29th Datsun Sports Nationals

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29
Datsun Sports Nationals
Batehaven, NSW
June - 2015
Datsun roadsters fill the
entire Araluen Motor Lodge
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Before
After
Arrivals and Reconnecting....
OK – maybe not!!
What is Michael looking for ?
Discussion abounds about what;
Are the joys of an open top.
Some can see only risk;
When the temperature's brisk;
And your hair blows around quite
a lot.
(Hilary Thiele)
Lindsay Brown the
Eurobodalla Shire Mayor
officially opened the event on
Friday evening…
..followed by a barbecue
cooked by Claude Movia and
Alan Attwood
My lady is fair, my lady is fast;
She is the most beautiful blast from the past;
She’s taken us places to meet new faces;
So here’s to our Datsuns!;
Let’s make them last.
(Khan Watson and Haley Anthony-Saunders)
Bev May
had baked
Anzac
Biscuits
for everyone!
Geoff and June
Tyson were ‘very
persuasive’ to
obtain all the
People’s Choice
votes!
Show and Shine at Corrigans Beach Reserve, Batehaven
Marion Connaughton was flying
high with the help of Skyline
Tree Services, arranged by
David Boardman
Bob & Sue Tandy,
Norm Collings and
Liz Dean marshalled
the cars for the
BIG EVENT!
8/10
6/10
12?
This one is
good guys –
we can see our
faces in it!!
This is tricky –
shall we try
Rock, Paper
Scissors ?
Thanks to our Judges:
Alastair Sutton-Davies, Syd Carr,
and Jonathan Chambers
Dat Fairlady has plenty of go;
She has torque, she has style, she
has flow;
Give her head just a shave;
Her conrod shaft will behave;
So bang on for the sweet spot we
know.
(Stephen Delbridge)
Alan and Marie Cherry collected guesses for the number
of Glass Beads in the Jar – won by Amelia Razon
During the Saturday afternoon free time, a NSW/ACT group visited the
Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens
Others
stayed
around the
motel with
their
ladies….
….Michael was still
looking!
A Tribute to Lou Mondello
There is a man called Mondello;
A silly Victorian fellow;
He works hard all day;
for a little pay;
they call him the Guru this fellow.
He quit high school and moved away;
Found some work and decided to stay;
Soon he carved out a niche;
Without a chance to get rich;
Fixing Dattos so others could play.
He teamed up with some blokes from VIC;
Who’s cars up till then ran sick;
They created some bits;
With their brains and their wits;
That were fast, not just a quick fix.
He came up to the Bay as a jest;
That many will say was the best;
That has ever been done;
Is this Datto Nats run;
And they still make us laugh when we're
stressed.
Lou Mondello shows wonder and glee;
When we saw him changing each sparkee;
With his deviant mind;
He is one of a kind;
Such a jolly good fellow is he.
(Ken Moore – winner of limerick comp)
On Saturday evening we
frequented the local Thai and
tested our brains !
Drivers Briefings
were conducted
by Barry Courtney
and John
Dagwell
The Traditional Sunday Long Run
We came to the Nats from afar
To have lots of fun with our cars
The weather turned chilly
This caused shrunken willies
But our ladies did straighten our bars.
(Syd Carr)
Some drivers took the side trip to Potato Point and spotted some seals!
Down a highway with views quite aquatic
In a line that is never chaotic
Comes a guttural grumble
A rev and a rumble Of Datsuns unique and exotic
(Hilary Thiele)
Sunday Lunch at the Bermagui Beach Hotel
You are not
getting your
mitts on this
The black car lies crumpled and
sore;
Smashed bonnet, broken lights and
bent door;
But Robyn has guts;
No defeat and no buts;
We’ll see it cruise at the Nationals
once more.
(Norm Collings and Liz Dean)
Should I tell
them I have
the handbrake on ?
Presentation Dinner at the Catalina Club, Batemans Bay
I.T. support for the evening
was supplied by Norm
Collings
There was a young man named André;
Who organised the Nats at the Bay;
And we had such a good time’;
Composing this rhyme;
We’ve forgotten what we were going to say.
(Norm Collings and Liz Dean)
People were ‘encouraged’ to
purchase raffle tickets by
Wilma Attwood,
Wendy Williams,
Claude Movia and
Ken Moore.
Best 1500/Sylvia
Alan Cherry 45406-H
Best 1600
Garth Chapman EWN-747
Best 2000
Jonathan
Chambers
15829-H
Nissan Motor Co. Trophy for
Most Original Car
Bev May – 225
Nissan Motor Co.
Trophy for Best
Restoration
David Boardman
ZR6 1AZ
Judges Choice &
People’s Choice
Joe Valenti
11219-H
Michael Honer
Encouragement Award
Tony & Beth Burrows
There was a new member named Tony
Whose head gasket turned to baloney
His head lost it cool
But he was no fool
He borrowed an old members pony!
(Syd Carr)
Gifts for all….
Ray Micallef donated
some handy
voltmeters…
….André made
some Datto
Cookies….
It looks like
I got Robins
car !
…and the NSW Club thanked André and Julia
for organising the event!
Thank
goodness I
found that
plaque!
There was a young man named André;
Who organised the Nats at the Bay;
And we had such a good time’;
Composing this rhyme;
We’ve forgotten what we were going to say!
(Norm Collings and Liz Dean)
PARTICIPANTS
Participants from ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS & WA
41 Cars
Jonathan Chambers
& Stephen Delbridge
Michael &
Sylvia Honer
Paul & Liz
Saunders
Garth & Margaret
Chapman
Lou Mondello &
Fiona Micallef
John Geist &
Anne Caddaye
Colin &
Geoff &
Glenn Felkin
Hilary Thiele
Alan & Wilma
June Tyson
Ray & Jocie
Attwood
Claude Movia &
Micallef
Kym
&
Jo
Syd
&
Beth
Ken Moore
Paul &
Ben & Penny
Minnis
Carr
Karlene
Razon &
Paul & Roz
André & Julia
Redding
Family
Williams
Breit
Brent
Rod & Sally
Alastair & Trish
Rod
O’Neill
Thompson
Sutton-Davies
Joe
Johnson
Robin & Marion
Valenti
Connaughton
Angela & Eddie
Johnson
Ann Millard &
Bev & Des
May
Alan & Marie
Cherry
John & Elga
Dagwell
Barry
Courtney
Brett & Ethan
May
Rodney &
Lyn Flavel
Peter & Vicki
Worland
Robert Paul
Bob & Sue
Tandy
Norm Collins &
Liz Dean
David Boardman
Trish Evans
Participants whose Dattos didn’t make it!
Tony & Beth Burrows
Andrew & Carol Cowan
Lex & Janelle Duncan
Day participants with Dattos (not in photo)
Jack &Lucy Miller
Steve & Diane Naudi
Khan Watson & Haley Anthony-Saunders
Andrew Gloudemans
Haydn & Nan Gooch
Ron & Jenny Neale
Ross & Janette Petersen
Mike & Mark Szewczyk
Kevin & Wendy Williams