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The Club usually meets at 6.00 for 6:30pm
at Narooma Golf Club on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Contact the secretary if you wish to come to a meeting (click the enquiries button for contact details).
Our Club has expanded its annual Whale Watching Raffle by making it into a community raffle with the theme ‘Experience Narooma’.
Supporters of Narooma Rotary’s ‘Experience Narooma’ Community Whale Watching Raffle include Rotary President Julie Hartley, left, Easts Holiday Parks Laura Spicer, Narooma Charters Nick Ingersole, Southbound Escapes Sally Bouckley and the Chamber of Commerce’s Laurence Babington.
“We’re giving this great community concept a go which promotes visiting Narooma,” said Rotary VP David McInnes. “Thanks to the generosity of local businesses, there’s a substantial first prize valued at over $1,200 – winner takes all. Various organisations around Narooma are selling tickets; they benefit by retaining 80% of proceeds for their groups.”
The balance goes to Narooma Rotary to cover costs and to contribute to the long term community project – Carers’ Accommodation at the new Eurobodalla Regional Hospital (CAERH).
The raffle will be drawn on 7th September in time for the annual whale watching season.
The prize is:
A whale watching tour for two (Narooma Charters)
Two nights accommodation waterfront cabin* (Easts Holiday Parks Narooma)
*Condition: Easts’ prize can only be redeemed outside of school holidays.
2 x 4hr E-Bike Hire with Gourmet Picnic (Southbound Escapes)
2 x $70 Meal Voucher (Club Narooma/ Club Dalmeny)
$30 voucher (Montague Coffee, Narooma)
Narooma Chamber of Commerce supports the raffle and has contributed to printing costs.
Tickets are available from WIRES, Southbound Escapes, Tilba Public School P & C, Narooma Lions, Bodalla Soccer, Oz Harvest, Narooma Junior Rugby League Football Club and Montague Art & Craft Society. Tickets will also be on sale at the August Narooma Markets from WIRES’ stand.
David said additional potential benefits include sparing organisations the task of soliciting raffle prizes as well as reducing the number of raffle requests to local businesses.
Many of us had a most enjoyable dinner at the Food Mantra by Wildfire restaurant near the bottom pub. We will have another informal dinner at Lynch’s Restaurant next month.
This Thursday we welcome our exchange student Hilma Koskiniemi from Finland when she flies into Moruya. I know I speak for us all when I wish her an absolutely wonderful year with us. Several of us will be there to welcome her complete with flags etc. including Hilma’s first host family the Penglases, Lachie’s family. She meets all members officially on Thursday 8th August.
Also this Thursday night we welcome our friends from Moruya Rotary for a fun night for the great annual Cinders Trivia Challenge. Who will win the much coveted Cinders Trophy this year? All up we’re expecting about 50 people which includes 17 from Moruya. A busy Thursday for some of us!
Don’t forget our Markets this Sunday. I understand there are still a few spare spots so please see David this Thursday if you haven’t already put your name down.
THIS THURSDAY 25 July
6 for 6.30pm Narooma Golf Club:Our great annual Cinders Trivia Challenge with Moruya Rotary friends. Cost is $25 per head for dinner (one course alternate drops). Bookings were essential with Gero.
The Week that Was
Rory heads to Oxford
How wonderful to hear from our 2020 Rotary Tertiary Scholar Rory Spurgeon this week, via his then counsellor PP Bob Aston.
Rory Spurgeon at 2021 Youth Night
“Sorry I haven’t been to a meeting in a long while. I’ve been busy all year with Chemistry Honours. I still thought the club might like to know what I’ve been up to though and what the scholarship has allowed me to do. A couple of weeks ago I graduated with my degree of Bachelor of Science Advanced with first class honours. I also got majors in Chemistry and Physics and a minor in Math.
“The marks I’ve got have granted me admission to the University of Oxford where I will study a Masters of Theoretical and Computation Chemistry. This will be a year of coursework starting in October and I am so keen for it. I’m so excited to learn more and I’m so grateful to you and the Rotary Club which allowed me to do this. I still don’t know what I want to do after though, but probably a PhD and maybe further research or teaching.
“I’ll be in Narooma for a couple of weeks in August but I’ll be out of the country otherwise so if you or Rotary would like a chat or anything I’d be happy to FaceTime or sort something out.”
Here’s hoping we can catch up with Rory in person!
Out and About
From Moruya Rotary
Moruya Rotary reports their board meeting of the new Rotary year and first club assembly under new President Allan Veness were very positive and productive. Good ideas flowed and a plan for the next 12 months is in place. Moruya Club has set three goals:
Increase and retain membership
Make a real difference in our local community
Ensure sustainability of the kiosk [at Moruya Jockey Club] as this is our major source of fundraising.
From Batemans Bay Rotary
The Bay called its Changeover more of a ‘Rollover’ with President Pam Thorpe doing a second term as President. DG Rob Uhl was again at that Changeover; think she has been to Bega, ours, Moruya’s and the Bay’s which is really quite something. Their main donations were to CAN Assist, the Carers Accommodation Eurobodalla Rural Hospital and St Cecila’s Music Society.
Among their awards was ‘Rotarian of the Year’ to Neil Simpson to show the Club’s appreciation of his work as co-ordinator of Rotary Youth Driver Awareness and as Market Manager.
Our dinner last Thursday night was a relaxed evening with lots of fellowship as well as catching up on what was discussed at the Board meeting.
Ann Hegerty gave us an exposé on her working life. She now has time to relax from the many jobs she has had over the years. Ann, Francoise and Laurelle have formed a marketing committee to promote our Club and activities. Thank you ladies for stepping up and taking on the challenge.
Our community raffle is being well received by groups in our community and they will be out and about raising money as well as Rotary’s profile in the community. We will also sell some raffle tickets at our markets.
Don’t forget our great annual Cinders Trivia Challenge with Moruya Rotary Club is on Thursday week (25th). Please invite family and friends to join us in the fun and to contribute to our Narooma Trivia ‘brains trust’
Lynn Hastings, Ange Urichsen and Julie Hartley took over the kitchen at the Sport & Leisure Centre last Tuesday for the PCYC’s NAIDOC event. (Laurence took the photo)
Several members – President Julie, Ange Ulrichsen, Lynn Hastings and Laurence Babington – represented the Club at the Sport & Leisure Centre (S&LC) last Tuesday cooking sausage sandwiches for an event organised by PCYC for NAIDOC Week. Not busy, but good to do.
[A little history: The S&LC was built by Rotary in 1985 to enable all weather skating. It was a mammoth project for the Club, and for many years the Club also managed the facility. It was used for afternoon indoor sports, blue light discos bi-monthly and weekly roller skating. When the High School burned down in 1988, it was used for emergency classrooms until demountables could be used. Also, Rotary was instrumental in establishing PCYC many years ago.]
Out and About
Narooma students to Engineering Summer School
Along with sponsoring a three-member team from Narooma High to the Model United Nations Assembly in Canberra next month, our Club is also sponsoring one of two Narooma High students the Club has organised to go to the Engineering Summer School (ESS) in December. The School and Engineers Australia AND Engineers Australia are likely to sponsor the second.
The two ESS students are Harmony Cannon in Year and Ziggy Kewetin Smith, both in Year 11. Harmony is a long-time member of the RoboRebels and is working hard towards her long term goal of studying engineering at university. Ziggy is currently doing Engineering studies and Chemistry and achieving at an outstanding level.
The five-day fully residential ESS is facilitated by Engineers Australia, the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Sydney’s five engineering universities and industry leaders. ESS brings together promising students who are about to enter their final year of high school in NSW and ACT and provides them an introduction to the key engineering universities and an insight into the vast number of disciplines encompassed by engineering. Students will experience a fast paced and exacting programme at University of Sydney, University of NSW, UTS, Macquarie and University of Wollongong and see behind the scenes at five Engineering projects/ organisations. Other highlights include career chats with young engineers and graduates and an Official Awards Dinner.
The ESS is recognised by involved universities. Attendance is acknowledged and can contribute to supporting each student’s ATAR scores when applying for degree courses.
Bay Rotary bids farewell to food van
Like Narooma’s old food van, Batemans Bay’s food van is off to a new ‘home’
At Batemans Bay Changeover on Thursday, the Club will hand over its trusty food van to Yumaro. Their last week’s bulletin referred to it fondly. “She has had a special place in our hearts with much fun and deep conversations as we cooked and sugared endless donuts. She has been to markets, Camping Expos, Christmas Carol Services and was used during the bushfires. However with our commitment twice monthly to the Rotary Markets, we are no longer using Le Van and to know that she will be used by Yumaro clients to gain new skills in food handling and customer service is the best possible outcome.” The Bay van also sold hot and cold drinks.
Yumaro is a registered charity and NDIS service provider offering employment, training, lifestyle, accommodation and home and community support services to over 140 people with a permanent disability in the Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven regions.
NEXT THURSDAY 25 July – CINDERS
6 for 6.30pm Narooma Golf Club:Our great annual Cinders Trivia Challenge with Moruya Rotary Club. Please invite family and friends to join us in the fun and to contribute to our Narooma Trivia ‘brains trust’. Cost is $25 per head for dinner (one course alternate drops). Firm numbers to Gero by Monday 22nd evening at the latest – need numbers from Moruya at the same time