Editorial
CHairman’s report john murray, CHAIRMAN
The Clubs & Community Awards recognise the outstanding social contribution made by clubs, in their local communities, throughout New South Wales. This is the second year that ClubsNSW, our peak body, has devoted their annual get-together to focus on clubs as the heart of the community. Clubs and the support they provide are acknowledged through 11 different categories of awards. I am very happy to inform you that this year your club won two awards. In the Youth Category, Bankstown Sports won the award for our ongoing partnership with Punchbowl High School’s Students at Risk program that helps students who face the possibility of dropping out of school. This is a positive and worthwhile program and you might like to read about it on page 5. We also received a ‘Highly Commended Award’ for our ongoing support to the elderly in the community and in particular Bankstown City Aged Care. The awards night on Friday May 9 was all about sharing our industry’s stories and the support clubs provide to the community across New South Wales. International Nurses’ Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Eight years ago, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital approached the club with a request that we assist them by contributing towards their nursing scholarships to be awarded on this day. This year, the international theme is “Nurses: A force for change – A vital resource for health”. For the last eight years your club has assisted the hospital with $40,000 towards what has
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become known as ‘the Bankstown Nursing Scholarships’. This supports nurses to attend special programs and conferences to improve their professional skills and indeed specialise. I would like to share with you the fact that this year 44 nurses received scholarships, either to attend conferences or to further their professional development. Fleur Trezise is now a veteran professional who has developed her expertise in wound management. Yasmine Archer and Kylie Smith spoke eloquently about their recent study and how the scholarships have helped their development. It is very gratifying to see how appreciative these nurses are of the assistance we provide. Our auditorium or ‘Showroom’ is known to most of you. As one of our most popular venues it is used by a cross section of the community for everything from entertainment, Morning Melodies, annual school presentations, dance school celebrations to bingo. As you can imagine, the room gets a good work out and over the years has begun to look a little tired. My fellow directors and the Executive Management have decided to give the ‘Showroom’ a facelift and a makeover, so that it is more in keeping with expectations of our members and patrons today. I ask for your patience and co-operation as we close the ‘Showroom’ for renovations from July 1 to approximately August 25. I have no doubt that, once completed, you will find the changes and improvements worthwhile and beneficial. Our renovations in the Greenfield Station Bistro began last month, with the same
objective in mind, and when completed by June 6, will be more functional and comfortable for all our members and patrons. Thank you for putting up with the inconvenience. I am grateful for your patience and co-operation. From March 12, 2014, major changes to the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) came into effect. The main objective of these changes is to ensure that organisations manage personal information in an open and transparent way, so you know what information is collected, why it is collected and how it will be used. While we already provide our members with information about how we manage their personal details, I thought it was appropriate to draw your attention to our updated ‘Privacy Policy’. Please read the policy carefully as it contains new details about how and when we may collect, hold, use or disclose your personal information. The policy is available through a quick link on our home page. Please visit BankstownSports.com or if you have any questions, please phone or ask to see our Operations Manager or General Manager. Our Executive Chef has revised some of the menus to include ‘hearty winter warming’ dishes that I would encourage you to try as we go through our coldest months. Thanks once again for supporting our club and other venues.
The following members have passed away recently and to their relatives and friends may we offer our sincere condolences in their time of grief: Paul Bisson, Russell Lyons, Tai Chau Huynh, John Veiss, John Angove, Mary Mauro, Walter Basham, Russell Arkinstall, Muriel Miles, Inez Macdonell, John Ince, Zella Moxham, John Round, Joseph Kuriata, Michael Sweeney, Alexander Paska, Carl Sollazzo, Oli Cahill, Josephine Yott, Arthur Peacock, Peter Miles, Betty Baker, Pamela Brown, Michael John Hanaran, George Farrugia and Nick Symyniuk. The following member was reported as being in hospital and on behalf of our President, Directors and all our members we wish her a speed recovery: Teresa Mullane.
The Probus Club of Bankstown meets at Bankstown Sports Club on the 3rd Monday of each month at 10am. There is a Guest Speaker at meetings talking on interesting topics and day trips are held regularly. Members of Bankstown Sports Club are welcome to join, contact Secretary, Judy Learmonth on 9644 1421. Bankstown Sports InTouch
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