Download - Spirit jun 4 2013
ROMAC Bike Bash Presentation
Dinner
Duty Officers—Bryan Threlfall & John Stainlay
The Board of Murwillumbah
Central Rotary Club
next meeting date—
at Jack Heffernan’s house
Monday June 3 at 6.00pm.
Tonight’s Muster
Roast Lamb
A weekly news update for members and guests of
Rotary Club of Murwillumbah Central Inc. Rotary International Club Number 17900 100% PHF Club (2012) 100% EREY Club (2012)
Meeting—6.00 for 6.30 pm EST or DST, At Murwillumbah Golf Club Mail to—PO Box 33 Murwillumbah NSW 2484
In the spirit!
Changeover dates.
Global Swimarathon awards.
Sparkling Success—Rotaract Charter night.
108108 YEARSYEARS
ROMAC—much more than another synonym
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for
Children, ROMAC for short, is a
project of Australian Rotary Clubs
and is managed by a committee
consisting of representatives of all
Australian Rotary districts.
Surgery for a child is one of the most
dramatic of life‟s experiences. What
if you add a foreign country; you
can‟t speak the language; you have
never seen a big city before, cars on
roads, much less a multi-storey
building with an elevator!
That‟s the situation faced by many
ROMAC patients and the relative
that accompanies them to Australia
or New Zealand.
Fortunately Rotary and ROMAC
care goes well beyond just medical
treatment. Having been accepted by
ROMAC, a hospital and surgeon are
arranged and then the logistics of
care start. Passports, visas and
transport are arranged.
A ROMAC representative meets the
patient at their first point of
Immigration check. Then, if
necessary, sees them on to their
domestic flight. They are met at their
arrival point by someone
with a smile and the
Rotary wheel on a jacket
or cap.
Accommodation is
arranged and can be with
someone from the same
ethnic community or a
ROMAC supporter.
Ronald McDonald
House has given great
support to our patients.
Some hospitals have
accommodation for
patients.
Whilst medical treatment
is the purpose of ROMAC, this is
basically handled by surgeons and
medical staff, but the key to
ROMAC is our dedicated carers who
are constantly available to attend
medical appointments and to take the
patients on special outings.
The local ROMAC Region gets a
club involved to ensure patients get
to appointments and have
appropriate food and friendship.
Food can be a big issue and
ROMAC provides them with rice,
fish and chicken.
ROMAC copes with day to day
disasters - like racing a young baby
to Emergency at 2am and doctors
being baffled as to why a small
patient was turning blue. Until the
doctor asked the mother, “Did you
wash those blue pyjamas before you
put them on her?” It was the first
time the child had worn new clothes!
ROMAC copes with the situation of
patients arriving with three month
visas and treatments
Scheduled for six months, which
requires visa extension so that they
do not become illegal immigrants.
Or realising they have never been in
a car before and telling us they are
suffering motion sickness. Or
finding the beds unslept in because
they were not brave enough to
disturb such a pristine bed set up!
A joy for ROMAC is seeing people
involved for the first time and clubs
realizing “This is one of the best
things we have ever done”.
A child and mother from East Timor in Melbourne for
treatment with Paediatric surgeon Assoc/Professor David
Croaker.
Tuesday June 4 2013
D9640 District Governor—
Sandra Doumany
D9640 Assistant Governor—
Anne Egan
Club Office Bearers BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President—
Jack Heffernan
Vice President & Pres Elect—
David Vickers-Shand
Immediate Past President—
Noel Graham
Secretary —
Peter Sochacki
Treasurer—
Michael Grisedale
Membership Director—
David Vickers-Shand
Public Relations Director—
Denis Hallworth
Club Administration Director—
Denis Hallworth
Service Projects Director—
George Phillips
Rotary Foundation Director—
David Vickers-Shand
CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES
Club Program Chair—
Bryan Threlfall
Community Service Chair—
Judy Mason
International Service Chair—
Tony Hayes
Vocational Service Chair—
Richard Johnston
Youth Service Chair—
George Phillips
Social Activities Chair—
Ian Baker
Club Protection Officer—
Michael Grisedale
College of Presidents Chair—
Denis Hallworth
OTHER POSITIONS
Bike Ride 2011/12—
Michael Grisedale
Tony Worrad
Barry Lack
Noel Graham
Sergeants—
Noel Graham
John Stainlay
Heads & Tails—
Noel Graham
John Stainlay
District Office Bearers
It’s Bowelscan time again It was last week anyway, but if somehow
you forgot to obtain a kit you can still get
one if you hurry to one of the three
pharmacies in Main Street before
Wednesday.
The Bowelscan project relies
tremendously on our members and
partners to volunteer their time to operate
the sales table at Sunnyside Shopping
Centre. I thank sincerely all who assisted
in manning the sales table during last
week.
We started with Bryan Threlfall and Denis
Hallworth on Saturday, Chris
Chrisostomos, John O‟Reilly and Peter
Sochacki on Monday, Chris and Bryan
both did another shift on Tuesday, Kevin
Damsma and John Hill followed by Neil
and June deClosey on Wednesday, John
Hill and Denis Hallworth covered
Thursday, John Hill did a third shift and
Mike Grisedale covered Friday. Bryan
Threlfall on Saturday to finish up.
All pharmacies in Murwillumbah also
participated selling kits, and this year all
completed kits were to be returned direct
to Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology.
Total sales this year should be around
340 kits, higher than last year when the
total was 251 kits.
There are times when it hardly seems
worthwhile when waiting for a long time
for the next sale, but when a person
comes up and thanks you for the
Bowelscan program because a family
member discovered cancer last year after
testing with our kit, it makes the effort
and boredom worth putting up with.
Thanks again to all volunteers, it is great
to know that support will be there when
arranging a week long sales effort.
Important Changeover Dates
Murwillumbah Central—Tuesday
June 25 at Murwillumbah Golf Club,
6.00pm for 6.30pm, $30 per person.
RSVP Thursday June 20 to Denis
Hallworth 66779302 or
Murwillumbah—Saturday June 22 at
Greenhills on Tweed, incorporating the
75th anniversary of Murwillumbah
Club.
RSVP Saturday June 15 to Bob
Missingham 66722029.
Mt Warning AM—Sunday June 23 at
Summergrove Estate, 363 Carool
Road, Carool, 12.00 for 12.30
luncheon, $42 per person. RSVP and
payment by Wednesday June 12 to
District Changeover—Saturday July
6 at Stanthorpe International Club,
Club Road, Stanthorpe, 6.00pm for
6.30pm, $40 per person, RSVP and
payment by Friday June 28 to Sandra
Hansen —
OR Perditta O‟Connor — 0427670150
Thought of the day
"Plato was a bore."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
THE OBJECT OF
ROTARY
To encourage and foster
the ideal of service as a
basis of worthy enterprise
and, in particular, to
encourage and foster
1 The development of
acquaintance as an
opportunity for service
2 High ethical standards
i n b u s i n e s s a n d
p r o f e s s i o n s ; t h e
recognition of worthiness
of all useful occupations;
and the dignifying by each
Rotarian of his occupation
as an opportunity to serve
society
3 The application of the
ideal of service by every
Rotarian to his personal,
business and community
life
4 The advancement of
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
understanding, goodwill
and peace through a world
fellowship of business and
professional men united in
the ideal of service
NOTES
of the things
we think, say or do.
1 Is it the TRUTH ?
2 Is it FAIR to all
concerned ?
3 Will it build GOODWILL
and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS ?
4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to
all concerned ?
Social trip to Eumundi Markets
An invitation has been
received from Mt
Warning AM Rotary to
accompany their club
on a visit to Eumundi
Markets.
This would be both a
social day between the
clubs and a fundraising
day for Tweed
Palliative Support.
The date is Saturday
June 22 with departure
from Sunnyside bus
area at 6.00am. The
coach will return
around 6.00pm the
same evening.
The cost for the day is
yet to be decided, but
if interested please
advise Jack Heffernan
as soon as possible to
ensure your seat on the
coach. Jack is driving
and a large
comfortable touring
coach is being used to
have great comfort.
Morning tea will be
included, but lunch
will be your own
choice at Eumundi.
Eumundi Markets is located in the hinterland from Noosa and is usually too far for
the average person to make a day trip. By using a coach and an early start adequate
time can be had for shopping and absorbing the character of the markets.
This will be a great occasion for those able to go along. But remember to book with
Jack to be sure not to miss out.
Wear comfortable shoes as there is a lot of walking at
Eumundi Markets. Also remember a hat and sunscreen.
Hi Everyone, This is it!
Sorry it's taken an extra month to get the final totals
together and communicated, but hopefully it's worth the
wait.
Drumroll please.....
The Worldwide total to 31st May 2013 is $111,081 or
£70,304 of which $95,388 for End Polio Now with an
additional $15692 raised for other local charities (12 in
all)!! - so we've officially passed last years total of
$105K!
Number of clubs taking part - 186 clubs in 36 countries
worldwide at 95 separate events (compared with 118 in
23 countries at 64 events)
Number of swimmers 6103 - compared with last years
record of 4546 in 1 hr.
Through your extraordinary collective efforts, together
we have established Rotary Global Swimarathon as the
biggest mass participation simultaneous annual fundraiser
in Rotary history - you are amazing!!!
Most importantly in these first 2 years the total is just
over $200,000 for End Polio Now and $216,000 overall,
enough to protect up to 1 million children worldwide
from the devastating disease of Polio.
Now it's time to announce our special awards. As you
know, we previously announced 3 main award
challenges.
The first for the event that raised the most money for End
Polio Now.
Delighted to officially confirm that by raising A$9858.60
or US $9721 , Rotary Club of Kwinana District 9465,
supported by Rotary Clubs of Rockingham, Canning
Bridge, Willeton, and Booragoon are our deserving
winners - many congratulations on a very innovative
online fundraising campaign that provides a great model
for other clubs to follow!
Next we have the prize for the event that had the most
swimmers taking part - that honour goes to Rotary Club
Green City Jaysingpur in District 3170 who recorded a
fantastic 350 swimmers with local schools and colleges
taking part.
Finally there was the overall District Prize.
Based on the number of clubs taking part there were 5
finalists
1. District 2980 India 5 points
2. District 9320 South Africa 4 points
3. District 9550 Australia 3 points
4. District 2450 Egypt 2 points
5. District 3170 India 1 point
We then judged them based on 3 additional criteria
1. Number of events staged
2. Number of Swimmers who took part
3. Amount raised
These were the results in the 3
categories
1. Number of events staged
1. 9320 = 5 points
2. 9550 = 4 points
3. 3170 = 3 points
4. 2980 = 2 points
5. 2450 = 1 points
2. Number of swimmers
1. 3170 = 5 points
2. 9320 = 4 points
3. 9550 = 3 points
4. 2980 = 2 points
5. 2450 = 1 point
3. Amount Raised
1. 9550 = 5 points
2. 9320 = 4 points
3. 3170 = 3 points
4. 2450 = 2 points
5. 2980 = 1 point
Final Rotary Global Swimarathon 2013 totals and awards announcement!
The medical team at the Murwillumbah Swimarathon
Final totals:
1. District 9320 - 17 points
2. District 9550 - 15 points
3. District 3170 - 12 points
4. District 2980 - 10 points
5. District 2450 - 6 points
So the overall Best District participation
award winner is District 9320 -
congratulations to everyone involved!!
However, so worthy of recognition were
the contributions of the other 4 finalists we
would like to make 4 additional awards
1. District 9550 Australia - for the most
money raised by 1 district
2. District 3170 India - For the most
swimmers in 1 district
3. District 2980 India - For the most clubs
taking part in 1 district
4. District 2450 Egypt for the most clubs taking part in 1
single event
We also felt it was important to recognize the outstanding
contribution of so many new clubs to the event. so we
have added a Best Newcomer award.
Deserving special mentions are the Rotary Club of
Hamilton D9600 Australia, Rotary Club of Waynesboro
D7360 USA Rotary Club of Los Olivos District 5240,
and Rotary Club of Cabarrus County 7680 who each
featured in either the worldwide top 10 for funds raised
or for most swimmers
However the overall winner, with 240 swimmers
taking part and raising well over US $5000 was
judged to be Rotary Clubs of Murwillumbah in
District 9640 - not bad for a first year! Three clubs
participated, the Rotary Club of Murwillumbah
Central, the Rotary Club of Murwillumbah and the
Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM.
Finally, we felt it was very important to recognize the
outstanding efforts of individual fundraisers. This years
award for the most amount raised by 1 swimmer goes to
Kero O Shea, of the Rotary Club of Canning Bridge
District 9465 who raised over $2000 in sponsorship at the
Kwinana event.
So there you have it - 9 awards in total and all fully
deserving of the recognition. Rotary Club of Grantham
President Irvin Metcalf and myself will be in Lisbon for
the Rotary International Convention. On Tuesday 25th
June I'm proud to be representing Rotary Global
Swimarathon at the Advanced social media workshop at
2.30pm local time http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/
Events/Announcements/
Pages/13may23_annc_conv_sm.aspx -that would be a
great opportunity for participants in 2012/13 Global
Swimarathons to meet up.
For the award winners, please let us know if you or other
representatives of your district will be in Lisbon and we
will get in touch to make arrangements for presenting the
awards if we possibly can.
Finally, delighted to announce that for 2014 event
planned for Sunday 23rd February 2014 we will be
partnering ( I am actually leading the social media
campaign for ) Rotary Crocus https://www.facebook.com/
rotarycrocus and video http://youtu.be/83Q07WTgqyk .
We plan to make these fantastic silk Flower pin badges
available to raise funds at every event worldwide in
2013/14 and you can find out more details in Lisbon in
the Hall of Friendship
So hope to see as many of you as possible in Lisbon - will
be wonderful to meet up in person after all this time
working together!
Enjoy your weekends and get ready for further
announcements around August time for the 2014 event!
Thanks and Very Best Wishes
Paul
Paul Wilson
Rotary Club of Grantham
Rotary Global Swimarathon worldwide event co-
ordinator
Final Rotary Global Swim 2013 totals and awards announcement! continued
Action at the Tweed River Aquatic Centre for the Murwillumbah Swimarathon
Sparkling Success—Rotaract Charter Night Excitement was in the air as the
Rotaract Club of Murwillumbah
was welcomed to the Rotary
family at a Mad Hatters themed
Charter night on Friday May 31
at Murwillumbah Golf Club.
Charter President Ema Marks
said “I very happy to have the
club Chartered. This is the result
of nearly twelve months
preparation and we can now look
forward to being part of the
worldwide Rotaract movement
sponsored by Rotary.”
The Charter document was
presented to the new club by
District Governor Sandra
Doumany, assisted by District
Rotaract Representative Troy
Lawlor in the presence of several
Past District Governors, incoming
District Governors and members
of the three sponsoring Rotary
Clubs.
Seventeen Charter members of
the club were presented
membership certificates, badges
and Rotaract pins as they were
introduced to the over seventy
Rotarians and guests keen to
welcome the new club.
President Simone Wong from the
Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM
welcomed the guests and
presented a gift of a leather
Treasurer‟s briefcase to the new
club.
President Ian Batten of
Murwillumbah Rotary Club
spoke of some of the history of
Rotaract and the many lifelong
friendships and even marriages
that have occurred through
Rotaract membership. The gift
from Murwillumbah Rotary Club
was a Secretary‟s briefcase.
President Jack Heffernan of the
Rotary Club of Murwillumbah
Central offered a gift of a solid
timber table lecturn suitably
engraved, to be used at meetings
of the new club. In addition Jack
had a Charter Cake made,
beautifully decorated using the
Rotaract logo.
Rotaract is a club for
young people 18 to 30
years of age.
Cutting the Charter cake, DG Sandra, DRR Troy and
a very excited President Ema.
Charter President Ema Marks in front of the
Rotaract Club of Murwillumbah banner
given by the three sponsoring Rotary Clubs.
Members of the new Rotaract Club of Murwillumbah
Rotaract is a global organisation
that empowers students and
young professionals to create
positive change in their local
communities and around the
world.
Rotaract provides unique
opportunities that assist its
members in becoming the
business and professional leaders
of tomorrow.
WHO SAID FOOTBALLERS
AREN'T INTELLIGENT?
My parents have always been there
for me, ever since I was about 7. "
David Beckham
"I would not be bothered if we lost
every game as long as we won the
league."
Mark Viduka
"Alex Ferguson is the best manager
I've ever had at this level. Well,
he's the only manager I've actually
had at this level. But he's the best
manager I've ever had."
David Beckham
"If you don't believe you can win,
there is no point in getting out of
bed at the end of the day."
Neville Southall
"I've had 14 bookings this season - 8
of which were my fault, but 7 of
which were disputable."
Paul Gascoigne
"I've never wanted to leave. I'm here
for the rest of my life, and
hopefully after that as well."
Alan Shearer
"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like
Barcelona "
Mark Draper
"You've got to believe that you're
going to win, and I believe we'll win
the World Cup until the final whistle
blows and we're knocked out."
Peter Shilton
"I faxed a transfer request to the club
at the beginning of the week,
but let me state that I don't want to
leave Leicester "
Stan Collymore
"I was watching the Blackburn game
on TV on Sunday when it flashed on
the screen that George (Ndah) had
scored in the first minute at
Birmingham . My first reaction was to
ring him up. Then I remembered he
was out there playing."
Ade Akinbiyi
"Without being too harsh on David
Beckham, he cost us the match."
Ian Wright
"I'm as happy as I can be - but I
have been happier."
Ugo Ehiogu
" Leeds is a great club and it's been
my home for years, even though I
live in Middlesborough."
Jonathan Woodgate
"I can see the carrot at the end of
the tunnel."
Stuart Pearce
"I took a whack on my left ankle, but
something told me it was my
right."
Lee Hendrie
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like
living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush
" Germany are a very difficult team
to play...they had 11 internationals
out there today."
Steve Lomas
"I always used to put my right boot
on first, and then obviously my
right sock."
Barry Venison
"I definitely want Brooklyn to be
christened, but I don't know into
what
religion yet."
David Beckham
"The Brazilians were South
American, and the Ukrainians will be
more
European."
Phil Neville
"All that remains is for a few dots
and commas to be crossed."
Mitchell Thomas
"One accusation you can't throw at
me is that I've always done my best."
Alan Shearer
"I'd rather play in front of a full house
than an empty crowd."
Johnny Giles
"Sometimes in football you have to
score goals."
Thierry Henry
ROTARY GRACE
Oh Lord and giver of all good
We thank thee for our daily food
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways
Help us to serve thee all our days
NEXT WEEK’S MUSTER
Membership Night
Drinks & Nibbles
Duty Officers Not required
Apologies and guests must be phoned or faxed to Noel Graham Farm Machinery by 2.00 pm on the day of the meeting or meal paid for. Phone 6672 2555 or fax 6672 2063.
Any late apologies or invitees (after 2.pm) must be phoned direct to Hot Wok Restaurant 6672 4041.
Rotary websites
Club This is the new web site. www.murwillumbah-central-rotary.org.au Club (Facebook) http://www.facebook.com/murwillumbah.central.rotary District—www.rotary9640.org Australia—www.rotary.org.au International—www.rotary.org
Meeting Make-up locations Murwillumbah Monday 6.00pm
Greenhills Reception Lounge Mt Warning AM Wednesday 6.45am
Imperial Hotel
South Tweed Monday 6.30pm South Tweed Sports Club
Tweed Coast Contact for details
Kingscliff Tuesday 6.15pm Cudgen Leagues Club
Coolangatta Tweed Thursday 6.00pm
Greenmount Resort Mullumbimby. Thursday
1st & 3rd—7am Sandbar Café, Brunswick Hd
2nd & 4th—7pm Brunswick Bowls Club
On-Line - Rotary Eclub Next Gen Qld Australia
www.rotaryeclubnextgen.org
Coming programs details
Jun 11—Membership Night Drinks & Nibbles
Jun 18—Wayne Donnelly, Hypnotherapist
Jun 25—Club Changeover Night—Partners Night
Jul 2—Club Night with AG Anne Egan
Jul 9—Membership conducted by Margaret Rickard,
District Membership Secretary
Jul 16—Youth conducted by Simone Wong, District Youth
Secretary
Duty Officers
Jun 11—Not required
Jun 18—Len & Judy Mason
Jun 25—Not required
Birthdays— June 6 Bob Shepherd
June 11 Barbara Commens
Anniversaries— None this week
The Club Song
We‟ve come to introduce you to the Murwillumbah Central boys,
The way you know that we‟re around is when you hear the noise,
There‟s tenors, basses, inbetweens, and some just here for show,
But all the same we‟ll sing to you, so boys just „Let „er go‟.
When Governor Georgie, gave us our charter,
He kissed our Rotaryannes to make it right,
We‟ve come to greet you, because we‟re after,
All the fun and fellowship that‟s going tonight.
So put it there!