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At the recent All British Day I returned to my Sprite to find a previous Sprite Club Member (thanks John Stockton) had left a couple of past editions of the Club’s bi-monthly magazine, “Sprouting Forth”. These were the months of July and December 1976. The “Bugeye Burble” was the bulletin that was produced for the alternate months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is some snippets from the pages of these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1976 Sprite Club Committee <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President – Richard Stokes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary – Reinhardt (Joe) Walker   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competition Secretary – Kevin Warren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Secretary – Mandy Stokes   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editors – Don Williams and Doug Gordon (still owns a BRG MG Midget and been on a few Sports Car Cruises) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sprite Club had around 30 – 40 financial members and the membership fees were:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club Membership                                                                $6.00  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club Membership with a CAMS Licence                             $8.00   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club Membership with 2 x CAMS Licence (Hubby\/Wife)    $10.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were articles on Sprites and Midgets, the Bordertown Motorkhana with the Victorian Sprite Club, the Annual Dinner at the Hungarian Restaurant, Motorkhana Results (entry fee $1.50), recipes, crosswords and Christmas Songs with Sprite wording!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a couple of Sprites\/Midgets for sale, a Black Rotary Powered Sprite (which I think was purchased by Don Williams brother Rick), A MkIII Sprite for $995 and changeover front wishbones for $35 a side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also the Guest Speaker for the July Meeting was to be Gary Cooper (of Elfin Sports Car fame) who was to provide a talk and slide show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also a “Thesis on the Extistence of Aardvarks” by Reinhardt (Joe) Walker BA (Batchelor Aardvark), but I will save that for another day…..\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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