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We’re just a few days away from the biggest Lotus party of the year – the Lotus Elite Diamond Jubilee at Sydney Motorsport Park and Wakefield Park. Put August the 12th to 14th in your diary, and be there!

Read on for the latest news on the event thanks to Brian Caldersmith.

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Our annual Eggs Benedict and Round the Buckets is on again, and coming up soon on Sunday, September the 10th.

The event is always a lot of fun, so put it in your diary and join in. Have a look at the photos from last year here and 2015 here to get an idea of what we get up to.

The 2017 Eggs Benedict with Barista & Buckets will once again be hosted with huge thanks to Anne Blackwood at Ebony Hall. Festivities will kick off from 9AM on Sunday the 10th of September, 2017. The address is available on the members’ page.

Bookings are absolutely, totally essential. Contact Anne before Friday the 1st of September and let her know that you would like to attend.

A bucket will be passed around on the day to collect donations for Beyond Blue. Bring some cash with you!

Good morning everyone!

While there is a lot going on over the next couple of months, there are only two things I want to draw your attention to this month, and they are both very important in different ways.

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The Special Olympics Australia Ride Festival is a fund raising initiative that gives people with an intellectual disability the experience of riding in a performance vehicle. Special Olympics Australia reached out to Club Lotus Australia and Simply Sports Cars to get involved by offering a ride in a Lotus to Special Olympic Athletes.

The event itself will be held on Sunday the 26th of November, 2017 and involve a drive from North Steyne Surf Club in Manly to Sydney Motorsport Park, where there will be a lap of honour as well as other festivities. The Dream Rides will run from 12pm to 5pm, with each marque allocated a one-hour slot.

Partners are welcome and will be offered transport from the Manly starting point to Sydney Motorsport Park. Drivers and partners will have access to the Hospitality VIP Grid Club throughout the day.

The money raised will be used to give more people with an intellectual disability the opportunity to participate in weekly sports. The most successful fundraiser in Team Lotus will lead the team for the drive and the highest overall fundraiser will be presented with a Soar & Roar trophy and lead the full field for the lap of honour. There will also be an award for the Ambassador’s Choice and Best Dressed Car.

Registration and fundraising are both open now. To register, please follow the following instructions:

1. Go to your team’s page at https://www.mycause.com.au/page/153648/lotus
2. Click ‘Join this team’ down the right side
3. Complete your details with either email or Facebook
4. Select ‘I am registering as a car driver’
5. Complete the event questions
6. Complete the registration (no payment is required)
7. Share the Lotus Team page with your friends, family and professional networks to get off to a roaring start with your fundraising

If you have any questions, please contact either Seth, Paul at Simply Sports Cars or Mabel at Special Olympics Australia.

The Lotus Elite Diamond Jubilee, to be held over the 12th to 14th of August, 2017, is coming up fast. Brian’s latest update includes a few important reminders about the Saturday night celebrations, commemorative shirts and concours d’elegance, as well as info about access to the event on Sunday. Read on!

Thanks to Brian Caldersmith

Folks,

As we get close to the big event please note a few points for consideration.

1. Don’t forget that you need to book for the big celebration dinner on Saturday night. No booking = no meal.. And that cut-off date is July 28^th. The numbers are heading towards 100 on the night, so don’t delay
2. The commemorative shirts are now being manufactured and will be in the mail to you very shortly
3. And don’t forget that it is the annual Concours d’Elegance, so get it sparkling clean. Especially as we have been given special permission on our circuit laps to pause and form up on the main grid for a photo opportunity. Should be the biggest group Lotus photo for some time.

Access to the event on Sunday

A car pass is required for access to Sydney Motor Sport Park on Sunday and you can see it above. These are normally on the windscreen of each car that arrives in the morning and allows all the occupants entry to the event.

Club Lotus Australia has paid for those tickets and I will be handing them out at the dinner on Saturday evening to all the Elite owners. If your car is already inside the circuit (having arrived on Saturday afternoon) and you are walking back in from the hotel, hang on to the pass – you will need it for access on Sunday morning. Otherwise you will have to pay for entry.

If however, you are driving your Elite to the circuit on Sunday morning you will need to stick the pass on to the top right hand corner on the inside of the front windscreen.

If you are bringing a different model Lotus you need to contact Evan Jones on [email protected] for your sticker.

The attached map shows access points, trailer parking, the hotel and where “Lotus land” is based at the circuit.

It’s getting close,
Brian Caldersmith