Affiliations

CMC

The Club is a member of the Council of Motor Clubs which represents the interests of the vast majority of car clubs in NSW.The Council was originally named “The Council of Veteran, Vintage and Thoroughbred Motor Clubs”. In recent years, the Council became an incorporated body and was re-named as “The Council of Motor Clubs, Inc.”. 

The CMC is also affiliated with the Australian Historic Motoring Federation, a national organisation uniting similarly orientated councils from around Australia.The role of the CMC is a representative one – it represents affiliated clubs and their members with authorities such as the RMS with reference to Conditional Historic Registration, the Federal Government on matters such as leaded fuel and its continued availability, and such like.The President is Terry Thompson and Lester Gough is the Membership Secretary and the club’s delegate to the CMC is Lester Gough.

The CMC organises the Shannon’s Display Day every August and the TSCC has supported this event for a number of years.

Minutes of CMC General Meetings and Annual General Meetings for the last 12 months can be downloaded from this link: https://www.councilofmotorclubs.org.au/about.html

ACMC

The CMC is a member of ACMC, a group that brings together the CMC and a number of other representative bodies. The President is Tony O’Donnell, the CMC representative, and the patron is Alan Hay.The ACMC was formed in the aftermath of changes to the NSW legislation in relation to the modification of vehicles and the introduction of the VSCCS. As originally implemented motoring enthusiasts were substantially disadvantaged . Once ACMC was formed an Enthusiasts Conference was held at Eastern Creek in 2012 which the Minister, Duncan Gay attended. This conference marked the beginning of a fruitful dialogue between the RMS, the Minister and the ACMA.

Motorsport Australia

The Club is a member of Motorsport Australia (formerly CAMS) and has a permanent position for a MA delegate which is fulfilled by Lester Gough.

Insurance

Insurance is arranged by MA and provides Public Liability cover for the Club, its Committee and its Members when on events. Full details are available here: CAMS Insurance Link