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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 17 21 October 2019

Presidents Report Next Meetings

THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER
SPEAKER: ROY STANBROOK,
PORT MELB HARBOUR MASTER
CHAIR: CLEM QUICK
AV SUPPORT: JOHN TURNER
CASH DESK: MALCOLM SAWLE, ROY SEAGER
HOST: DAVID RUSHWORTH

THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER
AGM
SPEAKER - DENISE GROCKE,
MUSIC AS THERAPY
CHAIR: MEGAN GLENWRIGHT
AV SUPPORT: KERRY GEARD
CASH DESK: JOHN SIME AND TRISH SMYTH
HOST: CHRIS MARTIN

THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER
CLIFF SKINNER,
It has been a big week with the Bottle and Brush Highland SURVIVING THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN
Foundation Fundraiser on Wednesday night followed up on CHAIR: HEATHER CHISHOLM
AV SUPPORT: DAVID LEA
Thursday night by the joint meeting with RC Brighton at VGC
CASH DESK: JOHN BEATY AND JAN COOPER
with the CEO of Victorian Racing being our guest speaker. HOST: GAIL ANDERSON
The Bottle and Brush night was a great success made possible
by the help given by Malcolm Sawle, Kerry Geard , Judith THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER
Hyde and Heather Chisholm. Di Hone was, of course the FELLOWSHIP - BEAUMARIS THEATRE
lynch pin who this time not only orchestrated the painting on
the night but also organized the whole event. The night has
made around $1000 and I have decided to donate the Footy
tipping donations of $228.45 to this cause rather than MITS as
we have budgeted to support them in a major way this year.
Heather D'Arcy is running a Charity Mah- Jong and games day
at the Huntingdale Golf Club on Monday 11th November at
1.00pm. Some of the proceeds from this will also go to the
Highland Foundation (see Flyer in this IN GEAR) and plans are
now afoot for a Highland Foundation cocktail party in 2020.
Unless stated otherwise venue is
The Combined meeting with RC Brighton proved to be bigger Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
than Ben Hur. It was a great night for the Club with two poten-
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tial new members in attendance and numerous guests and
partners making a grand total of 93 diners. We also had as 1 Presidents Report
our guests, Christopher George and Graham Holmes, whose 2/7 Notices
8/9 Last Week’s Speaker
business, Flavours Patisserie Café - Bakery in Bluff Rock, was 10 Bottle & Brush photos
a finalist in the Bayside Business Excellence Awards. They 11 / 12 Club Sponsors
were the first of a number of finalists we will be inviting to the 13 Club Structure / Photo of Week
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Gail Anderson and Adrian Culshaw did a lot of background

work. Gail organized all the raffle prizes donated by Rac-
ing Victoria as well as two tickets to Oaks day which Adri-
an professionally auctioned off for $400. Adrian also han-
dled all the attendance variations with his usual calm effi-
ciency. The Racing Victoria also gave us the Subzero
CDs and the Horse biscuits were donated by Jackie
Noonan from Mt. Wycheproof Racing Club and made by
Bakery on Broadway, Wycheproof. Gail also donated a
special bottle of wine to thank Giles Thompson for being
our guest speaker. On the night our Raffle and auction
collected $838.
Joe McGrath from Racing Victoria gave us some insights
into the history of the actual golden cup itself and Giles
followed up with a great presentation on the Victorian Rac-
ing Industry and the Spring Carnival.
I need a volunteer to go to the Foundation seminar on Fri-
day November 8th at 6.00 pm
The Council have unfortunately cancelled the joint meet-
ing, on 22 October, with the Bayside Rotary clubs. They
are looking to have another meeting early next year.
This week we are at VGC and our guest speaker is Roy
Stanbrook, the Port Melbourne Harbour Master.
David Hone

Elder of the Wurundjeri tribe, Murrundindi performs a

welcome to country ceremony at the opening of the
meeting

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Fellowship Event 8:00 pm, Thursday 14th November 2019

Caberet style seating, BYO drinks, nibbles, and glasses Tables of up to 10

$25 pp, pay by cash or direct deposit to BSB: 633 000, Account: 121443964, Ref "(name) theatre"

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Speaker: Giles Thompson, CEO Giles gave an excellent and entertaining talk
Racing Victoria combining the sizzle and the steak. The “sizzle”
Topic: Spring Racing Carnival & were the latest promotional videos of the Spring
Racing Carnival. You can see some of these
General Racing Issues on the Racing.com web site. The “steak” was
the details about the importance of the industry
and the key industry “non negotiables”. These
are summarised on the next page. More details
are available on the Racing Victoria website.

Growing up in the picturesque rural county of

Norfolk in the UK, Racing Victoria CEO Giles
Thompson had an affinity for horse racing from
an early age. His stepfather worked as the
course doctor at the local venue in Fakenham,
and he has vivid memories of his early days
there, the “community feel generated at the
track”, and the “sheer intensity and challenge”
of the big-ticket races.
This passion only grew when he worked as an
executive at betting exchange Betfair, including
three years as CEO. “It deepened my love of
the sport,” Giles says. “We were very racing-
focused, we sponsored many meetings, tracks
This cup was presented to the own who won
and clubs whenever we could. I spent a lot of
the 1919 Melbourne Cup. In winning the
time exposed to racing and enjoying it as a
1919 Melbourne Cup, Artilleryman set a new
sport.” A background in betting proved useful
race record time of 3 minutes 24.5 seconds.
when he moved to Racing Victoria in 2015, ini-
This was also the first year that the current
tially in a CFO role.
three-handled Loving Cup trophy was present-
“It gave me a great understanding of wagering.
ed to the winning owner.
Directly or indirectly, most of our income still
comes from that sector; A$351 million of our
A$408 million last year, so it’s extremely im-
portant that we understand that industry.”

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Di Hone’s Bottle and Brush

Fund Riser

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Special Notice From Destination HQ

1.5% of any travel bookings from Beaumaris Rotary Club Members,

family and friends at Destination HQ Beaumaris will be returned to the
Beaumaris Rotary Club at the end of the year.

PLEASE make the consultant aware that you’re from the Rotary Club at
the beginning of the booking. This ensures that the booking is tracked
and
reported back to their admin at the time.

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RCOB Board Membership, Marketing & Media - Chair James Glenwright

President David Hone Peter Flude Megan Glenwright
Secretary Trish Smyth Greg Every Mark Perelaer
Treasurer Lynda Doutch Mary Sealy Malcolm Sawle
Club Service & President Elect Adrian Culshaw Martin Fothergill
Adrian Culshaw Max Darby
Past President Heather Chisholm Club Service & Administration
Community Roy Downes Almoner Mary Sealy
International Fred Hofmann Archivist Roy Seager, David Lea
Youth Vivienne Zoppolato Attendance, dining & duties roster Adrian Culshaw
Indigenous Chris Mara Auditor Tony Phillips
Club Photographers Max Darby, Chris Mara
Community- Chair Roy Downes Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams
John Beaty Max Darby Newsletter, Web site, Facebook David Lea
Mary Cunnington Martin Fothergill Fellowship & Vocational Richard Jones
Kerrie Geard Chris Mara Foundation John Beaty
Robert McArthur Mary Sealy On to Conference Heather Chisholm
Tony Phillips Chris D'Arcy Social Media Officer Mark Perelaer
Chris Werner John Turner Speaker Program Administrator Gail Anderson
Bridget Hage Jude Kavanagh Speaker Program Assistants Kerrie Geard, Richard Potter

International - Chair Fred Hofmann

John Manks Geoff Stockdale District Officers
Ken Mirams John Sime Assistant Governor for Monash A Cluster Chris D'Arcy
Ross Phillips Clem Quick District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams
Richard Potter Simon Kavanagh District Community Chair Trish Smyth
District Indigenous Support Committee David Hone (Chair) Chris Mara
Youth – Chair Vivienne Zoppolato
Jan Cooper Tony Phillips Club Fundraising
Tony McKenna David Rushworth
Antony Nixon Lois Lindsay Bayside Charity Golf Day - Chair TBA
Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Peter Flude James Glenwright
Richard Jones Jim O’Brien
Lynda Doutch Tony Phillips
Indigenous - Chair Chris Mara
David Hone Fred Hofmann Farmers Market – Co-ordinator Mark Perelaer
Robert McArthur Chris Werner Peter Flude
Chris Mara Charmaine Jansz
Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams
Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage
Heather Chisholm

MAGIC
MOUNTAINS
The sun sets over
Seceda, one of
the mountains in
the Dolomites, or
Italian Alps. Your
Shot photogra-
pher Tomasz
Przychodzień
remembers, "Ten
minutes earlier I
was sitting in the
tent at 2500m
with my wife and
2 year old son
waiting for a hail-
storm to pass."

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