Central Spoke 13.01.2025 (Jan. 11, 2025)

President's report.

Happy New Year Ferals!!!

What a fantastic way to start the year last Wednesday having a BBQ and game of Bocce at Lake Pertobe. It was a cracking day and a very good turn out so I would like to thank Ian ‘Surf’ McPhail for organising the event. It was fantastic to see Paul ‘Knuckles’ O’Brien back at Rotary. Paul stated that he was back in good health and that showed on the Bocce field as to my eye he seemed to be ‘BOG’. Big Bob might argue with this but Paul’s bowling skills came to the fore and really showed the others up.

We are back at the bowling club this Wednesday and I would like to remind everyone that we will be meeting for another BBQ and crack at the ‘Hole in One’ competition at the Lady Bay on Wednesday 22^nd January at 12.30pm. Roger Cussen has kindly locked this time slot away for us so it would be good to see this supported by our members. Yours truly will be shooting for back to back ‘Worst Player’ award.

Upcoming Events.

15th January - Story Dogs guest speakers.

22nd January Hole in 1 golf meeting

21st February - Trivia Night.

Maria in Australia.

Greg has kindly sent us this snap. Maria is on the left, Simone (Chair of their district RYE committee) in the center, and Edi, a current exchange student from Horsham, is on the right.

Welcome to our Club!

Imagine Rotary

Wednesdays at 1:00 PM

Warrnambool Bowls Club

75 Timor St
Warrnambool, VIC 3280
Australia

Phone:

0493 467 248

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Please join us for lunch at the Warrnambool Bowls Club.

District Site

Venue Map

President

Matt Northeast

President Elect

Bono O'Neill

Secretary

Glenn Marler

Treasurer

Paul Reilly

Club Service

Ian McPhail

Community Service

Min McGrath

Vocational Service

Gerald Irvine

International Service

Bore Hoekstra

Membership/Welfare

Anthony Robinson

Youth Service

Lloydy Allison

Environment

Anthony Davies

Immediate Past President

Rob Harris

Sergeant-at-Arms

Jon Vertigan

Club returns for 2025.

Last week members returned for the first meeting with barbecue and a game of pétanque, bocce volo, or possibly even boule lyonnaise. Your correspondent was not in attendance and I am not sure what rules, if any, were being applied. Paul Reilly has kindly sent us these snaps.

Lew noted that, unusually, Pip was in the lairy shirt while Trev

looked like he had just come from a Johnny Cash concert.

Pip's hamburger patty also looked like it had come from a Johnny Cash concert.

David thought the onions were a bit undercooked.

Rotary Horse Racing report.

Backing up seven days after her so-so run at Warrnambool on New Years Eve, Overflow Miss got a start in the fifth at Hamilton last Tuesday.

OM got away well but quickly settled back into the middle of the field. She stayed in this position before making her move as they entered the final straight. Once again, she attempted to outsprint the field down the straight, and once again her lack of ability took a toll on this ambition. She came home mid-field and never looked likely.

There is something deeply comforting about watching a mediocre horse putting in an indifferent performance in a second rate race amongst a run-of-the-mill field of horses. It is not too exciting and not too disappointing. Moderation and calmness are the secrets to a long and happy life. Long live Overflow Miss.

More mediocre updates as they come to hand.

Ten Years Ago

Ten years ago, it was a January tradition for Robbo to borrow our PA system on behalf of the tennis club for their big annual tournament. Robbo would then forget to bring back the PA system and we would be without a microphone until some time in February. The key for Robbo was to pretend the microphone wasn’t missing and hope nobody noticed.

Our Club Fundraiser 2023 - every hand on deck!

Building on 2021-2023 - Supporting ROMP

Date TBC

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