CVMG National Executive Committee
At the 2009 AGM on October 24, 2009, the following CVMG National Executive were confirmed:
Voting Members:
Bill Hoar – President
Doug Black – Vice President
Anthony Petti – Correspondence Secretary
Betty Anne Clark – Membership Secretary
Patrick Hampson – Treasurer
Alison Green – Newsletter Editor
Laurie Mills – Director
Ernie Olivo – Director
John Tankard – Regalia Sales
Non-voting members:
Peter Salter – Past President
Holly Ralph – Paris National Rally Chair
Neville Miller - Competition Chair
VACANT – Chief Judge
Rod Sheridan – Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Museum
Bios and pictures below:
President - Bill Hoar, Central Alberta |
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Born and bred Central Albertan
Farm as a hobby (don’t we all?)
First bike: 1970 Honda SL 100, which I still own
2nd bike and first mistake: 1956 Norton Dominator Model 88, which I still own
Last bike purchased: 2006 Yamaha R6
Favorite bike: Manx Norton
Last big ride: Cross Canada and U.S.A. in 2007
Next big ride: Dempster Highway
Favorite Road: Cabot Trail and Interior BC around Kaslo
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Vice President - Doug Black, Great Pine Ridge |
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Doug was born and raised in Toronto's east end and was taught how to ride by his brother on a Honda 500 Four about 35 years ago. Doug’s father was a RCAF Dispatch Rider in Britain, France, Belgium and Germany in the Second World War and passed on a an appreciation for old cars, old motorcycles and old friends. With degrees in History and Architecture, Doug has been a Project Manager in Construction for the Municipality of the Region of York for many years and hopes to retire soon to spend more time restoring his English singles. Doug joined the CVMG Executive in 2006 to help strengthen the bonds between the Sections across the country through the implementation of the latest technologies as a foundation for the future growth of our club. Doug thoroughly enjoys his association with the CVMG where many of his friends, like himself, creak at the joints, move more slowly than they used to and require plenty of lubrication - just like our motorcyles!
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Correspondence Secretary - Anthony Petti, Kitchener
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It was only a short ride on a friends dirtbike in the neighbourhood park, but I was hooked! Nothing could compare to that feeling of being propelled solely by my right hand! My parents didn't share my passion, so it wasn't untill my early twenties where I was rekindled with motorcycles again and I have been riding rain or shine ever since. I found the CVMG in 2002 through the purchase of my Bonneville and soon formed great friendships within my Kitchener section. I was invited to join the National Executive in late 2005 and have since taken on Web administration as well. |
Membership Secretary - Betty Anne Clark, Old Fort York |
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Betty Anne became interested in motorcycles in her early teens having seen a photo of her Dad on an old Indian and then meeting a fellow with a Marusho. In 1962, she became the proud owner of a Mobylette Moped and has been interested in vintage machines ever since, both riding them and “wrenching” them. She retired in April of 2006 but continues to do part-time work as a consultant in the health care sector. Betty Anne has been very involved in the motorcycle community since the early eighties working on a number of groups and committees, is past chair of Ontario Roads Riders Association, and has held executive positions in a number of motorcycle clubs. With a working garage that includes a motorcycle hoist, air compressor, parts washer and too many tools to mention she is the envy of her neighbours and a few CVMG members as well. She was introduced to the CVMG by an avid member and since joining has been active with the Paris Rally and most recently volunteered to take on the role of Membership Secretary and tackle the challenge of our new on-line membership database.
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Treasurer - Patrick Hampson, Ottawa
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Patrick was brought up on a farm in the UK, and his first bike was an ex-GPO 1961 BSA Bantam D1 that was bought by tender for 5 Pounds 2 Shillings and six pence as a present for his 13th birthday in 1964. He spend hundreds of happy hours riding around the fields, later graduating to various Villiers 197 engined machines. On the road Patrick rode a BSA C15, until he had an argument with a lorry. He also briefly owned a Norton Big 4 combination, that at one time belonged to his dad. After he came to Canada, he rode a Honda 450 for a short while, but then family life got in the way. In 1994 he bought a Triumph TR6 Trophy, and eventually got this on the road in 2003, and since then has been having lots of fun with members of the CVMG. Patrick helped the CVMG move to the on-line membership system and establish this web site, he also introduced Teleconferencing for executive meetings. After this was adopted he had no excuse not to join the executive, when they said there was an opening that needed to be filled.
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Newsletter Editor - Alison Green, Nickel Belt
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Born and raised in Timmins, Ontario, I was exposed early-on to canoeing, camping and generally being rather self sufficient when out of doors - but no motorcycles... When I purchased my first bike in 1974 - a Honda 350/4, I had never so much as been on one before, not even as a pillion passenger. After a cursory "here is the clutch, brake, throttle" lesson in the parking lot of Westside Honda, I rode my new bike home. In the process, it stalled at least a dozen times - but I got home. Three years and many miles later, I even got a licence and became legal! I'm still not certain where or why the passion for motorcycling came into my life. In September of that same year, I purchased my then dream bike: BMW R60/6 with Vetter fairing and Craven hard bags. Today that same machine is now sporting a Velorex sidecar for gear and dog and fun and still being regularly ridden. I have continued to be very much a long-distance rider, having owned a succession of BMW airhead machines. My current rides include the R60/6 sidecar rig, a 1981 R80 G/S and my new bike - a 1992 R100R. Of late, the only problem is one of insufficient days in the summer to do as much riding as I would like.
When not riding, I am involved with the Canada Safety Council motorcycle training program as a senior instructor at Cambrian College in Sudbury. Part of the time, I also have to earn a living - fortunately this is on a contract basis and, although it takes me away from home for two or three weeks at a time, I have long breaks between hitches and time to pursue my hobbies and passions.
My involvement with the CVMG started with the Nickel Belt Section with considerable pressure from founding member Mike Pottier. Vada Seeds encouraged me to contribute safety-related writings to the newsletter and the "Headspace" column is now in its fifth year. This past November, the mantle of editor for the newsletter was flung in my direction... This is proving to be quite a challenge but with the support of the membership, we will hopefully continue to have an entertaining and relevant monthly newsletter.
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Director - Laurie Mills, Rocky Mountain |
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Laurie has been riding a motorcycle off and on since he helped tinker with a friends' 1951 Triumph Thunderbird 725 in about 1955. The new displacement was due to a broken piston ring which required the barrel to be hogged out. The first bike owned was a new '75 Honda XL350 which allowed Laurie to spend happy times in the dirt as well on pavement. He learned very little about motorcycle mechanics in the 15 years he owned the XL350 because other one set of tires, a decent exhaust and some clutch discs the little thing never broke. As a retirement present to himself in 1996, after 35 years with CBC Radio, mostly as an Announcer, a 1979 Yamaha XS650 entered his garage. That was replaced in the fall of 2005 with a 2001 Suzuki 1200 Bandit, kind of an older guy's hot rod. Laurie is also Secretary of the CVMG Rocky Mountain Section which covers Calgary south. He's waiting for the major lottery win which would have a new Triumph Tiger in his driveway. |
Director - Ernie Olivo, Rideau Lakes
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I've been a biker for 50 years, with my first real bike a '51 AJS 500 single, which I restored in high school. Like many others, I was in a cage until the kids were settled. I laid down a smoke trail with a '74 Kawasaki H1 in the late 70s, and followed that with a more sedate '74 BMW R75/6. I toured extensively on the Beemer until the late '90s, and restored and rode a '67 Lightning and a '66 Bonnie during those years as well. I enjoyed several seasons on the VRRA circuit (99-04) on an RD350, retiring due to advancing age and decrepitude. I am a charter member of the OFY section, and one of the originators of the Lucas Push.
In 2002 I founded the Old Bastards V.M.C., and developed the OBs' Rally.
I now have a '71 Commando on the table, and hope to have it ready to ride after having my hip replaced. |
Regalia Sales - John Tankard, Keystone
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My first recollection of motorcycles is a Vespa scooter, which appeared in the backyard when I was about five years old. My father had gotten it from someone and it needed some repair. It lasted a little while and then was gone when we moved. When I was eight, one of the neighbour kids’ uncle came around with a Harley. I think it was a 45, red and black with the fringed saddlebags. The quintessential old HD!! It was ten years later when I got my first bike. It was a Suzuki 150cc S-32 twin. I paid ninety dollars for it and it came home in six boxes. Three weeks and an additional thirty dollars later, I had an operating motorcycle. Insurance for that year was twenty dollars. Going through about twenty-five bikes since then, I currently have a 1974 Bultaco Frontera 250 (my vintage bike) and a 2006 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail ( my daily rider) |
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Past President - Peter Salter, Grand River |
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A retired secondary school teacher and district federation officer, Peter was introduced to motorcycling at the age of 5 with rides on the tank of a Harley Davidson his father had borrowed from a nephew to provide transportation in the summer of 1946 when cars were not yet readily available. His first “motorcycle”, purchased in 1957, was a Harley 165 2-stroke, replaced two years later by a Vincent Rapide. After 24 years away from motorcycling, a BSA Super Rocket was purchased at the CVMG Rally held in Welland in 1989 and he immediately joined the Group. Following his retirement, Peter became involved, in 1997, with the CVMG Executive as Newsletter Editor and went on to serve as Correspondence Secretary and Vice President before taking on the role of President in November, 2006. His favourite motorcycle remains the Rapide although the BSA gold Star and BMW R 75/7 currently owned run it a close second and third. |
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Paris National Rally Co-Chair - Holly Ralph, Olde Norfolk
Paris National Rally Co-Chair - April Spears, Kitchener
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Holly is a retired teacher and longtime member of the Olde Norfolk section. Rides between 10 and 20,000 km per year, solo, mostly on modern bikes. The picture is of a ride to PEI on the BMW conversion.
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Competition Chair - Neville Miller, Ottawa
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From the age of 11, after my first ride on the pillion of my brother’s ex-army G3L Matchless, I’ve been hooked on motorcycles. I began riding legally as soon as I turned 16 on a BSA Bantam. After I passed my driving test, I bought a Velocette MAC, on which I rode about 100,000 miles in various guises during the 1970s in England. My competition career started with a season of sidecar racing in 1975 on an uncompetitive Triumph outfit. I was the one ‘in the chair’. In 1978 I took up vintage racing with the VMCC and had a lot of fun over the next five years at the various circuits around England on a 1938 Velocette MSS. Soon after arriving in Canada in October 1982, I discovered the fledgling CVMG and started attending the monthly meetings of the Ottawa section. I am also an active member of the sister organization, the VRRA (Vintage Road Racing Association). I’ve even had a go at trials riding at some of the Eastern Ontario events. In recent years I have bought three ‘cammy’ Velos, the earliest of which I have rebuilt as a replica of the bike Alec Bennett rode to win the 1928 Junior TT in the Isle of Man.
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CVMM Representative - Rod Sheridan, Great Pine Ridge |
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