Capers for 18 th October 2012 - Forestville RSL Club

Capers for 18 th October 2012
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ANGLING & BOATING
Social Outing
On Sunday last, the fisho’s enjoyed an outing to Windsor. There were 20 of us and we met at the club at
8.30am. Bob Connors drove the bus and Diane supplied the cakes for our morning tea. Morning tea was at a
park in rouse Hill that is very natural and has great amenities.
Di’s rock cakes and banana, pineapple cake were delicious. Bob Estherby boiled the water to perfection for our
tea and coffee. Thanks to all those who make our trips so enjoyable.
At Windsor we were given an hour to browse through Windsor Markets and the shops
which were very unique in their own way.
We alighted the paddle steamer on the Hawkesbury River and it took us as far as Ebenezer
and back. There was a band playing cool music which was easy to talk over. Lunch was a
buffet style and we were given table service for our drinks. A very enjoyable day with great
company.
Outside Fishing
On Sunday, October 28, Bob Estherby will be looking for fishing people for his trip. The list is up at the club for
names and phone numbers.
BILLIARDS & SNOOKER
WINTER 2012/13
B Grade:
Round 2 16 th October Progress Points
Harbord Diggers 2 9 v Forestville RSL 6 Belrose Bowling 20
Narrabeen RSL 7 v Pittwater RSL 6 Harbord Diggers 1 15
Belrose Bowling 8 v Harbord Diggers 1 5 Harbord Diggers 2 12
MW Builders – Bye MW Builders 10
Forestville RSL 9
Pittwater RSL 9
Narrabeen RSL 7
Highest Breaks to Date:
Snooker: 28 Danny Hough (Harbord 2)
This Week:
Snooker: 28 Danny Hough (Harbord 2)
BRIDGE
RESULTS OF GAMES
Friday 12-10-12 (BLUE section)
N/S =1 st M Alford & A Ludriks
N/S =1 st E Lee & P Toong
N/S 3 rd V Cope & J Ford
E/W 1 st S Knowles & M Nash
E/W 2 nd B Lamborn & P Quick
E/W 3 rd J Haemmerli & L Passalis
Monday 15-10-12
N/S 1 st G Bennett & M Bennett
N/S 2 nd J Porteous & M Shirlaw
N/S 3 rd FC Liu & T Liu
(RED Section)
N/S 1 st B Caldwell & J Fordree
N/S 2 nd A Falvey & H Gulliford
N/S 3 rd G de Jong & K Magi
E/W 1 st C Craig & J Porteous
E/W 2 nd T Scott & J Toth
E/W 3 rd A Barclay & P Barclay
E/W 1 st S Knowles & M Nash
E/W 2 nd P Hewitt & C Judge
E/W 3 rd N Grech & L Passalis
Mermaid

DANCE & SOCIAL
On Wednesday night, 10 October, our MC was one of our newer Committee Members – Malcolm Lindsay, who
was excellent.
Prizes –
Barn Dance: Ross Lamond, Linda Fong, Jeffrey Fong, Lin Johnson
Monte Carlo: Jeffrey Fong, Solveig Bloomfield
Lucky Door: Ross Lamond & Sandra O’Nion
We had the usual Birthday and Wedding Anniversary celebration singing. We also have a
90 th Birthday of one of our very regular dancers coming up soon. This young Lady is still
dancing at least twice a week – remembering all the steps too.
Our Dinner Dance “Swing into Spring”, held on Saturday night October 13, 2012 was a
wonderful success. The Organiser and Stage Decorator, Kathleen Wilson did a great job.
All the Committee, as always assisted wherever needed to bring this night to its success.
The caterers produced their really satisfying food, which was served very pleasantly by all
the staff. The music was great and this added to the fun of the night when MC Ray injected his funny comments
relating to various songs played and sung to by most of the 60 dancers. All in all another really happy night
celebrating the coming of Spring.
Prizes –
Barn Dance: Jeffrey Fong, Anne Baleisis, King Fong, Pam Piper
Monte Carlo: Fred Johnson, Joy Glassey
Lucky Door: Terry Dessaix & Joy Glassey
Our next Dinner will be our Christmas one, to be held on Saturday December 8. This will be organised by all the
Committee.
We will be featuring the Davidson Dance Ensemble – a talented group of students from the Davidson High
School. There will be more details later on when bookings will commence, so remember to keep the date free.
B.O.B.
FLYING BOWLERS
Tomorrow we are on our way to Maitland and Cessnock for our long weekend away. Make sure you have your
bowls this evening as the Club will not be open before we leave in the morning. Three bowls
each should be enough. The coach will depart from the lower car park at 8am sharp. We
all look forward to sharing a fun time together.
Have you sent in any suggestions for next year’s weekend away or had a chat to fellow
members? Your Committee look forward to getting a few ideas as it is never too early to make
bookings and seek out distant Clubs who might enjoy a friendly game of bowls with us. Please
let a Committee member have some feed-back.
Then suddenly we will be into November and our Christmas/end of year function on Sunday 18
November. We look forward to sharing bowls and/or lunch with the majority of our members prior to
the end of year ‘madness’. The list will be passed around on the Maitland Getaway and thereafter
will be in the usual Flying Bowlers area in the men’s locker room. This event will be subsidised at a
cost of only $25 per person whether bowling or not. The Salvation Army’s “Toys for the Needy
Children Campaign” will welcome unwrapped gifts suitable for children of all ages. More information
later.
Are you experiencing or have you had the current laryngitis/chesty cold? If so, we hope you are
feeling so much better as we greet the hotter weather. To any of our members who are ‘out of sorts’,
know that you are in our thoughts. Get well soon.
Flying Hi
INDOOR BOWLS
Last Thursday night, we played bowls in the “Forest Room” – only one word for it – “different” playing carpet on
carpet. The speed of the bowls was very slow, anyhow, everybody had a fun night and some, not so good bowls
were played.

The results for the night were –
1 st Doreen Mathieson, Joan MacDonald & Carol Taylor. 2 nd place went to Jan Carty,
Brian Chaffer & George North.
Margaret Campbell is out of hospital and is home recuperating. The Bain’s and the
Boyle’s are still traipsing around the globe. That’s all the results and “goss” for the week,
so, until next time – when I’ll see ya.
On The Mat
LADIES GOLF
Monday 15 th October – A good roll up with 34 Ladies arriving at Warringah today for a 9 Hole “4” Club
Stableford event - the weather was perfect although getting a little warm towards the end of the morning.
The results were as follows:
A GRADE: 1 st Marj Bartley 15stb points, 2 nd Carol Irvine 14stb points, 3 rd Marg Perger 12stb points.
Nearest the Pin 5 th – Alison Poulter; Longest Drive 6 th – Marj Bartley.
B GRADE: 1 st Val Mahn 13 stb points ocb, 2 nd Carol Collyer 13 stb points, 3 rd Lorraine Tait 12stb points
ocb, 4 th Jean Stream 12stb points ocb, 5 th Hennie Taranto 12stb points ocb, 6 th Robyn
Hudson 12stb points. Nearest the Pin 5 th – Hennie Taranto; Longest Drive 6 th – Val Mahn.
C GRADE: 1 st Beth Symonds 12stb points ocb, 2 nd Pat Boland 12stb points ocb, 3 rd Betty Morrison 12stb
points. Nearest the Pin 5 th – Robyn Mortimer; Longest Drive 6 th – Robyn Mortimer.
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death last Friday of Bill Barrass, husband of our Co-Captain
Pauline. Our thoughts and prayers are with Pauline at this time.
Future Dates:
Monday 22 nd October – Palm Beach – 18 holes Stableford - 8.00am for 8.30am Tee Off.
Monday 29 th October - Warringah – 9 holes – Grade Day – 8.30am for 9.00am Tee Off. BBQ Lunch
back at the FRSL.
Monday 5 th November – Warringah – Gala Day – 9 Holes – 8.30am for 9.00am Tee Off
Diary Dates:
Wednesday 31 st October – Luncheon at Café Piemonte, Terrey Hills – Jenny
Clifford is taking bookings for those who would like to attend.
Monday 3 rd December – A fun morning at “Par 3” Terrey Hills.
Wednesday 5 th December – Presentation/Xmas Party at FRSL.
Our best wishes to any of our members who are on the sick or injured list – we hope
to see you back on the golf course soon.
MENS BOWLS
Championship Results for this week
Handicap Singles: Jeff Ortmann def Bob Wilson.
Handicap Pairs: Greg Carew & Moose Morris def George Schauwecker - Matt Cameron &
Peter Robson def Fred Collins & Bill Nash
Twilight Bowls: After last week’s washout we are looking for a good turnout this Friday. There
are some new bowlers coming this week and we would welcome some more so bring along a
friend (s)
Measuring is an important part of the game of bowls and if you are interested in receiving
some instruction on the techniques of how to correctly measure then let Peter Robson know as
we are planning to run some sessions on this aspect of bowls.
Great to see Peter van den Berg at the Club watching the men bowl last Saturday.
Bowlers, Please Note:
The Forestville Bowling Clubs Controlling Body has determined that for all Social Bowls games, the following
rule will apply.

“When the jack is out of bounds then it must be re-spotted on the Tee.”
We had a case on Saturday when somebody forgot about this rule so please read and remember!
Remember; Apart from Competition Triples, all other competition games must be played outside of Wednesday
and Saturday afternoon bowls days.
Wicked Off
VETERANS GOLF
There were 29 players hitting off last Friday, October 12 in wet and wild conditions, but only a few completed the
18 holes, so there are no official results. Prizes were given for long drives, nearest the pins and raffle with
results being –
NTP: A Grade – 5 th Paul Collett, 16 th Dennis Gilmour; B Grade – 5 th Karl Mateusek, 16 th A Skinner; C Grade –
5 th Col Coupland, 16 th A Skinner
Long Drives: A – 7 th Jack Prior, 15 th A Skinner; B – 7 th Brian Ward, 15 th Brian Ward; C – 7 th Neil Watt, 15 th Mike
Hudson
Lucky Dip: Ian Tuckwell, Col coupland, Peter Ferrett and balls from Wally to Paul Collett & Ian Shoulder
The rained out Wyong game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 30 and everyone is invited to come up
for a game, though not in the competition, and pay the pro
green fees which are around $26. It is a great course with W
I D E fairways so come up and experience a different course.
Phone Ian Tuckwell or Ian Marnoch if you have any queries
on 94890274 or 84112344.
WALKERS REPORT
STRICKLAND STATE FOREST – CENTRAL COAST – Mon 8 th Oct. It was a cool overcast day – just
perfect for a great walk through a forest. Ten members and one visitor met at Bambara Reserve
Belrose for the drive north to Somersby. We entered the Strickland Forest and had morning tea at
Banksia Picnic Area (good facilities) before shuffling two cars to the lower Stoney
Creek car park. We then walked from the picnic area down the hill through
magnificent cabbage tree ferns. At the end of the Cabbage Fern trail we proceeded
along the Stony Creek trail and crossed the creek to the Aboretum (hard for me to
say) where we went “Wow” many times and strained our necks as we marvelled at
the very tall and straight grey gums, red cedars (Toona ciliata) and hoop pines
(Araucaria cunninghamii). After passing over a rope bridge we came upon the bunya
pine (Araucaria bidwillii) which are quite different and have very prickly leaves.
We then took the Bell Bird trail which was aptly named before returning to the Aboretum trail and our
cars at the Stoney Creek car park. We drove back up the long hill to the Banksia Picnic area and had lunch.
After lunch we walked along the relatively short Strickland Falls Trail where there were heaps of Gymea
Lilies. Unfortunately only a few lilies were in flower and only a trickle of water was coming over the falls.
The trail continued on a lower level where we passed through more magnificent red cedars before we
climbed slowly back to our cars to head back home. This 7km walk was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
JUMPY
WALKERS 16th BIRTHDAY – Sun 14 th Oct. At Davidson Park 81 Walkers celebrated our 16 th Birthday
with a picnic lunch of chicken, salad, cheesecake and of course the mandatory birthday cake. Amongst the
guests it was pleasing to welcome Herby Herbert, the former Club President who initiated the formation of
the Walkers Section all those years ago. Patron John Morrison then told those present of the first walk the
Section undertook on the 13 th October 1966, from the Club through the Garigal bush via the Lyrebird track
down to Davidson Park & back up Warringah Rd returning to the Club. This walk was
more strenuous than expected and all deemed it too hard and too long. 31 Walkers
started the walk and after this inauspicious start it is pleasing to note that our numbers
have now grown to over 160 members. We must be doing something right.
Special thanks to Daphne for all her hard work to make the day a success and to
President Pam and all the Ladies and Gents who helped ensure the Walkers Birthday
was a successful day.
M.G.
STROLLER

DIARY NOTES
BOTANIC GARDENS WOLLONGONG – Thur 25 th Oct. Meet under the big Clock at Central Country
Platforms at 8.45 am for 9.03 am Wollongong train. Grading– Easy. 5 km – 3 Hours. The 10 hectare
Gardens host an impressive array of native and flowering flora from around the world.
WOMENS AUXILIARY
Next meeting is November 5 th a BBQ $10 per person commencing at 11.30am.
President Barbara
WOMEN'S BOWLS
Tuesday 16th October 2012
President Ann opened the day welcoming back the following ladies - Carol Anstiss, Enid Newham, Jean Green,
Joy Nixon & Lois Foster (these members have not been with us for some time due to illness or travel). We had
38 players today enduring very warm conditions for bowls. The semi finals of our Club fours were played and
both matches were extremely close.
The results were -
J. Bowles, B. Jaramaz, B. Harvey & M. Wilson (skip) def. T. Carey, D. Sorbara, K. King & B. Nalder (skip)
A. Betts, A. DeLeon (sub for C. Davis), S. Flaherty & V. Mahn (skip) def. S. Allen, P. Dunn, J. Wood & M. Cliff
(skip)
Congratulations to the winners and best of luck to all the ladies in the final will be played next Tuesday.
The raffle prize, which were beautiful towels kindly donated by Maria Kennemore, was won by our very lucky
birthday girl Carol Anstiss who skillfully picked out her own number. Shirley Ellis was the winner of the lucky
lunch/green fees.
The Committee has introduced a couple of changes to our Section:
1. Change of Format for play on Thursdays - Selection will not be on duty on Thursdays
for the remainder of the year (except for our final Mixed Mufti day 8.11.12). Lists for play on
Thursdays will continue to be up on our Notice Board, so please put your name down if you
are interested in playing which will hopefully encourage other members to do the same. But
remember no-one will be available to take phone calls on a Thursday to add your name or
cancel it. Therefore it would be appreciated if players could arrive at the Club by 9.15 a.m.
so the members can arrange their matches with the number of people in attendance. Cost
for Thursday (except Mixed Mufti days) will be reduced to $6.
2. Kitchen duty roster for members has ceased. The social committee will now be in
charge of these weekly duties.
Upcoming Events
26th October - Fashion Parade at East Roseville W.B.C. Cost is $30 which includes champagne lunch.
30th October - Red Cross stall.
2nd November - Asquith Challenge Shield
6th November - Melbourne Cup Day. List is now up on Notice Board. Cost - lunch & bowls $15, bowls only $8
13th November - Ku-ring-gai Shield
Grey Power
Interested in joining one of our sections?
Why not come along and have some fun.
Below is a list of contacts for each section. Please contact them for further information.
Angling & Boating Bob Minshall 9453 0526
Billiards & Snooker John Newlyn 9913 8261
Bridge Maria Alford 9451 7221
Dance & Social Shirley Palmer 9451 0158
Flying Bowlers Val Gordon 9451 1169
Indoor Bowls George North 9451 4221
Ladies Golf Alison Poulter 9451 5015
Men’s Bowls Peter Robson 9451 5920
Men’s Golf Bill Shields 9451 1201
Travel Eileen Minshall 9453 0526
Vets Golf Ian Tuckwell 9489 0274
Walkers Patrick Brown 9939 1239
Womens Bowls Rosemarie Pursell 9451 8418