Round 5 of the 2024 Victorian Trials Series (VTS) is being held on the 1^st of September 2024, hosted by the Oakleigh Motorcycle Club (OMCC).

The trial is being held on a property located at 940 Barwon Park Rd Winchelsea on the banks of the Barwon River.

OMCC Club grounds will be CLOSED

OMCC will be seeking the assistance of observers for this event, so if you, a family member or friend can help, please get in touch with

[email protected]

 Link to Entry Place  

 Victorian Trial Series – Round 5 — Entry Place

https://entryplace.com.au/JonoChellasTrainingJul2024

Jono Chellas will be at OMCC in July for training. Join our newest TdN team member for a weekend of trials training at the OMCC club grounds to raise funds for Australia’s 2024 TdN campaign.  This will be Jono’s first time as a competitor on the team and is an expert rider here in Australia, as well as spending time in Europe last year riding World Rounds and European Championships.  

To allow the right focus, we have split the weekend up into two groups:

Saturday 20^th will be T4+ and above (10 spots)

Sunday 21^st will be Beginner to T4 (15 spots)

 OMCC will put on a BBQ for all participants.

Each day will be 10am – 3pm with a break in the middle for lunch.

 This is open to all, however priority is given to OMCC Members if we are over-subscribed.

Price: $150 per person

 Address: 1 Simpson Rd, Clayton South, VIC 3169

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT OMCC.

OMCC would like to welcome the newly formed Gippsland Trials and Enduro Club (GTEC).

Easter Trial

OMCC and GTEC hosted the Easter Trial at Glenmaggie. It was great to have this traditional trial back at one of our

favourite venues.

 A new camping area was well received by all.

77 riders enjoyed the great sections. Thanks to GTEC for setting sections and riding loop.

Thanks to OMCC members who helped out.

Results:

https://d3d9l6ionxdef8.cloudfront.net/postFiles/DavidGrice/DavidGrice/2024-Glenmaggie-Easter-Trial-Results.pdf

VTS1

On Sunday April 21^st OMCC hosted the first round of the 2024 Victorian Trials Series (VTS).

It was a successful Trial at the wonderful property in Peters Lane, Mardan with 55 entries.

Thanks to the section setters, GTEC and Trevor Campbell. Thanks to Amanda and Matt Kerr for organising and looking after the

fantastic, volunteer observers. Also, thanks to Amanda for scoring and to David Grice and Greg Chalmers for being the key officials.

Results:

https://d3d9l6ionxdef8.cloudfront.net/postFiles/DavidGrice/DavidGrice/2024-04-21-VTS1-Updated-22_4.pdf

VTS2

On Sunday May 19^th TCV hosted the second round of the VTS at a new venue in Tooborac. 66 riders enjoyed the day.

Results:

https://d3d9l6ionxdef8.cloudfront.net/postFiles/DavidGrice/DavidGrice/VTS-2-Tooborac_2024-05-21-041611_xqci.pdf

JETS Training

The training of Juniors at the club grounds continues with 2 Motorcycling Australia (MA) accredited coaches.

This training helps Juniors move forward to obtaining their Competition Licence.

Training days are July 21^st and September 15^th. For more information contact Stan

at [email protected]

Upcoming Events

June 2	Forgotten Era Trial	Woodleigh  Woodleigh RPA Day — Entry Place
June 23	VTS 3	Mt Bolton
July 14	VTS 4	Bayton
July 21	JETS Training	Club Grounds
Sept1	VTS 5	Winchelsea
Sept 15	JETS Training	Club Grounds

 Australian Trials Week

Sep 28-29	Victorian Titles	Mt Bolton
Oct 2	Mid Week Trial	Club grounds
Oct 5-6	Australian Titles	Ravenswood

More details will follow closer to the events. Please remember for the competitions to be a success we need volunteers

to help with setting up and observing.

Working Bee

Date to be advised.

OMCC held its AGM on the 25 Feb 2024. Thanks to those who attended

and for those who couldn’t that submitted their forms.  

At the AGM we voted in the new committee. We would like to extend a

warm welcome to our new committee member Greg Chalmers

and farewell Simon Watts (former Secretary).

 Thank you for your contribution and hard work.

The OMCC committee is now comprised of:

• Peter Spencer (President)
• David Grice (Secretary)
• Matt Kerr (Treasurer) 
• Steve Carter (Vice President)
• Chris Grubb (Membership Secretary)
• John Wilson (Groundskeeper)
• Craig Genner (Assistant Groundskeeper)
• Janina Gorski (Communications Officer)
• Stan Mularczyk (General Committee)
• John Barlow (General Committee)
• Greg Chalmers (General Committee)
• Reece Chalmers (General Committee

Craig Genner was awarded Life Membership. Congratulations.

Junior Enthusiast Trials Squad

Venue OMCC, 1 Simpsons Road Oakleigh South

Date Sunday 3 MARCH 2024      Start time is 9.30am

(This is one of Four JETS events check the Calendar for other Dates)

             Closing date to register is Friday  MARCH 1   .. Spots are limited

OMCC invites parents to register for the next Junior Enthusiast Trials Squad training day & Come

& Try Day ride.

Training is Free to members

BBQ sausage sizzle will be provided

New and day members welcome by appointment (conditions apply)

We will have several groups of different levels and training requirements up to C grade.

There will be approx. 5 hours training with fun activities and a Mini Trail with certificates for

Juniors and sub juniors.

If your child needs this training for a MA licence, please indicate this on the registration form

Kids can Ride any mini bike or a push bike.  

New parents can book a 15min Come and Try Ride. Children must be competent push bike

riders to qualify for a Come and Try ride. We have an Oset 16 available. Booking is essential

and conditions apply. The “Come and Try” will start after lunch at 1.00pm. Spots are limited

so book early.

To Register please complete the google registration form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lIXLftZWHM2keUONY4tmxC_zs1aLgH2upkC2LAOO66Q/edit

OMCC JETS FUN DAY

Juniors Training & Mini Trial

READ THIS IF YOU HAVE KIDS WHO WANT TO RIDE BIKES

We had our first group Kids (U16) Training Session after reuniting with Motorcycling Australia (MA) and what a great spell of weather we had. This training is free to members and others are welcome to join in by becoming day members.

We had two Official MA coaches Justin & Stan which allows us to supply training for competition licences. The day began with several hours of training including Zachary who is an Expert rider putting in to help develop a new batch of riders and pushing some of the more advanced juniors. After a small break a mini trial was conducted with the help of the parents.  Juniors are showing some great progress!

Thanks to Justin, Rocky and Steve for their help with the sections, John B for the loan of his 80cc bike and for taking some great photos.

Janina served up a lovely BBQ lunch. Then we had our certificate presentations. See OMCC Facebook for more photos. Younger kids followed clues around the property to locate the hidden loot of lollies to end off the fun morning.

Results

Sub Juniors: First Toby Harris, Second Nelson Harris and Third Janet Harris a clean sweep for the Harris family.

Juniors: First Harry Moore, Second Indi Natale and Third Oscar Siani.

Congratulations to Oscar Siani who gained his MA Licence through this training.

We have several kids bikes available for test rides.

Interested in your kids trying out trials? Or need to get a junior licence?

Email Stan-: mularczyk@outlook .com.au 

Members,

OMCC held its AGM on the 4th May 2023. Thanks to those who turned up and for those who couldn’t that submitted their forms. Changing membership fees can be a sensitive topic and so getting as broad as possible feedback from our members is appreciated. 

We are pleased to announce the new fee structure that will pay for the new insurance scheme has been resoundingly supported by members. Updates on the execution of the new insurance scheme will follow as soon as we have news. 

As a way to reduce the impact of the increase, it was decided to alter our membership renewal date to the 1st March each year (Was 1st Jan). 

As a result, for the 2023 year there is only 10 months left and so although the 12 month membership fees are $250, we will pro-rata the first year as follows:

5th May 2023 – 28th Feb 2024: $200 (metro) / $100 (non-metro)

1st March 2024 – 28th Feb 2025: $250 (metro) / $125 (non-metro)

Day membership will be $20 going forward.

Memberships are now open to be renewed. Please visit the club website here: https://www.oakleighmcc.com/membership-forms/annual-membership/

With the AGM we also voted in the new committee, and so I would like to extend a warm welcome to our new members and farewell some loyal servants of the club.

Committee Members Departing:	Committee Members Added:
Greg Chalmers (Treasurer) Peter Wines Zac Mularczyk	John Barlow Steve Carter Janina Gorski

To Greg Chalmers (Treasurer) and Peter Wines (Former President) who have left the committee, thank you for your loyal service over such an extended period of time; words won’t do justice to the contributions you have made but trust that you won’t be forgotten and the club is in a better place for your efforts.

The OMCC committee is now comprised of:

• Peter Spencer (President)
• Simon Watts (Secretary)
• Matt Kerr (Treasurer) 
• David Grice (Vice President)
• Chris Grubb (Membership Secretary)
• John Wilson (Groundskeeper)
• Craig Genner (Assistant Groundskeeper)
• Janina Gorski (Communications Officer)
• Stan Mularczyk (General Committee)
• John Barlow (General Committee)
• Steve Carter (General Committee)
• Reece Chalmers (General Committee)

A word from David Grice, departing president:

Thanks to all who supported me during my time as club president, and the two years prior to that as Secretary. Over the last 3 years we have dealt with COVID as well as Insurance issues; it has been a rather intense time to be involved with the management of the club. My focus needs to be elsewhere for the immediate future so I am taking a step back to Vice President but am committed to staying involved and supporting the momentum we have built up as a club. There are some exciting opportunities ahead for the club that I would like to ensure get delivered. I’d like to extend a massive thanks to Peter Spencer who has been an invaluable support to me over the last year while dealing with the Insurance issues. I’m confident we will be in good hands. 

A word from Peter Spencer, incoming president:

I wish to put forward a huge thank you to David Grice, what a huge and tireless effort he has done over the last 3+ years we all should be grateful and thankful, keeping this club open through a once in a 100 year pandemic and all the insurance challengers are just a couple of the countless things that David has done for the club, good news is that David is intending to remain on the committee and has some exciting projects planned.  

Also the efforts from Greg Chalmers, Greg is someone who has volunteered his time and just been there ready to help over the years and always been supporting the club, Greg intends to be a very active member of the club in the future.  

A big thanks also goes to the departing committee members and to the club members who have volunteered to be committee members and giving up their valuable time. 

A special thanks goes to the long term committee members who are once again prepared to give up their time to make this club successful 

Moving forward, I think we all need to appreciate the special club and facilities that we have and look forward to the next year. 

Regards 

Peter Spencer

Hello Members,

We apologise for the extended delay that has occurred whilst we have been in negotiations with our various governing bodies.

2023 got off to a shaky start for a lot of motorcycling clubs in Australia, including OMCC. This presented a number of challenges that the committee has been working hard on behind the scenes to address.

The good news is that we have finally landed on a workable solution that will allow us to continue both competition and social riding at OMCC. Competition events will be run under Motorcycling Australia, and social riding days at the club ground will be covered by our ARMA affiliation.

Our AGM has been delayed by a few months, and is now scheduled for 7:00pm on Thursday 4th May, 2023. It will be held at the club grounds, 1 Simpson St Clayton South. All current members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please treat this as an official notice of the AGM.

In addition to the normal AGM business, the club is proposing a fee increase that needs to be voted on. This is primarily due to our re-affiliation with MA, which comes at a higher cost than the previous AMA affiliation.

To cover these increased insurance costs and ensure the club remains in a viable financial position, the proposed increases are:

• Standard Adult/Family Membership:
  Increase from $160 to $250 (includes adult, spouse and U18 family members)
• Non-Metro Melbourne Adult/Family Membership:
  Increase from $80 to $125 (includes adult, spouse and U18 family members for those that reside outside of Metro Melbourne)
• Day Membership
  No increase, remains at $15

This fee increase provides a more robust insurance option through Motorcycling Australia which are less likely to disappear on us the way AMA did. As this will secure the clubs insurance position, we strongly encourage members to vote in favour of the fee structure change. The club has worked exceptionally hard to secure a solution that avoids the ‘per ride’ charges you often see with other disciplines like MX, which would see members charged significantly more. Also when compared to other sports, we feel this is a very economical option.

The AGM is an important event for OMCC. It gives its members a broad overview of the club’s current directions, financial health and confirms its purpose. It is also the time to revitalise the organisation through the official engagement of members into key elected positions.

We encourage as many members as possible to get down, and if you are able, get involved in the running of the club. It will be in-person only and there will be no on-line options. If you are unable to attend you can delegate your vote to a proxy.

In terms of sequence, we will have the AGM and then assuming the above fees are ratified by members we send our membership renewals. We also have a bit of pent up demand for new members that we have been holding at bay while all this has been going on. 

Big things are happening at OMCC, and this can’t be done without passionate and enthusiastic volunteers.

OMCC AGM Details:

When	Thursday, 4th May 2023
Where	OMCC Club Grounds: 1 Simpson Rd, Clayton South, Vic, 3169
Time	7:00pm

OMCC JETS TRAINING 8-10-2022

The OMCC Junior Enthusiasts Trials Squad met on Saturday for some more training and Fun activities. Weather the previous day flooded one of the sections so Rocky kindly set another on higher ground. We still had some nice water practice in the sections

Practice included tight turns for the sub juniors and some more serious stuff for the juniors who even got an intro to hopping techniques. Time was spent on how to ride the best line through the section with plenty of practice runs, then in reverse. The format this time was a 4 round mini trials where the parents took on the scoring. Improvements were very noticeable from the beginning of the year

Junior Winners 8-10-22 Harry Moore, Second Mason Brady, Third Kato Di Natale

Sub Junior Winners 8-10-22 First Darcy Mitchener , Mimi Brady, Third Janet Harris

Thanks to the helpers Janina for lunch, Rocky the Cook, Les Patterson, Justin Stone , Mike Brady the trainers

Kids and parents had a great time as shown by the appreciation given to the trainer. Well done kids and parents for contributing to a great day!

Darcy Mitchiner showing his skills through the water