Aotea Farm, Hinakura, South Wairarapa
Feb 22nd - 24th 2008

Awards

Best Vespa:
GS150 - Pete Childs - Christchurch

Best Lambretta: DRAW
red/cream 'RS' Lambretta - Tony Stroud - Tauranga AND Li150 - Alan Jones - Cambridge

Best Oldtimer:
Vespa rod model - Andrew Ross - Wellington

Best Unrestored Scooter:
Lambretta D - Neil Mackley - Auckland

Best Indian Scooter:
Red Bajaj - Nick Whiting - Wellington

Best Rat Scooter:
SS180 - Mike Hollings - Wellington

People's Choice:
Heinkel Tourist - Julian Crane - Christchurch

Furthest Travelled:
Michael Davies (from Herne Bay, Auckland, via Hawkes Bay)

Hard Luck:
Lance Robson, Napier - 5 1/2 hours awol after getting lost and running out of fuel. Arrived back on site just as the police were being called.

$100 Capital Books voucher
Allan from Hawkes Bay - who will need some reading material while he recovers from a broken collarbone and broken toes after crashing 8km from Hinakura. (someone please send me his postal address and surname)

$50 La Bella Italia voucher
Fran Williams, Lower Hutt - for bringing her vespa 50 which she only bought on Thursday and learned to ride on the Saturday ride out.

Gymkhana results

Obstacle course:
Completed with no faults by Andrew Feldon on the Ciao moped (50 seconds)
Second: Mike Salmon (44 seconds with one fault)
Third: Andrew Ross (1 minute 10 seconds with one fault)

Hill Climb
Most successful hill climbs: Ryan Milbank - tuned smallframe vespa Fastest hill climb: David Craig - Italjet Dragster
Two-up: Mike Hollings (with Ryan Milbank) - SS180

Slow race
Overall winner: David Craig

Dual Slalom
Overall winner: Richard Ainsworth - PX200 Runner up:Roger Shortt - PX200Two up: Roger Shortt (with Ryan Milbank) - PX200

Earlybird prize draw:
Arnold Regan (Wellington)

Good Morning - TV - Rally Promo

Photos

1. Bruce Pollocks
2. Kate Zwartz
3. Roger Short

Check out some pix from 2007!