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President's Note

Not only has it been a big week for footy, it has also been a big week for Rotary Hawthorn.
 
Last Saturday club members, friends and family members assisted in the loading of a container of medical equipment and supplies to Cambodia. It was wonderful to see so many of us participating in this activity, work together and getting the job done in one day. 
 
Last Thursday night was the inaugural Thursday group meeting at the Auburn hotel (previously known as The Geebung Polo Club) , which was a terrific opportunity to expand our network and get the message of Rotary and the opportunity to make a difference to our communities. Well done to Noel Halford for organising this meeting and a big thanks to all of our members that attended.
 
The next Thursday meeting will be on the evening of 19th October with Di Gillies talking on Interplast.
 
Our Filipino food night and fundraiser (at the Auburn Bowls) has been moved to 16th November and will double as the Thursday group meeting.
 
If you can spare some time on Sunday 8th October (Hay’s Paddock Kew East) please join us in our mission to plant a tree for each member and share in a BBQ lunch.
 
Can you help? There are students and teachers visiting Melbourne to attend the Swinburne Science Experience and are seeking some homestay accommodation for nights of 4th to 7th December. Let me know if you can assist. This program is supported by Rotary for science students in years 9 & 10.
 
See you next week!
 
Katrina
 
Reminiscences  of a Sports Journalist
Brian Morley intrigued the club with his memories of a fifty-year career in Journalism and Broadcasting.
 
Isn’t it great to be alive in Melbourne in Grand Final week!  The atmosphere; public holiday; anticipation of the game,
It brings memories of football years past – when football was more of  a sport than a profession; when players held down a proper job and trained Tuesdays and Thursdays, ready for the game on Saturday
And it brings memories of some great grand finals – and some fascinating events around Grand Finals.
 
Memories like this …
1935 – Star South Melbourne full forward Bob Pratt was forced to withdraw from the grand final after he was hit by a truck in trying to cross the road the day before the game. Pratt had booted 362 in three seasons. Without him the Swans lost to Collingwood by 20 points, despite having as many scoring shots as the Magpies.
1951 - Essendon's last match of the home-and-away season, Carlton fullback Harry Caspar and Essendon full forward John Coleman each reported for punching and each suspended for four weeks. It was confirmed by two umpires that Coleman had retaliated to punches by Caspar, but this did not sway the Tribunal. Thus Coleman missed the finals including the Grand Final which was won by Geelong by 11 points.
1964 – The famous game in which Collingwood big man Ray Gabelich scored a goal in the dying minutes. With five minutes to go, the ball had been passed to Gabelich by Des Tuddenham. Gabelich then ran awkwardly towards the Collingwood goal, struggling to control the ball, and bouncing the ball four times in a run of, at least fifty yards and, then, kicking a goal that put Collingwood in front. However, a minute later, Melbourne defender Neil Crompton kicked a goal, putting Melbourne in front by four points. Collingwood were unable to score again.
1966 – St Kilda won their first premiership in 69 years of competition, defeating Collingwood by a solitary point. With only moments left, the two sides were locked level. Finally, Barry Breen snapped the point that gave the club its first and to date only premiership in its history. Every young footballer’s dream –
to beat Collingwood by a point in the Grand Final! A pity we couldn’t repeat the dose in 2010 …
My football experiences were centred on the 1960s and 70s. I was a journalist in the 3AW Newsroom with football/sport as an extra-curricula activity.
My journalistic experiences are the subject of other discussions – starting at The Age in Collins Street in 1956, moving to 3AW in 1960, a stint at Channel 0 when it opened, then back to 3AW.
My time in the 3AW newsroom experienced some of the biggest stories of the 60s and 70s.
I covered all the major stories of the era:
 the execution of Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in Australia. I was one of the official witnesses at the execution. It was an event that haunts me to this day.
 the collapse of West Gate Bridge and prior to that, the collapse of the King Street Bridge
 the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt
 the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King
 the start of the ‘space race’ between the US and USSR
 man’s first landing on the Moon
 the Vietnam War rallies on the streets of Melbourne – and of course the Vietnam war
 the Beatles visit to Melbourne
 a Royal Tour to Australia
 Bart Cummings’ first Melbourne Cup win
 the “It’s Time” election victory of Gough Whitlam and the ALP
 
Extraordinary times and extraordinary stories.
In the midst of all that came football!
Being selected to call the football with Harry Beitzel was one of the biggest thrills of my life. He was one of the “true voices of football” in Melbourne. And of course with Harry Beitzel came one of the great characters of the football world – “Turkey” Tom Lahiff.  They were inseparable when it came to football broadcasting.
The Macquarie Radio Network decided to go national with its news service – with its HQ based in Sydney.
I was offered the opportunity to go to Sydney to be the National News Editor and quite frankly as a journalist, it was an offer not to be refused. So in June 1972 I moved to Sydney with my family.
The implications for the football broadcasts were quite significant. I was needed for the call – and there was really only one solution: fly down to Melbourne on Saturday morning, call the game, and fly back to Sydney on Saturday evening.
A postscript to this part of my working life was that when I decided to return to Melbourne to live and work in the middle of 1973, 3AW asked me to do the studio anchoring job for Saturday afternoons in the football season.
 
After a career in Broadcasting, Brian Morley became a Public Relationship Representative, representing Alcoa, the SEC, CityLink and the Royal Melbourne Show.  He remained active in football broadcasting
Rotary Hawthorn Thursday Evening Meeting.
Rotary Hawthorn has broken with tradition and now conducts a fifth meeting each month for those who would like to be involved in Rotary but are unable to attend its regular weekly Tuesday meetings.
The inaugural Third Thursday in the Month meeting was deemed to be a great success with an attendance of approximately twenty people who were interested in learning more about Rotary.
Many of the first time attendees came from our Club Meetup Site and we were also delighted to have some Swinburne students from our recent Public Speaking Training Group
It was great to see so many of our members being on hand to answer questions from an enthusiastic group
The meeting was held at the Auburn Hotel and its first Guest Speaker was David Sia who told us of his remarkable journey from Cambodia to Australia as a refugee and the family success in establishing a thriving IT Services company.
Special thanks to all those who supported this venture and to President Katrina Flinn and Chairman Sujay Capoor.
Our next Third Thursday meeting will take place  at the Auburn Hotel on 19th October. Guest speaker Di Gillies who will make a presentation on the work of Interplast.
We have already had some enquiries about our next meeting and expect it to be well attended.
Our objective is to grow this group to where it can identify projects and work on these with the whole club.
The organisers Brian Reid and Noel Halford are confident that this new group will make the total club stronger and more effective in serving the community.
 
 
Loading Day at DIK
What a great team of willing workers we had at the Donations-in-Kind warehouse in West Footscray on Saturday.  
 
Head storeman Laurie Fisher had opened the store for us at 8am, and by 9am we had goods lining up beside the container. Thanks to the packing skills of Bob Glindemann and fork-lift expert Andy, we soon had the job on the run, filling every nook and cranny. You are no doubt aware that freight charges are by the square foot, not the weight. 
Two X-Ray, one Ultarsound, two anaesthesia machines and an operating table were fixed in place and protective padding in the form of mattresses wedged beside them.  Boxes of drapes, gloves, gowns, caps, surgical dressings, masks and bootees, lead aprons, operating microscope, endoscope with light source, orthotic boots, drills, saws and other surgical goods, a couple of cots, arthroscopic shavers, controls, foot pedals, surgical tourniquets, hygiene pads: you name it and we probably loaded it.
So who were these dedicated labourers?  President Katrina Flinn led the way for Ian Macfarlane, Sheridan Brown, Charles Morrison, Lawrence Reddaway, Ian Hamilton, Hans Carlborg, Geoff Wright, Chris Hanson, Peter Lugg and myself to follow.
The ladies fortunately were taken under the wing of Essendon’s Jenny Foster, who gave them some lighter sorting of donated medical goods to do. So we owe special thanks to Jane Drury, Ginia Reddaway, Jan Macfarlane and Susi White for their assistance.
Nurse Debra Sloggett of Essendon was a pillar of strength, keeping track of the goods as we loaded, and continuously amending Peter Lugg’s inventory with some creative calls. Being a container of medical goods, “physiotherapy exercise modules” covered bicycles, and “bed-linen production and repair” covered a couple of commercial sewing machines and bolts of cloth.
The container held more than we expected, so some goods we had considered for a future container were added.  By 1.45 pm we had the container fully loaded and the doors closed.  Peter Lugg took the final photo with a sigh of satisfaction. Bob, Hans, myself and Andy: tired but happy.
Well done, team: now we look forward to hearing how our container is received at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh. 
The Shadow
The Shadow is on holiday, but his resident-in-training gnome is happy to publish any gossip: just whisper in the right ear. 
 
 
Following Brian Morley’s dissertation on Football and Journalism, our resident antiquarian Dr John Carre-Riddell had a unique offer for our members: free admission to the MCG member's stand for the AFL Grand Final. Our members hopes were dashed when they saw that the membership cards were over 100 years old.  Nice one, John.
 
 
 
 
The Fabulous Halfords were out in force at Tuesday’s meeting: our photo shows Noel Halford with his sister Elaine Auld, wife Marjorie, and cousin, guest speaker Brian Morley. Noel took the opportunity to remind us of the upcoming Golf Day on Monday, 23rd October, now just a month away. If you prefer not to spoil the day by actually playing golf, Noel has lots of assisting jobs for you.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Welcome back Jim O’Beirne, it is good to see you following the passing of Kate. We extend our sympathy and best wishes.  Dr John certainly got in your ear on Tuesday, probably extolling the virtues of his football team.
 
 
 
 
Don't forget that The Rotary Club of Hawthorn will join with the Rotary Clubs of Glenferrie, Kew and Yarra Bend to plant trees at Hays Paddock, Leason Street Kew East on Sunday October 8th 2017 at 10:00am.
A barbecue lunch will be served from 12 noon.
Wee Jock is considering coming along, to help water all those freshly planted trees. 
 
 
 
Plant a Tree
Rotary International President, Australian Ian Riseley, has called upon Rotarians the world over to priotise the environment amongst Rotary programs.
 
In answer to the call to plant more than 1.2 million trees worldwide, one for every Rotarian, The Rotary Club of Hawthorn will join with the Rotary Clubs of Glenferrie, Kew and Yarra Bend to plant trees at Hays Paddock, Leason Street Kew East on Sunday October 8th 2017 at 10:00am.
A barbecue lunch will be served from 12 noon.
The City of Boroondara has kindly agreed to provide 200 trees and will prepare the ground and provide some tools (although don't hesitate to bring your favourite implement!).
The morning promises to be very pleasant indeed, enjoying the outdoors, the company of friends old and new, and contributing to making a difference to the Earth.
 
We have 16 volunteers already!
Come along and enjoy the fun. 
Looking forward to seeing you with shovel and gumboots:
Sunday October 8th, 2017
10:00am - Lunchtime
Hays Paddock
Leason Street 
Kew East 
 
Golf Day - Entry Form
 
 
ENTRY FORM
BOROONDARA CARES
CHANCES GOLF DAY
MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2017
BOX HILL GOLF CLUB
Name
GA Number
Handicap
Golf Club
(If applicable)
Rotary Club
(If applicable)
Dietary Requirements?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment by bank transfer to Rotary Club of Hawthorn
Account Name: Rotary Club of Hawthorn
National Australia Bank: 083 166 532545861
 
$95.00 per person                          Dining Only $50.00 per person
 
Return form to: Noel Halford   - noelhalford@gmail.com
 
Make-ups and Apologies

Lawrence Reddaway always seeks to finalize numbers by Sunday 10pm by collating  responses to attendance at the next meeting.   So please try the electronic response (or phone) or even carrier pidgeon!    Forewarn of any guests at the same time.   This minimizes catering costs. 

Geoff Wright collates the attendance information.  He needs to know of  "make up " events.

Club Roster 

CLUB MEETING DUTIES      
If you cannot perform your duty, please find a replacement or contact Charles Morrison

 

    3 Ostober

    10 October

 17 October

     

   24 October

 

Greeting & Badges

   

   Earliest arrival

 

    Earliest arrival

    Earliest arrival

   Earliest arrival

Front Desk

    M.Christoffelsz

  Drury

  Hamilton

 McInnes

Credit Cards

  Logan

    Owen

     Pisterman

 

Set & Clear Up    

    Stewart

     Stewart

      Stewart  

    Stewart

MC        

  Flinn

 

     TBA

   TBA

 

ClubRunner
Lunch Speakers
Oct 03, 2017

Peter, a member of the  Balwyn Rotary Club was President in 2011-12. He has been involved with Donations In Kind ('D.I.K.') and many project areas. Peter is a Paul Harris Society member.  His wife Anne, also a Rotarian, is a retired science teacher.

Chair:  Katrina Flinn

Oct 10, 2017
Rotary Hat Day: 'Stability In Mind'
Oct 17, 2017
Security, Crime In Boroondara
Oct 24, 2017
Behind The Badge
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Club Events
Plant a Tree & BBQ: Riverside Cluster
Hays Paddock
Oct 08, 2017
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Chances Golf Day: You're Invited
Box Hill Golf Club
Oct 23, 2017
11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
 
Filipino Food Night-Fundraiser & Thursday Group
Auburn Bowls Club
Nov 16, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Rotary District 9800 annual conference
Mar 16, 2018 – Mar 18, 2018
 
Birthdays
Member Birthdays
David Owen
September 9
 
Spouse Birthdays
Amanda
September 11
 
Club Directors
President
 
Vice President
 
Secretary
 
Treasurer
 
President Elect
 
Club Services Director
 
Community Service Director
 
Youth & Vocational Director
 
International Service Director
 
Hawthorn Rotary P.O. Box 33, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia.
Web:  www.hawthornrotary.org.au