NOVEMBER 2014: ‘WHAT’S DOING?’

VOL 11

PLEASE NOTE: The Club will cease trading at 5pm on Monday 24th November as

we will be celebrating our annual staff Christmas party. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

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SECRETARY MANAGER’S REPORT:

Hi Members,

Our busiest time of the year is just around the corner and we have arranged some fantastic events

and activities for the festive season. The Outlook Brasserie is putting on a delicious seafood platter for

Melbourne Cup on Tuesday the 4th November, take a look at the detailed menu on page 4 . We’ll also

be televising the race on our new HD projector screen in the bistro, so you’ll be guaranteed a great

view while you enjoy your lunch and maybe a champagne or two.

This year we have our annual Kid’s Christmas Party and Toy Raffle, which will be held on Sunday the

7th December, doors open at 12pm and the event runs from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. The major prize will

be a 32GB iPad Air! Take a look on page 15 for full details of the day . Tickets will be on sale from the

1st November at Reception ($1 per strip of 6 tickets) and you must be here on the day to pick your

prizes.

The Elton John Tribute Show will be at Penshurst RSL on Saturday 22nd November, doors will be open-

ing at 8pm for an 8.30pm start. Call our friendly reception staff on 9580 3749 to book your spot, tick-

ets are just $10 each.

One of our more familiar staff members, Sue Turrall, has announced she will be retiring on the 6th De-

cember. On behalf of the Board of Directors and all the staff, we would like to thank Sue for her 29.5

years of service and wish her well in the future. Sue has played an integral part as a Supervisor in the

Club and will be missed by all, including many of our members.

We are constantly looking at ways to improve the quality of our services and value our members and guests feedback as part of this process. If you wish to share your thoughts on any aspect of the Club operations, please see our Reception staff to obtain a Penshurst RSL feedback form.

Regards,

Chris Hendley

The Outlook Brasserie Melbourne Cup Menu 4

Sub-Clubs News 4-9

The Elton John Tribute Show 12

Kids Christmas Party & Toy Raffle 14

This Month’s Major Raffle Prize 16

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

MONTHLY CALENDAR

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MONDAYS

10am-11.30am

Gentle Exercise Class

1pm

Seniors Meet-ing

5.00-7.00pm

Happy Hour

6.45pm

Salsa Dance Classes

TUESDAYS

10.30am

Indoor Bowls

5.00pm-7.00pm

Happy Hour

From 6.00pm

Members Cash Jackpot Draw

(5 draws)

LTPS/13/10332

From 7.00pm

Zumba

WEDNESDAYS

5.oopm Meat Raffle

Draw starts at 6.30pm

Meat, fruit, vegies & seafood vouchers to be

won!!!

5.00pm-7.00pm

Happy Hour

THURSDAYS

11.00—1pm

Bingo

2pm

New Vogue Dancing

5.00pm-7.00pm

Happy Hour

FRIDAYS

11.00—1pm

Bingo

Free live Entertainment from 7.30pm

Fri 7th - Phil Simmons Fri 14th - GTS Fri 21st - The Donovans Fri 28th– The Spit-Roasting Bibbers Duo

Penshurst RSL JRLFC

Meat Raffles from 6.30pm

Happy Hour

5.00pm—7.00pm

SATURDAYS

Race Day 1.00pm—3.00pm

Happy Hour

KARAOKE!

Saturday 1st and 15th

From 7.30pm

SUNDAYS

Champagne Breakfast

from 9.15am to 10.30am

($8 members

$11 non members)

5pm SUPER Meat Raffle

Draw starts 6.30pm

Meat, fruit, veges & seafood vouchers to be

won

Penshurst R.S.L. Phone: 02 9580 3749 Website:

58a Penshurst Street PENSHURST NSW 2222

NOVEMBER SPECIAL

EVENTS:

TUE 4th Melbourne Cup

WED 19th Major Prize Raffle

SAT 22nd The Elton John Tribute Show

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THE OUTLOOK BRASSERIE NEWS:

PENSHURST RSL TRAVEL CLUB

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It’s spring, so a day visiting the tulips was organised for 3 October. It was decided to bypass the enormous crowds of Floriade and Berrima, and instead enjoy a coach trip to the little-known Tulip Top Gardens at Sutton near the ACT.

There was a brief stop at Mittagong for morning tea, before the 41 of us continued our jour-ney. The gardens were located just a few km past Lake George, with a large sign and several banners on the Federal Highway making them impossible to miss! After collecting our admis-sion tickets at the top gate, we walked the curved downward path to the hidden valley be-low. Pretty blossom trees lined the way, but, around the corner, the sight that stretched ahead took our breath away. The limited information available states that the gardens were established in 1997, comprise 10 acres, are family-owned and only open for four weeks each

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spring.

Nothing could have prepared us for what obviously is a mind-boggling amount of work over 11 months of the year by just two people – a thousand blossom trees which would need pruning, and thousands upon thousands of tulips in all colours and varieties. They were complimented by sev-eral flower varieties such as daffo-dils, and pansies were a popular choice for the garden borders. Over half a million bulbs and flow-ers (grown from seedlings) are planted by hand (and then dug up) each year - an astonishing feat! Several willow trees not only completed this pretty picture, but provided shade around the grounds where plenty of seating was on offer. A free sausage or egg sandwich was in-cluded in the entry fee, as was free tea and coffee all day. Other food was on sale at very reasonable prices; there were a few stalls where it was possible to purchase paintings, glass jewellery etc., and a plant nursery. Picnics and leashed dogs are encouraged. We admired the small waterfall and surrounding plants located in one corner of the property, and some of us ventured up to the 70-metre high lookout. At 2.30 pm, it was time to drag ourselves away and, including a comfort stop at Sutton Forest, we were back at Penshurst by 5.30 pm. It had been a really lovely day and we had been blessed with perfect weather.

If you are a member of Penshurst RSL Club and you’d like to join our travel club for just $6 a year, please contact us at: pentravelclub@bigpond.com or visit our website: http://pentravelclub.weebly.com for further information.

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The Probus aim is to provide through social interaction and activities, an opportunity for retired or semi-retired men and women to expand their interests and to enjoy the fellowship of new friends. The motto of Probus is fellowship, friendship and fun.

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Sub-Branch President John Hoban presents

Vera Ward with a Certificate of Appreciation

Sub-Branch President John Hoban presents Ernest Adams (left) & Norm Sandstrom (right) with

50 Years Service certificates

This month Sub-Branch members Norm Sand-

strom and Gwen Swadling were both pre-

sented with awards at the Annual St George

Community Awards night at Club Central on

October 2 2014

For Sub-Branch members the Christmas

Cheer function will be held on Sunday 14th

December after the main meeting.

The Probus Club of Penshurst meets at the Penshurst RSL on the first Wednesday of each month at 10.15am with guest speakers talking on a range of interesting topics.

Our November activities include a barbeque, walks/outings, December is our Christmas lunch at Penshurst RSL and a day coach trip to Wisemans Ferry and surrounding areas.

We are currently seeking new members and would welcome enquiries from both men and women who would be interested in joining our club. Contact details are as follows:

David Rae: Ph. 9533.2506: Mobile 0404842506: email: dnrae@optusnet.com.au OR Join us at the Penshurst RSL Auditorium first Wednesday of the month at 10.15am; you will be made most welcome.

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PRSL YOUTH SWIM CLUB What a brilliant start we’ve had to the season. Already we have over 95 members (re)registered. It’s delightful to see all those familiar faces back in our pool and great to see so many new ones too. Our Committee is evolving each month and we are very pleased to announce that a Learn-to-swim dad, Chris Gericke, has put his hand up to take on the position of Honorary Club Treasurer. Thank you Chris. During August Coach Vince trained our new teachers & offered a refresher course to those teachers returning this season in all manner of techniques to get the very best out of our little Learn-to-swim students. It was wonderful to see how dedicated our 22 Senior Squad teachers are to helping your children learn to swim. This season we welcome Ben Oliver, Eden Mc Sheffrey & Ryan Little to the fold. You guys are going to be GREAT teachers. CPR Course Committed to bettering our Swim Club and therefore our teachers, by any means possible, on Saturday 13 September we paid to have our teachers and senior swimmers take part in a Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course. It was so well received that we intend to run it annually. Thank you Penshurst RSL for permitting us to hold the course onsite in the Legends Lounge. It is with great pride that we advise that the following 26 Swim Club Teachers, Senior Squad, AustSwim Supervisors & volunteer parents are now fully qualified to administer CPR. Congratulations to you all. Stefanie Boots Matthew Boots Brendon Bottos Lecia Bottos Vince Bottos Ashlee Day Taylor Day Casey Day Ben Dibdin Thomas Dibdin Anna Dvorak Chris Gericke Callum Gibson Ashleigh Hollis Diana Hollis Anthony King Angus Little Ryan Little Bridie McIntyre Eilish McIntyre Niamh McIntyre Eden McSheffrey Cameron Murden Courtney Murden Ben Oliver & Ray Roy. Teacher appreciation weekend In November, Swim Club is taking our learn-to-swim teachers (13yrs-20yrs) away for the weekend. The purpose of the weekend is to say “thank you” to our teachers for volunteering their time each week to teach your children to swim. It’s also a great excuse for a little “team bonding” mixed in with a modicum of outdoor adventure. We are off to Camp Wambaroo in the Southern Highlands. As well as having some well-earned rest and relaxation, our teachers will be partaking in such activities as archery & raft building, giant swing & flying fox. Weather permitting there will be a bonfire on Saturday night – perhaps we should learn how to make s’mores? We can’t wait to show

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you some great photos next newsletter Club Captains. We would like to introduce you to our 2014/15 Penshurst RSL Youth Swim Club Captains and Vice Captains. These four senior members (amazingly) share almost 40-years of Swim Club experience between them. There’s nothing they don’t know about Swim Club. Brendon Bottos-Vice Captain, Callum Gibson-Captain, Eilish McIntyre-Captain & Lecia Bottos-Vice Captain are there to help all swimmers during Saturday lessons; but there’s no doubt that they come into their own at Zone Carnivals where they are especially good at looking after our new & inexperienced zone representative swimmers. We encourage our parents to introduce their little swimmers to our Captains and Vice Captains so that they will always have a friendly face and an exemplary role model to look to. The Representative Season is upon us. Our new Swim Club shirts have arrived and look great on our Club representatives. Our first carnival was held at Botany Aquatic Centre on October 18th. We were elated that we had 46 swimmers attend & over the moon at our brilliant results. Congratulations Swimmers, well done. Limited Availability. Currently we have a few vacancies in Stroke Development - 7.40am Saturday mornings and Learn-to-swim – 8.20am Saturday mornings. Please let us know if you are interested in taking up one of these. Remember to quote your RSL membership number for priority placement.. Leonie Bottos - Swim Club Registrar. Swim Club: 9596-4243 contact@myswimclub.com.au Find us on Facebook.

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Penshurst Under 14s and Under 15s take home the shield in the Grand Finals!

Sunday the 30th August saw 3 Penshurst RSL Panthers teams in the Grand Finals with the 14s and 15s playing at home at Olds Park whilst the 11s had to be transferred to Macquarie Univer-sity due the wet weather. The under 11s played hard but went down fighting against Miranda whilst the Panthers Under 14s and Under 15s were victorious against some tough opposition.

The senior club presentation will be on 11th October whilst the AGM is on Tuesday 21st Octo-ber 2014, 7.30pm in Penshurst RSL Club White Room. All Club positions are declared vacant during the AGM and then filled for the 2015 year.

All nominations for Coaching, Manager and Committee positions need to be emailed to the Secretary, Adrian Buncle, albuncle@optusnet.com.au by Friday 17th October 2014.

For all the details and latest club news visit our website www.penshurstpanthers.com.au .

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PENSHURST RSL

PANTHERS JUNIOR AFL CLUB

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MELBOURNE CUP

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT:

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KIDS XMAS PARTY

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MONTHLY MAJOR PRIZE: