In Gear R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N

Number 18, 26th October 2015

Next Meetings

THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER

Speaker: Ron Iddles

Topic: The Police Association

Chair: Peter Flude

AV: Greg Every

Cash Desk: Antony Nixon & Linda

Doutch Host: John Manks

THURSDAY 5TH NOVEMBER

Speaker: Dr Denis Dragovic

Topic: Islamic State

Chair: John Manks

AV: David Lea

Cash Desk: Fred Hofmann & Max

Darby

Host: Greg Every.

THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER

Fellowship Night at Beaumaris

Theatre

Club members and friends are off to

see some episodes of Fawlty Tow-

ers, staged by this wonderful local

theatre group.

2014—2015

Serving the Community since 1985

Presidents Report Last Thursday was the stra-tegic game of Croquet at Royal Melbourne, and in a touch of the Davids I have searched Wikipedia and found that: Croquet was played under the name of paille-maille or pall mall, derived ultimately from Latin words for "ball and mallet". The current world rankings show England in top place for association croquet, followed by Australia and New Zealand sharing second place, And that: Roquet: (Second syllable rhymes with "play".) means “ When the striker’s ball hits a ball that s/he is entitled to then take a croquet shot with. At the start of a turn, the striker is entitled to roquet all the other three balls once. Once the striker's ball goes through its target hoop, it is again entitled to roquet the other balls once.” I was unclear whether Roquet was part of our meal however now I have extra knowledge. Oh yes, we saw some roquet although I think we also saw some of the ruthless play for which Cro-quet is renowned. Teams took out prizes generously donated by Di and David from their crystal cabinet, and there was a special prize for Wolf ”the most annoying player” which was richly deserved. Our thanks go to David for organizing an extremely memorable fellowship event, in a wonderful venue. Thanks David and Di. I write this on Saturday morning the 24/10, so that I have “space enough and time” to think of what to write. I will next be going to the Cheltenham Com-munity Centre Open Day which we have supported, another of the excellent small initiatives which means that our reach and support in the Commu-nity is extensive. Kerrie and Heather worked for weeks on the preserves, I have to send Wolf early

Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 Fellowship Night at RM 5 How to help MITS 6 In door Ride to end Polio 7 Club Structure / Picture of the day

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members.

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to the fete so that I can be sure that we can buy some, I’m sure they’ll be gone in minutes. Tomorrow it’s the Beaumaris Primary Fete on the 25/10, and on the same day the Interna-tional Service Seminar. Thanks to all our members who have contrib-uted this weekend. Just two reminders :Chris D’Arcy has reminded us that places are available for a Food Han-dler’s course on 21/11/15, please contact Chris if you are interested, and we have an interest-ing speaker next week, Ron Iddles is currently secretary of the Police Association in Victoria. Before that he was a senior detective with the homicide squad with an unsurpassed record in solving cases and getting convictions. Un-doubtedly Ron will have much to say that you will not hear anywhere else. This is a Partners’ Night. That’s all for this column.

Be a gift to the world, and enjoy every day, for

we know not what tomorrow brings.

Yours in Rotary

Trish

Beaumaris Theatre Night

Thursday 12 November 2015

As advised at recent meetings and also by

email, our annual visit to the Beaumaris Thea-

tre Company is on Thursday 12 November,

doors open 7:30 for a start of 8:00pm, to see a

performance of Fawlty Towers.

The good news is that the bookings have al-

ready started to flood in. The bad news is that

anyone who wants to come along but has not

yet booked, should email Malcolm Sawle

(mpsawle@gmail.com) ASAP as there is a pos-

sibility that we may have to put up the “House

Full” signs.

This year it is essentially a fellowship event

only and so the cost has come down from last

year to $25 per head. Cash or bank transfer is

acceptable, but either is required to confirm

your booking. As before it will be cabaret style

seating, with patrons bringing their own nibbles,

drinks and glasses.

Malcolm Sawle

Message from Adrian Culshaw

Hi folks, Those of you who have a fond spot for

the 70's may be interested to know MLOC

(Phoenix theatre in Elwood) have a production

of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' running 6th - 20th

November, with the added interest that Penny

is making her stage debut as part of the en-

semble! Tickets now available via http://

www.mloc.org.au/ . Regards, Adrian

Hocking Stuart Sandringham 62-64 Station Street

Telephone: 03 9521 9800

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Fellowship Night at Royal Melbourne

Croquet in the cold—Dress Formal late Colonial

The Dinner

Presidential Address

The awarding of Prizes

Hello everyone The annual Masters is soon with us again, this time at Huntingdale, on 19-22 Novem-ber, which is the week after our Farmers Market. Although the Market has been going really well, there is some doubt about whether the site will be available to us on an ongoing basis, as the Education Dept intends to close the school after this year, and demolish the buildings. What happens after that, and whether we will still have access is up in the air. Therefore we do not want to abandon any of our other fundraising activities, and the Masters parking has always been a solid fundraiser for us. This year, Huntingdale Rotary is looking for us to provide 3 people on Wednesday, 10 per day Thursday through Sunday for parking, and 4 people Thursday through Sunday for ticketing. If we can achieve this, we will earn over $5000 for the Club. Please check your calendars, talk to your spouses/partners or anyone else crazy enough to want to volunteer, and give me an indication as soon as you can on availability for this important activity. For those newer Members of our Club, the Mas-ters Golf parking/ticketing involves four days of very early mornings, standing in heat, wind, rain, wind, dust, and sometimes all of the above on the same day, managing the public carparks or scanning the entry tickets. The day usually ends around 4pm but can be later. If it is quiet and you are lucky, you may even get to see some golf. We usually manage to make it a fun time, if somewhat gruelling, and it has become a traditional annual fundraising activity for our club. I look forward to an overwhelming response. James Glenwright

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The Winning Croquet

Teams

Two of The BOG Awards

(Best on ground)

On Country Camping Our students will love to be on country, con-nected to the land. City living will be a big ad-justment, which we will support through many different approaches. However, it will be essen-tial to ensure our students are able to get out of the city, onto the land around Victoria for sim-ple weekends away.

We would like to purchase 25 sleeping bags and swags for use by our students and staff for sleeping under the stars while on country ex-cursions. These would be maintained at MITS for use in future years.

The sleeping bags need to be rated to -2C and must pack down very small.

Allowance: $250 per sleeping bag and $300 per swag

There are many other ways to support their stu-dents.

Do you have a boat that you could skipper for a Port Phillip Bay fishing trip with our students?

Do you have a property in the snow fields or near the national parks that you could lend to us for a weekend?

Do you have a business that might be interest-ing for our students to visit?

Are you a keen walker or scout leader who could help guide one of our camping trips?

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How Rotary Clubs could help MITS A number of suggested areas � Arrivals Packages $450 � Coats for Kids $400 � On Country Camping $250 � Orientation to Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay $100

� Student support $5000 a term � Boats/In Kind Opportunities Each proposal offers the clubs of Rotary Dis-trict 9810 an opportunity to make a significant contribution to Indigenous education and em-powerment in marginalised Australia. Some examples of these: Arrival Packages Some students will arrive at MITS without ade-quate shoes and clothing for the weather condi-tions in Melbourne. We would like to provide them with: a wash bag containing: toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, hair brush, comb, face washer and towel and a sports bag containing: - 10 pairs of socks and underwear - 3 t-shirts - 2 pairs of shorts - 1 pair of tracksuit pants - 1 jumper - 1 pair of sneakers Allowance: $450 per student per year Coats for Kids Many of our students will arrive from the North-ern Territory. The depths of cold weather in winter in Melbourne will be completely foreign to them. Warm winter coats and other clothing will be essential to their wellbeing.

We would like to provide a winter warmer pack-age at the start of Term 2, or earlier if weather conditions require it. The winter warmer pack-age would include:

1 winter coat 1 fleece jumper 2 pairs of track suit pants

Allowance: $400 per student per year

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CLUB STRUCTURE 2015 1016 UPDATED 19/10/2015

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President Trish Smyth Director Malcom Sawle

PE, VP Malcolm Sawle Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program Greg Every

Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Malcolm Sawle

Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea

Branding / PR / Member-ship Megan Glenwright Fellowship Richard Jones

International John Beaty Photographers Max Darby, Greg Every

New Generations Kerrie Geard Almoners Charmaine Jansz & Geoff Stringer

Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster

Fundraising Heather Chisholm Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

On to Conference Ken Mirams

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community Youth Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe

David Langworthy Mary Sealy Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen

Geoff Stockdale Richard Shermon Chris Martin Geoff Stringer

Ross Phillips Tony Phillips Vivienne Zoppolato David Hone

Malcolm Parks Lynda Doutch Lois Lindsay Charmaine Jansz

John Manks Max Darby Royal Melbourne Golf Antony Nixon

Concourse Festival Ken Mirams Jim O'Brien Mike Hede

Richard Shermon Chris Werner Adrian Culshaw Peter Flude^

Kerrie Geard Branding / PR / Memb. David Hone#

Jim O’Brien Lynda Doutch Robert McArthur* MUNA / NYSF

Masters Golf Parking David Lea Heather Chisolm^

James Glenwright Martin Fothergill Adrian Culshaw (LOA)

^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District

John Sime Tim Dark Richard Jones Heather Chisholm

On 26 /10/1881, the Earp brothers and Doc Holiday face off against the Clan-ton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

Sheriff John Behan of Cochise County, who witnessed the shootout, charged the Earps and Holliday with murder. A month later, however, a Tomb-stone judge found the men not guilty, ruling that they were “fully justified in committing these homicides.” The famous shootout has been immortal-ized in many movies.

Image from 'Gunfight at the OK Corral': Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, John Hudson, DeForest Kelley