However, it must have put off quite a few people who would otherwise have had their wares on display or swap or sell. Saturday dawned a fine drizzle, nothing you couldn’t put up with. On the local scene, we had ‘OZVW’, ‘Fast Fours and Rotaries’ and ‘Open Road’ magazines out for a report. But the real bonus was having representatives from ‘Hot VWs’, ‘VW Trends’ and ‘VW Motoring’ down here to cover the show. The Nationals got its fair share of media coverage, with 2WS advertising before the event and news releases in various newspapers. But what could we do but grin and bear it? Despite the rain, all but a handful of people (and maybe the committee) thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Those in the organising committee were less than excited about the weather conditions as they watched 20 months of planning sort of bobbing around unpredictably in the mud puddles. With raffles, food stalls, brightly coloured sponsor and club stalls, the college was miraculously transformed into a circus-like atmosphere. Many events had been organised to keep the VW nuts entertained. We also had patrons from around the world, including Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. If you went to the VW Nationals ’88, held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College over the Easter weekend, and someone happened to ask you what it was like, the first thing that probably sprang to mind was a nasty little four-letter word – RAIN.Īnd rain it did, dampening everything except for the enthusiasm, with people travelling from all states and territories of Australia, even from Tasmania. These pages have been recently updated as a tribute to the late David Birchall, who was the main organiser and driving force behind the VW Nationals for 35 years. Just click on the menu at left to choose a year of interest. These individual pages contain the same information as the earlier years - written report, unique artwork and link to a Results Sheet - but they also contain a a link to the digital club magazines of the time - the May issue (the show programme) and the June issue (which contains more info on that particular show - such as info on VW Nationals drag racing, supersprints, go-karting or cruises). This will tell you what categories were run that year, and who won what trophy.įor more recent Nationals reports – from 2003 to the present day – see the menu at left. As well, each year includes a Results Sheet - click on the link to download a PDF of the show results. Each year’s report also includes the unique VW Nationals artwork for that year – these are much copied and have become collectors’ items. Just click below on the year you are interested in and read about what happened. The early VW Nationals reports below go from 1988 to 2002, the last year we produced our (non-digital) magazine on a photocopier. The first VW Nationals was held way back in 1988 (as part of the Australian Bicentennial). Here is an archive of reports of previous VW Nationals, taken from the pages of our club magazine Zeitschrift.
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