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December 2013 EDITOR – Kevin Breen (If you have any Items of Interest please E-mail [email protected] or Phone 9772 2824)

What’s (been) on BOWLS Saturday Pennant Players please note, PUT YOUR NAME DOWN for President Robert Hasler’s Day on SATURDAY 11 January. 2014 1pm start Master Builders Challenge Rain no play, but all who came were well feed thank you Ladies

Next years Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday 5th April. 2014

Please note from Charles and Joan Dentry letting us know that their telephone number as shown in the syllabus is incorrect.

It should be 8588 1886 – not 8588 1586

WELFARE From RAE

Stan Holland as been on holidays he arrived back early December, Greg Kelly looked after things while Stan was away and did a very good job, thank you Greg. No sick Ladies this month not that l have heard about. Peter Brain had a knee operation last month is home and being looked after by Nurse Margaret. James O'Brien had an operation his Doctor is happy with the result he is home a friend is staying with him at the moment and keeping an eye on him. Wayne Clark not to good visitors welcome might be best to phone first. Bill Newman had a trip to hospital he is home all OK. Norm Overson is no longer moon walking,he will be starting Physio and hopes to be back on the green very soon. Did see him having a roll up last week. Page No.2 Bob Hasler not been to good he as been missed around the club he hopes to be back bowling soon. (THANKS RAE) . FROM the BOARD for the last Month

Ian Thomas, OUR NEW CONSTITUTION – Hooray!! Our recently updated Constitution was passed and approved by Consumer Affairs Victoria and is now officially our “current” Constitution as of November 28th 2013. Copies will soon be printed and made available to Members. BUILDING ALTERATIONS -have been officially completed. A few “little” bits to do. A couple of issues include: - Completion of steel hand rail from front gate to door; - Mirror and toilet paper holder in disabled toilet - A better locking system for the front door Jeanette Barrett will form and coordinate a Sub-Committee needed for planning the layout, use and decoration of the new areas that have been created. Thanks Jeanette!

We have signed with a new Electricity provider, Momentum Energy – their rates will reduce our costs by at least a 1/3.

A Test & Tag program was recently completed for all our power cords and electrical appliances – this is required yearly as part of our Lease Agreement with Kingston Council. Defective cables have been marked with a Red Tag and will be disposed of.

The GREEN NEWS – we have put monies raised by Functions and the like to improving our Club. You will notice the new Scoops – pick one up – they are nice and light and a delight to use. Too, we have just purchased a FAT BOY – for our Greens maintenance. Daniel, our Greens Keeper, needs a Fat Boy especially to maintain the new thatched ‘A’ Green – but the Fat Boy can be used on any of our Greens, even on a synthetic surface. OK, what is a Fat Boy? Without being too technical – it is a metal roller with heavy duty, thick metal brushes that rotates at high speed and which literally “shave” away the bumps on a Green. The roller fits into a lawn mower and takes the place of the rotating blades we normally use. AND we are looking at purchasing some new Aggregate Scoreboards as well as upgrading the single rink scoreboards – it must be Christmas!

CLUB ROOM HIRE – we are getting MANY requests to hire our Club Rooms for private functions, before and after Christmas. These are great money spinners – the best so far, last week, netted the Club over a $1,000 – and they help promote the game of bowls and increase our chances for future memberships. AND... Barefoot Bowls starts on Fridays the 2nd week of January - SO... if you can VOLUNTEER a few hours on some of these evenings PLEASE let a Board Member know or put your name down on a Roster Sheet (usually up on the Bar bench). THANKS!

Page No.3 Almost Finally, we (and other Clubs around Victoria) have had notification from VicPol re Operation RAID aimed at alcohol affected drivers leaving sporting clubs until January 5th 2014. A timely reminder for Members and visitors;

FINALLY – a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from the Board to all our Members and their loved ones !! – Jeanette Barrett, Claire Baskett, Judy Munn, Suzanne Webber, Bob Hasler, Walter Trupke, Graham Unwin and yours sincerely, Ian Thomas.

With Regards, Ian

Friday Social Bowls Results for November / December 6th Dec Winners of both games with most shots up in the last were: Bill Morton, Judy Munn and Margaret Burke. Winners having lost their first game with most shots up in the last were:: Ted Elliott, Bob Sharp and Bob Maloney The Chocolates winners: Alan Cousens, Pauline Cousins & Shirley Liddicott 29th Nov Winners having lost their first game were: Bob Darby, A. PAIR (Who is A. Pair? A New Member is he a mate ot yours Burnie?) and Burnie Turnbull Winners of both games with most shots up in the last were: Bob Davies, Denis Meadows and Ian Wilding The Chocolates winners: Kevin Gillhooly, Burnie Hambridge and Eric Viney

“ HAPPY” Birthdays for December 2/12 Ian Wilding 5/12 Anthony Cameron & Judith Thacker 7/12 Chris Davis & Noel McClaren 10/12 Janice King 12/12 Glen Baskett, Bill Dryden & Jan Bible 16/12 Ray Smith 24/12 John Jamieson 25/12 Heather Redpath 29/12 Alan Seddon 1/1/14 Maureen Badger Happy Anniversary too: John & Pam Bryant 7/12

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