SWDMCA Meeting 28/08/2011

Henri and myself attended our first meeting on Saturday representing the Starriders Garden Route MC. It was held in George at Club Nitro and it was nice meeting the Presidents and the Proxies of the other MCs. The meeting was opened with a prayer and it was nice seeing where the priorities of the SWDMCA lies. I realised that it is definitely a misconception the world has about Bikers in general and here was a group of bikers praying for fallen brothers, brothers and sisters that had accidents or has taken ill. And most of the meeting was centered around supporting various charities and doing good in the community. I was not supposed to open my trap since it was our first meeting and were are not members of the SWDMCA, but you guys know me and I have to say something when the need rises. The SWDMCA needs somebody to do the accounting and I mentioned that we have a Starrider that is an accountant and we can approach him should the SWDMCA require it. Then I could once again not keep quiet and the President (Quinten Harris) of the SWDMCA was kind enough to point the fact out to me that I am not allowed to actually speak, but gave me the floor once again. The subject of a Website etc. came under discussion and I offered the Starriders assistance in helping the SWDMCA to set up their Websites and asked them to have a look at our website and to see if it is what the SWDMCA would like to have or some similar format. I also had an oppertunity to introduce our Starriders MC to the rest of the Corum and hopefully we will get accepted into the Brotherhood soon.

There is a PAWS run hosted by the Ulysses MC this comming Sunday the 4th September and all the Biker MCs are going to meet in the parking lot of the old GAME Centre where Checkers is now operating at the bottom of York Street. The Plan is to meet there at 9 in the morning and buy anything for the SPCA and place it in the 2 LDVs that will be there to transport the Bikers donation to Sedgefield in aid of the Knysna SPCA. We depart from George to the Sedgefield Arms where we will hand over the donation and have Breakfast. Breakfast will be served at R25 per plate at there will be discounts on drinks. I am counting on all our STARS to attend and show our support and willingness to be part of the brotherhood and to do our bit for charity.

The next meeting was set for the 15th October and I will be in country and able to attend, please keep the date in mind as it would be nice to pitch up as a club and mingle with the rest of the brothers and sisters. The meeting wads scheduled provincially to be held in Mosselbay and the venue will be announced at a later date.

Ride safe.

Gerhardt

Pizza Run 21-10-2011

A Pizza run was done on Sunday to the world famous little restaurant between George and Oudshoorn to try out the Pizza we have been hearing about for ages. Four Starriders pitched up for this run (Colin, Mandy, Heinz and Gerhardt) and it was Colin and Mandy's first time through the Outeniqua Pass. Mandy was taking it slow as she did not know the pass, a wise woman indeed, and it turned out to be a great experience since we were going so slow I could check out the local Fauna and Flora and even notice the other little things nature prove that we usually miss in our haste to get to our destinations. Arriving at the Pizza Place we found some other bikers there and a Trio of old balies on Vespas enjoying a run of their own. Truly the pizzas was great and the service was exceptionally fast, 6 minutes for our Pizzas to come to the table. We enjoyed our lunch and headed back through the pass, stopping for the great view from the top and some pictures. Thanks for the ride Stars and hope to do another run soon.