Kart Club Reunion for Grenfell
Grenfell Kart club will be holding the Henry Lawson Title race meeting over two days, 2nd and 3rd April 2011. In conjunction with this race meeting the club will host a reunion for all past and present club members. Any past and/or present members or anyone who has competed at Grenfell are invited to attend.
The reunion will be held at the Grenfell Bowling Blub on Saturday 2nd April at the conclusion of the days racing. If you would like to attend and catch up with all those that you have not seen in years this is your chance to do it.
The club would also encourage anyone that may have any old photos, videos, news articles etc to contact the club. For more information please visit the clubs website www.grenfellkartclub.org.au or phone Ryan Galvin on 0429649931.
We are asking anyone that wishes to attend to email the club with their name and address so invitations can be posted to as many guests as possible. Email to ryangalvin@bigpond.com.
A Short History
The Grenfell Kart Club was formed in 1967, a little under 10 years after karting took off in Australia. When the club was formed, there were 10 members. The first President of the Club was Mr Eric Burton and the first Secretary was Mr Maurice Simpson. The 10 members were very keen Karters.
The first official trophy meeting was held on Sunday 21st April, 1968. It was officially open by the Mayor, Ald. Claude Mendham and Shire President, Clr. Ed Livingstone. Over 30 Karts took part in the meeting.
The first invitation meeting, June 9th 1968, had a record crowd estimated at 800 adults and children. More than 50 karts took part in the racing program. Competitors came from Young, Sydney, Orange, Canberra, Camden and Bathurst.
In 1969, Grenfell was chosen as the venue for the State Country Championships, and 86 karts took part in the NSW Country Championships meeting. Since then the State Country Championships have been held at the Bogolong track on numerous occasions.
The Grenfell Kart Club rebuilt a new gravel track in 1971 with assistance from the Weddin Shire Council by supplying large earthmoving equipment. The new gravel track was opened by the Shire President, Clr. Ed Livingstone on June 15th, 1971.
The Lachlan Valley Titles were first held in Grenfell on Sunday April 27th 1975, where 55 karts competed.
This is just a small taste of the clubs long history, and to date Grenfell kart Club is the longest continually licensed kart racing track in Australia. This is an amazing achievement for a small country club.
