Date: 2010-03-14
Photographer: Steve Green
On Sunday, March 14th, the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club ran their annual Ted Green Memorial Motor Cycle Rally, from the VCC Club rooms at the Levin AP & I Showgrounds.
The Rally is an event to keep alive the memory of Edward (Ted) Green, a retired ships engineer who lived in Manakau for his latter 25 years and was an avid motorcyclist. After his death in August 1981, the Rally was instigated by members of the local Horowhenua Vintage Car Club and has been an annual event ever since.
This year the Rally attracted a number of local riders as well as a number from out of town riders like Barry Wells of Masterton on his BMW R50 and Steve Elwood of Feilding on his 1952, 350cc AJS.
The Rally ride left Sunday morning from the Tiro Tiro street entrance to the VCC club rooms and took a long tour around the Horowhenua and up as far as Opiki and Bainesse before returning to Waitarere for lunch. After lunch the riders had a shed visit to look at the vintage car collection of Graham Merenzie and listen to one of the quietest V8’s I have ever heard, a venerable, flathead Ford V8. From there the riders took another meandering ride back to the VCC Club rooms for prize giving and afternoon tea.
The oldest bike entered was the 1928, 350cc Indian Prince of Richard Caldwell of Raumati. This years winner of the Ted Green Trophy was Clive Newman of Paraparaumu on his immaculately restored, two stroke, twin cylinder, 1964, Suzuki SS30F. Winner of the sidecar section of the Rally was John Rapley and wife Kerry from Paraparaumu with their, 1954, Ariel Square Four, which is powered by a 1000cc, air cooled engine with the cylinders laid out in what is effectively a square configuration.
The Rally is an event to keep alive the memory of Edward (Ted) Green, a retired ships engineer who lived in Manakau for his latter 25 years and was an avid motorcyclist. After his death in August 1981, the Rally was instigated by members of the local Horowhenua Vintage Car Club and has been an annual event ever since.
This year the Rally attracted a number of local riders as well as a number from out of town riders like Barry Wells of Masterton on his BMW R50 and Steve Elwood of Feilding on his 1952, 350cc AJS.
The Rally ride left Sunday morning from the Tiro Tiro street entrance to the VCC club rooms and took a long tour around the Horowhenua and up as far as Opiki and Bainesse before returning to Waitarere for lunch. After lunch the riders had a shed visit to look at the vintage car collection of Graham Merenzie and listen to one of the quietest V8’s I have ever heard, a venerable, flathead Ford V8. From there the riders took another meandering ride back to the VCC Club rooms for prize giving and afternoon tea.
The oldest bike entered was the 1928, 350cc Indian Prince of Richard Caldwell of Raumati. This years winner of the Ted Green Trophy was Clive Newman of Paraparaumu on his immaculately restored, two stroke, twin cylinder, 1964, Suzuki SS30F. Winner of the sidecar section of the Rally was John Rapley and wife Kerry from Paraparaumu with their, 1954, Ariel Square Four, which is powered by a 1000cc, air cooled engine with the cylinders laid out in what is effectively a square configuration.
Rally Results.
Vintage Class, David Gwynn, 1929 Ariel, Upper Hutt.
Post Vintage, John Viner, 1939 Ariel, Waikanie.
Post War, John Neil, 1955, BSA A10, Lower Hutt.
Post 1960’s, Clive Newman, 1964, Suzuki SS30F, Paraparaumu.
Sidecars, John & Kerry Rapley, 1954, 1000cc Ariel Square Four, Paraparaumu.
Hard Luck, Chris Clark, 1971, K650 Dnepr sidecar, Levin.
Ted Green Trophy, Clive Newman, 1964, Suzuki SS30F, Paraparaumu.
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