THE
4X4 CLUB – ZIMBABWE
Newsletter
No: 107
December
2013
P O Box HG 594
Highlands Harare Zimbabwe The
Motor Sports Club House, 2 Annan Road,
Eastlea, Harare.
The
Chairman and Editorial Team:
The
4x4 Club is affiliated to the Zimbabwe Motor Sports Federation - ZMSF
Our
Club is a member of the Mashonaland Motor Sport Association Club House,
situated at: 2 Annan Rd. Eastlea. It is
available for hire for weddings, conferences, kid's parties, 21st
birthdays, etc.
News,
comments and opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of
the Club or the Committee
THE EDITOR’S
DESK - Michael and Pat Gill
We wish you a happy and active motoring New Year may
2014 be a good year.
We
hope our efforts at keeping you informed have been enjoyed, somehow we have
managed about one a month and it has been fun, hard work but fun.
Fortunately
we have a very active Club and we are financially strong. We try to put on a wide selection of events
and our addition of the letters, A B C, to show what type of event is planned
on the calendar, is a guide. It's a good
help to the newer members.
CHAIRMAN'S
CHATTER: - Peter
Benzon
Hello everyone, Christmas has come and gone and
hopefully it was a festive one with good food and lots of gifts. Now we welcome
2014 and hope it treats us well. We have got a lot going on this year but the
most exciting is our 20th 4x4 Jamboree and we are going back to our
old time slot of late May and preparations are underway to make the 20th
the best and biggest we have ever had.
We are also in the process of revamping our website and
big thanks have to go out to Bruce Grobler for his assistance in making this
work. The site will be online sometime this month so go and have a look at www.4x4.co.zw
There are a lot of new features that are being
incorporated in the new site. Now it’s time to teach an old dog new tricks and
get our committee to learn how to operate the new site and keep it constantly
updated. This should become a good tool in letting people know what our club
has been up to and hopefully drum up some new membership.
Have a Great year filled with mud dust and 4x4 fun,
Cheers Peter
SUBS:
It
is nearly the end of the year and I will be chasing you for your subs.
Subs remains at $40 for the year. We will be there with the Receipt Book and
new Membership cards at the Ngomokurira Family Day run. Have your money
ready!! See the
Membership Renewal Form at the end of this newsletter.
MEMBER'S
NEWS:
MacDONALD: Richard. It is with great sadness we advise you of the
sudden death of Richard. Richard was an
early member of the club; he joined in 1995 and had been involved in all manner
of club activities. He will be
remembered for his knowledgeable talks on spiders; for taking expeditions on
Pencil Line treks in the Zambezi Valley and for innovative camping adaptions to
his Land Rover. Some will remember the creation he made called "Was-a-Landie". Our
condolence and sympathy to Judy and sons, he will be sadly missed.
TRAILERS
Yes,
this does include the Comp Car you drag to away places. We have not yet found the legislation to
cover an A-frame towed Landy but Neil found the following for the trailer guys.
Besides
your vehicle and the trailer carrying your comp car requiring the yellow
diamond reflector tape, yes it exceeds 8 mtrs, the trailer should be classified
as heavy. Note the tow car must also
have the yellow tape, not just the trailer.
“Heavy” is a trailer with load
capacity exceeding 550kgs and must have all wheels fitted with brakes. A ‘heavy’ trailer requires a GVM/NVM sticker.
As the A-framed rig exceeds 8 mtrs I
suggest you put yellow tape on the Comp Car and tow car to save being hassled.
TECHNICAL
TIP
A
few tips for the long distance travelers, the trip through Botswana and Namibia
that you have planned.
Water:
We have found that small containers, 5 ltrs, are more easily moved, emptied, and
refilled than 20 or 30 ltr containers.
When one leaks the resulting flood is less of a disaster.
Take
a small roll of binding wire, a roll of Duct tape and Super Glue (preferably a
new tube). Even a burst radiator hose
can be taped up and wired over, then more tape. I have done it and it works.
But keep the pressure cap off!
PAST EVENTS
Many
thanks for the Newsletter and very belatedly, because the people digging
trenches for 'Liquid' have managed to destroy a cable, it's proving a headache for Tel One to replace
it - so not sure when you'll get this,
Just a huge thank you from us both
for a most enjoyable and memorable celebration of 20 years of the 4X4 Club. Like you, we were blown away by the
beautiful table decorations. The whole
evening was very enjoyable. Well done to everyone involved in the preparations.
Kind
regards, Sue and
Richard Arkell
FUTURE EVENTS:
Please make sure you can join the Club run up Ngomokurira on Jan 26th.
Watch out for flyers they should go out soon.
Sunday 26th
January Gomo Kurira
Saturday 15th
February
Long wheel base fun day / AGM D/Brook
Saturday 22nd
March
Corporate
day / Night Extreme Donnybrook
Saturday 3rd May
Course
building day Donnybrook
Sat / Sun 10th /
11th May
Course
building weekend to fine tune courses
Sat /Sun 24th to
25th May
Hp
Lubes 4x4 Jamboree Donnybrook
26th to 29th June
Bush
clearing
2nd and 3rd August
Bulawayo
Jamboree Bulawayo
13th 14th September
Training day/ Junior Jambo Donnybrook
27th and 28thSeptember
Bushpig
1st and 2nd November
3 hills
8th and 9th November
Mutare Jamboree Mutare
Sunday 7th
December Christmas run
Please Note some dates may be liable to change as
circumstances dictate.
Expedition
dates are still under scrutiny
DONNYBROOK
To enter Donnybrook Park on
a non-event day it will cost you $2
per car, providing you have you membership card. Non-members will be charged $20 per car. You must sign the book at the gate and put
your name, your Club and membership number.
Do not pay without signing the book.
Please note: If you wish to go to Donnybrook to play and there is
another event on, then the organizing club can charge what they like for you to
enter. They will have hired the entire
complex for that day. Please don’t try and argue with the gate attendant, they
will just be doing their job. Either
pay-up or go away and come back on a free day.
FACE
BOOK
Motor Sports
Association Club House
MSA Membership: The Club House bar works
on a Swipe Card basis and any member of an affiliated club can join. Pay your $20 Club House subscription and get
your card. Bar prices are double for
non-cardholders.
Hall for Hire -
Hire
our affordable Club facilities for parties, Wedding Receptions, meetings,
seminars, courses and other functions.
Assist us in this way to obtain funds for the Clubhouse.
Michael and
Pat GILL
Phone: 04.494028
(M) 0778.843.843 (P) 0778.731.288
THE
4 x 4 CLUB
P.O. BOX HG 594 HIGHLANDS HARARE ZIMBABWE
2 Annan Road, Eastlea, Harare.
www.4x4.co.zw
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