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Frank Gardener Dinner A Resounding Success |
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
Last Thursday 13th March, The Australian Motor Sport Foundation (AMSF) hosted a
dinner at the prestigious Park Hyatt Melbourne to celebrate the colourful career
of Frank Gardner OAM. Frank, the guest of honour, was joined by over 300 guests
as well as a number of leading motor sport personalities including Mark Webber
and Sir Jackie Stewart.
Bill Woods was Master of Ceremonies and made the most of the assembly of
renowned motor racing stars with an on-stage “Parkinson” style interview. In a
never-to-be-repeated exchange, Bill Woods engaged Mark Webber, Sir Jackie
Stewart, Tim Schenken, Vern Schuppan and guest of honour Frank Gardner in an
enthralling discussion, captivating the audience and leaving all in stitches of
laughter.
“The event was without doubt one of the very best I have ever
attended and I was thrilled to be part of it” said guest of honour Frank
Gardner.
“I would like to offer my sincere thanks to the AMSF for their
efforts in putting on this splendid dinner – as far as I am concerned it was a
resounding success and every one that I spoke to had a great time” enthused
Gardner.
Apart from honouring Frank Gardner, the event was also about
raising funds for the AMSF. The AMSF is a not-for-profit body set up to nurture
and support our young Australian motor sport stars of the future. The AMSF aims
to ensure that Australia's young drivers and other motor sport personnel are
assisted in every way possible to make them, and Australia, a dominant force in
the international motor sport arena.
“We are pleased with the outcome at
all levels and the feedback has been extremely positive” said AMSF General
Manager Quentin Crombie.
“Not only are these types of functions
important to help build the profile of the AMSF, it is also a great fund raising
opportunity – the funds raised from this function will go to support the AMSF in
its quest to fulfil its mission, in particular, to support our young drivers.”
Crombie concluded by saying “We are very grateful to Frank Gardner, who
helped to make the night such a great success. The AMSF would also like to
sincerely thank our event sponsor Talent2 as well as Events Australia, Helping
Hand Group, Fleetwood Print Group, Bill Woods, the Leanne Crawford Band, the
numerous organisations who supplied items for the competition and auction, and
last but certainly not least, the volunteers who generously gave their time.”
The AMSF has two pieces of extremely rare Gardner memorabilia available
for those who were unable to attend the night, plus five personally signed
copies of his book, “Drive to Survive” which are available for $75. The Gardner
memorabilia include two magnificent images (framed) of Frank Gardner in action
behind the wheel of his Mildren open-wheeler, both of which have been personally
signed by Frank. The reserve price on these two items has been set at $500, and
the AMSF is asking those who are interested to place a bid by contacting the
AMSF on (03) 9593 7796 or by emailing
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