The Carbiner “For sport and for good fellowship” THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CARBINE CLUB EDITION 17 of 2019- 11 Oct CC QLDNews CCSA SANFL GF Luncheon Upcoming Events for your Diary The Carbiner is also available on the Club website at www.thecarbineclub.org (All contributions to the newsletter are welcomed- please send to: The Editor, Merv Hill - [email protected]) See the next edition of The Carbiner for words and pics from the 56th AFL Grand Final Luncheon 1 | P a g e CARBINER 17- 2019 The Carbine Club of Queensland At the recent QRL Awards night held at the Brisbane Town Hall attended by 400 guests the Carbine Club of Queensland’s Pedro Gallagher Rookie of the Year Award was presented to Tom Gilbert from the Townsville Blackhawks by CCQLD member Peter Gwynne The QRL thanked the Carbine Club for the continued support and gave us two photos from the night showing Peter with Tom Gilbert and again with legendary Mal Meninga. The next QLD event is the Bill Brown Medal Award lunch on 19 Nov at The Cricketers Club. 2 CARBINER 17- 2019 Carbine Club of South Australia – SANFL GF Luncheon The Carbine Club of South Australia Inc., celebrated the 2019 SANFL Grand Final with a feast of football activity in the William Magarey Room at Adelaide Oval. Hosted by Channel 7’s Sports presenter, Mark Soderstrom, there was a wide range of football identities to speak with and in his most genial way, he was able to get the responses that he was seeking. On the day David Shipway AM launched a new initiative for SA – Sport scholarship. Indy Tahau a very keen 17-year-old women’s footballer from Reynella High School was presented with a cheque to assist her development as a young player. L-R: David Shipway AM & Indy Tahau Mark Soderstrom interviewed Indy who comes from a family of 9 children and enjoys her newfound sport in football. She is striving to achieve AFL status and hopes to prove herself worthy in the 2020 season. Glenelg Football Club Coach Mark Stone was very reflective of the season and quietly confident that his team has every chance to pull off the Grand Final this year. The Glenelg season has been consistent having finished minor premiers. There must be one coach in the mix who could prove that the Magpies will be unstoppable in the Grand Final. Matthew has a baby on the way and will be more than busy in the next few months prior to season 2020. His form with the team all season has been exceptional and should prove a strong competitor against Glenelg. The umpires were a talking point for Soda – he always happens to find a “virgin” umpire on the day. L-R: Andrew Crosby, Tom Bryce (virgin ump) and Mitch Harris 3 CARBINER 17- 2019 Luke Partington was hard at work studying for his upcoming teaching exams @ Flinders University prior to speaking with Soda – he has achieved the Magarey Medal status this year and will prove that a potential career as a high school teacher will stand him in good stead for his future. Luke is a strong family man and supports his mum and siblings – a very focused player and asset for Glenelg. Solitaire once again formed a partnership with Carbine Club sponsoring the Guest Speaker – Mark Williams for the luncheon and presented the Jaguar XE and Jaguar F-PACE SVR to our 550 strong crowd. Key note speaker for the day – Mark Williams entertained the crowd with a very engaging reflection on the Williams family and his meteoric rise to achieve many goals in life, and also now mentors many AFL and VFL players through his business “Champion Teams”. The Governor His Excellency Hieu Van Le (centre) always attends the footy lunch and enjoys the entertainment. As Patron of the SA chapter, he is very engaged in local events and the SANFL Grand Final is certainly one he is passionate about. John Olsen AO Chairman of the SANFL Commission (right of Governor) was pleased with a strong SANFL Grand Final coming up between Port Glenelg. The raffle for Novita always raises a large figure – the box next to Russell Ebert (ambassador for Novita) says it all! Over $16,000 was raised via the raffle and ball ticket – Burley Seekham kindly donated the balls that were raffled on the day too. L-R: David Myers – Pres, CCSA, Mark Williams and David Shipway AM The day went well with a very impressive line-up of past players and medalists from days gone by. L-R: Legend Medalist players Ken Eustice, John Halbert OBE and Neil Kerley OAM 4 CARBINER 17- 2019 2019 Calendar of Events On today, 11 Oct ! 18 Oct TAS - Caulfield Cup Luncheon & AGM , Wrest Point Derwent Room 25 Oct WA - Members Only Luncheon, The Shoe Function Room 25 Oct HK - International Cricket Lunch 25 Oct NT - Cox Plate Eve Luncheon, Wharf One 25 Oct Vanuatu - MO Luncheon, Blue Marlin 26 Oct PNG - Cox Plate Day, Aviat Club 1 Nov VIC - VRC Derby Eve Luncheon, Crown Palladium 4 Nov London - AGM & Melbourne Cup Eve Dinner, The Alfred Tennyson 12 Nov HK - Golf Day (MO), Shek O Golf & Country Club 15 Nov PNG - MO Lunch, National Football Stadium 19 Nov QLD - Cricket Lunch, Queensland Cricketers Club 22 Nov WA - Racing Luncheon, Hyatt Regency 28 Nov SA - Test Cricket Luncheon, William Magarey Room, Adelaide Oval 28 Nov Vanuatu - MO Luncheon, Blue Marlin 2 Dec ACT - Russell Parkes Memorial Golf Day, Royal Canberra 2 Dec ACT - Christmas Cocktail Party, RCGC (Members & Guests) 6 Dec HK - International Racing Lunch 6 Dec PNG - Members Xmas Cocktail Party, Crown Hotel 6 Dec NT - Christmas Dinner, Char Restaurant 6 Dec ACT - AGM Lunch, Jim Murphy’s Boardroom (MO) 6 Dec QLD - Christmas Lunch 6 Dec NSW - Members End of Year Lunch, Members Pavilion, SCG 11 Dec WA - Cricket Luncheon, Royal Perth Golf Club 11 Dec VIC - Members Xmas Lunch, RACV 13 Dec S’pore - Christmas Lunch, Grand Hyatt Hotel 5 .