- MID SPRING BREAKFAST, HERTFORD HOTEL.
- LANSERIA, GAUTENG, 20TH
OCTOBER 2002
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- What could have been the most attended event so far, with bookings for 26
people, tuned out to be far less attended than we expected with only 14
people showing up.
- Some came without partners, Arno send me an SMS saying that he could not
come, having worked the whole night, Liza had already sent e-mail, a few
days prior, therefore was not part of the 26 booked. We appreciate
Liza's and Arno's thoughtfulness. As for the other four members with
partners, thus eight altogether, in future please have the decency to advise
us a few days in advance of your cancellation. It certainly does not look
for the club towards the host and considering the work Committee members go
through to organise these events, it is, to say the least, disappointing.
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Nevertheless,
we still had a very good time. First time members to
participate to a club event were Stefo, with his brand new stunning Imola
Yellow S3/165 kW (his second S3 so far), Ryan with his silver TT Roadster, a
stunning looking car too, Hugh with his company's Atlas grey A4 2.0 and
Micky with her husband in her A4 3.0 (Silver - of course!).
Julian, whose S3 is still not ready, came in his brother's car, a VW Citi
Golf, which looks very nice BTW.... We are sure Julian will appreciate his S3 even more when he gets it
back.- Other than those mentioned above, we had Philip in his silve
r S6, Alan in
his silver TT, Nick in his silver S3 (I suppose one day the club will have
to have a "silver-only" chapter 
)
and myself in my Nemo blue S6, some with partners, some without.
By 9 o'clock everyone was there, however we waited until 9.30 for the
absentees before we started having breakfast. The venue and the breakfast were
ok. Hugo's place is a much nicer venue, hence I don't think they will see us too
often at the Hertford.
As usual there was much Audi talk, however this time a new topic was much
discussed;
laser speed traps and camera speed traps. Of course the Laser Echo
laser jammer and number plates which the cameras cannot pick-up, where part of
that topic.
By 12 pm we all left our own ways. Many thanks to Ryan who phoned me on the
way back, telling me about a road block ahead. His call allowed me to stop and
fit my rear number plate, which for some unknown, reason was missing.
As usual, the company was excellent. The conversations kept flowing, non stop
for the three hours we were together, and even though this was not the greatest
breakfast we have had, in terms of food, venue and number of participants, it
was nonetheless a very nice and worthwhile meeting.
Many thanks to the participants and in particular to Philip for taking the
pictures.
Let's hope that the Christmas lunch at Hugo's
restaurant on 23rd November, will
attract more participants and those who book, will actually keep their bookings,
or at least, if they really have to, cancel in advance.... 
Please note that after the Christmas lunch there will be a two or three months
break, as there will be no meetings in December 2002 and January 2003.
- André van den Heuvel
- 20 October 2002
Nevertheless,
we still had a very good time. First time members to
participate to a club event were Stefo, with his brand new stunning Imola
Yellow S3/165 kW (his second S3 so far), Ryan with his silver TT Roadster, a
stunning looking car too, Hugh with his company's Atlas grey A4 2.0 and
Micky with her husband in her A4 3.0 (Silver - of course!).
Julian, whose S3 is still not ready, came in his brother's car, a VW Citi
Golf, which looks very nice BTW.... We are sure Julian will appreciate his S3 even more when he gets it
back.
r S6, Alan in
his silver TT, Nick in his silver S3 (I suppose one day the club will have
to have a "silver-only" chapter 
