Otawhao-Takapau WI

D Tidswell opened the OtawhaoTakapau WI meeting at 11am on February 13 at St Mark’s Church in Takapau.

There were 15 members and one visitor with her three-monthold daughter. Apologies from P Ballantyne and M James.

We read the Aspirations and then had a minute’s silence for the sick and bereaved.

Special thoughts for P Ballantyne whose sister has passed away recently.

We have two new members, S McVeigh and C McVeigh. With C McVeigh Joining we now have two junior members.

We took a gold coin collection for the bush fires in Australia.

Numbers were taken for the Founders bus trip to Napier on the February 26 with other members of the CHB WI Federation.

D King told us about the exercise group at St Mark’s Church on Friday at 11.30 am and invited us to join them.

H Wiley won the raffle. K McVeigh and B Shepherd judged the competitions. Competition results:

Small Bloom; 1st L Koppen, 2nd M Hobson, 3rd J Heremia

Large Bloom; 1st J Heremia 2nd H Knight 3rd M Hobson

Shrub; 1st M Drummond, 2nd L Koppen, 3rd H Knight

Cooking; 1st D Tidswell, 2nd D Tidswell, 3rd M Drummond

Craft; 1st H Wiley, 2nd M Collett, 3rd M Taylor Sewing; 1st M Drummond Most points M Drummond [15], 2nd L Koppen [11]

H Knight, M Hobson and J Heremia 3rd = [9] Members paid their subs. We stopped for lunch.

We then had our AGM D Tidswell, president, read her report then said she was standing down as president.

H Wiley, secretary, read her report.

H Knight, treasurer, read her report.

R Thomson read the Garden Group report then M Drummond read the Drama group report.

M Drummond was elected as president unanimously. Nominated by K McVeigh, 2nd by D Tidswell.

The Committee was selected, M Drummond, H Knight, H Wiley, M Collett, D Tidswell, K McVeigh, R Thomson and C Partridge.

L Koppen and P Ballantyne have offered to judge the monthly competitions.

J Heremia raised the subject of needing a new banner for Otawhao-Takapau WI. We are going to work on it.

D Tidwell moved that we officially amalgamate the Otawhao and Takapau WIs. All in favour.

Prize giving: The outgoing president handed out the prizes. Levin Vase [Floral] M Hobson Levin Vase [craft] M Collett Levin Prize [Cooking] H Wiley Armstrong Memorial Cup [Over all points] M Hobson

ME Thomson Cup [Runner Up] H Knight

The meeting closed at 1.40 pm and we had our first committee meeting for 2020.