2015 NATIONALS - IMPORTANT UPDATE NO3: With a little under three weeks to go before the MR2 event of the year, and as the Committee finalises arrangements, it was felt that an update might be of interest to those who are attending, those who intend coming but haven't paid or put their entry forms in yet, and those who are still wavering on whether to attend or not.
Numbers From the last time possible numbers were reported by Eric we have now confirmed that at least 35 MR2's will be there for the weekend, the total number of people attending is over 50, and 45 or more attendees will be sitting down on the Sunday night for the dinner at which the trophies will be awarded and some rare Toyota items raffled off.
Too Far To Come Or Not Enough Time? If distance or time to travel has been a consideration in not coming, then apart from those attendees driving from Victoria and New South Wales we now have for the first time an AW11 being driven to attend the 2015 Nationals
all the way from Western Australia across the Nullabor Plain and back. This driving effort has to be up there at the top of the list with some of the distances covered by Rick from Ceduna, SA, It is also enough to make any MR2 owner, yours truly included, stop and think before the reason "its just to far" is ever given for not going to a Nationals meet. Especially sitting for that long in an AW11!
The Advanced Handling Day (AHD) The AHD on Saturday the 6th of June is now fully subscribed, but a couple of lucky people who had paid their money and who were waiting to see if there were any vacancies should receive a pleasant surprise in the next five days when they receive the email advising them that they are now in.
AHD Attendees Please Note The Following: After further discussions with Queensland Raceway staff today there are some requirements the Committee would like you to complete before you arrive, the most important of which is the on-line licence and registration. The process to do this relatively simple and doesn't take much time if you have internet access, but if you don't then other arrangements have been made to get this done before you arrive. This will all be detailed to you in a personal email about the AHD which you should look for at the email address you gave on your entry form in the next five days.
Still Thinking About Coming, Only Part Paid, Or No Entry Form A small number of attendees have either only paid the $50.00 Registration Fee, paid the whole amount but not submitted an Entry Form, or have submitted an Entry Form and not paid yet.
The Committee is hoping that as many people as possible will come to the Dinner on the Sunday night, but we need to confirm numbers by the 3rd of June. If you are intending to be at the Nationals and come to the Dinner but were waiting to pay, or haven't paid but have submitted an Entry Form, then we would like to ask for your help so that all matters can be finalised hopefully as soon as possible, but no later than the 3rd of June.
If there are any problems or someone has any difficulties with paying, or if like me can't remember if I put the Entry Form in or not, then please PM me or Groper and we can sort this out for you. Because catering for the Dinner and the AHD are numbers critical there cannot be any refunds post the Nationals.
Don't forget, if you have any questions about the Nationals then either post them on this part of the Forum, send myself or Groper a PM, or preferably send them to
Nationals2015@MR2Club.com.au.
This is shaping up as a seriously great event so hopefully see you there.
Walter