Central Victorian Chrysler Club and Midstate Mopars Bendigo

Today, we enjoyed a cruise to Castlemaine for our Annual General Meeting (AGM). Our lunch at the Five Flags Hotel in Campbells Creek was exceptional, and we highly recommend this venue for its fantastic service and atmosphere.

During the meeting, we presented the Adrian Cornish Clubman Award, which this year was awarded to Doug Boulton. Doug consistently attends our club meetings and goes above and beyond in his contributions to Midstate Mopars. We believe this recognition is well-deserved.

We also want to acknowledge Meg Fraser, our Secretary, for her invaluable work behind the scenes and at our meetings, as well as her contributions to Midstate Mopars. Meg’s dedication to the club is truly selfless, and we are immensely grateful for her efforts.

Club Leadership:

• President: Steve Nixon

• Secretary: Meg Fraser

• Treasurer: Leeanne Hodge

• Vice President: Gary Clark

If any members are interested in joining the show committee, please reach out to Brendan or Meg. Thank you all for your continued support!

Plenty of Mopars Cars and Coffee Bendigo

It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to long time member Neil Ellett, who sadly passed away yesterday. The committee and members would like to offer our most sincere condolences to Anne and family on the loss of a devoted husband, father grandfather and great grandfather, and to Col and family on the loss of his brother.
Neil was an active member of our club who contributed his time and knowledge when needed, he will be sadly missed by us all.
Funeral details are 11am Friday 10th July at Bendigo Funerals Miller street Bendigo

Good turnout of mopars this morning at https://facebook.com/events/s/13th-lancefield-cars-bikes-cof/2399315760577710/ A bit chilli, but we'll worth it.

We know it's been non-stop Midstate Mopars posts since the show, and your Facebook feeds are probably starting to think they're Mopar enthusiasts too... but we have one more very important post to make from our President.

If you were at the show, you probably heard some of these names mentioned more than once (or twenty times). There's a good reason for that — every one of these people and organisations played a part in helping make Midstate Mopars the success that it was.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped make Midstate Mopars possible!

🏆 **Our Sponsors** – Thank you for your generous support and contribution to the event.

**Platinum Sponsor**
• Clark Metal Roofing

**Gold Sponsors**
• HJ Miller
• Fresh FM
• Goodyear Bendigo
• Bendigo Business Sales
• Bendigo Ram
• Barnard Street Car Sales
• City of Greater Bendigo
• Repco Bendigo

**Silver Sponsors**
• Just Cars
• Meguiar's
• MD Autocare
• Shannons Insurance
• Power AV
• Bart 'n' Print

**Bronze Sponsors**
• Dantrim
• Bendigo Accident Repair
• Matt Beale Automotive & Used Valiant Parts
• Perrow's Paint
• Oil Warehouse
• Great Ideas
• Collicoat Automotive Repair
• Mick Collicoat Smash Repair
• Wizartry Signs

👖 Matt Bubner – Thank you for your continued support year after year as our MC. Your energy, humour and ability to keep the event running smoothly are a huge part of what makes Midstate Mopars so enjoyable. And of course, your legendary loud pants have become an event icon in their own right!

❤️ **Lifeline Loddon Mallee** – Thank you for partnering with us and allowing us to support such a worthwhile cause.

🦁 **The Bendigo Chinese Lions** – Thank you for providing fantastic entertainment and bringing something special to the day.

☕🍔 **Our Food & Coffee Vendors** – A massive thank you to Brooke Wallace Coffee, The Rotary Club of Eaglehawk, Coffee Storm, Jas's Indian Cuisine and Boss Empire. While many of us were still debating whether the alarm clock was actually going off we want to thank you for the great food, great coffee and helping keep everyone fed, caffeinated and happy throughout the event.

📋 **The Midstate Mopars Committee** – Thank you for the countless hours of planning, meetings, phone calls, emails, problem-solving, and everything else that happens behind the scenes long before the first car rolls in.

🙌 **Our Club Volunteers** – Thank you for giving up your time to help with setup, pack-up, registrations, traffic management, judging, catering, and the hundred other jobs that nobody sees but are essential to making the event run smoothly.

🍕 **William Lyttle Pizza** – Thank you for generously supplying pizzas to help keep attendees, volunteers, and committee members fuelled throughout the weekend.

🚗 **Everyone who attended** – Whether you exhibited a vehicle, entered the Show 'n' Shine, came on the cruise, ran a swap site, supported our vendors, or simply came along for a look, thank you. Events like this only work because of the people who turn up and make them what they are.

We also received plenty of positive comments about being able to utilise the public streets of Bendigo and shut down parts of the city for the event. It's something unique that adds to the atmosphere and experience, and we're grateful to everyone who helped make that possible.

To every person, business, volunteer, sponsor, supporter, family member, and friend who contributed in any way — thank you. Midstate Mopars is truly a community effort, and we're incredibly grateful for the support.

Now that we've finally caught our breath, we can't wait to do it all again next year! 🚗💨

With the dust settled, the plans for 2027 will be under way shortly. We would like to get feedback from anyone that attended the event as a spectator and anyone that entered their car either on Saturday and/or Sunday.

Please see below the links for a feedback form. We love constructive feedback and try to take on as much as possible, that's what makes Midstate bigger and better each year.

General Public/Spectator- https://forms.gle/8rvE22jhmN34AcD3A
Saturday Cruise and dinner/ Sunday Entrant- https://forms.gle/DYDNUNTBnQZC8aLG8

The feedback is anonymous!

Midstate Mopars Event Feedback Thank you for participating in our event. We hope you had as much fun attending as we did organising it. We want to hear your feedback so we can keep improving our logistics and content. Please fill this quick survey and let us know your thoughts (your answers will be anonymous).