HAMPTON RSL SUB BRANCH NEWSLETTER · SNOOKER & BILLIARDS ... held on Sunday 19 February. Russ Castleman and Ken Spencer entertained the crowd and gave their talents and time

HAMPTON RSL SUB‐BRANCH NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012

25 Holyrood Street, Hampton, Victoria / Tel: 9598 0460 e‐mail: [email protected] / Website: www.hamptonrsl.com.au

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COMMITTEE

Acting President

Secretary

Treasurer

Committee

Peter Lanigan

Brian Smith

Allan Redmond

Rob Bail

Dave Moxon

Laurie Sporle

Peter Wright

The Committee meets on the third Tuesday of each month, commencing at 6.00 pm and generally finish around

8.00 pm. Representatives of the sporting sub sections are invited to each meeting to give their reports.

MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE

The Club is still struggling financially and it is important

for all members to join in our efforts to make us

financially viable prior to the proposed merger with

Beaumaris RSL Club

Our next major fundraising event is the 2012 ‐ $1,000

DRAW – details of which are provided on the last page,

so we encourage you to buy a ticket and come and

enjoy the day.

It is unfortunate that the Bistro has been closed for a

number of weeks. We have interviewed two potential

Chefs but we have not been able to secure anyone; we

are advertising to fill this role.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held on

Sunday, 1 April, commencing at 11.00 am when a new

Committee will be appointed. This will be followed by

an Extraordinary General Meeting.

Nominations have been called for the positions of

President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and

committee. You can lodge your nomination on the

board in the foyer. Nominations close on Tuesday,

20 March.

The present Committee has agreed that we need

female representation and encourage any interested

member to seek nomination.

DEVELOPMENT OF BAYSIDE RSL

Peter Lanigan recently met with the State President

who assured him that the Merger Agreement will be

finalised by May 2012 and our campus plans will soon

be ready to submit to them.

The proposed combined Committee will comprise Vice

President, Secretary and Treasurer from our Sub

Branch. Beaumaris RSL will provide the President and

three committee members.

NEW SPONSOR

We are very pleased to announce that the RSL has a

new sponsor – Travelscene Hampton which is

sponsoring the 2012 summer bowling competition.

The total sponsorship is worth $700, and covers the

weekly and the finals prizes. Hampton RSL members

are encouraged to use Travelscene for all their travel

bookings.

HAMPTON RSL SUB BRANCH NEWSLETTER

25 Holyrood Street, Hampton, Victoria Tel: 9598 0460 e‐mail: [email protected] / Website: www.hamptonrsl.com.au

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STAFF CHANGES

Following his resignation from his position managing

Hampton RSL, Jay Cooper has agreed to provide

management assistance on a day a week basis for the

immediate future. Jackie Matthews has agreed to an

upgraded position and has been allocated additional

duties around rostering staff, ordering, stocktaking and

functions management.

Committee members have agreed to the allocation of

portfolios through which support will be given to the

staff, including Carole, across the range of duties and

activities within the Club. The future appointment of

any management staff is under currently under review

in the light of the likely formation of the Bayside RSL

Sub‐Branch in the near future.

I trust that all members will give your support to the

staff and their revised duties.

We will be interviewing a new part time Manager next

week.

BILL MIRABITO –

BAYSIDE COUNCIL’S 2012 CITIZEN

Congratulations to Bill Mirabito who was named

Bayside Council’s 2012 Citizen of the Year on Australia

Day in recognition of his extensive community and

welfare work within Bayside. A copy of the news

article from The Leader is provided below.



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MARILYN SWIMS IN THE MS AUSTRALIA

24 HOUR MEGA SWIM

RSL member, Marilyn Simmons (who has MS) recently

participated in the Annual MS Mega Swim at the

Fitzroy Pool. These are held to raise money for MS

Australia's “Go for

Gold” scholarship

program.

Go for Gold

Scholarships are

awarded to people

living with MS who

display a great need to

have some a goal or potential wish in various aspects

of life.

Marilyn’s team, called the “MS Floaties” raised $7,000.

The swim took place over a twenty‐four hour period

starting at 6.00 pm on Friday, 24 February and finishing

on Saturday, 25 February. Her financial support from

donations at the RSL ($147.20), the local IGA ($31.05)

and family and friends was over $800, after swimming

800 metres. She enjoys the social as well as the fund

raising aspects of the event. Hopefully, her swim and

financial support will be of the same length and value,

or even better, next year.

SPORTING CLUBS

Our sporting clubs continue to provide a range of

activities to meet member needs and to raise funds for

the Hampton Sub‐branch. An update of what these

Clubs have been doing is provided below.

ANGLING

Just a reminder that the boat is available for members

to take guests and family out for the day! They must

be accompanied by a registered boat captain and

bookings can be made by filling in the booking form on

the notice board in the foyer or ringing one of the boat

captains to make arrangements.

The weather is good at the moment so why not take

advantage of this opportunity to have a great day on

the bay!!

APL POKER

APL Poker is now held on Thursday nights, instead of

Wednesday and has retained the same format.

Signing up is from 6:30 pm until 7:30 pm, after which

the games begin. There is no entry fee and prizes are

given. Both beginners and experienced players are

welcome.

BOWLING

It has continued to be a very busy time at the Bowling

Club with the pennant season now over except for

night pennant.

PENNANT: The home and away games for Tuesday

and Saturday Pennant are now over with our teams

finishing in the following positions:

Tuesday Pennant team: second

Saturday Pennant Team 1: seventh

Saturday Team 2: fourth

Saturday Team 3: ninth

The night pennant competition is reaching the end with

finals starting on Tuesday, 20 March. The Hampton RSL

team was in seventh place after Round 13, held on

6 March.

PENNANT FINALS: Two of our teams reached the finals in

their various groups. The:

Tuesday Pennant team who won their sectional semi‐

final on Tuesday, 6 March but were beaten by

Caulfield Park in the final held on Thursday, 8 March;

and

Saturday Pennant Team 2 played in their sectional

final on Saturday, 26 February against Narre Warren

but was beaten.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS: the singles and pairs Club

Championship events are finished and the winners are:

Men’s Singles Peter Gillespie

Runner‐up Gary Nash

Women’s Singles Irma Harper

Runner‐up Pam Longley

Men’s Pairs

Ray and Rob Lamb

Runners‐up

Allan Redmond and Ken Spencer.

The Minor Championship and the 100 UP competitions are

well underway.



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BAREFOOT BOWLING: We are into the second

competition of the summer season; which started on

2 February, following two weeks of team practice. It

runs for a ten week period until 22 March. We are very

happy to welcome our new sponsor for this

competition – Travelscene Hampton.

WINTER SOCIAL BOWLING: Bowling will continue at

the Club with the 2012 winter social bowling

competitions. There are three competitions – Tuesday

which is run by the women’s section, and Wednesday’s

and Friday’s run by the men’s section.

These are very good social competitions and are good

fund raisers for the bowls club. The start dates for

these three competitions and the people to contact if

you would like to participate, are provided below:

Tuesday competition starts on 1 May, contact Val Mann on 9598 5723 or view the notice on the Board at the RSL.

Wednesday competition starts on 2 May. Contact Kevin Kennedy on 9557 5851.

Saturday competition starts on 5 May. Contact Geoff Pearce on 9555 1513 or 0408 926 615.

GOLF

Results for the 2011 Golf season are:

Club Champion Maryanne Holyfield

Victor Swann Putter of the Year

Adam Williams

Congratulations to Maryanne and Adam on their achievements and to all our monthly winners listed below.

MONTHLY WINNERS

February Bill Mirabito

March Geoff Pearce

April Cam Barnett

May P Blick

July Ron Marshall

August Adam Williams

October Norm Packham

December Norm Packham

RESULTS OF THE GAME ON 4 FEBRUARY 2012

Winner Maryanne Holyfield with 48 Stableford points; who also achieved a hole‐in‐one!

Runner‐up Glenn Thompson with 40 Stableford points.

Nearest to the Pin (6th hole)

Adam Williams

Nearest to the Pin (13th hole)

Maryanne Holyfield (hole‐in‐one)

Least putts Adam Williams.

Longest drive Glenn Thompson

Congratulations to our trophy winners for the first

game of 2012.

The next game will be posted on the Notice Board in

the Club Foyer when it has been arranged. If anyone is

interested in joining our golf club and participating in

our matches, please contact Geoff on 0408 492 615. All

the more the merrier!

Geoff Pearce Golf Co-ordinator

SNOOKER & BILLIARDS

The Snooker Presentation Day for the 2011 season was

held on Sunday 19 February. Russ Castleman and Ken

Spencer entertained the crowd and gave their talents

and time for free. Winners of the various competitions

and awards that were made are in the table below.

Billiards Handicap Trevor Barnett

Billiards Open Shane Logan

Runner‐ up: Bill Mirabito



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Snooker Handicap Jim Anderson

Snooker Open Shane Logan

Runner‐up: Mike Anglim

Awards were presented to the following players for their hard work in running the Billiards Room:

Rob Bail

Jim Davidson

Dave Moxon

Eddie O’Reilly

The 2012 snooker season has just started and we have

four sides in the competition. The ladder positions for

our teams after the first week are:

Bayside Red 3rd – Demons

6th – Buddhas

Bayside Blue 2nd – Allstars

4th – Crocs

The RSL Committee sought and received strong

support from the snooker section that they will,

through their new Sub‐Committee, endeavour to

better utilize the Snooker Room – for example, more

day and night competitions both inside and out of RSL.

Mike Anglim President , RSL Snooker & Billiards Club.

LADIES AUXILIARY

Elaine Bencraft has kindly provided the following

historical and current information about the Ladies

Auxiliary.

Our Auxiliary was formed on 1 April 1946. They held

their meetings every two weeks at night. Subscriptions

were 2/6d (twenty‐five cents) with each lady putting

three pence (five cents) towards supper at each

meeting. The Sub‐Branch gave them one pound (two

dollars) to get on their feet and they sold ANZAC

Badges at the Hampton Railway Station.

The meetings had to be held on the verandah of the

RSL Hall as, in those early days, women were not

allowed inside the RSL Hall. This must have been quite

challenging during the winter months, or when it

rained!

Every three months they ran a dance in the old RSL hall

in Hampton Street (which not many people would

remember these days). The men served the coffee.

Dance prizes were cigarettes, chocolates and stockings.

In July they started their annual balls. Prizes were two

nice silver tea strainers which cost 5/8d (fifty‐eight

cents). Ladies decorated the hall with rolls of coloured

crepe paper.

They adopted an English family and sent them food

parcels.

Unfortunately due to our ladies getting older we are

not able to maintain the assistance to the Sub‐Branch

as we have done over many years. Unfortunately we

are now down to only nine members so we need many

new members to keep our Auxiliary going.

The Ladies Auxiliary will be providing sandwiches, tea

and coffee at the conclusion of the “Field of

Remembrance” day on Sunday, 22 April.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

There are still quite a number of members who have

not renewed their membership subscriptions. Please

drop in, or send your subscription to Carole in the RSL

office. If you do not have a subscription form, they can

be obtained at the bar or office.

NEWSLETTER NAME

In the last Newsletter, we provided members with a list

of names for the Newsletter which had been submitted

by members and asked for feedback on which name

was the most appropriate.

We received only two votes and both chose “The

Bugle”. There were two more suggestions:

“Hampton RSL and Community Newsletter”

from Ken Wilkinson; and

“HAMPTON RSL SUB‐BRANCH

THE NEWSLETTER” from Ernest Stargatt

I think it is now up to the Committee to decide.

MEMBERS DRAW

The members draw has not been won for several

weeks and the prize is now $825. Only financial

members are entitled to win, so your subscription is

very important if you want to get this prize.



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You must be there to collect it, so come on down each

Wednesday to have a chat, a drink and maybe take

home the jackpot.

TRADES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM

MEMBERS

In the last Newsletter we advised that we were setting

up a directory of trades and services that are available

from members and asked for people to send their

information through. As we have only had one

response, this initiative will not go ahead.

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

REGULAR MEETINGS

LEGACY: meets on the first Wednesday of the month.

LADIES AUXILIARY: meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 1.30 pm. New members are most welcome.

SOCIAL COMMITTEE: meet on an as‐required basis when there are major social events to organise.

FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS AND THE LOCAL

COMMUNITY

PRIVATE FUNCTIONS: areas of the Club can be booked for private functions, such as birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas parties. If catering is required, arrangements can be made with the Bistro. For function bookings, please contact Jackie, Carole or Jay on 9598 0460.

BOARDROOM: The Club’s Boardroom can be booked at no cost for private clubs and community groups to hold meetings.

LIVE MUSIC

Live music is very much a part of Hampton RSL and we

have regular bands and performers who provide

entertainment to suit a wide range of tastes.

2012 - $1,000 DRAW Sunday, 1 April Starting at 12 noon

Our largest function of the year

Tickets are $20.00 per head and include:

A cash prize of $1,000

Other prizes to be won during the day

Barefoot Bowling during the day

A BBQ lunch

Free drinks over a limited time

Music from “ CRUZE”

Tickets are available from Bill (Choc) Mirabito (0425 701 038) or Allan Redmond (0421 280 073).

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HAMPTON RSL SUB BRANCH NEWSLETTER · SNOOKER & BILLIARDS ... held on Sunday 19 February. Russ Castleman and Ken Spencer entertained the crowd and gave their talents and time