Chairperson’s Report

I am currently on holidays in China where I only have to put up with North Korea in the north

east, bird flu in the south east, earthquakes in the south west, and dust storms in the

northwest and cold weather. The Land of droughts and flooding rains doesn’t look too bad but

it is nice to get away from the problems of the club and have a relaxing holiday.

Congratulations to the lady bowlers in the Ladies District Singles. We had three ladies in the

semi-finals and they came first, second and equal third. Chris Baxter was first, Deb Logan was

second and Lyn Ford was third. The Ladies offered the other finalist a transfer to Mt Gravatt but she declined.

With the covered green, we are progressing slowly with the repairs. We are obtaining a second quote for the green

repairs. Our major problem is trying to find a time spot which doesn’t clash with Ladies and Men’s Pennants and club

competition and suits the contractor’s timetable. Be assured that we have not forgotten about it but Christmas is

looking good for the work.

We are proposing to have a member’s night at the club on the first Friday of each month. There will be a bowlers

table booked and members can contact the club and book under it. Spouses and sweethearts are quite welcome.

Just make sure that you don’t bring both of them on the same night. More details will be provided on my return

from holidays.

Some of the players of Super Challenge were questioning the chances of sharing in the prize money. We are looking

at a team funded by the players themselves. They pay entry fee, player’s registration fee, green fees, travel funds

etc. The club will not provide any contribution towards the cost. Any prize money will be distributed to the members

participating in that team. More details will be provided later. Any members interested are to contact John Fealy or

myself.

See you on the green

Geoff Devencorn

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An elderly man is stopped by the police around 2 am and is asked where he is going at this time of night. The man replies, "I am on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late." The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?" The man replies, "That would be my wife."

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE MT GRAVATT BOWLS CLUB.inc

1873 Logan Road Upper Mt Gravatt 4122 Editor Don Hamilton Phone 33492367 – Fax 33492787 Email: d.y.ham@bigpond.com Email: secretary@mtgravattbowlsclub.com Website: http://www.mtgravattbowlsclub.com May – June 2013 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The Following members are celebrating their birthdays in the next two months.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO YOU ALL

May: Barry Chappel, Mary Jones, Shaun Power, Stephanie Porter, Joan Gudgeon, Patricia Strudwick, Andre

Damyon, Ruth Gleadhill, Debbie Logan, Corry Smeltink, Raymond Brownhill, Ann Crocker, Kingsley Gum, Kevin Beauclerc, Maurits Kuit, Gwen Sparks, Pamela Palmer, Douglas Lee, Joyce Hillier, Des Hitchman, Aubrey Finnemore, Karen Kong, Sandra Vickers, Jean Davis, Bruce McColl, Ian Svensson, Philip Doonan, Laurie Grieve, Ray Shaw, Adrian Speets, Bruce Vickers, Debra Lam, Bruce McKenzie, Alex Mitchell, Robert Shaw, Andrew White.

JUNE: Allan Gaskon, Carmel Grieve, Ethel Thompson, Rob McLachlan, June Spall, Paul Smith, Irvin Lever, Kevin

Craig, Thomas Oliver, Allan Pearce, Myra Carter, Harry Bolding, Theo Delaware, Jeff McLennan, Paul Parolin, Jacqui Peters, Anthony Prosser, Andrew Edwards, Martin Powney, Ray Strudwick, Bryan Martin, Darylin Spring, Deidre Vokes, June Horsburgh, Maureen Warneke, June Mills,

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Corporate Bowls Winners

"FINALLY"

After being runners up numerous times since their last win in June 2010 the team of 'WOODYS' -- GARY BEITZEL, CALI

BEITZEL, MARK STRIK & YOLANDA STRIK were finally victorious in the first season of the 2013 corporate bowls. 12

teams nominated and all agreed that they enjoyed their 8 weeks. Thanks to Kevin Kunst for the report and Ralph

Allen for the Photo’s

The Mens Championship Triples finalists with the winners on the left Brian Perrett, Kingsley Gunn and Graham

Beswick and runners up Jeff Young, Ralph Allen and Ken Greenhalgh. There was a 1 shot difference to win.

On the same day Barry Easey and David Devencorn played a quarter final of the B singles, which was won by Barry in

a very good game.

Club Chat Firstly a big thank you to Deidre for her contributions to this column for a long period of time.

I really would appreciate any news which any of our members would like to share.

Reg and Bev Walls are currently touring in their motor home and expect to visit all States.

They expect to be away for approximately three months. They will be attending the Anzac

Dawn Service at Albany, which is where the first Anzac Dawn Service was held.

Lyn and Ted May have enjoyed a month’s holiday visiting relatives and friends in Melbourne.

Junior Vice President Dulcie is off to Darwin to spend a couple of weeks with her daughter.

Our very own grey nomads, Gwen and Norm Rafton have welcomed another two great

grandchildren.

Margaret and Eddie James have moved house to Bribie Island. Our best wishes for the future go with you. You will

be missed. Also leaving our Club is long time member Peg Jefferies who has now moved closer to family. Good luck

Peg our thoughts are with you. Rob McLachlan and his wife are leaving today for a Cruise from Sydney to Fremantle

via Indonesia then a week in WA before returning home.

Lenny Schorsy is leaving today for 3 weeks in Thailand. Geoff Devencorn, Mary Smith, David Devencorn and John Fealy leaving today for a Wendy Wu 17 day tour of China.

Cheers for now

Lorna

Thank you very much Lorna, for taking over the job from Deidre who has done a great job over the past years. Could I

ask members who might have items for this section to pass them on to Lorna and help make this a Club news letter?

Thank you Don H

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The Ladies Bronze Super Challenge Team

Report - Men’s President At this stage we have not had any volunteers to take on the Position of Games Director. So in the interim both John Fealy and I are sharing the role. Please feel free to nominate for the position of Games Director at the next Club AGM. Men’s Club Championships Triples: Winners: Kingsley Gum, Graham Beswick, And Brian Prescott Runners Up: Jeff Young, Ralph Allan, Ken Greenhalgh B Singles: Winner: Graham Beswick Runner Up: Ivan Lestani

Super Vet Singles: Final to be played Saturday 11 May 2013. B Pairs: A Date for the Final is yet to be allocated. Congratulations to Winners, Runners Up and to all who participated. Guinness World Record As most of you would be aware, there has been a changed forced upon us by the Guinness World Record people. Our initial approval for an Attempt on the Longest Game of Indoor Bowls playing Fours was withdrawn and we now must make an attempt on the Record by playing with three Teams of Pairs. That is, two Teams on the Green and one Team Resting. Preparations are almost complete for this new challenge. We have the Players, catering and drinks arranged, Stewards (Recorders) on board. The only thing to be resolved is the number of Adjudicators/Witnesses involved. The Requirements that Guinness have set are quite stringent and any non-observance of these requirements will render the Attempt disqualified. The Organising Committee are confident this can be achieved. The suggested Game of Triples will no longer go ahead. Undercover Green Graham Wilson the Greens Director has put a lot of work into organising repairs to the Carpet Green. Quite an extensive plumbing job needs to be undertaken before the Green itself can be repaired. Acceptance of quotes for both jobs is almost complete and hopefully work will commence in the next few weeks. Management At the last AGM the Members elected a Men’s and Ladies Council and a Board of Management to run the Club on their behalf. I KNOW that all of the current elected Officials make their decisions based on what is best for the Mt Gravatt Bowls Club and the majority of Members. We ask for your continued support. The Constitution of the Mt Gravatt Bowls Club clearly lays down a Code of Conduct. No Organisation can function effectively unless all Members adhere to the Rules and Regulations of that Organisation. I ask that all Members observe this. Malcolm Ferguson President Men’s Council Mt Gravatt Bowls Club xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ladies Presidents Report

Hello Ladies. The past couple of months have been very busy with a significant number of

bowlers representing our club in Super Challenge, Gateway District and Novice events.

Super Challenge Silver Team played their round robin at Springwood and Bronze Team at

Wellington Point. Both teams were unfortunate not to progress but gave their very best

performance. A big congratulation to all our ladies. I would like to thank Margaret James for

coming back to play after she and Eddie had moved to Bribie Island. We will miss them

both, what will we do without them. Margaret was always willing to play whenever she was

needed. Good luck to you both.

Our Club Championship Pairs Fours Winners were:- M Stemm, V Chappel, M Berg and M Clauson Runners-up -L

Ford, G Read, J Gudgeon and L Hurley. Our Championship Pairs and Singles are still being played.

Gateway Districts Singles were held at Mt Gravatt 15th/16th March with 12 rinks in play .We had several members

representing our Club and the Finals were held at Springwood Bowls Club. Congratulations to three of our ladies

Winner- Chris Baxter 2nd-Debbie Logan, 3rd Lyn Ford. They did us proud .I would like to thank Bev Geldart and

Margaret Gallagher for organising this event at our club. We could not have done it without all their hard work.

Two teams represented our club at the Springwood Shield. A good day of bowls however we were unsuccessful on

the day. In the Gateway Fours Mt Gravatt recorded a big win. The winners were Chris Baxter, Debbie Logan, Cathy

Lewis and Glenys Read. Congratulations ladies.

Novice Triples Competition was held at Cleveland. The team was Di Girvan, Helen Black and Bev Ruge. We did not

come away with the money, but we had a fun day .Cooparoo Novice Pairs was held on the 8th April. Jean Magrath

and Helen Black were 1ST round winners Ann Crocker and Bev Ruge were overall winners. It was great experience

for our novices to enter into these events.

Our Past Presidents/Life Members Day was a great day. Ena Cason our Patroness attended and we had a special

cake, balloons and a flower was given to all the Life Members and Past Presidents. Everybody enjoyed a great day of

friendship. Financial Days for March and April were very successful. A good number of teams from other clubs

attended.

Many thanks go to Gail Pratt for her willing assistance in organising these events.

Until next time, Happy Bowling. Dianne Girvan. Ladies President

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FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER

Time really flies when you are busy and with the Stage 5 redevelopment now at the

critical stage there appears to be even less time to do the little things such as writing this

column and keeping in contact with our Bowls Club members.

It has now been a few weeks since we made the changes to the staff roster at the Bowls

Club and the feed-back I am receiving is that new manager, Damon Moody, has slotted in

extremely well and is popular with the members. Young Daniel Seeto, who has been appointed to assist Damon, is

also doing well.

We wish former Bowls Club Manager Jeff McLennan well for the future and respect his decision not to accept a

position at Southside. Jeff made a significant contribution at the Bowls Club and was very popular with the members

also contributing to the running of the Bowls Club as a Men’s Section selector.

Rita Geronimos has settled in well in her new role as Duty Manager at Southside and has demonstrated renewed

enthusiasm and, like all the staff at Southside, is looking forward to the opening of the new gaming room in June.

We have now arrived at the “pointy” end of the Stage 5 redevelopment when all the work over the past few months

begins to come together. At this critical point, the gaming room has been divided into three sections – section one

has been handed over and is currently being used, section two is nearing completion with the carpet being laid on

the 13th of May followed by the installation of the gaming machines. Section three, currently being used with crews

working overnight, will be completed by the 26th of May ready for the installation of the gaming machines.

The gaming room is scheduled to be closed, yes closed and unfortunately unavoidable, on Monday 27th and Tuesday

28th of May to finalise the installation of the new loyalty system and the finishing touches to the décor including the

installation of spectacular new chandelier lighting. If things go to plan the new gaming room will be opened on

Wednesday 29th of May and our members will have access to one of the best and most spectacular gaming rooms in

Queensland. While the gaming room will be closed for two days, it will be business as usual for the club and bingo

with all other facilities operating as normal.

During this difficult construction period I have been delighted with the response and support of our loyal members,

many of whom are also members of the Bowls Club. This level of support has been critical to the ongoing financial

viability of the club and I am pleased to say that our trading levels have suffered minimal impact. On behalf of the

management committee and the staff I thank you one and all for your ongoing support.

Kim McGregor

General Manager

Know Your Players

Name: Darrel Petersen Member for 1 Years Club Positions Held: Nil- Treasurer at other Club Born at : Sarina Educated at: Sarina/Toowoomba Previous /Current occupation: Retired accountant Best book: To kill a Mocking Bird Best Movie: Untouchables Favourite Place: Coolangatta Favourite Sport: Golf Hobbies /Interests: Reading Favourite Food/Drink: Fish, Red wine

Name: David Devencorn Member for “ Quite a few” Years Club Positions Held: Nil Born at : Brisbane Educated at: MacGregor High Previous /Current occupation: Stainless Steel fabricator Best book: Best Movie: Die Hard series Favourite Place: Yamba Favourite Sport: Rugby League & Union Hobbies /Interests: Movies, Football, Music, Keno, Lawn bowls & Pokies Favourite Food/Drink: Steak eggs and Chips/XXXX heavy, Wild Turkey and Bundy Rum

Name: Karen Kong Member for New member Club Positions Held: Nil Born at : Hong Kong Educated at: Griffith University Previous /Current occupation: Property Investment/Travel consultant Best book: Bible Best Movie: Gone with the Wind Favourite Place: Switzerland Favourite Sport: Badminton/Tennis Hobbies /Interests: Watching TV / Movies Favourite Food/Drink: Asian Food/ Orange Juice

Sponsorship Manager’s Report

I am away on holidays for this newsletter and will be back in Brisbane after

the newsletter is complete. There are a couple of matters to report

however.

Guiness World Attempt

I am pleased to announce the Zupps Subaru; Mt Gravatt has agreed to

provide sponsorship funds towards the running of the event. Many thanks

to Zupps and Clinton Hicks, Mt Gravatt Bowls Club member and Zupps

employee for arranging this for us.

Retirement Village Bowls Day

The next day is to be held on Friday 17th May. The number of teams submitted indicates that all rinks will

be filled. Many thanks to those Villages who have nominated teams, and to our members who will assist

on the day. The sponsor of the day is “Cruiseabout” of Mt Gravatt and my thanks to the manager Annie

Venables, for this support.

As always if you are considering a purchase of goods or services, please think of our sponsors first. They

support us very well and it is up to us to return this support.

Reg Walls

Sponsorship Manager

A message from Damon our new Club Manager – Photo to be available next issue - DH

“Hello Members, Thank you for making me feel so welcome in your great club. It’s been a pleasure getting to know you over

the last 3 months as I have settled in. For those of you who don’t know much about me here is a quick bio. I’m a 36 year old father of one, I enjoyed most sports growing up but Golf became my obsession. Since I wasn’t as good as other juniors around (like Adam Scott) I wound up working in Golf Clubs. Most recently 8 years at Wynnum Golf Club first as Assistant then General Manager where I had success turning our function room into a busy and profitable section of the club.

My “mission” here at the Bowls club is twofold: I want every member to be proud of their club and enjoy using the great facilities and service we offer. I also want to grow the function, seminar and bare foot bowls trade to ensure both clubs can continue together long into the future in financially sound manner. I welcome your input and feedback especially if you’re unhappy about something and I want to hear from you if you think we could do something better. I look forward to seeing you around the club.

Happy Bowling. Damon Moody Club Manager”

Mt Gravatt Bowls Club Sponsors

Air Conditioning Tayair Airconditioning, Pty Ltd Troy Young 07 3841 8922 Mob. 0411 190939 Banks Credit Unions & Financial Services Bank of Queensland – Mt Gravatt CC Chiong 073247 1700 Bendigo Bank –Upper Mt Gravatt Kerry Menck 07 3216 8333 Commonwealth Bank –Garden City Michelle Smith 07 3349 7222 Heritage Bank Derek Goodridge 07 3849 5602 Peter Donovan, Certified Financial Planner Peter Donovan 0414 347 287 RAMS Home Loans Sabina & Murray Allen 07 3343 4175 Westpac – Mt Gravatt Paul Dennett 07 3422 3484 Mob 0417 238195 Bedding Sleepy’s The Mattress Experts Sunil Narayan 07 3849 0744 Bowls & Bowls Attire Fred Fern Bowls Centre John Finlayson 07 3391 5222 J.R.Bowls Shop Andre Damyon 07 3349 4421 Chemist Civic Fair Pharmacy Bob Harries 07 3349 7196 Malouf Group Pharmacies Ian Frederic 07 3343 5566 Vicky Thorncroft 07 3343 5566 Cleaning Services Cleansweep Cleaning Contractors Russell Gaske 07 3341 4898 Dentists & Dental Laboratory Upper Mt Gravatt Dental Centre and Denture Clinic Andrew Cattalini 07 3343 5801

Electrical Contractors/Retailers Gimpel Electrics Peter & Paul Gimpel 07 3343 4066 Financial Planning Peter Donovan – Certified Financial Planner Peter Donovan 0414 347 287 Fitness Centre Curves – Mt Gravatt Jannette Romeo 07 3420 0255 Funeral Services Alex Gow Funerals Fiona Bramich 07 3800 7500 Anton Brown Funerals P/L Anton Brown 07 3217 3088 George Hartnett Funerals Barry McIntosh 07 3849 8411 K M Smith Funeral Directors www.kmsmith.com.au 07 3252 2031 Metropolitan Funerals Toni Boydston 07 3349 9211 White Lady Funerals Sue Banks 07 3801 4777 Hearing Centres Hearing Life Sue – Ann Maxwell 07 3422 0377 John Pearcy Audiology John Pearcy 07 3398 8862 Insurance APIA. Matthew O’Connor 07 5668 7906 Key Cutting, Leather Goods & Shoe Repairs Mt Gravatt Plaza Shoe Repairs Matthew Park 07 3849 2800 Licenced Clubs Southside Sport & Community Club Kim Mcgregor 07 3219 1103

Motor Vehicles- New & Used Cars Keema Automotive Brad Nicholls 07 3426 1500 Southside Toyota Noel Clemson 07 3422 4999 The Motorama Group Simon Clarke 07 3000 9817 Zupps Mitsubishi Alyssa Barrett 07 3243 8888 Zupps Holden Suzanne McSweeney 07 3877 0091 Zupps Subaru Clinton Hicks 07 3404 8800 Motor Vehicles- Accessories, Repairs & Maintenance Exide Batteries Jay Hoffman 07 3274 1066 Midas Car Care Centre Tim Sandell 07 3343 2733 Physiotheray Services MyCare PhysioTherapy Terry Kung 07 33493000 Plumbing C.B.W. Plumbing Mark Ashcroft 0410 574 235 Reinforcing Products One Steel Reinforcing Products Rob Banham 07 3845 5655 Retirement Villages Elements Third Age Living at Springwood Choiu See Anderson 07 3299 3775 Mob. 0413 070400 Renaissance Retirement Village Andrew Carins Gen Mgr 07 3820 7700 Helen Hinwood 0402 018 301 Tricare Christine Paerels 07 3360 9025 The Village at Cooparoo. Ric Cohen 07 3892 5454 Mob. 0448 844 388 Solicitors Carroll Fairon Solicitors Frank Carroll 07 3343 9522 Elizabeth Fairon 07 3343 9522 Elliott & Harvey Michael Harvey 07 3343 2666

O’Neill’s Business Lawyers Kerry O’Neill 07 3849 6263 Take Away Food Subway – Mt Gravatt & Wishart Michael Tran 07 3343 2255 Mob. 0410 315 892 Taxi Black & White Cabs Lyn-Ann Fraser 13 33 22 & 07 3860 1828 Travel Agents Cruiseabout Annie Venables 07 3120 9200 Trophies Win Trophies Don & Carol Goodwin 07 3349 5458 Local, State and Federal Political Representatives

Cr Krista Adams Councillor for Wishart Ward 07 3403 7791 Mr Ian Walker MP Member for Mansfield 07 3849 3488 Mr Ross Vasta MP Federal Member for Bonner 07 3893 3488 Mr Graham Perrett MP Federal Member for Moreton 07 3344 2622

Mt Gravatt Bowls Club Calendar

Telephone: 07 3349 2367

Mt Gravatt Bowls Club Inc.

2013 May 01 Wed 12.30PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: TBA

02 Thu 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Carroll Fairon Solicitors

08 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: Peter Donovan CFP

09 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Gimpel Electrics

10 Fri 9.30 AM LADIES Patroness Day

15 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR; O’Neill’s Business Lawyers

16 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES - SPONSOR: The Village at Coorparoo

17 Fri 9.00 AM RETIREMENT VILLAGE DAY SPONSOR: Cruiseabout Upper Mt Gravatt

22 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: Sleepys The Mattress Experts

23 Thurs 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Upper Mt Gravatt Dental Centre

24 Fri. 9.00 AM LADIES FINANCIAL DAY SPONSOR: Curves Mt Gravatt

29 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: Westpac Bank Mt Gravatt

30 Thurs 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Tayair Air Conditioning

June 05 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: Renaissance Retirement Living

06 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: MyCare Physiotherapy

07 Fri 9.00 AM POLICE BOWLS

08 Sat 12 30 PM LIFE MEMBERS/PAST PRESIDENTS DAY

11 Tue 6.30 PM CORPORATE BOWLS CONCLUDE

12 Wed 12 30 PM MEN’S PAIRS SPONSOR: Commonwealth Bank Garden City

13 Thu 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Mt Gravatt Plaza Shoe Repairs

15 Sat 12.30 PM MENS CLUB SELECTED FOURS – 1st

ROUND

19 Wed 12.30 PM MEN’S PAIRS SPONSOR: Southside Toyota

20 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: One Steel Reinforcing Products

21 Fri 9.00 AM POLICE BOWLS

22 Sat 12 30PM MEN’S CLUB SELECTED FOURS – 2nd

ROUND

26 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: Exide Technologies

27 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Black & White Cabs

28 Fri 9.00 AM LADIES FINANCIAL DAY SPONSOR: The Village at Coorparoo

29 Sat. 12.30 PM MEN’S PRESIDENT’S AT HOME – PENNANT TRIALS

July 03 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: Zupps Subaru Mt Gravatt

04 Thu 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Metropolitan Funerals

05 Fri 9.00 AM POLICE BOWLS

06 Sat. 12.30 PM MEN’S PENNANT TRIALS SPONSOR: Elements Third Age Living

10 Wed 12 30 PM MEN’S PAIRS SPONSOR: The Village at Coorparoo

11 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Ian Walker MP

16 Tue 6.30 PM CORPORATE BOWLS BEGIN (8 WEEKS)

17 Wed 12. 30 PM MEN’S PAIRS SPONSOR: TBA

18 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: Renaissance Retirement Living

19 Fri 9.00 AM POLICE BOWLS

24 Wed 12 30 PM MEN’S PAIRS SPONSOR: Sleepy’s The Mattress Experts

25 Thurs. 12.30 PM MIXED TRIPLES SPONSOR: George Hartnett Funerals

26 Fri. 9.00 AM LADIES FINANCIAL DAY SPONSOR: Civic Fair Pharmacy

29 Mon 10.30 AM MONDAY FOURS SPONSOR Village at Coorparoo

31 Wed 12.30 PM MENS PAIRS SPONSOR: MyCare Physiotherapy