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NEWSLETTER FOR CLUBS IN CRANBROOK, DENMARK AND PLANTAGENET Spring / Summer 2014 CLUBLINK FRANKLAND RIVER GOLF CLASSIC Frankland District Golf Club Saturday 18th October 2014 Ambrose Pairs Event 11:00am Start Maximum Handicap - Ladies 36, Men’s 27 Bacon & Egg Buns before Tee-off at 10:00am Sponsored by Local Vineyards and Suppliers Green Fee, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and entry to the band $65 Dinner & band only at Frankland Hall - $35 $10 Late Payment Fee applies to both Events after 16th Oct Children under 12 years receive free kids meal (bookings essential) RSVP Alison Winfield, Secretary, FRWM & GG Assoc., 55 Wingebellup Rd, FRANKLAND RIVER WA 6396. Mobile: 0437 566 315 Email: [email protected] Fantastic Gymnastics ∗ Gymnasts from Mount Barker win medals! Katy Rutter (pictured) President of Denmark Gymnastics, has had the Mount Barker kids attend the Great Southern Gymnastics Competition, and then had some of those gymnasts go on to attend Regional Championships in Katanning. Well done to those involved, and all of which couldn’t happen without VOLUNTEERS :) ∗ There is now the full range of BOYS GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENT including new Parallel Bars, Pommel, Rings and Musroom ∗ There is currently a group of 4-5 boys and with more interest they would like to run 2 groups. So Boys.. get on down to Gymnastics at the Rec Centre and have fun while getting fit, flexible and strong! Cranbrook Motocross Does your child (or you) enjoy the thrill of motorbike riding? Do you want to improve your riding skills beyond the railway tracks, 4wd tracks or farm paddocks? If so have you considered joining a motorcycling WA affiliated club? Motocross is the off-road sport for you if slamming whoops, carving berms and flying high over jumps is your idea of fun. One of the most popular Motorcycling sports, Motocross is run on tracks shaped from natural terrain and produces fast, close and exciting racing. Motocross is a physically demanding form of Motorcycle Sport and tests both rider and their machines to the limit. Before you go out and spend heaps on a bike and gear, we suggest you contact the Club Secretary. They can help by advising you on just what kind of gear you’ll need to get. Usually, to start riding you’ll need a suitable motorcycle and the right protective equipment, including a helmet, gloves, goggles and boots. competition rules, and prove their riding ability to an Motorcycling WA accredited motorcycle coach each year (called “kick start”). Cranbrook Districts Motorcycle Club Inc for the 2015 season (April – October), is offering a *Come & Try Day *Kick Start Training (for junior riders up to 16 years) *Non competitive days (Called Go-Moto) *Competitive days (3 club race days for an Elders Cup prize) The club seeks to maintain a family friendly atmosphere welcoming all riding abilities and ages from 4 years. Our home being the Rockwell Flats track has excellent facilities including hot showers and is very spectator friendly, in fact 90% of the track can be seen from the spectator seating area. Check out our website www.cranbrookmx.com All riders of a Motorcycling WA affiliated club will need to get a MA licence. This is rider accident insurance. It can be either competitive or non competitive and annual or one event. Junior motocross riders (between the age of 7-16) who want to compete in a Club competition for a trophy prize, are required to get an MA licence, know the basic Cranbrook Netball Club Robyn Siegert made a Life Member of the Albany Netball Association For more than 15 years, Robyn has shown wonderful dedication to the Cranbrook Netball Club and as a committee member of the ANA. Robyn coaches and does the administration for the Cranbrook Netball teams. She supports the teams every Saturday in Albany on game days, and regularly umpires. Robyn is Record keeper for the Albany Netball Association and attends monthly committee meetings. Love your work Robyn! Tenterden Tennis Club Successful Department of Sport and Recreation CSRFF application sees the club getting ready for implementing the project of developing a NEW CLUBHOUSE. Cranbrook receives AED CBH and St John donated defibrillator to Cranbrook Sporting Club for the members and community to use when required Have fun and get involved with Denmark Surf Life Saving Club The Denmark Surf Life Saving Club, based at Ocean Beach, is an inclusive social community organisation that offers something for everyone. All are welcome, from seven to one hundred and seven, with both active and social memberships available. It is a great place to make new friends, have fun, learn about ocean safety and get some exercise - the club rooms are based right on the beach and have some of the best views in Denmark. The qualified volunteer surf life savers patrol Ocean Beach during the weekends and over the summer school holidays helping locals and tourists alike and saving lives. Every Sunday children and adults meet for a morning of exercise, learning and adventure including an optional supervised club swim. To find out more call the club President George Mumford on 0432 955 436, visit www.denmarksurf.com.au, or come along to the registration day at Ocean Beach on Sunday 19 October between 10am and 1pm. The more you put into the club the more you’ll get out of it - see you at the beach! DENMARK CRICKET CLUB INC. The Denmark Cricket Club, Senior & Junior, are preparing for a big season in 2014/15. The Senior Club have an A grade team in the Albany Cricket Association. Dan Robson has been appointed A grade captain for the season and he has a young team full of potential at this disposal. Players to watch this season include legendary run-maker Peter Ross, 2012/13 association Leading wicket taker Brad Stewart, plus youngsters Liam Higgins & Fynn Underwood. Dan said, “It is a season full of promise. The combination of experience and youthful exuberance is exciting for Denmark Cricket Club. The development of young players is a priority. And watch this space as these players, along with our seasoned campaigners make an impact during the 2014/15 season”. The Juniors’ will have an Under 12’s team competing in the Albany Junior Cricket Association and are striving to have an Under 14’s for the first time in some while. The Under 10’s and In2Cricket look again to be popular, playing every Saturday from 8.30am. The Club is also a registered Kidsport club which will assist families with their fees. President Greg Cracknell said, “With the Club making A Grade finals 2 seasons ago, players now realised what it takes to take their game to the next level. Junior Cricket is now starting to flourish in Denmark due to the tremendous support of both kids and parents”. “The Club is looking forward to a successful season as we strive for our elusive first A grade flag in the Albany Cricket Association”. The Senior’s season will once again tip off with the Pre-season 20/20 Competition held in Denmark on Saturday 11th October from 10am, with the final played under lights at the fantastic Mclean Park ground. The Club would love to see past players and interested community members down at the ground to cheer on the local side. Check out the Play By The Rules Website for valuable information for your club! Denmark Riverside Club Presentation of next year enabling young people access and use of Riverside facilities, supervised by staff of Tha House $5000 to Tha House On Friday 5th September Maureen Cowdell, Vice President of the Riverside Club presented a Cheque for $5000 to Clare Harrison of Tha House. The presentation followed on from the agreed collaborative project between the Shire of Denmark and the Denmark Riverside Club. Tha House is a “ Youth drop in centre” and the money is to be spent to help and assist Clare to prepare a “Healthy Living” program. Once a month a Guest speaker will present the workshop on a range of topics such as – food preparation, eating right, growing simple gardens/ plants and well- being. A school holiday program will be prepared for the Denmark Basketball Success Story! Glen Burton was paid by the club to run some junior Basketball training in Primary Schools for 5 weeks. The Club has seen an increase in Junior girls joining up this season as a result. Hooray! and Riverside Members to utilise canoes, dragon boats and Bowls in a structured (but casual) learning environment. It is intended that on completion of this project successive programs and agreed outcomes will be entered into for successive years. Denmark Tennis Celebrates its 90th Birthday with an Open Day on October 4. AGM is October 18 Denmark Dragon Boat The Denmark Dragon Boat had a wonderful celebration on the 13th September, the dinner and dance followed our AGM which celebrated the beginning of a new era as we formally close DDBC to now come completely under the umbrella of the Denmark Riverside Club Inc. We are now embarking on a membership drive to encourage more participation. We have a Free Event to come and try dragon boating planned for Oct 12th as part of the Outdoors October Promotion. FREE EVENT PRESENTED BY THE ‘DENMARK RIVERSIDE CLUB’ DRAGON BOAT TEAM. COME AND TRY DRAGONBOATING Sunday 12th OCTOBER Denmark River Time: Arrive anytime between 9.30am Place: John Clark Memorial Bandstand - 12.30 Parking at Riverside Club (Bowling Club) Wear: Clothes and shoes that don’t matter if they get a lit- tle wet. (After all it is a water sport.) Also available @ Tambellup CRC Tue 21st Oct. 6—9pm and Jerramungup CRC Wed 22nd Oct. 6—9pm Mount Barker Golf and Bowls The Mount Barker Golf club is to host the 2016 GOLFWA Men's State Sandgreens Championships. This was announced at the conclusion of the 2014 championships held in Katanning. The event will be held over 4 days in the second week in August, approximately 200 golfers will participate, which will result in benefits for the club and the district. Club Golf Championships will be played in October to conclude the 2014 season. The men's 4BBB Matchplay Championships have been decided, the champions are Peter Steicke and Jeff Moir they defeated Don Pomery and Frank Bradshaw 4/2 in the final. Dave Pearce and Phil Baker were successful in the plate final, winning from Ian Bateman and Chris Gardner 2/1.Kerry Steicke has won the State "Silver Spoon" competition playoff for Sandgreen Clubs. Our Club Opening Day for 2014/15 Bowls season will be held on 5th October, pennants will start for Ladies on October 4th and for men on 8th November. A five week season of Community Bowls will commence on Thursday evening 13th November and finish on Thursday 11th December, any one interested to participate will be very welcome West Plantagenet Pony Club Celebrates 50 years 2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of West Plantagenet Pony Club. Show Jumping, Eventing and Games. Most recently representing Australia with current member, Victoria Squire, competing at the Tetrathlon in Perth. The Tetrathlon is a combination of Horse riding, swimming, running and shooting. All Past and Present members were invited to attend the rally on Sunday the 5th October at the grounds from 10am for morning tea, lunch and a get together. The Pony Club members have included several generations of the same family with some current riders having Grandparents who were involved from the beginning. West Plantagenet Pony Club is one of 68 affiliated clubs within Western Australia. We are a member of the Great Southern Zone and are located on Martagallup Rd Tenterden, West of Kendenup. Hundreds of members have enjoyed Rallies, One Day Events, Camps, Shows and Gymkhanas. Wonderful memories have been created and friends made at the Pony Club Grounds which have a charm all of their own! The club was first formed in 1962 and was called The Perrillup Pony Club with instructors Mrs Val Symons and Mrs Norma Squire. With maintained strong interest, the club affiliated with PCAWA in February 1964 and became West Plantagenet Pony Club. On June 26th 1965 the club moved to Martagallup School Reserve and still uses these grounds today. Julieann Climie on 0428 860 979 or Ferne Faulkner on 0427 230 280 The Club is one of the oldest in the Great Southern and during the past five decades members have competed at the highest level including Dressage, Mount Barker Tennis Club OPEN NIGHT Friday 17tth October 5pm FREE sausage sizzle. Come and meet the members and have a hit. All Player Levels and ages welcome. Norm 0428882714 or Phil 0410012912 How can your organisation take part? First of all your organisation needs to register as a member of Volunteering WA. There is no charge for basic membership and this enables us to ensure that you have the right insurance in place to cover volunteers. Once Volunteering WA has received and processed the membership application we can start to work with you: • To recruit volunteers. The Volunteers in Sport project is a collaboration between The Department of Sport and Recreation and Vol- • To retain volunteers. unteering WA. The purpose of the project is to support sports and recreation clubs in Western Australia to find How can you volunteer? recruit and retain volunteers. • Look at the volunteer opportunities page on this Volunteering WA is targeting universities and website, find one that you like and click on 'express the corporate sector to create a new pool of volvolunteeringwa.org.au interest'. unteers for sport and recreation clubs to recruit • volunteer profile and let the opportunities come to from. you. How can we help? Matthew Maxted • • • Provide online listings of volunteer positions. Project Manager Volunteering WA Work with our community partners to promote your E: [email protected] T: 9482 4310 F: 9482 4334 volunteer opportunities and events. Provide support and training related to working http://sport.volunteeringwa.org.au/ with volunteers. RECOGNISING YOUR VOLUNTEERS BETTER A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE rants for your volunteers ∗ Have a volunteer of the month award ∗ Name events or facilities after long serving volunteers ∗ Award life memberships for long serving volunteers ∗ Reimburse out-of pocket expenses for volunteers ∗ Acknowledge the efforts of volunteers during committee meetings ∗ Hold special “thank you” or social functions in honour of volunteers ∗ Present volunteers with a special memento recognising their service to the organisation ∗ Farewell volunteers when they move away from the area or leave the organisation ∗ Smile, say hello and thank you to your volunteers on a regular basis ∗ Send welcome letters when volunteers are first recruited ∗ Include volunteers in organisational charts ∗ Write letters and post cards of thanks to volunteers ∗ Write letters of reference and include details of service ∗ Provide identification pins, badges, shirts or caps ∗ Provide discounted memberships to volunteers ∗ Acknowledge and profile volunteers in newsletters ∗ ∗ Present volunteer awards at annual general meet∗ ings or awards ceremonies Provide meal and petrol vouchers to volunteers ∗ Feature your volunteers at special events through- ∗ out the year (eg: state championships; national league games; family days) Present special awards for 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 and more years of service ∗ Provide complimentary tickets to volunteers for special events functions ∗ Send get well, birthday and Christmas cards to your volunteers ∗ Arrange discounts at local sport stores or restau- Arrange for free or discounted use of facilities Source: Recognising Volunteers – Active Australia Volunteer Management Program; Australian Sports Commission CLUBLINK CONTACT See below for grants / funding information. Please contact me if you need some assistance! Kylie Clarke ([email protected]) grantsdirectory.dlg.wa.gov.au—provides a printable list of grants • http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/club-equipment-subsidy • http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/athlete-travel-subsidy-scheme • http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/community-participation-funding • http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/arc Kylie Clarke Club Development Officer PO Box 48 MOUNT BARKER WA 6324 98921138 or 0428036238 [email protected] www.cranbrook.wa.gov.au www.denmark.wa.gov.au www.plantagenet.wa.gov.au lotterywest.wa.gov.au/grants asf.org.au— projects to be tax deductible Servicing the Shires of: Bankwest happy 365—20 entries are voted on each month $200—$1,000 grant. Person doing the application or club needs to be a customer of Bankwest. grantsandfunding.com.au http://www.kidsfund.telstrafoundation.com opens July 2014 http://www.projectdefib.com.au/ http://www.defibforlife.org.au/cause mgjst.com.au—McDonalds Junior Sports Trust Check with your State Sporting Association to see what help they can provide. Supported by: Melville Toyota has an agreement with Hockey WA for a $300 club benefit http://www.quickbeds.com/grassroots https://www.fundraising.com.au/community-grants grant for up to $1200 to "live well" which includes purchasing equipment to increase participation. Looks like you have to buy some Cadbury product first so that you are a customer. https://www.cbh.com.au/our-community/grass-roots-fund.aspx http://www.healthway.wa.gov.au/programs/sponsorship
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