44^th NATIONAL CHEVROLET UPDATE DECEMBER 2020

    YARRAWONGA     22^nd to the  25^TH    OCTOBER 2021

GOODAY BOWTIES,

Wow it is great to say that as the worst of Covid (touch wood) is behind us and Christmas is

rushing towards us like the new mid-engine Corvette at full tilt with Santa driving naturally.

Your Rally Committee…

Craig O’Donohue                            David Shaw                           Ron (yankee car man) Baker

Patrick Prusakowski                       Michael Johnson                  Ian Cole

All wish you the very best for Christmas and an absolute super New Year and more importantly

a great Rally in Yarrawonga in the Spring, and while on the subject of Yarrawonga it is pleasing to note that on the Accommodation side at the Yarrawonga Holiday Park there have been very few cancellations and the remaining bookings/deposits have been seamlessly transferred to the new date which is almost 12 months to the day from our original booking.

Likewise, all other hosting venues have been very accommodating in rescheduling our Festival.

They want this to proceed.

Rather than list all the accommodation information again the best avenue to find out the “if’s and buts” is to visit the Club Website look for the impressive Festival Logo and click on the link below it and all will be revealed.

Hand and glove with our Rally Partners in Yarrawonga are our Sponsors and they too have been

fully supportive of our reschedule.

While on the subject of Sponsors we and I am sure all Victorian members wish Daryl Meek all the best for the future as Daryl has been a great Ambassador for the RACV and the movement in general.

The only possible change to the Festival caused by Daryl’s departure is the fact that we may not be able to borrow the restored RACV Chevrolet Tow Truck which was to be driven in the cavalcade and positioned as a static display on the foreshore during our Show and Shine.

It will be a shame if the Tow Truck is not there as it would attract a lot of attention for the RACV

Closer to the Festival we will follow this up with them and report back to you.

We realise it is early days but look at your calendar and mark down the 23^rd to 25^th October

to be in Yarrawonga so that you do not double book that weekend and cause yourself unnecessary grief.

On that note the FESTIVAL COMMITTEE will sign off for 2020 and hope the problems of Covid

are well and truly behind us all in 2021

Stay Safe

4872 for the Rally Committee.

   44^TH NATIONAL CHEVROLET FESTIVAL UPDATE OCTOBER 2020

                                 YARRAWONGA 23^RD TO 25^TH OCTOBER 2021

It is great to be back we (The Festival Committee) have felt like we have been in hibernation for the last 6 or so months, locked down twiddling our thumbs, as life goes by and even worse losing one of our own during this period but more on that later.

I have been meeting up with friends on ZOOM and the subject of Cars especially Classic Cars comes up.

Apart from the many configurations there are basically two groups ….Pre-War and Post War and of course I am talking about World War Two a truly terrible time during the period 1939/45.

I bring this up because the World is in a Covid 19 War right now and Covid has caused terrible upheaval in the last 6 months and hopefully we are getting on top of it.

Take our Club no meetings no runs and no 2020 CHEVROLET FESTIVAL IN YARRAWONGA this year BUT next year is a different story with the Festival marked down for the 23^rd to the 25^th OCTOBER 21 AND it has a new name…ie the 20/21 CHEVROLET FESTIVAL…so Bowties mark this date down now.

Several Changes in the Committee have occurred, Ross Petousis had to resign because of a new job and extra commitments and then very recently Peter Mantel suddenly left us and we were just gutted as it was too soon and not in the cycle of life we expected for Peter.

Covid struck here too because we could not send Peter off on his last and most important Rally with three cheers….so this we will reserve for the Festival Dinner and may be do a forth and  fifth for the family who will be attending along with the famous “Never miss a festival CAMARO “ piloted by his daughter Christie and boy I hope the underneath is clean or Peter will be miffed !

As a Committee we were honoured to have Peters Memorial Service close with the reading of our specially prepared Chevrolet Festival Minutes and again I say “a pox” on Covid 19

Peter was not just making up the Committee Numbers he was a living encyclopedia on Rally’s and Festivals and since he had been to so many, he gave us the good and the bad and the ugly information and thus as novices we were able to come up to speed quickly via this knowledge and formulate a great Festival…..Peters Chevrolet Festival

So, Bro from the bottom of our hearts we thank you and miss you

The show must go on as they say and again, I am pleased to confirm our Major sponsor RACV is still with us as is all Accommodation and function venues.

The super thing about the date is that it again coincides with the Lake Mulwala Foreshore Market which

Is a win win for both parties and remember Yarrawonga still has more sunny days than Queensland

The Club Website has all the relevant information on accommodation and will be regularly updated.

As the time gets closer to the Festival Date more information will be presented along with the revamped Festival Paperwork.

The Committee hopes no one is too stressed out and the “Lockdown blues” are not too bad if they are spare a thought for Ron (Yankee car man) Baker who has had to isolate longer  

If you have forgotten the Festival Committee Members are….

Craig O, Donohue        David Shaw       Ron Baker         Ian Cole  

Patrick Prusakowski    Michael Johnson

And as a Committee we can’t wait to have a meeting and move the Festival forward