Brass Monkey 2018

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CAMS Permit No: 218/0807/06

On 8 July 2018 you get your chance to again chase the Brass Monkey to a charity breakfast with various options for a return run.

WHAT IS THE BRASS MONKEY ALL ABOUT?

The Brass Monkey is an annual open invitation event and the premier run for roadsters and adventurous sports car enthusiasts out of Sydney. The event is over 20 years old and has attracted up to 250 participants who possess a good sense of adventure and humour for a charity breakfast. The Brass Monkey should be on all enthusiasts’ bucket list if you love a great drive on a cold crisp frosty morn in the middle of winter at your chosen pace through the countryside to start your day. It is point to point social fun run not a cannonball run on public roads.

WHY GET OUT OF BED FOR A DAWN BUSTER RUN?

If you have never been part of the Brass Monkey then don’t be discouraged by a dawn buster run up and over the Southern Highlands to Goulburn because you think it is too early, dark and cold. The Brass Monkey has attracted thousands of motoring enthusiasts over the past 20 years. It is an experience that is worth getting out of bed for at sparrows fart to enjoy a drive in your five in the middle of winter. Appropriately dressed with the roof down (or windows down in a tin top) and heater on, you will participate in a memorable fun run to raise some money for CareFlight, a very worthy cause.

WHAT IS THE ROUTE?

Get to Goulburn whichever way you chose for the Brass Monkey Breakfast serving between 8:00am and 9:00am. The Brass Monkey starts running under the stars at 6:00am from the Eastern Creek M4 Service Centre Westbound heading down the M4, turning off for the M7 on spaghetti junction at the Light Horse Interchange and waits for nobody as it careers down the M31 pursued by a gaggle of roadsters.

If Eastern Creek is not convenient then you can wait anywhere along the route of the M31 after getting away from the Campbelltown urban areas. Show care when jumping on the back of a line of cars travelling at 110kph to allow everyone to enjoy the run across the Southern Highlands where the fields are frost bound and the temperature is often below zero outside the cacoon of your MX-5.

Choose your own route or join from the start of the chase of the Brass Monkey from the truck parking area at Eastern Creek just past McDonalds to run the M4 M7 and M31 (Hume Highway).. Turn off the highway at all the first Goulburn exit to follow the old Hume Highway (Sydney Road) into town and park outside the Goulburn Soldiers Club opposite Belmore Park at 15 Market Street Goulburn.

This event is a point-to-point event with no run leader, route map or runsheet but you are not alone with 100 odd cars travelling the same route to breakfast in a major town well known to most with only two left turns on route (off the highway and to park in Market Street at Goulburn). The BreakFast Club will have members on the road to help out where possible. We recommend that you log the address of the Goulburn Services Club into your GPS, follow the cars in front or take the first turn off and head into town turning left when you hit Belmore Park.

RETURN RUNS

The Breakfast Club will organise two runs home open for all those attending this event who prefer a drive with likeminded members away from the highway for at least part of the way back.

1. Weather permitting the long way point run of 275km heads east on back roads through Windellama, Nerriga and Nowra then up the coast to Heathcote for all points north to be home mid-afternoon. CAMS Permit No: 218/0807/07
2. The shorter run of 160km will go north to Marulan for the Southern Highlands Way through Tallong, Bundanoon, Moss Vale and Mittagong for the M4/M7 interchange at Prestons to see you home around lunchtime if the attractions of Berrima, Moss Vale or Bowral do not catch your attention. CAMS Permit No: 218/0807/08

TICKETS

The Brass Monkey Breakfast is a ticket only event. Tickets to be pre-purchased. Entrants must complete the form via the BOOK NOW button. A breakfast ticket costs $25 per person which includes a donation to CareFlight. There are two options to purchase a ticket:

1. Pay $25pp by direct deposit and get checked off the list on the day - Reference: Brass (Membership No) OR alternatively Brass (Surname) paying to BSB: 062401 Account: 10080286 Account Name: Mazda MX-5 Club of New South Wales,
2. If you do not have access to electronic transfers then send a stamped self addressed envelope with $25pp in notes to Brass Monkey Breakfast, PO Box 2230 Burwood North, NSW, 2134 to be received by Wednesday 4th July 2018.

APPROVED CLUB RESELLER

If a CAMS affiliated club wishes to be a reseller of breakfast tickets to its members then please contact Michael Soulos at captain@mx5.com.au.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The event will be run whatever the weather conditions on the day with no refunds as all surplus funds will be given as a donation to CareFlight.

DISTANCE : Eastern Creek to the Goulburn Soldiers Club is approx 170km

TYPE OF RUN : Strictly a point-to-point waypoint run, no run leader, route map or run sheets.

RUN GRADING : It is up to the individual driver to set their own pace, however, being conduct over 100kph plus dual carriage highways the run is graded XH on the Club’s grading chart.

FUN RATING : Five (5) Stars

From 1st May 2018 the names of persons currently registered to chase the Brass Monkey to Goulburn will be posted. There are two columns of names, the first being the first name registered on line or one the paper form. For late entrants who have not paid on line or by post, we will collect the $30 at the Goulburn Soldiers Club before breakfast.

THE LIST BELOW IS ALL THE REGISTRATIONS RECEIVED UPDATED TO TUESDAY 3rd  JULY 2018 WITH A RECORD OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED AND ABLE TO BE ALLOCATED UP TO 1st JULY 2018

IT ANY OF THE DETAILS FOR YOU OR YOUR GUESTS NEED AMENDING THEN PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CHANGES TO Captain@mx5.com.au .  AN ACCURATE LIST WILL MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS WHEN YOU SIGN IN FOR BREAKFAST AND TO HELP WITH THE ALLOCATION OF MEMBERS MOTY POINTS.

AN UPDATED LIST OF REGISTRATIONS WILL BE POSTED BY NEXT SUNDAY AT THE LATEST AND DURING THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE EVENT ON SUNDAY 8 JULY 2018 

 

	NAME		Mship No.	RETURN		PAID
				LONG RUN	SHORT RUN
1	ADAM	Jarrod	3773	L
2	ALEXANDER	Peter	2795		S	P
3	BADOVINAC	Tanya	3358		S	P
4	BAGLEY	Maria	Visitor			P
5	BATTISSON	Peter	2098	L		P
6	BEERWORTH	Peter	1060			P
7	BISLEY	Jill	Visitor
8	BRAMSTON	Merla	3499			P
9	BRAMSTON	Patrick	2008			P
10	BOTTOMLEY	Patrick	2790		S
11	BOTTOMLEY	Vicki	2791		S
12	BOURNE	David	3628		S	P
13	BRIGGS	Grant	3460	L		P
14	BRIGGS	Jacky	3461	L		P
15	BROWN	Jason	2605			P
16	BYERS	Sean	2728	L		P
17	BYRNE	Greg	3486	L		P
18	BYRNE	Will	3741	L		P
19	DAVIES	Bruce	2061			P
20	DAVIS	Stephen	3782		S
21	CAMERON	Ed	Visitor	L		P
22	FAULKENER	Colin	1267			P
23	STEVENSON	Brian	Visitor			P
24	FLETCHER	Gillian	2445		S	P
25	FLETCHER	Graham	2444		S	P
26	FORSYTH	Robert	2101	L
27	FOX	Jon	2629			P
28	GALLOP	Brigit	2555			P
29	GALLOP	Ron	2554			P
30	GILLET	Mary	Visitor		S	P
31	GILLET	Trevor	Visitor		S	P
32	GLEGG	Cameron	Visitor			P
33	GOWER	Allan	Visitor		S	P
34	HAMPTON	Mark	Visitor		S
35	HAMPTON	Todd	Visitor		S
36	HEPPELL	Timothy	2197	L		P
37	HICKS	Ann	3325	L		P
38	HICKS	Bryan	3324	L		P
39	HILL	Lena	2571			P
40	HILL	Wesley	2570			P
41	HODGES	Steven	3191		S
42	HORSPOOL	Brian	Visitor	L		P
43	HUXTABLE	Paul	3741	L		P
44	JEFFREY	Amanda	3305			P
45	JOHNSON	Cathy	3299	L		P
46	JOHNSON	David	2648	L		P
47	JOSS	Alan	Visitor			P
48	JOSS	Gary	3455			P
49	JOHNSON	David	2648	L		P
50	JOHNSON	Cathy	3299	L		P
51	KOLLYANI	Csaba	3794			P
52	KOLLYANI	Rachel	3795			P
53	KOLLYANI	Guest	Visitor			P
54	KOLLYANI	Guest	Visitor			P
55	KAVENAGH	Kareene	3011	L		P
56	KAVENAGH	Mark	3010	L		P
57	LASCHKO	Hayden	Visitoir		S
58	LAUGHLIN	Ian	Visitor		S
59	LEGGE	Ray	2765			p
60	LEGGE	Vicki	2766			p
61	LIEHR	Rebecca	Visitor		S	P
62	LEWANDOWSKI	Sharon	3694		S	P
63	LEWANDOWSKI	Victor	3693		S	P
64	LORD	Stephen	2923	L		P
65	LOWDEN	Megan	3692	L		P
66	McDONOUGH	Todd	Visitor	L		P
67	MARKS	Duncan	Visitor	L		P
68	MIFSUD	Karen	3711			P
69	MILLER	Ian	1521	L		P
70	MILLER	Tami	Visitor	L		P
71	MILLER	Dawn	3580		S	P
72	MILLER	Robert	3579		S	P
73	MILLS	Paul	3836		S
74	MITSOS	Con	2621		S	P
75	MOLDEN	Frances	3693		S	P
76	MOLDEN	John	3294		S	P
77	MONAGHAN	Keith	1680
78	MULLINS	Jodie	3840		S
79	MULINS	Michael	3839		S
80	MUMFORD	Robert	3293	L	S	P
81	MURPHY	Jake	3832			P
82	NICHOLAS	Maryanne	3803			P
83	NICHIOLAS	Roid	3791			P
84	O'HAGAN	Anne	Visitor		S
85	PIPER	Colin	2842			P
86	PORTER	David	2614	L		P
87	PRATTLEY	Rochelle	3782
88	PRIEBE	Hannah	3729			P
89	PULLAN	Mark	3605	L
90	QUESTER	Ron	3513	L		P
91	QUINN	Bob	Visitor	L		P
92	RAGHAVAN	David	3778	L		P
93	ROBINSON	Brad	1756	L
94	ROBINSON	Paul	Visitor	L		P
95	ROWE	Jeffrey	3619			P
96	ROWE	Pamela	3620			P
97	ROSSI	Alida	3264			P
98	SAMPSON	Paul	Visitor		S
99	SEXTY	Bob	Vivitor	L		P
100	SINDEN	Ian	Visitor			P
101	SINDEN	Owen	3499			P
102	SMITH	Graham	3006			P
103	SOULOS	Michael	1297	L		P
104	TOLLANAAR	Ron	3820			P
105	TUNKS	Greg	3357		S	P
106	UNDERWOOD	Mark	1717	L		P
107	VASSAR	Inma	3807			P
108	VASSAR	Robert	3806			P
109	VERHEYEN	Franck	1497		S
110	VERHEYEN	Marg	1498		S
111	WAITE-PULLAN	Mark	3605	L		P
112	WILKINS	Robert	3213		S	P
113	WILLIAMS	Gary	3164			P
114	WILLIAMS	Kim	3165			P
115	WILLIAMS	Paul	1377
116	WILLIAMS	Sandra	1378
117	WOJEWSKI	Wally	3290			P
118	WYATT	Barbara	2961			p
119	WYATT	Chris	2960			p
120	YOUNG	Gina	3220		S	P
121	YOUNG	Wayne	3207		S	P
122	ZAMBESI	Greg	3559
123	ZAMBESI	Janet	3558

THE BRASS MONKEY IS A UNIQUE FUN RUN EXPERIENCE & NOT A RACE 

NOBODY IS EXPECTED OR ASKED TO DRIVE ABOVE THEIR COMFORT LEVELS