January 2009 President's newsletter
I hope everyone’s Christmas celebrations went as expected and all had a festive time. At the time of writing the New Year festivities are still to occur and I hope a large number of members will be celebrating at the club. The golf and bowls presentation nights conducted during the month were memorable.
Residents of Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove should be marking the 26th January
as a date to visit to the club on Australia Day to celebrate with like minded
True Blues.
Although I have mentioned it before the new Queensland liquor licensing laws
come into effect on 1st January, 2009 with trading of liquor and usage of poker
machines being restricted to within the hours 10am to midnight.
Trading. The economic downturn in the world economy has not
yet affected us greatly but as the experts are telling us that we will have
to suffer further before we get out of the depression we are keeping a close
watch on the clubs finances.
Sport. The mens and ladies bowls clubs both had their annual
general meetings during December and I would like to congratulate the new members
of their committees in accepting these unenviable positions.
The annual Reibel Trophy day for both golf and bowls will be held for those
keen competitors who can surface from the night before, on New Years Day.
The Golf Club will be holding the Australia Day 27 hole championship on Australia
Day beside all the other festivities.
The Bowls club will be commemorating “Chocka Block” day in mid January
as Charlie Walker celebrates his 91st birthday on 27th Jan.
The three Tin Can Bay P-10 State School volleyball teams visited Melbourne during
December to compete in the Australian Schools volleyball championships. As they
have been successful in previous years the residents of Tin Can Bay, Cooloola
Cove and Rainbow Beach expect them to return with gold medals. This last year
they repeated their success with three gold medals from the three teams. Congratulations
to the students, coaches and workers for their success and the club is proud
to be one of the sponsors of this event that shows the students, not only a
volleyball competition, but how to exist in a big city and how to get along
in a team situation.
Developments. Work continues on the golf course with the construction
of the toilets being given priority over the next few months.
A number of the new TVs we have purchased have been installed in the clubhouse
and there are more to be installed in the new year. There should be no arguments
over which channel (football code) will be beamed to our patrons.
The club has often considered making a feature of the golf course whilst entering
Tin Can Bay by road. After prompting, and a donation from one of our members,
we are in the process of planting tree/shrubs/bushes along Tin Can Bay Road/Gympie
Road from the start of the golf course to the clubhouse. It may take a number
of years for the trees to grow to a reasonable height but we will have started
the process.
Staffing. I would particularly like to register my appreciation
for all the staff we have working at the club at this time of the year. Many
of them sacrifice their personal time to make sure that the members enjoy themselves
in the manner they have been accustomed. The bar staff, the greens staff, the
office staff, the rangers, the bus drivers and our handyman all deserve the
appreciation that we can show them.
Promotions. The $2,000 given away at the Sunday raffle, prior
to Christmas, drew a large audience and a number of lucky ticket buyers had
more money to spend on presents. The raffle jackpot, which had reached $700,
was also won on the night by one of our fortunate members, causing the clubs
coffers to be reduced considerably. The number of people present on the afternoon
really packed the club and the noise of conversation really had the club buzzing.
The Sunday raffles will continue, with over $600 in prizes, in their usual format
with an additional promotion scheduled next month.
See you at the T.C.B. Country Club.
Stephen Wallis.
President TCBCC