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02 April AFL

Saturday, 3.35pm Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne

06 April

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

10 April

Sunday, 11.30am Frühschoppen

13 April

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

16 April AFL

Saturday, 4.35pm Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns

20 April

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

27 April

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

01 May AFL

Sunday, 1.10pm Brisbane Lions v Sydney Swans

04 May

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

08 May Mother’s Day

Sunday, 11.30am Frühschoppen

11 May

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

14 May AFL

Saturday, 7.25pm Brisbane Lions v Collingwood

18 May

Wednesday, 6.30pm 133rd Anniversary Gala Dinner Ball

25 May

Wednesday, 7.00pm $100 Lucky Draw

28 May AFL

Saturday, 1.45pm Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn

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German Club Happy Hours

Tuesday to Saturday 12pm—2pm and 5pm—6pm

We wish a speedy recovery to all our

members on the sick list!

Eine baldige Genesung für all unsere

Mitglieder, die krank sind!

Want to learn Conversational German?

For information ring: Sabina 0468 890 700

Classes are normally held on Tuesday nights

from 6.30pm-8.00pm

LIVE MUSIC

Friday and Saturday night

with Andrew

from 7.00pm in the Beer Hall

$4.10 Pots

$7.70 Pints

Sourced from 100% New South Wales Highland Orchard apples and brewed with inspiration from Germany’s famous purity laws, Ampelmann is a delicate apple cider with intense aroma of fresh Granny Smith apples. The acidity is well balanced leaving a clean a crisp finish sure to leave drinkers coming back for more.

The City of Brisbane Stamp Club “Philatelic Society”

was established over 45 years ago.

They meet at the Brisbane German Club on the third

Thursday of every month at 7.30pm.

Members usually arrive early to have

dinner in the dining room prior to

the meeting. All visitors, including

collectors and non-collectors are

most welcome!

old collections can be valued.

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Newsletter No 43 Brisbane Deutscher Turnverein Inc

416 Vulture St

East Brisbane QLD 4169

Phone: 07 3391 2434

Fax: 07 3391 1948

E-mail:

admin@brisbanegermanclub.com

www.brisbanegermanclub.com

Club Opening hours:

Monday: closed

Tues 12noon—late

Wed—Sat 11am—late

Sunday 11.30—5pm

Frühschoppen 2nd Sunday of month

Restaurant

Phone: 3391 2091

Monday: closed

Tues to Wed

12.00—2.00pm 5.00pm—8.00pm

Thurs

12.00—2.00pm 5.00pm—8.30pm

Fri/Sat

12.00—2.00pm 6.00pm—9.00pm

Sun

12.00—2.00pm

Office

Tues—Fri 9.00—5.00

Inside this issue:

Brisbane German Club News Letter

April-May 2016

From the President’s Desk

Dear Members and Friends,

Time has run by so fast and Easter has come and gone. I hope all Members and friends had a happy Easter weekend.

A big thank you to our Stammtisch Group and helpers who provided for a wonderful time at Karneval night in February. It was very well attended and everyone had a wonderful evening. Also thank you to Paula Hay for the well-presented Kinderkarneval in February. Everyone there had a good time.

Our Footy season is also starting again on 2 April. On 8 May, we will celebrate Mothers Day alongside our

monthly Frühschoppen.

On Wednesday 18 May will be our 133rd Anniversary Dinner.

I also want to say a big thank you to all the long time Club Members. Remember, if it was not for them, there would not be a German Club. We are still a social and family orientated club.

Our beer garden is taking

shape, even though the wet weather did not help, and the bench around the tree is nearly finished.

Please check all the dates at the back of our newsletter, thank you.

With regards,

Your President Horst Langer

WEDNESDAY NIGHT $100 LUCKY DRAW

Dear Members and Guests,

The Club has started holding a weekly Wednesday night lucky draw. A ticket is handed to the customer when they buy a drink e.g. Five drinks purchased equals five tickets.

Tickets are handed out from 5.00pm every Wednesday afternoon.

The draw occurs around 7.00pm. and the winner has to be at the club to collect the winnings. If the initial winner is not at the club then another ticket is drawn until the $100 is claimed.

Tickets are valid only on the night of issue.

NOTICE TO CLUB MEMBERS

As future newsletters will be sent out to our

Full Members electronically, please inform the

Club of your email address.

President’s Report 1

Lucky Draw & Notices 1

Ladies’ Group 2

Stammtisch 2

Bar News 2

Skat 2

Treffpunkt 3

Liedertafel/Liederkranz 3

Events Calendar 4 Don’t forget to

book a table for

Mother’s Day &

Frühschoppen

at the Club on

Sunday 8 May! Every mother will receive a rose and a free

glass of champagne on arrival.

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Stammtisch News

Stammtisch Karneval was a massive hit! The most colourful event of the year earned its place in the Brisbane German Club’s event calendar. Everyone’s creativity, dancing skills, extraordi-nary prices and loyal sponsors — not forgetting our amazing “decorational volunteers” — helped us to celebrate our fifth anniversary with a huge ALAAF!

Easter has come and gone with a sweet little event following the tradition of “Eierkullern”, in which you roll (not throw) your egg down a light slope. If yours rolls the furthest without breaking, you are the WINNER! This is an

exciting little event loved by old and young and a great chance to catch up socially outside the Club.

Our monthly meetings (first Tuesday of the month)

saw the Keller packed. New faces join every week.

Some travel on, some stay on. It seems we now have

three generations joining which is fantastic – kids,

parents and grandparents!

If you’d like to join us, please find us on Facebook or email us. Our details are to the left.

Gruesse, Katrin and Claudi

Frauengruppe/Ladies’ Auxiliary News

Dear Members and Friends,

It has been a somewhat quiet period for the Ladies Group. We had the Kinder-Karneval on Sunday 28 February which was a great success. Paula Hay organised a terrific fancy dress party for schoolchildren who are learning to speak German. The children had fun dancing and playing games.

Wolfhardt and Dorit acted as “Prince and Princess” and handed out the prizes for the best costumes and lollies to all children.

We are also keeping busy providing raffle prizes for the Frühschoppen every 2nd Sunday of the month.

Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday 8 May and as always we will decorate the tables with flowers, napkins and nibbles. Every mother will get a rose and a free glass of champagne on arrival.

Our next big project will be to organise the decorations for the Club’s 133rd Anniversary Ball to be held on Wednesday night 18 May 2016.

We hope you enjoyed a Happy Easter Holiday and collected lots of Easter Eggs!

Best Regards,

Ingrid and Dorit

Bar News

Dear Members and Guests,

I am happy to report that Fischer’s is back on

Tap and will remain so. Also Schneider-

Weisse is available again in bottles.

This year, Saturday 23 April will mark the

500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, the

German Purity Law. This law stated that beer

can only contain water, malt, hops and water.

We at the Brisbane German Club will be sure

to mark this very special occasion.

On the evening of Saturday 23 April, the first 100

people attending the club in German National Dress

will receive a complimentary Pretzel and a Pot of beer.

In addition, two lucky attendees in National Dress will

also win $250. It will be a great night, there will be

entertainment from Andrew and our Dance Group

will be performing so be sure to dust off your

Lederhosen and Dirndls and make a booking.

Tchűss,

Tony

“Beer….Now there’s a temporary solution!” - Homer Simpson

Stammtisch

We meet in the Club’s

Keller Bar every Tuesday

from 6.00pm.

For more information, or

to get involved please

email:

Brisbane_stammtisch @hotmail.com

or visit:

facebook.com/groups/brisbanestammtisch

Ladies

“Kaffee-Klatsch”

We meet in the Keller Bar every 3rd Thursday of the month from 11am—3pm.

For more information, please contact:

Gerda (07) 3821 7340

Skat News

Hello Skatfreunde,

Bei unserem February Skat waren 10 Spieler anwesend. Den ersten Preis erspielte sich P. Sturm mit 2321 Punkten.

Weitere Platzierungen wie folgt:

2. M. Heise 2316 Pk. 3. S. Svarbic 2242 Pk.

Bei unserem March Skat waren 11 Spieler anwesend. Den ersten Preis erspielte sich P. Kuether mit 2644 Punkten.

Weitere Platzierungen wie folgt:

2. G. Ertel 2490 Pk. 3. W. Bummer 2423 Pk.

Wir spielen Preis Skat jeden zweiten Sonntag im Monat, Startzeit 11.00 Uhr. Jeden zweiten Mittwoch spielen wir unseren Freundschafts Skat, Startzeit 14.30 Uhr.

Gut Blatt, Werner Simke

Skat:

Für weitere auskunft:

Werner Simke

3300 2565

0410 118 371

Join us for the 500th

Anniversary of the

Reinheitsgebot on

Saturday 23 April!

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Brackenreg and Chris Fletcher

resigned their posts at the

previous meeting. The new

V i c e - P re s i d e n t o f t h e

“Treffpunkt” is Lucas Rietberg

and the new Treasurer is Amir

Hayfa. Congratulations to both

members on their new posts!

The Treffpunkt had adopted

Walter Borell’s RAAF dog,

Ferris, as its mascot. Sadly, for

us, Ferris had to go to his new

handler on 17 March for

further RAAF dog training.

Regards, Monika

“Treffpunkt” Social Club News

Mario and the boys have been busy

building a seat around the tree in

the beer garden for members to sit

on and contemplate the beauty of

their surroundings. The back

garden will be tackled next once

the front garden is finished.

There will also be more informal

trips held, such as camping trips,

over the weekends throughout the

year as well as other sporting

activities. Please contact Mario, our

event organiser, for information.

Our next meeting will be held on

Sunday 8 May 2016 at 11.30am.

We held an election on Sunday 13

March 2016 for a new Vice-

President and Treasurer as Stuart

Come and join us!

BUS TRIP TO LAIDLEY

ON SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016

The Treffpunkt are planning a bus trip to Laidley on Saturday 7 May 2016.

The bus will depart the Club at 8am sharp. For bookings and more details please contact Mario. Pictured: Matthias Schäfer and Luke Mathers enjoy Frühschoppen at the Club after the “Treffpunkt” Social Club elections on 13 March.

Contacts:

Mario

0414 294 568

Michael

0403 511 543

Oleg

0412 227 158

Monika

3397 0971

Liedertafel /

Liederkranz

Choir Practice:

Tuesday

6.30-9.00pm

For information ring:

Rainer 3821 5223

Karl 3848 9650

Monika 3397 0971

mariakortz@

bigpond.com

Liedertafel/Liederkranz News

Dear Music Lovers,

There are a lot of singers on the

sick list at the moment. Our Vice-

President Peter Jansen had a bad

break recently, mainly his hip and

shoulder, when he slipped from a

rock into the ocean during a

fishing trip. He is resting up in

North Coast hospital until he can

be transported back to Brisbane.

Also on the sick list are Hans

Rennett and Gerhard Schulze.

We wish you all a speedy recovery.

We have welcomed a new singer

in our midst, Renate Augsten.

We hope you’re going to enjoy

your stay with us.

Members who celebrating their

birthday during March-May are:

Gerhard Schulze (80) on 25

March; Rosalie Russell (80) on 7

April; Irma Pettrup (85) on 13

April; and Michael Boehm (65)

on 14 May. Congratulations on

r e a c h ing t ho se m a g i c a l

milestones!

We hope you had a Happy

Easter Holiday and collected

lots of Easter Eggs.

Monika Kortz (Secretary)

The theme for our

Annual Concert on

Sunday 31 July

will be a trip through the

Black Forest.

Alpenrosen Practice:

Thursday

5.30pm—9.30pm

For more information

please ring:

Rae Onger 3359 0260

IN MEMORIAM

Primo Pin 22.01.1939 — 28.02.2016

Accordion player with the

Jägermeister Band

Full Member, joined 02.07.2000

Karl Kaindestorfer 02.05.1943 — December 2015 Full Member, joined 09.08.2012

Lieselotte Reinke 08.12.1921 — 16.03.2016

Full Member, joined 12.11.1998

VALE

Our deepest sympathy goes to their

Above: Irish Choir concert on Sunday 20 March

Above: Guests enjoying Karneval on Saturday 06 February