC CTC 6 Sun 15 AX AX 3 BLCC Complex Reg Johnson Sun 15 AX VCAS 10 Kyneton Kyneton Sat 21 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Sun 22 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Sun 22 Rally VRC 6 Akedemos Rally MUCC Frid 27 Club Meeting BLCC Clubrooms 7:30 doors open Sun 29 Rally Midnight Trial - Heyfield CTC 7 November Sat 4-Sun 5 Multi Coghlans Carnival MK, KX, AX BLCC Complex Keith McElroy Sun 12 AX VCAS 11 TBA Sun 19 AX VCAS 12 Avalon Frid 24 Club Meeting BLCC Clubrooms 7:30 doors open December Fri 1-Sun 3 Rally Alpine Rally Sun 10 AX Geordie Fawcett Memorial AX BLCC Complex Ash Findlay Sat 16 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon Sun 17 Off Road Rush Public Ride Day BLCC Complex Barney Haddon The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 3

NEWS Coming Events Friday 28th July - A time to stand up and be counted as our Membership Renewals are due. Ken Marriott will be giving a talk about ways to achieve a Motorsport Complex. Sun 6th August - Round 4 of the Khanacross Series - Directed by Richard Gay, who always plans a good Khanacross. Friday 25th August - AGM with a 3 course Dinner and Aaron Noonan as our Guest Speaker. Committee Elections are also held. Doors open 7:00pm. Friday 27th August- Round 4 of the Motorkhana series and Round 3 of the Khanacross at the BLCC complex. Sat 23rd Sun 24th September - Wings and Wheels sprint at Maryborough airport. Friday 29th September - Club Night. Officials training with Ian Brain. Doors open 7:30pm COMMITTEE ELECTIONS The elections will be held under the new rules for the club there will be 6 vacancies to be filled. The remaining 6 committee members will serve until the following election. The Election will be held on the 25th August. All Nomination forms MUST BE turned in BEFORE 7:30pm on Friday the 18th of August. All Candidate Statements for publication in the Bulletin MUST BE sent in by Friday the 4th of August if they are to be run in the Bulletin. All electronic proxy votes MUST BE delivered BEFORE 7:30pm on Thursday the 24th of August. Electronic proxy votes to garryh@vic.chariot.net.au All hand delivered proxy votes MUST BE turned in BEFORE 7:30pm on Friday the 25th of August. Postal proxy votes to be addressed to: Returning Officer, BLCC Box 400 Ballarat 3353 And to arrive by Thursday 24 August 2017. BLCC Clothing Hoodies - $50 Long Sleeve Polo Top - $20 Short Sleeve Tee - $20 Beanie - $10 All come in a variety of sizes. 4 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

PRESIDENTS REPORT This month I am very pleased to report that our club is up-to-date with our responsibilities to Consumer Affairs Victoria. Thanks to some good detective work by our Treasurer Geoff Boyd, we have now successfully lodged overdue financial statements for 2012, 2015 and 2016. The statement for 2017 is already complete and will be presented to our AGM for ratification and then submission. We have brought up-to-date records as to our current Secretary. We have been successful in the lodgement of our new Rules which were passed by the club at the Special General Meeting on 9 June. This means that the Committee election to be held at the AGM on 25 August 2017 will be held according to these New Rules. Accordingly, 6 committee members will remain until the next election. These are Chris Hall, Noel Peers, Barney Haddon, Wayne Holness, Arron Secombe and Darren Wythe. Four members of the committee tendered their resignations to take effect from the AGM. These are Keith McElroy, Geoff Boyd, Garry Harrowfield and Les Noonan. Two committee members, Michele Bayley and Ben McKee, by way of a ballot, were added to these four names in order to make up the required 6 committee members to finish their term at the AGM. These 2 highly valued committee members are eligible for re-election. I hope that we again have a significant number of members put themselves forward for consideration to become part of the six-member group to be added to our Committee. Thank you to Paul Gladman for directing an exceptional well run and well received Motorkhana on 25 th June, with 8 well-chosen tests instead of the usual 6. As a result of this event and previous efforts Paul is now the proud possessor of a CAMS Bronze Event Command qualification. It is with a degree of frustration that I offer sincere apologies of the club for the postponement of the Khanacross and Motorkhana from July 23 to the reserve date of August 27. This is the situation which I had hoped we could avoid and I sincerely trust will not recur. Again, my apologies. The Sports Sub-Committee and the club Committee have committed BLCC to promoting the Eureka rally in 2018 as a round of the ARC. We again look forward to your support of this venture which will bring considerable prestige to the club and we anticipate a financial profit. We are also well underway with preparations for promoting the motoring side of the Maryborough Wings and Wheels Festival, brought to the club s attention by Dave Stewart. Arron Secombe is taking the lead with this venture and your offers of support for him will do much to make the event successful for the Club. We now hold a CAMS track licence for the Maryborough Airport, which opens the way for a range of future events at this venue. I would like to thank Club members who came out on a very cold night to support our annual quiz event. I think most people enjoyed themselves, but I am wondering if my questions in particular have become too easy. Big George s team scored 14/15 on my final round to snatch a come-from-behind victory. Our current Ballarat City Council appears to have lost almost all momentum in the search for a new motorsport home for ourselves and the Drag club. We are now forced to consider alternative options of going it alone or in conjunction with other groups. It is thus very timely that Ken Marriott, a very experienced consultant in all manner of sporting facilities and in particular for several motorsport proposals in other places as well as for the Ballarat City, is investigating the possibility of various motorsport bodies combining in Victoria to create a multipurpose complex. We should listen to him with a great deal of care at our coming monthly meeting, ask lots of questions and demonstrate by our interest that this region is the ideal location for such a venture. See you all at the meeting on Friday night. Keith McElroy President The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 5

EDITORIAL REPORT It s been quiet, too quiet With a blank calendar in July for those of us who don t rallycross, I m looking forward to getting back out to the Complex to get some more track time in this year. I missed the last event that the BLCC held and Michele Bayley was kind enough to take over the photographic duties for the day, her pictures are featured in the Motorkhana article, she has a wonderful way of capturing the human side of our events, which is easy to forget when I m out there just looking for good shots of cars going sideways for the front cover. Meanwhile, the club s track Grader is nearing completion, with Barney Haddon and Wayne Sanders putting hours into rebuilding the engine of the old beast while Paul Shaw and Wayne Holness have been helping out with track maintenance. While we haven t had many events on lately, it s still all go here and it s going to stay that way for a while! Andrew. The Bulletin Editorial Panel Andrew Bayley Kate Bayley Keith McElroy Arron Secombe Chris Stevens OFFICIAL POSITIONS Club Driving Instructors Stewards Scrutineers Event Secretary Arron Secombe Barney Haddon Ben McKee Chris Hall Damian Faulkner Damian Quirk Darren Wythe Keith McElroy Leon Pegg Les Noonan Mick Goossens Paul Gladman Paul Hocking Peter Ellis Barney Haddon Roy Parkinson Chris Hall (Rally) Darren Whyte (Rally) Michele Bayley Samara Dunne Les Noonan Noel Peers Chris Stevens Steve Wilson Ben McKee Damian Faulkner Damian Faulkner Ian Brain Rod Hall Richard Gay Arron Secombe Arron Secombe David Stewart Wayne Drew Garry Harrowfield Greg Pitt John Bourke Reg Johnson Richard Gay Rob Prosser Rod Hall Russell McKenzie Andrew Bayley (Assistant) Mick Goossens Ross Stapleton Chris Stevens Wayne Webb Mick Goossens Richard Gay 6 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

MEMBER REPORT John Crawford Strech: An unusual farewell Your help is requested. Sometimes the Car Club is the only family we have. This is obviously the case with John Strech. John was a keen rally driver and member of the Ballarat Branch of the Light Car Club of Australia. John was born on 6 th May 1927 and was killed in a road traffic collision on 7 th August 1977. He had no immediate family and his ashes have lain unclaimed at FW Barnes and Son for the last 41 years! A friend of his, Ian Jetsom, has discovered this fact, and traced a relative in WA who has authorised the release of his ashes. Ian is organising a convoy from FW Barnes and Son at 9:30 am Wed 2 nd of August to Naringal Homestead (about 6Km South of Cape Clear). Here his ashes will be scattered at a private cemetery where his mother and father lie. Our role, as his only family, is to get a group of H plated or interesting other cars to be part of the convoy. Refreshments will be available after the trip. This is a good thing to do. For the purposes of organisation and catering numbers, please let Ian Jetsom know you can take part. Please contact him as follows: 0417 374 187 or jetsom101010@gmail.com Thank you for this act of kindness and respect Membership Renewals A friendly reminder that memberships were due at the end of June. Renewal forms have been posted. Membership cards will not be issued without a renewal form being returned in person or emailed to the membership secretary: Michele Bayley mbbayley@bigpond.com 1934 Standard 16 Pictured below is one of the latest cars to join the BLCC club plate scheme. The picture landed on the editor s desk just after the last meeting and I thought it worthy of a small article. The 16 originally came from the Standard Motor Company with a 2.1 Litre Side-Valve Inline Six that was taxed at 16hp, hence the name Standard 16 The car shown however is rumoured to be running a Holden 202 Inline Six that should produce around 150hp. Of course most, if not all of you, would recognize this car as being the real star of the Doctor Blake Mysteries on the ABC. The car was recently on display at the Doctor Blake exhibit at the Gold Museum at Sovereign Hill, admission to the exhibit is $40 and features items from the show. Keith McElroy President The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 7

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IMPORTANT - WORKING WITH CHILDREN The Victorian State Government has made amendments to the Working with Children Check Act 2005 that will come into effect on 1 August, 2017. These changes will now require ALL Victorian Officials to obtain a Working with Children Check as part of their licence. These amendments are being made following a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Information regarding the changes can be found here: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/about+the+check/purpose/changes+to+legislation/ For those officials who already hold a valid check, details will need to be emailed to workingwithchildren@cams.com.au The email should include: - Your full name; - CAMS licence number; - Working with Children Check number/reference; - Working with Children Check expiry date; - a scanned copy/photograph of the card. For those that don t currently have a check, one can be obtained free of charge from the following link: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/applications/apply+for+a+check/apply+in+victoria To begin the application, hit the blue start application box at the bottom of the page. Once the online application is complete, you will need to visit an Australia Post outlet to verify your identity free of charge. Once you receive approval, please email the same details as above to workingwithchildren@cams.com.au These checks are compulsory for Victorian Officials and need to be applied for by August 1. Any official who is yet to provide their details by this date will be ineligible to participate in CAMS permitted events until they do so. Presently Victoria is the only state expanding their definition of 'direct contact' and removing references to 'Supervision', however CAMS anticipate that these amendments will be adopted by other State Governments over the next 12 months. CAMS recommends officials in other States be pro-active and obtain a check. To ALL existing and intending BLCC officials. We must all complete this simple requirement by the end of July, irrespective of when your official licence expires. Otherwise, come August 1 we will not be able to run our events, because our officials will have licences automatically suspended until the Working with Children check is added. We will have our permit applications knocked back if the officials named are not in compliance. This not a BLCC decision. This is not a CAMS decision. This is State Government requirement for all sports clubs and associations. The process is easy and quick, The process is free. Thank you for attending to this. Keith McElroy President The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 9

2017 BLCC AGM 25th August The AGM is back on again for 2017! $40 a Ticket 3 Course Dinner Guest Speaker: Aaron Noonan BLCC Clubrooms at the Ballarat Airport Doors Open 7:00pm Also Voting for Committee Elections. 7:30-8pm AGM TICKETS Tickets for the AGM will be available from: Central Automotive Repairs & Servicing - 128 Skipton Street Peter Kandavneiks and Barney Haddon will be selling tickets 9am -5:30pm Weekdays Cash only - Exact change preferred. Autoparts Professionals - 9 Doveton Street North John Irving and Barney Haddon will be selling tickets 9am - 5:30pm Weekdays, 9am - 4pm Saturdays, 10am - 2pm Sundays Cash only - Exact change preferred. Ballarat Light Car Club - Ballarat Airport Michele Bayley will be selling tickets 7:30pm - 11:30pm on the 28th of July Cash on Club Night or Direct deposit BSB No: 633-000 Account No: 141857458 Title deposit AGM Tickets and your ticket will be reserved. 10 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

GUEST SPEAKER - AARON NOONAN Aaron Noonan has been a mainstay of the modern day Australian motorsport scene since his early days with Australian Motorsport News, he continued up the ranks and was the PR manager of the Carrera Cup and Holden Motorsports, which included HRT and Kmart racing at the time. After his PR career, Aaron then became a commentator for the V8 Supercars, becoming the public face of statistics on the broadcast. Working with Channel Seven gave him access to the Seven archives, leading to the Magic Moments of Motorsport DVD range which features whole Bathursts not seen since the day they aired. At the same time, Aaron worked on Seven s Legends of Motorsports series, working as a co-host and introducing segments that featured video that had been sourced from the Seven archives. Currently, Aaron operates V8 Sleuth, a database that tracks around 400 V8 Supercars and also keeps tabs on Group C, A and Super Touring cars. He has also worked with Fox Sport, SPEED and also operates AN1 Data Service which provides statistical services to motorsport, continuing the trends of tracking history he had started during his commentary career and continues to this day with V8 Sleuth. The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 11

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MITTA MITTA REPORT On Saturday May the 6 th, round 2 of the Focus on Furniture and Bedding Victorian Rally Championship, was held in the township of Mitta Mitta. BLCC was well represented with Kate Meyer co-driving for Lindsey Wright in the Subaru WRX, Ross Stapleton /Peter Ellis in the Nissan 200 SX, Arron Secombe/Gavin Porthouse V8 Commodore and Conner McLeod with Paul Lahiff in the Toyota Altezza. Also Sean Payne/Arron Windus completing zero car duties. Mitta Mountain Rally is well known for its tight twisting up and downhill stages. Stage 1-2 were exactly that, with lots of hair pin turns as we made our way around the mountains of Mitta and surrounds. Stage 3 was a granite sand shire road stage, which seen both Rally leaders Stephen Raymond/Luke Simpson rolling their Subaru WRX, finishing up on a fence post and also Warren Lee/David Lethlean running out of road and ditching the EVO into a drain ending their day also. This stage also nearly ended our day with the Commodore wanting to a kiss a tree (which was as round as the Commodore) head on at 140kmph. Not sure how we got out of it, but it s the fastest I have seen Gav tuck his ankles behind his ears. Stage 4 was a driver s stage with a bit of everything thrown in, after this stage was service. By this stage Sean had welded the panhard rod mount on Kermit twice. Our Commodore had 8mm play both sides from worn out rose joints. Stapleton/Ellis where having a great run and Meyer/Wright were heading for and outright in the WRX. Stage 5 was 52km of pure hell for Payne/Windus with the panhard rod breaking again, Secombe/Porthouse nursing the front end through the stage (didn t really want to load the Commodore on the trailer in the stage) Wright/Meyer were 4 th fastest with Stapleton/Ellis 13 th. To finish Mitta is a result in itself, the end results for the BLCC Crews Lindsey Wright/Kate Meyer 4 th Outright and 3 rd in Class, Ross Stapleton/Peter Ellis 13 th outright and 2 nd in class and Arron Secombe/Gavin Porthouse 27 th outright and 5 th in class. Arron Secombe The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 13

MK RD 3 On the 25 of June 2017 the Cec Jackson Motorkhana Series was held. A big thanks to all that helped on the day. Thanks to Ben McKee, Rob Prosser, Michele Bayley, Wayne Holness, Gerard Gray, Darren Clayton and Bernie Gladman for the Milo balls. 8 tests were run on the day, 6 on the old bomber strip, 2 on grass. Well done to Sam Cassar for getting the fastest time on test 8 for a junior. Well done to Keith McElroy 1 st outright, Mick Gossens 2 nd Outright and Darren Watkins 3 rd outright. It was a cold and windy day and we had good feedback for running 8 tests by all. A special thanks to Keith McElroy for mentoring and assessing me on the day. Thanks, Paul Gladman. I ve been informed by my photographer Michele to make a special note of the passenger in Greg Cray s Astra. Young Coby Cray was excited to be riding with his dad throughout the day. (Top left next page) 14 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

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Helmet and HANS Packages Race suits Boots and Gloves Under New Management Microtech ECU s Data Logger Dash s Microtech EFI systems, Dyno Tuning, wiring and Exhaust systems also available Call in and see John for a huge range of stock, Open 7 days a week with friendly advice and great prices. Supporting the Ballarat Light Car Club for 15 years! Autoparts Professionals, 9 Doveton St Nth, Ballarat, 5332 2187 16 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

CLUB PLATE SCHEME (CPS) RENEWALS As of May 23 2017 all CPS renewals will be carried out at the Friday night general meetings. The procedure is as follows. On arrival to the meeting, members will be able to place the Vic Roads renewal form on a marked table just inside the door (accompanied by the $5 fee), to be signed by one of our signatories (Rick Pope; Barney Haddon; Chris Hall). At the completion of the meeting members will be able to pick up the signed form on departure. Members will be notified if an inspection of the vehicle is required prior to signing. If unsure that an inspection is required, call the Permit Officer prior to the meeting. NEW CPS APPLICATIONS Once becoming a member of the BLCC and after a period of 3 months a member can apply to place a vehicle or motorbike into the CPS There are forms for the Club and Vic roads to be completed as well as a series of 7 photos of the relevant vehicle. A current RWC is also required. A check list of documents required is available at the Club Bring all documents to the Friday meeting and submit to our Permit Officer (Rick Pope). After obtaining Club approval all documents are taken to Vic Roads by the applicant for processing. You can apply for a 45 or 90 day permit. A fee of $5 is payable to BLCC on application. The warning about policing of H plates in the June issue was general in nature and did NOT apply to BLCC specifically. We so far have kept a clean record with VicRoads and the Victorian Police, which we would like to keep. The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 17

EVENT RESULTS - WINTON BLCC juniors lock out the top 2 steps of the Podium at Winton Josh Gay competing in his Australian Pulsar Racing Association series Pulsar, had a great day at Winton, finishing 2nd in the Juniors out of 8 drivers. Josh beat his previous best time with a 1.45.6. Josh also finished 47th outright out of 89 drivers. Ross Stapleton from Datsun 1600 spares, Justin from Doherty & Clark & Craig from Craig Signs continue to support Josh s racing. New member Dylan Simonis in his V8 Commodore Cup Car put in an awesome display winning the juniors with a best time of 1.39.03, also like Josh beating his previous best time. Dylan finished 25th outright as well. Dylan couldn t compete without the support of Western General Body Works. 18 The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017

ARARAT HILLCLIMB A few photos from the Saturday of the Ararat Hillclimb, Round 7 of the Victorian Hillclimb Championship. With an additional display of Police cars and 48-215/FJ Holdens, the Saturday portion ran smoothly with Kevin Mackrell heading into the 40 second range on his first run up the hill. Sunday was a tad more exciting, with a rollover halting proceedings for a while but no-one was seriously injured. Results should be in the next Bulletin. A phrase our Gavin Porthouse lives by! The Ballarat Light Car Club Bulletin July 2017 19

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P.O. Box 400 Ballarat Victoria Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated COMMITTEE NOMINATION FORM I,... (name), member number Of (address) Being a current financial member of the Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated, wish to nominate (name), member number for a position on the Committee of the Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated. Signature.. Date I,... (name), member number.. Of..(address) Being a current financial member of the Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated, second the above nomination of the member. Signature Date I,... (name), member number.. Being a current financial member of the Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated, hereby accept my nomination for a position on the Committee of the Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated. Signature.. Date This nomination form must be received by the Secretary not later than 7:30pm on Friday the 18th of August 2017.

Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated (Certificate of information Number A20023019V) APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Surname Given Names Title Mr Mrs Ms Miss Date of Birth Email Address Address Town / Suburb Postcode Mobile Phone Home / Business Phone Membership Application Type Category Nomination Annual Fee Membership Description Ordinary $25.00 $90.00 An ordinary member will be a person who must be 18 years or older Family* $25.00 $120.00 Two parents or guardians and all of their own children or children to whom they are officially a guardian Assoc Member Nil $50.00 Spouse or partner of an ordinary member Assoc Family Nil $83.00 Two non-competing parents/guardians of a Junior Competing Member Assoc Parent Nil $58.00 One non-competing parent/guardian of a Junior Competing Member Assoc Couple Nil $50.00 Two non-competing adults * Please Note: Family membership includes - 2 adults and their children under 18 or an older child who holds a concession card (signed) or who is a full time student. Parent and adult combinations will not be eligible. Applicant s Membership Details My Application fee of $ Membership attached - Cash Occupation / Employer Cheque for Or directly deposited to BSB No: 633-000 Account No: 141857458 Competition Vehicle Type Name of Partner Children s names & birthdates Associate Mbr Yes / No Mobile Number (Emergency Contact) Signed Date Please fill in all details and attach appropriate fees when submitting this form We, the undersigned, being members of the Ballarat Light Car Club, wish to recommend the above application for membership. The above named candidate is personally known to us and we believe him / her to be a suitable person to be elected a member of Proposer Signature No. Seconder Signature No. Office Use Only Received / / Receipt No Member No Computer Card/s Given Bulletin

P.O. Box 400 Ballarat Victoria Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated APPOINTMENT of PROXY I,... (name), member number.. Of..(address) Being a current financial member of the Ballarat Light Car Club Incorporated, HERBY APPOINT (name) member number Of..(address) Being a current financial member of that Association as my proxy to vote for me on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Association to be held on FRIDAY 25th AU- GUST 2017 and any adjournment at that meeting. Signature Date This Appointment Of Proxy must be received by the Returning Officer, Garry Harrowfield not later than 7:30pm on Thursday 24th of August 2017 by one of the following means: Post: P.O Box 400 Ballarat. 3353. Email: garryh@vic.chariot.net.au Phone: 0418 508 244 or In Person: before 7:30pm commencement of voting Friday 25th August 2017

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