HSVOCWA MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

27^th August 2024 – Leederville Sporting Club

MEETING OPEN:7:02pm

APOLOGIES:Simon Brown, Jason Brotherson, Craig & Keith Hawley, Toni Bakreski, Leonie Hall, Aaron Stevenson, Travis Cowley, Anthony Deluca, Hayden Morgan, Tanya Morgan

PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: Read by Jamie  
Accepted: Doug Stevenson     Seconded: Mike Miller 

HSVOCWA MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

30^th July 2024 – Leederville Sporting Club

MEETING OPEN:7:02pm

Hi All

Another month has flown by and we have had what turned out to be a massive day @ Wanneroo (Carco) Raceway on the 16th June. It was looking rather bleak 2 x weeks out with only a handful of entries received but it was great to see club members rise to the challenge put to them by our illustrious President. A lot of creative work behind the scenes and we may have stumbled across a winning formula going forward for our track days.

HSVOCWA MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

29^th October 2024 – Leederville Sporting Club

MEETING OPEN:7:01pm

APOLOGIES:Simon Brown, Toni Bereski, Leonie Hall, Aaron Stevenson, Travis Cowley, Anthony Deluca, Hayden Morgan, Tanya Morgan, Luke Marsland, Dave Armstrong, Roberto Cecchele

PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: Read by Jamie Gilbert  
Accepted: Mike Miller Seconded: Doug Stevenson    

HSVOCWA MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

24^th September 2024 – Leederville Sporting Club

APOLOGIES:Simon Brown, Jason Brotherson, Craig Hawley, Toni Bereski, Leonie, Aaron Stevenson, Travis Cowley, Anthony Deluca, Hayden Morgan, Tanya Morgan, Kym Jacobs, Chad Reeves, Mike Miller, Luke Marsland,

PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: Read by Jamie  

Date: Tuesday, 26^th AUGUST 2025

Meeting Opened: 7:00pm

Location: Leederville Bowling Club.

Chairperson: Jason Brotherson.

1. Apologies

Apologies Received:

• Hayden Morgan
• Craig Hawley (email)
• Keith Hawley (email)
• Toni Bakreski
• Simon Browne

Previous Meeting Minutes:read by Jamie Gilbert

 Accepted By:

• Mike Miller
• Seconded by: Tim Wright

2. Correspondence

Incoming/Outgoing:

• Catalogue from Verdex via mail

3. New Members

Welcome to the following new members:

• Nil

4. President's Report- Jason Brotherson

• Wanneroo sprint was an overall success- achieving break even just.  Variety that turned up was encouraging with decent driver training and engagement. Social was a bit down for lunch time and looking to do more to try and overlay of social and motorsport
• Want to do more driver training mornings – suggestion to move DT to lunch segment as afternoon sessions are quieter and provides more quality time for participants.
• Committee decision to introduce drug and alcohol testing at our events. Want to show we are taking some measures to have member safety and public safety on our minds. Equipment purchased and will be rolled at future events.
• Reminder Kwinana is coming up – thanks to Tim for the more V8 focused layout. Reminder that instructors can assist new people throughout the day so don’t be scared to have a go, can extend to including instructors in cars. Noted low attendance with 20 registered – need 33 registrations to break even.
• Christmas event is live now – payment plans available – can book tables of 8 so get in quick. Heavily subsidised – tickets are cheaper than the meal menu and quality entertainment and venue.
• More Social events coming up – really need people to register and show up to these events

5. Vice President's Report- Jamie Gilbert

• Thanks to Ray for doing treasurer blog and taking on the role
• Great to have magazine at last month’s meeting, again thanks to Ray for sorting the printing.
• Reminder- Magazine is online if you can’t get a physical copy.
• This month’s track event – Matt James Wallace and Jamie spent loads of time documenting the system setup and will do same for Kwinana.
• End of Year Function will be a great event, welcome drinks, dance floor, live music
• Noted so far we have sold 20 tickets but 100-125 ideally to attend.

6. Membership Report- Jamie Gilbert

Current Total Members: 265 (net change: + 6)

• Full Members: 138 (+4)
• Associate Members: 72 (+2)
• Ordinary Members: 27
• Concessional Members: 25
• Life Members: 9
• Total 271 + 6
• 404: 24
• C4C: 42 (+1)
• Vehicles is 94 (+1)

7. Treasurer's Report- Ray Novak

• Thanks Jamie for getting him up to speed
• Down a little from Wanneroo and Kwinana Event
• 1 entry didn’t pay - $319 needs to pay
• 22 tickets sold for Gala

Total Funds (Bank & PayPal): $79,643.77

• Bank: $65,687.32 (-$11,623.15)
• PayPal: $11,900.29 (+9,566.99)

8. Motorsport Report- Mike Clynk and Tim Wright

Mike Clynk

• Great event at Wanneroo, 40 entries, room for improvement and looking for suggestions.
• Next event is last competitive event and will be at Kwinana, no other events until next year
• Collie event cancelled due to being updated – pits being refurbished closing down the track
• Need good turn out for Kwinana Event.
• Big event end of year is the Ride Day and need efforts to change it up for more participation into Ride Day
• Focusing on next year dates for Collie and Wanneroo, already have request from Sporting Car Club for dates for track time to be submitted by end of September
• Need to put calendar together for 2026 - Driver training has been popular / full sprint day too much? Half sprint day – open to opinions/feedback on next years events

Tim Wright

• Kwinana will be good – nice flowing circuit, opportunity to have more senior guys in the club can jump into your car, for less than $100 gets a free coffee as well, come along to assist on the day for marshalling speak to Tim or Mike.

Note: a call for officials as another party hiring other part of the venue – need a person to direct traffic so people don’t end up on circuit.

Kwinana event further discussed:

• Open to passengers over 14 – this includes volunteers if they sign disclaimers and have correct protection kit.
• 4 runs for the event – but if we can get as many runs in as we can
• At the end of the day have a Debrief – what worked well or needs improvement for next time.
• Helmets, longs etc to be passenger onus on drivers to ensure disclaimers signed and presented.
• Need Witches hats – 24 in fact
• Ray Novak asked a question – Whatever happened to the airport – answer was noise restriction issues from neighbouring properties.

9. Associate Rep - Roberto

• Weekend was really good – good to see other clubs participating, will try to get better engagement from Alfa club.
• Triumph club didn’t attend due to being at Collie weekend.
• Roberto reminded members in the room to always good to encourage people and introduce yourself and take an interest in their car .
• Other clubs can be a bit snobby but HSV Club of WA has always been friendly and that was witnessed by Jaguar club who are keen to come back.

10. Merchandise Report- Doug, Chad, Chantelle

• All new stock and wider ranges in of all our new gear – team showed samples from all the new ranges, reminder that every meeting will have full merch on display and for sale.
• New caps and choices of designs.
• New Vests – soft shells and puffer jackets available
• Doug showed off the New t-shirts with Member numbers – Life Members get one presented for their achievement.
• On display at all future events including car shows and alike.

10. Social Events- James Black

• Last monthly meeting at Rosco’s – if you weren’t there you missed out
• Awesome social scene – BBQ and presentation
• Made just over $700
• Cruise to the track – nobody really showed up
• Social is a bit like a bear – hibernates during winter
• Torana went out onto the track
• Tim took some people out with his Yaris – it was an awesome event
• Bit disappointing that more people didn’t show up
• People pay big money to do those sorts of events
• Peter Brock cruise coming up, shifted meet point – West Coast Commodores is meeting at the original meet point, moved it up the road, Big cruise this year – about 90kms – through hills to memorial, then head to pub for lunch social chat afterwards, Table booked at Parkerville Tavern.
• Celebration of Motorsport is next event – mixture of motorsport and social, Tim mentioned Boat Show is also on same day as Celebration of motorsport so encouraged members to put their cars on display, effectively its free parking !
• The Show n Shine event at Curtin FM also in October, need a good turn out, Jason mentioned about members putting cars on display and they can be looked after for day, need to show depth of this amazing club.
• Gala Dinner – a lot of effort has been put in by entire committee and reminder tickets on sale.

11. General Business

• Jason raised we need content for our magazine and it will be our Xmas edition. Going to approach some of the older members for some history and articles on club, Jason called for people to volunteer.
• If you have old magazines Ray was open to scanning and collating the information.
• For the Gala event – if people have pictures from old events or magazines to scan pictures to have on a projectors – send to committee or Ray (treasurer email) make a bit of a video
• Matt Marsland will have loads of videos from back in the day – Luke was going to ask for copies if possible.
• Jason asked Tim to check with venue to see if large screens were available to display/ play content.
• Trav – thanking everyone to get green machine out – Son is moving to Townsville and will be getting VX R8 back to bring along, shared his passion from the lunch event to now come out a compete.
• Car life panel – Drag out some old stories – Jason will come tap you on the shoulder at the Gala dinner
• Gold Sponsor – Cecchele Motor and Autohaus storage – Open to us doing a club meeting there- Roberto was going to check in and see what they would like.
• Jason mentioned that at the Ride Day bringing back roll racing and changing around the order to give more members a chance to participate.

Collective member chats on open floor:

• Weekend away at Albany for an event could be option- Tim/ Mike to review and come back with options.
• Mention if club would go back to Jacks, Mike said it isn’t attractive anymore – not for the cost / guys aren’t keen for it
• Can we introduce a Slalom/Go to Woah event – at the area behind the pits area – Pay 2 hire fees - $12k to hire track – 7am – 4pm booked track is ours- Tim and Mike to consider if possible or feasible (based on cost exposure).
• Driver training seems to be an attractive option – committee will review better options to extend this to more members and family.  
• Discussion whether a half day- sprint day was an option, get entry fees lower- Tim and Mike to review.

• Discussion to improve DT; a suggestion to assign chaperones to drivers ahead of time – Jason to consider for next event.

• James mentioned that what members wanted, the club was delivering as the survey was great, but the results aren’t reflective of people showing up and registering to events. James took note that the events and suggestions were improvement was always open for discussion.

Meeting Closed: 7:37 pm

HSV Owners Club of WA – General Meeting Minutes
Date: Tuesday, 29th July 2025
Meeting Opened: 7:00pm

Chairperson: Jamie Gilbert

Venue:  Rosco McGlashan Garage

HSV Owners Club of WA – General Meeting Minutes
Date: Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Meeting Opened: 7:01pm

Chairperson: Jason Brotherson

Venue: Leederville Bowling Club, Perth WA.

HSV Owners Club of WA - General Meeting Minutes
Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Meeting Opened: 7:01 PM

Chairperson: Jason Brotherson.

1. Apologies

Apologies: Tim Wright, David Armstrong, Bruce Hawley, Toni Bakreski

Previous Meeting Minutes Accepted By: Mike Clynk, seconded by Chris Caruso

Date: Tuesday, 25^th November 2025

Meeting, Leederville Bowling Club

Meeting event cancelled by venue manager; advised to club Tuesday 2pm. Club Apologies sent to members via SMS and email. No alternative premises available.

No minutes noted for November- next planned meeting January 2026.

Minutes noted by Jason Brotherson Club President and seconded by Jamie Gilbert Vice President via phone call on Tuesday 25^th of November.

Date: Tuesday, 28^th October 2025

Meeting Opened: 7:03pm, Leederville Bowling Club, Chaired by Jason Brotherson

1. Apologies

Apologies Received:

• Keith Hawley
• Craig Hawley
• Kym Jacobs
• Trav Ingleby
• Toni Bakreski
• Simone Browne
• Anthony Deluca
• Hayden Morgan
• Travis Cowley
• Troy Macare

Previous Meeting Minutes Accepted By:

• Mike Miller
• Trevor James

2. Correspondence

Incoming/Outgoing:

• Nil

3. New Members

Welcome to the following new members:

• Nil

4. President's Report

• Gala Dinner 84 tickets sold
• Magazine content is excellent going to print by 16 November  to meet deadline for Gala Event/
• Reminder about vacant Committee roles– need people to step up for AGM.
• Passenger ride day – thinking go to woah, roll racing – Driver training, passenger ride along – still working out the day depending on heat and demand.
• Next Years Calendar – Before the Gala Dinner – for the social crew
• Social needs more members to help with events; look to create a subcommittee to support James.

5. Vice President's Report

• Gala Dinner – needs more attendance – need about 10 – 15 more

6. Membership Report

Current Total Members:

• Full Members: 135
• Associate Members: 71
• Ordinary Members: 28
• Concessional Members: 26
• Life Members: 9
• Total 269
• 404: 23
• C4C: 44
• Vehicles: 96

7. Treasurer's Report

Total Funds (Bank & PayPal): $

• Bank: $ 83,398.43
• PayPal: $11,899.50

8. Motorsport Report

• All done for the year
• Focus on the ride day, event will go live end of this week, 2 entries, one for roll racing and one for ride day – need numbers – track day – supposed to go at 80%
• Next year – big dates are signed in – Feb 22 in first sprint, Big gap between Feb and Sep which will be filled with Kwinana and MX5 events – Confirmed 20 spots in June
• Tim - Hopefully plan is to lock in few more date prior to gala dinner with dates from Triumph club and MX5 club

9. Associate Rep

• Mount Brown Hill Clib - Ticks and checks they had to do, plenty of clubs, essential services – household opened up for BBQ’s and Coffee’s etc –

10. Merchandise Report

• Nothing to report this month

10. Social Events

• Curtin FM car show at Curtin uni – started out drizzly and cold but turned out to be okay day
• Entire clubs didn’t show up and food vendors cancelled last minute
• Ray took out peoples choice award
• Dyno day, was stressful as we were worried about numbers
• Justin got some business out of it with followup repairs on members cars. If you want to approach him make sure you reach out via their reception not with Justin directly
• Looking ahead – Gala Dinner – doesn’t have to be just members can bring family and friends
• Trying to change things up for next year – with a social sub committee
• Pizza truck is keen to do a twilight cruise meet; will look at options early next year.

11. General Business

• Greg Allen wins the early bird for Gala Dinner after Jamie spun the wheel.

Meeting Closed: 7:48pm

Date: Tuesday, 30^th  SEPTEMBER 2025

Meeting Opened: 7:04pm

Location: Leederville Bowling Club

1. Apologies

Apologies Received:

• Hayden Morgan, Craig Hawley, Keith Hawley, Simon Browne and Kym Jacobs

Previous Meeting Minutes:read by Jamie Gilbert

HSV Owners Club of WA February Monthly Meeting.

Leederville Bowling Club

Date: Tuesday, 24^th February 2026

Meeting Opened:6:59pm

Chairperson:Jason Brotherson, President.

1. Apologies

Apologies Received:

• Jamie Gilbert, Simone Browne, Hayden Morgan, Karen Clinckers, Alex Popovsky, Allan Kelman, David Armstrong, Mike Miller, Brian Kosick, Andrew Ollerton, Tony Bereski, Travis Cowley, Bruce Hawley.

Previous Meeting Minutes Accepted By: Dougie Stephenson, Greg Allan

2. Correspondence

Incoming/Outgoing:nothing noted.

3. New Members

Welcome to the following new members:no new members presented.

4. President's Report

• Congratulations to the team on how the trailer turned out; special note to member Chad (Chantelle provided pictures up on screen)
• AGM reminder – apologies for releasing information early – under our constitution ewe must notify members within a specified period.
• For the AGM Light food on offer (sausage sizzle or something, plus our sponsors providing drinks on tap.
• We need more feedback on events – if we don’t know what the members want, we can’t keep putting on events.
• Rounds 1 and 2 were a success and thanks to the members who assisted on the day; we will try this again later in the year.
• MX5 club, were very happy with how the day run and financially a huge success with the club turning a small profit.
• RSVP to events is still low and not good enough; we had a coffee event and 3 noted as going and 25 plus turned up; the committee need accurate numbers so we can plan, book and ensure suitable reservations are made. O
• Try booking Fiat car club was suggested for use as a booking tool; Roberto was to send a link and Chantelle to investigate and advise.

5. Vice President's Report

•  Noted Jamie was unwell and nothing noted, will cover off under Memberships report.

6. Membership Report

Current Total Members:as noted by Jason Brotherson

• Full Members: 143 (-2)
• Associate Members: 72 (+1)
• Ordinary Members: 28 (-1)
• Concessional Members: 31 (+3)
• Life Members: 10
• Total:284 (+1)
• 404: 23
• C4C: 60 (+7)
• Vehicles: 105 (+7)

7. Treasurer's Report

Noted by Ray Novak

Total Funds (Bank & PayPal): $78,59.39

• Bank: $67,084.18
• PayPal: $11,445.21

8. Motorsport Report

•  Good event – ran better than expected it to, everyone was surprised at how well MX5 club ran their event with 50 cars.
• Very well run and law was laid down early and they followed through with reprimanding their members for off track adventures.
• Club President was impressed with our club working in with their event and happy with the variety of cars
• Next event – haven’t got a locked in date – Bruce has given us 2 dates for Collie, late 28^th June or 26^th July –members preference is 28/6
• Looking at doing our own events - Bruce has agreed to host a Collie event with the Triumph club with timing provided by HSV but will need assistance with confirming numbers.
• 3 events, 2 Motorplex events and 1 Collie event? Only have 1 collie event locked in for now.
• MX club is comfortable to lend us timing equipment and send someone to show us for the first time using it then we can borrow it after that.

9. Associate Rep

• Triumph club ran an event at the Motorplex; good event and the track was a good layout.
• MX5 Club – really liked how the even was run, the responsibility was on the drivers – for our club it would’ve been good to have someone letting the HSV club guys know what to do and monitoring the cars, so no accidents occur.
• Onus was on the driver taking off to watch for the car in front to go past – one entrant nearly had an accident due to someone not paying attention.
• No Motorsport calendar – Jason to action.

10. Merchandise Report

• Doug brought some grey shirts so their won’t be a delay – HSV logo already embroidered – just need to add your member number or name.
• Magazines for people to have a look for winter stock ideas, flannel shirts or Hawaiian Shirts – With Our own designs can be possible, please advise Merchandise team of preference ASAP.

10. Social Events

• Kings park event was really good, had a very good turnout, the café was unfortunately very busy but it was great to see so many members show up.
• Attended Autohaus motors to see their premises to see if it was conducive to the AGM, amazing facility, members will have an enjoyable night.
• 2 Kegs for the event – hopefully have a car pre-positioned of the dyno for demo runs.
• Calendar still forming as we look to variety and noted a sub committee will be formed to take load off one person.

11. General Business

• Jason: AGM – need proxy’s if you cannot attend. Please provide as our membership size makes this a constant challenge.
• Various noted: Go Kart club – interested in joining an event with us – they share events with the MX5 club – if we wanted to share an event with them it might be a September event.
• We have shared an event with them before – would alternate on the hour off the hour, the consensus was ½ day each to save on wait times doing alternate hours.
• Greg to chair the event next month – Require certain percentage of our full members and associate members to participate either in person or via proxy.
• Greg also noted: Jason’s tenure is coming to an end, the president can only be elected for 3 years, need new blood to step in to take over – Jason has said he will stay in the committee to assist the new president. The past presidents have all made a great difference with the club, but we need to have a new president to change things up.
• Jason noted there is special provision if no nominations occurred that the current tenure can be extended for another year, he noted assistance can be provided to either Prez or VP to support their transition in and noted committee has wealth of experience.
• Christmas event suggestions

• Oakover wines – alternate to formal event where the kids come along – Family event
• Committee noted the suggestion to a family event and including the cars again was ideal.
• Committee to seek a venue ASAP.

Meeting Closed: 7:57pm

Date: Tuesday, 27^th January 2026

Meeting Opened: 7.06 pm,  Leederville Bowling Club, Chaired by Jason Brotherson.

1. Apologies

Apologies Received:

• Kym Jacobs- member
• Simone Browne- member
• Hayden Morgan- Club Editor

HSV Owners Club of WA March Monthly Meeting.

AutoHaus Vehicle Storage- Malaga WA

Date: Tuesday, 31^st of March 2026

Meeting Opened:8.05 pm

Chairperson:Jason Brotherson, Vice President.

1. Apologies

Apologies Received:

• James and Chantelle Black, Hayden Morgan, Allan Kelman, Andrew Ollerton, Tony Bereski, Graeme Terry.

For a lot of car owners, taking their car onto a racetrack feels like a big step.

There’s a common assumption that it’s only for experienced drivers or heavily modified cars.

That’s not really the case with the HSV Owners Club of WA.

The club runs its motorsport events in a way that focuses on controlled conditions and steady progression, rather than pushing for outright performance.

Motorsport Without the Pressure

You don’t need a dedicated track car.

You don’t need prior experience.

And you’re not expected to drive beyond your comfort level.

The structure of the events allows drivers to:

• Get a better understanding of their car at speed
• Work on braking and control
• Build confidence gradually
• Stay within safe limits

For most people, it’s simply about learning and improving over time.

Open to More Than Just HSV

Although the club has its roots in HSV vehicles, the events are open to a wide range of cars.

That includes:

• Holden and HSV
• Ford performance cars
• European vehicles
• Japanese sports cars

The mix of cars tends to make the events more practical, as people are working with different setups and experience levels.

A Recent Example of the Car Community

Last weekend’s Shannons Classic Car Show showed how broad the car scene is in Western Australia.

With Hundreds of vehicles on display, it brought together a wide range of cars and owners from different clubs.

Events like this aren’t directly about motorsport, but they often lead to conversations about getting more involved.

From Events to Track Days

It’s fairly common for people to move from social events into track days over time.

Once they become more familiar with the club and the people involved, the idea of getting on track becomes more approachable.

The HSV Owners Club of WA provides a structured way to do that, without rushing the process.

A Focus on Responsibility

The club places a strong emphasis on responsible driving.

That includes:

• Respect for road use outside events
• Controlled environments for higher-speed driving
• Clear expectations around behaviour on and off track

That approach tends to suit people who want to enjoy their cars without unnecessary risk.

Getting Involved

If you’re considering doing more with your car, starting with a club event is usually the easiest step.

It gives you a chance to see how things operate and decide if you want to take it further.

More information on upcoming events can be found here:
https://hsvownersclubofwa.com.au/our-events