Summer Edition 2013 - Ringwood RSL

Summer Edition 2013 

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE RINGWOOD RSL SUB BRANCH INC. 

ABN 28 586 074 047 

Over The Top – Summer 2013 1

Ringwood RSL Sub Branch Inc. 

16 Station Street, Ringwood, 3134 

Website: www.ringwoodrsl.com.au 

Office Ph: 9870 6604 

Fax: 9870 9628 

ABN 28 586 074 047 

SUMMER 2013 EDITION 

PRESIDENT 

PAST PRESIDENT 

SECRETARY/MANAGER 

TREASURER 

David Jamison 

Harry Seymour 

Wayne Chisholm 

Mark Bremner 

COMMITTEE 

Simon Mattiske, Paul Madams, Ted Dugdale, 

David Liggett and Kas McCormack-Smith 

WELFARE OFFICERS 

Harry Seymour, Terry Brown, 

Fred Bottrell, Stan Exon and John Westhorp 

PENSION OFFICERS 

Paul Curran, John Robertson, Peter Eisen and 

Stan Exon 

CUSTODIANS 

M. Blackwell and F. Bottrell 

2 Over The Top – Summer 2013

Vale 

With feelings of sorrow and regret and assurances of sympathy with the 

bereaved relatives, we record the deaths of the under mentioned Members. 

Last Name First Name Deceased Service Nº 

Date 

BROWN BARRY 17/11/2012 A114327 

HILL ERIC 23/10/2012 VX138955 

HODGSON KEITH 13/08/2012 PM7767 

LEEWORTHY THOMAS 28/09/2012 3128627 

MADDOCKS MARY 17/09/2012 110432 

MULLER DOUGLAS 27/12/2012 VX74058 

PUMPA LESLIE 31/10/2012 VX121814 

RICHARDS GEORGE 31/07/2012 O33075 

SHARP DOUGLAS 06/10/2012 VX92490 

SIMPSON HENRY 20/12/2012 37166 

SPENCER DONALD 30/11/2012 

TURNBULL WILLIAM 06/09/2012 VX124900 

WELLS BERTRAM 15/09/2012 VX75584 

WILKINSON RICHARD 24/07/2012 R304133 

ADRICHEM LOU 03/09/2012 AFFILIATE 

CABRAL CORINNE 25/08/2012 AFFILIATE 

DUSINK JOHN 14/11/2012 AFFILIATE 

JACOBS JOY 24/12/2012 AFFILIATE 

KADEN JOHANNA 17/11/2012 AFFILIATE 

KWOK PEDER 26/07/2012 AFFILIATE 

MCLEAN MARGARET 15/11/2012 AFFILIATE 

WEBB MARGARET 10/09/2012 AFFILIATE 

WOODS ETHEL 26/08/2012 AFFILIATE 

DAWSON BRIAN 30/11/2012 SOCIAL 

SEFERTH ALLEN 16/10/2012 SOCIAL 

LEST WE FORGET 


Contents 

Vale 3 

Invitation to AGM 5 

From the President’s Pen 6 

Manager/Secretary’s Report 10 

Treasurer’s Report 12 

Women’s Auxiliary Report 15 

Welfare & Charitable Report 16 

Bingo Report 17 

Pension Office Report 18 

Special Events 19 

Anglers’ Report 20 

Membership Report 21 

Clocktower Day Club 22 

Eight Ball Report 23 

Billiards & Snooker Report 23 

Indoor Biased Bowls Report 24 

Golf Report 26 

Appeals Report 27 

Top: President, David Jamison on Remembrance Day. 

Centre: Volunteer of the Year – Fred Bottrell and Staff Member of the 

Year – Mary Savoia ~ presentations made at 2012 President’s Night. 

Bottom: Crowd at Clocktower for Remembrance Day. 

ROCK ‘n’ ROLL 

BEGINNERS CLASS 

Every Wednesday night from 7 p.m. 

• A new term starts beginning of each month. 

• Contact Linda 9870 7449 or 0417 364 659 

linda@lindasrockandroll.com 


Invitation 

Invitation to the 

Annual 

General Meeting 

On behalf of the General Committee, 

it is my pleasure to invite you to the 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

OF 

RINGWOOD R. & S. L. 

SUB BRANCH INCORPORATED 

to be held on 

Sunday, 24th FEBRUARY 2013 

at 10.00 am 


Secretary/Manager 

Minutes of the 2012 Annual General Meeting 

will be available at the meeting or can be obtained 

by request at the Sub Branch Reception Desk. 

Associate Members are reminded that if they wish to vote at Ringwood, they 

must provide their written intention as per the requirements of rule 10.6 (C). 


From the President’s Pen 

This year has been a challenging one 

for the Sub Branch Committee. Firstly 

there were no nominations for either 

the President nor for the Secretary’s 

positions. As a result as the previous Vice 

President, I have been fulfilling this role 

and the 2012 AGM agreed that if there 

no suitable volunteers, the Manager 

would be appointed to carry out the 

duties of secretary and consequently 

has been our Secretary/Manager during 

2012. The committee accepted the 

services of one volunteer to become 

secretary but unfortunately he contracted 

health problems and had to withdraw 

his offer. Nevertheless, the Committee 

has functioned effectively and I believe 

provided good direction in Sub Branch 

operations during the year. My thanks to 

the committee members and in particular 

Mark Bremner for the work he has done in 

drafting the strategic business plan with 

Wayne. 

Commemorations 

The ANZAC and Remembrance Day 

services were well attended and my 

thanks go to all who volunteered to 

ensure these commemorations were 

successful. The cost of staging these 

services including the associated 

functions in the club was approximately 

$14,000. 

We are also grateful to the Maroondah 

City Council who refurbished the 

Ringwood Clock Tower, replaced the flag 

poles, replaced the sound system, reset 

and painted the howitzer in the Clock 

Tower Memorial Park. 

Welfare and 

Charitable 

Activities 

The welfare and community support 

work of the Sub Branch has continued 

apace and during 2012: 

• We have helped many veterans with 

their claims for support from the 

Department of Veterans’ Affairs. 

• Provided over $9,000 of welfare 

services for mobility aids as well as 

minor house and garden maintenance 

for a number of our more frail 

members and also for others in our 

community who need our help. 

• Members also provided approximately 

10,500 hours of volunteer support 

to our members and ex-service 

men and women in the Maroondah 

area. These volunteer services have 

included, assistance in claiming 

pension entitlements, home and 

hospital visits and the conduct of RSL 

eulogies as part of the funeral service 

for veterans. Apart from the welfare 

benefit provided to individuals, the 

value of this volunteer support to the 

Maroondah community is in the order 

of $210,000. 

• Rob and his team of volunteers have 

raised over $70,000 in the annual 

ANZAC and Poppy Appeals for the 

State RSL welfare work. 

• We have provided bursaries and 

assistance worth $1,500 for children in 

local schools. 

• Provided a donation of $1,000 for the 


purchase of safety equipment for the 

local Air Force Cadet Unit. 

• Provided sponsorship of $3,000 for 

both the Maroondah Brass and the 

Ringwood Pipe Bands. 

• We have arranged a sponsorship deal 

for our members with Le Pine Funerals 

who now offer a $500 discount on their 

services for all RSL members and their 

families. 

In addition we have continued to provide 

support to members of the Sub Branch 

with subsidised meals and refreshments, 

sponsorship of sporting sub sections and 

other “in club” activities designed to make 

visits to the club more enjoyable. 

Property Developments 

November saw the completion of the 

development of the six townhouses 

behind the car park in James Street. We 

have now sold the three we planned 

to and the proceeds have covered 

our construction costs. The remaining 

three have been tenanted at current 

market rate rents which will provide 

an additional income stream for the 

Sub Branch. Unfortunately, progress on 

the redevelopment of the Sub Branch 

premises has not progressed as we had 

planned due the very tight financial 

situation in the general community. All 

our potential partners failed to attract the 

necessary investment finance required 

to allow the major redevelopment to be 

authorised. As a result the Committee 

has decided to scale back our proposal 

with a less ambitious redevelopment 

of the club facility to provide modern 

amenities for an interim period while 

we await an improvement in the overall 

economy. We believe this scaled down 

redevelopment will coincide with the 

major works planned for the Eastland 

Shopping Centre as well as the upgrade 

of Ringwood station and that we will 

achieve an increase in patronage from the 

community which will help us sustain our 

welfare efforts. 

Trading 

This year has also been a challenging one 

for our commercial trading operations. 

Without stealing the Secretary/Manager’s 

thunder, I can report that the changeover 

of the gaming arrangements has been 

successful although there have been 

many teething problems with the new 

services provider as well as the new 

gaming regulator. We have been able 

to meet our obligations to pay the 

instalments for the new licences for our 

gaming machines and we have been 

trading at an overall profit. I offer my 

sincere thanks to Wayne and his staff 

who have worked hard during the year in 

support of members and for successfully 

navigating their way through the gaming 

regime changeover. 

Veteran and ADF Member 

Support Policies 

On the national front, I have been 

working to encourage all national exservice 

organisations (ESOs) to cooperate 

more closely so that the voice of the 

ex-service community can be more 

unified and effective in submissions 

and proposals to governments. We are 


FREE! 

Friday and Saturday Night 

Entertainment 2013 

Friday 1st February Blackhill Ramblers 

Saturday 16th February Random Play 

Friday 1st March Mustang 

Saturday 16th March Prairie Oysters 

Friday 5th April Dean and Carruthers 

Saturday 20th April Blackhill Ramblers 

Friday 3rd May Mustang 

Saturday 18th May Random Play 

Friday 7th June Full Deck 

Saturday 15th June Prairie Oysters 

Friday 5th July Blackhill Ramblers 

Saturday 20th July Dean and Carruthers 

Friday 2nd August Pairie Oysters 

Saturday 17th August Mustang 

Friday 6th September Dean and Carruthers 

Saturday 21st September Blackhill Ramblers 

Friday 4th October Random Play 

Saturday 19th October Rene Diaz 

Friday 1st November Pairie Oysters 

Saturday 16th November Dean and Carruthers 


From the President’s Pen continued 

making progress in this with just about 

all ESOs agreeing on the most important 

policy issues we would like the Federal 

Government to act on. Some of the major 

issues we are pursuing are: 

• The adoption of an “Australian Military 

Covenant” in 2015 to recognise the 

contribution made by service men and 

women to the nation since federation. 

• Military superannuation – fair 

adjustment of superannuation 

pensions to stop the decline in their 

value; the use of up to date “life 

expectancy” tables rather than 50 

year out of date ones to calculate 

repayment of commuted pension 

amounts; removal of “maximum 

benefit limits” for members of the 

current military scheme; extension of 

superannuation to all reserve members 

of the ADF; and removal of income 

tax from Military Superannuation 

Pensions in line with the tax free 

superannuation benefits allowed most 

other Australians. 

• Increase to the DVA Disability Pension 

amount to match the increase given to 

the Age Pension in 2009. 

• Preservation of privacy of the personal 

records of our service men and women 

in the “open access” period which is 

being advanced to 20 years from the 

existing 30 years. 

• We remain opposed to the 

Government proposal to form a 

“Military Court” to replace the existing 

Court Martial system. 

• Increased recognition of the effects on 

ADF members of exposure to fuel and 

other toxic substances in line with the 

support given to F111 maintenance 

workers. 

In addition to these, we are closely 

monitoring the new “outsourced” 

medical care arrangements for ADF 

members with the objective that all 

arrangements have the support of 

the relevant medical professional 

associations, that the quality of 

services to ADF members will not 

be diminished, and that there are 

mechanisms in place to monitor the 

effectiveness of the arrangements in 

relation to the quality and timeliness 

of service provision. We have also 

managed to get the Government to 

reverse its decision to abolish the 

recreational leave travel entitlement 

for ADF members over the age of 21. 

If this initiative had been allowed to 

remain it would have impacted most 

severely on members in separated 

families where their former spouse had 

custody of their children and they were 

making maintenance payments. 

Thanks 

Once again let me thank all the hard 

working volunteers who contribute so 

much to the life of our Sub Branch. I 

would also like to thank members for the 

support and encouragement you have 

given me in 2012 and wish everyone a 

happy and healthy 2013. 

David Jamison 


Manager/Secretary’s Report 

Dear members, 

I hope you all had a memorable 

Christmas and a joyful New Years Eve; we 

were booked out again this year for both 

occasions. 

2012 has been a very busy and frustrating 

year with the changes to gaming. The 

loss of our ATM has caused confusion for 

members and visitors and has increased 

the workload on the staff supplying 

money through EFTPOS. The changeover 

to Intralot Gaming Solutions (Gaming 

Monitoring) has been the biggest 

challenge. Although they are a world 

renowned monitoring company for 

gaming, they are new to Victoria and 

have had a steep learning curve at our 

expense. Intralot does not have the same 

urgency in getting pokies operational, 

so our pokies are sometimes down for 

long periods of time. Remember, this is 

a company that won a tender to monitor 

gaming machines in Victoria for the State 

Government, they get paid by us whether 

the pokies are operating or not. There 

has been a long delay for Ringwood RSL 

to get new pokies. We were due for our 

first deployment of six new machines on 

22 nd October 2012 but this was cancelled 

due to being too close to changeover 

from Tatt’s to Intralot, because it was 

cancelled we had to re-apply to get a 

new date and this is a 28 day process. 

Although we applied straight away we 

still have no new pokies as I write this 

report. Constant communication with 

Intralot, VCGRL and the State Government 

has been to no avail. Intralot is still 

focused on changing 

over every gaming 

venue in the state 

before putting priority 

on pokier machine deployments. Intralot 

has a contract with the Government to 

have all venues changed over by the start 

on March 2013 or they will be penalised; 

this has been very frustrating when we 

have Tabcorp Gaming Solutions with 

27 new poker machines earmarked for 

Ringwood RSL. 

In 2013 with the success of the FREE live 

entertainment on the third Saturday of 

each month introduced last year, we have 

expanded the entertainment to include 

the first Friday as well, please check our 

notice boards, web page or our new 

phone App to keep yourself up to date on 

who is coming up next. If you don’t have 

our new app yet (the only RSL in Victoria 

to have one) go to the Google Play store 

or Apple’s app store and down load it 

FREE and have mobile flexibility and 

convenience. 

If you are a fight fan you will love 

watching the UFC fights in the function 

room each month on our 140” projection 

screen, it’s like being at the fight. The 

show starts from 12 noon to 5pm and 

don’t miss out on our exclusive Pot & 

Parma Meal Deal for just $10.00. 

RSL Rewards has now started. Don’t 

forget to swipe your member’s card 

on entry to the club to receive bonus 

visitation points or win a random prize. 


You will also receive points for every 

dollar spent at the club on food, drinks 

and merchandise. When entering the 

club on your birthday and you swipe 

your member’s card, you will receive a 

FREE drink and meal voucher. As you 

accumulate points you will be able to 

redeem them back or pay part off your 

food and drink bill. These points can be 

earned or redeemed at any participating 

RSL throughout Victoria. During the year 

there will be RSL Rewards members only 

promotions, so look out for them in the 

coming months. 

We have traded better this year than last 

year and I anticipate it will continue to 

grow, but at a slow pace, until the overall 

confidence comes back in our economy 

in Australia. 

Thank you members for your support of 

the Ringwood RSL “Your Local Club” and 

have a great 2013 and to the Committee 

(especially David Jamison and Mark 

Bremner) and the staff of the RSL, thank 

you for all your support and hard work 

over the past year. 


Dear Members, 

Did you know that if your relatives wanted to join the Ringwood R & SL 

they can? They can join as an Affiliate Member or if you have friends that 

would like to join, they can join as a Social Member. 

We are looking to increase our Membership and have more people 

interested in our Sub Branch. So if you know anyone who is interested, 

then advise them to call the club and enquire about our facilities and 

benefits of being a Social Member. 

FULL BAR FACILITIES AVAILABLE 


Treasurer’s Report 

As the Treasurer can report to the 

members that trading overall for the 

calendar year 2012 was both better than the 

previous year and better than the Manager’s 

budget for the year though the second half 

of the year trade was not to the level that we 

were budgeting for. 

It might be opportune to touch on some 

the individual trading areas to gauge the 

Manager’s, the Committee’s and the Club’s 

performance between 2012 and 2011: 

2012 2011 Change 

Net Result $196,338 ($48,170) Up by $244,508 

Bar Sales $843,557 $789,135 Up by $54,422 

Bar Cost of $293,860 $268,930 Up by $24,930 

Goods Sold 

Food Sales $648,818 $805,770 Down by $156,952 

Food Purchases $262,927 $281,360 Down by $18,433 

(Net) Gaming $1,935,826 $1,157,730 Up by $778,096 

Please note that these figures have been 

produced prior to the annual audit and may 

be subject to change as a result of the audit. 

As can be seen from the figures above, we 

have traded significantly better in 2012 than 

we did in 2011, with a turnaround in the net 

result of $244,500 - from a 2011 deficit of 

$48,170 to a surplus in 2012 of $196,338. 

Analysing at the figures closer we see that a 

good positive result was made in the areas of 

the Bar and Gaming Income, but of concern 

is the downturn in trade in the Bistro. Gaming 

has seen an increase over the previous year, 

but having said that, the Club was denied its 

due quota of new machines due with the first 

deployment in October 2012 which would 

have had a detrimental effect on the ‘bottom 

line’. 

The change in the taxation arrangement 

brought about by the new Gaming regime 

that came into effect in 2012, and assisted 

in the good result, 

it is envisaged 

that further 

improvements will 

be made during the year 2013. 

During the year the Club lost the services 

of one of its long time Administration 

personnel in Helen Norton. Helen’s 

position was outsourced to an Accounting 

firm. With a new firm, with the complexities 

of bookkeeping incorporated in a gaming 

venue and newly introduced software, 

there have been some teething problems 

throughout their tenure; but these 

difficulties shall be minimalised as their 

familiarity with the Club’s requirements are 

enhanced . 

In the Military, it was drummed into us 

that anything is ‘only as good as its weakest 

link’. We, all the Committee and the 

Club’s members, can be thankful for the 

outstanding level of competence, loyalty 

and dedication displayed by all staff to the 

Club whether Administration, Gaming, Bar 

or Bistro, and for that I thank them. 

Finally my heartfelt thanks go to the 

Manager and Secretary, Mr Wayne 

Chisholm. Throughout the time that I have 

been Treasurer for the Ringwood RSL Sub- 

Branch I have been continually amazed 

with his knowledge of the hospitality 

industry, the manner in which he goes 

about the performance of his dual roles, his 

willingness to assist staff in the furtherance 

of their knowledge, and the additional 

time ‘above and beyond’ dedicated to 

sub-committees of ANZAC House in 

developing the brand RSL. 

Mark Bremner 


RINGWOOD RSL SUB BRANCH INC - Trading 

PROFIT AND LOSS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2012 

Unaudited 

INCOME 2012 2011 

Bar 843,557 789,136 

Food 648,818 805,770 

Subscription 62,438 74,468 

Other Income 179,223 202,668 

Donation 22,027 13,867 

Net Gaming Revenue 1,935,827 1,157,734 

Interest Received 45,950 56,188 

Bingo Takings 5,825 6,321 

TOTAL INCOME 3,743,666 3,106,153 

Cost Of Goods Sold 

Beverage (293,860.79) (268,928.44) 

Food (262,927.81) (281,363.13) 

TOTAL COGS (556,788.60) (550,291.57) 

GROSS PROFIT 3,186,877 2,555,861 

LESS EXPENSES 

Accounting Fees (29,413.39) (9,660.00) 

Advertising (15,328.37) (12,371.53) 

Bank Charges (10,504.17) (4,973.54) 

Cleaning (56,235.00) (55,340.50) 

Computer (12,527.26) (14,693.81) 

Donations (3,760.00) (8,760.00) 

Entertainment (15,579.20) (17,460.50) 

Gaming - Monitoring (20,638.67) 0.00 

Gaming - VCGR Levy (14,556.15) 0.00 

Gaming - TGS (241,150.00) 0.00 

Gaming - ANZAC House Funding (43,820.00) 0.00 

Gaming - Tax (159,207.77) 0.00 

Insurance (45,720.12) (37,631.36) 

Members Discounts (Food & Liquor) (143,949.49) (171,644.01) 

Pay TV (Foxtel) (17,410.16) (17,530.86) 

Postage, Printing & Stationary (22,737.98) (22,329.90) 

Power - Lighting & Gas (106,970.24) (103,623.08) 

Repairs & Maintenance (33,916.33) (31,665.63) 

Security (10,464.95) (10,069.27) 

Sundry Expense (321,466.04) (461,644.85) 

Telephone (11,338.44) (10,553.84) 

Trade Waste (12,648.91) (11,272.40) 

Wages & Associated Costs (1,299,844.31) (1,254,231.49) 

Welfare Bus ( Inc Wages) (41,351.28) (48,577.40) 

TOTAL EXPENSES (2,690,538.23) (2,304,033.97) 

EBITDAR 496,338.71 251,827.07 

Rent (300,000.00) (300,000.00) 

Gaming Entitlements Payments (43,996.61) 0.00 

NET PROFIT 196,338.71 (48,172.93) 


War Widows’ Report 

Our meetings are held on the third 

Monday of each month at Ringwood 

RSL at 1 p.m. 

We have had some interesting speakers in 

the past few months and they have been 

enjoyed by the members. 

June – We had a visit from RAWA 

Association on Women’s needs from 

foreign lands. 

July – We heard from Professor Brian 

Love, Orthopedic surgeon from 

Ringwood Private Hospital. 

August – Our speaker was from the Smith 

Family Foundation. 

September – We were entertained by the 

Timeslippers, a group of ladies who tap 

dance and give their fees to the Cancer 

Council. 

October – We had a visit from a 

member of “Horizons of Hope”. This is 

an organisation who bring goods from 

overseas that are made in remote villages 

by the impoverished residents. Beautiful 

leather and beaded articles. 

November – We had our mini fete and a 

quiz arranged by Theresa our Treasurer. 

December – We had our Christmas breakup 

lunch with entertainment. 

We have enjoyed some very nice 

day tours to the following locations: 

Williamstown, Geelong – Eastern Beach, 

Edgars Mission, Kilmore, Drouin and 

District, Scienceworks Newport, Werribee 

Zoo and the Lavender Farm in the Yarra 

Valley. 

We notify potential members of our 

meetings and program for the year when 

we have been notified by DVA of their 

partner’s death. Your partner can have 

served either in Australia or Overseas. We 

wish to thank the President, Committee, 

Management and staff of the RSL for the 

help they give us on our meeting days. 

Brenda Crawshaw 

President – 9728 3138 

Maureen Griggs 

Secretary – 9727 2786 


Women’s Auxiliary Report 

hope Christmas 2012 was enjoyed my 

I all and all are now looking forward to a 

happy, healthy and safe 2013. 

The women’s auxiliary meet on the first 

Wednesday of the month at 11am. 

Sad to say our members are dropping, due 

mainly to health and age etc. 

We now have Mrs. Nell Burns in a Nursing 

Home, also Mrs. Dorothy Whitehead; both 

of these ladies are Life Members. Mrs. Louisa 

Enright has recently gone into care. Doris 

Blokkeerus also a life member has had some 

time in hospital and respite, thankfully is 

now home, we hope to see more of her this 

year. 

Mrs. Betty Tarr suffered a heart attack and 

spent quite a while in hospital, she is now 

recuperating at the daughter’s home and 

hopes to return to Bingo by the end of the 

month. 

Sorry to report Ms. Ethel McLear after a long 

illness passed away in April, some of our 

ladies attended the funeral service. 

Also Mrs. Norma Murray passed away, she 

was remembered for being Treasurer for a 

short time, she also ran regular Police Trips, 

which were very successful. 

In July 23 people lunched at Natalie’s 

Restaurant, and enjoyed Christmas in July – 

a pleasant day was had by all. 

Our Easter and Christmas Hampers Special 

Effort (Raffle) were both very successful. The 

attractive hampers were, as usual, the best! 

Thank-you to all who donated goods for the 

hampers. 

On Sunday 11 th November, members 

of the Women’s Auxiliary were present 

at the Clocktower for a short service for 

Remembrance Day; the weather was kind 

to us, a beautiful day for the many people 

who attended. A wreath from The Women’s 

Auxiliary was placed with many others out 

of respect. 

On the 7 th of November the market people, 

known as “All the Rage” set up their goods 

for sale, good variety and useful giftware, 

we were pleased with the result as we were 

given quite a few goods which were used in 

our hampers. 

On Wednesday 5 th of December, The 

Women’s Auxiliary enjoyed their Christmas 

Luncheon, which was help in our RSL 

Function Room. 

Margaret from the Bistro, did a really great 

job of setting up the tables and a big thank 

you to her as it was a really classy effort. 

We enjoyed some fun, good food, and some 

Christmas Cheer. 

We were also fortunate in having our Sub 

Branch President – Colonel David Jamison 

AM and our Welfare Officer – Ms Kyme Ryan, 

as our guests. 

David gave a brief talk regarding the 

running of the RSL and how much he 

enjoyed being at out luncheon; Kyme is 

always happy to give help, she is in her office 

Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 

Two of our long serving ladies were 

celebrating their 90 th Birthdays just a 

week apart. Mrs. Liz Wells, who had been 

President of The Women’s Auxiliary for 

more than 20 years and Mrs. Ellen Eade had 

been Secretary for many years as well. Both 

of these ladies are still very active and are 

happy to help at any time, we have to say 

“Well Done”. 

I would now like to thank all who have given 

their support over the past year, no matter 

how small, it is very welcome! 

Thea Curnow 

President 


Welfare & Charitable Report 

2012 the year that was. 

After a changing of the guard and a rename, 

the Ringwood RSL Welfare and 

Resource Office has been busy as ever. 

With 132 clients currently on the books, 

who are contacted on a regular basis 

to check on their welfare, this doesn’t 

include the numerous daily phone call 

enquires, there is never a dull moment as 

a lot of work is generated from these calls. 

Welfare Patriotic funds have been 

accessed to assist a member in obtaining 

an electric scooter due to declining 

health, financial assistance to help reduce 

debt for a member, and the purchase of 

a paediatric wheel chair for a member’s 

grandchild who is fighting cancer. 

A regular newsletter page dedicated 

to Welfare which provides information, 

updates and articles every month. 

Veteran Assistance Program which offers 

assistance with a range of veteran related 

issues. 

Linking isolated veterans and war widows 

into other organisations who offer 

support services, for example Wesley Do 

Care Telelink Program. 

The Welfare and Resource Office has 

also established a working relationship 

with The Ringwood Private Hospital who 

offers health professionals who specialise 

in their field to attend the Ringwood 

RSL to give presentations to the War 

Widows and Ladies Auxiliary groups on a 

range of topics. These specialists include 

orthopaedic surgeons, cardiologist, and 

gynaecologists. 

PACE Strengthening and Mobility 

classes are now here at the Ringwood 

RSL. The classes are run every Tuesday 

morning at 10.00 am for 45 minutes by 

qualified physiologists. This has been 

a great success. There is a lot of fun, 

laughter and socialising. The class has 

only been running since October and 

the participants have noticed great 

improvement especially with their 

mobility/balance. We are looking for 

more members to start a second group, 

so if you are over 65 hold a DVA Gold/ 

White card please drop by the Welfare 

and Resource Office for more details and 

come and join the fun. 

The Welfare and Resource Office 

volunteers have been quite busy over the 

last 12 months. Just some of the fantastic 

work they do needs a mention. 

• 1019 veterans and war widows were 

visited in hospital regardless whether 

members of the Ringwood RSL or not 

(The Ringwood RSL is the only RSL that 

visits the Maroondah Public, Ringwood 

and Know Private Hospitals on a 

weekly basis) 

• 107 nursing home residents visited 

• 30 home visits with isolated veterans 

and war widows 

• and of course attending funerals 


Bingo Report 

A big thank you to Judy Mays, Fred 

Bottrell, Maurice (Blackie) Blackwell, 

Len Polkinghorne, Jack Westhorp, Mark 

Manelski and Shirley Tipple. 

Christmas parcels were delivered once 

again this year. This year was the first 

year something different was tried. Small 

hampers of toiletry items for both men 

and women were hand delivered to 41 

veterans and war widows in nursing 

homes/aged care facilities. These were 

greatly received and appreciated. One 

comment made from a war widow was 

“This gift is so thoughtful as I can no 

longer go and buy body wash, nice body 

spray or powder for myself any more 

these days and with no family I have to 

use the horrible stuff they have here”. The 

isolated veterans/war widows that still 

reside at home were presented with a 

small food hamper filled with Christmas 

goodies which were also greatly 

appreciated. 

So that was the year that was. This was 

just some of the amazing work carried 

out during the year. 

Kyme Ryan 

Welfare Coordinator 

2012 has not been our best year, 

numbers down, which means prize 

money is also down. We hope our regular 

players return, which will make everyone 

happy. We have a good Trade Table which 

brings in good dollars. 

We also have a weekly Special Effort 

(Raffle) consisting of 3 prizes – meat 

tray, biscuits and chocolates, and a 

food or drink voucher. This brings in 

approximately $100.00 each week. 

We have our Bingo game every Thursday, 

1 st session at 1pm and second session at 

2pm. These are run by our volunteers. 

We have 3 Special Efforts, being Easter, 

Mother’s Day and Christmas. Each of 

these have a very attractive hamper as 

the prize – we hope this year will be as 

successful as past years. 

I would like to “thank” all of our workers, 

very special people, always there every 

week to help, also, may I wish all a safe, 

happy and healthy New Year. 

Thank you, 

Thea Curnow 

President 


Pension Office Report 

The Pension Office will be closed until 

the first Wednesday in February 

(6 th Feb) to let the staff recharge their 

batteries – the past few months have 

been very busy and included the annual 

DVA luncheon which for the first time was 

attended by section leaders only, in the 

past we have had the general staff attend, 

but this time only the senior members 

represented the Department. Some 

valuable information was shared – and 

reliable contacts made. 

For the past 12 years this RSL has opened 

the Pension Office on a Wednesday 

only, with Committee approval we are 

prepared to operate on a Thursday as 

well. The past 13 years have seen me 

appear at Noble Park RSL Pension office 

each Thursday and for personal reasons 

I have resigned my voluntary services at 

that location and am prepared to ply the 

trade twice weekly 

at Ringwood – as are 

most of the other 

pension officers. 

Some advice for those keen to apply for 

the EDA above General Rate of pension 

– it must be understood that if the 

applicant can still drive a car, EDA rate 

will be refused – this is all to do with the 

Lifestyle Questionnaire scoring system. 

We look forward to assisting our 

brotherhood of veterans, War Widows 

and Ex Service personnel who reside in 

the Outer Eastern boroughs on and from 

6 th February, 2013. 

Until next issue – I leave you with my 

standard dictum: 

RETAIN A PULSE AND STAY VERTICAL 

Paul Curran JP 

Pension Officer 

The Giant Raffle 

Prizes valued at over $4000 every month. 

Drawn on the last Friday of every month. 

All proceeds to Welfare 


Special Events 

Once again I would 

like to give a very 

special THANK YOU to 

our fantastic drivers who 

always say ‘yes’ when I ask 

them to drive the buses on 

these trips, i.e. Jan, Fred, 

Phil (who has not been 

very well lately) and a new 

driver – Bruce. 

Without these drivers 

these bus trips would 

never eventuate. They 

volunteer their time and effort without 

any hesitation. 

The members who go on these bus trips, 

thank you one and all, have donated 

$10.00 each on each trip towards 

Welfare. 

Trips from July 2012 have been to the 

following: 

July 

EPPING RSL $170.00 

August 

CARIBBEAN GARDENS & $150.00 

DANDENONG MARKET 

September 

CRANBOURNE RSL $120.00 

October 

WERRIBEE MANSION & $220.00 

YARRAVILLE CLUB 

November 

EMERALD LAKE 

$150.00 

(This was a Christmas picnic) 

There are no trips in December and 

January. 

The amounts donated to Welfare may not 

seem much to some people, but they do 

add up and every bit helps when it comes 

to helping Welfare. 

The Women’s Auxiliary do a raffle on 

each of these trips with great prizes. The 

money raised through these raffles go to 

the Women’s Auxiliary which in turn goes 

towards Welfare. Thank you very much 

Ellen Eade for your continuous running of 

these raffles. 

Once again, thank you to all the members 

who take the time to go on these trips 

and the fantastic and wonderful drivers 

who don’t mind helping the RSL and 

myself. 

Please check out the notice board near 

reception for the next bus trip. 

Kas McCormack-Smith 

Committee/Special Events 


Anglers’ Report 

Our 2012 /13 angling season 

commenced in October when a 

group went on a week long trip to “The 

Snowies” and fished Lake Eucumbeen for 

trout. A few good size fish were caught 

but not as many as previous years. Jeff 

Aurisch caught the biggest trout and 

won the trophy. 

We hope to arrange another week long 

comp around Easter. 

A new trout fishery has been opened 

at the old Devils Bend Dam, Melbourne 

Water no longer uses this reservoir for 

water distribution and over the years 

thousands of trout have been released 

into the dam making this an ideal day 

trip for the angling section. 

Our saltwater season got underway 

on the 27th October with a trip into 

Westernport with Reel Adventure 

Charters, although the snapper was 

sparse Terry McCormack won the trophy 

for the first snapper for the season 

Our trip into Port Philip Bay on 

November 17 was the most prolific 

snapper trip. 

We welcomed aboard new angling 

section members Dorian Turner and his 

son, also Dorian. 

Leaving Mornington at 5am we headed 

north- west and fished in 22 metres of 

water it wasn’t long before the snapper 

was on, it was quite hectic with the sound 

of the line being stripped off the reels 

as the snapper made their runs, Dorian 

Turner Snr caught the largest snapper of 

over 4kg, the sub-section returned to port 

at 10am with everyone having their legal 

limit of three snapper. 

Our trip on the December 15 th was far less 

productive it seemed that the snapper 

had just turned off. 

Henry Simpson who was a life member 

of the sub-section passed away on 

December 13. 

It is customary in our sub-section that we 

would pay tribute to our late member, 

at dawn. We held a brief service where 

Henry’s name, service number, his 

contribution to the Army, the RSL, and the 

Angling Sub-Section was read out then 

there was a minute’s silence followed by 

each member placing a poppy on the 

water. 

Peter Hitchcock 

Chairman 


Membership Report 

would like to wish all members a 

I healthy and prosperous New Year 

and thank all those members who have 

renewed their membership for 2013. 

As you are aware we have reduced the 

cost of membership for 2013 to $25.00. 

We have welcomed many new members 

to our Sub Branch and we have also seen 

in an increase in members transferring to 

our Sub Branch. 

Thanks for supporting “Your Local Club”, 

“Your RSL”, “Ringwood RSL”. 

Service Members (including 743 

Associate Members, Life 

Subscribers, Life Members, Over 

80 years and 50 year members 

Affiliate Members 924 

Social Members 520 

Many thanks 

Paul Madams 

Membership Officer 

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Clocktower Day Club 

Come and join us at the Clocktower 

Day Club on the 1 st , 2 nd and 4 th Friday 

of each month. On the 3 rd Friday we 

usually go on a day trip by bus. 

The club’s function is to alleviate social 

isolation and to provide interest and 

entertainment for senior citizens, war 

veterans and war widowers, although 

you do not have to be one of those to 

join. 

We promote social contact through 

activities such as recreational games, 

gentle exercise, information sessions, arts 

and crafts and guest speakers. 

The Friday sessions are from 10 am until 

12 noon starting 1 st February, 2013. 

Contact: 

Norma Jenkins 

on 9870 7426 or 

just turn up at the 

VC room at the 

Ringwood RSL. 

TAI CHI CLASSES 

Every Wednesday 

from 4.00 to 5.00 pm 

Members only $2 per class 

Non-Members $7 per class 

If you would like to come along and experience this 

world renowned form of health and tranquillity, come 

along on a Wednesday at 4.00 pm. 


Eight Ball Report 

Billiards & Snooker Report 

The Ringwood RSL 8-Ball Section hopes 

you and your families enjoyed a 

wonderful Christmas and the celebrations 

to see in the New Year. 

All 3 teams consistently played high 

quality games and remained strongly 

competitive throughout the Winter 

2012 season. The Winter 2012 Season 

concluded with our 3 rd Division team 

making the finals but unfortunately they 

were eliminated in the first round. 

The Winter 2013 Season will commence 

in March 2013 and we have entered 3 

teams again. Whilst Divisions have not 

been determined, we are confident of 1 st , 

2 nd and 3 rd Division. 

We are a strong, solid and competitive 

Club. We are always seeking to recruit 

new players. If you are interested in 

playing 8 Ball please contact reception for 

more information. 

Best wishes to you and your families for 

2013. 

Ringwood RSL 8 Ball Section Committee 

Firstly, I would like 

to wish all a very 

Happy New Year from 

all at the Billiards and 

Snooker Sub Section, with a membership 

of 22 for 2012 season, we are still 

competitive but we just could not bring 

home the goods, we still gave it a good try 

and 2013 is another season, “bring it on”. 

We were very saddened with the passing 

of our Secretary Peder Kwok, it has 

affected all who knew this very friendly 

man. 

We will also miss Peter and Jan Mudford 

who moved away, good luck in the land of 

“Oppy”. Peter has purchased himself a full 

sized snooker table. 

The “in house comps” last year were put 

on hold with the deteriorating condition 

of Peder, but we hope to get them up 

again next year. 

I am resigning my position on our 

committee after 15 years, I am handing it 

over to the younger players Sam Lilly and 

Dale Bolton, I’m sure with the experience 

they have it will be a breeze for them. 

We picked up four new players… Michael 

Lithgow, Antoine Osanz, David McIlfatrick 

and Chris Marien, welcome to you all. 

We welcome any new members who 

wish to come into the Billiard room with 

the idea of having a run with us, you 

don’t have to be a great player (but that 

would be handy) we will make you very 

welcome. 

Regards, Bill Grant, 

Chairman and Acting Secretary 


Indoor Biased Bowls Report 

Ringwood RSL entered two teams 

Indoor in Bowls the Winter Team: Pennant L to R: Competition 

???? conducted by the Eastern Suburban 

Indoor Bias Bowls Association. Separate 

Pennant competitions are conducted 

on Tuesday Nights and Wednesday 

afternoons in the months April to August. 

Ringwood RSL had both teams playing on 

Tuesday nights. 

Team 1 – Division 2 Team 2 – Division 2 

Barbara Elliott Bernard Bouchereau 

Arthur Gibson Gay Dodkins 

Lorraine McRae Gail Loidl 

Paul Storey ( Skip ) Gunter Loidl 

Julie Trembearth Margaret Poile 

Lucas Protopapas (a junior) 

Peter Robinson (Skip) 

The Division 2 Competition was very 

hard-fought and close with the top 4 

teams all finishing with 9 wins and 5 

loses on 18 points. Team 1 finished 6 th 

on the ladder with 10 points and Team 

2 managed to remain in 4 th place on 18 

points and play in the Finals held at Glen 

Waverley Bowls Club. 

In the Semi-Finals on Tuesday, August 7, 

Ringwood RSL defeated Blackburn RSL by 

5 shots (28 to 23) in a great game where 

the lead changed some 5 times. 

The Grand Final was played the following 

Tuesday night against a team from 

Blackburn Bowls Club. This game was a 

very low scoring game that had some 

amazing shots being played. After a slow 

start by the Ringwood RSL team, they 

managed to fight their way back to tie the 

score on 16 shots all after the 21 ends of 

the game. A tie-break end then had to be 

played to decide the Premiership which 

Blackburn won by 2 shots in a very tight 

head. 

So Team 2 (Skipped brilliantly by Peter 

Robinson) and a rotation of 3 of the other 

6 team members won the Runners-Up 

Pennant for the 2012 Season. A great 

team effort. 


Monday 

Burger Nite 

$14.00 

Your choice of beef, fish, chicken or vegetable as 

Aussie, BBQ, Pizza, Mexican, Cajun or Sweet and Sour 

Tuesday 

Schnitzel Nite 

$14.00 

Seven different types being 

Aussie, Mexican, Italian, Marinara, Classic, Mediterranean, Hawaiian 

Wednesday 

RSL Members Nite 

33% OFF Main Meals 

Member and 1 Guest 

Thursday 

Steak Nite 

$15.00 

T Bone, Scotch, Rump with your choice of 5 sauces 

with chips and salad 

Sunday Lunch and Dinner 

Build your own BBQ... 

You select what you would like cooked and our Chefs 

do all the hard work for you 

(Conditions Apply for all promotions.) 


Golf Report 

Welcome to 2013. I hope you all 

have an enjoyable year on the golf 

course. By the time you read this, we will 

have already played our first game which 

was held at Garfield. 

Last year our numbers were down slightly 

due to the very wet winter. 

We held our presentation day on the first 

Sunday in December. A great day was had 

by all whom attended, it was great to see 

some old faces, Jack Emerson, John Roach 

and Jack Westhorp in attendance. 

Congratulations to Glen Carmody, 

Stephen Steward and Gunther Loidl on 

being made life members of the golf 

section. 

On the day we presented our major 

trophy winners, they are as follows: 

Congratulations to Greg Frost on being 

Club Champion for 2012. 

Congratulations also to: 

B Grade James Storey 

C Grade Jeff Ruddock 

D Grade Ken Parkinson 

Singles Champion was Bill Clappers. 

Doubles Champions John Poulter and 

Peter Harvey. 

Well done to all trophy winners. 

Our Golf Section is very fortunate in 

that we have some extremely generous 

sponsors, without them our section 

would not be able to give back to 

our members, the outstanding social 

functions etc. 

The Sponsors are as 

follows: 

With gratitude: 

• Regency Caravans 

• Aussie Home Loans 

• James Storey Building. 

• VIP Pest Control 

• Paul Madams 

• B.J. Quality Meats 

• Maroondah Heating & Cooling 

• House of Golf. 

• last but not least Invicta Bus Lines. 

I would like to thank the continued 

support also of all players and the Friday 

Night Meat Raffle supporters. 

Every Club has to have a committee – 

they are as follows for 2013: 

President 

Vice President 

Captain 

Secretary 

Treasurer 

Handicapper 

Ass. Handicapper 

Social Secretary 

Peter Harvey 

Lindsay Black 

Peter Storey 

Trevor Howell 

Bob Dunstan 

Gunther Loidl 

Jeff Beaumont 

Brian Roe 

I would like to say a special thank you 

to Greg Frost for his contribution on 

committee for the last four years. 

Wishing everyone a 

Healthy & Happy 2013. 

Peter “ Missed It “ Harvey. 


Appeals Report 

The POPPY APPEAL was very successful 

due again to our hard working 

Voluntary Sellers operating, yet again, 

in a difficult financial environment. The 

amount raised was $37,975.05. 

Considering the volatile financial 

situation throughout 2012, surprisingly, 

both appeals achieved reasonable 

amounts. 

ANZAC Appeal $45,122.10 

POPPY Appeal $37,975.05 

TOTAL FOR 2012 $83,097.15 

Again, our grateful thanks to our 

volunteer sellers. 

We are also grateful to Mrs. Mardi Alatini 

and Georgia Mathews at EASTLAND and 

the Management of RINGWOOD SQUARE 

for allowing our sellers to operate in their 

establishments. 

Also, our thanks to the 

following for taking 

and selling poppies/ 

badges – Chemist 

Warehouse, Ringwood Private Hospital, 

Knox Private Hospital, Bendigo Bank, 

Ringwood East and the various Schools 

and Nursing Homes that participate. 

The next appeal is for ANZAC DAY 25 th 

April, 2013. 

Additional volunteers ARE STILL required 

and will be very welcome. 

If you can donate some time, please 

contact Reception or myself and leave 

your name and a contact telephone 

number, preferably by Monday 4 th March 

2013 to enable information on dates and 

times to be forwarded to you for your 

perusal and return. 

Rob Watterson 

Appeals Officer 

COURTESY BUS 

Available to All Members (within a 5 km radius of the RSL) 

The bus will leave 

the RSL every hour. 

For Pickup call 

9870 6604 

~ Pickups or drive you home ~ 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 

11 am to 10 pm 

4 pm to 11 pm 

4 pm to 10 pm 


VICTORIA CROSS 

Function Room 

$100 Room hire for 

Ringwood rsl Members 

(room hire includes room setup, bar and cleaning) 

Meetings, seminars, engagements, birthdays 

and now specialising in weddings. 

Let us take the worry out of your function. 

Finger food, two course, three course and four course meals 

all catered for. 

Special menus can be arranged. 

Please phone Wayne or Cheryl 

on 9870 6604 during office hours 

for further information.

Summer Edition 2013 - Ringwood RSL

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