News : MX-5 Club of NSW

Motorkhana Practice Day - Entries Now Open

23 May 2015 / Words by Scotty Gibbs, photos by Bryan Shedden

Entries are now open for the first Motorkhana Practice Day of 2015 on 28th June 2015 at the Sydney Motorsport Park skidpan.

Tell 'em the price, son

19 May 2015 / Mazda Australia

Mazda Australia have today released the pricing for the entry level ND MX-5 Roadster with 1.5L manual. Are you sitting down?

Ladies Day at the track - Sunday 31st May

18 April 2015 / Written by Gaynor Lawler, photos by Mel Keller

Gaynor is organising some ladies-only groups at the next club track day. So ladies, here is your chance to debut on the race track.

Port to Harrington via Blue Poles Run

16 April 2015 / Words & pictures by Greg Cox

Five MX-5s and a Lotus set off from Port Macquarie on a beautiful Sunday morning for our April run south to the coastal village of Harrington.

Top Gear Festival Cancelled

02 April 2015 / Bryan Shedden

As a consequence of Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by the BBC, this event has been cancelled and replaced with an alternate indoor event. As a result, the car club display has been cancelled.

Port to Pacific Palms Run

21 March 2015 / Words and pictures by Greg Cox

A small contingent from the Mid North Coast Chapter met up with the Hunter Chapter for a stormy drive of the Nurbushring (Wootton Way), followed by lunch and charity fundraising at Pacific Palms.

Wanted - People to brainstorm ideas for our motorkhana events this year

10 March 2015 / David Lawler

I am after a few people to help brainstorm some ideas to make our 2 motorkhanas this year even better than last year

Meet the new generation Mazda MX-5

06 March 2015 / Mazda

At last, it's here! The fourth generation Mazda MX-5 has been revealed for all to see. Updated 6 March 2015 with specification details from the Geneva Motor Show. Australian sales commence in late 2015.

Marulan Driver Training Day 17th May 2015 - Entry form available

25 February 2015 / David Lawler

Entries have opened for the next Driver Training Day at the Marulan Driver Training Centre on Sunday 17th May 2015.

Valentines Weekend at Walcha

21 February 2015 / Words by Barry & Jenny Luttrell, Photos by Keiran Rodgers

15 people, eight MX-5s and great roads, just got to be a fantastic weekend with the Mid North Coast Chapter. Barry & Jenny from the Hunter Chapter tagged along for the ride and even volunteered to write the trip report.

Peter Battisson - our new Technical Coordinator - at the 2013 President's Picnic

Announcing our Technical Coordinator

20 February 2015 / Words by Bryan Shedden

I'm very pleased to announce that our Club now has a Technical Coordinator who will be responsible for a regular series of technical articles to feature in the Club Zone of our website and in Club Torque magazine.

NatMeet 2016 - Registration is now open

15 February 2015 / Don Nicoll

It’s happening – a once-in-a-lifetime national MX-5 gathering in Tasmania! It’s what you have been waiting for! It’ll be a big trip, but worth every cent and every second invested!

2014 Member Of The Year

23 January 2015 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Mel Keller, Peter Hilkmann

The last of the recipients of our annual Member of the Year awards were presented last Sunday, so now is a good time to spread the news ...

Port to Comboyne Run

12 January 2015 / Text - Greg Cox; Photos - Keiran Rodgers

Being our first outing for 2015, and with inclement weather threatening, it was pleasing to have our largest group to date consisting of nine cars depart the Port Macquarie Service Centre for the Boorganna Nature Reserve near Comboyne.

Driver Training Day at Marulan on 13 March 2011
Photo by Tony King

Marulan Driver Training Day 1-Feb-2015 entry form available

11 December 2014

Entries have opened for the next Driver Training Day at the Marulan Driver Training Centre on Sunday 1st February 2015.

Joadja Christmas Run

09 December 2014 / Words by Hella Underwood, Photos by Mel Keller

All six chapters of the MX-5 Club of NSW gathered at Joadja Winery for a Christmas get together over a lunch of woodfired pizza and local wine. What a fabulous day!

Rollands Plains Run and Christmas Lunch

08 December 2014 / Words: Peter Rodgers Photos: Keiran Rodgers

The weather forecast was for thunderstorms, not the best portent for the Mid North Coast Chapter Christmas lunch; but fortunately (and not so unusual) the forecast was wrong. We had a beautiful sunny day with some breeze, so we had a great drive.

Jinba Ittai Go Kart Challenge 2014

21 November 2014 / Story by Graham Fletcher Photos by Mel Keller & Guy Coles

Founded by the Illawarra Chapter’s Peter Feutrill in 2013, the Jinba Ittai Go Kart Challenge is now a hotly contested annual event.

Nurbushring and Pacific Palms Run

11 November 2014 / Words Mike Walkden-Brown, Pictures Peter Rodgers

Once again a perfect spring day for our monthly MX-5 run to our lunch stop the Pacific Palms Recreation Club. Perhaps indicative of our busy lives and our smaller Mid Coast Group we had a select group of three MX-5s this time, two joined at Port Macquarie and the other at Taree.

Port Macquarie Mazda Go Kart Challenge

11 November 2014 / Words Peter Rodgers, Pictures Jodie Carty

The Port Macquarie Mazda Go Kart Challenge was held back in August. Congratulations to Keiran Rodgers for winning the inaugural Challenge and Trophy by a whisker from Greg Cox.