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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">FYI - Please see a email sent out earlier in the week to all those involved with the Gippsland Rally. Hoping if your calendar allows you can make the October date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see note below with regards to the Gippsland Rally. Please block out in your diary the weekend of the 16<sup>th</sup> October and we’ll make contact with all operators who volunteered about 4 weeks out from the event. We’ll also
put out another general call for operators for those who couldn’t make the now cancelled August dates.
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<p class="MsoNormal">John 3ZRX had just about completed the comms manual and we’ll due to meet again this week on Zoom to plan our next steps. We’ll all be even more keen to get out and play radio by the time Gippsland Rally comes around. Until then take care
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<p class="MsoNormal">From the rally organisers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:18.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#202020">The 2021 Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally is postponed till Saturday 16 October. The recent COVID lockdown restrictions have delayed crucial planning
of the event. It is anticipated post lockdown restrictions will prohibit the event from proceeding on 7 August.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#202020">The new event date replaces the Akademos Rally's position on the 2021 VRC calendar as organisers have been impacted by COVID, impeding progress of the event planning. The Department of Environment, Land,
Water and Planning (DELWP) has approved this new date for the Gippsland Rally.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#202020">“It is a fantastic outcome to still be able to run the event. We look forward to seeing the 50<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>anniversary Akademos Rally returning in 2022.” Clerk
of Course, Andrew Roseman added.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#202020">The Gippsland Rally's new date is one week before the Adelaide Hills Rally. If any COVID restrictions do force a cancellation of SA's round, Gippsland Rally will offer Motorsport Australia the opportunity
for the event to also run as a round of the 2021 RSEA Safety Motorsport Australia Rally Championship.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#202020">This decision has been made in consultation with all of our key stakeholders and the event organisers thank you for your understanding.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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