Taumarunui Cossie Club

Newsletter Lead Story Headline Contents

Individual Highlights

Sec/Manager Report

President Report

New Chef

8 Ball

Corporate Sports Finals

Line Dancing

Indoor Bowls

Golf

Welfare Woes

Housie

Darts

Entertainment News

Dear Members:

Please find enclosed your September 2017 issue of the clubs newsletter and 2017/18 subscription renewal documentation. The Newsletter, as is customary, highlights the final events calender for Sept – Oct – Nov and Dec 2017. As you can see there are plenty of activities for you to enjoy and allow yourself the luxury of getting out and enjoying the summer weather and loads of fun being offered at the club.

Our club & Committee Convenors’ will cover most of these activities in more broader detail in their personal reports but let’s not forget they need your utmost attention and support to make them the success story that they rightfully deserve. “So come on EVERYBODY PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CLUB.”

The Dining and Food Services have also settled in very well and are gaining popularity and momentum week by week. Thank you Stacey for getting the operation up and running so well.

The core opening hours are currently Wednesday, Friday & Saturday evenings from 5:30 to 8:30 and Sunday lunches from 12:00 noon to 3:00pm. These hours may well be reviewed when daylight saving kicks in. At all other times the facilities are open on demand for bookings or functions.

As this is the last newsletter for 2017 may I wish you and your families all the very best for the remainder of the year. Have a very happy Xmas and enjoy a prosperous New Year.

We all look forward to seeing you in the club in the near future and look forward to your continued support.

My kindest regards to you all

Bruce

Spring 2017

Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club Inc Cnr Katarina & Miriama Street P O Box 11, Taumarunui 3946 Phone 07 895 7151 Fax 07 896 8014 Email: tmn.cossie@xtra.co.nz Club Website: www.tmncossie.co.nz

PRESIDENT REPORT

We are into the first days of spring. There are blossoms everywhere and it is warmer some days.

We have also had enough rain and it is time for some sunshine. I am sure it is coming. The Club has something on all the time. The sports adjuncts have fixtures on all the time. If the sports events are not in our club then the teams are traveling away on visits. I urge members who are not involved with some of the groups in the club, to give them a go and have fun. I am grateful to all the coordinators who work so hard to make their sports so much fun for all who take part.

Get involved and join in. President, Darko Byelich

WELCOME to our NEW CHEF

Stacey Wilson took up hospitality as a career from age 17. She is passionate about food, flavours, and presentation. Reached Level 4 Chef Degree at age 18, passing the London City & Guilds 2004. Training was completed at the Auckland Hotel and Chefs training school at Newmarket. Stacy has worked at Ultra Café – a Retro Café including catering for Shortland Street and Bendon fashion lingerie catwalk parties and Rialto Cinema. Head Chef at Claret Restaurant. Featured in the Auckland City magazine for her award winning dessert. Sous Chef for 5 years at Mt Eden – a high end café. Silver Award for Junior Chef’s New Zealand Culinary Award for a Sweet Ravioli Dessert. Stacy has been a stay at home mum for the last five years until returning to her roots in Taumarunui and taking over the

management of the Training Café and the kitchen of the Cosmopolitan Club. Has a supportive husband and three wonderful children. Her enthusiasm extends to creating not only wonderful flavours in all her dishes, but into expanding her customer’s food experiences. These include theme nights specialising in foods and flavours from other countries and cultures. She is assisted by another Level 4 Chef as her Sous Chef. The Café offers daily café style food with great options. The Cossie Club has an array of evenings planned. All the lunch time & (day time meals) from the Café can be delivered to the Cossie Club instantly.

Restaurant opening hours Wednesday, Friday & Saturday Dinner 5pm onwards Come and enjoy a Sunday Roast Lunch 12-3pm $10.00 or $15.00 with a lovely dessert

INDOOR BOWLS The indoor bowls season is slowly winding down for the season. We have

had a very full season with Chartered Clubs Tournaments and Kind Country Centre events, our tournament at the end of August went off well, but the entries were down this year. We held the Zone final of Mixed Fours and Mixed Pairs. Teams from North Taranaki and Taranaki won our zone in the Pairs and Fours and they will be playing the New Zealand Finals in September. The representatives’ for the King Country in the Zone Finals in the Mixed Pairs were our own Fay Jones and Darko Byelich. Coordinator Darko Byelich.

8 BALL

8 Ballers have been flat out since our April Newsletter. We’ve had interclub Mother’s Day Ladies Singles, Corporate Sports, 4 Corners, Round the Mountains, Father’s Day + the usual weekly hit around.

Mother’s Day was a huge success with entertainment & a great field from all over the KC. Thanks ladies for supporting this event & Wati for suggesting we have a Ladies Day. Placings Haze Rehu - Brown 1st TMN Cossie, Lucy Sulltren 2nd Turangi, Rauna Te Huia 3rd Raetihi.

Otorohanga – Away on 28/5/17. We had a good day with a nice win 13 – 8. Thanks to driver Robbie & those in the team who travelled under their own steam. It was good to have a win after getting thrashed the last few years.

Matiere – Away for the Derek Stephens Memorial on 17/6/17. A small team of 7 travelled out there. It was a lovely day in the country. We played both singles & doubles in 8 Ball & Darts. After 40 games the score was 20 ALL. We won the team play off in speed pool so Derek’s Trophy came home to Taumarunui Thanks to Darko for driving & Lois for joining us. It was a great day.

KC 8 Ball Champs @ Matiere 24/6/17 we had 7 players represent the Club. This was another awesome day & congrats to the crew at Matiere Cossie for being fabulous hosts. Fred Woodford &Haze Rehu - Brown made the final 8. Stu Brown, Sheryl Wills & Paul Neilson made the final 8 in the Plate Round. Stu Brown was winner of the Plate Round. Championship winners 1 Marshall Epps (RSA) 2nd Lyall Mua (RSA) 3rd Peter Willis (RSA) 4th Lynda Bethell (Waitomo).

We entered an 8 Ball team in the Corporate Sports, Thanks to Aaron, Lois, Kodi, Merryn, Paul, Dave Bene, Wilz & Merle who made up this team we managed to win. Well done Team! It was a fabulous 7 weeks.

4 Corners Team has had some mixed results after playing at the RSA on 2/9/17 we are placed 3rd? If we have a win in the final round we could get up to 2nd position. RSA is currently leading this. Well done Team for the excellent last minute run/improvement.

Round the Mountain Cossie Mitre 10 Team is currently 4th. They have improved immensely during the year & have built a good solid Team. Thanks Harv, Sheryl, Angie for coordinating this team. Big thanks to Kim & Tizzy at Mitre 10 for sponsoring Team Shirts.

Father’s Day 8 Ball winners Marshall Epps 1st Final, Charlie Leaf 2nd Final, Dave Stevens 3rd Final, Gene Rerekura 1st Plate, Pop Barrett 2nd Plate, Sheryl Wills 3rd Plate.

Thank you to Charlie Marshall, Cynthia, Harv and Angie for organizing the Father’s Day 8 ball event and making it happen! Thank you all for your support to the club and for a great and successful day.

Check out the up & coming dates. We still have interclub futures with quota Club 16/9/17, finals of 4 Corners & Round the Mountain, Raetihi & Pio Pio Cossie Clubs plus one end of year tournaments.

Blue 8 Ball shirts are still available. I know there are a few of you who would like one these. Please see Merryn asap so orders can be sorted.

Thanks to each of you for your continued support of the Club & 8 Ball Section. We have a marvelous group of you doing really good things for the club.

Cheers & Beers keep your eye on the balls!

Merryn

TAUMARUNUI DARTS REPORT

2017 has been a great year for darts in terms of involvement with tournaments in and out of the area. It’s great that we have more participants on our club Wednesday nights now because for us it’s not about the darts but more around companionship. Where in a normal competition such as tournaments or memorial trophies it’s about being competitive as well as companionship.

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS BOWATER

The latest attendance to a tournament was the Bowater Tournament in Tokoroa at the Cosmopolitan Club, where 5 associations come together to socialize and play for the Bowater Trophy. We are a body of people with a committee known as “King Country/Waikato Region 3” under the auspicious of the New Zealand Darts Council (NZDC) We run 5 tournaments a year we always have good numbers so in tern we support each other in area throughout Region 3. The Associations are Taumarunui Darts Association, Tokoroa Darts Association, Rosetown Darts Association, Ohaupo Darts Association and Taupo Darts Association. This tournament was played on the 20th August.

The other Association who are affiliated to us is Hamilton Darts Association. Being the largest populated area does not reflect as the largest Association. As many of the dart players in this particular association are either Chartered Club or Social players.

NATIONALS MOTUEKA

From the King Country/Waikato Region 3 we had in attendance of 28 players entering in all the daily tournaments from husband and wife to mixed pairs to men’s and women pairs to singles. The week would end by playing tournament teams from both the North and South Island. Then NZDC selectors have selected a men’s and women’s team to attend the Japans World Darts Federation tournament played in October. It was an outstanding tournament to be involved with and it is great to see this organisation (NZDC) moving forward in the interest of all dart players.

NEW ZEALAND CHARTERED CLUB 50th JUBILEE UPPER HUTT CLUB

This is probably the high light of the year for us dart players Even though chartered is quite different in terms of double start, The players are the same. We had a team of dart players who attended this tournament participation in this event was a memorial one. Maurice O’Donnell and his wife Mona have been recognised at this momentous Tournament in recognition in their involvement in chartered club fraternity. Their lives were lost in a tragedy in the southern Kawhia harbor October 2016. Maurice was recognised for the work he has done as he was the previous King Country Chartered Club area executive manager. He follows Graeme Cuthbertson the late Robert Herbert also the late Barry O’Shannessy who held this position for many years for this club as much as the ones who followed after him. I am privileged to follow the footsteps of these men as the present Area Executive Manager as I hope to continue the work and support of our people from the clubs of the King Country district. Last but not least during the 50th Jubilee I was privileged to manage the North team against the very strong and determined team from the south. However, we were the victors of the day retaining the prestigious north south trophy which sits high on the shelf of our club. I must also mention that Jannette Jonathan who captained the women’s North Island team and the result was a staggering win as well so well done for the outstanding effort. Many thanks to the players who were chosen for the North teams. Also many thanks to our club and the committee for their support and also a special mention to our darts section for without their support who am I. Happy darts Robert Jonathan

CORPORATE SPORTS FINAL RESULTS Apologies to all participants of the very successful Corporate Sports. Sorry this is late. Here are the results. Hearty thanks to all players for taking part, your sportsmanship, enthusiasm, fun & laughter made Friday nights in July an absolute blast! Finals placings: Cossie 8 Ball 4 Corners (67) 1st; Cossie Darts (64) 2nd; Mountaineers 8 Ball (61) 3rd; The Menshed (56) 4th. Plate placings: Downer EDI 1 (71) 1st; Evergreens Softball (62) 2nd; Downer EDI 2 (60) 3rd; Cossie Staff (58) 4th. Taumarunui Businesses, if you didn't enter a team this time?, make sure to get a group together for Jan/Feb/March next year.

LINE DANCING REPORT

We had a very enjoyable social on 2nd September with lots of out of town visitors joining us for a fun day of dancing, conversation and a shared lunch of delicious food. Theme for the day was “Just Country” Line dancing is one of the most popular extra-curricular activities in the world, using all rhythms of music. Originally, the most popular music used for line dancing was country music, but now there are thousands of dances for Latin, pop, soul and funk etc. Line dancing is healthy for the body and mind, it makes an hour fly by without any stress, and you can learn new steps and make new friends while staying fit. It is easy to follow, fun to do, fun to learn and does not require a partner. Our beginner class is going well – Tuesday mornings, upstairs at 11:00am Cost $3. Come along and give it a try. First session free. If you have done some line dancing in the past, or have never tried at all, we will start you off with some basic easy dances that you will pick up very easily. Afternoon classes are Monday and Thursday at 4pm in the downstairs lounge. Regards Judy

GOLF REPORT

Hey golfers. It has been a bit of a mixed year for golfing so far, with far too many wet days causing small fields, with a bit of luck we may get some decent weather at last to encourage a few more to take part, including myself. I regret we have not had a Cossie champs this year for our annual North Island Clubs tournament this year the tournaments being held at Palmerston North on 10th & 11th November. We do have a team for this Steven Fox, Robert Sharples & Dave Benefield, barring any withdrawals. Last year we finished in the top 20 so hopefully we may do better this year. With club champs coming up next month, we may need to get out and get some more game time in. Practice makes perfect, so they say.

See you on the tee Dave Benefield

WELFARE WOES

Spring is knocking on the door so here’s hoping all the Bugs take off with the long wet winter. Several of our members have suffered from the damp, cold lost few months but with the burst fruit blossoms you will all be feeling better.

Deepest Sympathy to any of our members who have suffered a loss of a family member or even a friend over the last few months – our thoughts are with you.

Hospital visiting is still being done on a weekly basis – thank you to the team of your family is requiring a visit.

Never save anything for a special occasion: “Every day of your life is a special occasion”.

HOUSIE HOPES

Daffodil Day Housie was held on Sunday 23rd August. It was a most successful day with over $650 being raised. Thank you to all the people who attended and supported this worthy charity one never knows when cancer will affect one of us or one of our family and your generosity on the

day was most appreciated.

Many thanks to all who supplied the lovely afternoon tea and most still made donations. Thank you from the organizers.

Thursday housie is still going strong with good attendances each week. Thank you to all the patrons who bring a plate for afternoon tea – there are some good cooks amongst us. Remember why you don’t want to bring a plate the donation box is there – No plate – No donation No afternoon tea.

This also includes tea and coffee, please be supportive of the club.

All money taken at housie goes into the Housie account for future upgrades. No outside raffles or private trading is to be done at housie this is a club ruling.

“You only live once – if you do it right once is enough”

Kind Regards Verna Warner

GOLDEN OLDIES REPORT

Bruce Scott has arranged a trip to Turangi on Saturday the 28th of October. Teams from Taumarunui, Turangi and Taupo will all take part in a competition.

Please Support this trip and contact Bruce for more details.

ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE NEWS

We have had a very successful year to date and with your attendance at events we put on helps the club move forward. In May we had Credence Clearwater Revival Tribute Band playing in the lower lounge which was well attended and was a fantastic show. The next tribute show is 9th of December being the Eagles (Desperados) Tribute Show. Upcoming events between now and the end of December are: September 29th our Club Birthday (band Ariana) November 6th Melbourne Cup Promotion November 7th Cup Day / Corp Promotions November 24th – 26th NZ Model T Ford Reunion December 9th Tribute Eagles Show December 15th Senior Members Xmas dinner & Club party (band Just in Time) New Years Eve (Band Blaze) We will be running a summer league of Corporate Sports in January and February, possibly March. Remember we put these events on for you the members and the benefit of the club so please support them. David Hardisty Committee Chairman

31st December New Years Eve

Band Blaze

7th November Melbourne

Cup Day

7th October 4 Corners Final

Karaoke/Disco Adrian Top Bar

26th October Blood Bank

Lower Lounge

15th October Country Music Lower Lounge

Melbourne Cup Promotion

6th November Top Bar

Saturday 9th December $25.00 per ticket

Lower Lounge

29th September Club Birthday

Band Ariana & Steve From Taihape

Top Bar

21st December Housie windup

Friday 15th December Senior Xmas Party Band Just in Time