ISSUE: March 2019

Inside this issue: Coordinator’s Report Sports Schedule NHT Events Club News – People – Places Calendar

Meetings & Venues All meetings held at New Horizons Tasmania, 292-294 Invermay Road, Mowbray

New Horizons Tasmania Board: Monday 18th March 5.30 pm - Board meeting

Save the Date Friday 15th- Monday 18th March NHT vs NSW Cricket weekend Sunday 24th March Wilson Homes Western Tiers Cycle Challenge Sat 30th – Sun 31st March Tasmanian Boccia State Titles Launceston

CEO’SREPORTHi all, and what a wonderful entry to March; we’re hot off the press straight after Awards Night, which was another wonderful New Horizons celebration. Congratulations to all our 2018 winners - you really have set the bar high and given the rest of us a lot to aspire to! To those who didn’t take out awards on the night - you know how much you are achieving, and how proud your community is of you. Every one of us play important parts in this amazing team - one which every day I feel blessed to be a part of. Thank you to everyone who came to enjoy our beautiful event. There was so much going on in Launceston on March 1st and we were very appreciative of all the well-wishes sent by our supporters who couldn’t be with us on the night. So you’d think an awards night would be enough for one weekend - not at New Horizons! A mere 48 hours later we backed up for our Carol Tanner Memorial Swim Carnival at Scottsdale and were rewarded with a gorgeous (and action-packed) day. Phew. It’s such a busy time of the year - we’re now speeding towards the Wilson Homes Western Tiers Cycle Challenge on Sunday the 24th March. I hope to see as many of you on wheels as possible! So what else is happening in March? We have a major meeting with the NDIS project team booked to discuss our business plans moving forward, once our government funding ceases in June this year. As you can imagine, our management and admin team are under quite a bit of pressure as we face uncertain times - but we are feeling positive. The Board, staff and interested members held our second planning session in early February with Leigh and Jacynta from Communities, Sport and Recreation to finalise our new Strategic Plan. We look forward to sharing this with you all very soon. Plus, Edwina and I attended a national fundraising conference last week, which has given us some fresh ideas to grow our revenue streams.

Wishing you all a great month of Cycle Training!

Warm wishes,

Belinda Kitto CEO

NHT OFFICE HOURS Weekdays 10 am – 3 pm

Admin Staff hours Mon & Thur Ruth 9.30 am – 3 pm Tues Saskia 9.30 am – 5 pm Wed & Fri Lucy 9.30 am – 3 pm

Please contact the office if you need to make appointment times outside of these hours.

SPORTSSCHEDULE2019New Horizons supports participation in sport and recreation as a way of encouraging a healthy lifestyle. Activity club program Day Time Venue Cost

New Horizons Tasmania - North

AFL NHT Contact the office for time NTCA ground $3.00

Boccia NHT Mon 12.30 - 2.30pm Max Fry Hall, Trevallyn $4.00 Craft NHT Tues 10.00 - 11.30am New Horizons Clubrooms $5.00

Cricket NHT In recess $3.00 Fitness Class NHT Mon 11.00 to 12 noon MY Gym $5.50 Gymnastics NHT Mon 5.00 - 6.00pm PCYC $12.00

Indoor Bowls NHT Thur 4.30 – 5.30pm New Horizons Clubrooms $3.00 Running Group NHT In recess Free Soccer/ Futsal NHT Tue 4.15 - 5.15pm Newstead College Gym $3.00 Social Bowls NHT Wed 10.30 to 12 noon New Horizons Clubrooms $3.00

Song and Dance NHT Tue 1.00 – 2.00 pm Melissa Wimmer Dance Studio $4.00

Junior Song & Dance NHT Tue 4.00 - 5.00pm New Horizons Clubrooms $3.00 Taekwondo NHT Tue 5.40 - 6.15pm Newstead College $5.00

Basketball NHT Sat

9.30 – 10.30am 10.30 – 11.30am Queechy High School Gym $3.00

Golf NHT Mon 1.30 pm Launceston Country Club $6.00

Swimming NHT Wed 5.30 - 6.30 pm 6.30 – 7.30 pm Launceston Aquatic Centre $5.50

Tennis NHT Wed 4 - 5pm Australian Italian Club $3.00 Launceston College Program all enquiries to L’ton College. 63327777

Athlete Development L’ton College Wed 4.00 to 5.30pm Launceston College Gym $

North West Program Activities Wed 5.00 – 6.30pm Wynyard High School $5.00

South Program

All Abilities Golf Thur 1.00pm Rosny Park Public Golf Course YMCA $5.00

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New Horizons Tasmania Memberships are now overdue Family $55.00 Individual $32.00 Junior (14 – 16 yrs) $26.00

U14 members are required to have a family membership due to club governance (Non-financial members will not be covered and therefore cannot participate)

Payment may be made at the NHT Office in person or by direct deposit

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New Members

New Horizons Club welcomes and encourages new members. This month’s applicants are – MJ Parbs, Tyson Parbs, Samuel McKibben, Craig Hansen, Emma Breen, Hayley Wigg, Alexander Kassay, Sarah Rose Holt and Nancyann Walters (Volunteer). If any member having just cause why any of the above mentioned applicants should not be inducted into the club, they must advise the Public Officer (Belinda Kitto) in writing no later than FRIDAY 15/03/2019. Mail can be directed to New Horizons Tas, PO BOX 49 Mowbray 7248 or dropped in. Without any objections, these members will be inducted into the club and advised accordingly.

Our February Dinner Club was held at Levee at the Seaport. Mel, Dean, Elly, Debbie, Nicole, Donna, Carolina, Justin and Saskia had a lovely dinner there looking out over the yachts and the river. Justin and Dean are laughing over Justin’s two desserts – he only ordered one bowl with 2 types of ice cream!

Our next dinner will be on Thursday 21 March (not on 4th April as planned earlier) at the Watergarden, Country Club Casino at 6.00pm. Please call the office on 6326 3344 to reply.

New Horizons Tas Invitational Social Cricket Weekend with NSW New Horizons are delighted to be hosting our friends from NSW from 15th – 18th March in Launceston for some social games of Cricket and social activities at the Windsor Precinct, Riverside. Would you like to join in the fun? Any New Horizons member who is interested in joining in the cricket games or the social events please contact the NHT office asap with the days you are available to participate. Come and join the fun!

Inner Wheel Function In February Inner Wheel Club of Kings Meadows held their annual Cocktail Party in the Garden of Franklin House. Funds raised are being donated to New Horizons – such a generous gesture by this fantastic organisation. Belinda spoke on the Club at the event.

…………………………………………………………………………………………… Police Charity Trust Donation It was a morning of celebration and gratitude as we welcomed Richard Douglas of the Tasmania Police Charity Trust to Tuesday Craft. Richard presented New Horizons with a cheque for $22,000, raised by the riders of the 2018 Police Charity Trust Ride (including our very own Steve Ockerby and Alan Dengate). Our dear friend Robyn Ockerby also played a huge part in fundraising - thank you to them all from the bottom of our hearts! As New Horizons (and many other community organisations) head in to a period of uncertainty -- with government funding ceasing in June 2019, with the full rollout of the NDIS-- the significance of this donation cannot be understated. Thanks so very much Richard, Steve, Dingo and your fellow cyclists - we are very, very grateful for your mammoth efforts.

Our Song and Dance group are enjoying their new

space at Melissa Wimmer’s studio. Currently it is Tap

Class – Dana taps on the tambourine as the dancers

tap to the beat!

BOCCIA Please come along and support the Boccia Tassie Titles anytime between 9am and 4pm Saturday 30th March or 9 am to 1pm on Sunday 31st March at Elphin Sports Stadium. Everyone is welcome to watch our New Horizons members – Minna Blaney, Kate O’May, Nick Milner, Ryan Stott, Carolina Ascui, Scott Claredge and Dana Devine play Boccia.

Our Boccia players are all skilled in this wonderful sport and love competing. There will also be players from Hobart and interstate as well. Games Saturday, finals Sunday.

Lord’s Taverner’s Australia Raffle Win tickets to Lords in London to watch England v Australia in August 2019 in the Lord’s Taverner’s Raffle. Tickets available from the NHT office for $5.00 each, with

$2.50 being retained by New Horizons.

New Horizons in the South We are excited that New Horizons’ expansion to the south of the state will soon have a regular home for members and interested participants to join our club! In a partnership with C-Block we will be utilising their indoor sports venue in Federal St each Wednesday evening. This will provide us with a chance to run a range of sports and activities each week and create social links with our Southern members and families/volunteers to come together and build the profile and awareness of our club! We would love to see our Southern members come along as often as possible and hope this regular timeslot will provide the southern community with a great opportunity to gain regular after-hours access to inclusive sport and recreation activities. A full monthly schedule of activities will be released soon! Sessions will start from Wednesday 20th March (4pm - 6pm) at 81- 83 Federal St, North Hobart and continuing weekly. To register, contact Stu on 0428 482 967 or stuart@newhorizonstas.org.au Cheers from Stu (Stuart Schultz Southern Sport & Recretion Coordinator)

Celebrating 2018 - Awards Night Last Friday night the Tailrace Centre was abuzz with celebration of the amazing achievements of our dynamic members. It was another truly unforgettable event. Thank you so much to all who joined us and have sore feet from the dancing!

Special thanks to our guest award presenter Bridget Archer (representing Senator Abetz) and video presenters Mayor Albert van Zetten, Roger Jaensch MP, Ross Hart MP and Rosemary Armitage MLC. Certificates were also presented for 20 year and 30 year memberships of New Horizons – a wonderful celebration of the dedication shown by so many in the fine history of this proud community organisation.

Congratulations to our Award recipients and indeed to everyone who was a part of 2018!

Activity Champion Merit AFL Dylan Pace Alan Dengate (Leadership) Basketball Advanced Nick Heames Kirsten Harvey Basketball Challenge Jarret Green & Louisa Jones - Boccia Nic Milner Scott Claridge Craft Megan Lockett & Kate O’May - Cricket Connor Sheppard Hayden Hill Fitness Duncan Rattray & Jacquie

Spencer -

Golf Matt Bowen Nick Carter Gymnastics Josh Wyley Samuel & Sarah Peck Rinning Group Brodie Leslie & Jess Holmes - Soccer/Futsal Justin Nilon & Jess Holmes Deepan Rungmong &

Clare Martin Song & Dance Megan Lockett Duncan Rattray & Bronte Hart Song & Dance Junior Katyayni Kashyap & Haillie Large All participants Swimming Jarret Green & Colby Withers Taekwondo Duncan Rattray Alex Riley – most improved Tennis Jess Holmes Rupert Grayston North West All Rounder Felipe Curle – for dedication & consistency

Victor Roberts Award Robyn Hanson Award Ray Bailey Award Carolina Ascui Jess Holmes Alan Dengate Volunteer of the year - Chris Symons The Friendship Award “to someone who encourages friendship and wellbeing amongst their peers” - Nicole Furfaro Katherine Symons Fundraising Prize awarded to Jess Holmes & Jacquie Spencer

Carol Tanner Swimming Carnival

"GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO SWIM" It was another ripper of a day at the 2019 NHT Carol Tanner Memorial Swimming Carnival at the Scottsdale pool - so much fun, and as always, a lot of healthy competition! A big THANK YOU to the Scottsdale Swim Club and Vicky and team for all their support. Wow, what a weekend... Male Swimmer of the meet – Tim Beattie

Female Swimmer of the Meet – Sarah Squires The Carol Tanner Award for Courage & Determination was awarded to Phillip Broad

If you are not riding in the Cycle Challenge but can lend a hand as an escort driver, marshall, check-in volunteer or catering helper please call the office on 6326 3344 or email Ruth at ruth@newhorizonstas.org.au – even just an hour or two would be greatly appreciated! Don’t forget to pop up to Prospect Park and cheer on the riders and grab a snag from the bbq!

March 2019

MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN

1 Awards Night 7 pm

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3 Carol Tanner Swim Carnival

4 Gym/ Fitness Gymnastics Boccia NE Program

5 Craft Song & Dance Futsal Taekwondo

6 Tennis Swimming x2 NW Program Athlete Dev

7 South - Golf

8 9 10

11 Long weekend

12 Craft Song & Dance Futsal Taekwondo

13 Tennis Swimming x2 NW Program Athlete Dev

14 South – Golf

15 NHT vs NSW Cricket

16 NHT vs NSW Cricket

17 NHT vs NSW Cricket

18 NHT vs NSW Cricket Gym / Fitness Gymnastics Boccia NE Program

19 Craft Song & Dance Junior S&D Futsal Taekwondo

20 Tennis Swimming x2 NW Program Athlete Dev South Program 4 – 6 pm

21 South – Golf Social dinner 6.00 pm

22 23 Basketball

24 Cycle Challenge

25 Gym / Fitness Gymnastics Boccia NE Program

26 Craft Song & Dance Junior S&D Futsal Taekwondo

27 Tennis Swimming x2 NW Program Athlete Dev South Program 4 – 6 pm

28 South – Golf

29 30 Basketball Boccia State Titles

31 Boccia State Titles

1 April Gym/ Fitness Gymnastics Boccia NE Program

2 Craft Song & Dance Futsal Taekwondo

3 Tennis Swimming x2 NW Program Athlete Dev South Program 4 – 6 pm

4 South - Golf

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7 Daylight savings ends

Providing sport & recreation opportunities for people with disabilities.

PO BOX 49 MOWBRAY, 7248 Phone (03) 6326 3344 Fax (03) 6326 3544 Email info@newhorizonstas.org.au www.newhorizonsclub.org.au

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March2019BIRTHDAYS1st Jacob Currant, Alanna Jansen 2nd Max Broere 3rd Bradley O’Neill-Geeves 5th Fiona Mackay, Carolina Ascui 6th Sarah Aichberger, Ricky Lovett 7th Colin Watkins 8th Adam Child, Dorothy Rosier 9th Melody West

14th Gabrielle Taylor 15th Zoe Lovegrove, Amy Krushka,

Amanda Diedrichs 16th Samuel Peck 17th Donna West 18th Ryan Hayes, Oliver Wright, Joel

Ockerby, Wendy Williams 19th Greg Poke, Helen Chick,

Greg Krushka 21st Tess Rae 23rd Flossy Kitto is 2!

Kathleen Hinds, Melody Watkins 26th Rochelle Wright, Finn Hilder 27th Rita Case, Tim Dixon,

Mack Semmens-Blake 28th Andrew Watts 31st Fiona Cort

Our office and volunteers are so happy in

our new work space – if you haven’t seen it yet please call in and check it out!

Our sincere condolences to the Grayston family on the recent passing of Beth’s mother in England. Our thoughts are with you all in the loss of your mother and Grandmother.