Here is a link to great historical record of Triumph’s origins. Enjoy!

“This is Triumph” on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OanO_XEuH8c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Well hello to all TSOASA members. At the AGM Sue Gibson and I, Peggy Argent, have put ourselves forward to do our best in the position of Social Secretary jointly taking on the role.

To fill Bill’s boots would be just about impossible so we won’t even try and just do it our way, and just think there is only 11 more months to go and someone else  can give it a go.

Sue and I both thank Bill as he has been an outstanding social secretary, and he has left the calendar with quite a few runs already organized, this should make the transition from old to new a lot smoother.

I am sure Sue and husband Rory don’t need any introduction to members as they have been in the SA club for about 25 years, and both been very active and held office positions, and have had the same TR6 for many years.

Me however, along with husband Brian, have been members for about 19 years, but we don’t have a TRiumph now, however Brian is always looking.

We have had many Triumphs starting with a GT6, Stag, 2500 x2, TR6 and a TR7. Although I have never held a position in the club, I have helped out with the supper roster over the years, and of course I love to do breakfast on the Saturday morning on our fabulous WeekEnders.

We would like to invite members to contact either Sue or myself with your preferred style of club activities, that way we can give it our best shot to accommodate YOUR diverse requests. What will it be? Long runs, short runs, early morning, mid morning,  stopping for breakfast, cook your own  or sit and be served, or morning tea or  lunch, or what about starting

later in the afternoon and stopping for pre dinner nibbles and A drink , then  drive on to dinner?  Then driving back in the moonlight how romantic could that be?

WE need to hear from YOU, otherwise we will set what we think you want to do.

Unfortunately we were not at the August 23^rd Dolphin Cruise, but believe all had a lovely day with great weather, and dolphins to fulfil the day.

The Ladies lunch will be on the 8^th Sept at Caffe Buongiorno 212 Belair Rd Mitcham at 12 noon, and yes the men are welcome.

The next run will be Sep 20^th meeting at Victoria Hotel Top of Taps – One thing to be aware of on this day, it is the City Bay Fun Run and there are a number of road closures including Anzac Highway from the City to Glenelg.

And now is the time to add your name to the Christmas dinner.

Sue’s contact details are 0428 735 960  surogib@adam.com.au

Peg’s contact details are 0409 090 369  pegbrian@bigpond.com

Cheers for now

Peggy -Sue

For a bit more convenience we will be joined on the day by David from “Coffee n Cookies.” (Mobile coffee truck) he provides Cappuccino’s, hot dogs, Cookies, slices, toasted sandwiches, slushies, soft drinks.

Also the cars that you plan to display need to be in place preferably around 9am for a 10am start to the judging.

Regards

Ian Rigby

President report
Wow what a quick year .
The club continues to remain healthy and vibrant with money, events and members . Fine tuned improvement were made to fast track last year and the value of being a member was also well tuned with discounted events and no increase to subscription fees.
We have begun to celebrate our 50th Birthday this year with extra special events including a formal dinner. The dinner , a memorable weekender and the years events would not have happened without the effort of Bill Berlemon. Hence why he is the recipient of this year’s President’s Award.
At now 50 years old it would be easy to imagine not being successful with a marque out of production for over 30 years but we and our Triumph cars have thrived, not just here in SA, but worldwide.  I am sure like many older successful clubs before us with longer history and with the passion inside us all we will survive many more years to come.
Officially the year ended august 15. So if you have not renewed membership or had your rego papers stamped etc you cannot legally drive your car and again we will report non financial members to DPTI.
This scheme back bones the TSOA, with many non active members utilising it.  Although we never meet them here they are often the other Triumphs we see on the road. They love their classic car as much as many of us, they keep the club financial so tonight I say thanks to them.
But bigger thanks to everyone who puts not only renewal money but time and energy into the club and organises, attends and participates.
Next year will likely be a little different.  I am looking forward to more detail about the national meeting and hopefully a new triumph saloon in my collection. I won’t be standing again for president, so as I bow out a big thank you to all for your support in the near 3 years at the top,  and I wish the new committee the very best of success.

Day of Triumph 2015

50 Years of TRIUMPH

It’s on again . . . the TSOA annual DAY OF TRIUMPH – SUNDAY      25^th  of   OCTOBER   

This year we are at WIGLEY RESREVE, GLENELG for our 50th year celebrations.

Entry to the event is from the roundabout at the end of Anzac Hyw.

Cars need to be in place early and can’t be removed until the end of the event at 3pm for safety reasons. Gates open around 9am. It does not need to be perfect it only needs to run to get there. If you wish to show off the restoration in progress it can also be on a trailer . . .  just get it there and get ready to be judged.

The rules and scoring are the same as prior years and it will be the point score that wins you the trophy. The car needs to support the class and score ranking it has been entered into.

I will need a lot of help from several people on the day that have an eye for detail, especially Concours.

In the event of a tie, for any category, I will ask several of the more knowledgeable in the group to cast their eye over the cars to come up with the ultimate winner. The decision will be based on an agreed approach that would be around overall presentation and as close to original as possible.

There is access to food and toilets at several locations in the area or bring your own food and tables. The club will provide a council approved sheltered area.

Please join us on the day.                      Ian Rigby  0417085083

Overall Entry – Concours and Pride of Ownership (POO)

• To be eligible for entry, the owner of the car must be a current financial member of TSOA (SA) Branch – entry will not be permitted to those joining/renewing on the day.
• The car must be currently registered (with the exception of Competition and Restoration cars).
• Late entries, i.e. cars arriving after the published judging commencement time, will not be eligible.

Concours Section

• All cars must be driven onto the judging site (except competition vehicles which may be trailered).
• Entrants must score a minimum of 70% of the total points available in presentation section to be eligible for a Class or Outright trophy.
• Standard classes will be – TR2/3/3A/3B, TR4/4A/5, TR6, TR7/8, Stag, Saloon, Dolomite, Spitfire/GT6, Herald/Vitesse and Competition
• Classes may be split/combined depending on the number of entrants in each Class. This will be determined by DOT Officials on the day.
• Judges will award points for each car up to a maximum of 750 possible points in 6 judging sections as follows –
• Exterior (170 points)
• Engine bay (140 points)
• Underside (100 points)
• Wheels & tyres (90 points)
• Boot (80 points)
• Interior (170 points)
• Cars will NOT be judged on originality except in the event of a tie when the cars will be marked out of 250 points in accordance with the table shown on the entry sheet.
• In the event of a tie “originality” for each model shall be broadly determined as any equipment or manufacturing (i.e. official works modifications) produced by the original car manufacturer or an approved option available for that model.

Masters Class

• Cars that win their Class for 3 years running, or win outright for 2 years running, will be placed in a Masters Class and are ineligible to enter the standard Concour Classes for 2 years. Masters Class Awards will be given to all Masters Class cars in attendance.

Trophies

• Trophies will be awarded to 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd overall place getters.
• The Register Trophy (TR2/3/3A and 3B), The Michelotti Trophy (TR4/4A/5) and The Harris Mann Trophy (TR7/8), will be awarded to the highest points getter in that Class. Where the winner is also the winner of a Concours Class only one personal trophy will be awarded.
• Trophies will be awarded to 1^st place only if 3 or less cars are entered in Class and 1^st and 2^nd place if 4 or more cars are entered.

Pride of Ownership Section

• Entrants will be scored on presentation only (originality will not be considered)
• Judging will follow the processes outlined in the Concours section, except the underside will not be considered. (100 point underside will not be judged) Max score for POA will be 650 points.
• Standard classes will be – TR2/3/3A/3B, TR4/4A/5, TR6, TR7/8, Stag, Saloon, Dolomite, Spitfire/GT6, Herald/Vitesse, Pre-54, and competition.
• Restoration projects may be considered depending on what is presented on the day.
• Classes may be split or combined depending on the number of entrants in each Class – to be determined by DOT Officials on the day.
• Masters Class cars are ineligible to enter POO section until 2 years after their Masters Class qualification.
• Trophies will be awarded to Class winners only.

ALL TRIUMPH 2015 Race weekend Review 

Well, it was a great weekend! The weather was good, cold early in the morning, but sunny through the day and no cold wind or rain on both days. Most people used the Saturday Super sprint as their test day on the Saturday, with in the triumphs Trevor Lindsay in his GT6 fastest, Mark Morsillo (Dolomite V8 turbo) second and Ryan Glinn (TR8) third. Poor Mark had a massive shunt at the end of the day, closing the track for the rest of the day. Luckily Mark was fine and walked away after hitting the main fence on the entry to the front straight very hard, not sure what will happen with the car.  Geoff Byrne had gearbox troubles mid-day Saturday that ended his weekend, and Glen Coutinho had a fuel leak that stopped him running all weekend. Rod Carey had to pull out a few days before the event with a piston issue, but made the long trek to support his SA mates and Andrew Gibson had a failed gearbox on the Saturday after installation, so also missed the event this year.

Sunday was some great racing. First there was the 3 regularity runs. Great to have 4 Triumphs running . Sorry Guys I didn’t have your results on hand at the presentation. Results . . .

Run 1 – John Whitaker (Spitfire) 1^st, Neil Martin TR7/8 4^th, Ken Peters TR7 and Horsct Kirchner Stag but DNFd

Run 2 – Neil Martin 3^rd, Ken Peters 5^th, John Whitaker 6^th and Horsct Kirchner 14^th

Run 3 – Neil Martin 3^rd, John Whitaker 4t and Horsct Kirchner 5^th, with Ken a DNF

We had a great suggestion that next year there will be a trophy for the Regularity Races as well.

For the ATR races, we had 19 runners (would have been 24 without he last minute drop outs). There was heated duels not just at the front of the field, but right through the field.

Race 1 – 1^st Howard Glinn (TR8) , 2^nd Trevor Lindsay (GT6) second and 3^rd Jon Newell (TR8)

You can watch race one on You Tube from Greg Morsillo’s car, type in to You Tube “Greg Morsillo All Triumph Race 1 2015” for all 6 laps (many thanks Greg)

Race 2 – The Reverse Grid Handicap. There was virtually 1 minute difference between the front groups release and the last. It seems like forever to be waiting in the last pack for your release. 1^st across the line was Gary Gibson (Dolomite Sprint) who started off the front row with Grant Rawlings (Stag),  2^nd was Trevor Lindsay with a great drive from last row of the grid, and I made 3^rd place. It was very close with no one knowing with half a lap to run who would win. It looked like it could have been Chris Swingler or Sue Tahir in the front 3 with half a lap to go. It was great for Gary at his first run at the event and the circuit.

In the All Triumph Trophy Race  – 1^st Howard Glinn, 2^nd Trevor Lindsay (who pushed me so hard non stop for all 9 laps) and Jon Newell 3^rd.  We both got down into the 1.08s.

In the Classes, Roger Lange took out the up to 2 Litre Class in his GR6, Trevor Lindsay took the 2.0 to 3.5 Litre Class in his white GT6, and Howard Glinn the over 3.5 Litre Class in his TR7V8.

Following that we had the All British combined race, with the win going to Trevor Lindsay, Howard second, Jon Newell 3^rd and Rhys Morsillo with his first run in the ATR 4^th with Greg Morsillo 5^th. I must say it wasn’t until I held the Sportscar Trophy that I could sit in awe that Trevor has won it 6 times and Graeme Rutledge 5, so to pip Trevor by such a small margin on the day, no wonder I was mentally exhausted when it finished

I must thank the generosity of Glen Coutinho and Sue Tahir for their sponsorship, and Glen also helps me through the year in many other ways of support beyond simply money, so thank you. To Ken Peters and all his helpers on the flags for the RG race, many thanks. To Terry Donovan and all thise running the MRA round, great event and thanks for allowing us to run on the program. If I missed talking to you on the day, Im sorry, but running the twins in the car Saturday and then racing in the two categories and doing the handicapping during the Sunday keep me very busy.

To all that came to race, especially those from interstate, many thanks and hope you really enjoyed yourself! Also thanks to those that travelled just to watch and support us on the day. I think we delivered a great event to allow many varied Triumphs to come together in the same race, and to showcase to the spectators what a great time you can have owing  a Triumph.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

We have 15 confirmed entrants to the second ATR to be run at Winton as part of their “Champions of Winton” race meet on 28^th August 2016. If you are truly interested in running in this event, please please send me a note so I can add you to the list. You certainly aren’t entering and paying yet, just so I can get a feel for the grid size. I am still working with the circuit promoter to see if they would run a mixed field regularity on the same program so will kept you all know.  It would be only a one day event, but is then so much closer to both Victoria and SA. Next we need a sponsor (anyone know someone fitting in Victoria?) and if someone knows of a suitable event we could do on the Saturday would be great. I will send this to all the ATR contacts and see if they have suggestions on this. This seem to confirm we should also work to add a meeting in Morgan park in 2017 to make it a 3 state competition.

SPONSOR WANTED

What has been so instrumental in the growth of the All Triumph Race in NSW has been the generous sponsorship by Sue and Glen from TSOA NSW every year. To help with this first event in Winton next year, we need a sponsor for that round. Ideally someone that can commit $2,000 for the naming rights of the Winton Round of the ATR. You will have your Logo and name added to all emails and advertising done throughout the year and in at least the TREAD monthly magazine article on the ATR. If you have some interest but would like more details, please contact me by Phone or Email for more discussion.

Many Thanks

Howard GLINN

Have a look at the report on the Triumph Saloon found on Shannons website at

http://www.shannons.com.au/club/video/triumph-2000-2500-shannons-club-tv-episode-34/?cmpid=SHN:GI:PI:NPS:EDM:20130501:161

I don’t know about you, but I need to see a photo of a Triumph when I open up the TSOA SA web page, so here is one of my favourites.

Why not load one of your own on to the site – at least for a while, you will get front page exposure of your car and your personal photographic artistry.

Roger

It’s now a few weeks since our last annual weekender and as I think back to it with both pride and joy. Margie and I were pleased to put together this weekend which resulted in lots of fun and fond memories. As per usual, spending a weekend with our club members is a delight. Meal times are always enjoyable with the buzz around the room; fun and interesting activities were shared and friendships were built on. Peggy Argent has built on her reputation as being the ‘General’ of the kitchen by organising the ‘men’ to cook breakfast each morning…thanks Peggy. Pleased to say we had 12 Triumphs on the run with no major mishaps! The weekender was our first major run in our new car, (ex Tony Harvie 2500 Saloon) was enjoyed in comfort and reminds us of just how good these ‘old’ cars are.

Bob and Lorraine Cini’s June run to Garden Grove at Golden Grove had us departing from Burnside to Montacute through Cuddlee Creek down Corkscrew Road along Gorge Road, Northeast Road, Hancock Road to Garden Grove. A good lunch was enjoyed by all and plants, giftware, outdoor furniture was there in plenty.  Lorraine Page bought a new Flamingo which we believe is going home for a pink paintjob…and Ian Rigby got the bargain of the day with a $900 outdoor setting without Raelene being there!!

Looking forward to our 50^th Anniversary Dinner on July 4^th with 60 past and present members attending.

Our next club run is on the 19^th July to Strathalbyn departing from Top of Taps at 10.00am.  Our August social event is a Dolphin River Cruise at Port Adelaide.

Having held the Social Secretary role for several years, is it time for someone new to step forward and take over this role from Margie and I with some new ideas and motivation?? We will be prepared to continue to organise the annual weekender, but a break from this position would be welcomed. Talk to us if you want some more info.

Till we meet again

Bill Berlemon (and Margie)