FTT Newsletter #4

September 2014

Welcome FTT members. The FTT team has

been busy over the last few months. We

have held several functions and made a

major commitment to sponsor Ben Wright a

Powerlifter striving to make the Australian

Powerlifting team and then qualify and be

selected in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Check out Ben’s latest results (154kg lift) at wheelchairsportswa.org.au/powerlifters-raise-the-bar/ Congratulations to Ben who has made the

Australian team competing in the Malaysian

Open Powerlifting Championships in KL in

November 2013.

Also, welcome to all our new FTT members,

we hope you can attend a few of our

functions throughout the year.

October 6th FTT AGM BBQ (pronounced Fttag-mmm-baa-bee-queue)

Sunday the 6th of October at 4pm we have our very first AGM. If you would

like to come along or have something to say, please drop me an email.

Normal AGM activities will occur as per the agenda on the AGM invite.

October 26th – A day at the Belmont races

We are heading back to the races. We have organised entry onto the

course, a three course lunch and a bottle of wine on the table in the Terrace

area, all for only $57. You can then have a little flutter on the horses and a

day out. If you are interested please let myself or Mike Heath know and we

will book you a place.

November, December and beyond

At the AGM we will be setting out upcoming 2013 and 2014 events

calendar, so please keep an eye out for emails on what’s coming up next.

Christmas lunch? Our Christmas lunch last year was held at the Court

Wine Bar. Unfortunately since then the bar has closed�, so we will be

looking for a new venue and will get more details to you soon.

As we head into the ‘silly’ season we will be trying to find a couple of worthy

events for FTT to volunteer and help out those in need.

The inaugural FTT Committee are

Mark Allday, Mike Heath, Steve

Charles, Gerry Killian, Neil Jones,

Jay Wilhelm and Mike O’Reilly.

Contact us for more details if you

would like to be more involved.

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We had a BBQ planned for the kids and

parents at the hospital, but due to bad

weather the BBQ was cancelled. We will be

looking to lock another one in early in 2014.

What a great turn out. Thanks to everyone that

turned up on the night@ We had two tables going all

night and raised a total of $540. There were plenty

of prizes handed out and a lot was learnt. Huge

thanks to Kelvin for running the night, teaching us all

the basics and some of the more detailed rules of

the game. Thanks also to Adam for running the

second table and handing out a poker lesson to all

of us, except Merv who managed to get the better of

him in the second game.

I felt like a real novice (that’s me on the right), but I

learnt a lot.

It was such a success it will be on the events

calendar in 2014, for sure!

Can you explain that to

me again please Kelvin?

In June, members of the committee were invited to attend a

basketball game as part of our process to determine if we

thought FTT could be more involved with Wheelchair sports.

It resulted in a great turnout of FTT members to a basketball

game in July@ see how many on the next page!

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The game was fast@ furious@ skilful... with plenty

of hits and spills. It was incredible to watch and

very entertaining.

Over 40 FTT members, family, friends and their

children turned up to see the Perth Wheelcats have

a huge win. We filled a section of the grandstand

and made nearly as much noise as 43,500 Dockers

fans on a Saturday night. And as an added bonus

the Wheelcats had a huge win. FTT members

donated $320 to the Wheelchair sports just on

donations at the door, let alone the raffle tickets

sales. Thanks again for coming along.

DEFENCE!!!! DEFENCE!!!!

The night started with us screaming at the TV to see Port beat Collingwood. How

good was that!!! Then we were all introduced to Ben Wright and found out a lot

more about Ben’s story and his aspirations to lift over 200kg and eventually make

the Australian team to represent Australia at the Rio Olympics. He even offered

to have ‘FTT’ tattooed onto his forehead. Now that’s commitment!

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The night then degraded into a combination of drinking, eating, jokes, quizzes and

the hunt for the rare but popular ca-chinkas. The competition hotted up for prizes

with first and last positions swapping around until Neil shot to the lead mid-season

and Mackie grabbed hold of last place with both hands@ and that is where they

both stayed!

1st Neil Jones 147

2nd Rod McQuade 144

3rd Mike Heath 143

4th Tim Wilhelm 142

5th Jamie Torrens 141

Mark Brown 141

Todd James 141

8th Tony Fraser 140

9th Mark Allday 139

Nick Hopkin 139

Peter Connell 139

Steve O’Reilly 139

Troy Rudrum 139

Warren Hawes 139

15th Don Mercer 138 Last Mackenzie Jones 112

Full results were sent out a couple of weeks ago

Hope you all had a great night@ we raised well over $1500 that will go towards

our sponsorship to help Ben lift half a house. Same again next year?

I’m winning

Not any more!

Me... king … of the long

lost Ca-Chinka tribe.

I’m soooo

embarrassed

I look good

in this hat

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A huge thanks to all our sponsors on the night. Please support them where and

whenever you can@

And of course, thanks to our hosts Mike and Leanne for letting us use their home.

Next year’s footy trip will align with the Melbourne Comedy Festival which runs from

Wednesday the 26th of March to Sunday the 20th of April. Once the AFL releases

the 2014 fixtures, we will let you know which weekend we are planning to go.

But@start planning for it now by saving those Frequent Flyer Points.

This is always a good weekend and always a laugh.

Thanks for all your support. Cheers, Mark Allday