SAMROA AGM & Annual Dinner for 2026

The SAMROA Annual General Meeting was run 12 August 2026 at the Kent Town Hotel. This included the election of the club’s general committee for the next 12 months. The following members were successful at being elected as committee members:

  • President: Brad Morrison
  • Vice-President: Cathy Sinton
  • Treasurer: Janelle Holding
  • Secretary: Paul Curtis
  • Assistant Secretary: Leslie Atkinson
  • General Committee Members:
    Andrew Leitch, Julie Finn, Peter Stevens, Shaun Croci

The club would like to thank everyone who served as a committee member in 2025/2026, and to everyone was not successful in nominating for a position.

Running of the club AGM means the Annual Dinner was not long coming, a great night was had by all. We congratulate the following award recipients:

  • Life Membership of SAMROA was awarded to Cathy Sinton
  • Kaye Morisset Club Member of the Year: Alec Donnon
  • Dieter von-Zieden Most Improved Official: Shaan Polra
  • Bob Schofield Award for the Most Days Trackside: Shaun Croci

Commiserations go to Matt Avery, being awarded the Orange Turkey for the ignominious act of getting the Chief Flag ute bogged while on duty at Mallala!

The following club members received Service Awards:

  • 5 Years: Alan Hardy, Andrew McKibben, Dave Ryan & Peter Miller
  • 10 Years: Alec Donnon, Kim Morrison & Paul Papanikolaou
  • 15 Years: Andrew Leitch & Brad Morrison
  • 20 Years: Matthew Meegan
  • 25 Years: Peter Stevens & Tony Aloi
  • 40 Years: Cathy Sinton
  • 45 Years: Paul Karamanov