Royal Enfield Club of Australia

2022 AGM Ulverstone Tasmania

By Craig Katen

After disembarking the Ferry at Devonport Garry, Leon, Peter, David, Tim and I met Don Mick and Charles for a coffee at the One Flower Café just near the ferry terminal. We then rode to meet the rest of the attendees for a breakfast put on by our hosts Trevor and Sue Marshall at their place in West Ulverstone about half an hours ride from Devonport.

Following our lovely breakfast we decided to go for a ride despite the poor weather and we went back towards Ulverstone and refuelled and then through town and headed south into the hills towards Castra. However due to the rain we cut the ride short and made our way back to Ulverstone through Sprent.

Friday’s meet and greet was held at the local Scout Hall just metres from the Beachway Motel where most participants were staying. Our hosts put on a great spread of snacks, dips, cheese, bread and antipasto with an abundance of beverages to wash it down with.

More rain was forecast for Saturday and there were also roads blocked which also meant the planned AGM ride route would need to be altered. It was decided to delay the ride in hope that the weather would be better and we set off at approximately 11am and by the first turn a miscommunication had the group split, Shorty, the ride leader went right out of the motel and there was a gap in the riders and subsequent riders who didn’t realise followed Howard left. The first group waited at the next corner and no one arrived.

Before long we were stopped on the proposed route by a bridge that was out. Whilst we waited for the lost souls to catch up the ride organisers tried to work out a different route to our lunch destination however it was too hard in the end and they decided just to head back to Trevor and Sue’s place for a BBQ lunch and do the bike judging there.

We then returned to Ulverstone and the Beachway Motel where we held the Annual General Meting and the ADM Dinner and Presentation.

Award Recipients

Certificate of Appreciation Trevor Marshall – Rally Organiser

Best Cast Iron – Trevor Marshall – 2006 500 Bullet

Best UCE – Garry Eyles – 2020 C5 Bullet

Best 650 Twin – Craig Katen – 2020 650 Interceptor

Second Best 650 Twin – Charles Todd – 2019 650 Interceptor

Best Oddball and Worst Enfield – Leon Down – Bullet 65

Best Non-Enfield – Vera Daniel – 2008 Honda ST1300

Vera stuck her number on their bike so we awarded her the trophy since people voted for her number not Jonathan’s 🙂

Best Overall Enfield – Trevor Marshall – 2006 500 Bullet

Norm Keen Tough Luck Trophy

Rob Linton whose partner’s bike broke down on the way and they missed the event

Longest Distance Travelled to the AGM on an Enfield – Craig Katen 943km

Longest Distance ridden between AGMs on an Enfield – Charles Todd – Approx 8000kms

The “ChooK” Award – Trevor Marshall

Despite his best efforts the Rally Ride was thwarted by rain, road closures, and random ride leaders.

Trevor accepting a thankyou bottle of wine on behalf of Shorty for leading the rides

 

Sundays Ride to Waratah

On Sunday we had slightly better weather and rode to Waratah for lunch at the Bischoff Hotel.

 

Here is a link to a ReLive video of the route https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOp3dodLRv

 

 

We left Ulverstone and headed along the coast to Burnie and then south through Ridgley, Highclere, Hampshire and Guildford to Waratah where the weather came in once we got there.

We then rode east past the Cradle Mountain area and then north to Sheffield for a break where I had a Scallop pie, Tasmania’s State Dish and took some photos of the murals painted on the local shops.

      

 

Sunday Dinner

The remainder of us that stayed Sunday night had dinner at the Motel’s restaurant

Some of the guys modelling the club hoodies and jackets

So that’s it for another great Royal Enfield Club of Australia AGM with many thanks to Trevor and Sue Marshall for being great hosts and all their work in making the event a great success despite the poor weather.

Thanks to Shorty for leading the ride and the Beachway Motel whose staff did an excellent job in accommodating us.

Also thanks to Vera Daniel for the photo contributions and action videos