Pittwater Life February 2017 Issue

News
Pittwater News
Leading policewoman
for Zonta brekkie
The 2017 Pittwater Woman of
the Year will be announced
on Wednesday March 8 when
the Zonta Club of Northern
Beaches host their annual Pittwater
International Women’s
Day Breakfast at Royal Prince
Alfred Yacht Club, Newport.
Zonta Club of Northern
Beaches is a member of
Zonta International – a global
organisation of executives
and professionals working
together to advance the status
of women worldwide through
service and advocacy. Guest
speaker at the breakfast will
be Superintendent Doreen
Cruickshank, APM. With over
45 years of service, Doreen
is Australia’s longest serving
policewoman. Growing up
in country NSW, and being
focused on a career in the police
from an early age, Doreen
has witnessed revolutionary
changes for women in the profession
– from policewomen
being a segregated group to
now being fully integrated into
the force. Doreen was Pittwater
Woman of the Year in 2008.
Early bookings advisable; cost
is $42. Phone Susie Lough on
0413 623 392 or email pittwateriwdbreakfast@gmail.com.
Barrenjoey golf
week turns 35
It was a plan hatched by a
group of northern beaches
mothers 35 years ago that
today sees more than 600
lady golfers from around
Australia and overseas
competing on the northern
beaches in the Barrenjoey
Peninsula Week of Golf. The
tournament, run by a committee
of three representatives
from Bayview, Cromer,
Long Reef, Manly, Mona Vale,
Monash, and Wakehurst,
was first billed as a “chance
to have a holiday after the
Christmas school holidays”.
And while a few things have
changed – the first golf week
in 1992 had 300 players and
was made possible with a
kitty of $50 donated from
each club – the spirit of the
tournament remains. One
of the founding members
Olwyn Johnstone is still
playing golf at her beloved
Bayview where she has been
a member for 59 years. The
Barrenjoey Peninsula Week
of Golf is running at the
seven clubs from 13-17 February.
More info barrenjoeyweekofgolf.com
Nuclear power
Probus topic
Nuclear power and how it
could fit into Australia’s
needs is the topic of the talk
at the next Pittwater Probus
Club meeting on Tuesday February
14. The speaker is Martin
Thomas, who has toured
the world with former Telstra
CEO and nuclear physicist
Ziggy Switkowski looking
at various nuclear plants.
Meeting starts 10.30am at
Mona Vale GC; all welcome.
More info Bill Marshall on
9999 5226.
View begonias
and frangipanis
Local garden and plant
enthusiasts are invited
to attend the first annual
Begonia and Frangipani
Weekend on the weekend of
February 25-26; there will
be displays, demonstrations
and talks, light refreshments
plus a selection of beautiful
plants for sale. Times are
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FEBRUARY 2017