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November 2019 YARALLA SPORTS CLUB MEMBER’SNEWS NOVEMBER 2019 LATEST NEWS REGULARS Promotions ......................... 4 Message from the CEO .... 2 Junior Sports Star ............... 5 Community ...................... 2 Junior Golf Club News ......... 6 What’s On ....................... 3 YFC News .......................... 7 Opening Hours ...............12 It’s In The Bag .................... 8 Member’s Deals Our History ......................... 9 A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO COMMUNITY Congratulations to Bert and our service team, our new Golf Buggy storage facility draws closer to completion with fit-out and modification works underway. It is hoped that these facilities will be available for our Golfers to HOW YOUR CLUB HELPS OUR COMMUNITY rent in the New Year. Yaralla Sports Club exists not only to provide entertainment but also It’s an annual favourite and to provide assistance and support to the wider community and its it’s back! Our Christmas various organisations. Last month we supported the following clubs Ham raffles kick off on the and initiatives: 8th November with over Yaralla Hockey Club $1,000 $10,000 in Christmas Hams Yaralla Sports Star $2,000 on offer between now and Alumina Men’s Bowls Club $100 Christmas. Times and GAPDL $1,710 draws are scheduled in this Venue Hire $1,955 edition of Member’s News. Community $250 Join us during the Port City Power $3,190 months of November and Charity Golf Day $1,250 December to share in over Gladstone Junior Golf Club $91 $30,000 in cash prizes and Central Queensland Cricket $5,000 a chance to win a $10,000 diamond ring on New Year’s Anglican Church Soup Kitchen $730 Eve in our ‘Luck be a Lady’ CQ Community Program $1,273 promotion. To join in the Better Local Communities Program $1,064 fun simply spend $10 when Total $19,611 using your membership 2019 Financial Year $47,884 card and be here at our We would like to thank all of our members and their guests as fortnightly draws for your without your continued support we would be unable to support chance to WIN! these community organisations. Numbers are filling fast so book now online for FACEBOOK COMPETITIONS our Christmas Lunch with Wednesday - Secret Sound children under 11 years We will post a snippet of a random sound that our followers can old FREE. The Buffet guess to win a prize! The correct answer wins a $50 Yaralla voucher lunch features all your to spend at the club. Clues are posted each week if the sound has favourites including seafood not been guessed yet! commencing at 11.30am Thursday - Fan of the Week Christmas Day for a 3 hour Each Thursday morning one of our lucky Facebook fans takes home seating. a $50 Pacino’s voucher. All you need to do to be a part of this great promotion is head to our facebook page, press the ‘Like’ button and Cheers! be active on our page by liking, commenting and sharing. Tag to Win If you’re in the club on Saturday nights don’t forget to stop our Will Schroeder, CEO photographer for a happy snap! The photo with the most likes will Will win themselves a $50 Yaralla voucher to spend on meals and drinks in the bars and restaurants. WHAT’SON ENTERTAINMENT Live entertainment begins at 8pm each Friday & Saturday night in the Member’s Lounge. Friday Saturday 1 Timo 2 Jack Viljoen 8 Rock n Roll Boys 9 Jayd McKenzie Members can purchase tickets into the raffles for 15 TBA 16 Chris Bax 50c each. Bundle deals available. 22 Barlight 23 Bar light *Note – only hams available on Sunday’s 1st raffle 29 Velocity 30 Anne at 4:30pm, all other raffles will have other prizes as per usual raffles. Our full entertainment calendar for the year can be found at our website under Entertainment. RAFFLES EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY! TIP THE SCALES Let us do all the work and enjoy the day with Tuesdays - Fruit & Veg raffle family. You will be treated to a full Christmas buffet with all of your favourite trimmings whilst taking in Tickets on sale: 12:00pm the beautiful surroundings in our Events Centre. Raffle Drawn: 12:30pm There will be 1 seating this year with guests MIDDAY MEAT MANIA welcome at any time between 11:30am and Wednesday & Thursday - Meat trays 2:30pm. Tickets on sale: 12:00pm ADULT 18+ - $89.00 Raffle Drawn: 12:30pm TEEN 12 - 17 YEARS - $49.00 CHILD 0 - 11 YEARS - $0.00 (Yes, that’s FREE!) AFTERNOON RAFFLES Friday Please note: Full payment will be required at time of booking, no provisional bookings will be taken. Tickets on sale: 5:30pm Raffle Drawn: 6:30pm Bookings at gladstoneeventscentre.com.au 18 prizes Mega Meat Tray drawn at 7:30pm Saturday Tickets on sale: 6:00pm Raffle Drawn: 7:00pm 17 prizes Super Sunday Tickets on sale: 4:00pm Raffle Drawn: 4:30pm Tickets on sale: 5:30pm Raffle Drawn: 6:00pm 35 prizes in total 4979 8270 CORNER WOOD & BELL STREETS, BARNEY POINT YARALLA.COM.AU PROMOTIONS LUCK BE A LADY Win a $10,000 diamond ring this New Year’s Eve! Members who spend over $10 when they use their membership card will win entries into the fortnightly draws. Members must play the gaming machines or purchase from any of our tills at Yaralla Sports Club between specific dates to earn tickets into the draws. On the fortnightly draws, there will be four draws each night. The four winners will have the choice of picking a diamond ring box that will contain either $250, $500, $750 or $1,000 cash. A guaranteed $2,500 in cash will be given away each night. Should a winner not be present, we will continue to draw until such time as a winner is found. The final draw will also be one draw at 10:00 pm to win a $10,000 Diamond Ring or $7,000 cash. If the winner is not present, we will conduct a draw every 15 minutes for 5 x $1,000 cash draws. If a winner is not present we will continue to draw names until such time as a winner is found. GLADSTONE SHOP TO WIN Shop to Win is Gladstone’s biggest and best local cash give-away! With over 25,000 entries each year (and growing) + 25 participating retailers, the Shop To Win promo is set to be the most exciting shopping give-away on the Gladstone calendar. Do you want to win $10,000? All you need to do is shop at one of the local participants and remember to get your receipt and entry card. Fill out the card, staple your receipt to your entry and pop it in the box provided. JUNIOR SPORTS STAR TYLER PECKHAM-HARRIS – Rugby League Tyler was named Most Outstanding International Player by Gladstone Rugby League for the 2019 season and in one of the games, he kicked 7/8 conversions! He has also made Port Curtis, Central QLD Capras and the Central Crows Team. In the Junior State Championships, Tyler was an integral part of the Central team, scoring tries in both games and converting 3 goals in the final. He also travels up to Rockhampton to train for Broncos team and was asked to attend a Broncos training camp in September. He is so supportive of his team mates and loved by everyone who meets him. He is a fabulous, down-to-earth athlete and big things are in the making for this young superstar. SEBASTIAN LOWRY – Martial Arts Sebastian has been doing Jiu Jitsu for approximately 4 years. He is currently training every day and is always in competitions all over Australia. He just recently won Australian Champion for his age and weight at the Australian Jiu Jitsu Championships, held down in Melbourne in August. His dedication to his sport is amazing. He will soon be attending the Pan Pacific IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championships, which will be held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre on October 26th. Sebastian was accepted by Grappling Industries to fight men above his age and weight, winning two fights in this section. The adults he was fighting were late twenties to early thirties so it was a big challenge for him. KAILA KIRKWOOD – AFL Kaila currently plays for the B.I.T.S Saints Women’s AFL team, who finished 3rd on the AFL Capricornia ladder and was named in the Under 17 Girls Capricornia Cobras Team. The Cobras travelled to Mackay in August to compete against Mackay and Townsville, against some of the most talented player’s North QLD has to offer. Kaila was also selected to represent the Port Curtis region in Long Jump and Triple Jump, she attends school, works part time and trains several times a week. Her goal is to play for the Gold Coast Suns or Brisbane Lions one day! KANE MARTIN – Surf Lifesaving and Swimming At the QLD Short Course Champs Kane placed 3rd in the 100 m Individual Medley, 200 m Backstroke and 100 m Backstroke. Then at the QLD Sprint Champs he was able to come away with a 3rd again in the 50 m Backstroke. Kane was at the 2019 QLD Youth Championships for Surf Lifesaving and competed as an individual and in the Tannum SLSC Team A. In the team events, the boys placed 2nd in the Cameron Relay and Board Relay and in the individual events Kane place 2nd in the Surf Race (swim) and made it into the Grand Final in the Ironman. IN OTHER NEWS GLADSTONE JUNIOR GOLF CLUB NEWS The 2019 CQ Golf Calendar has just finished up with the final round played at Boyne Island Tannum Sands Golf Club last weekend.
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