BMW Motorrad Club Cape

Club Meeting Minutes

27 September 2017

  1. WELCOME

Geoff Russell welcomes all to the meeting. All present to please sign attendance book.

  1. APOLOGIES

Neels Wilken

Dennis Davidhoff

Conrad Prince

Wesley Dawson

Garth & YolandiHewitt

EgueneCroucamp

Sean and ???

  1. PREVIOUS MINUTES

Proposed:Jackie Wiese

Seconded:Carel van der Merwe

  1. NEW MEMBERS

Name / Present, Buff & Sticker provided
Hentian du Preez / Present - F650 Dakar
Johan Neethling / Present – GS1200
Koos Jacobs / Absent
Allan Wise / Absent
RaffaelReuckert / Absent
Hardie du Preez / Present - F650
Collette Kuhn / Absent
Nathan van Tonder / Absent
Juan van Tonder / Absent
Nicolas Mayled / Absent
MareliSpreeth / Absent
Pieter Breytenbach / Absent
Renelle Breytenbach / Absent
  1. NEW BIKES

Name
Bernard Oosthuizen
Rouen Williams
  1. EDUCATIONAL

Trip snippet – bike submerged and takes in water – as you ride the water will work its way out… (can someone add some detail here? I think it is a good insert for this section but I did not get it all….)

  1. TRIP REPORTS

Participants are requested to provide their chosen picture to the Chairman in advance so that the A1 canvas image can be awarded on the evening. Past winners are advised to approach the Club Secretary to get their voucher.

This month’s winner: Carel van der Merwe.

Sponsors:

  • The late Russell Rathbone for the floating trophy
  • Audio Lens will print an A1 canvas image of the winners choice1
  1. PAST RIDES AND EVENTS

Ride leaders gave feedback on the following rides and events which took place since the previous meeting:

Date / Lead / Detail / Attendance:
Riders/Bikes
3 Sept / Neels / Day Ride / 7 bikes
10 Sept / David / Breakfast Run / 25/20
16-17 Sept / Ian / Weekend to Arniston / 35/22
17 Sept / Andy/Magda / Marshalling at the Cape Town Marathon / N/A
Next / Kim Heptinstall / Triathalon in Villiersdorp / N/A
Aug / John Carr / Road training course – high winds so some riders pulled out. / 30
  1. FUTURE RIDES AND EVENTS

Ride leaders and event co-ordinatorsprovided information on the upcoming events. Please check for details on the Forum.

  • 1 October - Off Road Training Day: Lev 1, 2 & Pillion – John
  • 5 October - Sarel van der Merwe evening at Killarney – David
  • 6 – 18 October – Roadies Tour to Lesotho – Geoff - cancelled
  • 7 October - Blessing of The Bikers Cape Town - Magda
  • 8 October - All Tar Breakfast Run to Elgin – Wouter
  • 20-22 October - Donford SBOSCH Blesfontein Karoo Getaway – John
  • 29 October - Training Off Road Day Ride - all levels – John
  • Jurg se Kaya is full… Put your name on the waiting list.
  1. NEWSLETTER

Sections established

-Blast from the past

-Winning trip report

-Tech corner

-Member stats etc.

Please continue to share ideas here at the meeting or on the forum what you would like to see. Please send content requests to Wouter de Vos ().

  1. GENERAL
  1. Clothing lineorders – reminder that closing date for orders is 30 September 2017

Not many orders yet. Please send orders in now or else there will not be an order now. Next order opportunity will be in 2018…

NOTE: Send this notice to SMS database

  1. Major annual event: Researching and looking at one more option in Sedgefield or Oudsthoorn – early November 2017
  2. GS Trophy in Montague. Not a club event but open to suggestions to attend. More details should be available early October. These will put on Forum. Accommodation should be booked now.
  3. Jackie queries when we are doing the “All passes tour”. Geoff responds that it is part of annual tour. Will review and post on the Forum.
  4. A special offer has been made to all club members: 15% discount at Cape Town Fish Market at the V&A Waterfront when you produce your club card.

From the Comments & Suggestions:

  1. Request received for Club to consider “Long membership awards”.
  2. Numerous requests received from members looking for their membership cards.
  1. Attendees at 30 Aug Meeting

Members - 51

Visitors– 7

  1. NOTES FROM MEMBERS
  2. J van Nieuwholtz – awaiting membership card
  3. Johann Neethling – awaiting membership card
  4. NEXT MEETING

The next meeting is scheduled for 25 October 2017.

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