News

Website Registration

Posted on 18 Feb 2012

You can now Register on our website (it's on the 'Forms and Info' page). When you register we hold the information to use when you login and to fill in forms on this site for you.
Once you have registered you will get access to our online Membership Form (this is not the PDF but a truly online form) and our online Race Entry Form (when it comes available on 1 April or sooner).
This is a big step forward for us and we would like to hear from you if you have any issues with the forms so we can improve it.

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Cam Jones (1992-2012) RIP

Posted on 10 Feb 2012

 

On Day 26 (and very appropriate that) at 8.06am.
Cameron chose to leave us all. His passing was very peaceful, painless and quick and Peter was with him. He has fought a brave fight. He has had so many wonderful people around to say goodbye to him this week. As a family we have valued your support. We were truly blessed to have such a kind and loving young man as part of our family and his memory will always be very much alive. Our thoughts are with you all as you grieve Cameron in your own way.
- Patrick Jones

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Winter Series Sponsorship

Posted on 23 Jan 2012

We have increased the number of classes we are running this year which means we are looking for new sponsors! If you, or someone you know, might be interested in supporting Vic Club or a particular class or event get in touch with us on Admin and we can discuss details.

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Manfeild Garage Hire

Posted on 12 Jan 2012

From Manfeild: We are starting to get a lot of bookings where 4-5 guys are sharing a garage. Initial booking is made by Joe Blogg who only wants to pay his portion and expects the other guys sharing the garage to pay us their portion. This is a nightmare for us. 
Because of this, from now on, if Joe Blogg books the garage, regardless of who or how many are sharing, Joe Blogg is responsible for full payment and it's up to them to get the money from the others.

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2012 New Zealand Road Race Championship

Posted on 31 Dec 2011

 

Round 1 ~ 7th & 8th January 2012 ~ Ruapuna
Round 2 ~ 14th & 15th January 2012 ~ Levels
Round 3 ~ 21st & 22nd January 2012 ~ Teretonga
Round 4 ~ 17th & 18th March 2012 ~ Hampton Downs
Round 5 ~ 24th & 25th March 2012 ~ Taupo

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Coming up...

Posted on 28 Dec 2011

We have a few events coming up in the next couple of months:

Honda Ride Day
22 Jan 2012
Open to all brands - preference given to Honda riders. Aaron Slight will be there to guide and tutor those that want it. See the Honda dealer near you or the Honda Facebook page.

Vic Club Track Day
5 Feb 2012 - the middle of a long weekend!
A good excuse to get away for the weekend. We run our track days for every level rider.

Winter Series 2012
5 and 6 May
We're kicking off the Series with a two day meeting on the short track. You'll see two sprint races and two longer races. Start getting fitter now!
And don't forget the range of classes this year:
F1
F2
Superlites
125GP
ProTwins
Post Classics (F1, F2, F3)
Ultralites (Streetstocks, Production Lites, Mini Lites)
BEARs
Clubmans (this is not a Championship class)
and the new Post 90 Carbies

We'll update this info as details come to hand.

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Bridgestone Scholarship Announced

Posted on 28 Dec 2011

 

The New Zealand distributor of Bridgestone Motorcycle Tyres, Eurotred NZ Limited in Association with W White Limited, Victoria Motorcycle Club Inc, Moto TT Track Days and BRM magazine have announced a new scholarship programme in designed to support New Zealand motorcycle road racing. The "Bridgestone Scholarship" will be open to nominated riders from the start of the New Zealand Superbike Championships in January till the weekend of the Paeroa street race in mid February, this will allow a selection panel to decide the recipient.

"We are pleased to announce this new programme, which we hope will hope will be mutually beneficial to all concerned. We would like to thank our associate sponsors the Victoria Motorcycle Club Inc, Moto TT Track Days, BRM (Bike Rider Magazine) and also Motorcycling New Zealand's Road Race Commission. While this is our first year with this idea we would like to think in the future we could extend such a programme to perhaps include other series around the country" commented Eurotred's Ross Clarke.

Scholarship package (Total Prize Package worth $7,000).
Six sets of Bridgestone race tyres (each set comprises one front, one rear) to a maximum retail value of $5500 (Prize is limited to six sets of tyres supplied on the basis of one set per round of the Victoria Club's 2012 Winter Series regardless of type of tyre required.)

Additional Free of Charge race support from W White /Eurotred New Zealand up to max retail value $500 which will include a free of charge RK Race Chain (GB520UWRU) and some race branded clothing (shirt, cap etc)

Additional race support products from Whites/Eurotred New Zealand will be available at a discount rate to the recipient for the scholarship meetings and will be by negotiation with the recipient of the award.

Free entry to all six rounds of the Victoria Motorcycle Club 2012 winter series (this does not include transponder hire or cross entry for extra classes) worth over $600(donated by Victoria Motorcycle Club Inc).

Three free Moto TT track days valued at over $400 (donated by Moto TT track days)

BRM will provide publicity for scholarship via their magazine and carry information about nominee's, an interview with the recipient and follow with race reports from the recipient during the winter series.

Subject to proving themselves Eurotred New Zealand /W Whites will negotiate/arrange a race support package for the recipient (will be at normal sponsorship assistance levels not scholarship levels) for the 2013 National season.

To be nominated for the "Bridgestone Scholarship" the following conditions must be followed.

a) To be considered for selection the rider must participate in a minimum of two rounds of the 2012 MNZ New Zealand Superbike Championship series

b) The rider must not have any existing or ongoing sponsorship conflicts with the brands or suppliers of the prizes included within the Bridgestone Scholarship.

c) Be able to commit to riding all rounds of the Victoria Motorcycle Club 2012 Winter Series

d) Nominations for the scholarship can be taken from anyone, Motorcycling New Zealand road race commission members , motorcycle shops, parents, supporters, race fans or the rider themselves with preference likely to go to a rider who is nominated by someone with standing from the road race community.

e) Nominations will close on Paeroa street race weekend (mid February) giving time for the selection "panel" to view the nominees at Round four of the New Zealand Superbike Championship at Hampton downs and the recipient will be named at the prize giving at the championship final round at Taupo.

f) The prize must be taken in product/services and used in conjunction with the Victoria Motorcycle Club 2012 Winter Series and Moto TT track days over the winter/spring 2012 time period, No part of the prize will be tradable, transferable or redeemable for cash or other goods.

Nominations and Contact Details and Class details can be sent by the end of Racing at the Paeroa Street Race Meeting in February.

Mr Ross Clarke
Eurotred NZ Limited
Box 10261 Hamilton
or ross@eurotred.co.nz

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NOTICE: AGM 2011

Posted on 19 Nov 2011

AGM Notice
The 2011 AGM will be held at The Porirua Club, 1 Lodge Place, Porirua on Tuesday 22nd November at 7.30pm.
There is no Proxy Voting so you have to be there to vote. Don't forget to bring your membership card.
If you are part of a Family Membership it is your duty to inform the other Family Members.

There are currently two Remits submitted.

Remit One: Change to the Membership Fees. This can be downloaded here.
Remit Two: A complete rewrite of the Constitution.
The current constitution can be downloaded here and the proposed constitution can be downloadedhere.

Submitting a Remit
To submit a remit you must provide written notice to the Secretary at least 7 days before the meeting. You must also provide information in support of the remit.

Notice to Members of an Annual General Meeting for Victoria Motorcycle Club of Wellington Incorporated
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of members of Victoria Motorcycle Club of Wellington Incorporated will be held at The Porirua Club, 1 Lodge Place, Porirua, Wellington, commencing at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 22 November 2011.

Business of the Meeting
Welcome to club members, and assessment of Quorum

Presidents Report
Report from Ken Christison

Vice President of Racing Report
Report from Andrew Presant

Vice President Social Report
Report from CJ Marshall

Minutes from 2010 AGM
To be accepted as a true and formal record of that meeting.

Financial Statements
To consider the financial statements of the Society for the year ended 31 October 2011

Vote on Remits
Membership Fees
New Constitution
Other Remits received prior to 19th November 2011

Election of Committee Members
The President - vacant position
Two Vice Presidents - current holders standing again
Honorary Secretary - current holder standing again
Honorary Treasurer - current holder standing again
Assistant Secretary - current holder standing again
Four ordinary Committee members - three standing again
Auditor - vacant position

Persons Entitled to Vote
The only persons entitled to exercise votes at the meeting will be those persons who are registered members at 5pm on 31 October 2011.

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Actrix Winter Series T-shirts

Posted on 19 Nov 2011

 

The Club has T-shirts for sale - a limited edition for this Series.

Good quality Biz Collection T-shirts.
$30 each.
Captions are 'Go hard or go home' or 'Only a pussy is afraid of the wet'.
Sizes: M, L, XL, 2XL.
 
We will have them at the next Committee Meeting and at our Track Day on 26/11/11. Otherwise email us with your size and caption.

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2011 Actrix Winter Series Prize Winners

Posted on 19 Nov 2011

Motomart F1
Rhys Holmes
Richard Taylor
Roger Cathro

TSS Red Baron
Derek Hill F2
Travis Merkel
Luke Mair
Mark Bennett

Scooterazzi
Owen Brunton Superlite
Leigh Tidman
Gareth Easter
Regan Griffiths

Dannevirke Suzuki
Pro Twin
Geoff Booth
Jon Medlin
Nicki Smith

Henshaw Signs
MotoGP 125
Joel Dykstra
Katie Richards
Cohen Chase

KiwiBike Insurance
Streetstock 150
Tyler Lincoln
Neil Chappell
Rogan Chandler

Arai Helmets
Mini Lites 250
Sarah Elliot
Sarah Rosacker
Dale Albrecht

Motorad
Production Lites
Sam Croft
Aaron Carr
Simon Vollmer

Hi Torque Cycles
Pre 89 Post Classics Senior
Eddie Kattenberg
Mark Bramley
Ben Keller

Wellington Motorcycles
Pre 89 Post Classics Junior
Eamon Timms
Barry New
Malcolm McDonald

Grant Russell Memorial Trophy
Eddie Kattenberg
Barry New
Mark Bennett

Freedom Suzuki
Clubmans
Darren Murphy
Mark Brehaut
Steven Landsborough

BEARs
Damian Mackie
Brent Nelson
Nick Prestige

Hard Luck Award
Mike Webster

Best Presented Team
Barry New Racing

Highest Placed Vic Club Member
Geoff Booth

Rookie of the Year
Mihi Banks

Most Improved
Tyler Lincoln

Vollie of the Year
Beth Beeby

Presidents Award
Andrew "Skunk" Presant

KiwiBike Insurance Prize Draw
Ben Carter

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Round 6 is upon us...

Posted on 19 Nov 2011

Haven't got your entry in yet? Any entries now are 'Late Entries'. Don't forget you'll have to add the extra fee.

There is the new sign on procedure as well. You will be signing on with Leigh and Ross BEFORE you get to the transponders. Be ready for this. Fill in your log book!
If you haven't paid or need a One Event Licence get your money sorted before you join the queue. There is NO EFTPOS.

Riders Briefing will be at 8:30 ready or not.

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Round Five Raffle Winner

Posted on 01 Oct 2011

 

The winner of our HJC Helmet for Round 5 was Jayden Carrick with winning ticket 55 which just happens to be his bike number! The raffle ticket was brought by Greg Brodie who sponsors Jayden!
Jayden is an ace SuperMotard rider now transferring his skills to an F2 bike. Hopefully we will be seeing some of the sideways action we used to seeing from him on the SuperMotard on his F2 machine!
Thanks to TSS Red Baron Alicetown for their assistance in supplying the HJC helmet for this round. Be sure to check out the TSS Red Baron new Superstore opening at 411 – 413 Cuba Street, Alicetown (just south of their current store), on November 30th.

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Actrix Winter Series T-shirts

Posted on 30 Sep 2011

 

The Club has T-shirts for sale - a limited edition for this Series.
Good quality Biz Collection T-shirts.
$30 each.
Captions are 'Go hard or go home' or 'Only a pussy is afraid of the wet'.
Sizes: M, L, XL, 2XL.

We will have them at the next Committee Meeting and at Round 6. Otherwise email us with your size and caption.

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Round Six coming up!

Posted on 25 Sep 2011

Now's the time to start getting your entries in for Round Six. Pre-entries close on 21st October.

We are using long track (Track 1) for all classes except Streetstock, Minilite, Prolite and F4 which will be short track (Track 2). Yes - F4. Get your Bucket entered!

Remember that this year it's a best of five rounds points: if you have done six rounds your best five count. If you have done five rounds all five count, if you have done four rounds all four count. It's all still open season in most classes!

The final round and Series Prize Giving will be held at the track after racing is finished.

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Round Five summary

Posted on 25 Sep 2011

Well, that was a messy meeting. The weather finally had a say in how the racing was going to be run. Posties went out on a dry track and by the time they got to the grid positions the track was soaked! For safety reasons we abandoned the race for 20 minutes to do tyre changes; by which time the rain had stopped.

Please note: There is only one class we run in the Winter Series that has a 'wet race' rule and that is ProTwin! We do not have to declare any other class, or the meeting, 'wet'.

Four standout incidents: Our F1 series leader hitting flag point four and bouncing off, Another crashing into pit entry, the riderless bike running mid-pack in turn two and the two-bikes-one-rider in turn one. Then there was all the usual race day incidents AND the weather... Thankfully only two races were stopped short due to red flag incidents (bikes laying on the track) and we completed the race programme.

The Club has T-shirts for sale - a limited edition for this Series. $30 each. I will get an article up with photos but if you want one send an email to me with your name, address and size.

The raffle this round was an HJC helmet supplied by TSS Red Baron. All proceeds went to the Vic Club Scholarship Programme.

Next Round is at Taupo on the 29th of October. Don't forget the MotoTT Trackday on the Friday and the Post Classic meeting on the Sunday!

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