Phillip Island RSL Sub Branch Inc

Corner Cowes-Rhyll Road & Thompson

Ave Phillip Island 3922

Ph: 5952 1004 Fax: 5952 1919

Inside this issue

Islanders Day Club ...................... 2

Volunteers Celebration .............. 2

Welfare Report ........................... 3

Angling Report............................ 3

Pool, Darts and Golf Report ........ 4

Calendar ..................................... 5

Vale Board Our Condolences

Our best wishes to Members who are unwell

and in hospital

If you require assistance, please call 5952 1004 and

press extension 3

LEST WE FORGET

Serendipity December2010-January 2011

Bigger and better ways to win!

At the Phillip Island RSL we want to make sure you get to maximum

benefit from the points you accumulate throughout the year by being

a loyal patron of the club.

The Members Point Booth in front of reception will be removed and

you now have the chance to instantly win prizes when you pay at the

till as well as building up your points.

No more forgetting to swipe your card on the way in or out!

When its your birthday, celebrate in style as you will get your points at

the till.

Imagine a nice steak or a glass of red, the hard part will be choosing

what to spend your points on!

Important Notice

As of January 1st 2011 there will be a 1% card fee for visa and MasterCard and the Eftpos minimum will be $20.00

Treasurers Report

The unaudited accounts to 31 October 2010 show that the profit to date is both ahead of budget and last years results. All areas are performing well with turnover for the ten months 10% above budget and $ 430000 above the 2009 figures. While the results for November have not been finalised preliminary figures show another solid month consistent with the budget. Management and staff should be thanked for their efforts which have resulted in a substantial improvement in the financial results this year. Steve Davies Treasurer

The following strategies assist a person with hearing

loss

Use your hearing as well as you can:

Listen carefully or use amplification such as

hearing aids & other appropriate listening devices

Position yourself near the speaker

Use your vision to compensate for lack of hearing

• Have your vision tested.

• Use lipreading or speechreading

• Watch the speaker carefully for facial expression,

gesture and body language.

Use technology to support residual hearing

• Use amplification, hearing aids or personal listening

devices

• Use an amplified telephone for increasing the

volume of the ring and incoming voice

• Use captioned TV

Educate people

It helps communication partners to know about your

hearing loss and to tell them what they can do to

make communication more successful

Volunteers Celebration

Nine Day Club volunteers

with driver Kevin attended

the Volunteers yearly

celebration at Altona in

November.

250 Volunteer from about

30 clubs enjoyed a beautiful

meal plus musical

entertainment and a variety

of speeches. We brought

home a goodies bag for use

at the Day Club meeting.

A great day which was very

well organized.

Margret Harrison

Islanders DAY Club enjoy an interesting and diverse program on

Mondays in the RSL ANZAC room, we are generously supported by our

RSL with subsided lunches, tea and coffee and morning tea

We have interesting speakers, gentle exercises, ten pin bowling BBQs

craft and men’s shed activities, and we are looking forward to a trip to

Cranbourne Botanical Gardens.

We try to keep the activities varied, we have a wonderful group of

reliable volunteers who make our Day Club such an enjoyable

experience, thank you to everyone who volunteers and

participates.

Regards

Chris Mead

“We have a wonderful group of reliable volunteers who make our Day Club such an enjoyable experience”

Managing Hearing Loss

Islanders Day Club

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Kaye Cannin, our outings co-ordinator

at the Rose Garden in Morwell Volunteers enjoying the celebration

Welfare Report

December already – it seems no time at all since we celebrated Easter.

It has been such a busy year.

The Welfare Volunteer Drivers have really excelled this year. I am sure

that those of you who have had need of assistance from them, will join

me in saying ‘well done’ and thank you.

For those who may not be aware of the many Welfare Projects in which

our many volunteers are involved, we have those who Visit Aged Care

Facilities as well as in homes; we have the School Breakfast Program

volunteers; Men’s Shed; Day Club; the new Heat Plan to be commenced

this summer - and there are those who assist with the sale of Poppies

and badges for Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.

Our Welfare committee and the Children’s Christmas Carnival

subcommittee have all been working to enhance our Club in its

outreach to the local community as well as you our members.

It is with pleasure that we are able to support the Portsea Camp next

January. This is a commitment that the PI RSL has maintained now for a

number of years and we are delighted to be able to say that we are

sponsoring another four children next month.

We are also assisting St.Vincent De Paul with their Christmas hampers

again this year to the number of 100 children.

So I take this opportunity to thank all who have helped with Welfare

this year – and in that I include our staff - Karen in the Welfare office,

and all the staff in reception and the office and particularly to Rosann

we congratulate on receiving an achievement award at the RSL Hall of

Fame Awards Dinner 2010.

May you all have a happy and blessed Christmas and a joyful new year.

Elwyn Sparks,

Chaplain

Chair Welfare Committee.

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Kaye Cannin, our outings co-ordinator

at the Rose Garden in Morwell

Two volunteers doing a fantastic job selling Poppies for Remembrance day

Welfare and Pensions Centre

Phillip Island RSL Welfare &

Pensions Centre caters for

all the Welfare and Pension

needs of our Veterans,

War Widows & Member

Community.

Our suitably trained and

qualified Pension & Welfare

Officers are available to be

of assistance.

The inception of the Phillip

Island RSL Pensions/Welfare

Centre is to ensure the

positive forward direction

of our commitment to

Welfare within the

Community of the

Phillip Island District.

Appointments are

necessary and can be made

by phoning our Welfare

Office on 5952 1004,

Option 3

The Golf Section held their annual Nell Haslett Charity

Golf Day on

Sunday November 14th. The funds raised go to the

Wonthaggi Wheezers which is a support group for peo-

ple with breathing difficulties and is run by Bass Coast

Regional Health.

Although the weather was terrible leading up to the

day, as usual on a Dirty Dozen golf day the weather was

fine. With only a small field attending we were still able

to raise $600, which was presented to Kay Beaton from

Bass Coast Regional Health.

Winners on the day were the team of Kay Beaton, Tony Crennan, Rowdy

Jansen and John Weston.

Runners-up were Faye Morris, Sam Orr, Deb Orr and Peter Orr.

Nearest the pin on the 5th was Wayne Burton 3.2 metres, the 7th John Ben-

son 1.7 metres,

Phillip Island Monthly Competition

Quite a number of

undersized fish were

thrown back during the

3 day competition,

commencing Tuesday

26th through to

Thursday 28th

October.

The winner of our

monthly competition

was Bill Buckle with

a .399gm Bream,

followed by Delia with

a .333gm Flathead.

To all members that

attended our nip away

to Lakes Entrance, a

good time was had by

all and we look forward

to competing against

Lakes Entrance R.S.L.

Angling Section Competition Date: Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th October 2010.

Venue: Lakes Entrance

Members Attending: 17

Competition Bag Weight: .732gm

Largest Fish Species: Bream

The October Monthly Angling competition was held at Lakes Entrance combining

also our competition against Lakes Entrance R.S.L. Angling Section.

Lakes Entrance R.S.L. Competition

A combined total of 17 members from both clubs, took up the challenge early on

Thursday morning 28* October, on what started out to be a great day for fishing.

We hired a charter boat on Lake Tyers where 12 fishing members were taken over

the Lake chasing the elusive fish, and the remainder went on G.Ts boat, (one of

the Lakes Entrance Club members).

After three and a half hours of our four hour charter on Lake Tyers, we still had

not had any bites and the charter boat skipper was getting very concerned. Fi-

nally after a little over four and a half hours we finally had a fish on board to the

relief of the skipper as we then made our way back to the jetty. Although the

charter was to be only for 4 hours, the skipper at least did the right thing and kept

us out until a fish was caught.

The remaining fishermen on G.T.s boat went outside the entrance but again did

not catch anything that was legal size.

Later that afternoon many of us went to the Tambo river for a fish and again after

throwing back around 14 undersized Bream, we finally had one of legal size. Over-

all the fishing was poor and as we have discovered we are approximately 1 month

too early so we will be amending our itinerary for next year.

The winning bag of .732gm consisting of a .333gm Flathead caught by Delia, and

a .399gm Bream caught by myself (Bill) ensured that Phillip Island again retained

the trophy.

Once again, congratulations to Delia and Bill from Phillip Island, and also our sin-

cere thanks and gratitude to the Lakes Entrance Angling Section for their hospi-

tality and friendship.

Bill Buckle

Chairperson

Philip Island R.S.L. Angling Section 4

Golf Section

The Golf Section held their annual Nell Haslett Charity

Golf Day on

Sunday November 14th. The funds raised go to the

Wonthaggi Wheezers which is a support group for peo-

ple with breathing difficulties and is run by Bass Coast

Regional Health.

Although the weather was terrible leading up to the

day, as usual on a Dirty Dozen golf day the weather was

fine. With only a small field attending we were still able

to raise $600, which was presented to Kay Beaton from

Bass Coast Regional Health.

Winners on the day were the team of Kay Beaton, Tony Crennan, Rowdy

Jansen and John Weston.

Runners-up were Faye Morris, Sam Orr, Deb Orr and Peter Orr.

Nearest the pin on the 5th was Wayne Burton 3.2 metres, the 7th John Ben-

son 1.7 metres,

“The funds raised go to the Wonthaggi Wheezers which is a support group for people with breathing difficulties and is run by Bass Coast Regional Health”

Competition Date: Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th October 2010.

Venue: Lakes Entrance

Members Attending: 17

Competition Bag Weight: .732gm

Largest Fish Species: Bream

The October Monthly Angling competition was held at Lakes Entrance combining

also our competition against Lakes Entrance R.S.L. Angling Section.

Lakes Entrance R.S.L. Competition

A combined total of 17 members from both clubs, took up the challenge early on

Thursday morning 28* October, on what started out to be a great day for fishing.

We hired a charter boat on Lake Tyers where 12 fishing members were taken over

the Lake chasing the elusive fish, and the remainder went on G.Ts boat, (one of

the Lakes Entrance Club members).

After three and a half hours of our four hour charter on Lake Tyers, we still had

not had any bites and the charter boat skipper was getting very concerned. Fi-

nally after a little over four and a half hours we finally had a fish on board to the

relief of the skipper as we then made our way back to the jetty. Although the

charter was to be only for 4 hours, the skipper at least did the right thing and kept

us out until a fish was caught.

The remaining fishermen on G.T.s boat went outside the entrance but again did

not catch anything that was legal size.

Later that afternoon many of us went to the Tambo river for a fish and again after

throwing back around 14 undersized Bream, we finally had one of legal size. Over-

all the fishing was poor and as we have discovered we are approximately 1 month

too early so we will be amending our itinerary for next year.

The winning bag of .732gm consisting of a .333gm Flathead caught by Delia, and

a .399gm Bream caught by myself (Bill) ensured that Phillip Island again retained

the trophy.

Once again, congratulations to Delia and Bill from Phillip Island, and also our sin-

cere thanks and gratitude to the Lakes Entrance Angling Section for their hospi-

tality and friendship.

Bill Buckle

Chairperson

Philip Island R.S.L. Angling Section

DARTS:

The RSL internal darts competition was held on

Sunday 24th October.

The winners were : Singles Champion N Coburn

Runner-up C Thompson

Doubles Champions R Poole

M Houston

Runners-up J Spokes/M Copland

The Pool Section

also travelled to

Metung for their

annual

competition

against the

Metung RSL on

Remembrance

and came home

with the Trophy.

Congratulations to all who took part.

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Golf Section

John Weston, Tony Crennan, Kay Beaton and Rowdy Jansen

Ken Dixon, Richard Poole,

John Spokes, Snow Coughlan

POOL:

The RSL internal pool competition was held on Sunday

November 7th. The winners were:

Singles Champion C Thompson

Runner-up Snow Coughlan

Doubles Champion N Coburn

J Davey

Runner-up C Thompson

J Spokes

Presentations for both competitions were held at the

RSL on Monday 22nd November.

Jim Davey, John Spokes,

Snow Coughlan, Chris Thompson

Darts and Pool Competition

Renew your membership and win! Phillip Island RSL Sub Branch Inc

Corner Cowes-Rhyll Road & Thompson Ave Phillip Island 3922

Ph: 5952 1004 Fax: 5952 1919

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December 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Lone Pine Bistro Members Parma Night: 5:30-8:30

2 Bingo! 1pm ANZAC Room

3 Member Cash Draw 6:30pm Ladies Auxiliary Raffle 5:30pm-7pm

4 Kids Christmas Carnival 11am-3pm Current Member Card required

5 Member Cash Draw 6:30pm

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7 Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting 10.30am ANZAC Room

8 Lone Pine Bistro Members Parma Night: 5:30-8:30

9 Bingo! 1pm ANZAC Room

10 Member Cash Draw 6:30pm Ladies Auxiliary Raffle 5:30pm-7pm

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12 Member Cash Draw 6:30pm

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15 Lone Pine Bistro Members Parma Night: 5:30-8:30

16 Bingo! 1pm ANZAC Room

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Member Cash Draw 6:30pm Ladies Auxiliary Raffle 5:30pm-7pm

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19 Member Cash Draw 6:30pm

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22 Lone Pine Bistro Members Parma Night: 5:30-8:30

23 Bingo! 1pm ANZAC Room

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Member Cash Draw 6:30pm Ladies Auxiliary Raffle 5:30pm-7pm

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26 Member Cash Draw 6:30pm

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29 Lone Pine Bistro Members Parma Night: 5:30-8:30

30 Bingo! 1pm ANZAC Room

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Last chance to

redeem points!

Member Cash Draw

6:30pm

Ladies Auxiliary

Raffle 5:30pm-7pm

*service and affiliate members only