MX5 - YEAR END FUNCTION - COCO BONGO

Year end Christmas Function

Coco-Bongo at Monte Casino! After a fantastic fun filled year, all the MX5`ers were runned out, so a fitting year end dinner was indeed appropriate, and as usual very well attended. Restaurant itself in a beautiful setting, overlooking the Piazza in Monte. The meals and service excellent. It was a perfect send-off to those going on their annual holidays.

MX5 - AGM - HELD AT NASREC

AGM at JIMS on the Mazda stand

We were invited by Mazda South Africa to hold our AGM on their stand at the Johannesburg International Motor Show. The show itself was world class, and the Mazda stand was no exception! All the models were displayed in red; the only one in Pearl white was the MX5! The new committee was elected as follows:

Chairman: Rodney Steele –re-elected

Vice Chairman: Rijkent Mulder- re-elected

Treasurer: Erika van der Velde – re-elected

Secretary: Carin Keulder – new appointment

Welcome Carin, may your stay with MX5`ers be a long and enjoyable one.

After the days business was complete, we went around the show to check out all the other stands.

WEEKEND AWAY to PARYS

Parys weekend away September.

Arrived in Parys in a few small convoys, and most headed straight to Jakkelberry, which was to be our digs for the weekend. We were all housed in one house, with en-suite rooms and sharing a common lounge, dining room and kitchen. Friday night was the traditional braai, and although the weather turned rather cold, we still managed a pretty good evening.

Saturday morning saw everyone scurrying around the shops in Parys buying warm clothing to fend off the unseasonal cold weather. The afternoon spent by most doing some rambling around the numerous craft and souvenir shops, for which Parys is renowned. Met up later for the famous PINK DRINKS, the recipe for which is the most guarded secret of Parys. Back to Jakkelberry to freshen up and then onto one of the best eatery`s in Parys, Hoi Polloi which is situated on the high street. The restaurant provided us with blankets to warm up due to the fact we had booked on the balcony. The food and the service were excellent, which more than compensated for the inclement weather.

Sunday we all went for a lovely breakfast, and then gradually started heading home after a bit more browsing around town. All in all, a good weekend was had by everyone.

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MX5 OWNERS CLUB AGM 2013

 

 

 

 

WHERE: J.I.M.S. AT NASREC SHOWGROUNDS

WHEN: Sunday, 27 October 2013

WHO: ALL PAID UP MEMBERS and PARTNERS

 

  Agenda:

10h00 to 11h00  AGM Meeting

11h00 to 12h00  at leisure

12h00 to 13h00  Lunch

On arrival at 10h00: Coffee, tea, water, beverages and biscuits

We will provide a lunch with dessert, coffee, tea, water and beverages.

 

Please reply to mazdamx5gauteng@gmail.com before Friday 23^rd August for catering purposes

Cars in the Park @ Zwartkops - August 2013

Cars in the park, once again well attended by the MX5 club, 14 scheduled cars and 4 visitors, 2 of whom joined on the day. So 18 cars on the day, was pretty good. Welcome to Rui who joined us on a run from New Road and Nicci who met us at Zwartkops. Hope you have many pleasant and safe k`s with the MX5 club. Thanks to our chairman Rod who arrived with our brand new club gazebo, along with our banners flying high, certainly made us one of the more organised car clubs at the show.

 For the first time in a few years Zwartkops had a theme to the day based on the 50^th anniversary of James Bond. Unfortunately most car clubs did not participate in the theme. We had number plates with Bond movies as the theme, as well as ID`s which read MX5 in place of MI5. Thanks also to Frans and Joe who really looked the part, dressed for the occasion. Number of surveys took place on the day, as to how the Cars in the Park could improve, and I hope those issues will be addressed by next year. Two major points were lack of ablutions, particularly for females, and difficulty in exiting the grounds.

Generally a good day was had by all, and a big thank you to the members for really sprucing their cars up and arriving at the show, really looked very good.

The Amazing Adventure - Run

There were 10 cars which met at Weisenhoff ,Linksfield ,an old traditional meeting point for MX5`ers over the years.Game packs were handed out, clues given and all the intrepid adventurers set off , in hopefully the right direction. We all eventually arrived at the first destination:

“Arts on Main” , a re-vamped section of Johannesburg on the lower East-Side which hosts” Food on Main” every Sunday with a multitude of multinational eatery`s , and a local urban brewery. A real lekker place to visit while in Joburg . We stopped off for a walkabout, snack and a pint and collected clues for our next destination, all the while collecting mystery points which were added to our game cards, and set off for:

“James Hall Museum of Transport”, our next destination was found quite miraculously from somewhat cryptic clues. A real stroll down memory lane was in the offing, and a must to visit by anyone who has an interest in motoring history. So more clues were gained and mystery points added. By this time thirst and hunger had set in, so after more cryptic clues, we managed to head to our final destination for lunch:

“Bennigans Restaurant” , a New Orleans/Irish style restaurant in Bedfordview. All clues and bonus points were counted up ,and Bingo Cards were given according to the number of points acquired, giving more chances, in the ensuing Bingo game, called in the old traditional way, by yours truly. Overall winners, were new members, Kerry and Hillary, well done. Runners up Debs and Wendy, Rijkent and Heli. So after a great lunch, we finished up and navigated our way home without a  clue..