Penshurst RSL December Newsletter

DECEMBER 2014: ‘WHAT’S DOING?’

SECRETARY MANAGER’S REPORT 4

SUB-CLUB NEWS 8-12

PRSL KID’S XMAS DISCO & MONSTER TOY RAFFLE 6-7

NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATIONS AT PRSL 15

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

SEE PAGES

6 & 7 FOR

DETAILS

SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER KID’S CHRISTMAS DISCO

TOY RAFFLE &

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Season’s Greetings,

I hope you are all surviving

the frantic lead up to

Christmas and looking

forward to some well

earned rest and

relaxation!

December is a

month you

should

definitely

come and

visit the Club, with plenty of festive

activities for the whole family to

enjoy.

Our Christmas raffles commence on

the 3rd December and will run every

Wednesday and Sunday right up to

Christmas Eve. Each raffle has 60

prizes on offer, comprising of hams,

turkeys, seafood vouchers and pork,

so there’s plenty of quality options to

choose from.

On Sunday the 7th December we have

our annual Kid’s Christmas Disco

Party & Toy Raffle, which is always a

popular event. The party will run

from 12:30pm to 2:30pm and the

kids will be well entertained with

plenty of games and dancing. Entry is

FREE and you must obtain tickets

from Reception prior to the event,

call 9580 3749. The toy raffle will

commence straight after the kid’s

party and there are some very

impressive prizes up for grabs,

including an iPad Air and iPod

Touches!! Take a look on pages

6 & 7 for more details on

prizes to be won.

Just a friendly reminder to

our Members to make sure

you spend your rewards

points before the year ends as

Christmas Merry

SECRETARY MANAGER’S REPORT 2

they will be deleted at the end of

trade on the 31st December. One of

the benefits we offer our members is

the option to redeem your points for

a variety of gift vouchers and in-house

services/products, just speak to our

friendly Reception staff for more

details.

2014 was an exciting year of change

for Penshurst RSL and I’m looking

forward to continuing the trend of

modernising our much-

loved Club in

2015.

Let’s not forget that every time you

visit our Club, you are supporting

many local community sports and

social groups that would not be able

to provide their valuable services

without our sponsorship. Clubs are

here to improve the quality of life to

people of all ages, backgrounds

and ethnicities and

this is

what I love most about working in this

industry.

I’d like to wish everyone a very Merry

Christmas and Happy New Year and I

hope to see you at Penshurst RSL in

2015.

Regards,

Chris Hendley

PENSHURST RSL NEWSLETTER: DECEMBER

2014

RAFFLES DECEMBER

PRIZES

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DECEMBER 2014 CALENDAR

Mondays

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Thursdays

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Fridays

Saturdays

Sundays

Sundays

Fri 5th Mark Broughton

Fri 12th Ron Ashton

Fri 19th Instant Replay

Fri 26th Ian Blakeney

FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN DECEMBER

3RD, 7TH, 10TH, 14TH, 17TH, 21ST & 24TH

CHRISTMAS MEAT RAFFLES TICKETS ON SALE FROM

5:30PM, DRAW STARTS 6:30PM

SUN 7TH KIDS XMAS PARTY & TOY

DECEMBER SPECIAL EVENTS

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SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER

KID’S DISCO & TOY RAFFLE

KID’S CHRISTMAS DISCO

TOY RAFFLE & Under 3

Baby Sand & Water Play

Station

Peppa Pig Hide & Seek

Fischer Price Doll & Walker

Set

Leap Frog Lap Top

Play & Learn Rocking Chair

Ages 3+

Tonka Truck

T Rex Imaginext

Transformers Walkie Talkies

Disney Cars—Plane

Ninja Turtles

Darth Vader Mask

Fire Engine

Thomas the Tank Engine

Portable Railway

Jumping Castle

Train Set

Woody Toy Story Doll

Little Woodsies Deluxe

Cottage

Supermarket

Optimus Prime Transformer

Gigantic Keyboard Playmat

Barbie Boat & Doll

Dora Mermaid Doll

Puppy Surprise

Butterfly House

Frozen Anna Doll

Ages 4+

Spiderman

Rockstar Remote Control Car

La La Loopsie Charm Doll

Ages 5+

Slip & Slide

Olaf Tickle & Giggle Doll

(Frozen)

Flutter Bye Fairy

KID’S FREE CHRISTMAS DISCO PARTY

DOORS OPEN 12:00PM

PARTY RUNS FROM 12:30PM TO 2:30PM

TICKETS MUST BE OBTAINED FROM RECEPTION

PRIOR TO THE PARTY

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SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER

Bead Tray & Treasure Pot Ages 6+

Boys’ Crossbow Soaker

Lego Disney Princess

Monster High Doll

Scooter

Junior Basketball Set

La La Loopsie Scooter &

Helmet

Electric Guitar

Inflatable Raft & Water Guns

Ages 8+

Girls’ Nerf Crossbow

Monster High Nail Studio &

Cosmetic Lab

Kid’s Science Metal Detector

Telescope & Microscope

Spy Infrared Goggles

Ages 9+

Lego Technic

Family/Open

Deal Or No Deal Board

Game

Uno Attack Family Game

Karaoke Machine

Tennis Set & Monopoly Pack

Soccer Set & Operation

Game Pack

Twister Games

WHAT’S DOING: DECEMBER 2014

KID’S CHRISTMAS DISCO

TOY RAFFLE

TOY RAFFLE

DRAW BEGINS AT 2:45PM

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT RECEPTION

MUST BE HERE TO PICK YOUR PRIZE

$1 FOR ONE STRIP OF 6 TICKETS

RUNNER-UP

PRIZES (2)

iPod Touch

(32GB)

MAJOR PRIZE

iPad Touch (32

GB)

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SUB CLUB NEWS

As it is almost the end of the year and, once the shopping is com-plete, many of us will be winding down and looking forward to a well-earned rest over the festive season.

Before then, the travel club has three functions to look forward to. Towards the end of November each year, we run an end-of-year party at Penshurst RSL Club. This is a fun night with lucky door and raf-fle prizes etc., plus a delicious Christmas dinner supplied by the great cooks in the Club’s Bistro.

On 10 December, there will be a theatre party to the Theatre Royal to see the new David Williamson play “Rupert”, based on the life and times of Rupert Murdoch.

Our City Christmas Lights coach tour is being held on 17 December. An early all-you-can-eat dinner is first before we travel on to Rydal-mere where we will board the RiverCat, giving us a chance to ad-mire the lights along the Par-ramatta River and the buildings around Circular Quay. Here we rejoin our coach for a tour of the city which includes Macquarie Street, St Mary’s Cathedral and Sydney’s Town Hall with a peek at the impressive windows of David Jones. Afterwards, we head to Ashbury to admire the amazing efforts of its residents.

The travel club program for 2015 is well under way and the Harbour Cruise in January is almost full, as is the group booking to see “Dirty Dancing”. However, at least one

trip is offered each month and these are open to new members. If you are thinking of joining (and you are a member of Penshurst RSL), you are encouraged to come along to one of our meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month from 6.45 pm in the Club’s Auditorium. $6 will cover you for the financial year. For further in-formation, please see our website: http://pentravelclub.weebly.com or e-mail [email protected] or you may contact us on 9533 5809 (leave a message if necessary).

Wishing everyone, in particular the staff and management of Pen-shurst RSL Club, a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year.

TRAVEL CLUB

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PENSHURST RSL JUNIOR AFL PANTHERS

As it is almost the end of the year and, once the shopping is com-plete, many of us will be winding down and looking forward to a well-earned rest over the festive season.

Before then, the travel club has three functions to look forward to. Towards the end of November each year, we run an end-of-year party at Penshurst RSL Club. This is a fun night with lucky door and raf-fle prizes etc., plus a delicious Christmas dinner supplied by the great cooks in the Club’s Bistro.

On 10 December, there will be a theatre party to the Theatre Royal to see the new David Williamson play “Rupert”, based on the life and times of Rupert Murdoch.

Our City Christmas Lights coach tour is being held on 17 December. An early all-you-can-eat dinner is first before we travel on to Rydal-mere where we will board the RiverCat, giving us a chance to ad-mire the lights along the Par-ramatta River and the buildings around Circular Quay. Here we rejoin our coach for a tour of the city which includes Macquarie Street, St Mary’s Cathedral and Sydney’s Town Hall with a peek at the impressive windows of David Jones. Afterwards, we head to Ashbury to admire the amazing efforts of its residents.

The travel club program for 2015 is well under way and the Harbour Cruise in January is almost full, as is the group booking to see “Dirty Dancing”. However, at least one

trip is offered each month and these are open to new members. If you are thinking of joining (and you are a member of Penshurst RSL), you are encouraged to come along to one of our meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month from 6.45 pm in the Club’s Auditorium. $6 will cover you for the financial year. For further in-formation, please see our website: http://pentravelclub.weebly.com or e-mail [email protected] or you may contact us on 9533 5809 (leave a message if necessary).

Wishing everyone, in particular the staff and management of Pen-shurst RSL Club, a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year.

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SUB CLUB NEWS

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK-

END On November 1 & 2 we took

17 of our most committed learn-to

-swim teachers away for the week-

end as our way of saying “thank

you” for all the time they give to

teaching your children to swim.

Camp Wombaroo in the Southern

Highlands was a brilliant venue and

the teachers (and chaperones) all

had a fantastic time. There cer-

tainly wasn’t any time for relaxa-

tion, half hour after arriving we

were all down at the giant swing,

followed shortly thereafter by

archery, which was fabulous fun.

After dinner we set about making a

bonfire. The boys went searching

for wood and the girls made an

Aussie adaptation of (American)

“s’mores” – Waffle cones filled

with several kinds of berries,

marshmallows & chocolate but-

tons, wrapped in foil and heated

over an open fire until the cone is

crispy, the chocolate melted, the

fruit warmed and the marshmal-

lows gooey. DEEE-LICIOUS. Hey, it

has fruit… It’s healthy right?

The next morning we were up at

7.30am for breakfast then we were

all off to raft building which was

probably the best activity we did

the entire weekend. Four groups

of four kids set about creating &

building a raft that could both sup-

port them and make it once

around the lake. All four rafts were

different; there are certainly some

creative minds in our teachers. I

yelled myself hoarse cheering on

each group as they raced across

the water. There was a little

friendly sabotage between teams

and one raft that didn’t quite make

it home in one piece.

Our final activity of the weekend

was the flying fox & what an ex-

hilarating ride that was. First there

was the climb to the top of the

telegraph pole before taking that

giant leap of faith stepping off the

platform, confident in the fact that

the safety harness would carry you

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the 250m to the bottom of the val-

ley.

We headed home shortly after

lunch promising to return to Camp

Wombaroo again another year. All

in all we had a fabulous weekend

with an exemplary group of indi-

viduals who, when grouped to-

gether, make you appreciate just

how privileged our Club is to have

them as teachers & role models.

Thanks guys for being such great

sports, great teachers and fabulous

people in general; we appreciate

everything you do for us. Thank

you also to the Penshurst RSL

Youth Swim Club for supporting

these teachers so comprehen-

sively. It’s money VERY well spent!

We can’t wait to do it all again next

season.

REPRESENTATIVE SWIMMING We

have now completed our three

Zone carnivals & the results have

been very pleasing. Our Zone

Championship carnival will be held

on December 13th & we wish all

the Penshurst RSL swimmers the

very best of luck.

We have calculated that over the

season we have had 19 new repre-

sentative swimmers, what a great

effort by our younger Club mem-

bers.

Thanks also to our parent helpers

who manned the BBQ, have taken

control of marshalling, judging,

check-starting & timekeeping. Who

made food & sold raffle tickets &

took on many other duties. It’s a

proud moment for our committee

when we see so many Penshurst

parents “on duty” at these carni-

vals.

Currently Swim Club has 97 regis-

tered members. Our squad books

are closed now to all but swim-

mers who are promoted from

within. Currently our Stroke Devel-

opment class has a few vacancies

as does our learn-to-swim pro-

gramme however, we have no

doubt both will fill in the coming

months as parents seek out a swim

school to help prepare their chil-

dren for February school swim-

ming carnivals. So, if you have

friends or family looking for a swim

school now is the time to invite

them to consider us. With the ex-

ception of siblings, our swim

school ceases to accept members

in February.

Leonie Bottos – Registrar. Ph: 9596

-4243 or Email con-

[email protected]

MERRY CHRISTMAS! On behalf of

the Youth Club Committee, the

Swim Club executive, the coaches,

the Austswim supervisors, the vol-

unteer teachers, the Captains and

Vice Captains, the Zone & State

representative swimmers and all

those Swim Club children in our

Learn-to-swim, Squad and Stroke

Development classes; may we wish

you all a very Merry Christmas & a

healthy & prosperous New Year.

Stay Safe, especially around water.

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SUB CLUB NEWS

The Probus aim is to provide, through social interaction and ac-tivities, an opportunity for retired or semi-retired men and women to expand their interests and to enjoy the fellowship of new friends. The motto of Probus is fellowship, friendship and fun.

There are three Probus clubs that meet each month at Penshurst RSL. They all do similar things including guest speakers on a range of inter-esting topics, regular day outings to various destinations by coach or other means, barbeques, walks, theatre parties, and longer trips away once or twice a year.

All clubs are seeking new members and would welcome enquiries from men and women who would be in-

terested in joining one of our clubs, or just come along to any one of our meetings and see which club you would like to join; you will be made most welcome. Contact details are as follows:

The Probus Club of Penshurst for men and women meets first Wednesday of the month at 10.15am in the Auditorium. David Rae: Ph. 9533 2506; Mobile. 0404 842506; email [email protected]. Hurstville Region Probus Club for men and women meets first Tues-day of each month except Novem-ber when it is the second Tuesday, at 10 am in the White Room. Alan Donald: Ph. 9546 4785; Mobile 0407 464590; email [email protected].

Hurstville Ladies Probus Club for women meets second Wednesday of each month except January at 10am in the Auditorium. Lyn Jones: Ph. 9579 5358 Coming Events in January, 2015: The Probus Club of Penshurst: 7th January, 2015 - Meeting In Auditorium 21st January, 2015 - Luncheon at Masonic Club, Mortdale. Hurstville Region Probus: 6th January Meeting Guest Speaker – Dr. Jack Burke, one of the doctors, on the Royal Flying Doctor Service. No outing in January Hurstville Ladies Probus: No meeting in January.

PROBUS CLUBS AT PENSHURST RSL

Are you looking to improve your

communication skills? Lead

teams and conduct meetings?

Over-come your fear of public

speaking? Or looking to meet

new people?

Whether you’re a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters will help you be more successful in what-ever path of life you’ve chosen.

We meet right here in your club, the 1st and 3rd Monday of the

month at 7 - 9pm. You are more than welcome to drop in and have a look - see, just like we all did! We saw a fun, supportive environment in which to learn valuable skills with amazing value which is why we have stayed.

TOASTMASTERS

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