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The Rotary Club of
West Pennant Hills
and
Cherrybrook
Chartered 8 May 1987
20th Anniversary
Meeting
Sunday 15th April 2007
Commemorative Booklet
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The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook - 20 Anniversary - 1987 to 2007
20th Anniversary Meeting
Sunday 15th April 2007
Muirfield Golf Club
Program
12.00pm
Meet and Fellowship
12.45pm
Welcome
Introduction Of Guests
Apologies
Grace and Loyal Toast
President Colin Baxter
Buffet Lunch
1st 10 Years
PDG Larry Jacka
PP Ross Ballinger
Cut the Birthday Cake
Charter Members
Sweets and Coffee
3.30pm
Years 11 to 20
PP Alan Paynter
PP Barry Freeman
Close Meeting
President Colin Baxter
National Anthem
Coffee and Cake
Official Photos
4.30pm
Conclusion
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The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook - 20 Anniversary - 1987 to 2007
Sponsor Club
The Rotary Club of Beecroft
Presentation of Charter
The Rotary Club of
West Pennant Hills
Friday, 8th May 1987
Charter Members
SURNAME
AUSTIN
CAMERON
CARPENTER
CHADWICK
COLLINS
CRABB
DAY
DEHLSEN
FLEMING *
GAGE
HANSELL
KELLY
LUMB
MARTIN
MULHERON
MYATT
PAYNTER *
RUSSELL *
RUSTIN
SIVANASEN
TENNANT *
TAYLOR *
TURNER *
KNOWN AS
Bill
Bruce
Denis
Geoff
Darryl
Bob
Allyn
Brian
Howard
Colin
Don
John
David
John
Jim
Bob
Alan
John
Harley
Siva
Pierre
Theo
Trevor
CLASSIFICATION
Real Estate Agencies
Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
Textiles : Manufacturing
Surveying
Real Estate Agencies (A/A)
Insurance : Employee Benefits
Educational Books : Retailing
Industrial Closures : Manufacturing
Mining Instruments : Servicing
Mining Projects : Managing
Pharmacy
Insurance : Life
Metal Trading
Senior Active
Technical and Further Education
Law Enforcement
Plumbing (A/A)
Business Training
State Government Justice
Accountancy : General Practice
Pace Makers : Manufacturing
Senior Active
Plumbing
* Current members
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Year
1987-88
President
Trevor Turner
1988-89 HHoward Fleming
1989-90
Theo Taylor
1990-91
Larry Jacka
1991-92
Allyn Day
1992-93
Colin Gage
1993-94
Morris Wood
1994-95
Ross Ballinger
1995-96
Graham Coles
1996-97
Alan Paynter
CLUB CHRONICLE
Club Chartered 8 May 2987
1st Social Event - Outing on sailing yacht “Destiny”
1st Plant Sale at Mt Wilberforce
1st Burning Log night out
Wishing Well at Pennant Hills School to commemorate Bi-Centennial
Red Shield Appeal
1st Inbound Youth Exchange student, Gretchen Hill from USA
1st Outbound Youth Exchange Student Andrew Handley to Japan
1st Christmas Tree sales
1st Fellowship Dinners
Playground Improvement Project at Edward Bennett Drive
Books to local schools
Club relief team to Nyngan flood disaster
FAIM team to Onamuga PNG
Ran Small Business Seminar
Fund raising Golf day at Pennant Hills
Set up Asumi Kafave Memorial Trust Fund and Wesley Koni Trust
1st Prize for Phantom Theme at Darling Harbour District Conference
Sausage Sizzle at Opening of Cherrybrook Community Centre
Cocktails in the Gallery
Wyndam Estate bus trip and lunch
Established Community Police Cabin at Cherrybrook Shopping Centre
1st Tree of Joy
Rotary Sports/Cultural Enhancement Program
Moved Club Meeting Venue to Cherrybrook Community Centre
Landscaped Rotary Roundabout at Shepherds Drive, Cherrybrook
1st Australia/NZ Matched Exchange, Nicolette Maury and Kelly Gray
1st Oz Day Wheelchair Race Sausage Sizzle at Dawes Point
Received RI Presidential Award for Service in four Avenues of Service
Carried out renovations on cabins at Camp Breakaway
1st Trailer Raffle
1st Fundraising Auction
1st Nordby Picnic
1st year of representation on the Board of CTHS
Members attended International Conference in Melbourne
Initiated feasibility study for Cherrybrook Youth Centre
1st year of involvement in Live Wire program
Participated with Giants Baseball Club in $13k Gift of Life program
1st Garage sale
Received RI Presidential Award for Service in four Avenues of Service
1st female members - Mary-Anne Spencer and Roslyn Savio (Callao)
Helped rebuild Callicoma Bush Track
1st Art and Craft show at CTHS
Participated in Chinese Lantern Festival for first time
1st year supporting Bowel Scan
1st Prize for “Jailhouse Rock” theme at Darling Harbour District Conf.
Received District Membership Growth Award
Allyn Day led GSE team to Italy
Howard Fleming participated in Rotary Study tour to China
Club Weekend away at Coolangatta
Club Meeting Venue moved to Springfield
M2 opening with our Club organising the Charity Walk raising $36,000
Club Membership reached 45
Oz Day Sausage Sizzle in very heavy rain sponsored by 2UE
Formed Interact Club at CTHS
Celebrated Club 10th Birthday
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1997-98
David Denton
1998-99
Bob Crabb
1999-00
Richard Champion
2000-01
Jim Kehoe
2001-02
David Turnbull
2002-03
Dick Bushell
2003-04
Brian Furrer
2004-05
Barry Freeman
2005-06
George Beyrouthi
2006-07
Colin Baxter
1st Prize for “Four Weddings and a Funeral” at Canberra District Conf.
Larry Jacka selected as District Governor Nominee 1999-2000
Last Oz Day Sausage Sizzle – New location at Circular Quay
Started Ronald McDonald House Dinners
1st Seniors Christmas Party
Travelled by train to Tamworth District Conference
Built Chess Board at Oakhill Drive Public School
Larry Jacka served as District Governor in Sydney 2000 Olympic year
Organised and ran District Conference at Homebush (Toga Theme)
Raised $23,200 in auction for autographed World Cup Rugby Jerseys
Hosted Diane Doana – PNG nurse for 3 months training at The SAN
Allyn Day passed away
Club members served as Paralympic Volunteers
Club participated in 1st U Turn-the-Wheel program (now RYDA)
Club visited by Wesley Koni
Started paving and painting project at Inala
Completed paving project at Inala
Started Jamieson House project
Sausage Sizzle at West Pennant Hills Community Day
1st “Christmas in July” Progressive Dinner
Christmas Function on “Nepean Belle”
Club weekend away at Barrington Tops
Celebrated Club 15th Birthday
Started West Pennant Hills Probus Club
Awarded District Certificate of Merit for Youth Programs
Held 50’s Night in Conjunction with Inner Wheel Club of the Hills
Club weekend away at Blackheath
Completed Jamieson House Project
“The Beatnix” Concert at the Zoo
Members attended RI Convention in Brisbane
Joint meeting with 4 other Zone Clubs to hear Barbara Holbrow
1st Cherrybrook Chase Fun Run
Cherrybrook added to Club name
Started Centenary of Rotary Project at Guide Hall
Moved Club Meeting venue to Burning Log, Dural
Joint painting project with Glenhaven Club at Inala
Organised and staged District MUNA project
1st Prize for Safari/Landrover theme at Newcastle District Conference
Members participate in FAIM Team to Vanuatu
Club weekend away at Mudgee
$24,000 raised in bucket collection at Cherrybrook for Tsunami relief
Erected Banner Poles in WPH Valley
Members participated in several FAIM trips to Vanuatu
Undertook landscaping project at Oakhill Drive Public School
Completed Centenary of Rotary Project at Guide Hall
Initiated Membership and Fundraising as Club Board positions
3rd and final year in organising District MUNA project
Initial trial of Bright Spark to replace the Shell Livewire program
Club weekend away to Cowra
Undertook Siva Sivanasen house modification project
1st Prize for Piccadilly Circus theme at Canberra District Conference
Moved Club meeting venue to Dural Country Club
Constructed holding yards and picnic seats for RDA
BBQ at Vision Valley for drought affected farmers and their families
1st Prize for Penguin theme at Mudgee District Conference
Started Oakhill-Dural Probus Club
Returned Club Meeting Venue to Springfield House
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The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook - 20 Anniversary - 1987 to 2007
Charter year 1987/88
Charter President
President Elect / Club Service
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Trevor Turner
Howard Fleming
Bob Crabb
Pierre Tennant
Alan Paynter
John Russell
D Lumb/John Martin
Denis Carpenter
Geoff Chadwick/Larry Jacka
Colin Gage
John Martin/Cees DeJong
The Club was chartered on the 8th May 1987 with 26 members. Charter President was Trevor
Turner, who was later to become the Club’s first Paul Harris Fellow.
The Rotary Club of Beecroft was the Mother Club under the guidance of mentor, Past President
Ken Wonson, who led the club through the difficult early days. Of the charter members inducted
only four were serving Rotarians.
From the start it was a young and energetic club, membership focussed on serving the community.
Early projects were community based, and in Australia's Bicentenary Year of 1988, the Club
constructed a Wishing Well on a former historic site in the grounds of West Pennant Hills Public
School complete with time capsule.
As a young club we reached our target for Polio Plus ($4,000,00) and donated a Talking Book
Machine to the Royal Blind Society. Our Youth Exchange program was working well with student
Andrew Handley in Japan, and Gretchen Hill coming from America. The club conducted its first
Plant Sale and night out at "The Burning Log" (fundraiser). We supported the Salvation Army Red
Shield Appeal, The Merrymakers Group, the Royal Blind Society and the Mission to Seamen book
and magazine "round up". We made Pride of Workmanship Awards to Mrs Lorelle Shelley of West
Pennant Hills, telephone counsellor and President of Nursing Mothers Association, and Mr Bill
Pinfold, from Hills Menswear in Thorby Arcade.
President – Trevor Turner
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1988/89
President
President Elect
Immediate Past President
Club Service
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Howard Fleming
Theo Taylor
Trevor Turner
Larry Jacka
Bob Myatt
Colin Gage
Richard Champion
Alan Paynter/Harley Rustin
John Martin/Bob Crabb
Denis Carpenter
Allyn Day
John Kelly
Cees De Jong
We concentrated on establishing the Club's reputation in the community. The year saw the
introduction of the Club's involvement in Christmas tree sales and the introduction of the
"Friendship" dinners, where small parties of members and their wives ventured into each others
homes for fellowship. Also the improvement of the children's playing facilities at the Edward
Bennett Drive park, and provided books for presentation nights to four local schools.
Our fundraising activities relied heavily upon what are becoming traditions of the Club - the Plant
Sale and Burning Log night out. Our attendance averaged some 82.33% and this compares
favourably with district average of 75.46%. The club this year met its target of 100% members, Life
Membership of this Division of Rotary International.
Polio Plus - Funds raised exceeded the budget set by District.
Our second outward bound student, Lindy Chadwick went to Dauphin, Canada. We conducted a
meeting at the Life Education Centre at Colyton. The interest created amongst the members was
such that the Club donated $1000 to the Baulkharn Hills Life Education Mobile Centre. It is to be
hoped that our Club will provide ongoing support for the youth in the Hills District. The Club
bestowed a Paul Harris fellowship on the Club's Charter President, Trevor Turner.
President – Howard Fleming
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1989/90
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Theo Taylor
Larry Jacka
Howard Fleming
Alan Paynter
Allyn Day
Colin Gage
Bob Myatt
Bob Crabb
David Denton
Paul Race
Graham Bellamy
Cee De Jong
We looked forward to the return of exchange student Carmill Gorme and hearing of her
experiences in America. We responded to our District Governor's call for help in restoring Nyngan,
a new dimension in community helping disaster areas within Australia.
Our participation in FAIM sending a team (PP Allyn Day, PP Howard Fleming, President Theo
Taylor, PE Larry Jacka and Rtn Bob Myatt) to Onamuga in the Eastern Highlands Province of
Papua New Guinea. This was a very successful project, which paved the way for ongoing
assistance by us in the area.
We made a Pride of Workmanship Award to Mrs Gwen Millhouse.
"Small Business Seminar" May 1990
This seminar was conducted at the McDonald's Conference Centre Thornleigh. Subjects
addressed were the state of the small business economy, management and financial principles,
marketing and taxation. The seminar was attended by a wide range of small businesses ranging
from secretarial services to trades people and shop keepers and was well received. It was
significant that much interest was shown after the meeting, two local newspapers contacting us for
details.
Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment (RYPEN). Theresa Lynch represented our club at the
RYPEN seminar and was a good representative.
Childrens Camps -Our Club sponsored two underprivileged children to camps at Vision Valley
during school holidays. Such was the impact of this venture that a member and a supporter of our
club anonymously sponsored a further three to the camps.
Every year our Club assists with the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. Presentation of book
prizes to the three primary schools in our area, namely, West Pennant Hills, John Purchase and
Cherrybrook.
President – Theo Taylor
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1990/91
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Larry Jacka
Allyn Day
Theo Taylor
Richard Champion
Harley Rustin/Bruce King
Morris Wood
Bob Myatt/Ross Ballinger
Geoff Chadwick
David Denton
Graham McDonald
Howard Fleming
Cees De Jong
The recession bit hard into our fundraising programs and was responsible for the fact that we did
not attain all our objectives however the Club maintained its ambitious community support. The
Club broke new ground in running its first charity golf day.
Further to the FAIM project at the Salvation Army Mission Station at Onamuga, Papua New
Guinea, near Goroka. Through the efforts of the team, several large projects have since been
completed. The major one being a donation of K10000 (A$9000) from the then closing Rotary Club
of Goroka which went towards a new water drainage collection system for the station. In addition to
this, other programs have been introduced including the establishment of the "Asumi Kafave
Memorial Trust Fund" for the education of children from the Onarnuga Valley. Asumi Kafave was a
Salvation Army Officer from Onamuga, whose caring and gentle nature and who looked after the
team touched them so. Asumi died in 1991 from Cerebral Malaria.
More recently the "Wesley Koni Trust" has been set up. The Fund will look after the future living
and education expenses of four year old Wesley Koni, the son of one of the helpers on the FAIM
project.
Pride of Workmanship awards were presented to: Joan Williams, Shopkeeper of Cherrybrook; Paul
Miller, Tree Surgeon of Cherrybrook; Barry Williams, Butcher at Cherrybrook and Allan Drew,
Funeral Director of Kellyville. Pernille Lund our exchange student from Denmark left her mark after
a year with us.
We also had Camilla Gorme from New York State for a successful visit. We sponsored four
children at the Vision Valley holiday camp for under privileged. We read the case studies of two of
the children and they make you realise why this program deserves our continued support.
Fellowship within the Club remains our great strength, and provides us with a solid foundation.
President – Larry Jacka
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1991/92
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Allyn Day
Colin Gage
Larry Jacka
Alan Paynter
Bruce King
Ross Ballinger
Morris Wood
Don Hamilton
David Denton
John Kelly
Larry Jacka
Cees De Jong
I was privileged to assume the mantle of President, an honour simultaneously accepted by 25678
Presidents of Rotary Clubs throughout the world. First of all the contribution which the ladies made
to the Club, which I would like to recognise, and illustrate: their untiring assistance in fundraising
activities such as the "sausage sizzle" at the opening of the Cherrybrook Community Centre,
catering for the "Cocktails in the Gallery" evening, the Plant Sale, where they organised a most
successful raffle and ran a cake stall. Their input provided that added dimension and quality to
special Rotary nights and activities, because, by their contribution they do just that. Ladies, thank
you.
The Club moved to a new "home" within its local area. We settled in very nicely at the Cherrybrook
Community Centre. After five years, we were ready to award Paul Harris Fellowships which were
awarded to Past Presidents Theo Taylor, Larry Jacka and Rotarian Cees De Jong. Pride of
Workmanship Awards were presented to: Stephen "Spud" Murphy, Entertainer, George
Varvartessos, Butcher and Harley Rustin, Magistrate.
Youth Exchange & Vision Valley. It was a pleasure to welcome Nadine Zylstra as our incoming
exchange student from South Africa. With the support of a local benefactor, we were able to send
four people to Vision Valley camps this year. In all cases these children had been severely
disadvantaged economically and in some instances abused at home.
Youth Transition Seminar. District hold a seminar each year to which senior students leaving
school are assisted into the workplace or to the next stage of their education. We sponsored
Malcolm Bradley.
Rotary Sports/Cultural Enhancement Programme. Recognising that we should identify young
people who are achieving excellence in sport, art or music we have introduced a sponsorship
award to those young people who have potential for ultimate success in their chosen field. We
sponsored two outstanding young athletes. Melissa Harris, who at 15 years is breaking records in
the High Jump and Heptathlon events, and Glen Stojanovic, an 18 year lad achieved outstanding
success in athletics. Both have been selected to compete in the World Junior Games in Seoul,
Korea.
Onamuga FAIM contacts. We voted for funding for a solar hot water panel for one of the Onamuga
dormitories. This was one of the many pressing needs for the Mission.
President - Allyn Day
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1992/93
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Colin Gage
Morris Wood
Allyn Day
Ross Ballinger
David Denton
Denis Carpenter
Graham Coles
Richard Champion
Don Hamilton
David Turnbull
Larry Jacka
Cees De Jong
Another year gone by and the Club's standing and achievements within Rotary and the community
continue to grow. It is not so much what we as members think, but as others see us. In this vein it
is most pleasing that our Club was awarded RI President Cliff Dochterrnan's, Presidential Citation
in recognition of our Club's efforts in all four avenues of Rotary Service.
This year, significant gains were made in keeping in touch and responding to the needs of the
community. The notice board at Cherrybrook Shopping Centre, the Club's representation on the
Cherrybrook Technology High School Board and our input to Pennant Hills and John Purchase
Public Schools. New firsts in fundraising for the Club involved an Auction Night and a Trailer Raffle.
The Rotary Roundabout project, a landmark of the area and an outward and visible sign that
Rotary is indeed in the area. We completed the planting of 200 shrubs and put a groundcover over
the Roundabout at the corner of Shepherds Drive and New Line Road.
Fellowship at the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne - With 33% of members attending
our Club had the best percentage representation of any Club outside Melbourne.
Membership -With a recession, it had been predicted that a reduction of up 10% in Rotary
membership could occur. Our Club Membership has increased in the year with 16% and our result
here could see us the District winner.
The Tree of Joy was held again with tremendous support from the whole Cherrybrook Community.
On Australia Day we organised the feeding of about 300 participants and organisers of the Oz Day
10k Wheelchair Race at Dawes Point. The Cherrybrook Bush Fire Brigade was presented with a
Community Service Award.
In combined effort with other Rotary Clubs, we went to Camp Breakaway to repaint Camp's cabins.
Pride of Workmanship Awards were presented to Sergeant Tom McKenzie from the Pennant Hills
Police Station and Ian Creak from the rental vehicle business at West Pennant Hills.
Youth Exchange - Our South African exchange student Nadine Zylstra continued her successful
stay in our country. We supported the National Science Summer School and the Pan-Pacific Music
Group. Matthew Harrison from Parramatta Marist School represented our club at the National
Science School at the ANU in Canberra. Skye Watson, a student at William Clarke College, was
sponsored by us to the music camp. This young lady is just 16 and has been learning the violin
since the age of 4.
RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment) - held over 3 days at the Salvation Army Youth and
Community Centre in Collaroy. Cherrybrook Technology High School nominated two year 12
students, Annika Fung and Raj Thukral, both of whom were fine Ambassadors for our club. We
participated in the New Zealand Matched Exchange Program sponsoring Nicolette Maury and Kelly
Gray.
President – Colin Gage
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The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook - 20 Anniversary - 1987 to 2007
1993/1994
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Morris Wood
Ross Ballinger
Colin Gage
David Denton
Alan Paynter
David Turnbull
Graham Coles
Howard Fleming
Don Hamilton/Richard
Champion
John Russell
Allyn Day
Cees De Jong
If Service above Self is the undertaking of Rotary Service then our community has seen the Club
achieve new milestones of performance. Rotary was instrumental in preparing the feasibility study
for the establishment of a new Youth Centre costing $125,000 and funded by Hornsby Council.
The Livewire program sponsored by Shell Australia and the NSW Government and promoted by
Rotary enabled over 135 young people to develop their Business Plans for products or services
which they sought to promote. Organised by the Giants Baseball Club we are proud to have
participated with the Community in raising of over $13,000 for the Rotary Gift of Life program for
the Rachel and Sarah Foundation.
For the second year, the Club has been awarded the RI President's Presidential Citation in
recognition of our Club's efforts in all four Avenues of Rotary Service. Pride of Workmanship
Awards were presented to Mary Anne Spencer for Service in her Real Estate Business in
Cherrybrook and Paul Hable for his service to young people in our area.
Our American Exchange Student, Anne Schwalge from Dyer, Indiana, soon settled down into her
Australian homes and learnt much about our way of life, especially after her safari of the Eastern
states. Cameron Baseley, school Captain at Pennant Hills High, went as Exchange Student to
Oneida, in upper New York State. For 1995 we selected as our outgoing student, Jodie Smith, who
has nominated Argentina as her host country. Jodie is Captain at Cherrybrook High School.
We participated in the National Science Summer School, for the third successive year when we
had our nominee, Kirsten Nichols from Pennant Hills selected to attend this very popular School.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. Jennifer Cranna was selected to attend RYLA. This is a week
long, live-in course tor young people with leadership potential.
Rotary Youth Program of Enhancement.
We sponsored two students from Cherrybrook Technology High School, Irvin and Jehan
Hirarnanek, both year ten students, to this weekend at Camp Breakaway.
The Fellowship tradition continued with the Car Trial to Mt. Tomah, Progressive Dinners, Crazy
Whist Nights, and visits to restaurants.
President - Morris Wood
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1994/95
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Ross Ballinger
Graham Coles
Morris Wood
Bert Simmonds
David Turnbull
Dick Bushell
Tony Makin
Don Hansell
Richard Champion
Michael Pooley/David Denton
Bob Crabb
Cees De Jong
1st the membership challenge. To increase from 35 to 42 members, including our first two female
members, with another 2 good prospects to start off next Rotary year.
Another highlight was the work on improving, and having nearly 400 turn up for the opening of the
Callicoma Bush Track. This was better than the 50 that we thought might turn up; far better even
than the 150 catered for by Council. It was a day our work in conjunction with Council was
recognised.
Our major project was to raise money to buy an anaesthetic unit for Bear Cottage, which will be the
Children's Hospice attached to the Royal Alexandria Hospital. Rotary's 90th Birthday was duly
celebrated by making PP Allyn Day a Paul Harris Fellow. Who will forget the mammoth effort by
our members and partners in producing the first Art & Craft Show from an empty hall to a full
completion in less than 30 hours! Furthermore, the Nordby Retirement Village Outings, Tree of
Joy, Wheelchair Sports Association, Red Shield Appeal and the Roundabout maintenance at
Shepherds Drive. We again participated in the festivities of the Chinese Lantern Festival, providing
the traditional Australian barbecue.
Bowel Scan project saw some 180 kits sold which was very close to our objective of 200. Pride of
Workmanship Award presented to Mark Watson, teacher of Computer Technology at C.T.H.S.
Youth Programme - We sponsored Mamie Blewitt to the CRA Science Summer School in
Canberra. Andrew Greig attended the RYPEN seminar, having been chosen by Cherrybrook
Technology High School as a worthy attendee. Heidi Usher is the Youth Leader of the Cherrybrook
Youth Centre. We sponsored her to the RYLA camp which takes youth leaders from scouting,
church and other groups and provides them with the training and encouragement needed to
improve their leadership skills. Kimia Haghighat was the first student we sponsored to the Rotary
Adventure in Citizenship. Nicholas Marston and Daniel Hays, attended the Siemens Science
Summer School. Jason Chan and Andrew Baker attended the International Music School. Michelle
Connor completed her Matched Student Exchange and gave a talk to the club with a
demonstration of Maori Poi dancing.
Lisa Sthalekar was chosen to captain the Australian Schoolgirls Cricket Team and the Club
assisted with her expenses on the tour of England. Last but not least Cameron Baseley returned
from his International Exchange.
President – Ross Ballinger
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1995/96
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Graham Coles
Alan Paynter
Ross Ballinger
Larry Jacka
Howard Fleming
Denis Carpenter
Jim Kehoe
Don Hansell
Siva Sivanasan
David Denton
Bob Crabb
Maryanne Spencer/Peter Salter
Many of our plans have been achieved and a number of significant events occurred that were not
envisaged in our objectives, ie, the appointments of Howard Fleming and Allyn Day to lead the
District teams overseas to China and Italy respectively. A very commendable delegation of five
members of our Club, travelled to the International Rotary Conference at Calgary, Canada. Other
fellowship activities included restaurant nights, in-home BBQ’s, a weekend away to Coolangatta
and another good representation to the District Conference in Newcastle.
The Club visited the coal mine at Cooranbong, and visited Ross Ballinger’s business of design and
manufacture of Signs, and last but not least visits to "Business Planning" at Richard Champion’s
Company.
Two Pride of Workmanship Awards were given to people from the retail area of Cherrybrook. Maria
Martelli of Martelli Fruit Market was a worthy recipient as was John Cunningham from the
Appletree Drive Pharmacy. Mr. Bill Dixon, a resident of Cherrybrook, was an outstanding recipient
of the Community Service Award. He has been totally involved in community projects with an
emphasis on Meals on Wheels for thirteen years and the Bush Fire Brigade for over forty years.
Youth Service. Jodie Smith returned from her year in Argentina and our inbound student from
Belgium, Arnaud Viggria, settled into the West Pennant Hills community and Cherrybrook THS.
Our outbound student, Steven Riddell has settled in Belgium and, from his reports, he also
appears to be making a success of his year away. Our outbound student for 1997, Erin Bowland
from Cherrybrook THS, will be spending a year in Denmark.
President – Graham Coles
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1996/97
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Alan Paynter
David Denton
Graham Coles
Jim Kehoe
Bob Crabb
Douglas Lam
Denis Carpenter
Don Hansell
Siva Sivanasan
Peter Salter
Graham Coles
Russell/Tennant/Carpenter
The Rotary wheel turns once again, another year of meaningful fellowship has passed with
excellent results for our Club and its members. Our aims and objectives for the year have been
met and in many cases exceeded. Membership now stands at 45 an increase of 3 for the year.
The year has seen most of our objectives achieved with many excellent results including our
Trailer Raffle organised so professionally and supported by our team of super sales people; a
successful Combined Garage and Plant Sale; Christmas Tree Sales reached new heights and the
Tree of Joy once again showing the overflowing goodwill of the community, harnessed by Rotary.
This year at the Oz Day Wheelchair Race we learnt how to cook sausages in the rain, still enjoy
ourselves and gain valuable recognition for Rotary thanks to Radio 2UE. The CTHS Bi-Annual Art
Show, co-ordinated and assisted by Rotary, continues to grow in scale and recognition. Our social
programme has been full and varied with obvious acceptance by members.
The M2 opening was an outstanding success. Other important activities which we were involved in
this year included the forming of the Phil Hamilton Memorial Interact Club at CTHS. The
celebration of our 10th Birthday, Melbourne Cup Night races, attendance by 12 couples at District
Conference at Canberra, involvement at the Chinese Lantern Festival, presenting of Pride of
Workmanship Awards, entertaining the residents of Nordby Village with a BBQ in the State Forest
and participating in the Youth Exchange Programme with Kristina Klintenas as our inbound student
and Erin Bowland as our outbound student.
President – Alan Paynter
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President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
David Denton
Bob Crabb
Alan Paynter
David Turnbull
Pierre Tennant
Brian Furrer
Gabriel Felkei
Don Hansell
Siva Sivanasan
Roslyn Callao/Peter Salter
Graham Coles
John Russell/Henry Ellioitt/Denis
Carpenter
The year has gone so quickly. When you look back and reflect on your initial plans which were
formulated at this time last year and the achievements made, this year has been most pleasing
from many points of view.
We have seen a year of major achievements and records such as :
a record Membership number
a record in funds raised
a record in funds distributed to worthwhile charities
a record number of club members involved in District committees and activities
a record in Membership attendance at the Annual District Conference.
This last item also saw the Club again achieve the 1st prize for Saturday evening dinner dance
fancy dress with all attendees participating in the theme of "Four Weddings & a Funeral". This
produced many laughs and sights which had to be seen to be believed and our exchange student
Julie looked great as a bride and could have been easily married off on the spot.
In addition to these achievements we have seen the emergence of our own future District
Governor for the year 1999/2000 in Larry Jacka and this in itself will entail considerable
involvement by all members at the time of the District Conference in March 2000.
All the mentioned Club achievements could not have been made without the able assistance and
co-operation of a great group of friends. This virtually involved everyone in the Club who all put
their shoulder to the wheel when asked. Many thanks and appreciation also goes to those
members involved in the record Fundraising, set up early in the year. The funds raised from this
activity were passed on to the Club's major beneficiary in the 'Asthma Foundation'. Special thanks
to the committee in the organisation of the Garage Sale, an event which continues to grow in
volume and proceeds.
The growth in these many aspects was also evident in the level of our Club's commitment to the
Wheelchair Sports Day on January 26 and the result, in a new venue, where we sold out of
everything including the ice from the drink van, which was a huge thrill. This event seems to get not
only better but bigger and could not have been achieved without the support of all and especially
the support of our partners.
President – David Denton
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1998/99
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Bob Crabb
Richard Champion
David Denton
Gary Blackler
David Turnbull
Jim Kehoe
Gabriel Felkei
Don Hansell
Noel Stewart
Barry Freeman
Graham Coles
Siva Sivanasan
This Rotary year will be remembered for fun and innovation in the Community Service area i.e.
Ronald McDonald House and Seniors Christmas Party.
The disappointment of the year was the loss of our involvement with the NSW Wheelchair Sports
Association on Australia Day. Having said this we can reflect that the challenge for the year of
enhancing fellowship, community involvement and fundraising activities has been achieved.
Whilst we have inducted two new members, we also lost two members, so our Membership
remains at 44. The District Conference in Tamworth was attended by forty of our fellows and
partners (a record!). Whilst we were robbed of 1st prize for the Saturday evening extravaganza it
will be remembered for the train ride to and from the venue and the fun. We also had some insight
into the Conference organisation, which will undoubtedly assist us for the Conference in March
2000. We now hold the Conference Banner fellows! Congratulations to Larry Jacka on his
installation as District Governor. Let us make sure that we give 100% support to both Larry and
Miriam for the year and in particular make Larry's 2000 Conference one to be remembered.
We have been fortunate this year to have Ryan Acker as our exchange student. I think all will
agree he is a great ambassador for the USA, as well as a good assistant to the Sergeant.
The major beneficiaries from fundraising this year have been Ronald McDonald House, Jacaranda
Lodge and Rotary Foundation, with the funds being raised from:
Trailer Raffle, Christmas Tree Sales, Great Debate/Auction and Garage Sale.
Without the support of all the Club members, the success of these events would not have been
possible. In addition I would like to recognise the involvement and untiring support of our partners
throughout the year.
President – Bob Crabb
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President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
1999/2000
Richard Champion
Jim Kehoe
Bob Crabb
David Turnbull
Dick Bushell
Barry Freeman
Tony Makin
Jim Simpson
Noel Stweart
Graham Draffin
Ross Ballinger
Colin Gage
This Rotary year was always going to be a different year for our Club mainly because its not
everyday a Club has a District Governor amongst its members. We set some key issues at the
beginning of the year as per our Vision Statement, Key Issues and Aims.
The first of our Key Issues was to organise an excellent District Conference. I know most Members
believe that we organised one of the most successful District Conferences held in district 9680 in
recent years. Another Key Issue was to show support for DG Larry within the District.
Implementing new fundraising strategies was another of our Key Issues for the year. We raised a
total of just under $50,000 during the year for our Activities Account. I would especially like to thank
Club Service Director, Jim Kehoe, for the huge amount of time and effort he put into obtaining the
Rugby jumpers from the various teams, and then disposing of them in such a winning way. They
returned over $21,000 to the Club, and part of the proceeds ($10,600) was donated to the
Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia.
With the District Conference on the Club's agenda, I always believed that this Rotary year would
not be a money raising year. Unintentionally it may well have been the year in which we raised
record funds. I somehow knew that it would also not be a year in which we carried out a large
program of Service to the Community. In this area I feel we may have fallen behind, mainly
because of the time and resources required from so many members for the Conference. On the
youth front we supported RYLA, RYPEN and NYSF. We sent Stephen Bushell to Wellington NZ on
the Matched Exchange Program and welcomed his match Craig McWilliam during his return visit.
We continued to support Ronald McDonald house with three BBQ nights and a clean-up day.
Nordby Retirement Village appreciate the support the Club has given them in entertaining their
older members. The Club's social program has continued and we had six outings during the year.
I would particularly like to thank Dick Bushell for the considerable amount of time and work he has
devoted to have nurse, Diane Doana (from PNG) spend some time training at the Sydney
Adventist Hospital this year.
One of the things I wanted to achieve this Rotary year was to change some of the ways we did
things. One was to involve Directors much more in the running of the Club not just in their own
portfolio but in their leadership of different activities and functions. Another was for each Director to
act as meeting Manager and Dinner Chairman for at least two months of each year.
As you know, the Champion family has not had a real healthy year in 2000. For about four months
I was unable to perform my duties as President.
President – Richard Champion
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President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
2000/01
Jim Kehoe
David Turnbull
Richard Champion
Ray Wilkes
Howard Fleming
George Beyrouthi
Dick Bushell
Jim Simpson
Rod Crossweller
Henry Elliott
Ross Ballinger
Colin Gage
This was a year of arrivals and departures, visits and Community and International activities. A
Club is only as strong as its members and in 2000-2001 we lost more than we gained. We said a
final farewell to Allyn Day, a sad loss to cancer. We also saw a number of long standing members
move about the state including Past President Richard Champion as well as Graham Draffin, both
of whom have joined Rotary in their new locations. Other members who have left us due to
pressure of work, other activities, or the unavoidable impact of increasing years included Cees
DeJong, Gabriel Felkai, Don Hansell, Peter Salter, Siva Sivanesan, Bob Smart, Noel Stewart and
Ray Wilkes. On the brighter side we welcomed Ray and Sue Ashton, Geoff and Allison Cripps,
Graham and Judy Cuthbertson and Erik and Dianne Lindstrom.
The Olympics occupied part of our time at the beginning of the year, and we were pleased to be
able welcome members of the Jamaican team to our Club. Despite sterling efforts by our
Fundraising Committee, the fundraising success this year was not able to emulate the efforts of
last year.
During the year we commenced the task of getting the records of the Club membership into a
computer based system and this will continue into 2001-2002 when we should see the accounts of
the Club incorporated into the system, making life easier for both the Secretary and the Treasurer.
The Hills Clubs, as a group, sponsored the U-Turn-The-Wheel Driver training program for
secondary school students, which was an extremely successful operation, and seems likely to
become an annual event.
Community Service saw many members actively involved with our local Community and our efforts
were very gratefully received by the communities at Nordby, Inala and Ronald McDonald House.
We have acquired a very accomplished team of paving layers and painters, who are looking for
more work in the next Rotary year.
On a Vocational front we had vocational visits, Vocational awards, Apprentice of the Year and
Livewire participants. The Youth program, including the arrival of our Exchange Students from
Brazil and New Zealand, continued to involve members of the Club with our youth. The new State
Government legislation has been causing some concern but the Risk Management plans proposed
by District look as though they will help in this area. The year saw quite a large number of people
away for quite some considerable amounts of time which meant that some of the Club meetings
attracted a much smaller attendance than usual. There is a real requirement in the next year to
embark on programs that will attract more members to the Club, if we are to continue to provide
the services we do to both the local and overseas communities.
This year we received a visit from our special New Guinea project, Wesley Koni.
President – Jim Kehoe
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President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
David Turnbull
Dick Bushell
Jim Kehoe
Alan Paynter
Barry Freeman
Tony Makin
George Beyrouthi
Keith Ball
Rod Crossweller
Stan Baseley
Graham Coles
Dick Bushell
Our aim from the start was to have a vibrant Club, one that was doing things and having fun. We
have done both of those!
We have had working bees at Inala and Jamieson House, the West Pennant Hills Sports Day,
Inala Fete, Chinese Lantern Festival, the Garage Sale, the Trailer Raffle, Bowelscan, Tree of Joy,
Ronald MacDonald House, the Seniors’ Christmas party and Nordby picnic. We also had fun
starting with Christmas in July, numerous partner’s nights including the debates, Christmas Party
on the Nepean River, “Sopwith” social night, two weekends away, a fabulous Conference in Dubbo
and a tremendous 15th Anniversary reunion night.
We have also taken part in numerous Rotary events including District Changeover, interclub visits
with Pennant Hills and North Rocks, vocational visits, a visit to Donations in Kind and the Charter
Night for the new model Club, the Hills Rotary Club.
Club Service Director, Dick Bushell, has done a fabulous job this year. In addition to attending to all
the Club functions effectively and efficiently he has been the Bulletin Editor and has done a
tremendous job. I have really appreciated Dick’s assistance as it has made my job a lot easier.
Youth Service Director, George Beyrouthi, is unstoppable. If there is something available for youth
George wants our Club to do it. Youth Exchange, Shell Livewire, MUNA, RYLA, Summer Science
School and George’s pet, From Russia with Love.
Community Services Director, Alan Paynter, has kept us busy this year with his ‘Ground Farce’
projects at Inala and Jamieson House. It’s great to see how much can be done with a little thought
and lots of manpower.
Alan also ran the Tree of Joy this year, which was a great success, along with the other various
community projects.
Vocational Services Director, Tony Makin, and International Services Director, Barry Freeman, also
contributed to a successful year with outings and discussion on various topics in their disciplines.
Club Secretary, Keith Ball, and Treasurer, Rod Crosweller, have kept the records straight and their
finances in place for the year.
President - David Turnbull
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2002/03
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Dick Bushell
Brian Furrer
David Turnbull
Gary Blackler
Barry Freeman
Tony Makin
George Beyrouthi
Keith Ball
Graham Cuthbertson
Graham Coles
Denis Carpenter
Denis Carpenter
We started the year with our Christmas in July progressive dinner. Then came our wonderful
Fabulous 50’s night, which we held in conjunction with the Inner Wheel Club of the Hills. A Club
Weekend away at Blackheath and a great Christmas function at The Entrance finished off the first
half of the year.
We had several rounds of friendship dinners, terrific fellowship at the District Conference, and who
can forget our “Beatles” night at the Zoo. For those of us who were lucky enough to attend the RI
Convention in Brisbane, the Club fellowship was an absolute highlight. We also enjoyed a theatre
outing to see “Leader of the Pack”.
Our “back to committees” campaign has grown from strength to strength with all facets of the Club
run by effective Committees and most members involved. Our Fundraising activities exceeded all
expectations raising a net $25,000 for the year. The Garage Sale raised around $10,000 with the
Trailer Raffle raising almost $12,000.
Our Bulletin has been absolutely fantastic thanks to Denis who also organised our great program.
We also had three enjoyable joint meetings with neighbouring clubs including the nights with Jon
Konrads and Barbara Holbrow as well as our Melbourne Cup night.
We welcomed five new members, Graham Miller and Sandy, Tim Bickford & Sharon, Rob
Wansbrough & Anne, Tim Bowland & Alison and Chris Old & Susan. We lost Erik Lindstrom and
farewelled Theo and Gwen Taylor and made Theo an Honorary Member. Our membership
increased by a net three members.
Our Community programs included finishing the Jamieson House project, Tree of Joy, our Senior’s
Christmas lunch, Bowelscan, Nordby picnic day and thanks to Col Gage, the inaugural
Cherrybrook Chase Fun Run in just over two weeks time. We also got the new Probus Club of
West Pennant Hills up and running thanks to the hard work of Bob Crabb and Gary Blackler.
Our Youth programs included exchange student Anja Hoefelmeir from Germany, outbound student
Cash Bazil to Austria, Fabian Watson to the National Youth Science forum, Matthew Alexander to
RYLA, two students to RYPEN, and three teams from CTHS to MUNA. Our Club has also
accepted the challenge to organise the MUNA program for the next two years. Members of our
Club also actively supported the U-Turn-The-Wheel program. Our Club was awarded a District
Certificate of Merit for our Youth Program through the year. Well done George.
We actively participated in the Shell Live Wire programme. We presented Pride of Workmanship
awards to Willy Truelove from Atour, Robyn Spindler from Mc Beath Pharmacy and Greg Parsons,
a local mechanic. We also had a great Vocational visit to Rob Wansbrough’s Vet Clinic.
President – Dick Bushell
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President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
2003/04
Brian Furrer
Barry Freeman
Dick Bushell
Denis Carpenter
Dick Bushell
Jim Simpson
George Beyrouthi
Keith Ball
Graham Cuthbertson
Ross Parkinson
Graham Coles
Denis Carpenter
Colleen McIntyre
This year the Club recognised Richard Bushell and Gary Blackler with Paul Harris Fellowships.
The strength of the Club comes from the fellowship of its members and at no time was this more
evident than when the Club faced up to the hard decisions of changing our name and venue. This
saw us move from Springfield to the Burning Log at Dural, and Cherrybrook being added to our
name.
We held the inaugural Cherrybrook Chase Fun Run and started planning for next year’s run
anticipating this will become an annual event.
Community Service activities included the joint project with Glenhaven Rotary Club which saw us
repaint a nine bedroom group home at Inala and a Christmas Luncheon organised for a group of
mentally disabled people. We also initiated planning for the Club’s Centenary of Rotary Project to
landscape the area adjacent to the Cherrybrook Guide Hall. The Tree of Joy was bigger and better
than ever this year and continues to grow each year. We held two Nordby Picnic outings at the
Rotary Kokoda Park at Concord.
Our two stalwart fundraisers in the Garage Sale and the Trailer Raffle were again held. The
Garage Sale raised $9,000 in spite of the howling gale and the Trailer Raffle returned $10,800.
We lost four of our members during the year including Charter member, Bob Crabb, but we gained
five new members in Barry Lambert, Colleen McIntyre, Colin Baxter, Colin Wright and Anthony
Scarcella.
Our social activities included a Christmas in August, several dinner and theatre outings, a
Christmas luncheon function as well as dinners at St Ives and the local Sports Club. We also
added a Bush Walk, a Melbourne Cup function, Car Trial and picnic and District Conference to our
social activities.
We continued our tradition at District Conference by winning the theme prize with Alan Paynter’s
Landrover and Safari theme. We held vocational visits to Clarendon Homes and the new car
showrooms of Barry Smith Holden. We also held a dinner to recognise three local apprentices. We
held several International nights through the year and three of our members joined a FAIM team to
Vanuatu.
Youth activities supported RYLA, RYPEN, Youth exchange and NYSF. We also held the Annual
Inter-School debate as well as supporting RYDA and active involvement in the Shell Livewire
project.
Our Club also organised the District MUNA project this year led by George Beyrouthi which saw
over 50 schools participate in this excellent two day program.
President - Brian Furrer
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2004/05
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Membership
Fundraising
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Barry Freeman
George Beyrouthi
Brian Furrer
Tim Bickford
Tony Makin
Jim Simpson
Tim Bowland
Alan Paynter
Colin McGowan
Keith Ball
Graham Cuthbertson
Tim Bickford
Graham Coles
Colleen McIntyre
In commencing the year we were meant to “Celebrate Rotary” which was the Centenary theme.
We also focussed on Recruitment, Recognition and Contribution.
This year we inducted four new members but lost three members bringing our Membership up to
40. This fell short of our goal but still increased our Membership in a time when many other Clubs
were shrinking. We ran two Membership nights and appointed a new Membership Director, Alan
Paynter, bringing this important role up to Board level.
We continue to recognise people in our community as well as the Pride of Workmanship Awards.
We raised $21,300 in four days at Cherrybrook Village and sent the funds to the Rotary Club of
Patong Beach where they have been effectively used to help rebuild a village, build new fishing
boats and in a number of family situations.
We end this year with a greater awareness of the Rotary Foundations. As a Club, we contributed
more to the Foundation this year than any previous year as well as holding a number of talks on
the Foundation to help our members better understand it.
We held a Trivia night and a number of our members enjoyed a weekend away at Mudgee. We
held three rounds of Friendship Dinners. We welcomed new members Greg Pidgeon, Peter
Garnett, Colin McGowan and Clive Denmark but said farewell to Colin Gage, Sheila Turner, Bob
Smith and Denis Carpenter.
Community Service projects included The Tree of Joy, BowelScan, Cherrybrook Chase, Christmas
Trees, erecting Banner Poles in the WPH Valley, Oakhill Drive Public School Landscaping, Inala
School Fete, Red Shield Appeal, Ronald McDonald House BBQ and Nordby Picnic. We also
continued with our Centenary of Rotary Project which is the landscaping of the area adjacent to the
Cherrybrook Guide Hall.
Our International activities included the Tsunami activities already mentioned as well as sending
several teams to Vanuatu and providing funding for the Malaria nets project.
We had vocational visits to the SES facility at Thornleigh and Harvey World Travel at Cherrybrook.
We also presented four, Pride of Workmanship Awards.
On the Youth front, we participated in RYLA, NYSF, RYDA, Operation Hope and RYPEN. We also
said farewell to Exchange Student Juliana Penz from Austria and welcomed Eoy Suwapan from
Thailand. We also sent Ilana Idurus out to Austria.
President – Barry Freeman
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2005/06
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Membership
Fundraising
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
George Beyrouthi
Colin Baxter
Barry Freeman
Tim Bickford
Douglas Lam
Stan Baseley
Tim Bowland
Dick Bushell
Brian Furrer
Keith Ball
Graham Coles
Ross Parkinson
Dick Bushell
Colleen McIntyre
Upon my return from the Rotary International Convention at Chicago (June 2005), I carried with me
RI President, Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer’s, suggestion that we enthusiastically adopt the Rotary
motto of “Service Above Self”.
Our primary focus was to serve our immediate Community. The proceeds from funds we raised
through Cherrybrook Chase, Trailer Raffle, Garage sale, Christmas Trees, Mitre 10 BBQ’s and the
Fundraising Ball supported many projects throughout the Community as well as supporting the
Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Health Foundation.
We participated in the Youth Exchange program (both in-bound and out-bound), we organised
MUNA in June 2006 and we organised the Bright Spark program which picked up from the
discontinued Shell Live Wire program.
We also introduced risk management policies across most of our activities for the first time.
We again ran the Tree of Joy and Cherrybrook Chase, Christmas Trees, Centenary Project at the
Guide Hall as well as participating in BowelScan, Inala School Fete, Red Shield Appeal, Ronald
McDonald House BBQ and the Nordby Picnic.
This year the Board nominated The Rotary Foundation as one of the main benefactors of our
Fundraising.
Ground work was done to establish a sister Club relationship with Patong Beach.
We had several interesting Vocational visits and had a good series of job talks.
With Youth exchange, we saw our outbound student Ilana Idrus return from Austria in January. We
hosted Thai student, Eoy Suwapan. We also supported RYLA, School debating competition,
Operation Hope, Rotaract, RYDA, NYSF, Honeywell Engineering and Science Summer School
and MUNA which we ran for the second year.
The positions of Membership Director and Fundraising Director were ratified by the Board and
became full voting members of the Club Board.
President – George Beyrouthi
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2006/07
President
President Elect / Club Service
Immediate Past President
Community Service
International Service
Vocational Service
Youth Service
Membership
Fundraising
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Programme
Bulletin
Current Board
Colin Baxter
Barry Lambert
George Beyrouthi
David Turnbull
Gary Blackler
Graham Evans
Anthony Scarcella
Barry Freeman
Brian Furrer
Keith Ball
Graham Coles
Jim Simpson
Dick Bushell
Rod Crosweller
I feel privileged to have been asked to add my thoughts to this special Booklet to mark the
occasion of our Club's 20th anniversary. Rotary fulfils a unique yet consistent role in communities
such as ours in many parts of the world.
I am able to do so because of the commitment of individuals who unselfishly give of their time on a
purely voluntary basis in the provision of Service to others. We are bonded together in the pursuit
of the four Objects of Rotary and guided in those pursuits by The Four Way Test.
To consistently comply with this business model over 20 years through changing times and not
only remain viable but grow both as a Club and as individual members of that Club is truly
remarkable. We still have active Charter members participating in our Club and many who no
longer serve as members but who have remained loyal and who still take an active interest in the
Club's progress. Many of these people are with us today as we celebrate 20 years of Community
involvement. We continue to be recognised in our Community not only because of our Brand which
is very powerful, but by our deeds which in turn enhances that Brand.
Matching actions to needs is not an end-game nor one which, at any particular point in time, is in
equilibrium. The challenge requires careful management of finite, often modest, resources against
infinite real and worthwhile needs.
For 20 years this Club has played that role and many of the landmarks will be highlighted today.
This year we have slightly "broken the mould" by focussing much of the funds on one charity,
Riding for the Disabled at Box Hill, where through the provision of holding yards for horses
between lessons and the provision of benches for visiting parents and carers, we feel we have
been able to "make a difference" to the fine work carried out by this organisation. Our Club has a
culture which was created by those foundation members and by those who served before and
which continues to-day and makes the Club what it is.
In tracing the Club's history and it's successes we should also recognise the role played by our
respective spouses and partners. Much of the strength of our Club comes from the quiet and
effective support our partners provide in the implementation of many of our activities.
Long may that continue.
Happy Birthday and many happy returns!!
President - Colin Baxter
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Club Fundraising
Year
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
Funds
raised from
Activities
$5,650
$7,716
$7,542
$6,150
$15,457
$13,317
$17,931
Year
1945/95
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
Funds
raised from
Activities
$18,720
$17,553
$60,450
$26,675
$24,027
$45,146
$6,423
Year
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
TOTAL
Funds
raised from
Activities
$20,097
$24,655
$20,281
$54,790
$29,687
(in progress)
$422,267
Main Source of Funds
Trailer Raffles
Garage Sales
M2 Open Day
Sausage Sizzles
Tsunami Bucket Collection & Donations
Christmas Tree Sales
Rugby Jersey Sales
Social Functions and Activities
Plant Sales
Art and Craft Show
Auctions
Charity Golf Day
$122,618
$71,577
$37,000
$36,368
$27,397
$26,992
$23,200
$19,529
$11,302
$11,175
$9,218
$5,478
Major Recipients
Rotary Health and Research Foundation
Rotary Foundation
Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
Rotary Club of Patong Beach (Tsunami)
Local Schools
Salvation Army PNG
Cherrybrook Rural Fire Service
Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia
Wesley Drug Arm
Oldies Christmas Lunches
Asthma Foundation
Life Education Centre
Fred Hollows Foundation
Polio Plus
Hope for Children Foundation
New Children's Hospital
Microsearch Foundation
CanTeen
$34,620
$27,840
$25,500
$25,330
$16,441
$14,451
$11,950
$10,600
$9,400
$8,729
$7,000
$8,000
$6,000
$6,000
$5,940
$5,933
$5,000
$5,000
Vision Valley
Ronald McDonald House
U-Turn-The-Wheel (RYDA)
Bear Cottage
Polio PLUS
Hornsby Mental Health
Paralympics Organising Committee
Girl Guides
PNG Nurse Training Project
Forsight Foundation
Exodus Foundation
Royal Blind Society
Camp Quality
Camp Breakaway`
Jacaranda Lodge
Ocean Youth Club
OZINDO Project
Autism Action
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$4,860
$4,521
$4,500
$4,500
$4,000
$2,900
$2,499
$2,150
$2,135
$1,500
$1,500
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
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International Youth Exchange Students
Our club has always supported this excellent Rotary program and the following is a list of our
Outbound and Inbound Students over the years
Year
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
Student
Gretchen Hill
In-bound students
Country
USA
Pernille Lund
Nadina Zylstra
Denmark
South Africa
Anne Schwalge
USA
Arnaud Viggria
Kristina Klintenas
Julie Tranberg
Ryan Acker
Belgium
Sweden
Denmark
USA
Joao Morbin
Brazil
Anja Hoefelmeir
Germany
Juliana Penz
Austria
Tripraparn (Eoy) Suwaparn
Thailand
Senni Tallinen
Finland
Out-bound students
Andrew Handley
Japan
Lindy Chadwick
Canada
Camilla Gorme
USA
Cameron Baseley
Jodie Smith
Steven Riddell
Erin Bowland
USA
Argentina
Belguim
Denmark
Olivia Curtis
Norway
Cash Bazil
Austria
Ilana Idrus
Alex Tenser
Austria
Germany
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Youth Director
John Russell
Alan Paynter
Bob Myatt
Ross Ballinger
Morris Wood
Graham Coles
Graham Coles
Tony Makin
Jim Kehoe
Denis Carpenter
Gabriel Felkei
Gabriel Felkei
Tony Makin
Dick Bushell
George Beyrouthi
George Beyrouthi
George Beyrouthi
Tim Bowland
Tim Bowland
Anthony Scarcella
John Russell
Alan Paynter
Bob Myatt
Ross Ballinger
Morris Wood
Graham Coles
Graham Coles
Tony Makin
Jim Kehoe
Denis Carpenter
Gabriel Felkei
Gabriel Felkei
Tony Makin
Dick Bushell
George Beyrouthi
George Beyrouthi
George Beyrouthi
Tim Bowland
Tim Bowland
Anthony Scarcella
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Club Honour Roll
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Past Presidents
Trevor Turner
Howard Fleming
Theo Taylor
Larry Jacka
Allyn Day
Col Gage
Morris Wood
Ross Ballinger
Graham Coles
Alan Paynter
David Denton
Bob Crabb
Richard Champion
Jim Kehoe
David Turnbull
Richard Bushell
Brian Furrer
Barry Freeman
George Beyrouthi
President’s Award
Ron Emmit Award
Cees De Jong
Ron Emmit Award
Don Hamilton
Ron Emmit Award
Alan Paynter
Ron Emmit Award
Ross Ballinger
Ron Emmit Award
Tony Makin
Ron Emmit Award
Graham Coles
Ron Emmit Award
Bob Smart
Ron Emmit Award
Brian Furrer
Ron Emmit Award
David Turnbull
Ron Emmit Award
Dick Bushell
Ron Emmit Award
Jim Kehoe
Ron Emmit Award
Gary Blackler
Ron Emmit Award
Graham Coles
Ron Emmit Award
George Beyrouthi
In
memory
of Allyn Day
Dick Bushell
In memory of Allyn Day
Denis Carpenter
In memory of Allyn Day
George Beyrouthi
In memory of Allyn Day
Keith Ball
Tim (& Alison) Bowland In memory of Allyn Day
Paul Harris Fellows
Trevor Turner – 88/89
David Denton 98/99
Colin Gage
Morris Wood
Denis Carpenter
David Turnbull 02/03
Don Hansell – 96/97
Gary Blackler 03/04
Richard Champion
Richard Bushell 03/04
Larry Jacka – 91/92
Ross Ballinger 04/05 (SA)
Graham Coles
Brian Furrer 04/05
Alan Paynter
Stan Baseley 04/05
Allyn Day – 94/95
Barry Lambert (SA)
Siva Sivanasen – 96/97
Councillor Nan Horne 05/06
Cees De Jong – 91/92
Barry Freeman 04/05
Theo Taylor – 91/92
Gary Blackler (SA) 05/06
Ross Ballinger
Larry Jacka (SA) 05/06
Howard Fleming – 95/96
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The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook - 20 Anniversary - 1987 to 2007
20th Anniversary
The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook
Sunday 15th of April 2007
Current Members
SURNAME
BALL
BALLINGER
BASELEY
BAKER
BAXTER
BICKFORD
BLACKLER
BOWLAND
BRETT
BUSHELL
CLEARY
COLES
CROSWELLER
CUTHBERTSON
DAVISON
DENMARK
FLEMING*
EVANS
FREEMAN
FURRER
GARNETT
HORNE
JACKA
KEHOE
LAM
LAMBERT
MAKIN
McGOWAN
MORONEY
PARKINSON
PAYNTER*
PIDGEON
RUSSELL*
SAHUKAR
SAVIO
SCARCELLA
SIMPSON
TAYLOR
TENNANT*
TURNBULL
TURNER*
WANSBROUGH
WRIGHT
Known as
Keith
Ross
Stan
Steve
Colin
Tim
Gary
Tim
Brian
Dick
Peter
Graham
Rod
Graham
Bob
Clive
Howard
Graham
Barry
Brian
Peter
Nan
Larry
James
Douglas
Barry
Tony
Colin
Michael
Ross
Alan
Greg
John
Cawas
Roslyn
Anthony
Jim
Theo
Pierre
David
Trevor
Robert
Colin
Partner
Dianne
Helen
Patricia
Jean
Gwen
Sharon
Judi
Alison
Marian
Rosslyn
Julie
Jilda
Robyn
Judy
Beverley
Jenny
Margaret
Joan
Barbara
Ann
Miriam
Muriel
Kaija
Helen
Pamela
Margaret
Catherine
Marilyn
Lyn
Marilyn
Marie
Rashna
Gino
Colombo
Dianne
Gwen
Kay
Jill
Ann
Anne
Dianne
*Charter member
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CLASSIFICATION
Plasterboard Engineering
Sign Services
Manager - Printing
Banking
Financial Services
Commercial Management
Building Consultancy
Residential Designer
Computer Software
Industrial Management
Engineer – Management
Business Consulting
Architecture
Finance Management
Information Technology
Waste Management
Mining Instruments
Wool Industry
Corporate Training
Forestry
Property Consultant
Honorary Member
Consulting Training
Communications Systems Design
TV Production
Pharmaceutical – Manufacturing
Quantity Surveying
Funds Management
Gardening
Education – Teaching
Bathroom Renovations
Baby Wear – Sales
Business Training
Marketer & Trainer
Travel Services
Lawyer
Financial Compliance
Honorary Member
Business Systems
Consulting Plumbing
Plumbing
Veterinary Services
Commodity Broker
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Autographs
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