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INTERCLUB ORGANISATIONS ATHLETICS – SENIOR Karen Herrmann 0433 116 859

ATHLETICS – JUNIOR Christine Butters 9792 2031

AUSTRALIAN NATIVE ORCHID CLUB Don Roberts 9771 5474

BASKETBALL Phil Hudson 0414 189 482

BILLIARDS & SNOOKER Kevin Bowerman 9773 7486

BOWLS – MIXED INDOOR Jean Reichart 9771 6923

BOWLS – LADIES INDOOR Shirley Glenday 0417 443 085

BOWLS – MENS LAWN Denis Gallant 0402 114 635

BOWLS – LADIES LAWN Pat Tate 9731 0957

CRICKET Ray Benham 9773 7157

DARTS Dean Semlitzky 0413 292 337

DOMINOES Colin Suttle 9771 2322

EUCHRE Gaye Roscarel 0424 531 699

FISHING Dean Semlitzky 0413 292 337

FOOTBALL (SOCCER) Susan Bale 0425 231 369

FOOTBALL - LADIES (SOCCER) Claire Geary 0415 544 457

GARDEN CLUB Carol Griffith 9774 2072

GOLF – LADIES Phyllis Fisher 9774 3767

GOLF – MENS Phil Kilazoglou 0437 960 043

GOLF – SENIORS John McGuigan 0413 422 945

HOCKEY – WOMENS Di Hawking 0419 204 688

MOONEY MOONEY BOWLS Brett Hughes 9985 8151

MOONEY MOONEY FISHING Karen Goldrick 9985 9406

NETBALL Tracy Zanoni 0414 869 762

PHYSIE and DANCE Rhonda Young 9771 2443

REVESBY LADIES GROUP Bev Spring 9774 5403

RWSC DARTS COMP John Taylor 0418 629 168

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Club Administration 9772 2100

SCRABBLE Gordon Meggs 9534 6905

SMALL BOATS FISHING Col Purdy 9773 6752

SPEARFISHING Brad Montague 0438 510 146

SWIM CLUB Graham Black 0408 293 257

TENNIS - JUNIOR Adele English 9771 5665

TENNIS - SOCIAL Harry Warrington 0408 290 015

THE LIGHT ON THE HILL SOCIETY Daryl Melham 0418 213 680

TOASTMASTERS Debra Murphy 0408 437 624

WELFARE CO-ORDINATOR Dallas Slater 8707 6916

WRITERS’ GROUP Neridah Tyler - Perry 9773 7052

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ATHLETICS (JUNIOR) Liaison Director: John Rodwell The new season of Little Athletics commenced on Friday, 31st August and will run through to 8th March 2019.

Registrations are accepted via our website www.revesbylac.org.au, registration fees are a one off cost (with no weekly fees involved) and uniforms can be purchased at our centre during the registration period.

As we did last year we will be conducting trial nights but not until after the September / October school holidays. The children will engage in running, jumping and throwing events in accordance with the Little Athletics NSW guidelines in regular Friday night competition and also have the opportunity to compete at carnivals outside our centre.

Competitions are run for children from ages Under 6 to Under 17 on Friday evenings from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and we are located on the grounds at the rear of the University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus. Entry is from Bullecourt Avenue, Milperra.

Little Athletics is a sport which requires parent participation to be a safe & successful club and we are a family friendly club welcoming returned athletes as well as those new to the sport. A small amount of fundraising will be held to assist in purchasing end of season awards and to keep our equipment up to date.

For any additional information or enquires please do not hesitate to contact our president Christine on 0413 886 431.

Stuart McGrawPublicity Officer ..................................................................................

ATHLETICS (SENIOR) Liaison Director: John Rodwell

The past few months have been preparation time for Illawong Revesby Workers' Athletics as the Committee organise the 2018/19 season which is just commencing and athletes undertake their Winter training regime.

We recently held the Fathers' Day Charity funrun which was a great success, with a

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Sports Reportsgrowing number of participants despite the miserable weather. A cheque was presented by Illawong Revesby Workers' Athletics to the Revesby Workers' Club Charity at the recent Trivia night.

Our 6 fortnightly Thursday night track & field meets commence on October 4th continuing until December 13th at the Ridge track from 6.30 - 8pm. We offer all distances from 100m to 3km as well as Throw & Jumping events. The meets are open to all registered athletes as well as visitors wanting to give track & field a go, for just a gold coin donation.

State relays are being held on November 24-25. They offer all distances from 4x100m to 4x1500m plus Throws & Jumps relays. Be sure to register ASAP so you can be placed in a team.

Happy running,

Karen Herrmann Publicity Officer

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BASKETBALL Liaison Director: Christine Benham

The 2018 Monday night Primary School Competition for Summer is now well underway. RWC Saints are well represented in this competition. We have an impressive 13 teams competing.

In addition to these teams, we also have a number of senior teams which have just completed the Winter competition. Amongst these, RWC Panthers were runners up in the Women’s Division 1/2 competition. The senior Summer competition has just recently restarted and we have a number of teams representing RWC.

Thanks as always to Revesby Workers' Club for their continued support.

Debbie AlliePublicity Officer

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BOWLS – INDOOR (LADIES) Liaison Director: Ian Stromborg

Congratulations to our Achievement Award winner Jean Reichart and the runner up Marjorie Clarke. Well done ladies!

It was lovely to see May Noonan back for a visit after her recent accident. We hope to see you often May.

Our warmest appreciation to Pat Seymour for the contribution of her beautiful hand knitted dolls for our raffle, they are proving very popular amongst the ladies.

Our game results are as follows:

4th July, 20181st. Judy Moon, Dulcie Kenny and Leslie Munro.

2nd. Olive Swan, Shirley Glenday, Doreen Johnson and Frances Rochecouste.

11th July, 20181st. Marie Rogers, Jan Taff and Olive Swan.2nd. Jean Reichart, Cheryl McDonald and Libby Froude.

18th July, 20181st. Frances Rochecouste, Olive Swan, Jean Reichart & Doreen Johnson2nd. Judy Moon, Lorraine Seckold, Phyllis Merrell and Jan Taff.

1st August, 20181st. Lorraine Seckold, Jean Reichart and Marie Rogers.2nd. Cheryl McDonald, Doreen Johnson, Shirley Glenday and Cathy Packwood.

22nd August, 20181st. Jean Reichart, Marjorie Clarke, Marie Rogers & Pat Seymour.2nd. Cheryl McDonald, Olive Swan, Doreen Johnson and Joy Dalton/Shirley Glenday.

29th August, 20181st. Phyllis Merrell, Judy Moon, Marjorie Clarke and Jean Reichart.2nd. Connie Sorrenti, Jan Taff, Beryl Dwyer and Marie Rogers.

5th September, 20181st. Marie Rogers, Jan Taff and Lesley Johnson2nd. Shirley Glenday, Phyllis Merrell, Shanta Narayan & Margaret Ball.

12th September, 20181st. Connie Sorrenti, Lesley Johnson and Pat Seymour.2nd. Lorraine Seckold, Shanta Narayan, Shirley Glenday & Margaret Ball.

19th September, 20181st. Shirley Glenday, Frances Rochecouste, Marie Rogers and Lesley Johnson.2nd. Lorraine Seckold, Connie Sorrenti, Pat Seymour and Mavis Lavette.

Congratulations ladies!

We would like to extend an invitation to all lady members to join us for a fun day of indoor bowls each Wednesday. Experience is not required and you would be made to feel most welcome. If interested please contact our President Joy Dalton on 9792 8097.

Shirley GlendayAssistant Publicity Officer

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BOWLS – INDOOR (MIXED) Liaison Director: Ian Stromborg

10 July 20181st Val Austen, Van Tran2nd Brenda Excell, David Lewis3rd Anna Fabiani, John GibbsLdp Doris Dare, Ross Mackinnon

17 July 20181st Val Austen, Van Tran2nd Marie Rogers, Frank Dare3rd Doris Dare, John RollsLdp Lyn Rolls, Ross Mackinnon

24 July 20181st Brenda Excell, Van Tran2nd Helen Tran, David Lewis3Rd Lyn Rolls, Ken SayersLpd Jean Reichart, Frank Dare

31 July 20181st Llyn Rolls, Van Tran2nd Helen Tran, David Lewis3Rd Anna Fabiani, John RollsLdp Doris & Frank Dare

7 August 20181st Doris Dare, Mario Fabiani2nd Marie Rogers, Van Tran3rd Anna Fabiani, Nestor Ldp Helen Tran, David Lewis

21 August 20181st Marie Rogers, Frank Dare2nd Ross Mackinnon3rd Helen TranLdp Doris Dare, Mario Fabiani

28 August 20181st Mario Fabiani2nd Brenda Excell, David Lewis3rd Lyn Rolls, Frank DareLdp Doris Dare, John Rolls

4 September 20181st Anna Fabiani, David Lewis2nd Ken Sayers3rd Marie Rogers, Van TranLdp Brenda Excell, Mario Fabiani

In August we started and completed the mixed doubles. The final was between Jean Reichart and Mario Fabiani versus Helen Tran and John Gibbs. John was on fire and facilitated Helen (the skip) to have a perfect game! The game was close; after 21 ends there was only 4 points in it with Helen and John triumphant! Congratulations to all the participants.

On the 4th of September we start the President’s Trophy. Good luck to all you ladies and gentlemen!

We are always looking for new members, and experience is not necessary - come and play!

For more information contact Jean Reichart on 9771 6923

Mario FabianiPublicity Officer

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BOWLS – LAWN (LADIES) Liaison Director: Ian Stromborg

The club championships for 2018 are almost complete.

Results are as follows:

MAJOR SINGLES: WINNER: Jan CalderonRUNNER: UP Pat Tate

FOURS: Gail Hardie, Raylee Cottingham.WINNERS: Lyn Gallant, Janice O’Brien.RUNNER UP: Dianne Oliver, Sandra Rimmer , Pat Tate & Jan Caldron

PAIRS:WINNER: Pat Tate, Jan Caldron.RUNNER UP: Valma Hall, Sandra Rimmer

TRIPLES: WINNERS: Maureen Higgs, Raylee Cottingham, Maureen McKinleyRUNNER UP Sue Semlitzky, Mary Holloway, Valma Hall

CONSISTENCY:WINNER Jan Caldron.RUNNER UP Gail Hardie

MIXED FOUR:WINNERS Denise Gallant, Lyn Gallant, Jan Caldron, Rodney Clifton.RUNNER UP Sue Semlitzky, Betty Graham, Colin Heaslip, Dean Semlitzky.

MIXED PAIRS:WINNERS Pat Tate, Geoff Tate.RUNNER UP Janice O’Brien, Peter Chown.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL COMPETITORS

COMING EVENTS

Nov 1 Barbara Park 5 years & under.Nov 9 Mavis McBryde Trophy.Nov 22 Ingleburn Teapot day – at homeNov 29 Picnic Point Friendship DayDec 13 Christmas break-up day.Dec 16 Combined presentations.

On the 21st November our Annual Christmas outing will be held at Woolshed at Yallah a great day is planned, a delicious menu and entertainment will be enjoyed.

Daryl Melham spring triples was held on 7th September with 24 teams – 72 players

WINNERS Mt Lewis Women’s Bowling Club.

RUNNER UP Lidcombe Women’s Bowling Club.

President Daryl attended and presented the trophy.

Special thankyou to our President Betty and committee for a wonderful day, the club was a picture and Betty had donated beautiful floral arrangements for each table, later these were given to each member of the committee.

Congratulations and best wishes were conveyed to two of our ladies, Betty O’Connor & Beryl Harmer who recently celebrated with family & friends their 90th Birthday each receiving beautiful gifts and gorgeous cakes from President Batty & members. Both thanked all for their kindness on their special occasion.

Bowls will resume on 10 January 2019

Bowls for others luncheon was held on 21st September state President was in attendance. President Edna welcomed all clubs attending, together with the eight recipients representing their charities, thanked all for their donations which resulted in $17,000 being shared. Information was received from each representative as to the achievement resulting in money received for research into various diseases. All appreciated receiving cheques of $2,000 and $3,000.

Past Presidents luncheon will be held at Masonic Club (Boutique Hotel) Castlereagh St Sydney on 19th October.

The annual Towradgi visitation held early January is in the process or arrangement.Invitations with details will be posted in October. Ladies wishing to take up lawn bowls will be warmly welcomed and should contact Secretary Pat Tate on 9731-0957.

December is just around the corner so wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Wishing all good health and great bowling now and in 2019.

LOVE IS GREAT SHARE IT YOU WONT BE SORRY.

Beryl HarmerPublicity Officer

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BOWLS – LAWN (MENS) Liaison Director: Ian Stromborg

The final of the 2018 Major Singles Championship was played in July between Jamie Clifton and Peter Chown. What a game it was, all those who witnessed this game say it was one of the best played at Spence St.. The game went for a marathon 38 ends and was only won on the last end, at which point either player could have won. When play started on that LAST end the score was 29-27, and after 6 of the LAST 8 bowls had been played, the lead had changed hands and was now 29-31 with each player just 1 bowl each to play. They don’t

come much closer than this. Lets look at some stats. Ends played 38, number of times lead changed, 7, biggest lead(s) six on 20th end, 8 on 22nd., It can be a cruel game, one player won 24 of those 38 ends and now here he was with his LAST bowl in his hand and holding 3 shots for 31-27 and watching as opponent, Peter Chown stepped up to play his last bowl. All Pete could see was Jamie Clifton’s bowls surrounding the jack, three of them were “in the count”. Pete, now down, the 2017 defending champ, had a quick look at the position he was in and decided it was “kill or be killed”. He let fly with a bowl that was never gunna be short and it skittled “all the counters” and when it stopped it was - - JACKPOT!. He had cleared the head and now held a couple of shots lead again, and left the jack in an impregnable position.

“What the…?” thought Jamie, ‘I’ve played my butt off” and Jamie now had to play the LAST bowl of the match, he’d had a great game up to this point , would that magic touch hold out now when he needed it most? Unfortunately for James the magic ran out and with an almost impossible shot on his hands he fell just short and it was over, Pete had won on this last end. All those stats said, JAMIE! he had won the ends, had the big leads and was playing brilliantly all the way, but never doubt a champion. Pete fought back through all those stats and came out on top, again. What a game. Jamie gracious in defeat, was first to congratulate the 2018 CLUB CHAMPION.. A CLASSIC! (Thanks to Rocky. and J.W. for eye witness info).

Presidents' Day was held on 4th August with about 80 members and guests present. It is a day when we can say thanks to a lot of guys for the help they provide in the running of this great club. Among the guests were Workers' Club President. Daryl Melham, Liaison Director Ian Stromborg and fellow RWC board members, some officials from “The Royal”, some Zone 12 officers, as well as visitors from our cricket club and Cabramatta, Lidcombe and Padstow B.C’s. Awards were handed out to the following members.

From the Royal, Awards to our club Secretary Richard Upston and to Dave Raper. From Zone 12 special award to retiring umpire, President Len Dowse and to Publicity officer Merv Elder. Please note, all jokes aside, our entrepaneur Richard Upston did an outstanding job as Emcee of the event. He is the Ricky Gervais of RWC. B.C. and, seriously, all jokes aside, oops, already said that.

Two finals were played on 11th August. One was the Minor Singles between Geoff Brittain and Laurie Wilson and the other was the Veterans Singles between Rod

50 The Journal Nov / Dec / Jan

Sports ReportsClifton and Ross Graham. In the Minor singles Geoff led all the way and won in convincing style over Laurie who didn’t get his game together until late in the match when he made a charge scoring 11 shots on the last few ends but all too late and Geoff ran out a winner 31-20. The Vets was anyones game up to the halfway mark 6-6, but then the defending champ Ross slowed up as Rod piled on the pressure with accurate bowling to take out the title 31-20. A changing of the (old) guard.

At the A.G.M. on 9th Sept. among other things, the members welcomed ADRIAN HART to the position of life member to our bowling club. He has been a long time member and tireless worker and has held nearly every position on the bowls committee as well as being an umpire. This measure has been previously approved by the R.W.C. board of directors and was carried unanimously at our annual meeting. Congratulations Adrian.The mixed pairs final was played on Sunday 9th Sept. between Janice Obrien/Peter Chown v. Pat and Geoff Tate. The Tates won the first end but by the 10th end they trailed Jan and Pete 5-11, at the 11th end Geoff was thinking the whitewash was starting as Jan and Pete were holding SEVEN shots. With 1 bowl left Pat called to Geoff “your going to have to drive to save a few”. Driving is NOT one of Geoff’s best shots but he looked to the heavens and let one fly and killed the end. The game changed and by the 14th end Tates led 16-14. At the 21st (last) end Tates had the lead 19-17. Janice rolled the jack to the tee then put her shot 18 inches behind , both skips were building the head going bowl for bowl. Geoff tried to block, it was wide and with his last shot, Pete had to drive and he picked up 1 shot, not enough. Geoff didn’t have to play his last shot, a 19-18 win to the Tates. Good Final.

Since our 2 clubs merged on July 1st 2017 the club has been playing social events every Wed. and Saturday, with some exclusions for pennants , rain and other reasons. We have had social events on 48 Wednesdays with an average of 38 players, with the highest number 50 and the lowest 24. We played 40 Saturdays with an average 23 players. Highest 34 and lowest 12. We have given out over 500 meat trays for these events and most REGULAR players got their fair share of these goodies. However some got a few more than others and I am sure no one will begrudge their fellow members an extra tray or two, or would they?. Have to keep it short as I am running out of ink.

Players with 9 min. EXCLUDING RAFFLES, were; B. Downes. G. Ostermann, R.Kennedy and D. Gallant. A. Hart got 10, D. Mitchell, R. Hastie and K. Cooper won

11, Ken Mcdougall won 12, K Sayers 13, (ink is very low) L. Dowse 15, H. Childs 16 and with the most on 22 wa--- sorry out of ink.

Merv Elder Publicity Officer

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CRICKET Liaison Director: Christine Benham

The Annual General meeting was held on 18 July at which meeting the following Office Bearers were re-elected – President, Trevor Heaslip; Secretary, Christine Benham, Treasurer, Ray Benham; Vice Presidents, Paul Kelly and Richard Shun Wah and Assistant Secretary Lindsay Le Bas. Daryl Melham, Col Heaslip, and Terry Semlitzky were appointed patrons of the Club in recognition of their commitment and interest shown in the Club over many years.

Registrations were held in August, with numbers of players signing up declining – a trend happening everywhere. 6 senior sides have been affiliated (same as last season) and U12, U14 and U16 teams in the new “drop-in competition” jointly with the Bankstown District Cricket Association and Fairfield Liverpool Cricket Association. Competition commenced on 15 September and we are having mixed success, but having lots of fun in the process! The still new “Stage 1” format for U10/11 players commenced on 20 October, as did the Junior Blast and Master Blast formats for the little ones.

Selections for the Bankstown District Cricket Association’s Junior representative sides are in process and we expect some of our fine young players will again be selected in those teams.

It is not too late to register to play cricket with The Workers for the 2018-19 season. Players of all ages and abilities (juniors and seniors) are most welcome. For enquiries, please contact Chris on 9773 7157.

Chris BenhamRWSC Secretary.....................................................................................

DARTS CLUB Liaison Director: Terry Semlitzky

Contacts for the Darts are President Dean Semlitzky, Secretary Terry Semlitzky, Captains Brian Smith/Andrew Gregory.

The Bankstown Districts Darts Association finals have been played at Revesby, and Workers had four teams entered, who all made the semis, with two Mick Franklins team winning Div I, defeating the Lantern Club, and Sue Whittaker’s team defeating Condell Park 6-5 in Div III, this was their first time in, congratulations to all.

At the 2018 AGM, held in February, the

following were elected as office bearers for the ensuing year. President: Dean Semlitzky, Vice President: Trevor Bligh: Secretary: Terry Semlitzky, Assist Secretary: Paul Sillato, Treasurer: Sue Semlitzky, Assist Treasurer: Terry Semlitzky, Dart Captains: Andrew Gregory & Brian Smith, Vice Capts Tony Martire, Paul Sillato, Alan Woods, Dorothy Gonsalves, Mick Franklin, Returning Officer: Terry Semlitzky.

The next Darts Quarterly Meeting will be on Thursday Nov 15th 7pm.

The following are the dates for the 2018 club championships, Singles 15th July, Doubles 26th August, Drawn Doubles 28th October. The Masters Tournament was be held on 22nd, 23rd September at Gosford, the next one will be at The Entrance, 24th & 25th November.

The Dart Club conduct a game of Drawn Doubles every Thursday night in the Sports Bar. This open to members & visitors and you don’t have to be a champion. There are meat trays for 1st, 2nd ,3rd, there is men’s & ladies highest score and a lucky door prize.This is raffle night and members badge draw, so amble down to The Sports Bar and have your name submitted prior to 8pm.

The following are the results: 5/7 Kohi Kiel, J Fields, M/hs 162 Adrian Ferraiolo, L/hs 118 Lyn Tisdall, 12/7 A Ferraiolo, M Marnell, M/hs 140 Brian Smith, L/hs 94 Lynda Fields, 19/7 T Bligh, A Ferraiolo, M/hs 140 Trevor Bligh, L/hs 140 Pat Towns, 26/7 S Whittaker, Kohi Kiel, M/hs 171 Adrian Ferraiolo, L/hs 117 Sue Whittaker, 2/8 B Smith, M Franklin, M/hs 180 Mick Franklin, L/hs 132 Voula, 9/8 M Franklin, P Larkin, M/hs 180 Yorick Yon, L/hs 132 Sue Whittaker, 16/8 K Larkin, J Fields, M/hs 145 Alan Woods, L/hs 140 Sue Whittaker, 23/8 A Ferraiolo, Y Yon, M/hs 140 Phil Larkin, L/hs 95 Pat Towns, 30/8 Kohi Kiel, M Franklin, M/hs 140 Mick Franklin,, L/hs 98 Sue Whittaker, 6/9 D Yon, Y Yon, M/hs 140 Yorick Yon, L/hs 93 Sue Whittaker, 13/9 D Semlitzky, A Ferraiolo, M/hs 171 Tony Martire, L/hs 86 Lynda Fox, 20/9 J Taylor, Y Yon, M/hs 180 Yorick Yon, L/hs 98 Sue Whittaker, 27/9 M Barber, L Fox, M/hs 140 Dylan Yon, L/hs 132 Pat Towns. 180’s scored Michael Barber, Yorick Yon (3), Mick Franklin, John Rook (2)

There is a social game of darts at The Revesby Sports Club, first Friday in the month, the next 2nd Nov, 2018, names in by 7pm. The 27th Annual Trivia night was held at Revesby Sports Club, Saturday 15th September and $2,200 was raised for the Club Charity. Thank you to the Darts Club for their kind donation.

“X Topps” Terry Semlitzky

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DOMINO CLUB Liaison Director: Terry Semlitzky

Contact Colin Suttle

The Dominos play every Sunday morning in the Sports Bar, 10.30 am start and is open to members and visitors, who are most welcome, and welcome to new player Robert Dean.

Dominos resumed in the Sports Bar and the following are the results:1/7 Louis Laurent, Greg Bryce, 8/7 Colin Suttle, Louis Laurent, 15/7 Daryl Heaton, Norman Glover, 22/7 Robert Murray, 29/7 Daryl Heaton, Norman Glover, 5/8 Colin Suttle & Robert Murray, Robert Dean & Daryl Heaton, 12/8 Norman Glover, Greg Bryce, 19/8 Laurie Clark, Daryl Heaton, 26/8 Colin Suttle, Louis Laurent, 2/9 Daryl Heaton, Robert Murray, 9/9 Greg Bryce, Daryl Heaton, 16/9 Colin Suttle, Robert Murray, 23/9 Robert Murray, 30/9 Laurie Clark, Norman Glover. Monthly Winners: July-Daryl Heaton, Aug-Daryl Heaton, Sep-Robert Murray, Norman Glover.

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FISHING CLUBS Liaison Director: Terry Semlitzky

There are 3 fishing clubs under the Workers’ banner: Charter Boat contact Dean Semlitzky 0413 292 337. Small Boats contact Col Purdy 9773 6752. Mooney Mooney contact Bruce Breese 0429 987 549

Fishing Club contacts: President Dean Semlitzky, Secretary/Treasurer Terry Semlitzky, Reef Capt Ron Davis, Dep Reef Capt Jack Innis.

At the AGM of the Fishing Club held 19th November 2017, the following were elected for the ensuing year; President Dean Semlitzky, Vice President Barry Eyears, Jr Vice President Brian Rivers, Secretary/Treasurer Terry Semlitzky, Reef Captain Terry Semlitzky, Dep Reef Captain Jack Innis, Publicity Officer Terry Semlitzky. Returning Officer/Liaison Terry Semlitzky, Sinkers Maker Brian Rivers & Geoff Pink.

The Charter Boat outings have re-started and we are fishing with Cronulla Charters, aboard the Romanda, leaving from Cronulla Wharf, there is a list on the noticeboard, in the Sports Bar and Revesby Sports Club, for members wishing to participate. The next outing is Sunday in February, a notice is on the board.

The Presentation Day will be held at The Revesby Sports Club on Sunday, 18th November.

Revesby Workers' Small Boats are currently running their competition and getting some nice fish, there is a list on their

noticeboard at The Sports Club, of all activities, the Small Boats came along to the 27th Charity Trivia Night and kindly donated $200 to the night. They had their AGM at the club on 19th August.

“Ben Tooks”Terry Semlitzky

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GOLF (MENS) Liaison Director: John Rodwell

All readers are invited to visit the Revesby Workers' Mens Golf web site at rwcmensgolf.org for information about our Club, news, upcoming games and dare I say it, insightful and witty summaries by the publicity officer for each game combined with photos and results.

A very dry winter saw a consistently large roll-out of players for every game, with the highlight events being the 4-Ball-Best-Ball (4BBB) Matchplay Championship (May-Jul) and the Singles Matchplay (Aug-Sep).

Congratulations must go the 4BBB team of Ron Knebusch and Ken Harris, who defeated the team comprising George Lattouf and Ken Little (3&2) in the final at Rosnay golf course. The Singles Matchplay is almost over, with the last two players remaining, Ryan Cassin and Allen Foster, scheduled to play the final sometime in late October.

The concluding months for 2018 will see golfing events played out over many great courses (Penrith, Bankstown, Shell Cove, Bathurst, Cabramatta, Liverpool and Georges River).

Event highlights will be the International Cup, Presidents Cup and Guzzlers Cup, as well as inter-club challenge matches, the Lawson Cup at Penrith and the Revesby versus Canberra Labor Club at Bathurst.

And don't forget the BBQs managed by our Social Secretary, Ryan Cassin, are coming up after selected golf games to make the day more delicious and inviting :-) An extra topping will be the annual "Pizza" meal after the game at Georges River in early December.

The last game of the year will be the extremely popular 2-Man Ambrose Christmas Day event at Bankstown, followed by a huge lunch and plenty of fluids to revitalise our fond memories of all the good days and fun we had throughout the year - so happy golfing

Ken LittlePublicity Officer

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MARINE RESCUE Liaison Director: Dennis Hayward

Marine Rescue Hawkesbury has been kept busy this year so far with our volunteers putting in a staggering 8186 hours, and with the official boating season starting October long weekend, we expect to get even busier. A mild winter has meant more boaters out and about year-round, which leads to more calls for assistance. So far this year we have completed a total 82 assists which involved 307 people. Of these incidents, 12 were serious, where loss of life or a significant loss of property was involved. There were 2 medical evacuations of residents from the riverside communities. Others involved vessel tows to safety, including a tow of over 20 nautical miles; several flat batteries and a pump out to prevent a vessel from sinking completely.

On top of these, we have assisted the Rural Fire Service in their continued efforts tominimise the risk of bush fires in the local area. There was a fire at Coba Point. Located at the mouth or Berowra Creek, access was by river only. We transported more than 30 firefighters and their equipment in and out of the area. We also evacuated two folks who had medical problems.

Some new initiatives have been introduced to further improve the safety of our local communities. Along with our normal Boat Licence courses and First Aid Courses, this year has seen greater involvement with the Local resident groups, helping develop emergency evacuation plans and Medical support to our 'Water access" only residents. To this end we have introduced an extensive "Find Me On The River" program, which identifies local water access only properties and how best to reach them in times of emergency. This important information to improve response times will be shared with other emergency service colleagues.

The coming months are already shaping up to keep our volunteers busy. The Unit will be helping a number of upcoming large events by providing safety support. These include the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic on the 27th and 28th October, and the Bridge to Bridge powerboat / Ski races on the 24th and 25th November.

Over the Christmas and New year period, we will also be assisting with spectator control at the start of the Sydney - Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day; and the New Year celebrations. These activities, our normal duties plus additional river safety coverage during January will see us busy indeed!

Jamie Abnett-MillerPR and Media Officer

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PHYSIE AND DANCE Liaison Director: Dennis Hayward

The year of 2018 has been fast paced and a great success so far for Revesby Workers' Physie and Dance (RWPD). We hosted our own Interclub competition this year as a successful fundraiser for our club and its members. We also entered into two other Interclub competitions in August at Randwick and Inner West.

This year in September we entered a 7-8’s and 13-15’s team into the National Team Competitions. The girls in both teams worked collaboratively and produced a high quality performance that everyone was proud of. Congratulations to the 7-8’s team who placed 5th in the competition. The girls’ demonstration of consistent hard work and perseverance reflected the great qualities that our club represents in physie and dance.

We would like to congratulate everyone who performed at the Champion Girl and Champion Lady competitions this year and wish those moving on to compete at the National Finals later in November and December the best of luck.

This year has been a year of growth, hard work and passion for physie and dance at RWPD club and although it is coming to an end we look forward to the new challenges, syllabus and members that 2019 will bring for our club. If you are interested in coming along to RWPD Club in 2019 please contact us at revesbyworkersphysie@hotmail.com

Taylor FarrellAssistant Secretary .....................................................................................

REVESBY WRITERS' Liaison Director: John Rodwell

Another year is almost over and our plans for 2019 are almost completed. An anthology of poems and stories written by the members of Revesby Writers is being prepared for publishing early in the year. Congratulations to the following members, Jo Tsang, her story ‘The Lost Soul’ received a Commendation in New England Writers’ Centre Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing, John Coyne’s poem ‘Two Much’ published in Bush Poets Association Magazine September issue, a collection of Dianna Jabbour poems received very positive review, Carney Vaughan and Simon Kaddiss have entered short stories competitions recently.

A very special ‘thank you’ to Kevin Murphy who writes the reminder that the Revesby Writers meet on the first Saturday each month, published in both The Express and Torch.

Karen Lane was our guest speaker in September. The topic was ‘Writing Your

Memoirs'. This was a very popular theme as several members are writing their memoirs. The workshop was enjoyed. Karen answered many questions and her passion for assisting writers was greatly appreciated.

From our Webmaster, Simon Kaddiss; Contact information for the Revesby Writers can be found on the group’s official website at www.revesbywriters.com on this site you will find where we meet, time of meeting and an email address where you can contact the group. Our email is revesbywriters @ gmail.com

Our group invites writers who wish to meet writers to join us. Writing is a solitary task. Sometimes encouragement is needed or the opportunity to read a story aloud to an audience. You may have stopped writing or perhaps have never started but you know you have a story to tell. Each month a topic is suggested for a short story or poem to be read at the next meeting, this sometimes is enough to renew the desire to write. You will be welcome at our February meeting, 2019, Macarthur Room, 20 Dixon Lane, commencing at 1pm.

Parking is available and the meeting room is very close to the Revesby Railway Station.On behalf of the members of the Revesby Writers, I thank John Rodwell and all who have assisted the members of the ‘Writers Group’ to achieve our goals for this year. Best wishes for 2019 from all our members.

Neridah Tyler-PerryPresident.....................................................................................

SNOOKER CLUB Liaison Director: Terry Semlitzky

Contacts for Snooker are Kevin Bowerman Sec. Michael Smith Pres, Brian Mooney Vice Pres.

At the Annual General Meeting held 15th February, the following were elected for the ensuing year: President Michael Smith, Vice President Brian Mooney. Treasurer Kevin Bowerman, Secretary Lisa Brown, Club Captain Jack Garland, Tournament Committee Hamish Woudsma, Stephen Lloyd, Graham Saunders

The club conducts a social game of drawn doubles every Monday in the Sports Bar, names to be submitted by 5.30pm, with prizes for the winners and runners up.

The following are the results:25/6 1st Malcolm Winter, John Stan, 2nd Louie Cvetanevski, Brian Mooney2/7 1st George Liu, Scott McConnelly, 2nd Vance King, David Quinn9/7 1st Paul Katsioulis, Brian Mooney, 2nd Ken Marshall, David Quinn16/7 1st Louie Cvetanovski, Barry Insull, 2nd Vance King, Alex Paska23/7 1st Inir Boskovski, Alex Paska, 2nd

Malcolm Winter, David Quinn30/7 1st Vance King, Scott McConnelly, 2nd Jack Garland, Peter Macaluso6/8 1st Malcolm Winter, Paul Katsioulis, 2nd Vance King, Wayne Davis13/8 1st Malcolm Winter, Ravi, 2nd Paul Katsioulos, Tony Ward20/8 1st Fred Refri, George Liu, 2nd Graham Saunders, Alex Paska27/8 1st Pramet, Scott Connelly, 2nd Vance King, Bill Tugyi3/9 1st Louie Cvetanovski, Stephen Lloyd, 2nd Hamish Woudsma, Malcolm Smart10/9 1st Jack Garland, Ingrid Winter, 2nd Malcolm Winter, Ken Marshall17/9 1st George Liu, Malcolm Smart, 2nd Malcolm Winter, Wayne Davis24/9 1st Graerme Saunders, 2nd Jack Garland, Alex Paska

The 2018 championship draw is on the noticeboard, please make sure you play your games by the date allocated.

There are a number of snooker/billiard cues in the snooker cupboard, that are not being used. Some of these belong to deceased players or players who no longer need them. If any relatives wish to claim them, they should contact Club Secretary, Kevin Bowerman. If they are unclaimed they will be auctioned with the proceeds going to the clubs charity.

Revesby Workers' played in the final of the Sutherland Shire Grand Final, but were unfortunately defeated by Club Condell Park 7-9, Congratulations to the winners and great work by Revesby for gamely trying to defend their title.

“Screwball”Terry Semlitzky

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TENNIS (JUNIOR) Liaison Director: Dennis Hayward

Members of Revesby Workers' Club played tennis enthusiastically during Term 3, 2018. There were some interesting changes to a format of the Saturday Morning Junior competition, which played a round robin format in each of 5 divisions and doubles play in the last 2 weeks of term. We can also report on some of our more advanced players who played the Mid-Western Competition.

Saturday Morning Juniors:As a trial, the junior committee of Canterbury Bankstown Tennis Association Inc., changed the format of the junior competition for term 3. There is a survey at the moment to all players asking the parents/children’s opinion on the new format of singles only in round robin format. I cannot say at this stage, but I believe the majority preferred the team format as per usual and that may return in term 4. A decision is to be mad in the school holidays I believe.

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Sports ReportsFor Supercomp, the results of the singles were that RWC player Terence Chenh (brother of Cecelia) was the runner up in this division, after Eashan Kumar.

In Division 1, Rachel Glossop was the runner up in this division after Ameen Alameddine.

In division 3, Vishruth Anand was the winner and Zachary Phan was the runner up. Two young brothers Johnathan Saitannis and Christian Saitannis were winners and runners up in this, their first competition. Well done to all players.

In the Mid-Western Competition two RWC player Emanuela Viner and Mihalis Mavreas were in the finals of the top division, Division 1A. I am awaiting results of the finals at this date.In Division 2B, Kane Melville and Zissis Markkessinis did very well in their first competition in Mid-Western. Zissis represented the district in the recent Interdistrict competition, as did Mihalis.

Congratulations to all players and their parents!

Adele English Publicity Officer.................................................................................

TOASTMASTERS Liaison Director: Christine Butters

Christmas is approaching and many people are required to speak at end of year work and private functions. Most people fear having to speak to a group of people and never see this as an opportunity to impress work colleagues and friends. Revesby Toastmasters can help you overcome fear; improve your self-confidence and develop leadership skills.

January is a time when many people make New Year’s resolutions to change their life. Why not make a positive change in your life and join Toastmasters. Our meetings are light-hearted, positive and educational, with a focus on fun.

Congratulations to Ajay Chavan for achieving his Competent Leadership Award. This year Debra Murphy represented Revesby Toastmasters at the Area competition.

We meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. For further information please contact Debra Murphy on 0408 437 624 or via our website revesby.toastmastersclubs.org

Our last meeting for 2018 and Christmas Party will be 13th December, we will resume in 2019. Please check website for details.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Deb MurphyVice President Revesby Toastmasters

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