Club Notes...
Bridge
Table movement was again in place for the three tables that played at the Warragul Community House last week which made the afternoon more enjoyable.
Results:
North/South
Chris Samplawski and Michael Thorne recovered from their third place last week scoring 3780 and conceded 3700 102 per cent and won from last week’s winners Emilia O’Brien and Dick Powell 2250/5600 40 per cent and then Joan and Robert Coster 1260/4760 27 per cent. East/West
Min Wegelaar and Heather Cupples 5630/2120 265 per cent won from Alan Kuipers and Ken Hutchison 4590/1910 240 per cent and Marie Kitching playing only her second game back from a four year break from the game and Clive Ayerst 3840/3260 118 per cent.
Top scorers for the day were Min and Heather, Alan and Ken and Marie and Clive.
Bridge returns tomorrow afternoon.
Assembly time is 12.45pm for around a 1pm start.
Garden Club
At the July meeting of Warragul Garden Club members enjoyed a wonderful presentation by Paul Fitzpatrick from Gardenacious.
His talk, “Gardens Grow People”, with slides of some beautiful gardens from all over the world, but mainly focussing on gardens in Sydney. There were many different types of gardens; some natural and some using science and lighting, and one on reclaimed land from a container site.
The main feature was Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden on Lavender Bay and how it evolved from a steep slope of disused railway land that was covered in lantana, rubbish and weeds. It is now a garden of sinuous shapes, bright daubs of colour and shafts of light. This garden has now been bequeathed to the public and is a hidden gem. It was a wonderful talk and enjoyed by all.
The flower exhibit bench was popular In July and included beautiful camellias, wattles, banksias and vegetables. Ralph Slaughter won the best exhibit of the month with a greenish yellow banksia flowerhead.
The next meeting is on Monday, August 22 and our guest speaker will be Steve Rowe from Rowe’s Nursery here in Warragul who will talk on “Best practice in making Compost”. The flower of the month for August is “Three Spring bulbs”, and the arrangement of the month is “Springtime”.
Members are busy getting seedlings, cuttings and plants ready for the popular spring plant sale at Eastern Park Community Garden on Monday, September 26. Keep this date free – it’s a good opportunity for the community to purchase a range of interesting plants to grow at home.
VIEW
Warragul VIEW Club’s July meeting was a French themed lunch. Members arrived wearing the national colours- in all things blue, white and red. From French maids, to cancan dancers, so many striped shirts, berets and even Napoleon made an appearance. The lunch was lots of fun and thanks to all who got into the spirit of things. Congratulations to Maxine who won best dressed as Napoleon.
Warragul VIEW currently sponsors 10 students on The Smith Family Learning for Life program. We can only do this with the support of the members, who so generously give of their time in supporting fundraising. The more members means the more funds raised so please bring along a friend to the next meeting and support this worthy cause.
The Smith Family tracks long term progress of Learning for Life students and outcomes show that in 2018 -68 per cent of Learning for Life students in Year 10 advanced to year 12, in 2020/21 94 per cent of sponsored students continued from first year to second year study at university in and four in five students who left in years 10-12 were either working and/or studying 12 months after leaving the program.
A reminder to sign in on arrival as this is an insurance requirement and the cost of the meal is $30. Also a committee is being formed for our birthday celebration in September – please see Susan Collis if you are able to help.
In August the guest speaker is Toni Arfaras from the Stroke Foundation.
The next meeting is August 24. Dinner bookings and apologies to Linda by Sunday evening August 21 on 0410 517 058 or via text on Monday morning. Please include your name.
Please note the time of 11am for 11.30am at the Black Tie.
VIEW clubs are valued members of The Smith Family