FTT Newsletter #9

November 2015 FTTINC.COM.AU

Poker Night! This Saturday the 14th of November

Looking for a casual night out? No stress? We are kicking back at Mike’s

house on tomorrow night playing a little poker and catching up. Never too late

to come along. Just let me know.

Christmas Celebrations! Friday the 11th of December any time after 5pm

o To celebrate another successful year there is an evening out planned

on the 11th of November. We will be heading to the Greenwood Tavern

for a few drinks, a nice meal and may just slip into the sports bar after

dinner for a flutter or two. We will have to book a table, so please let

one of the committee know early if you are coming along.

Fellowship Nights with

We have started our support of Nascha and we are planning to meet with the

Nascha boys every 6-8 weeks. The next event is a BBQ at 5:30 on Sunday

the 6th of December. Nascha is an organisation that provides support for

people living with disabilities and their families. There is more detail in the

newsletter1 so please read on.

Quiz Night – Early Feb 2016

o The Olympic Games are in 2016 and we are going to everything

o we can to help Ben get there. Come along for a laugh, lots of

prizes and a few $$$ to assist Ben to achieve his dream.

If you or your company would like to donate a prize! please contact us.

Hello FTT members and welcome to the last

newsletter for 2015.

As you will see from the newsletter, FTT has

had a very busy second half of 2015 and we

are looking forward to keeping it going in

2016# Full steam ahead!

The current FTT Committee are

Mark Allday, Mike Heath, Steve

Charles, Gerry Killian, Jay

Wilhelm and Glynis Cole.

Contact us for more details if you

would like to be more involved.

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Hope those that attended had a great time. It was a great set up this year. The addition of the marquee, huge screen and PA system allowed videos and music to be added into the presentation. Thanks again to Mike and Leanne and all the helpers throughout the night. The night kicked off with beef rolls, salads and a few drinks. We then heard from Ben Wright via a video interview. Ben was competing in Brisbane (see report below). We started the official count round by round which included some light entertainment, raffles, quizzes and a few more drinks thrown in. A quick break for pizza and we quickly raced towards round 23 with the winner being Lance Fiaschi with 142 tips.

Congratulations to Lance! WELL DONE!!!!

1st Lance Fiaschi 142

2nd Mark Allday 140

Rod Tonzing

4th Janine Haselgrove 139

Stephen O’Reilly

Wendy Vanvilet

Last Nicole Lickfold 82

We received some great

prizes from our sponsors

and we cannot thank those

people enough. There were

lots of happy people leaving

with prizes ☺ Your all nuts!!!

Nice Hat and

Scarf “Howsy”

Having fun yet?

Loser Hat Vs Leader Hat

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Hi Gents,

Please see attached a video of my biggest lift today. I finished on a lift of 180kg which

snatched me second place.

Enjoy tonight, please give my apologies for not being there. And pass on many, MANY

thanks to the entire FTT team. My result today was possible because your continued

support. I really wouldn't be here without you. I'll be wearing my dunce hat in spirit.

Thank you,

Ben Wright

Ben Wright was in Brisbane for the IPC Powerlifting National Championships on the weekend of our Tipping Count Night.

This was the first chance for Ben to compete this year and he was eager to prove that he had been working hard and had improved.

Ben’s first successful lift was 172kg, the highest opening lift of the day and a 5kg improvement from his lift last year. Ben’s second lift was 177kg which also went off without a hitch and set him up for a final lift. Ben then lifted180kg, the biggest lift of the day and a new National record in the Up to 88kg class.

Overall, Ben finished 2nd behind Abebe Fekadu who lifted 170kg at 58kg body weight.

Ben’s next challenge is the European Open championships in Hungary (20th of November). Then there is the trip to Malaysia in February 2016. Ben’s ultimate goal is to qualify for Rio later in 2016.

Ben sent us a video of the lift and the email below thanking FTT for our help.

180kg at the bottom of the lift 180kg back on the bar. Success!!

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We started the weekend at Etihad

watching Port beat Hawthorn1 Great

seats and a great result for the WA

teams’ position on the ladder. The next

day we were at the MCG to see

Richmond demolish Collingwood. Not

good if you’re a Collingwood supporter!

The Church comedy club that is!!!

A night out with a few comedians, a nice dinner

beforehand and a few nespresso martinis.

We took a stroll down

Docker Street to!

the!???

I am just going to have to grin

and bear it! Am I smiling?

Hmmm…

bring it on! What the? Not

funny Steve!!!

Where’s my parmi?

Where’s my parmi?

Where’s my parmi?

Watch out

Steve!!!

Where’s my parmi?

Where’s my parmi?

Watching a show in

Federation Square

Every day a relaxed breakfast

Another day! Another laugh

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Someone had to try out the sports bar1 so

why not us? It was very relaxed and a great

way to watch footy, golf, rugby, racing, soccer,

tennis and boxing all at the same time.

Visit fttinc.com.au and you will find the Tipping Results Summary and the week by week results. While you’re there, check out our upcoming events, past events, newsletters, sponsors and much more. If you would like to have your company included on our affiliate’s page, please let me know. Huge thanks to Alec Allday.

Oh! I could get

used to this!

Hehehehe… me too!

Chilling out

Sunday we split into two groups, one group watched North beat the

Dockers. The others were chauffeured on a relaxing tour of

Mornington Peninsula visiting wineries and goat cheeseries.

This goat is eating my

shoe… What shall I do?

Best meal of the

weekend…

Left turn Clyde

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A few FTT members (sponsored by a couple of generous businesses) headed down

to Meadow Springs for their annual golf day. The weather was great and there was

some red hot golf played. Unfortunately the FTT team finished well down the list.

FTT also helped out during the finals of the wheelchair basketball. Thanks to all the

volunteers that made the effort.

Our first meeting with the Nascha boys was

held at the Osborne Park Hotel. After a few

drinks we swapped a few stories, talked about

movies, travel, work and life in general. It was

a great couple of hours. The next event is a

BBQ at one of the units they share, should be

just as much fun.

In our survey the feedback

was that there are FTT

members out there that

would like to help. Please

get in contact with us and we

can make sure you are

involved in our next volunteer

activity.

Do you need our help? Send through your ideas and requests and

we can put it in front of the committee.

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Poker Night! This Saturday the 14th of November

Casual night and you don’t need to know poker to have a good time.

Christmas Celebrations! Friday the 11th of December any time after 5pm

Greenwood Tavern any time after 5pm for a nice meal and night out.

Fellowship Nights with Nascha – 6th of December

BBQ at a Nascha home. Starts at 5:30 on Sunday the 6th of December.

AGM – Monday the 11th January 2016

If you have an interest to be more involved please contact one of the

current committee.

Quiz Night – Early Feb 2016 (Saturday 6th or 13th)

This will be a big night. Get in early to secure a table.

Ladies Movie Night – March 2016

Unfortunately this has had to make way for a couple of other 2015 events.

2016 Footy Tipping & Count Night on the 3rd of September

We will be running tipping competition and count night again. With the

bye at the end of round 23, lock in Saturday the 3rd of September for the

Count Night.

2016 Melbourne Footy Trip – Round ?????

If you would like to join us in Melbourne in 2016, register your early

interest with me at markallday8@gmail.com

Let one of the committee know if you would like to come

along to any of these events or have a suggestion of an

event that you would like us to organise.

Thanks to everyone for another successful

year. We are looking forward to being more

active in 2016 and we look forward to seeing

you at a few functions.

See you all next time

Mark