2024

1961 Shell Two Day Trial Re-run

Posted on August 1, 2024 by SteveH

Round 10 of the 2024 ProRally Standard Car Class
Round 4 of the 2024 HRA Touring Championship

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October 2024

Welcome to the 1961 Shell Two Day Trial Re-run.

Crews for the SHELL Two Day Trial Re-run will be traversing as close as possible the 1961 Event route. We will be using the original versions of the Broadbent’s 3 Series maps as used in 1961.Some of the original roads have disappeared and we will not be using others as there is a time constraint to get all crews to Bendigo for the half-way break on Saturday night.

We have added to the original event in the form of a total of four relatively short Regularity Stages with two on Saturday and two on Sunday. Some crews may elect to not do these stages, doing the Tour only. There will be by-passes of these stages.

Our starting point for the event will be the Shell Reddy Fuel Outlet at Taylors Lakes on Saturday 5th October with the first car leaving at 8am.

We hope to get all crews into Bendigo by 6pm to allow time to get to the Bendigo Club for dinner.

Rally Headquarters will be at the Best Western Crystal Inn 233 McIvor Highway Strathdale.

So perhaps try to book accommodation in the area.

For Saturday night, we have booked a room at the Bendigo Club, 22 Park Street, Strathdale. Bistro Meals will be available

Sunday start will be at 8am from Bendigo with the finish at The Wollert Community Centre mid to late afternoon.

The event will be using several of the 3 Series Broadbents original event maps so for event preparation crews could brush up on converting Miles to Kilometres and vice-versa.

We hope you enjoy this event and gain some sense of what it was like to compete in a 1960’s Trials Championship event.

The Directing Team

Documents

1961 Shell Two Day Trial Re-run Supplementary Regulations (pdf)
Entry Form (pdf)
Entry Form (MS Word)

2024 Down the Drains – Results and Solutions

Posted on July 30, 2024 by SteveH

A message from the Clerk of Course…

On behalf of the Directing team, I would like to thank everyone who came out and braved the weather on Saturday. We had 20 crews for the day which is a good number of crews, of course we would always like more.

We would also like to thank the Pakenham Car Club for allowing us to utilize their grounds again and putting on breakfast and lunch again.

2024 HRA Championships: progress scores, but have you registered yet?

Posted on July 24, 2024 by SteveH

You need to Register to earn points in the 2024 HRA Championships

Register before 31 August to earn points for 2024 events already conducted.

A message from the Scorer:

My job this year is much easier now that the Committee has decided that competitors must be registered to score points.

However, very few members have got around to registering. Both drivers and co-drivers/navigators need to register. This point seems to have been overlooked by many competitors, so that in many, many cases, only one crew member has been scored.

HRA Committee News – June 2024

Posted on July 9, 2024 by SteveH

Here’s a summary of the things that the HRA committee is working on from the last Committee meeting.

Update on the new membership system

The committee voted to implement a new membership management system from Australian based tech company, Member Jungle. Steve Hollowood has been evaluating the system as well as comparing it to a couple of competitor offerings and recommended the Member Jungle system.

Club members can expect to see more information in the coming months about how this system will be implemented and the positive impacts it will have on how we both manage our memberships and communicate with our members. The first step for now though will be a re-launch of the club website within this new system.

This is a big project and will take a lot of work to implement but it will be well worth the effort. Have a look at some info from Member Jungle here:
https://www.memberjungle.com.au/carclubmembership

HRA Constitution

The committee has started a review process of the constitution of both the HRA Inc and HRA Special Events Inc, this review will be led by our treasurer Kerril Maloney. This review was prompted by a number of changes that were required by the ATO as well as the Victorian Government.

We are taking this opportunity to also review the whole of the constitution to modernise it as this hasn’t been looked at since the club’s inauguration. Once the process is complete we will distribute a new draft for members to review and then it will be put to the membership to accept at the next AGM in February 2025.

HRA Magazine

The future of the HRA magazine was discussed in some detail as to it’s ongoing viability both in a financial sense as well as it’s relevance to members. Current editor Jeff Cameron is feeling frustrated at what he sees as a lack of interest from members both in feedback and in the fact he is not getting any articles. There is also the issue of social media rapidly replacing the relevance of a club magazine.

There are a number of options being looked at currently for the magazine and this will be an ongoing topic of both discussion and research over coming months.

In the meantime I would encourage any member who feels like writing an article for the magazine to please do so and send it to editor@hra.org.au

HRA Events for 2025

The Committee is still trying to finalise a list of events and the people who are running them for 2025. If you are planning on putting an event together for next year please let Matt DeVaus know as soon as possible.

Social Media Review

The HRA Committee has instituted a review of how we communicate with the community and our members and in particular how we use social media.

This review, led by Jess Pigot, will look at how we use social media, what platforms we use and how we create content that is both relevant and useful. This review will take into account the new membership management system and how that will add to the communication landscape for our members.

Championship Scores

The current competition season is well underway and club championship scores are about to be published but one issue is the very low number of club members who have registered for the championship, particularly navigators.

Please register if haven’t already, here’s the link to the registration form https://form.jotform.com/233439035265860

Owen Polanski
President HRA

1961 Shell Two Day Trial ReRun.

Posted on May 17, 2024 by SteveH

The Historic Rally Association is proud to present the 1961 Shell Two Day Trial ReRun, a Navigation/Regularity event (Touring Road Event) based on the 1961 event.

It will run over two days on Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October, 2024.

HRA Committee News – 18 April 2024

Posted on May 7, 2024 by SteveH

Summary of HRA Committee Meeting held on April 18th 2024. There is a lot happening on the HRA committee at the moment. Here’s a summary of the meeting from April.

Advocating for Ongoing Forest Access

Posted on April 24, 2024 by SteveH

The HRA has developed the attached document, Forest Access Discussion Points, as a guide to advocating for the rally community in Victoria against the implementation of the Great Forest National Park.

The so-called “Great Forest National Park” proposal would see around 300,000ha of forest in the Victorian Central Highlands locked up in a National Park. The proposal received a boost just before Christmas with the release of an interim report from the Victorian Environment Assessment Council (VEAC).

2024 Tour of the 1987 High Country Trial

Posted on March 31, 2024 by SteveH

Following in the footsteps of the 2023 Tour of the 1984 George Derrick Memorial Trial, you’re invited to the

2024 Tour of 1987 High Country Trial, to be held on 3, 4 & 5 May 2024.

The 1987 High Country Trial (HCT) was another of the epic Victorian trial events from the 1980’s. And as with the GDT, the Tour of the HCT will cover great country, terrific roads, have wonderful scenery, lots of chatting, reminiscing, and good company.