22/11/2022
Another year done and dusted, after a few days rest it's time for a long post.
As we mentioned in a few posts over the last few months, this wasn't going to be our usual Subiefest event, mainly due to time constraints between the admin team, it was going to be alot to pull together, especially the charity side of things. It's far more than saying "We'll be at _____________ on this date __________".
So, we took a vote and opted not to do it... however, we managed to pull together for "Rumble in the Reserve" if you were around in 2020, you would remember we couldn't run our event due to some Covid restrictions standing in our way, but we hosted a PSA Only event with the same name, only 50-60 cars came, we borrowed a purpose built trailer with a BBQ in it from our main sponsor and went for it, it rained that day too and we maybe made a few hundred dollars.
Fast forward two years, to do the same event again and have everything we usually do minus the important charity donation and trophies and have the turnout we did is still a good achievement. We saw roughly 300 cars enter the venue (unofficial count), almost sold out on the BBQ (down to the last loaf of bread), sold a good amount of merch and a DJ pumping out some awesome music along side our sponsors, fair to say it went exactly how we wanted.
For anyone wondering, we ran this event with the intent to raise money for Subiefest 2023 to have a much bigger venue with the opportunities to do some other "activites" (Im sure you can guess what). Will this happen or not? we're still not sure, so we don't to promise it just yet, but we definitely want to be on the move from the current venue.
We made roughly $8,500 which will be tucked away until next year to hopefully get us the next step further to making Subiefest events even bigger and better.
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We want to put a big shout out to our main sponsor who has had our backs year after year and has been our biggest supporter since day one.
John Nossiter and his group at Perth City Subaru have been a massive help to us since we began back in 2017, whether it's providing us with equipment, paying for small amounts of things for the event or even giving us some of their merch to sell on, they've done it all for us over the years and we appreciate this a lot.
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Next up, we want to say a massive thank you to everyone at Pickering Brook Sports Club for allowing us to host our event over the last 3 years at their venue, we first used it for Rumble in the Reserve 2020 to see how it was, then we went back again for Subiefest 2021 where we sold out to the capacity of the oval and then again this year for Rumble in the Reserve 2022.
We've probably upset of a few of the neighbours over the years from noise or traffic issues, once again, we do apologise to those people, we try and keep things under control as much as we possibly can but some times it can get out of hand quickly, especially when there is 400+ cars trying to move around the same area but a much smaller amount of people trying to get them in the right direction. No matter how many times you tell people to behave or watch it, it's always the select few that ruin it for everyone else.
Thanks again to the Sports Club, we're amazed you let us back after the traffic issues and complaints last year.
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It's not an event without music so a huge shout out goes to Zac McNulty and Inn Thee Event for filling our DJ spot for a second year running.
You can usually find Zac late at night on a weekend setup in a club or pub somewhere around the city, at a birthday party or even your own function, but once a year he steps out and spends a few hours stuck out in the sun for us at Subiefest, it's hard on him but he gets it done everytime.
If you want to use Zac for our own event, you can find him on Instagram: or
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Saving the best for the last here, because an event doesn't run without a team. There is also no "i" in team, it's never a one person job.
In the two days before the event, we had six people drop out from being able help due to other commitments which stopped them from coming, so we had to make do with what we had.
Firstly, this man has many talents, for the first few years he organised almost the whole event on his own... the main man, PSA Pres, Ernest Minas, he spent most of the two days before the event at the shops getting literal car loads of Sausages, Bread and Drinks, all while having the kids to look after, going to work and all things life throws at you. Year after year he still pulls through, you need a rest mate ;)
Next up, Richard Ness he's the mad man you would usually see running around trying to get everyone parked up each year, however he took a step back to a much easier job this time, but he did do us a solid to get us a "Variable Message Board" to go up in Pickering Brook first thing Saturday morning at the request of the Kalamunda Council late Friday afternoon right as everything was closing. We spent the morning on Saturday ringing around trying to find one, Rich made the effort to go from Mundaring to Morley to collect it, back to Pickering Brook, get it setup on the side of the road, worded correctly and still get back home in time for everything else he had to do that day. We'd be in a deep hole if it wasn't for you mate, we appreciate you more than you think.
Now, Richard wasn't on parking this year so Hugh Dalrymple jumped on it again too, doing majority of the parking himself this time because most of the people we had organised to help were for parking. Although the job was made easier by not having to model and shape organisation, it's still a tough job to bring 300+ cars and doing it right, but he gets it done everytime, Much love to you mate.
It feels wrong to thank yourself as you're writing the post, but Cody Ireland has taken control of most things this year, getting at least 95% of the ground work organised so the event can even be run in the first place, between talking to the venue, organising sponsors, making pre meet maps & events, and the biggest one, almost every single post you've seen leading up to the event had been pre written well before it went up and scheduled to post on certain days at certain times, all for good reason so you don't miss it, I'm going to stop it there... because I've said enough already.
We made a few changes to the way tickets we're checked this year, and Allan Oliveira, John Ho, Brock Bergamaschi did a great job at it and keeping it flowing during the busy periods, although there was one questionable car that somehow made it's way in, we won't point fingers. You're legends, keep doing what you're doing!
The BBQ is always a tough one and it's another spot we had a couple of people drop out from, they got absolutely hammered doing it last year and they were still silly enough to do it again this year, Jeb Prince and Cameron Howson with the occasional help of Ernest Minas kept the show rolling, once again getting the worst of it, they sold it all right down the last loaf of bread... you would have been lucky to see five more snags sold in bread with what was left at the end. Kudos lads!
Kyle and Dave got a new job over the weekend too also with some help from Richard Ness, we promoted them to do some traffic control, while this year still wasn't 100% it was miles ahead of last year's 3.5km line down Canning Rd, everything went far smoother, far less line of traffic. Cheers boys! We can work on it, one day we'll nail it.
We also had a few new people step up to the volunteer plate over the weekend, a big thanks goes to Liam Mirco and his partner Jessie for helping us out driveway traffic, if you came up the driveway as a spectator, there is a good chance you met one of them along the way giving you directions to the rear carpark, your help was much needed and we appreciate it so much.
Ernest Minas comes up again, he was partly running the Merch table upstairs but alongside newcomer to the team Skye, she jumped on board with an easy but busy job and she didn't disappoint us either. You're welcome back to help us anytime!
We need to put in a big thanks to May at Drift Bunny Decals for once again getting our usual PSA sticker range sorted for us, she has been our sticker supplier for the past few years now and we weren't disappointed this year when out came fifty fresh looking "Holographic" coloured Perth Subaru Alliance stickers, they sold out almost instantly, super popular choice. Thanks May for all the hard work you do for us and the rest of the car scence!
We also had event's within the event, big shout out goes Andrew Mcghie for keeping our North Pre Meet under control and getting them to Pickering Brook, and for our South Pre Meet we Tilarny May and Thomas Dagnall leading the way for us, another solid job done, all of you did us good.
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Thanks to the businesses, clubs and sponsors who came along to suppport us this year.
Perth City Subaru (Major Sponsor)
Premium Auto Detailing
Thicc Fitment
PERTHWRX
Richard's Tyrepower Claremont
Molly’s BBQ Smoke House
Drift Bunny Decals
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Cheers all! That's us over and out for another year, we'll see you again next year, hopefully for a much bigger and better
Photo: Jaycob Bell (IG: )
