Year 24 (April 2014 – March 2015)

Office Bearers 2014

President Michael Calloway Vice President Brian Cranch Immediate Past President Secretary

Ray Stallworthy David Foster

Treasurer Stuart Sercombe Assistant Treasurer Terry Osborne Guest Speakers Coordinator Ron Barratt Activity Coordinators Ian Smith Ray Stallworthy Newsletter Ray Isaacs Auditor David Gulliford Probus Activities Organisers Attendance John Higson

Richard Minett Travel

(Getaways)

Ray Stallworthy (Discovery Days) Ray Stallworthy

(Overseas) na Welfare Warren Ogborne Culture Trevor Wallin Brian Cranch Bowls Lee Murrell Golf na Registrar (M’ship etc) Nicholas Guoth Historian Gavin Kerr Walking Group Michael Draper Recruitment Ray Stallworthy Fun Corner Michael Calloway

V.P.BRIANCRANCH–P.P.RAYSTALLWORTHY–PRESIDENTELECT.MIKECALLOWAY

PROBUS CLUB of SEAFORTH YEAR 24 - 2014-15

Year 24 has seen the Presidency change hands from Ian Smith to incoming President Mike Calloway And VP Brian Cranch. This year saw the club change its focus and future by opening the club to both genders.The last few years has seen the club membership fall substantially and with the change the membership has grown significantly. A welcome to all our new members! The activities for the year covered a great variety of theatre, luncheons, bus travel, and our ever popular Getaway! Very well attended and coordinated by Trevor Wallin, Ray Stallworthy, Brian Cranch and Mike Calloway. Both the President’s Gala Lunch at the Balgowlah RSL and Christmas lunch at Long Reef Golf Club with is magnificent views were well attended and enjoyed by all. Our annual picnic at Manly Dam was postponed until April due to the unfortunate passing of Lois Ryan. Unfortunately the year was marred by the loss of a significant number of members as well as long standing visitors Lois Ryan and Betty Higgins. Much loved members Len Wilson, Rick Clapp, Noel Harrs, Maurice Tye, Dick Sanson, John Daly, Keith Anderson and Tom Setright. All will be sorely missed! We had a wonderful range of speakers arranged admirably by Ron Barratt. there were some memorable topics, Queen bees, Parkinson’s disease, Macular degeneration and what goes on at Pine Gap amongst many other interesting topics.

Bowls were again well coordinated by our UNBIASED Lee Murrell with Warren Ogborne winning the coveted Ric Clapp Trophy and Judy Parker winning the annual Competition. The walking group has been coordinated very well by Michael Draper and has been very popular. The group have tripped to Narrabeen Lakes, Long Reef Headlands, Manly to Fairlight and many others. Michael Calloway introduced us to our website and its use. We also heard a brief life history from members Peter Kendall, David Foster, Ron Selling and Rondda Hoskinson during our members Focus. Other new activities included - snooker, cards and a Technology Workshop. Golf ceased as one of our annual activities due to lack of numbers.

Activities

(April2014-March2015)

CoordinatorsTrevorWallin–RayStallworthy–BrianCranch–MikeCalloway

April9 WarrenOgborne’sOperaHighlightsApril9 LuncheonGroup,BrookvaleHotel,BrookvaleApril10 ClybournePark,EnsembleTheatreMay4 LaBoheme,May7 MissFisher’sMurderMystery,OldCourtHouse,ParramattaJune1 CosiFanTutte,June11 President’sGalaLuncheon,BalgowlahRSLJuly15 LuncheonGroup,HarbordBeachHotelJuly28 YuletideLunch,Ettalong–CANCELLEDAugust13 LuncheonGroup,WakehurstParkwayGolfClubAugust21 TheRemovalist,GlenStreetTheatreAugust28 FaceToFace,TheConcourseTheatreSeptember6 Mozart’sJupiter,BrandenburgOrchestraSeptember LuncheonGroup,ManlyWarringahLeaguesClubSeptember29VisittoMtWilsonandMtTomahGardensOctober15 TheWharfReview,GlenStreetTheatreOctober21 TheKingAndI,TheOperaHouseNovember24 BoatCruise,HawkesburyRiverDecember2 ChristmasLunch,LongReefGolfClubJanuary19 VisittotheFishMarketsMarch4 OperaHighlights—ManlyLibraryMarch9Annualpicnic–ManlyDam(Subsequentlymovedto13AprilduetothepassingofLois

Ryan)March31AnnualGeneralMeeting(Originally24Marchbutmovedduetounavailabilityofroom)

...........April8 LesMiserables,TheCapitalTheatreApril20-23 Getaway,4Day/3NightTourtocountrysideNSW–Halliday’sPointandbeyondApril29 Past President’s Luncheon. Thisyear’sPastPresidentsLuncheonwillbeheldatthe

BalgowlahRSLClubon29April

Guest Speakers

(April 2014 – 2015) Coordinator – Ron Barratt

January. John Inglis. NRMA older drivers program February. Donna Hendry. Macular Degeneration Foundation March. Rosemary McCulloch. University of the Third Age April. Don Napper. Introduction of chemical warfare in WWI May. Danny Bricknell. Lawyer with interest in elderly law issues. June. Julie Evans. Sydney Harbour Trust historic sites. July. Rachel Qu. Shen Yun revival of traditional Chinese culture. August. Dr Austin Mack. Doc Martin of Portwenn. September. Allen Vogan. How planning for Sydney’s future went wrong October. Dick Whitaker. Sky channel weatherman on El Nino. November. Wendy Cornish. The Royal Family and Edward VIII December. No speaker January. Gloria Carter. Parkinsons Disease February. Louie Kelbert. Apiarist with his queen bees March. David Rosenberg. Former US spy. Inside Pine Gap

Bowls

(April2014-March2015)Coordinator–LeeMurrell

April AlmostwithasighofreliefwefinalisedourQuestfortheRicClappTrophy.Sharingfirst

placeareRudiHochstetterandJohnRose,withDonElliot,PatriciaOsborneandTonySargentsharingsecondplace.Inmymemorythisisafirst.DonElliotwaskindenoughtosayitwasgoodhandicapping.

May Anotherboscadaytoday(15/5),with20membersrollingup.NicetohaveNoelHarrs

cometowatchafewends,andjoinusforachatandacoffee.WealsohadthepleasureofhavingIanMacMillancomingbackforagame,afteralongbreak.Great!

June ʺTheRainsCame.ʺGuessitservesmerightforskitingaboutthegoodrunwehavehad

withtheweather.TwelvestalwartsrolledupThursday.Wehadonlyplayedabout5‐6ends,whenthedrizzlestarted,soMOSTofusheadedforcoffeeandbickie,exceptforonefour.GerryandHelen,andStuartandTerry,whodonnedtheirwetweathergear,andRolledOn!!!

July OurwinnerofthecovetedRicClappTrophywasWarrenOgbornewithamagnificent

scoreof9½points,withEllaDoutrebandandtheJohnDalytiedforsecondon7.

Aug Noclearcutwinnersatthisstage,afewinaprettytightbunch,sonextcoupleofgameswillbeimportant.Can’thelpbeingbiased,we’veevenropedPresidentMichaelin!

September. WhatacrackerdayforthelastgameofourComp.Andweonlyhadelevenstarters!

JudyParkertakingadvantageoftheconditionstohaveawin,takingherscoreto7,justhalfapointaheadofastronglyfinishingRudiHochstetteron61/2,withJanMurrellandShirleyWickendensharingthirdplacewith51/2pointseach.Congratulationstoourwinners.

October ThislastweekwemoveddowntoGreen3.Onlythreeweeksintoourcomp.sonothing

toreportyet.Lookforwardtohaveagreatbowlnextweek,withagoodrollup.November Thetopgreen,number1,isbeingrenovated,sowehavebeenusingnumber3.Thetop

greenshouldbeinplaybyChristmas.Stillfivegamesleftinourcomp,soabithardto

pickanylikelywinnersasyet.Numbershavebeendown,acoupleofdayswedidn’tmakethemandatoryminimumofeightforresultstocount!

December Noreport.Jan–2015 Noreport.Feb Numberswerebackupto18lastweek,whichisgoodtosee.Wearecominguptoweek

5inourcurrent10-weekComp.Scoresarestillscatteredwithonlyapointbetween7or8Members.

March Wehavebeenblessedwithpleasantmornings,andtheNo.1greenisrunningtrue.We

bowlershavebeenenjoyingthebowlsandthecompany.OurnewmemberGraemeGoldbergbroughthiswifeSuewithhimyesterdayforarollup—bonza!It’sthelastweekofourcompnextweek.Twoofour“stars“areon6,withanothertrailingon5½,sowearelookingforwardtoatightchasefortheRicClappTrophy.

WalkingGroup

(April2014-March2015)Coordinator–MichaelDraper

April NarrabeenLakesSouth.–WalkingalongTheEsplanade,Narrabeenandtheshoreof

NarrabeenLakethendrivetotheNarrowBeanCafé,10WaterlooRd,forourtraditionalcoffee.

May NarrabeenLakesWest.–WalkingalongtheroadbridgeonWakehurstParkwayatthe

westernendofNarrabeenLakesandwalkaroundtheDeepCreekwalkwayreturningtoourcarsforourTraditionalCoffee.

June LongReefHeadland.WestartattheendofAnzacAvenuenexttoLongReefGolfClub,followthepathandwalkalongFisherman’sbeach.returnviathecliffedgetocoffeeattheGolfClub.

July DeeWhyBeachtoFisherRdNorth.-Thisisalovelyleisurewalkpastmanyparksand

playingfieldsfollowedbycoffeeatDeeWhy.Aug. ManlyReservoir.-Thebushtrackisabitrockyforthefirst100

metres.Thenitisamostlylevelthroughthebrushbesidethereservoir.Aboutaonehourreturntripupandback.

Sept. WarriewoodWetlands.-TheWetlandswalkincludesabeautifulwalkwayaboveswamps

andpondswithbirdlifeandducks.After,drivetoWarriewoodSquareforourtraditionalcoffee.

Oct. ManlytoQueenscliff.–WalkalongthepathaboveNorthSteyneBeachtoCameron,theninlandthroughLagoonPark,to“TheCorso”wherewewillenjoyourtraditionalcoffee.

Nov. MountiestoCurlCurlBeach.WewillstrolldowntoCurlCurlBeach,thenbackforourtraditionalcoffee.

Jan2015Feb/March. Manly to Fairlight. - We will stroll along Scenic Esplanade, skirting the harbour and

magnificentviewstotheArtGallerywherewewillenjoyourtraditionalcoffeeatoneofthreecoffeeshopsthere.

MembersFocus(2014-2015)

April.MichaelCalloway.IntroductionofwebsiteanddemonstrationofuseandnavigationSepPeterKendall OctDavidFosterNovRonSellin Feb15RonddaHoskinson

Luncheon,Cards&SnookerGroups

(April2014-March2015)Coordinator–MikeCalloway

April Snookergroup.-The snooker group meets on the first and third Wednesday of

each month at the Diggers Club in Freshwater. Cards Group. - The Cards Group meet every fourth Wednesday of each month at

Balgowlah Bowling Club in the Gold Bar at 10:30. We play a friendly game of 500 and have a good time; afterwards there is a senior’s lunch in the cafe.The new Stock Market Group. Meets monthly and had its first meeting on Monday, February 8, 2015, there were 6 eager learners at the meeting.

May TheProbusLuncheonGroupgottogetherattheDumplingInnChineseRestaurantinBalgowlah.Therewere16hungryProbiansandfourguestsinattendance.Everyonehadagoodtime,thefoodwasgreatbutthefriendshipswerethebest.

June NoMeetingJuly TheLuncheonGroupwillhavemetfortheirJulygatheringattheHarbordBeachHotel

andwewillreportthatmeetinginthenextnewsletter.Aug TheLuncheonGroupgatheredfortheAugustLuncheonattheWakehurstGolfClubfora

samplingoftheirfinefoodattheFLAVOURBUDS.Itwasagreatdaythesunwasshining,theviewwasspectacular,thefoodwasgoodbutthecompanywasthebest.WewereparticularlyhappytoseeDougLawtheretoenjoythecompanyandthefriends.OurTriviaQuizonWWIwasahitwithtwowinnerstakinghometheprizeswith77%correctanswers.

Sept TheProbusLuncheonGroupmetattheManlyWarringahLeaguesClubforthe

Septembermeeting.Itwasaverygoodlocationwithlotsofspaceandthefoodwasgoodvaluefortheprice.Iwasabletogetsomeofourmembers1⁄2pricemealsjusttomakethedayevenbetter.Ihadanexcellentsirloinsteakwithchipsandasaladallfor$10.Wehad19membersenjoyingthehospitalityoftheManlyWarringahLeaguesClub,agoodturnout.

Oct --Nov --Dec --Jan2015 Feb11. The Probus Luncheon Group gathered at the Piemonte Restaurant at the Hills

Flower Market on Wednesday, February 11. There were 14 members and partners in

attendance; we had our traditional trivia quiz for Valentine’s Day. Everyone had a good time the food was good, the venue was great and the company was the best.

March

TheLuncheonGroupthismonthwasdiningattheBelroseBowlingClubandenjoyedagreatfeedofChinesefoodandsomeexcellentcompany.Therewere19ProbianspresentandeveryonehadagoodtimeandenjoyedtheTriviaQuizonSt.Patrick’sDayandtheIrish

TechnologyWorkshop(April2014-March2015)

FacilitatorGavinKerr

DuringthisyeartwoorthreeTechnologyWorkshopswererunandfacilitatedbyGavinKerr.TheintentoftheseworkshopswastofacilitatetheuseofiPads,iPhonesandotherHybrids,includingtheinterconnectingandcommunicationwithiCloud,computersandcameras.Thepurposewastomakemembersmoreawareofthepowerofthesedevicesandtheabilitytoaidineverydaylife.Themeetingsconsistedof6to12membersandtopicsrangedfromthebasicuseofthedevicestomorecomplextopicssuchasiClouduseandphotomanipulation.

THE PROBUS CLUB OF SEAFORTH INC Signed Stuart Sercombe (Hon. Treasurer)

Auditors ReportI have audited the above accounts comprising the Statement of Income and Expenditure and Balance

Sheet of The Probus Club of Seaforth Inc for the year ended 31 January 2015. In my opinion the accounts present a true record and fair view of the state of affairs of The Probus Ctub of Seaforth Inc and the results for the year ended that date.

Signed David Gulliford (Hon. Auditor)

President’s Message to Members March has been a difficult month for all Seaforth Probus members with the passing of Noel

Harrs and now Lois Ryan departing from Barry. It is sad when we lose a member but because both of these individuals contributed so much to our Probus Club and had such a tremendous impact on our lives, we will miss them even more. I have sent sympathy cards to both families on behalf of Seaforth Probus and expressed our profound sympathy and offered our support and help in their hour of need.

But with the coming of March and the start of autumn there is a change in the air and we look forward to a renewed sense of being with the change of seasons. Our last order of business for this year is our Annual General Meeting which will be at our regular meeting on March 24. We will be reviewing the past year and planning for the future.

This past year has been a monumental year with the changing of our club from a men only club to an open-to-everyone club and the changes it has brought. I must say all the changes have been positive with our overall membership rising from a low of 60 to a current high of 72. The influx of women, partners of members and single ladies, has been positive and we have picked up a number of male members and couples. This all adds to our viability of our club to face the future with confidence. We have had a great range of speakers who have made our meeting more interesting and enjoyable this past year. We have been on lots of interesting and fun activities throughout the year with our Getaway for an extended time being a lot of fun. The opera, musicals, theatre and visits to the Fish Markets being just some of the highlights to the year gone by.

We look forward to a new upcoming year of activities, excursions, and Getaways with lots of smiles and fun for all. If you have not been involved in our activities then you are missing out on a great time and lots of friendships made on the outings. So get involved, choose your interest and get to know your fellow members and enjoy the benefits of Seaforth Probus.

Thanks Michael Calloway

MembersAddressList 27/11/14 Sur First Phone Address Partner

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11 CRANCH Brian0412310

358 106/102DarleyStWest,MonaVale2103 Lorena12 DALY John 94501940 403/207ForestWay,Belrose2085 Elaine13 DEACON Gary 94500604 221/207Forestway,Belrose2085 Helen14 DRAPER Michael 99482168 16NolanPlace,BalgowlahHeights,2093 Margaret15 EASTES Anne 0432327029 217/207ForestWayBelrose2085 ----16 ELLIOT Don 99077201 5/1TowerStManly2095 Judy17 ELVY Rex 99774260 11AddisonRoad,Manly2095 Beverley18 FISK Bruce 99816363 3CatalinaClose,Narrabeen,2101 Yvonne19 FORD Ron 99487744 47GordonStClontarf2093 Barbara20 FOSTER David 99481790 23MaretimoStreet,Balgowlah,2093 Margaret21 GREEN Reg 94517689 1ABimbadeenCresFrenchsForest2086 Ann22 GREIG Mick 94863140 218/207ForrestWay,Belrose2085 Margaret23 GULLIFORD David 94523589 83JohnOxleyDriveFrenchsForest2086 Helen24 GUOTH Nicholas 99079643 1ARussellStreetClontarf2093 Eva25 HALL Peter 99765550 15OyamaAve.LittleManly2095 Maureen26 HARRS Noel 99495069 63WestStBalgowlah2093 Berenice27 HENN Patricia 99484629 26aEdgecliffeEsplanadeSeaforth2092 ----28 HIGGINS Dick 99485433 7B/28WoodsPdeFairlight2094 Betty29 HIGSON John 99813632 1/31ClarkeSt;Narrabeen2101 Patsi30 HOCHSTETTER Rudi 98797216 170APittwaterRoad,Gladesville,2111 Raylee31 HOSKINSON Rhondda 99485024 41BaranbaliAvenueSeaforth2092 ----32 ISAACS Ray 94523875 44IlfordRd.FrenchsForrest,2086 Jeannette33 KENDALL Peter 99498800 59PeronneAvenue,Clontarf2093 Helen34 KERR Gavin 99604517 75AMustonStreet,Mosman2088 Helen35 LAW Doug 99486177 4AcaciaRdSeaforth2092 Brenda36 MACMILLAN Jim 0466907750 1a112-114CowlesRoad,Mosman2088 ----37 MACMILLAN Ian 99488186 16GlensideStreet,Balgowlah2093 ----38 MARTIN Bob 99811669 74/51LittleWillandraRdCromer2099 Jean39 MINETT Richard 99079907 1/36SerpentineCr,NorthBalgowlah2093 Gayle40 MURPHY Terrence 0428696454 114/2WentworthStreet,Manly,2095 ----41 MURRELL Lee 99498028 207/2SylvanAvenue,Balgowlah2093 Jan42 OGBORNE Warren 99078228 87BPeacockSt,Seaforth2092 Robyn43 OSBORNE Terry 94513190 5BindiPlace,BeaconHil,2100 Pat44 PATTERSON John 94512383 19BimbadeenCres.FrenchsForest2086 Lesley45 REYNOLDS Edith 94515666 61StarkeyStreetForestville2087 0

46 ROSE John 94517659 107IrisStreetBeaconHill2100 Janice47 RYAN Barry 99494529 32ErnestStBalgowlahHeights2093 Lois48 SARGENT Tony 99824677 16/180PacificParade,DeeWhy,2099 Joan49 SELLIN Ron 99486939 1aEileenStreetNorthBalgowlah2093 Hazel50 SERCOMBE Stuart 94512369 6BrentwoodPlaceFrenchsForest2086 Nancy51 SETRIGHT Gerry 99487566 27ErnestStBalgowlah2093 ----52 SHATTLES Geoffrey 99491050 27aGrandviewGroveSeaforth2092 Beryl53 SMITH Ian 89669096 28/155FisherRdNorth,DeeWhy2099 Judith54 SMYTHE Max 94173386 47GriffithAve,Roseville,2069 Terri55 STALLWORTHY Ray 94338011 11/6UlongaAve.Greenwich,2065 Helen56 STEE Tom 94502217 60/207ForestWay,Belrose2085 ----57 STEVENSON Ian 99696298 38BullecourtAveMosman2088 Meg58 THOMPSON Phil 99826971 460/7ColooliRd.Narrabeen2101.AnzacBldg. Pamela59 TUXFORD Reg 99773244 16/24BirkleyRdManly2095 ----60 WAKEFIELD Peter 99683929 15/8EarlStreet,Mosman2088 Louise61 WALLIN Trevor 80682551 2CallicomaRoadSeaforth2092 Marie62 WATSON Harry 99862402 136/207ForrestWay,Belrose2055 Beryl63 WHIPP Richard 99487565 12/55TheCrescentFairlight2094 Greta64 WHIPP Greta 99487565 12/55TheCrescentFairlight2094 Richard65 WHITELEY Reg 99050076 321/168QueenscliffRd,Queenscliff,2096 Moira66 WICKENDEN Alec 99480286 3/2bNieldAveBalgowlah2093 Shirley67 WILSON 0 94521779 37IlfordRoadFrenchsForest2086 Louise68 WIPPELL John 99699106 36Bradley'sHeadRoad,Mosman,2088 Ngaire69 ZEHNDER Kevin 99493593 4WarringahStBalgowlahNorth2093 Michele70

VALE(April2014-March2015)

Thiswasaparticularlysadyearaswelostanumberofourlongstandingandhardworkingmembersandassociates.

Theywillbesorelymissed!

LoisRyan

LenWilson

BettyHiggins

RickClapp

NoelHarrs

MauriceTye

DickSanson

JohnDaly

TomSetright

KeithAnderson