JUNE 2016 NEWSLETTER

CONTACT US 43A Vipond Rd Whangaparaoa P O Box 97 Silverdale 0944 Phone (09) 424 9026 Email: reception@hbcrsa.org.nz www.hbcrsa.org.nz Fax (09) 424 2446

I would like to keep you fully up to date with what’s been happening over the past month. We have re-branded our Restaurant to HEROES and this has seen numerous changes take place. We have an all new Culinary team led by Phil McKeown who joins us and brings with him many years of experience from around the globe. He is joined by his wife Michelle who has worked alongside him for many years. He also has a very experienced Chef in Tom who has worked at many Auckland 5-star hotels over the years. Bob has also joined the team and works carving your meat on the Sunday Carvery. We have added a bar to the Restaurant so you can now have the ease of not walking very far to ‘wet your whistle’. As winter is now upon us we have changed the menu to reflect the coolness in the air. This can be seen below. We have also added a Children's menu which can be seen on page 7.

I would also like to welcome on board Tim McAllister who joins us as our new Venue Manager. Tim will be helping to ensure more consistent service in the Bar and for functions and events.

Adrian Martin General Manager

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CLUB ACTIVITES Day Time Activity Tues 2.00pm Indoor Bowls

(Names in by 1.45 please)

6 to 7pm Line Dancing Beginner-Intermediate

6.50pm Open Pool Competition

7.00pm Darts Club

7pm to 8pm Salsa La Costa dance lessons

Wed 11am to 1pm Line Dancing with Jean every 2nd Wednesday

1.00pm Outdoor Bowls Roll up

5.00pm Raffles

6.30pm Members’ Draw

7.00pm Quiz Night—free entry

Thurs 2.00pm Indoor Bowls (Names in by 1.45 please)

7.00pm Snooker & Snooker Raffle

Sat 1.00pm 8 Ball Club Games

1.00pm Outdoor Bowls Roll up

4th Sat in

Month 6.30pm Women’s Section Raffle

CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS DARTS Mick Aggus 09 424 3421 or 021 900 689

FISHING John Perris 09 421 1633 or 021 287 3975

Dave Wadman 09 428 7612 or 027 281 0943

GOLF Bill Boon 021 829 645

John Marston 021 116 6461

INDOOR BOWLS Ron Megerney 09 415 5959

SNOOKER Danny Lissington 09 428 4385

RNZAFA Errol Schroder 09 424 3072

David Harvey 09 428 2544

KEV Frank Townley 09 424 3026

Tony Marsden 09 421 0093

8 BALL Kay Chilman 09 424 1654

Max Chilman 09 424 1654

WOMEN’S SECTION Beth Kavanagh 09 426 6026

MUSEUM Patricia Stroud 09 424 1035

NAVAL CLUB Vince Sturmey 09 428 5222

Dave Dryden 09 428 7509

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Care provided by the hour or over-night, 365 days of the year

tailored to suit you

ACC AND VETERAN AFFAIRS Funded Care

Call us on 09 528 4476 for a free no obligation chat

CLUB TRADING HOURS

BAR Monday 2pm to 6.30pm

Tuesday-Thursday 11am to 10pm

Friday– Saturday 11am to 11pm

Sunday Noon to 8pm

MUSEUM Open every

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

or by appointment

RESTAURANT

MON-DAY

TUESDAY WEDNES-

DAY THURS-

DAY FRIDAY

SATUR-DAY

SUNDAY

DAY-TIME

DAYTIME DAYTIME DAYTIME DAYTIME DAYTIME DAYTIME

CLOSED

12pm - 2pm $10

Buffet Lunch

2pm - 5pm Daytime

Menu

12pm - 5pm

Daytime Menu

12pm - 2pm $10

Buffet Lunch

2pm - 5pm Daytime

Menu

12—2pm Fish & Chips $10.00

12pm -

5pm Daytime

Menu

12pm - 5pm Day-time Menu

12pm - 5pm Day-time Menu

EVENING EVENING EVENING EVENING EVENING EVENING EVENING

CLOSED

5pm - 7.30pm Daytime

Menu

5 - 8.30pm A La Carte

5 - 8.30pm A La Carte

5 - 8.30pm A La Carte

5 - 8.30pm A La Carte

5 - 7.30pm 2 course Carvery

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Naval Club Report – May 2016 The Naval Club gathered at the RSA on Sunday 15

th May for an enjoyable afternoon of darts and 8 ball pool in

conjunction with members of the Air Force Association. There was signs of misspent youth in the stoker and weapon mechanic members and a Jack Dusty rescued a foundering WE officer from annihilation on the pool table late in the day. The Australian sledging skills of the weapon mechanic surfaced again too – no surprises there. The TASI was pretty good on the dartboard going into the final versus the Air Force but the old bunting tosser with 50 years service in the mob, that’s right 50 years (why wud ya!) was average at best. The gunner rates ran the draw and kept the score, the Air Force and their ladies were there in force too and it was a great afternoon. The next meeting will be held at the RSA on Sunday 19

th June. Subject to weather either an indoor/outdoor bowls event

and it is hoped the Air Force Association will accept the graciously extended invitation for a return match. Don’t forget to bring your wives this time, you mateloes! The July meeting will probably be the annual mid-year formal-ish lunch. President Vince is investigating details for an away trip later this year in Sept/Oct to Warkworth/Sandspit/Kawau. This trip depends on tide times and passenger maritime vessels availability - more details to follow. A reminder that the AGM of the Naval Club will be held at the RSA on the 21

st August 2016.

If you aren’t getting the Naval Club newsletter please contact Secretary Dave Wadman or President Vince Sturmey.

Denis Henderson

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Indoor Bowls Report The Silverdale Indoor Bowls Club is having a slow but steady growth for this time of the year with everyone very keen and enjoying the social side of the club as well. To all those Indoor players who are coming to the Mid Winter Luncheon, on Thursday 16

th of June. Please, please buy your

tickets as soon as possible as the cut off day will be Thursday 9th of June, when I have to put through the orders to the RSA

Restaurant Chef. The entertainment for the Mid Winter luncheon will be Gary Brown who has performed before for us with most people applauding his different acts and impersonations. As well we wish all those members who are having health problems at the moment all the best for a speedy recovery.

Well, as I always say enjoy your life and enjoy your bowls.

Ron Megerney

Women's Section Report

Greetings to you all.

Our May meeting was of course our Birthday. What a great day it was too. It was lovely to see so many other clubs attend. As usual our lunch was lovely. A great big thank you to our Kitchen staff, especially as our new chef was thrown in the deep end. Our entertainment was something else. Colin Parris entertained us with comedy, song and great take offs of other entertainers. Our entertainment for June is Doris Coppell’s life in the Navy, There will be a short video and then she will answer any questions that you might like to ask. Our afternoon tea will be Devonshire tea DON’T FORGET IT IS NOW TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP. I hope this report finds you all in good health. Hope to see you all at our next meeting.

Kay Chilman.

Report from the Museum The Museum is continuing to trot along nicely. We have a number of our friends of the Museum who arrive every Wednesday; Neil, Ken, Bob, Greg, Colin and myself. We are always willing to help visitors and show them around. Also we investigate queries about an enormous number of events. There is always someone who can help out in one area or another.

Patrica Stroud

Hearing voices in your head is normal. Listening to them is quite common. Arguing with them – acceptable. It is only when you lose that argument that you get in real trouble.

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8 Ball Report Hi everyone, We have had some good numbers for our Saturday club days again in May and it is good to see you all there. The Club had a visit to Warkworth RSA for a fun game of 8 Ball. Once again Warkworth won the day. On 30th April we had our June Lyall Memorial competition and it was won by Keith Bate and Rex Hopkins. We had our Men’s singles competition on Sunday 22nd May and it was won by Peter Grimes. I hope to see some more of our members turn up on a Saturday as it helps to make the day much more interesting and fun. See you all soon

Kay Chilman.

KEV Report

It was good to have the RSA Support Officer, Chandra Newman, join us for our May meeting.

We were advised that she is making contact with some of our senior members to establish if they have needs which she could assist with. Chandra is available for consultation and assistance Monday to Friday till 12.30pm.

Our guest speaker for the day was Councillor John Watson, who in general spoke of the “ups and downs” in his role as one of our representatives on the Auckland City Council. John arrived in New Zealand from Scotland with his parents as a “wee nip-per” in 1961. By profession he is a schoolteacher and something of a writer but was drawn into local politics as a Rodney Councillor in 2004 over his concerns about the sewerage system developments on the Coast and the Hammerhead debacle. We were advised of the constant tug-of-war over funding for projects between the representatives of the various wards that make up the ACC. Members tasked John on issues such as roading, public transport and Orewa Beach protection projects. It is evident to us that the so-called full and open discussion policy of the ACC is somewhat meaningless when local opinion over the lifting of the set netting ban is ignored. The bureaucrats as represented by the Council Controlled Organisations, seem to dictate to Council rather than the other way around.

John expressed the view that a stronger leader of the Council is needed. Let’s hope this year’s elections produce such a person.

Don’t forget our mid-winter lunch is on Sunday, 26th June. Tony is sending out invites.

Finally, our condolences go out to Ron Hulse on the recent loss of his wife Daphne.

Next meeting 13th June at 2.30pm.

Frank Townley

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Outdoor Bowls - Roll up Report

Well we missed the flowers that grow in May, however we managed to have some good roll ups. June is the end of our financial year so a meeting has been called for 11th June at 11.30 am to discuss any business that’s needed. This will be followed by our normal roll up through to 1 pm, then a friendly BBQ. Intending members and partners most welcome.

George Weekes

2016/17 SUBSCRIPTIONS are now available

Subscriptions are now being taken for 16/17 Year and will run through to 30/06/2017. Please be aware that some of the member categories have changed or are new and all the fees have been revised. Subscriptions can be paid in the club at reception or at the bar, by sending a cheque to PO Box 97 Silverdale 0944, containing a stamped self-addressed envelope, or by direct credit to Westpac 03 1322 0192003 00 with your name and membership number. If you are unsure about what fee you should be paying please contact reception on 09 424 9026 or reception@hbcrsa.org.nz before you pay by cheque or direct credit. A list of the annual fees can be found opposite for your refer-ence. If you would like to stay as or become a Women’s Section member then the fee is an additional $10 for the 12 month period.

WE ARE STILL HOLDING A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW BLUE CARDS AT RECEPTION ORDERED TO COVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD UP TO

JUNE.

PLEASE COLLECT THEM A.S.A.P BECAUSE THE SILVER CARD IS NO LONGER VALID.

WE WILL BE TAKING SILVER CARDS FROM MEMBERS AS THEY ARE PRESENTED. PLEASE PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEE AT THAT TIME

SO WE CAN ORDER YOUR NEW CARD QUICKLY

THANK YOU

Subscriptions for 2016/2017

12

Months

Returned Members $15.00

Service Members $20.00

Returned & Service members over 80 $12.00

Returned & Service Members over 90 Free

Active Service Members Free

Associate Members $30.00

Associate Members over 80 years $20.00

Associate Members over 90 years $12.00

Couples Membership $45.00

Family Membership (2 Parents/Children under 18) $45.00

Youth members (Under 18) Free

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A BIG THANK YOU

A big thank you from the Hibiscus Coast Community RSA to all the members who acted on the plea for donations to the Repairs and Maintenance fund.

MEMBERS WHO DONATED SINCER OUR LAST NEWLETTERS ARE:

K Jaquiery, J Morrison, A Nicholson, W Cloutman, Rod O”Neil, Vicki McGrath,

Raffle Prize Donation, William Cloutman, Anonymous, Bruce & Val Hall

To date your donations have raised $4,713.50 which has already been put to good use.

THANK YOU

Our Apologies for not including in the May Newsletter a thank you to Malcolm from A1 Trees for helping to clean up the RSA grounds

prior to ANZAC Day. Really appreciated.

The heart of the Hibiscus Coast! CONTACT US 43A Vipond Rd Whangaparaoa P O Box 97 Silverdale 0944 Phone (09) 424 9026 Email: reception@hbcrsa.org.nz www.hbcrsa.org.nz Fax (09) 424 2446

HELP We urgently need volunteer drivers to transport our members to medical appointments. Please call the office if you can help on 09 4249026

RSA MEMBERS SPECIAL

Airport transfers normally $99.00

Members special rate $95.00

CALL SILVER SERVICE TRANSPORT (09)424 3765 or 027 246 0201

Plus: 10% discount for members on all other events

Special Occasions, Funerals etc.

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