Matamata Mower Racing Club

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AGM notice and details.

The Matamata club would like to put out the details of our AGM on the 5th of November next Sunday.

Time : 11:30am
Location: 108 Tarr Road Ohaupo
Video link to be available on the day through the group message chat.
Please have in the back of your mind voting for president, secretary and treasurer. This meeting is for all members of Matamata mowing racing club.

We will be picking job titles, discussing the future of the club, and sorting out all the financial matters.
Any questions or suggestions can be sent to Andrew Dalley before hand.
See you all there.

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Don’t forget racing this coming weekend at Thornton Park Track. 116 French Pass Road Cambridge.

🔴🔴🔴 Please note we have a new entry point. This is next to the hedge. No one is to go past the houses. 🔴🔴🔴

🔴 21st & 22nd of October 2023
🔴 Open to all mowers both days ( any class or size doesn’t matter )
🔴 Sunday is both mowers and grass karts

🏁 Scrutineering from 9am
🏁 Drivers Briefing 10am
🏁 Racing starts 10:15am
(Remember these times are approximate)

💵 Races fees are $20 per racer. No matter what club you do or don’t belong to.

🏁🏁 First Race Weekend Of The Season 🏁🏁

As a club we have decided why start the season with one day? Why not start with a full two day meet.

So the first race weekend put on by Matamata Mower Racing Club will be held on Labor Weekend at Thornton Park Track.

🔴 21st & 22nd of October 2023
🔴 Open to all mowers both days ( any class or size doesn’t matter )
🔴 Sunday is both mowers and grass karts

🏁 Scrutineering from 9am
🏁 Drivers Briefing 10am
🏁 Racing starts 10:15am
(Remember these times are approximate)

💵 Races fees are $20 per racer. No matter what club you do or don’t belong to.

Like always camping is available for anyone feeling like they want to make a full weekend out of it.

We can’t wait to see everyone there and have a blast. 💥

We would like to give notice for an AGM to be held on the 5th of November.
The venue will be confirmed at a later date. And agenda to be sent out to members.

Few photos from today.

Thanks Taranaki Lawnmower Racing Club Inc for coming along with some good looking mowers,

Big thanks to waikato grass karts for coming along with their big crew
The youngest racer today just 6 years old.
Thanks POP for providing the land,
Can't wait to race here again and another big happy birthday to Zac Thornalley.

WE ARE RACING COME ON DOWN TO 248 POKURU RD TE AWAMUTU

17 LAWN MOWERS
18 GRASS KARTS.
TRACK IS SLICK SO THEY ARE GETTING THEIR SLIDE ON. 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

We are racing next weekend Saturday 15th of July.
248 pokuru Rd Te Awamutu
Scrutineering 9-10 racing Starting from 10:15
Please make sure you have all your safety gear and extinguisher for scrutineering.

Few photos from the North land field days total of 10 mowers from the club making the trek up to dargaville.

Finally with calving over we can re schedule our agm so more members can attend . 30th October.
More details to be sent out to paid up members in regards to agenda and nominations.

Evening all . Tonight's post is going to be a bit more serious than mower racing.

We have been approached by a friend of the club to support his dry July fundraiser for men's health via the
Cambridge prostate cancer support group.

They are fundraising for this cause as there is no government funded routine screening program for men . Having suffered from prostate cancer 3 years ago he has made it his goal to spread the word on detection and awareness.
If you can spare anything, please donate to this very important cause . It may help save the life of a male in your life in the future.

Great work Doug lineham

Matamata mower racing club has donated $100 towards this important cause.

http://www.dryjuly.co.nz/users/doug-lineham

Support Doug Lineham this Dry July and make a donation. I've signed up for Dry July to raise money for people affected by cancer.

Unfortunately with all the rain we have had this week the track will need a bit more then two days sun to dry up. . it's just too wet to go out and race as it will do more damage to the track then needed.
We may have to wait for a fine spell and we may set up a late notice race day if we get a week of fine weather.
Stay dry out there and keep up the building.

Friends of Thornton park are invited to race next Sunday the 24th along with the king country grass karts at Thornton park
116 french pass road .. scrutinering at 9
Racing at 10
Weather permitting.
See you there

Unfortunately racing tomorrow is cancelled.
We will look at possibly racing Monday of queens birthday. Will update once we know more sorry all.

Evening all the weather forecast for Sunday is looking pretty trash at this stage . Will make the call tomorrow afternoon if we will race or not .

Hi all we racing this sunday at Thornton park .
Grass karts welcome.
Racing starts at 10 scrutinering at 9.
Race format to be decided on the day according to numbers
See you all there .
116 french pass road

Unfortunately racing at Thornton park this Sunday has been postponed.

We will race again soon and the date will be put up once decided.

We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Unfortunately we have to postpone our AGM until next month . COVID is making its way around some households so it is best to wait until all members can attend for the good of the club.
New date will be confirmed by the Sunday race meeting.
Thanks for your understanding.

Update on AGM
Venue is Morrisville RSA.

Friends of Thornton park we have been invited To racing next Sunday to celebrate a late mother's day on the 15th with the king country grass karts.
as follows.
Scrutinering starts at 9 racing to follow at 10 .
Race program will be decided on the day as to how many go-kart classes we have .
All national members welcome to race for $20 fee . Non members $30
It's also ken and Andrews birthday so this is a birthday meeting for the boys and the mums 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Byo bbq lunch
Look forward to seeing you there

116 french pass road Cambridge

Awesome days racing with the Bay Waikato Mower Racing Club in morrinsville. Nice big track and some good fun.
Thanks for having us guys.

Great weekend of racing this weekend with the king country grass karts joining us for a shared race day .
A big thank you to Ken, once again the track prep was outstanding and made for a very fast surface to race on.

We had a new racer out on the track this weekend on her newly built mower so welcome Lisa and we can't wait to see you back out on the track. 🏁🏁🏁

🏁 Notice to all members 🏁

An AGM will be held on the
14th Of May 2022
4pm
At the Morrinsville RSA

The venue is to be confirmed but will be posted asap.

To vote you must be 18 years + and must be a paid up member.

Fees are now overdue, so if you haven’t paid yet, please pay before the AGM.

For any other details or questions please message this page or contact Club President
Glen Paton on 0276565660

Hey everyone!

Sorry our club has been slightly quiet over the last few months. Between covid and a club members wedding we have all been a bit busy.

In February our president and club member Glen & Kelly had a beautiful wedding at Thornton Park Race Track. And of course had some mowers apart of their big day!

Keep an eye on our page tonight for our next big race weekend announcement.

Keep safe and see you all there!

Weather was a little touch and go today but ment the water cart got a rest. We got a bit of racing done between showers and a nice turnout with 11 mowers coming today. Was also great to see our friends traveling up to race from other regions. Some very competitive racing today having 4 FX mowers out on the track at the same time also.
Stay tuned for updates on racing next month and future events.

Thanks to Marie for maning the bbq at lunch and Ken for the superb track prep .

Friends of Thornton Park Race Day!!

January 9th 9am.

Thornton park is hosting the first race day of the year for 2022

The day will run like normal

🏁 Scrutineering starts at 9am
🏁 Racing starts at 10am
(Remember these times are approximate)

🔴 Race fee details….

🔴 $20 All matamata club members
🔴 $30 Any other racers
Remember to bring all your safer gear and log books. (Please leave gates as you find them)

COVID QR code at entrance to property as well as at the track. Everyone MUST sign in.

We can’t wait to see you all there and start off the racing year with a good day!

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Friends of Thornton Park Race Day!! December 19th 9am.

Thornton park is hosting the final race day of the year for 2021.

The day will run like normal

🏁 Scrutineering starts at 9am
🏁 Racing starts at 10am
(Remember these times are approximate)

🔴 Race fee details….

🔴 $20 All matamata club members
🔴 $30 Any other racers
Remember to bring all your safer gear and log books. (Please leave gates as you find them)

COVID QR code at entrance to property as well as at the track. Everyone MUST sign in.

We can’t wait to see you all there and send off the racing year with a good day!

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Awesome start to the day! With more people arriving every minute it’s turning into an incredible day!!

Come on down and have some fun!

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Good evening everyone!! We hope you’ve all had an incredible weekend.

🔴 With our race day planned for the 21st (next Sunday). We have decided to wait and just see what announcements come out this week. Before making a final decision.

🔴 Depending on what happens, we may have to postpone the race day. We understand everyone is itching to get back out on the track. But with the covid restrictions and Thornton Park being in level 3. At this stage we can’t do much about it. 

🔴 If the level 3 is lifted we will be all go! But we will require everyone on-site to sign in with the covid tracer app or manual sign in sheet. This is to keep everyone safe.

🔴 Other than that we hope to see everyone out on the track very soon! Keep an eye on our page this week for a final decision post.

Stay safe,
The Matamata Mower Racing Club.

The new build from the Thornton Park stable is coming together nicely , should be race ready in no time. It has been stripped down to be painted and I believe it's the first in nz to be sporting this color. Can anyone guess what color is going to be here's a hint.

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New build by James Anderson.
12 years old from Pukekohe, young and keen , not afraid to turn a nut or bolt. Stripped the Mower himself and with help from dad is gathering parts from other mowers to plumb up the vision of what he had in his head as to what his racing mower will look like.
With help from dad Sonny Anderson 127m and neighbour Glenn Williams 121m, they will help James complete his build so he can get out on the track to have some fun and maby even pick up a chequered flag one day 🏁🏁🏁
Class 1 to start off with but hope to one day drop the v-twin back in for class 2

How good is Thornton Park Raceway looking , wider and smoother then ever. 20 plus truckloads have gone onto the track surface to build it up so the water runs off to the new drainage. One more working 🐝 with the digger to finish off the new drainage and Waikato to drop to level 2 and we will be RACING ❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

Owner of track Ken and his son Mark Pearson have put in alot of hours over the last 3 months to get the track back to a usable standard as the rain was affecting the surface and pooling creating mud.
With the new upgrades the track will be more usable in the wetter months.

MMRC would like to thank Ken for providing such an awsome facility for us to use. We look forward to supporting this track for many years to come .

Fresh build soon to be rolling out of the Thornton Park stable is getting closer n closer with these covid levels giving everyone spair time. This beast is going to be strutting a big opposed twin and is going to turn some heads with its paint job wen complete.
This is 1 of many more to come.

LOCK DOWN LOCK DOWN LOCK DOWN.
With Auckland being in a seemingly forever LOCKDOWN our Auckland based members have been hard at it in the shed buiding . Here's Glenn's latest mower he's building while not being able to get out and about as much.
Also started on a mower for his daughter Ava. And helping his neighbor Trev get one onto the track. 3 more mowers hitting thr track soon.

Sad to this this event canceled but understand why.
Bring on next years gala 🙂