Following the passing of Maurice Blackwood, Alan Pate and Keith Edwards have kindly offered to take on the role of Club Plates Officers. They’ve kindly put together an update on the Conditional Registration and Club Plates scheme, and you can read that below!
Club Lotus Australia Thrilled to Support the Work of the Country Fire Service Foundation
Left to Right: Greg Nettleton (Chief Officer SA CFS), Rebecca Peters (Club Lotus), Lee Rolph (Club Lotus), Robert Styling AFSM OAM (CFS Foundation Board), Peter Venning (CFS Foundation): Photo Courtesy of CFS Foundation.
Following the success of Lotus 2015, and the generosity of the Charity Auction donors and participants, the CLA Lotus 2015 organising committee were pleased to be able to present a cheque for $10,000 to the event charity, the CFS Foundation.
News: Classic Team Lotus Prepares to Expand
Classic Team Lotus seems set to expand according to this news from Friday, the 8th of January, and we’re pumped! It’s wonderful news for Lotus and for historic racing in general.
For the full details hit this link and enjoy the video over at Mustard TV.
An Open Letter to Maurice Blackwood by Rob Bryden
This moving open letter to Maurice Blackwood comes via Rob Bryden, who was sadly unable to attend Maurice’s service at the end of 2015. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and stories with us Rob.
An Invitation to Supercar d’Elegance’s 2016 Best of the Best Concours – POSTPONED
UPDATE: SUPERCAR D’ELEGANCE HAVE POSTBONED THEIR BEST OF THE BEST & SUPERCAR DISPLAY
The team at Supercar d’Elegance have invited us to join in their 2016 Best of the Best & Supercar Display, although sadly the event has been postponed for a few weeks due to forecast bad weather and other circumstances.
Lotus Photos & Report: CSCA Round 7 at Sydney Motorsport Park’s Amaroo Circuit
On the 22nd of November, 2015, we took to Sydney Motorsport Park’s Amaroo circuit for the final round of the Combined Sports Car Association’s sprinting season.
Our Club Lotus Australia motorsport crew finished the season in fine form with a great day’s sprinting and socialising, and you can catch up on the action thanks to these photos by Senna Alexander.
CLA BUILD STORIES: TUFT’S ELEVEN MARCH 2015
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here!
If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at [email protected]
In this post, we catch up with Ashton to find out more about his journey with the Tuft’s Eleven. It’s been a little while since we caught up with the project, so why not take a refresher? You can enjoy part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here and part 4 here.
Take Note! The January 2016 Tyre Kick & Coffee Has Moved!
A very happy New Year to all! We’re kicking off 2016 with our monthly Tyre Kick & Coffee, which for January will be held from 9am on Saturday the 30th at Simply Sports Cars in Artarmon.
We are delighted to announce that the previously-postponed Tyre Kick and Coffee at Simply Sports Cars has been rescheduled for Saturday 30th January.
Please come along for a thoroughly informal coffee and something to dunk in it (that’s a peculiarly British thing to do with your coffee I gather!) from 9am at SSC’s showrooms at 17 Hotham Parade, Artarmon.
With very grateful thanks to Lee and the team at SSC, we look forward to seeing you there!
Celebrating the Life of Our Friend, Maurice Blackwood
On Monday the 14th of December, 2015, the Lotus community gathered to celebrate the life of our friend, Maurice Blackwood, at Belgenny Farm in Camden.
Ashton Roskill, who spoke beautifully on the day, would like to share a few words on the morning, illustrated by photos kindly shared by himself and Syd Reinhardt.
Take Note! The December Tyre Kick & Coffee Has Moved! Again!
Our pre-Christmas Tyre Kick & Coffee this Sunday the 19th of December has now returned to its original location at Gough Whitlam Park in Tempe.
The team at Simply Sports Cars sends their sincere apologies for the change in plans – they are extremely busy getting all of your Lotuses ready for the holidays, and are unable to shut down works on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning to prepare for and host us.
We’re looking to re-schedule the event in the near future, and Simply Sports Cars have some wonderful ideas to offset this inconvenience – stay tuned!
So, we’ll be heading back to Gough Whitlam Park this Sunday! We will gather at 8AM as usual, and spend a few hours enjoying each other’s company in the presence of some lovely Lotuses, good coffee and perhaps a few mince pies to get into the festive spirit.
See you there!
Image thanks to Murray Lund