ROMAC Bike Bash Presentation

Dinner

Duty Officers—Bryan Threlfall & John Stainlay

The Board of Murwillumbah

Central Rotary Club

next meeting date—

at Jack Heffernan’s house

Monday June 3 at 6.00pm.

Tonight’s Muster

Roast Lamb

A weekly news update for members and guests of

Rotary Club of Murwillumbah Central Inc. Rotary International Club Number 17900 100% PHF Club (2012) 100% EREY Club (2012)

Meeting—6.00 for 6.30 pm EST or DST, At Murwillumbah Golf Club Mail to—PO Box 33 Murwillumbah NSW 2484

In the spirit!

Changeover dates.

Global Swimarathon awards.

Sparkling Success—Rotaract Charter night.

108108 YEARSYEARS

ROMAC—much more than another synonym

Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for

Children, ROMAC for short, is a

project of Australian Rotary Clubs

and is managed by a committee

consisting of representatives of all

Australian Rotary districts.

Surgery for a child is one of the most

dramatic of life‟s experiences. What

if you add a foreign country; you

can‟t speak the language; you have

never seen a big city before, cars on

roads, much less a multi-storey

building with an elevator!

That‟s the situation faced by many

ROMAC patients and the relative

that accompanies them to Australia

or New Zealand.

Fortunately Rotary and ROMAC

care goes well beyond just medical

treatment. Having been accepted by

ROMAC, a hospital and surgeon are

arranged and then the logistics of

care start. Passports, visas and

transport are arranged.

A ROMAC representative meets the

patient at their first point of

Immigration check. Then, if

necessary, sees them on to their

domestic flight. They are met at their

arrival point by someone

with a smile and the

Rotary wheel on a jacket

or cap.

Accommodation is

arranged and can be with

someone from the same

ethnic community or a

ROMAC supporter.

Ronald McDonald

House has given great

support to our patients.

Some hospitals have

accommodation for

patients.

Whilst medical treatment

is the purpose of ROMAC, this is

basically handled by surgeons and

medical staff, but the key to

ROMAC is our dedicated carers who

are constantly available to attend

medical appointments and to take the

patients on special outings.

The local ROMAC Region gets a

club involved to ensure patients get

to appointments and have

appropriate food and friendship.

Food can be a big issue and

ROMAC provides them with rice,

fish and chicken.

ROMAC copes with day to day

disasters - like racing a young baby

to Emergency at 2am and doctors

being baffled as to why a small

patient was turning blue. Until the

doctor asked the mother, “Did you

wash those blue pyjamas before you

put them on her?” It was the first

time the child had worn new clothes!

ROMAC copes with the situation of

patients arriving with three month

visas and treatments

Scheduled for six months, which

requires visa extension so that they

do not become illegal immigrants.

Or realising they have never been in

a car before and telling us they are

suffering motion sickness. Or

finding the beds unslept in because

they were not brave enough to

disturb such a pristine bed set up!

A joy for ROMAC is seeing people

involved for the first time and clubs

realizing “This is one of the best

things we have ever done”.

A child and mother from East Timor in Melbourne for

treatment with Paediatric surgeon Assoc/Professor David

Croaker.

Tuesday June 4 2013

D9640 District Governor—

Sandra Doumany

D9640 Assistant Governor—

Anne Egan

Club Office Bearers BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President—

Jack Heffernan

Vice President & Pres Elect—

David Vickers-Shand

Immediate Past President—

Noel Graham

Secretary —

Peter Sochacki

Treasurer—

Michael Grisedale

Membership Director—

David Vickers-Shand

Public Relations Director—

Denis Hallworth

Club Administration Director—

Denis Hallworth

Service Projects Director—

George Phillips

Rotary Foundation Director—

David Vickers-Shand

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES

Club Program Chair—

Bryan Threlfall

Community Service Chair—

Judy Mason

International Service Chair—

Tony Hayes

Vocational Service Chair—

Richard Johnston

Youth Service Chair—

George Phillips

Social Activities Chair—

Ian Baker

Club Protection Officer—

Michael Grisedale

College of Presidents Chair—

Denis Hallworth

OTHER POSITIONS

Bike Ride 2011/12—

Michael Grisedale

Tony Worrad

Barry Lack

Noel Graham

Sergeants—

Noel Graham

John Stainlay

Heads & Tails—

Noel Graham

John Stainlay

District Office Bearers

It’s Bowelscan time again It was last week anyway, but if somehow

you forgot to obtain a kit you can still get

one if you hurry to one of the three

pharmacies in Main Street before

Wednesday.

The Bowelscan project relies

tremendously on our members and

partners to volunteer their time to operate

the sales table at Sunnyside Shopping

Centre. I thank sincerely all who assisted

in manning the sales table during last

week.

We started with Bryan Threlfall and Denis

Hallworth on Saturday, Chris

Chrisostomos, John O‟Reilly and Peter

Sochacki on Monday, Chris and Bryan

both did another shift on Tuesday, Kevin

Damsma and John Hill followed by Neil

and June deClosey on Wednesday, John

Hill and Denis Hallworth covered

Thursday, John Hill did a third shift and

Mike Grisedale covered Friday. Bryan

Threlfall on Saturday to finish up.

All pharmacies in Murwillumbah also

participated selling kits, and this year all

completed kits were to be returned direct

to Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology.

Total sales this year should be around

340 kits, higher than last year when the

total was 251 kits.

There are times when it hardly seems

worthwhile when waiting for a long time

for the next sale, but when a person

comes up and thanks you for the

Bowelscan program because a family

member discovered cancer last year after

testing with our kit, it makes the effort

and boredom worth putting up with.

Thanks again to all volunteers, it is great

to know that support will be there when

arranging a week long sales effort.

Important Changeover Dates

Murwillumbah Central—Tuesday

June 25 at Murwillumbah Golf Club,

6.00pm for 6.30pm, $30 per person.

RSVP Thursday June 20 to Denis

Hallworth 66779302 or

denish@onthenet.com.au

Murwillumbah—Saturday June 22 at

Greenhills on Tweed, incorporating the

75th anniversary of Murwillumbah

Club.

RSVP Saturday June 15 to Bob

Missingham 66722029.

Mt Warning AM—Sunday June 23 at

Summergrove Estate, 363 Carool

Road, Carool, 12.00 for 12.30

luncheon, $42 per person. RSVP and

payment by Wednesday June 12 to

cansdale@bigpond.net.au.

District Changeover—Saturday July

6 at Stanthorpe International Club,

Club Road, Stanthorpe, 6.00pm for

6.30pm, $40 per person, RSVP and

payment by Friday June 28 to Sandra

Hansen —

sandrah@vccatanzaro.com.au

OR Perditta O‟Connor — 0427670150

Thought of the day

"Plato was a bore."

- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

THE OBJECT OF

ROTARY

To encourage and foster

the ideal of service as a

basis of worthy enterprise

and, in particular, to

encourage and foster

1 The development of

acquaintance as an

opportunity for service

2 High ethical standards

i n b u s i n e s s a n d

p r o f e s s i o n s ; t h e

recognition of worthiness

of all useful occupations;

and the dignifying by each

Rotarian of his occupation

as an opportunity to serve

society

3 The application of the

ideal of service by every

Rotarian to his personal,

business and community

life

4 The advancement of

i n t e r n a t i o n a l

understanding, goodwill

and peace through a world

fellowship of business and

professional men united in

the ideal of service

NOTES

of the things

we think, say or do.

1 Is it the TRUTH ?

2 Is it FAIR to all

concerned ?

3 Will it build GOODWILL

and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS ?

4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to

all concerned ?

Social trip to Eumundi Markets

An invitation has been

received from Mt

Warning AM Rotary to

accompany their club

on a visit to Eumundi

Markets.

This would be both a

social day between the

clubs and a fundraising

day for Tweed

Palliative Support.

The date is Saturday

June 22 with departure

from Sunnyside bus

area at 6.00am. The

coach will return

around 6.00pm the

same evening.

The cost for the day is

yet to be decided, but

if interested please

advise Jack Heffernan

as soon as possible to

ensure your seat on the

coach. Jack is driving

and a large

comfortable touring

coach is being used to

have great comfort.

Morning tea will be

included, but lunch

will be your own

choice at Eumundi.

Eumundi Markets is located in the hinterland from Noosa and is usually too far for

the average person to make a day trip. By using a coach and an early start adequate

time can be had for shopping and absorbing the character of the markets.

This will be a great occasion for those able to go along. But remember to book with

Jack to be sure not to miss out.

Wear comfortable shoes as there is a lot of walking at

Eumundi Markets. Also remember a hat and sunscreen.

Hi Everyone, This is it!

Sorry it's taken an extra month to get the final totals

together and communicated, but hopefully it's worth the

wait.

Drumroll please.....

The Worldwide total to 31st May 2013 is $111,081 or

£70,304 of which $95,388 for End Polio Now with an

additional $15692 raised for other local charities (12 in

all)!! - so we've officially passed last years total of

$105K!

Number of clubs taking part - 186 clubs in 36 countries

worldwide at 95 separate events (compared with 118 in

23 countries at 64 events)

Number of swimmers 6103 - compared with last years

record of 4546 in 1 hr.

Through your extraordinary collective efforts, together

we have established Rotary Global Swimarathon as the

biggest mass participation simultaneous annual fundraiser

in Rotary history - you are amazing!!!

Most importantly in these first 2 years the total is just

over $200,000 for End Polio Now and $216,000 overall,

enough to protect up to 1 million children worldwide

from the devastating disease of Polio.

Now it's time to announce our special awards. As you

know, we previously announced 3 main award

challenges.

The first for the event that raised the most money for End

Polio Now.

Delighted to officially confirm that by raising A$9858.60

or US $9721 , Rotary Club of Kwinana District 9465,

supported by Rotary Clubs of Rockingham, Canning

Bridge, Willeton, and Booragoon are our deserving

winners - many congratulations on a very innovative

online fundraising campaign that provides a great model

for other clubs to follow!

Next we have the prize for the event that had the most

swimmers taking part - that honour goes to Rotary Club

Green City Jaysingpur in District 3170 who recorded a

fantastic 350 swimmers with local schools and colleges

taking part.

Finally there was the overall District Prize.

Based on the number of clubs taking part there were 5

finalists

1. District 2980 India 5 points

2. District 9320 South Africa 4 points

3. District 9550 Australia 3 points

4. District 2450 Egypt 2 points

5. District 3170 India 1 point

We then judged them based on 3 additional criteria

1. Number of events staged

2. Number of Swimmers who took part

3. Amount raised

These were the results in the 3

categories

1. Number of events staged

1. 9320 = 5 points

2. 9550 = 4 points

3. 3170 = 3 points

4. 2980 = 2 points

5. 2450 = 1 points

2. Number of swimmers

1. 3170 = 5 points

2. 9320 = 4 points

3. 9550 = 3 points

4. 2980 = 2 points

5. 2450 = 1 point

3. Amount Raised

1. 9550 = 5 points

2. 9320 = 4 points

3. 3170 = 3 points

4. 2450 = 2 points

5. 2980 = 1 point

Final Rotary Global Swimarathon 2013 totals and awards announcement!

The medical team at the Murwillumbah Swimarathon

Final totals:

1. District 9320 - 17 points

2. District 9550 - 15 points

3. District 3170 - 12 points

4. District 2980 - 10 points

5. District 2450 - 6 points

So the overall Best District participation

award winner is District 9320 -

congratulations to everyone involved!!

However, so worthy of recognition were

the contributions of the other 4 finalists we

would like to make 4 additional awards

1. District 9550 Australia - for the most

money raised by 1 district

2. District 3170 India - For the most

swimmers in 1 district

3. District 2980 India - For the most clubs

taking part in 1 district

4. District 2450 Egypt for the most clubs taking part in 1

single event

We also felt it was important to recognize the outstanding

contribution of so many new clubs to the event. so we

have added a Best Newcomer award.

Deserving special mentions are the Rotary Club of

Hamilton D9600 Australia, Rotary Club of Waynesboro

D7360 USA Rotary Club of Los Olivos District 5240,

and Rotary Club of Cabarrus County 7680 who each

featured in either the worldwide top 10 for funds raised

or for most swimmers

However the overall winner, with 240 swimmers

taking part and raising well over US $5000 was

judged to be Rotary Clubs of Murwillumbah in

District 9640 - not bad for a first year! Three clubs

participated, the Rotary Club of Murwillumbah

Central, the Rotary Club of Murwillumbah and the

Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM.

Finally, we felt it was very important to recognize the

outstanding efforts of individual fundraisers. This years

award for the most amount raised by 1 swimmer goes to

Kero O Shea, of the Rotary Club of Canning Bridge

District 9465 who raised over $2000 in sponsorship at the

Kwinana event.

So there you have it - 9 awards in total and all fully

deserving of the recognition. Rotary Club of Grantham

President Irvin Metcalf and myself will be in Lisbon for

the Rotary International Convention. On Tuesday 25th

June I'm proud to be representing Rotary Global

Swimarathon at the Advanced social media workshop at

2.30pm local time http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/

Events/Announcements/

Pages/13may23_annc_conv_sm.aspx -that would be a

great opportunity for participants in 2012/13 Global

Swimarathons to meet up.

For the award winners, please let us know if you or other

representatives of your district will be in Lisbon and we

will get in touch to make arrangements for presenting the

awards if we possibly can.

Finally, delighted to announce that for 2014 event

planned for Sunday 23rd February 2014 we will be

partnering ( I am actually leading the social media

campaign for ) Rotary Crocus https://www.facebook.com/

rotarycrocus and video http://youtu.be/83Q07WTgqyk .

We plan to make these fantastic silk Flower pin badges

available to raise funds at every event worldwide in

2013/14 and you can find out more details in Lisbon in

the Hall of Friendship

So hope to see as many of you as possible in Lisbon - will

be wonderful to meet up in person after all this time

working together!

Enjoy your weekends and get ready for further

announcements around August time for the 2014 event!

Thanks and Very Best Wishes

Paul

Paul Wilson

Rotary Club of Grantham

Rotary Global Swimarathon worldwide event co-

ordinator

Final Rotary Global Swim 2013 totals and awards announcement! continued

Action at the Tweed River Aquatic Centre for the Murwillumbah Swimarathon

Sparkling Success—Rotaract Charter Night Excitement was in the air as the

Rotaract Club of Murwillumbah

was welcomed to the Rotary

family at a Mad Hatters themed

Charter night on Friday May 31

at Murwillumbah Golf Club.

Charter President Ema Marks

said “I very happy to have the

club Chartered. This is the result

of nearly twelve months

preparation and we can now look

forward to being part of the

worldwide Rotaract movement

sponsored by Rotary.”

The Charter document was

presented to the new club by

District Governor Sandra

Doumany, assisted by District

Rotaract Representative Troy

Lawlor in the presence of several

Past District Governors, incoming

District Governors and members

of the three sponsoring Rotary

Clubs.

Seventeen Charter members of

the club were presented

membership certificates, badges

and Rotaract pins as they were

introduced to the over seventy

Rotarians and guests keen to

welcome the new club.

President Simone Wong from the

Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM

welcomed the guests and

presented a gift of a leather

Treasurer‟s briefcase to the new

club.

President Ian Batten of

Murwillumbah Rotary Club

spoke of some of the history of

Rotaract and the many lifelong

friendships and even marriages

that have occurred through

Rotaract membership. The gift

from Murwillumbah Rotary Club

was a Secretary‟s briefcase.

President Jack Heffernan of the

Rotary Club of Murwillumbah

Central offered a gift of a solid

timber table lecturn suitably

engraved, to be used at meetings

of the new club. In addition Jack

had a Charter Cake made,

beautifully decorated using the

Rotaract logo.

Rotaract is a club for

young people 18 to 30

years of age.

Cutting the Charter cake, DG Sandra, DRR Troy and

a very excited President Ema.

Charter President Ema Marks in front of the

Rotaract Club of Murwillumbah banner

given by the three sponsoring Rotary Clubs.

Members of the new Rotaract Club of Murwillumbah

Rotaract is a global organisation

that empowers students and

young professionals to create

positive change in their local

communities and around the

world.

Rotaract provides unique

opportunities that assist its

members in becoming the

business and professional leaders

of tomorrow.

WHO SAID FOOTBALLERS

AREN'T INTELLIGENT?

My parents have always been there

for me, ever since I was about 7. "

David Beckham

"I would not be bothered if we lost

every game as long as we won the

league."

Mark Viduka

"Alex Ferguson is the best manager

I've ever had at this level. Well,

he's the only manager I've actually

had at this level. But he's the best

manager I've ever had."

David Beckham

"If you don't believe you can win,

there is no point in getting out of

bed at the end of the day."

Neville Southall

"I've had 14 bookings this season - 8

of which were my fault, but 7 of

which were disputable."

Paul Gascoigne

"I've never wanted to leave. I'm here

for the rest of my life, and

hopefully after that as well."

Alan Shearer

"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like

Barcelona "

Mark Draper

"You've got to believe that you're

going to win, and I believe we'll win

the World Cup until the final whistle

blows and we're knocked out."

Peter Shilton

"I faxed a transfer request to the club

at the beginning of the week,

but let me state that I don't want to

leave Leicester "

Stan Collymore

"I was watching the Blackburn game

on TV on Sunday when it flashed on

the screen that George (Ndah) had

scored in the first minute at

Birmingham . My first reaction was to

ring him up. Then I remembered he

was out there playing."

Ade Akinbiyi

"Without being too harsh on David

Beckham, he cost us the match."

Ian Wright

"I'm as happy as I can be - but I

have been happier."

Ugo Ehiogu

" Leeds is a great club and it's been

my home for years, even though I

live in Middlesborough."

Jonathan Woodgate

"I can see the carrot at the end of

the tunnel."

Stuart Pearce

"I took a whack on my left ankle, but

something told me it was my

right."

Lee Hendrie

"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like

living in a foreign country."

Ian Rush

" Germany are a very difficult team

to play...they had 11 internationals

out there today."

Steve Lomas

"I always used to put my right boot

on first, and then obviously my

right sock."

Barry Venison

"I definitely want Brooklyn to be

christened, but I don't know into

what

religion yet."

David Beckham

"The Brazilians were South

American, and the Ukrainians will be

more

European."

Phil Neville

"All that remains is for a few dots

and commas to be crossed."

Mitchell Thomas

"One accusation you can't throw at

me is that I've always done my best."

Alan Shearer

"I'd rather play in front of a full house

than an empty crowd."

Johnny Giles

"Sometimes in football you have to

score goals."

Thierry Henry

ROTARY GRACE

Oh Lord and giver of all good

We thank thee for our daily food

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways

Help us to serve thee all our days

NEXT WEEK’S MUSTER

Membership Night

Drinks & Nibbles

Duty Officers Not required

Apologies and guests must be phoned or faxed to Noel Graham Farm Machinery by 2.00 pm on the day of the meeting or meal paid for. Phone 6672 2555 or fax 6672 2063.

Any late apologies or invitees (after 2.pm) must be phoned direct to Hot Wok Restaurant 6672 4041.

Rotary websites

Club This is the new web site. www.murwillumbah-central-rotary.org.au Club (Facebook) http://www.facebook.com/murwillumbah.central.rotary District—www.rotary9640.org Australia—www.rotary.org.au International—www.rotary.org

Meeting Make-up locations Murwillumbah Monday 6.00pm

Greenhills Reception Lounge Mt Warning AM Wednesday 6.45am

Imperial Hotel

South Tweed Monday 6.30pm South Tweed Sports Club

Tweed Coast Contact for details

Kingscliff Tuesday 6.15pm Cudgen Leagues Club

Coolangatta Tweed Thursday 6.00pm

Greenmount Resort Mullumbimby. Thursday

1st & 3rd—7am Sandbar Café, Brunswick Hd

2nd & 4th—7pm Brunswick Bowls Club

On-Line - Rotary Eclub Next Gen Qld Australia

www.rotaryeclubnextgen.org

Coming programs details

Jun 11—Membership Night Drinks & Nibbles

Jun 18—Wayne Donnelly, Hypnotherapist

Jun 25—Club Changeover Night—Partners Night

Jul 2—Club Night with AG Anne Egan

Jul 9—Membership conducted by Margaret Rickard,

District Membership Secretary

Jul 16—Youth conducted by Simone Wong, District Youth

Secretary

Duty Officers

Jun 11—Not required

Jun 18—Len & Judy Mason

Jun 25—Not required

Birthdays— June 6 Bob Shepherd

June 11 Barbara Commens

Anniversaries— None this week

The Club Song

We‟ve come to introduce you to the Murwillumbah Central boys,

The way you know that we‟re around is when you hear the noise,

There‟s tenors, basses, inbetweens, and some just here for show,

But all the same we‟ll sing to you, so boys just „Let „er go‟.

When Governor Georgie, gave us our charter,

He kissed our Rotaryannes to make it right,

We‟ve come to greet you, because we‟re after,

All the fun and fellowship that‟s going tonight.

So put it there!