March 2019
The Irving Cup
This year’s winner was a complete sur-
prise to all, and yes it was last year’s
recipient Bob Schapel again , a clear
winner. The cup was present by a previ-
ous champion, Peter Auld , however I
was unable to secure the green jacket
for the presentation which was unfortu-
nate really , the OP Shop in Blackwood
are out of stock.
Results :1 st - B Schapel 17, 2 nd - TD
Mcnabb, Mozza, Graham Loader 13 pts,
5 th- Artfur 12pts, 6 th -Buckles 10 pts, 7 th -
Goldy 9 pts & sharing 8 th on 8 pts, Peter
Perfect & the Boss of the Register. No
correspondence will be entered into, de-
cision final.
I am glad that’s over, far too much
stress !
Anniversaries.
Would you believe it, not one but two.
Firstly, Marg has stuck by her man for 43
years and gave him a leave pass to at-
tend the register in the TF ( 1 Irving Cup
point at stake here) and you can under-
stand how important it was for Russell to
be there.
As I said, behind every successful man
is a good woman and an very surprised
mother in law. Congratulations Russell &
Marg Garth, legends !
Secondly, my little mate Artfur Rueddy-
ger, celebrated to the night , 21 years
since his very first T Register meeting
which was at David & Joy Pearson’s
Hawthorndene.
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Arthur has been a great
MG club man over that
time and contributed
highly to the success of
the club and the T Regis-
ter in general, I know that
he was disappointed to
miss out on the afore-
mentioned cup, but I
gave him a bottle of wine
to shut him up.
General Business.
I tried to emphasize that it should have
a strong beginning, a strong ending,
with as little as possible between the
two, however it did not quite work out
on the night.
1. The “ghost who walks” Don Walker
is looking for a 1981 National Meeting
dash badge for a member/collector in
Queensland. The meeting was held at
Glenelg here in Adelaide.
Stan
Sheppard might have one, Curly
Walker most assuredly will have one
buried at home under a mountain of
paper, anyone else maybe let me
know.
2. Don is going to Italy sometime
soon, the SA is getting him down and
he is looking for some good old Italian
cooking to sluice him out. The photo-
graph of the progress on the SA was
interesting, his buddy Peter of the
Tickford twins is counselling him in
times of frustration and crisis at
Goolwa.
3. Nora Hutchings, wife of the late Alan
Hutchings a most marvellous past
member of the club and great friend of
Gary Chapman , turns 80 and we are
looking to drive her in a TC to a dinner
on 16 February as a gift to the family. I
am hoping that Thane, Buckles or other
in better riding TC’s than mine can do it
for her.
4. Peter Coulson is leaving the club we
were told by Ken Burke, the club will
need someone to manage IT and the