 The
JBA Owners Club was formed in February by Geoff Payne (shown in
the photo above with his JBA Javelin.) Geoff is now an Honorary
member and holder of the M.B.E.
He obtained a
list of owners from JBA Engineering Ltd., wrote to them all,
organized a meeting in Manchester and a Committee was formed.
Those elected were Geoff as Chairman. Don Humphries as
Secretary. Doris Watson as Treasurer. John Beattie as Technical
Editor. Albert Chandler as Newsletter Editor. (now called
Magazine Editor) and Frank Carter as Social Secretary.
With elections
of the Committee the club came into being. Representatives were
appointed throughout the UK.
The Officials
and Reps. stand for election once a year at the A.G.M. duties are carried out on a voluntary unpaid basis.
The A.G.M. in the early days was held at various venues around
Standish, Wigan after The JBA Open Day every April.
 However,
between 1987 and 1991 no other members applied for any posts
and at the A.G.M. in 1991. Geoff made it plain that the club
would benefit from a change of Committee and that the present
officials would terminate their posts at the next A.G.M.
 Geoff's
wish was realised and 1992 saw a change of Committee.
Geoff was succeeded by Alan Naughton as Chairman.
Frank Carter moved into the Secretaries position and his wife
Sue took over his old job as Social Secretary. This was the
first husband and wife team in the club. Lol Lennox took over
as Editor. Phil Schofield became Treasurer.
A new post was created as Liaison officer taken up by Jack
Vincent, as he lived close to JBA. This was to liaise with
JBA Engineering Ltd. and try to resolve any problems or
complaints from members. However this post was dissolved in
1996 as Jack hadn't received one complaint or problem to deal
with.
 Les Fragle
took on the post as Secretary and Jill Fragle was nominated
Social Secretary another husband and wife duo.
Norman Raw became Treasurer. A new post as Vice Chairman was
created to help spread the load of the Chairman's duties.
Phil Hellon was nominated and accepted the post.
The venue for
this years A.G.M. was changed to the The Kit Car Show,
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Where it has stayed to the present
time. John Dunbar accepted the post of Chairman. A new post
of Marketing Officer was introduced to deal with all the club
merchandise and Sue Regan was appointed.
 Retiring
from their posts this year Phil Hellon, Jill Fragle and Sue
Reagan.
Bob Reynolds took over the position of Vice Chairman.
Ron Swift succeeded to the post of Social Secretary and
Glenis Swift to Marketing Officer. These husband and wife
teams are popular with the members.
A new post was created as Advertising Officer to help bring
revenue to the club. There were no takers for this role at
the meeting.
However Ann Henstock agreed to take on this post later.
 The
Chairman's post became vacant and Pete Henstock was nominated. Pete has been a regular
contributor to the Club Magazine since the Eighties.
This brings
us to the Club Magazine Editors. The Magazine was started by
Albert Chandler, followed by Lol Lennox, who introduced
colour to the magazine.
Lol Lennox
decided to stand down and was awarded Honorary membership of
the club for his sterling work. He is the second person to
achieve this accolade.
The first being our founder member
Geoff Payne.
The magazine
since then, is now in the hands of Brian Jones, who does the
magazine on his computer, before sending it to the
printers. Brian did have a go at the printing last year, but
it was too much for one person.
Norman Raw the
treasurer decided to stand down at the end of the year.
Norman has served in this post from 1992. During the year he
liaised with Mrs Val Hays who would take on the post from
01-01-2001.
Brian Jones
stood down as Magazine editor and the position was filled by
Darren Bovis-Coulter the webmaster for the club.
Glenis Swift stood down as Marketing Officer and this
position was later filled by Lesley Newman. Shortly after the
Stoneleigh show Ron Swift resigned from his position as
Social Secretary and this position remains vacant.
At the AGM Val
Hays stood down as Treasurer and no one offered to take up
this very essential post, after a long silence Donald Collier
offered his services and liaised with Val over the next few
months and took over officially on the 1st. August.
The Social Secretary's position was deleted as Area
representatives were handling local events with the main kit
car shows booked by the Club Secretary.
In July the magazine editor Darren announced that he was
standing down due to pressure of work. Robbie Gibson took
over as editor with help from Darren and Lol Lennox.
On line in
March the club had started this new web site, as Darren was
unable to devote the time, due to pressure of work to
maintain the previous web site. This totally new site was
built by Robbie Gibson and contains a large number of pages
from his own JBA Falcon web site.
At the AGM Lesley stood down as Marketing Officer and the
position was taken over by her husband Wayne Newman who would
continue in this post for one year. Therefore the club would
like to hear from any members wishing to take on this
essential post to contact the Committee before the next A.G.M.
which is on Sunday 30th April 2006.
 This
years AGM saw our Bob Reynolds giving up his position as Vice
Chairman. No one volunteered to take on this post and it
remains open. Wayne Newman stood down as Marketing Officer as
mentioned last year and the position was filled by Peter
Standing. Of the two vacant Area Representative posts the
South West was filled by Gavin Dimmick with Northern Ireland
remaining vacant.
A rescue deal to save the JBA Factory was put forward by a Mr
Ethan Taylor who asked to attend the meeting. The Officers of
the Club made it clear that the JBAOC would not provide any
financial support to this venture after receiving legal
advice.
 Only one change at the A.G.M. at Stoneleigh this year, the South East representatives position has become vacant, no one offered to take up this position at the meeting.
Our Secretary also announced that he will be standing down next year 2008.
 Les Fragle our Secretary for the last 14 years stood down this year and the position was taken up by Peter Standing who is also in charge of the Club shop since 2006.
After twelve years service as Chairman, Pete Henstock stood down at the AGM even although he had previously announced he was standing down. None of the members expressed an interest in taking up this position at the meeting and the position would remain unfilled.
However our South West representative Gavin Dimmick stood up and offered to take up the post and was dually nominated.
The position of Advertising officer became vacant as Ann Henstock was also standing down, once again no takers and Donald Collier our Treasurer rose to the challenge and took on the position.
The A.G.M.
is now held at The National Kit Car Show, Stoneleigh,
Warwickshire. Every May Bank Holiday at the beginning of the
month. Date for next
years A.G.M. is Sunday 2nd May 2010. |
