OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2004 Celebrate Oktoberfest with us and soak up the fun and excitement of famous German hospitality! $5 GERMAN WIN $15,000 OR MORE! MEAL DEALS ALL MONTH! Full details pages 8 & 9 Full details pages 6 & 7 Authorised by NSW Permit No. TPL 04/09964 Board of Directors President’s Update OKTOBERFEST ARRIVES AND MEMBERSHIP NUMBER Alan Overton OAM AM Fellow Members President/Chairman DRAWS CONTINUE! The past month has seen the passing of three Wednesday 1 September marked the Welcome to the October/November Furthermore, from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 in the Cumberland Lounge every weekend. of the Leagues Club’s and Football Club’s long- commencement of the State Government’s edition of the Bulletin! October, we are celebrating Oktoberfest in Plus Australian legendary entertainer, John serving offi cials and members. Club Patron, staged increase in poker machine taxation. I trust you will enjoy reading about all of true party mode in the Cumberland Lounge, Williamson, appears in our Showroom on Colonel Jack Argent OBE OAM ED, passed The ClubsNSW organised rally in Hyde the exciting activities we have lined up for with live bands, German beer and buxom Friday 12 November. Hurry and purchase Don Ritchie away on 18 August, aged 99 years. On 7 Park and march down Macquarie Street frauleins. your tickets for this one, as it is sure to be October and November here at Parramatta Deputy Chairman August, past Director of the Football Club and to Parliament House was well attended by Leagues. Our Membership Number Megacash a sell-out! Leagues Club Keith Gillett passed away, aged Parramatta Leagues Club members, staff, Our catchphrase at Parramatta Leagues is Draw continues and runs right through to Thanks once again for being a member of 84. Leagues Club Foundation Member and Eels players and coaches. It was great December. So make sure you are at the Club “the place to play” and we look forward to that “we’re the place to play” – and we are Life Member Frank Keane, aged 86, passed to see two of our local State Members of Wednesdays at 6.30pm and Saturdays at 2pm, your patronage over the months leading up certainly living up to that brand message away on 31 August. Parliament, Tanya Gadiel (Parramatta) and Where to fi nd us... in case your membership number is drawn. to the Festive Season! Ron Hilditch during the months leading up to Christmas! We are indebted to all these men for Pam Allan (Wentworthville) there supporting Personally claim the prize within 4 minutes Cheers our group. Thank you to all who participated We have gone “German” during October, with Director their dedicated service to our wonderful and you will walk away at least $15,000 richer! in our endeavour to demonstrate to the our exciting Oktoberfest Festival providing organisation over many years, especially Full details on pages 6 and 7 of this Bulletin. Government the wide-ranging impact these you with European style fun throughout the to Jack Argent. Our Clubs may not have Also check out pages 12 and 13 for details tax increases will have on our Clubs and our month! At the Park Brasserie during October, existed at all if it were not for Jack’s of our huge “Christmas Cash Stocking community. you can enjoy a delicious German lunch or relentless efforts to establish the Parramatta Sweepstakes”,Sweepstakes”, wherewhere youyou couldcould winwin DrDr MichaelMichael JohnsonJohnson dinner for just $5. District Rugby League Club in 1947, followed The 2004 NRL Premiership is about to enter $25,000 cash! Again, this is a members’ only Director by the Parramatta Leagues Club in 1959. the fi nal series and, unfortunately, the Eels This is once again a member’s only offer, promotion.promotion. IfIf youyou areare atat thethe ClubClub forfor thethe DrawDraw Colonel Argent was honoured with a military will not be participating this year. However, demonstrating to you the value of being a on December 20 and claim the prize within funeral at All Saints Church, Parramatta, on our Premier League and Jersey Flegg teams member of this great Club. After all, where 4 minutes,minutes, wewe willwill doubledouble thethe giveawaygiveaway toto Tuesday 24 August. Jack’s family must have have made the fi nal series of the NSW Rugby else in Sydney could you get such a delicious $50,000 cash! Try fi nding that sort of offer at been proud to see the hundreds of people in League competitions and we wish them good meal for just $5? See full details of this any other Club in Australia! Freddy Fajardo Chris Jurd attendance, including friends, politicians, luck in their respective fi nals campaigns. The fantastic offer on page 8 of this Bulletin. Marketing Manager And of course we have our free entertainment Director Eels players, past and present, colleagues Two Blues Rugby season is also drawing to a and associates from the military, club and close and while we have not made the fi nals CLUB TRADING HOURS Café Tahoe building industries, all acknowledging and in this competition, the season saw some Monday to Thursday: 9.30am – 4am Monday to Thursday: 9.30am – 2am paying respect to the achievements of this improved form over last year. Friday: 9.30am – 4am Friday: 9.30am – 6am remarkable man. The Club’s Chief Executive, There are some exciting promotions Saturday: 11am - 4am Peter Miller Saturday: 9am – 6am Denis Fitzgerald, delivered one of the eulogies planned for the next few months, including ADMINISTRATION Sunday: 11am - 2am Director Sunday: 9am – 4am at Colonel Argent’s funeral and this address, another Members’ Mega Cash Draw and an ABN 52 000 218 655 Cumberland Coffee Lounge Reception which gives a snapshot of Jack’s involvement Oktoberfest celebration, so I look forward to Patron Sunday to Thursday: 11am – 10pm in the Club’s history, has been reprinted on Monday to Wednesday: 9.30am – 1am Friday & Saturday: 11am – 2am seeing many of you in and around the Club. Billy Rayner page 4 of this Bulletin. Thursday & Friday: 9.30am – 2am Where to fi nd us Cumberland Bar I do hope you took the opportunity during Alan Overton OAM AM Saturday: 9am – 3am Sunday to Thursday: 11am – 10pm Gary Morris 13-15 O’Connell Street Parramatta NSW 2150 August to visit the Club and participate in Sunday: 9am – midnight Friday: 11am – 2am President/Chairman Mail PO Box 2428 North Parramatta NSW 1750 Director the ‘Auction Dollars’ promotion. There were Email [email protected] Ticketek Saturday: 11am – 2am some great items on offer, including household Online www.parraleagues.com.au Monday to Friday: 9am – 7pm Sterlo’s Sports Bar appliances, holidays and a car, which were How to contact us by telephone Saturday & Sunday: 9am – 5pm Sunday to Thursday: 10am – 10pm very keenly contested at the two auction General Enquiries (02) 8833 0777 Friday: 10am – midnight Parra Footy Heaven nights held during the month. Congratulations Functions (02) 8833 0717 Saturday: 10am – 1am Denis Fitzgerald AM Sunday & Monday: 9.30am – 9pm Ticketek (02) 8833 0798 to all the successful bidders and thank you for HUUJ Nightclub Chief Executive Parramatta Two Blues Club (02) 9635 7544 Tuesday to Saturday: 9.30am – 10pm your support of this promotion. Saturday: 10pm – 4am* Parramatta Eels (02) 8843 0300 Function Enquiries * subject to change without notice Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Union (02) 8843 0371 Monday to Friday: 9.30am – 5.30pm How to contact us by fax Park Brasserie WELCOME BACK! Administration (02) 8833 0789 Published by Parramatta Leagues Club Lunch A reminder that our renewals period kicks off on 1 November 2004. 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Parramatta Leagues Club which opened CDSE on 22 August 1959 with the Colonel being Overton OAM AM, made presentations on Although Parramatta didn’t enter the Charitable Funding the Club’s fi rst Secretary-Manager. The behalf of our Club to: Aunties & Uncles Co- NSW Rugby League competition until The presentation morning for the local original building cost 77,000 pound with Operative Family Project, Chinese Elderly 1947, Jack Argent and a group of Community Development Support many of the Football Club’s players and Welfare Association, Wayback Committee Parramatta identities were attempting Expenditure (CDSE) Scheme annual funding and Holroyd-Parramatta Mobile Minders. Foundation Members of the Leagues was held at The Epping Club on Thursday to convince the New South Wales Rugby Further (Category One) funding grants Club, doing voluntary work on the building 2 September 2004. Representatives from League to accept Parramatta into the have also been provided by the Club to: to keep the cost down. To this day many a number of Clubs within the Parramatta competition in the mid-1930’s. The Northcott Society, Ronald McDonald of the members still fondly refer to the District were in attendance to make House, Parramatta Mission, The Salvation Jack Argent and Jack Scullin went their formal presentations to successful (L to R) Sharon Wilson, Alan Overton OAM AM, Club, as, “the House that Jack built”.