Centenary back on track
Nothing can stop a good centenary as the Hamilton Motorcycle Club’s 100 year celebrations press on this NZ Labour weekend following postponement last Easter due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
The date is Saturday October 24, when the HMCC rolls out the anniversary dinner at the Te Kowhai airfield. Seats at The Hangar are limited to 200 people and are filling up fast so book your tickets online today. A Tiger Moth will fly in as a nod to the first-ever landing of an aircraft in Hamilton during the club’s first race meeting, in 1920.
The Classics Museum in Hamilton will feature 50 special machines from former and current HMCC club members. The Centenary Motorcycle show kicks off on October 24 and runs until November 8. A road trial is also in the pipeline for Saturday the 24th, where the clubs many road riders will vie for the prestigious Dave Connolly Memorial Trophy.
Club road riders get together the following Sunday morning at 9.00am for an informal photo shoot to replicate a 1920 Hood St photograph, all vintage and modern bikes are welcome. Riders then head to the Kaimai Hill lookout where the first mention was made to form a new motorcycle club by a few mates who regularly met there, 100 years ago. Returning to the clubrooms afterwards for refreshments, and lies. There’s still action aplenty
with a MotoTrials demo day at Lake Kimihia Park, near Huntly, on Monday 26th.
To celebrate the club’s milestone achievement in 2020 the Waikato Art Museum will display the HMCC club’s donated art work from the 1970s Founders Theatre road race profits. Interested folk can see these now valuable art works, bikes and memorabilia from November 28, 2020 to February 8, 2021, at the museum in Hamilton. Prominent current and former members include MotoGP Race Director Mike Webb, multi-NZ Superbike champion and Britten rider Andrew Stroud, plus four-time world champion and two-time Isle of Man TT winner Hugh Anderson.
The HMCC has now released its book ‘100 Year Journey’ with 322 pages of incredible HMCC history, from the formation of the club to last month. A great read that’s very hard to put down and worthy of any rider’s coffee table. Just $50 will get you a copy. As well as dinner tickets, people can order T shirts, polo shirts and the centenary book online at www.hamiltonmcc.org.nz