Report on Parking at The Kooyong Classic

From Wednesday the 8th January to Saturday 11th those residual  hardy band of Hawthorn members not on summer leave could be seen waving cars into the designated parking area opposite the Kooyong Tennis Courts.  Suitably decked out in yellow hazard jackets and white wide brimmed hats they directed cars to that area under the freeway and in pockets of space along and near the bicycle track. 

Aside from the occasional (but rare) grumpy driver objecting to the $10 fee the biggest concerns were the dust & heat,  and keeping the perennial flow of cyclists safe from the incoming cars.   Reports from the organisers (Bradshaw, Cannon)  were good,  there were no causalities of any sort , be they member , cyclist or motorist and over the 4 days $5235 was collected (in sequence $1460, $1270, $1455 and $1050).