One of the events that I enjoy most of all is our January general meeting at Iron Bark Station. This year was no exception with a wonderful turn out of club cars, club members, families, guests and a number of prospective new members.

December already! With the passing of another year our cars are becoming just that little bit more classic and we their custodians just that little bit more distinguished by our advancing years!

This month we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 20 HP model. At our monthly general meeting on Thursday 6th (the actual day 100 years ago that the 20 HP model was announced by the Rolls- Royce Company) we held a 100th celebration event.

The sun shone brightly in a lovely blue sky with just a few puffy white clouds, a perfect Melbourne Spring day. Yes, this was Monday September 19, the day after our Concours Display Day at Xavier College.

September brings us to our AGM and I am pleased to report that the Victorian Branch of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia reaches this annual milestone as a vibrant organisation. Club membership has continued to grow over the past 12 months adding 8 new members, bringing our total membership to 285.

I am sure by now that you will have noted the August club newsletter is in an abbreviated broadsheet format. We have signalled this change for some time now and as of this month we have implemented the transition to bi-monthly newsletters.

I do love all those wonderful stories about Rolls- Royce. Did you know the reason that so many Rolls- Royce doctor’s coupes were popular in the early days is that a Rolls-Royce was considered to be the only car that a doctor could arrive at and depart from a patient’s house without the possibility of disturbing the patient!

It’s March already and by the time the President’s Report is published in the newsletter we will be heading back from the 64th Federal Rally hosted by the ACT Branch in Canberra.