August 2012 Drumbeater

THE DRUM BEATER            

                                                         AUGUST  2012 NEWSLETTER     OF MRDBC

Hi fellow paddlers,

The sun is shining  and its warming up.  The Manning River waters are now warm, so come on down and join us paddling. Bring a friend, bring 2 friends, bring MALE friends.

REPAIR  OF THE BOAT.

A worker from Stebercraft has kindly offered to look and repair the boat for us. He is happy to continue to advise us on any further care of our boats and do minor repairs for us.

LIFE JACKETS.

As you are aware we received a grant from the Holiday Coast Credit Union for the purchase of 24 life jackets so we can use them when taking out groups.  Thank you Ted for making the hooks to hang them up.  A photo will be in the Times soon. Thank you Jennifer, Cathy S, Maureen and Ted for all the time spent resourcing  and trialling. They have already been used.

WEBSITE.

Our website is up and running. Please have a look at it.  We are not able to put names down for training at this point in time but this will happen.  Thank you Alison for all the hard work already put in.

REPLY FROM COUNCIL RE FUNDING FOR RIVER BANK.

I sent a letter (on behalf of our club) to council re the disgraceful disrepair of the river bank and the funds they received to build a path from the old pool site to town.  We wish for money to be used to repair the wall. The funding is specifically for the use of the path.  The Council is not responsible for the wall, etc, etc.  We will take this further.

UNIFORMS.

Available from Workwise, Elizabeth Ave Taree.  There are still some very exclusive hats still available for $5.00 from Cathy S and Deb.( MANNNG) Marg Kurtz is happy to take over the hats.  Thank you7, thank you.

We are looking at getting fleecy tops and rain jackets as well.

REGATTA MEETING.

A reminder of the Regatta Meeting next Tuesday  11th Sept. 2012 at Waterfront Room, Exchange hotel, Manning St.  7.30pm-8.30pm.

Please attend.

MONEY LEFT IN CAGE.

Money from training has been left on the floor of the cage.  Please put in the draw of the boat if Cath S is not on board. The Sweep is responsible for the money.(not to go to the pub for a drink).

PUBLICITY OFFICER POSITION VACANT.

The Publicity Officer position is vacant.  It will remain vacant until the AGM(end of Oct).  The Committee will take over this position until then.  See the Committee if you wish to have something published.

CAPTAINS REPORT.

Not enough for a team for Mylestom.  We have 6 people volunteering. We need to send 2 vollies to each of our southern regattas.  We need to learn all jobs so when it is our regatta we know what we are doing(well  pretend to know).

We have some first time vollies.  Well done.  We will have fun, fun, fun.

Thank you Cath S, Jennifer, Trish, Sandi, Catherine C and Me.

Just a reminder.  If we don’t go to regattas we won’t be able to paddle at Chinese NY which we all love to go to.

Pan Pacs Training. The paddlers that are going to the Masters Games(pan Pacs) in Qld in Nov are training hard. (in mind as well as in body). We are training at Macksville as well as Taree and Foster with our North Coast team members. Hope you have all registered and don’t forget to pay for your uniforms(on line)

WELCOME.

Welcome to our newest member,Sharon Cross.  May you have lots of fun paddling with us.

BIRTHDAY WISHES.

 

            Deb Ashwell             12th

Sally Crawford           31st

Shane Manahan       27th

 Maureen Van Rossum Du Chattel   19th

SICK LIST

Rhonda . Get well soon. We all know how much you love Wazza, but there is no need to over beat your heart over him!!!

 

See you on the water.

Gaye