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BETTY’S COUNTRY RESTAURANT – 4 MINUTES DRIVE FROM KILKENNY CITY CENTRE MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM FAMILY FUNCTIONS CATERED FOR:
Christening, birthdays etc.
Parties 40s, 50s
Group outings (can prebook)
Business parties
Christmas parties
FOR ANY OTHER QUERIES PLEASE CALL US: +353 86 257 5153
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WE HAVE OUR CLUB MEETING NEXT TUESDAY THE 10th AT 8.30 IN DANESFORT COMMUNITY HALL,LOTS TO DISCUSS INCLUDING OUR SHOW, OUR WINTER ROAD RUN AND THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT IN SPRINGHILL HOTEL ON FRIDAY THE 15th OF DECEMBER AT €35 PER PERSON…WE NEED TO KNOW ASAP TO BOOK SAME CONTACT DAVE DREELING ON 087 6769798
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SPOTTED ON A HEARSE
THANKS TO DAVE DREELING ONCE AGAIN
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Great News for all historic vehicle enthusiasts.
Finally the new regulations have been made for the Roadworthyness testing of historic vehicles. Our members vehicles over 40 years old will be exempt from the NCT. Vehicles between 30 and 40 years old will now be subject to biannual testing.
Vehicles first registered prior to 1 January 1980 which are being used solely for non-commercial purposes will no longer be required to undergo compulsory testing. This will move to a rolling 40 year exemption in 2020 with vehicles between 30 and 40 years of age (used solely for non-commercial purposes) being required to undergo compulsory roadworthiness testing biennially (ever second year) instead of annually.
This change also extends to historic commercial vehicles which up to now were subject to a DOE Test annually.
The IVVCC have campaigned for this change since 2014 when the Club made a presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport in March 2014. The IVVCC stated at the public sitting of the Committee that ” It is the view of FIVA and of the IVVCC that historic goods vehicles should be treated no differently from other historic vehicles in respect of roadworthiness testing”
Subsequent to the Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting The RSA published a consultation document on roadworthiness testing of vintage vehicles in October 2014. The purpose of the document was to put forward a number of options in relation to changing the existiing 1980 fixed date for the testing of older motor vehicles.
However in July 2014 prior to the publication of the consultation document the IVVCC met with officials of the RSA at their Ballina head office in relation to their plans to formulate the consultation document.The RSA favoured a change to compulsary testing of all vehicles manafactured after 1960. Without the intervention of the Club the consultation document would have presented only two options i.e. maintaining the 1980 date or the 1960 date for testing. Against all odds we were please to see that the consultation paper included 4 options including a 30 year rolling provision and a 40 year rolling provision.
The consultation process which followed was enthusaically embraced by the IVVCC with the support of Tom Heavy from Irish Vintage Scene and also Martin Bourke and Myles O’Reilly. We attended many open meetings throughout the country seeking support for the IVVCC proposal for a rolling NCT testing date as distinct from the existing fixed 1980 date. We recieved overwhelming support from the old car movement throughout the country for this position and the result was that the RSA were overwhelmed by the submissions recieved. Never before had they recieved so many submissions for one of their consultation documents.
Following on from the completion of the consultation the IVVCC continued to pursue the Minister for Transport and Department officials with a view to obtaining the best possible outcome for our club members and affiliated club members. The outcome is a major victory for the historic vehicle movement in Ireland.
It is good day for all historic vehicle enthusiasts
The information is also on the IVVCC Website – www.ivvcc.ie and also on ivvcc Facebook.
IVVCC
WELL DONE AND THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED FROM KILKENNY MOTOR CLUB
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Hello all,
At last the new Commercial vehicle testing regulations have been signed by the Minister. Below is some relevant information from the regulations and the explanatory note at the end of the regulations regarding the exemption of non-commercial vehicles. What is important in the regulations is that now “commercial road haulage” is clearly defined in the regulations, and this clearly defines our vintage vehicles being used for domestic purposes outside the scope of “commercial”.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS (VEHICLE TESTING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2017
‘commercial road haulage’ means carriage of goods or passengers for hire and reward and carriage of goods by a person in the course of a trade or business carried on by him for the purpose of delivery to a customer in a vehicle owned by that person;
From 1 January 2020, the new testing regulations apply to commercial vehicles listed except where such a vehicle has reached the fortieth anniversary of the date of first registration and is being used solely for non-commercial purposes.
In the explanatory note (which is for ease of reading) the testing is set out as follows:
“the introduction of an exemption for vehicles first registered prior to 1 January 1980 which are being used solely for non-commercial purposes which will move to a rolling 40 year exemption in 2020 with vehicles between 30 and 40 years of age (used solely for non-commercial purposes) being required to undergo compulsory roadworthiness testing biennially (every second year) instead of annually from 20 May 2018”
This is good news for all of our members of the Vintage Veteran Trucks Association.
Thanks to all our friends and supporters. Its been a long haul.
Regards to all.
Alan
Vintage Veteran Trucks Association
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This Sunday 2nd of October you’ll find us at the Gerard Murphy Vintage and classic car Memorial run in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. This is a great event for all you petrol heads with lots to see and do. There will be Cars of all shapes and sizes Trades stands and lots more for all the Family. Drop by to say hello and we’ll see you there from 9am.
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The Tramore (Co. Waterford) Maritime festival is on this year from Friday 29th Sep – 1st Oct.
As usual Aircooled VW’s have been invited to put on a display along the promenade on Sunday 1st.
It’s been gathering momentum each year and again this year we hope to be bigger and better than ever before. If you have a vintage VW Camper, Beetle or Buggy we’d love to have you.
Free entry
What’s not to like about seeing Beetles and Busses parked up by the beach!
Cars have been asked to be in place BEFORE 11am as they close off some of the prom for us.
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WE HAD A GREAT DAY OUT AROUND THOMASTOWN WITH LUNCH IN THE WATERGARDEN,FOLLOW BY A VERY INFORMATIVE TRIP TO JERPOINT ABBEY AND THE LAST PIT STOP IN MOUNT JULIET …
A BIG THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AT THE WATERGARDEN AND MICHAEL PIERT…A TOTAL OF OVER €600 WAS RAISED FOR THE CAMPHILL COMMUNITY AND THE WATERGARDEN
“THE GOOD OLD BOYS”
Thanks to Dave Dreeling for the photos
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CLUB MEMBER MICHAEL PIERT IS ORGANIZING A DRIVE NEXT SUNDAY IN AID OF THE WATERGARDEN IN THOMASTOWN LUNCH IN THE WATER GARDEN AND THEN A ROAD TRIP WITH A STOP IN MOUNT JULIET FOR LIGHT REFRESHMENTS…..LEAVING TUBS AND TILES AT 11.30 €15 PER CAR
The Watergarden is a non-residential centre for adults with special needs. It includes a coffeeshop, garden centre, gardens and art gallery which are also open to the public These different areas provide a diversity of challenges and opportunities.
The beautiful garden offers a therapeutic backdrop to the workplace of The Watergarden and gives everyone an experience of the changing seasons.The principal impulses of The Watergarden are to provide meaningful work for adults with special needs and to bring the Camphill ethos into the wider community
We also provide differing levels of home-based support to some of those working in The Watergarden and living independently in the town. This allows some people to move out of their parental home to live independently or semi-independently for the first time. A recently awarded grant means that we can develop a site to provide private apartments for this purpose.
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Cannonball Ireland Route – 8th – 10th September
DAY 1 ROUTE – 3 Arena, Dublin to Limerick via Top Oil at Junction 3 and Kinsale
DAY 1 – FRIDAY 8th September 2017
Start Point
3 Arena, Dublin at 10am
Fuel Stop
Top Oil, Junction 3 at 1.40pm
Lunch Stop
Kinsale at 2.30pm
Finish Line for DAY 1
Pery Square, Limerick at 6pm
DAY 2 ROUTE – Limerick to Sligo via Galway Plaza and Claremorris
DAY 2 – SATURDAY 9th September 2017
Start Point
Raddison Blu, Limerick at 10am
Official Fuel Stop
Galway Plaza at 12pm
Lunch Stop
Claremorris at 3pm
Finish Line for DAY 2
Sligo Town Centre at 6.30pm
DAY 3 ROUTE – Sligo to Kilkenny via Mullingar and Barack Obama Plaza
DAY 3 – SUNDAY 10th September 2017
Start Point
Sligo Retail Park, Carraroe, Sligo at 10am
Lunch Stop
Mullingar at 1pm
Official Fuel Stop
Barack Obama Plaza at 4pm
Finish Line for DAY 3
Kilkenny Castle at 6.30pm
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