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An admired Victorian all-rounder Shaun Graf delivers a wealth of cricketing knowledge and stories from his lifetime of playing the game. 

You won’t want to miss this lively and engaging talk by one of cricket’s respected figures.

Some of his many achievements include:

• Commenced 1976 at Premier Club St Kilda Cricket Club -Played over 300 1st xi Grade/District/Premier matches with St Kilda, Frankston Peninsula and South Perth CC winning five (5) Senior Premierships, (Captain/Coached two (2) of those).
• Coached Hampshire in 1993 as a replacement for Malcolm Marshall
• Pro with Wiltshire & Cornwall in the Minor Counties; Knowle in the Bristol & District League & Great Harwood in the Ribblesdale League.
• Played 55 1st class matches for Victoria, WA & Hampshire (1979 - 1984) winning two winning Sheffield Shields, one with Vic (79-80) & WA (83-84) and two one day cup State wins
• Joint winner with Greg Shipperd of the WA Cricketer of the Year in 1983-84
• Represented Australia in 11 one day internationals (India, NZ, WI & Pakistan) and was 12th man in two Tests (India, NZ)
• 1983-84 Played for Western Australia
• State Selector/Chair of Selectors for eight (8) years, successfully managed Victoria’s Salary Cap within the CA Player Payment Pool and State Male/Female lists -this was Victoria’s most successful era in Australian 1st class competition.
• Administered Victorian HP cricket (GM Cricket Performance) for 28 years (took over from Bill Lawry), overseeing eleven (11) Shield finals for seven (7) wins, nine (9) one day finals for four (4) wins, two (2) Women’s State titles and four (4) T20 State Big Bash titles
• Responsible for the Redevelopment of the CitiPower Centre, Junction Oval.
• Overseeing the MCG drop in wickets.
• Project managed 2000 and 2002 Super Challenge Series (India and Pakistan).
• Still very active in Cricket circles at St Kilda, his son is now Coaching St Kilda.

M.C.: David McNamara

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Roger Hunt has had a lifelong interest in history.

After a business career, most recently in executive search, he has researched the remarkable story of the Scottish Benedictine monk, James Robertson. Vindicta is a novel closely based on events in 1808.

A Scottish monk takes revenge on Napoleon. It is 1808. Napoleon is nearing the zenith of his power. Desperate to dent his supremacy, the British government sends James Robertson, a middle-aged, overweight monk on a secret mission to persuade a Spanish general to betray Napoleon.

M.C.: Noel Halford 

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M.C. Dennis Shore 

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Ed Kitchen

Trudy Poole, Past President of Rotary Peninsula 2.0 will talk about Play it Forward a joint venture between, Heartprint (based in Siem Reap), Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds &  Rotary Peninsula 2.0 to deliver playgrounds from Australian communities to disadvantaged areas in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The initiative aims to give underprivileged children access to safe and imaginative spaces for play.

M.C. Katrina Flinn

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Speakers are Emily Wilkinson is the founder and program manager & Voleak Pham is the Communications Co-ordinator of  ‘REACH Siem Reap.

A 'variety of programs which work to lift children and their families out of poverty are offered.

No single program alone can achieve this.

We have identified the following programs which operate simultaneously to make breaking the poverty cycle a reality:

We are passionate about keeping families together’.

M.C. Katrina Flinn

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More to come.

M.C. Doug McLean

M.C. Dorothy Gilmour