Each year the Ulysses Club branches located in WA hold an annual gathering somewhere in the state on the September long weekend to enable members from branches to meet and catch up with each other.
In the September Long weekend 2017 we plan to hold the event in Collie.
With the current state of the economy and the downturn in mining Collie has been doing it tough for some time so I would like to try and make the long weekend more of an event that will benefit the Collie community and businesses.
What I have in mind is for a range of Vintage and Veteran motorcycle and car clubs to join 200 or so Ulyssians in Collie on the Saturday and Sunday of the long weekend to make it an event that will attract more people to Collie to support local businesses.
Each club would be responsible for managing their own members and club activities but we would combine for a number of events such as the Sunday morning parade and display in the Centenary Park area on the main street, and possibly some of your members will join our rides to lunch destinations
I have had positive feedback from initial discussions with the Collie Council, Men’s Shed and Railway Museum. The Council has indicated it would consider closing off the main street to enable our vehicles to be displayed to the public and we can hopefully coordinate this with the Sunday morning markets.
Hopefully the local Country Music group will join in the festivities
Promotion of the event would be best achieved via local media as news items rather than paid advertisements
I also have in mind a gold coin donation by the public to support say RFDS, local St John Ambulance volunteers, or something similar
Part of the Ulysses weekend activities include a number of rides each day via backroads to various locations in the region for morning tea and lunch, and it would be great if some of your members would consider joining us.
For safety reasons we will limit the number of vehicles in each group
I also hope to encourage the Vintage and Veteran motorcycle clubs to arrange for a track day at the Collie Motoplex on Sunday - possibly in the afternoon after the morning display and market day in town
I am prepared to facilitate the initial kick start for this combined event and assist with overall management if required however as I live in Perth I would appreciate some assistance from one or more people who live in the area to assist with local liaison once we get the ball rolling
I would like to strongly encourage your club to consider joining us on this weekend as it will give our members the opportunity to see different vehicles, meet new people, have fun and support Collie.
I am sure a great time will be had by all and I hope you and your group will consider this suggestion favourably
Once I have some feedback I will arrange a meeting of interested groups in a month or so in Collie
If you know of any other similar groups that may be interested in participating please let me know so I can approach them as well
Please feel free to call or email me if you would like to discuss anything further
Look forward to meeting you
regards
Tony Collins
Ulysses Club Inc
Fremantle Branch
2017 Odyssey Coordinator
58 Vincent St Nedlands
WA 6009
collinschemist@hotmail.com
0428-487-805
