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Committee Relazione del Presidente President’s Report Vice President’s Report Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report Resoconto del Direttore Generale General Manager’s Report Meet the Team Operations Report Commercial Report Deli Report In the News President's Dinner 2019 Festa della Repubblica 2019 VC Disco 2019 Junior Football Pitch Members Christmas Picnic 2019 46th Anniversary Una Notte Sotto Le Stelle BABBA Australia Day 2020/2021 47th Anniversary Alpini Dinner 2020 Sagra di San Marco Sports Manager’s Report FC Bulleen Lions Manager & Chairman Report Veneto - Italy Soccer Tour 2019 / FC Bulleen Lions Bocce Report Golf Report Squash Report Tennis Report Ladies Auxiliary & Cultural Outings VC Choir Associazione Nazionale Alpini del Victoria e Tasmania Associazione Padovani nel Mondo Associazione Trevisani nel Mondo Associazione Veronesi nel Mondo Associazione Ente Vicentini nel Mondo Comunità Montana dei 7 Comuni Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria e Regione Veneto Membership Profile Bereavements

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EUGENE BRAZZALE

SONYA VELO

President - Executive Officer

Vice President - Executive Officer

Secretary - Executive Officer

Committee Portfolio: Major Building Projects, Maintenance Programs

Committee Portfolio: Sports Strategies, Sports Management, Strategic Planning

Committee Portfolio: Assistant to Cultural Programs

DINO DE BORTOLI

PAOLA GIRARDI CALABRO

FABIO SANDONĀ

Treasurer - Executive Office

Committee Member

Committee Member

Committee Portfolio: Financial Governance

Committee Portfolio: Cultural Programs Leader, Ladies Auxiliary

Committee Portfolio: Cultural Exchange Program, FAV Vic. Liaison

Committee

LOUIS CREMA

ORLANDO BERNADI Committee Member

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Presidente

Dear Members and Friends,

Spero che voi e le vostre famiglie stiate tutti bene dopo un periodo così difficoltoso com’è stato quello dell’anno scorso. Mi rendo conto che è stato un anno complicato e impegnativo nel quale purtroppo abbiamo perso soci e persone a noi vicine in numero maggiore rispetto agli anni precedenti, ma ricordiamoli guardando al futuro e conservandone i ricordi.

I hope you and your families are all well and have been able to cope with last year as best as possible. I know it has been a difficult and challenging year and indeed a year where we have lost members and loved ones more than previous years, but let’s remember them and look forward to the future and cherish the memories.

Come saprete le attività del club si sono dovute fermare durante lo scorso anno, ma sono felice d’informarvi che il club comunque è andato meglio di quanto mi aspettassi nella prima parte del 2020. Il personale, guidato dal nostro Direttore Generale Joe Morello, ha sostanzialmente continuato ad andare in ufficio generando nuove idee ed eseguendo nuove iniziative implementate ad-hoc come il nostro negozio di generi alimentari e di servizio take way, su menu limitato del bistro, che ci hanno permesso di mantenere una linea di trading costante e a valore aggiunto. Soci e simpatizzanti del club hanno beneficiato di queste nuove opportunità fornendogli di fatto un incentivo per visitare la nostra struttura per acquistare prodotti essenziali, specialità tipiche o cibo e bevande da asporto, da poter poi gustare comodamente a casa. Queste due iniziative si sono rivelate entrambe un successo. Ringrazio sinceramente Joe e tutto il suo staff per i loro continui e incessanti sforzi per tutto il 2020 che hanno indubbiamente permesso al club di essere nella posizione in cui si trova oggi. Fortunatamente, rientravamo anche nelle categorie commerciali aventi diritto al sostegno economico, implementato dal governo federale chiamato Job Keeper, supporto che ci ha aiutato enormemente e che ci ha permesso, numeri alla mano, di mantenere un adeguato flusso di trading operativo.

Nonostante questi ultimi 12 mesi che abbiamo dovuto affrontare, ho il piacere di avvisarvi che siamo comunque riusciti a ridurre il nostro debito bancario e, auspicabilmente entro la nostra Assemblea Generale Annuale (AGM) del giugno 2021, lo avremmo saldato completamente, il che contribuirà a un grande risultato.

Il nostro Tesoriere, Dino De Bortoli, vi invierà una dettagliata relazione finanziaria prima dell’Assemblea per poter tenervi informati adeguatamente. A questo proposito, vorrei ringraziare personalmente Dino per il suo costante lavoro e impegno profusi durante tutto l’anno poiché so che era molto preoccupato dalla situazione della chiusura e dalle restrizioni che il club ha dovuto affrontare. Vorrei anche cogliere l’occasione per ringraziare l’intero mio comitato per tutto il loro lavoro e la dedizione messi in campo durante tutto l’anno così come per la loro incessante disponibilità verso il Veneto Club.

Un grande ringraziamento va anche alle Ladies Auxiliary e a tutti i volontari che quotidianamente contribuiscono al successo del nostro club.

Come forse saprete, il nuovo campo da calcio dei Junior è stato completato, migliorando enormemente di fatto l‘offerta sportiva della nostra struttura. Un grande ringraziamento va alla North East Link Authority e a tutti gli stakeholders che hanno contribuito a questo progetto. Ora abbiamo un altro campo da calcio in erba sintetica, entrambi con illuminazione diffusa e nuovi spogliatoi per i nostri giocatori, giocatrici e arbitri. Grazie a Joe Morello, David Del Monaco e Frank Freschi, oltre al nostro Project Manager Richard Merlino, per il loro grande lavoro e impegno nel raggiungere questo importantissimo traguardo.

Vi informo inoltre che nei prossimi mesi avremo colloqui regolari con la North East Link Authority, per quanto riguarda l’esproprio del terreno che acquisiranno obbligatoriamente sul fronte della nostra proprietà, ma al momento della stesura di questo rapporto, non posso darvi molti altri dettagli in quanto non abbiamo ancora nulla per iscritto.

Prevediamo tuttavia di ricevere una notifica formale entro il prossimo mese. Vi terremo aggiornati sull’evoluzione della situazione durante il prossimo all’AGM poiché per allora confidiamo di avere avuto maggiori dettagli in merito.

La proposta di ristrutturazione della Sala Venezia rimane una delle nostre priorità e nelle prossime settimane saremo in trattative con la banca per avere un’idea della loro propensione al prestito per la progettualità. In questo lasso di tempo, avremo anche un quadro più chiaro dall’impatto dei lavori del progetto North East Link sulla Bulleen Road.

Given that all the club’s activities came to a halt last year, I’m happy to report the club has fared better than I had first anticipated in the first part of 2020. Our staff, led by our General Manager Joe Morello, continued to go into the office where they were able to generate new ideas and execute new initiatives such as our delicatessen, that kept us trading. This provided our members an incentive to come into the club to purchase food and drink products from the deli or buy takeaway meals from the bistro. These two initiatives both proved to be a success. I sincerely thank Joe and all his staff for their continuous efforts throughout 2020, which allowed the club to be in the position it is in today. Fortunately, we were also eligible for government support through Job Keeper which helped enormously, but above all, we kept trading. Despite the last 12 months we just had, we have still managed to reduce our bank debt and hopefully by our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in June 2021, we will have fully paid out our debt, which will contribute to a great achievement.

President

Cari soci e amici,

Our Treasurer, Dino De Bortoli will send out a financial report prior to the AGM for your records. On this note, I would personally like to thank Dino for all his hard work throughout the year, as I know he was very concerned when the club had closed for such a protracted time. I would also like to thank all my committee for all their hard work and effort throughout the year but also their relentless commitment to the Veneto Club.

A big thank you to the Ladies Auxiliary and all the volunteers which also all contribute to the club’s success.

As you may be aware, the junior soccer pitch is now complete and this has improved our facilities enormously. A big thank you to the North East Link Authority and all the stakeholders who contributed to this project. We now have a soccer pitch with synthetic grass, both with flood lighting and new change rooms for our players and referees. Thank you to Joe Morello, David Del Monaco, Frank Freschi and our Project Manager Richard Merlino for their great work and effort in achieving this milestone.

I do advise that we will be in talks regularly over the next few months with North East Link Authority, regarding some land that they will compulsorily acquire across the front of our property, but at the time of writing this report, I cannot give you much detail as we have nothing in writing as of yet. However, we do expect formal notification within the next month. You will be better updated at the AGM as by then we will have been provided with more details.

We still have plans for the Sala Venezia refurbishment and will be in talks with the bank over the forthcoming weeks to get a view of their lending appetite for this project. In this time, we will have a clearer picture as to how we will be affected by the North East Link Project on Bulleen Road.

In closing, I would like to make mention of a very special person in the club’s life who sadly passed away on Sunday 25th April at age 81. Cav. Rino Tessarotto who contributed so much to the club over many years. He formed part of the committee in the late seventies through to 1983 where he was elected as President through to 1990.

He passionately contributed to soccer and sport in general and is a big part of the club’s success story. Deepest condolences to his wife Marion and daughter Renée and may he now Rest in Peace.

LOUIS CREMA President

In chiusura, vorrei ricordare una persona molto speciale nella vita del club che purtroppo è venuta a mancare domenica 25 aprile all’età di 81 anni. Il Cav. Rino Tessarotto il quale ha contribuito così tanto al club in tanti anni. Rino ha fatto parte del comitato dalla fine degli anni Settanta fino al 1983 anno nel quale è stato eletto Presidente fino al 1990. Ha contribuito con passione anche al nostro settore del calcio e dello sport in generale ed è stato una parte importante della storia del successo e della rilevanza comunitaria del club. Le più sentite condoglianze a sua moglie Marion e alla figlia Renée e possa ora riposare in pace.

LOUIS CREMA Presidente

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Vice -President

Given the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this philosophy was well and truly tested over the last 12 months and the Veneto Club was no exception. As you all know, we were forced to close our doors to normal operations effectively for a total of 8 months and only recently have we been able to resume our normal operations (almost!).

This provided the Board and Management of the Veneto Club with the challenge to use this opportunity to ‘build strength’. We focused our energies on what was within our control and ensuring our short-term survival as well as underpinning our medium to long term future.

Detailed reviews of our operational and financial structures were conducted, and improvements were implemented. Members can rest assure that the club’s basic business foundations are strong and will become stronger given the plans that are in place for various elements of our business. We also took the opportunity to focus our efforts on working with the North East Link Project to deliver the new synthetic soccer pitch project complete with lighting, perimeter fencing, and updated changing rooms. A big thank-you to Joe Morello and David Del Monaco from our management team for their efforts on delivering this project and especially to much respected former Club Secretary, Frank Freschi who volunteered his time to enthusiastically work with NELP to drive this project home.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution and give my personal thanks to some important club stakeholders.

A big thank-you to the members of the Veneto Club. In the first quarter of 2020 when the club’s operating hours was being determined by factors outside of the club’s control, the vast majority of members demonstrated their unwavering commitment and loyalty to the club by immediately re-registering their membership. What a wonderful endorsement and demonstration of engagement.

I would also like to extend my personal thanks to the management and staff of the Veneto Club. These were very difficult times. Joe Morello and his team were steadfast in their resolve and untiring in their efforts to ensure that everything possible was being done to mitigate the possible negative outcomes for the club. I would also like to welcome our new-comers to Joe’s team. To Lia, Kylie, Danielle, Chris and Kelly, I wish you well in your new roles at the club.

To all our volunteers who have continued to display their commitment to the club, thank-you. To all sub-committee members, the Ladies Auxiliary and to all specific event contributors- your contribution is greatly valued by the Board and clearly makes a huge difference to the successful operation of the club.

Our club sponsors and business partners are also a very important contributor to the successful operation of our club. I am very grateful to our sponsors and partners who continue to support us and unreservedly look for our relationship to continue.

Finally, I would like to express how appreciative I am to the other Board members for their total commitment and dedication to providing the overall direction and strategy for the club. The last 12 months has also challenged us as a Board to take a more ‘hands on’ approach and under the leadership displayed by our wonderful President, Louis Crema, I sincerely hope that we have met this challenge. I would like to especially acknowledge the contribution of Ivan Anzanello. Ivan is a long-standing member whose family has been connected to the club since it’s inception.

Ivan was co-opted to help the Board given his specific experience in the accounting field and in the hospitality and sporting industries. His guidance and wise counsel have been very much appreciated by the Board. So, to Dino, Sonya, Fabio, Paola, Orlando and Ivan as well as Renzo Sgarbossa and Steve Marchesin, a big personal thankyou for your undeniable commitment and efforts to make the club a vibrant and successful business and cultural/ sporting hub for our community.

EUGENE BRAZZALE Vice-President

As I put pen to paper to write this piece it dawns on me that this has been one of the most turbulent periods of time that I have ever reflected back upon. In late June 2019 I started a new and exciting phase, taking up the position of Secretary of the Veneto Club, and looked forward to being part of the board of management that would oversee the redevelopment of the Sala Venezia, a project that we truly believe will position our club in one of strength for the next few decades.

In September 2019 I took a holiday and joined the FCBL Under 16s tour of the Veneto region, to support Fabio Sandona’ the tour leader, and to contribute by acting as the social media correspondent. Fabio organised the two-week tour which took in many of the beautiful Veneto sites as well as playing four games and training with many well ranked regional soccer teams. I’m so proud and pleased that I participated in this trip, as I saw firsthand the quality and character of the young men that play for FCBL, and the professionalism and dedication of the Senior Men’s coach John Maisano who also participated on the trip. It was a proud and emotional moment to be able to point to the Leone di Venezia and explain to these young men the historical significance of the Leone to our club and why we are in fact playing as the Bulleen Lions.

Secretary

In 1888 famous German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche developed a theory and coined the phrase ‘what does not kill me, makes me stronger’. It is based on the premise that ‘one should take suffering as an opportunity to build strength and those that are already strong are those who can do so’.

In late October 2019 the club celebrated the Memorie Venete project which allowed us to digitise all the Veneto Club's annual magazines (including this one) , the Il Eco Del Veneto newspapers, as well as a substantial collection of photos depicting the history of the FAV and the associations. Thanks to modern technology and a grant from the Regione Veneto we have been able to preserve, celebrate and share our history online for everyone to access.

A month later in late November 2019 we held a special weekend bocce tournament to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Veneto Club hosting the World Doubles Bocce championships. The weekend tournament hosted teams from many Victorian clubs as well as some interstate representatives. The tournament certainly put our club back on the Bocce calendar hosting a first-class event. It was an overwhelming success, capped off by both the Men’s and Women’s teams from Veneto taking the Gold medals.

The club ended 2019 full of proud achievements and looked forward to a prosperous 2020 hoping to kick off the Sala Venezia redevelopment project......Unfortunately, the COVID-19 world pandemic threw the world into turmoil, not to mention all our plans. We saw our homeland of Italy and especially the Veneto region count thousands of deaths, closing the region, causing crippling economic damage, before it took us by force in Australia, and especially Victoria.

The Veneto Club Board and the management team worked very closely together to find a way to keep the doors of our precious club open in some capacity. One positive from this has been the emergence of the DELI. Our VCDELI has been a heart-warming success and reaffirms our thoughts that we have high quality produce that is sought after by our patrons. It is a credit to the management and of course the head chef and his team that this has been a success, so much so that the VCDELI is now a permanent fixture of the club. It makes me very proud to be part of a team that has been able to find a positive in what has been a very bleak period in the Victoria economy and especially the hospitality industry.

Our founding members and all members for that matter are very important to us. So during the severe lockdown in August 2020 we started a telephone campaign to check in with our foundation members to make sure they were ok. This proved to be such a positive experience that we extended the campaign to all members. We tried to contact everyone and apologise to those that we did not get through to, but we did try. To those that did receive a call, the response was extremely positive and appreciative; and for the group of girls that made the calls they too all found the experience surprisingly emotional and rewarding. We truly value our members. We care for your health and wellbeing and we truly appreciate your love for our club and the support that you have shown the club through your patronage and purchases during the past difficult year.

We have some of the best facilities you could imagine all on one site, two NPL standard soccer pitches, 6 tennis courts, a gym and boxing area, 2 Squash courts, 8 Bocce courts, a Basketball stadium for basketball & futsal, dining & event facilities, as well as huge carparking facilities.

So as we start to rebuild in 2021 and find our ‘new normal’ and build a new road to prosperity..... I think one of the most important goals for us is to maximise the potential we have in our facilities for our members and the wider community. Some things may need to change, and we all need to embrace change with a positive outlook. Whilst we may tread cautiously – we are ready for a year of re-energising activity and hope that you all join us on this new journey and look forward to your continued support and patronage.

SONYA VELO Secretary

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Without being able to trade until after October 2020, the club had produced a significant loss for the 6 month period to October. The assistance from Federal and State governments enabled the club to maintain a cash position to continue with critical staff and develop new business with the Delicatessen and production sales. Although the Sala Venezia development project was ready to proceed in 2020, the Committee made the decision to suspend the commencement until we had a better understanding of the effect on our operation post pandemic. We have also taken action to improve our cash reserves to enable the club to recommence operations.

Treasurer

In these difficult times, I trust that all members are safe. We were required to close all our operations in mid-March 2020 through to mid-October, due to the pandemic. So that we could maintain members access to the club we introduced a Delicatessen service which has proved to be very successful in providing a link to the club for members and ability to keep critical staff employed. We have since relocated the Delicatessen to a permanent facility near our Bistro. Since late October, it has been wonderful to see many of our members enjoy our food, culture and facilities on a regular basis again.

The financial performance for the year has been much better than expected producing a good profit before the effect of capitalising the new junior pitch. The trading in recent months has seen high level of activity in all areas which is particularly pleasing now that the Government grants have stopped. We look forward to further relaxation of social distance restrictions to further improve our financial performance. The net profit for the year is exceptionally high due to the NELA grant for the construction of the new Junior pitch which was worth $3.6 million.

Many of you would have seen our young soccer players running and kicking the ball on the new soccer pitch. It is a substantial improvement to our facilities enhancing the status of the club and junior development opportunity.

The money received from the North East Link Authority (NELA) has been recorded as income and resulted in the significant profit recorded for the year.

Membership at April 2021 reached a high of 1,275. This was the highest for over 10 years. Due to the pandemic, membership reduced by circa 100. The Board will be working to recover the reduction in the next year. We ask all members to continue to support the club by renewing membership and to introduce friends and family to the wonderful facilities and culture of the club.

The sporting activities were all suspended during the year and its only from February, 2021, that all our sports activities are back in operation. In 2020, we had the soccer merger with Templestowe United Football Club and the junior pitch upgrade completed in March 2021. We have also implemented a change in the reporting of Soccer.

Our Sports Department, Karl Hodge, is now responsible for all sports of the club, excluding FCBL but including the management of our soccer facilities. The FC Bulleen Lions will now be excluded from the Sports Department group and is now managed by David Del Monaco with separate financial reporting for men, women, juniors and community.

In relation to the Club’s loan position, the Board recommenced repayment of the loan and reduced it by $188,000 leaving a balance of just $249,794. Our strong cash position means that we will be able to repay the balance in the next few months. It also means the strong cash position allows the board to refocus on the Sala Venezia project subject to reconfirming the ANZ new loan, review of the post pandemic operation and NELP effect on the club.

The Board is focused on continuing to improve the Club’s financial position in all areas in order to present to its members a strong growing facility that continues to support the Veneto heritage and culture forward into the future.

This vision cannot be achieved without the continuous support of our management team, their staff and the many volunteers that have contributed during the year to enhance and advance the Veneto Club for the benefit of all members and I thank them for their hard work.

I thank the members for their support.

DINO DE BORTOLI Treasurer

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Direttore Generale

Nelle settimane precedenti al famigerato blocco del 23 marzo, la nostra struttura ricettiva è stata sommersa da cancellazioni di prenotazioni e da richieste di rimborsi per il bistro e per le nostre sale ricevimenti. I supermercati avevano incominciato a esaurire gli articoli di base e allora abbiamo iniziato ad adattarci creando un piccolo negozio di specialità gastronomiche.

Quest’idea si è poi rivelata essere stata un’importante pietra miliare significativa per il futuro del club. Quel giorno, il 23 marzo, è stato probabilmente uno dei miei giorni più duri, più intensi e più impegnativi in tutta la mia personale carriera lavorativa. Aver dovuto comunicare l’immediata sospensione dal lavoro a tutto lo staff del nostro Veneto Club non è stato un compito assolutamente piacevole, però, con grande intuizione, siamo stati capaci di reagire velocemente instaurando il punto vendita gastronomico all’entrata del club. Il supporto economico del Job-keeper, decretato dal governo federale australiano, è stato fortunatamente annunciato dopo una settimana di blocco, il che ci ha permesso, seppur in ruoli e con mansioni radicalmente diversi, di reimpiegare molti dei nostri dipendenti.

Siamo stati capaci di aumentare l’offerta dei prodotti disponibili nel Deli offrendo quindi un piccolo, ma comunque significativo, strumento di collegamento con la comunità e con i soci del nostro Veneto Club vendendo cibo d’asporto e prodotti essenziali oltre che specialità tipiche preconfezionate.

Con l’aggravarsi della pandemia e con le restrizioni che ci venivano imposte, abbiamo avuto la forza di reagire avviando anche il servizio online “click & collect” mettendo a disposizione, a chiunque, i nostri prodotti, ma poi, le istituzioni, hanno implementato la regola del limite dei 5 chilometri e quindi ci siamo dovuti adattare, ancora una volta, implementando il servizio delle consegne a domicilio. In ultima analisi, il negozio di Delicatessen è stato positivamente recepito dalla nostra collettività e mi ha ricordato ancora una volta, se mai ve ne fosse bisogno, quanto questo nostro sodalizio regionale sia importate per i nostri soci, in particolare per coloro che lo fondarono.

Un altro segnale importante, durante il Covid 19, è stata l’attenzione, ancor più assidua, del Comitato e della Direzione per quanto riguarda il monitoraggio dei flussi economici di cassa del club. Quasi ogni sabato mattina è stato dedicato a una specifica riunione settimanale del Comitato e della Direzione per esaminare la situazione in costante evoluzione.

Da ottobre 2020, il club ha potuto progressivamente riaprire con sempre maggiore capacità ricettiva, rispettando le restrizioni, al punto che ora, alla data di stesura di questa relazione, abbiamo solo una limitazione per quanto riguarda il numero di persone permesse nella Sala Venezia mentre sostanzialmente, il resto del club può operare a regime. L’operatività è ritornata a livelli soddisfacenti e gli affari vanno bene soprattutto nel bistro. Stiamo ora pianificando di riproporre alcuni dei nostri eventi regolari come le serate enogastronomiche del Wine & Food, Antichi Sapori ecc.

Guardando al futuro, il club ha due grandi progetti davanti a sé ed entrambi, anche se presi singolarmente, cambieranno in modo radicale il club per sempre. Questi progetti sono: 1. La ristrutturazione della Sala Venezia sta diventando sempre più rilevante e necessaria, in considerazione tanto del nostro potenziale quanto dell’aumento di richieste per spazi ricettivi nella zona. La sala ha disperato bisogno di un lifting: il tetto ha delle perdite, i bagni sono obsoleti, acqua dal pavimento della cucina penetra nell’area di gioco, la cucina in sé è inefficiente, l’aria condizionata è agli sgoccioli e l’elenco potrebbe continuare.

Who would have thought the Veneto Club would be closed? Not just for a day or two, but for almost eight months.

The COVID-19 environment in which we operate has required us to change our day to day behaviours significantly.

Operating during a global pandemic has meant that we have had to be flexible and adapt to constantly changing conditions. The Veneto Club has accommodated these changes without difficulty and we are very proud of our staff, management and volunteers for continuing to support our members during lockdown.

In the weeks leading up to the infamous 23rd March 2020 lockdown, the club was inundated with booking cancellations. Supermarkets began running out of basic items and we started to adapt by setting up a small delicatessen in the Bistro. This proved to be a significant milestone for the future of the club. The 23rd of March was probably one of my hardest days at work in my entire career. Having to stand down all staff of the Veneto Club was not a pleasant task, however very quickly, we decided to continue with a delicatessen in the foyer of the Club.

Jobkeeper was announced after a week of lockdown which meant we could keep many of our staff employed whilst nearly all of us were now doing a different type of job. We were able to expand our items list in the deli and offer a small connection to the Veneto Club community by selling take away food or pre-prepared products for customers to cook at home.

As the situation got worse, we pivoted by starting an online “click & collect” store which had a very positive uptake and then the government implemented a 5 kilometre rule, so we adapted again by starting home deliveries. All in all, the deli was a conduit between our members and the club, and it highlighted to me how important this club is to our members, especially our foundation members.

General Manager

Chi avrebbe mai pensato che il Veneto Club sarebbe stato chiuso? Non solo per uno o due giorni, ma per quasi otto mesi. L’ambiente in cui operiamo è cambiato radicalmente.

Lavorare durante una pandemia globale ci ha portato a dover essere più flessibili oltre che ad averci dovuto adattare alle normative e ai regolamenti in continua evoluzione.

Questo è qualcosa di cui sono molto orgoglioso al Veneto Club, perché credo che abbiamo avuto la forza di rispondere adeguatamente alla situazione così come necessario.

Another important factor during COVID-19 was the Committee and Management’s focus on monitoring the club’s business and cashflow. Almost every Saturday morning was dedicated to a weekly meeting of the Committee and management to review the changing environment.

Since October 2020, the club has progressively opened to more capacity, to a point now where we only have a restriction on the Sala Venezia as far as number of patrons allowed in the room whilst the remainder of the club is unrestricted in terms of numbers. Trading has been very strong especially in the Bistro. We are now planning to bring back some of our regular events like the Wine & Food Dinners, Antichi Sapori etc.

Looking forward now the club has two major projects to work through, each of these projects on their own will significantly change the club forever. These projects are: 1. The Sala Venezia renovation is becoming more relevant now with our function and event enquiries at peak demand. The space is still in desperate need of a facelift - the roof leaks, the bathrooms are outdated, the kitchen floor leaks into the gaming area, the kitchen is inefficient, the air conditioning is on its last legs and the list goes on.

2. The construction of North East Link will mean the club may lose important space on the eastern boundary and a new entrance into the club will be built. This will change our car-park configuration dramatically albeit we will be compensated in land and possibly financially- the impact to the club will be enormous. For this reason, we will need to ensure our legal representatives are at the top of their game to ensure the best outcome for the club.

Our club is thriving and through the continued hard work and dedication of the committee, management, staff and volunteers, the future of the club is bright and full of opportunities that I believe the members and guests will be able to enjoy for years to come.

JOE MORELLO General Manager

2. La costruzione del North East Link impatterà sul club che potrebbe perdere, con un esproprio inevitabile, una porzione significativa di terreno sul confine orientale dove probabilmente verrà poi costruito un nuovo ingresso nel club stesso. Questo cambierà drasticamente la configurazione del nostro parcheggio, anche se saremo compensati sia in termini di spazi che finanziari - l’impatto sul club sarà enorme. Per questo motivo, dovremo assicurarci che i nostri legali siano messi nelle condizioni di poter rappresentarci adeguatamente al fine di garantire il miglior risultato per il nostro sodalizio.

Il nostro club rimane forte grazie al costante lavoro e alla dedizione del Comitato, della Direzione e di tutto lo Staff, il futuro del club è luminoso e pieno di opportunità di cui credo soci e ospiti potranno gioire negli anni a venire.

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My goal for the Veneto Club in the next 12 months is to improve our services, especially in hospitality within the club by utilising the lifecycle of employee, provide training and learning opportunities to our staff whilst being able to engage and motivate the team to strive to provide our patrons the best customer experience possible. I will exercise my networking skills to connect with all members, guests, sub-committees, and associations to expand the business.

As a team, we will work together to share the challenges and successes that come our way. I am looking forward to meeting our members and guests, as well as our sub committees and associations in the next few months.

The pandemic forced us to close the doors of our Bistro for several months in 2020. This led us to rethink how we wanted the bistro to operate after the restrictions were lifted. Fabiana Tosti has since stepped in to oversee it, bringing her leadership and her professionalism to lead the team to a higher level of service. These past months has proven to be successful: the business is striving in a new direction and customers are enthusiastic to be back at the beating heart of the club, our Bistro.

Gaming has continued to provide fantastic and engaging experiences at the club. With a strong leader Vicki Tibballs, our Gaming Manager has implemented new promotions, new games and has set a high standard of service to our members and guests.

An initiative that has stemmed from the effects of the pandemic and proven successful was our Deli. The Deli was a great opportunity for us to showcase our mouth-watering homemade goods and provide our members a reason to come into the club and stay connected. The Deli has now found itself a permanent home inside the club. We are extremely excited with the new layout that gives us more space to increase the number of product offerings, along with a great selection of wines to give members more options to shop from.

The Veneto Club has recently appointed Kelly Yau, as Marketing Coordinator. Kelly has recently graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Marketing, majoring in marketing, and minoring in International Business.

Kelly’s role is to focus on growing the club’s presence and extending it to the wider community of Melbourne, predominately through social media marketing and word-of-mouth. Working closely with the David Del Monaco and Sonya Velo, Kelly aims to create curiosity of the club through our club-run events, sports, and client functions.

With regards to our Functions Team, our highest gratitude and appreciation to Francesca Daniele and Giuliana Consoli for all their hard work and dedication, and for their many years accomplishing high achievements for the team. Sadly, with both departing the club early this year we have appointed Kylie Dunn as our new Function Manager. Supporting Kylie are two new team members, Belinda Hulett and Danielle Caruso as Function Coordinator. With a new team, there will be new expectations to the standards of service and improvements to be made.

Within the last few months, the new team has been involved with some exciting events such as the Australia Day Breakfast, Sagra di San Marco and our Mother’s Day luncheon. We have been able to experience the expectations of events and we hope to continue to bring outstanding service to the upcoming VC Disco’s, President's Dinner, Antichi Sapori and so on.

We are also extremely excited about the Sala Venezia redevelopment project, which aims to attract new businesses to the club, holding events and conferences here on a regular basis. The functions and catering team feel positive and passionate about every event they organize and as always, they will be striving to create an extraordinary experience for all of our members and guests.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge and thank the Committee, Joe Morello, Management, and the whole team for a warm welcome to the Veneto Club.

LIA DO

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My sincere condolences and heartfelt sympathy go out to anyone who lost a close friend or family member, and to anyone who experienced extreme financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope you’re managing well now that we have survived those extraordinary times, let’s all pray that we don’t face another situation that is as devastating or as enduring as 2020. May 2021 marked the start of a new financial year for the club; one that will hopefully present fewer challenges and hardships than the previous.

The recently ended 2020-21 financial year of the club was a difficult one in many respects.

The catastrophic emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a confronting global health emergency that continues to cause widespread economic and social challenges, and the Veneto Club was unfortunately not immune to the consequences of imposed government restrictions and resulting economic disaster within our state.

Our employment, our social norms and structures, and more broadly our general way of life has returned to a sense of normality now and the club has thankfully re-emerged from the pandemic survival mode with great support from its members and the local community. Our Committee, Management team and staff members are to be commended for their continued efforts and sacrifices they all made to ensure the club withstood the almost 8 months of financial hardship and came out the other end in a position to rebuild and repay.

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I have recently been given this amazing opportunity to join the Veneto Club as the Operations Manager. Prior to this, I was working in management at The Star Casino. After working with an amazing team for 6 years, I was then head hunted by the Nobu Family in Melbourne, to join their management team. A short 6 months later, Melbourne Crown Casino offered me a position I could not decline – Sales and Marketing Manager for South Pacific, Asia Pacific and New Zealand where I was able to smash out top figures in the last 7 years. Throughout my time with the company, I also took on further training at Crown College and graduated in Business Management.

As Joe already touched on, the past 12 months saw an unprecedented situation unfold which included some of the most difficult moments in my career to date also. From an HR and Legal perspective COVID-19 and the subsequent government restrictions created a minefield of unavoidable heartbreak and we were forced into standing down or dismissing almost all club employees.

We are very fortunate that the JobKeeper scheme was made available soon after which allowed us to re-engage and retain any staff member who met the criteria and offer them a mere fraction of their normal hours so they didn’t face financial ruin due to loss of income. Unfortunately the JobKeeper scheme wasn’t able to support almost half of our 130 employees and due to this we lost a number of valuable staff members who became unemployed, applied for JobSeeker or changed industries all together to make ends meet. With half of our staff able to be somewhat financially supported under the scheme, it gave us the ability to make the best of a bad situation, and the Deli was born.

As the pandemic evolved we continually pivoted and re-invented our operating model to work within the ever changing constraints placed on us, which included several different locations for our Deli, the creation of our online ‘Click & Collect’ Bistro and Deli webstore, the introduction of home deliveries, and the many forms of restricted capacity in-venue offerings. This was a life line to many members and locals throughout the restrictions and more importantly it kept the club operations in a position to re-open and generate business as soon as the government allowed it.

From a commercial perspective the club has never experienced such long standing financial hardship or the consequential task of crisis controlling the clubs operations and cash flow. When the pandemic broke out and our operations were affected, I thought my workload would eventually reduce – how wrong was I. There has never been a time when so much importance has been placed on Human Resources, Legal Obligations, Payroll and Financial Control.

Together with my colleague Enè Crous (Accounts Coordinator), we dedicated countless hours on managing, analysing and reporting on all facets of our business on a weekly basis so the Committee and Joe could review our operations and ensure the club was always making the right decisions with the information at hand.

I am proud to report that since the restrictions eased further in mid-November the club has shown a strong trend of sales and our business is still in peak demand. Our challenge moving forward like others in the industry is hiring and training up new staff to ensure the Club continues to meet its high standards in Food and Beverage service as the business continues to grow.

In closing, I would like to highlight and praise the efforts of our dedicated full time staff who survived an extremely difficult past year that resulted in a significant loss of their income due to the closure of the majority of our operations. From the outset of the pandemic and throughout I was amazed at the comradery and selfless contributions to the greater good of the club, knowing full-well it wouldn’t be rewarded.

In addition to this, a big thank you goes out to all those who continue to volunteer their time and services, you are always held in high regard as without your support the club wouldn’t be able to do everything it is that we do, like the overwhelmingly successful Sagra di San Marco 2021.

CHRIS SIER

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We started the deli two weeks before the first lockdown in March 2020, based on the idea that there was a need that we could fulfil, supplying prime necessities for our members, due to the various shortages in supermarkets.

During the lockdown, week by week we have introduced new products from the kitchen starting with gnocchi, arancini, lasagna, schnitzel and polenta chips.

The deli has been very successful thanks to the work of our chef David and his team.

Today the deli has found its home at the entrance of the club. I am pleased to say that we have members who continue to support it by making purchases on a regular basis.

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Sport at the Veneto Club (VC) has and will continue to make positive forward movements within our great club. Several improvements to our facilities, along with an ever-growing backlog of stakeholders keen to be associated and use our prestigious facilities will always have the Veneto Club at the forefront of Sport in Melbourne.

The largest notable facility upgrade is our state-of-the-art synthetic football pitch, along with 4 new LED light towers and six refurbished change rooms. A perfect setting for any introduction into the football landscape and very appealing on the eye to the envious away players and fans who visit.

Participation within our Futsal, Basketball, Bocce, Squash, Tennis, Golf and FiveASide have responded strongly with increased growth while also converting many to become Social Club Members. A fantastic result.

Our Football Club (FC Bulleen Lions) went through a monumental growth in 2019 thanks to the merger with many familiar faces from Templestowe United Football Club, our sister Football Club. Having reconnected with many families who were once part of FC Bulleen Lions it is encouraging to see everyone back under the same banner living and breathing football once again within the walls of the VC. Well done to all of our teams on their seasons.

Veneto Club FiveASide competition in 2019 reached an outstanding 100 teams from our local municipality and beyond. The competition showing once again it’s prominence as one of Victoria’s most anticipated outdoor tournaments on the calendar.

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Dear Veneto Club Members and Sporting Members,

The Veneto Club Tennis (VCT) led by Head Coach – Blake Poyser has been a hit with the young and old. His commitment to the younger generation of future stars is always a great sight to see as their smiling faces and laughing would suggest they are having a ball. VCT currently has 8 junior teams and over a 120 members representing our club in the Eastern Conference. My congratulations to Kane Dewhurst, Director of VIDA Tennis, who recently became appointed to the Tennis Victoria Board for strategic direction within the state of Victoria.

Squash, under the careful watch of Club President, John Cassar, has risen to 40 members on the back of the strategic approach from their committee and word of mouth from our members. The Veneto Club is now one of the very few venues in the area which is able to offer squash to locals and schools in the area.

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Fermo Marchetti established Marchetti Smallgoods in 1970 pursuing a life long dream to supply Melbourne with the best quality smallgoods and antipasti to delicatessens, supermarkets, restaurants and other food businesses. Today, Fermo’s legacy lives on with his family proudly operating the business now in its third generation and we have expanded the business with a larger product range than just smallgoods.

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The Golf Club bids farewell to long time club servant and Golf President Frank Pezzin and Treasurer Marisa Odorico. Frank has been associated with the VC Golf since it’s inception and managed it’s growth with passion for the game. Thank you Frank and Marisa for all your years of hard work and dedication. Meanwhile, all players have eagerly awaited their return to the course, given the events of 2020 and I welcome their new board – headed by new Golf President, Oscar Forte.

Veneto Club Secretary and Bocce enthusiast, Sonya Velo and the #VCBocce remains a hit. Sonya’s dedication to providing a fun, social and competitive environment for members of all ages really does have the Thursday nights rocking down at the Veneto Club. Our 40th anniversary Bocce Tournament captured a large crowd with many competitors from neighbouring Italian Clubs competing in what truly was a memorable event featuring a sport that the Veneto Club was born out of.

Our Sporting facilities at the VC see players and spectators in advance of over 6000 people per week visit our club with a high amount of this traffic entering our bistro facilities. The Futsal competition, weekly basketball leagues and one off events draw a large crowd.

I would like to take this time to thank the ever-supportive Veneto Club Board and General Manager, Joe Morello for all of the behind the scenes and on the ground support that the club provides to the successful running of all the sports within the VC and providing a high-quality experience for all our sporting & social members.

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FC Bulleen Lions

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Greetings to all our FC Bulleen Lions (FCBL) members and to all the Veneto Club members of which many of you are also involved with FCBL.

Football (Soccer) is one of the original sports that was embraced by the Veneto Club (VC) and its members, their children, and their grandchildren. 45 years later and FC Bulleen Lions brand is synonymous with the Veneto Club and is highly regarded within the Victorian football community.

What FCBL has not had to deal with in its lifetime is the impact of COVID. Unfortunately, season 2020 was cancelled after a couple of attempts to get going were quashed because of the major lockdown in Victoria. However, what FCBL experienced is not a tragedy, and our best wishes go out to all our members that experienced hardship and even loss because of COVID. Since the last Relazione Annuale report, FCBL enjoyed a reasonably successful end to 2019 with the Senior Women reaching the Grand Final for the second year in a row and the Senior Men making the NPL promotion playoff game. These games were both played as part of a triple header at the home of football in Victoria, AAMI Park.

Unfortunately, the Women were unsuccessful in winning back-to-back Championships losing 1-0 to Calder United. The Men also fell short, to a Brandon Barnes (Dandenong Thunder) goal, after we dominated most of the game. But the beauty of sport is that there is always next season where you get to mount another assault on the title.

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FC Bulleen Lions would like to acknowledge and thank the Veneto Club Board and General Manager – Joe Morello - for all their support during a very challenging year. FCBL also extends its appreciation to the sponsors whose financial support has never been more critical than it was this past year.

I personally would like to thank the FC Bulleen Lions Sub Committees who worked hard to navigate our football community through adverse and uncertain times. Finally, I send a big thank you to Karen Daley and Karl Hodge for their hard work and dedication to making sure that all FCBL members have a quality football and social experience at the VC. Yours in sport, L to R: Eugene Brazzale - Vice President (VC), Dennis Dalla Costa - President of Templestowe United, Louis Crema – President (VC) and David Del Monaco

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Other highlights include the U18 NPL Boys winning the 2019 title undefeated breaking many NPL records along the way including most goals scored in a season.

An MOU was signed formally bringing Templestowe United and FC Bulleen Lions back together to form one strong football community that can now provide the opportunity for players of all abilities to be part of FC Bulleen Lions.

With a line through 2020, a positive outcome was the overwhelming response from the vast majority of our junior/miniroos players who decided to stick with the club by accepting a place to return in 2021.

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In September 2019 a group of players from the Bulleen Lions U15s and U16s teams participated in the eleven day football tour of the Veneto region.

The tour comprised of 24 participants including some family members that joined the group. This trip provided the players with a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience firsthand the Italian football culture, observe the professionalism of the Italian football scene, which is quite different to what they are used to in Melbourne Australia.

Participants played four fully competitive matches, endorsed by both Football Federation Australia and FIFA, against some of the best same age players from selected Veneto teams. They played against F.C. Legnago Salus, Hellas Verona, A.C. Chievo Verona and Calcio Padova.

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In addition to this they had the unique opportunity to be trained by local professional coach Ernesto Nani. As part of the Italian sporting experience the tour group attended three very high-profile Series A and B matches - Milan vs. Inter, Verona vs. Udinese and Chievo vs. Pordenone, as well as a tour of the Allianz stadium in Turin the home of Juventus and its museum.

The group was based at the Villa dei Cedri, a five-star sporting orientated wellness centre in Cola’ near Lazise in the province of Verona.

As part of the cultural component of the tour the group visited many sites of the Veneto Region, including the city of Verona the home of Romeo & Juliet and the spectacular Arena; the Ferrari factory in Maranello, a day trip up to the summit of Monte Baldo by cable car, the spectacular city of Venice, the island of Murano, as well as squeezing in an unmissable Italian shopping experience with its famous brands and quality.

The squad also had the privilege of meeting important regional dignitaries such as the Hon. Luciano Sandona’, who is always instrumental with his passion for our Veneti nel Mondo Communities, and the Councillor of the Municipality of Verona, Francesca Toffali, who has responsibility for international relations and the Veronesi nel Mondo.

The tour program was developed by the Veneto Club for the FBCL juniors as an important activity in the Clubs commitment to foster and maintain strong relationships and connections with the Veneto Region where its foundation members originate.

The Veneto Club as well as the FC Bulleen Lions wish to thank all participants’ families, supporters, the football community, organisations, institutions and sponsors that have endorsed the development of this sporting and cultural tour.

And whilst 2020 and 2021 does not allow us to continue this tour, we truly hope when conditions are more favourable for us in Australia and in Italy that we will be able to once again reinstate this tour opportunity in some format for the juniors of FCBL.

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The Veneto Club plays twelve games a year between February and November at various suburban golf courses plus the weekend away. The local games are played in Stableford format with prizes awarded to the winners of A and B Grade being the players with the highest scores at the end of the day’s play. The Veneto Club “Golf Champion” is awarded to the player with the highest aggregate points at the end of the season.

The year began with a steady membership of 32 registered players and all games were well attended with an average participation rate of 26 players per game. We are always looking for new members and anyone who would like to join us will be very welcome, especially ladies as we are looking to boost the number of lady players. Not only do we enjoy our golf but wonderful friendships are also forged.

The 2019 Committee Members were: Bocce at the Veneto Club has been through a rollercoaster of activity during the last two years. Bocce at the Veneto Club has a Wednesday weekly competition, social Thursday #VCBOCCE and the federated & interclub competitions.

In November 2019 we held the 40th Anniversary of the World Doubles Championships tournament. The two-day tournament saw teams from around Victoria and interstate compete in Men’s & Women’s doubles. It was hugely successful and highly praised by participants and the Victorian & Australian Bocce Federation. The event was capped off by the Veneto Club taking out the gold in both the Men’s & Women’s competitions. This event has certainly put the Veneto Club back on the bocce competition calendar for a first-class event.

Our friendly Bocce Competition held on Wednesday nights has a steady group of 30 to 40 players each week. At the end of each six weeks round of games, prizes are awarded for the best players. We aim to organise the evening in a way that all players feel welcomed playing in an ambience where they can enjoy every game. We also aim to attract new players of all ages.

Whilst 2020 only had a handful of competition games held due to Covid restrictions, we are pleased that 2021 has seen most players return with great enthusiasm to once again play bocce.

The #VCBOCCE continues to be a successful fortnightly social game that attracts players from a vast age group that are generally novices to the game. Each fortnight around 40 plus players play two games of bocce then retreat to the Gondola Room for a light supper. We have also experimented with a Precision Throw Competition and Precision Bowling Competition and we will continue to try new types of activities to encourage bocce participation.

Veneto Club players continue to represent the club successfully in interclub and federated competitions despite our numbers being quite low. Our 2019-2020 saeson was thrown into disarray due to Covid, resulting in Bocce Victoria membership being carried forward to the 2020-2021.

For 2021, we look forward to a successful representation from Don Di Federico, Andrew Pozzer, Craig Ryan and Sam Mezio in Super league. The women federation players hopefully can take out more prizes this season; we wish Josie Costanzo, Gina Giacomelli, Elonora Porta, Connie Dentessano, Sonya Velo and Laila Favrin continued success and improvement. Our Men’s A west competition continues to be well represented by Romeo Brazzale, Enrico Gatto, Angelo DiNome, Steve Vanmeeuwen, Fiorentino Chiodo and Adelchi Dentesanno; and our interclub (social) players Giovanni D’Allesandro, Mark Pozzer, Vince and Maria Carapelotti always perform well giving us good representation.

The 2021 Bocce Committee members are Romeo Brazzale, Bruna Rubin, Pasquale Marinelli, Sonya Velo and Rick Gatto as our BFV representative.

We are keen to expand our competition players and can train and support any men or women who are interested in taking up bocce as a competitive sport, be it in the interclub or federated competitions. Please contact the bocce committee for further information.

PASQUALE MARINELLI, RICK GATTO & SONYA VELO Veneto Club Bocce Committee

President – Frank Pezzin, Treasurer – Marisa Odorico, Secretary – Frank Dal Santo, Captain – Oscar Forte, Handicapper – John Capicchianno, Subcommittee – Joe Piperno Sponsors: As previously mentioned, with every round played prizes are awarded for First and Runner-Up in each of A and B grades and is with great pleasure that the Golf Club recognise the support of its loyal sponsors who make all this possible. To this end the Committee and all the club members extend their appreciation to the following sponsors: GASCO – Giancarlo & Paola Peruzzo, Osea Bruni, Nat Colosimo, Frank Pezzzin, Nino Pezzin and the Football Club Bulleen Lions (FCBL) Manager, David Del Monaco.

The 2019 Winner: Veneto Club Trophy - sponsored by the Veneto Club.

The 2019 winner was Michael Smout, with Walter Aver runner-up.

Presidents Cup - sponsored by our President Frank Pezzin. The 2019 winner was Paul Ramondetta, with Michael Smout runner-up.

Club Champion – At years end the 2019 Veneto Club “Golf Champion” was John Peruzzo. “A” grade winner was John Capicchiano with Oscar Forte runner-up. “B” grade winner was John Peruzzo with Vince Cirona runner-up.

Weekend Away: The 2019 Golf Weekend Away was a memorable four days at Echuca / Moama with golf played at the beautiful Rich River Country Club. The golf format was “Four Ball Best Ball” where teams of four players compete against other teams. The format was a great success mixing teams of high and low handicappers, providing everyone a chance to be competitive and vie for the terrific prizes on offer. This year’s winners being the team of David Gauci, Michael Smout and Walter Aver. As always, the accommodation was excellent, with an abundance of food and drink, and some serious competition as to who made the best salami or crostoli. Our special thanks goes to Marisa Odorico for her special effort in making the long weekend a very memorable event. A special thanks also extends to Teresa Piperno for organising the prizes and gifts throughout the 2019 season At the 2020 AGM the following Committee members were elected: President – Frank Pezzin, Treasurer– Marisa Odorico, Secretary – Frank Dal Santo Captain – Oscar Forte, Handicapper – John Capicchianno, Subcommittee – Joe Piperno 2020 – Due to COVID-19, for the Golf Club, 2020 was a non-event. Golf like most activities was “OFF” again, ”ON” again, but mostly “OFF”. The club played only 4 games for the year with the only trophy contested being the Veneto Club Trophy won by Beppi Agnoletto who scored a ”Hole in One” on his way to the victory. We all look forward to a far more active 2021.

At the 2021 AGM the following Committee members were elected: President – Oscar Forte, Secretary – Frank Dal Santo, Treasurer – Sauro Antonelli, Captain – Tony Spadaro, Handicapper – John Capicchianno, Subcommittee – Joe Piperno and David Gauci

FRANK DAL SANTO

Veneto Club Golf Secretary

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Squash

The past two years have seen some highs and lows at the Veneto Club Tennis.

Despite the lockdowns, the Squash Club was able to grow its membership and we were able to fill 5 teams in the Club Circuit competition. Teams played at the Veneto Club on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

In late 2019 the club numbers continued to grow both in participation and competition teams. The start of 2020 saw a large increase in participation in coaching off the back of the Australian Open which was soon haltered with the start of the lockdown periods.

Although the season started in February 2020, it was quickly cut short and the whole of the 2020 year competitions were cancelled.

This year we have again filled 5 teams and we are looking forward to playing and socialising with the various other teams in the Club Circuit Competition.

A highlight of the squash year is the annual Veneto Squash Club Championships.

Although we were unable to hold the Championship in 2020, we did manage to host the 2019 Club Championship. The Veneto Squash Club Championship has always been a special event. It has always been and continues to be supported by The Caneva Family.

The 2019 Championships were quite special. Great games throughout the tournament leading to a strong finals game between Richard Smaldino and Shankar Raju-Devadoss. Richard ended up with the 2019 Veneto Club Champion. Congratulations.

Richard.

This night was very special. Present for this night was most of the current Squash Club members, along with members of the Caneva Family, but also past and founding members of the Veneto Squash Club. It was great to reminisce about the “old days”.

These stories were shared with a wonderful presentation meal in the bistro.

Throughout 2020 Tennis operated on a variety of restrictions; complete shutdown, one court only for singles play, ten people only on the site, small groups and a combination of all.

During this period the Veneto Club Tennis and Vida Tennis were able to adapt and offer tennis service to our community to help maintain health and fitness both physically and mentally.

Towards the end of 2020 Tennis was able to open up fully and the club saw participation grow again. Coaching numbers increased to above 250 juniors and adults and schools started to use the facility again for match play and physical education.

Tuesday Night Competition returned to the club in February 2021 with four teams representing the Veneto Club in the North Eastern Night Tennis Group. It was great to see some familiar faces back at the club enjoying tennis once again on the Veneto Club courts.

Sunday Morning Junior Competition returned in April 2021 with the club having a record eight teams in the winter season. The eight teams compete in the Eastern Region Tennis Association and it is great to see many new kids with some experiencing tennis competition for the very first time.

As mentioned the 2020 Veneto Squash Club Championships were cancelled, but we are looking forward to hosting the 2021 Championships in June / July.

Blake Poyser has been Head Coach at Vida Tennis and managing the competitions for the last two years and building a team around him to continue to reach out to more people to experience tennis in a positive way. He has been delivering Tennis is schools programs and helping develop a link between the Veneto Club, Vida Tennis and the local schools. The feedback on the coaching program and the club has been amazingly positive, as evident by more than 100 five-star online reviews.

The Veneto Squash Club members and the committee wish to thank the Veneto Club for it’s support in what has been a very difficult year, and look forward to working together going forward.

Kane Dewhurst, Director at Vida Tennis, has recently been appointed a Director and Board Member of Tennis Victoria to help with the strategic direction of tennis in the state.

LIBERO ZUANNA

We have now set up an online court booking system and will look to increase our court hire and tennis membership so more people can enjoy the sport and experience the Veneto Club facilities on a weekly basis.

Veneto Squash

Tennis

Like everyone the Veneto Squash Club was effected by COVID-19 and its restrictions.

In the coming year, we look forward to increasing all the tennis playing opportunities at the club for our members and the local community.

KANE DEWHURST Tennis

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Ladies Auxiliary & Cultural Outings 2019-2021

In 2019 we held a few excursions for Club members and friends. It was a lovely September afternoon when we departed by bus from the Veneto Club, destination Comedy Theatre in Exhibition street, Melbourne. We were all keen to see this much talked about theatre production Come From Away. It did not disappoint, and it was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. What made it more special was the fact that it was a true story. The day concluding with a much needed afternoon tea when we returned to the Club after the show.

Always a favourite is the Italian Film Festival Day Out which was held on Wednesday 16th October 2019. After a light lunch at the Veneto Club Bistro a very happy group of women and gentlemen got on the bus to the Balwyn Cinemas to see the film Let Me Introduce You To Sofia (Ti Presento Sofia) a wonderful Italian light comedy which was delightful to watch. Our annual excursion for the Italian Film Festival is very popular as we often hear “ma Paola quando eo che te organisa andar veda naltro film”. All things remaining positive – this will be on again this coming October 2021.

And what another amazing Veneto Club Day Out when we went to smell the roses......yes.....we did......at the Victorian Rose Garden at the Werribee Mansion on Wednesday 13th November 2019. The group departed the Veneto Club early in the morning, had a lovely comfortable ride to the Werribee mansion where our tour guides were waiting for us. The gardens looked spectacular, there was an abundance of colour everywhere, we learned about all the different varieties of roses and how the garden was established purely by volunteers. After having had lunch at the Italian Sports Club of Werribee, it was time to head back to the Veneto Club.

As we all know, before the pandemic we were able to celebrate Mother’s Day in May, Christmas in July, Pink Ribbon day in October and the usual Christmas events such as Christmas Picnic and Una Notte sotto le Stelle.

Unfortunately, during 2020 we were unable to do so.

Now 2021 presents itself with a more positive atmosphere and hopeful of being able hold all these popular events again to bring our community together once more. We are very pleased that for 2021 the Ladies Auxiliary and the Anziani will merge their functions. These will be organised in conjunction with the Club and supported by Veneto Club staff. Our calendar for 2021 includes: • • • •

22nd July the Christmas in July 2nd September Father’s Day with a special floor show by Tony Pantano 14th October Pink Ribbon Day, and the final event for the year 2nd December Christmas Party also featuring Tony Pantano

All these events include a 3 course lunch with music, and all bookings are now made via the Veneto Club office.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers of the Ladies Auxiliary and those from the Anziani (past and present) whom without their dedication we could not continue. We welcome any newcomers who might like to help organise these events or have ideas for future events and excursions. Contact Marina at the Veneto Club if you are interested (marina@venetoclub.com).

In closing we would like to acknowledge the passing of two great women who passed away during 2020 and 2021 Giovanna Rigoni and Delores Saretta. Both these women were significant contributors to the formation and evolution of the Ladies Auxiliary. Together with their husbands and family their dedication to the Veneto Club will be remembered forever.

J O S I E F A G G I O N President Ladies Auxiliary P A O L A G I R A R D I M A R I N A M A N D O U L I D I S Veneto Club Support Officer

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Ladies Auxiliary & Cultural Outings 2019-2021

The last two years have certainly been unique and different from what we have been accustomed to at our Club.

We encountered many difficulties both on a personal and social level, not having been able to celebrate all the occasions that usually make us united and to which the Ladies Auxiliary contribute with pleasure.

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VC Choir

The highlights of our performances during 2019 were singing at La Sagra di San Marco, at COASIT for the opening and closure of the exhibition “The Knights of Vittorio Veneto in Australia”, the Rassegno dei Cori Italiani at the Furlan Club, Preston Market Italian Day, Melbourne Italian Festival in Carlton, City of Manningham “Carols by Candlelight” and our own “Una Notte Sotto le Stelle”.

The ultimate highlight of 2019 was our first Showcase Concert in December. We sung a variety of songs - traditional Veneto and other Italian as well as some songs in English, to a paying audience of approximately 200 people. Our concert got an excellent review in Il Globo newspaper and Meredith Fuller a psychologist. Meredith wrote about how well our concert was received and the benefits both social and personal of singing in a choir.

In February 2020 before COVID-19 struck, we were invited to sing at a special event - The St. Vincent’s Institute Fund raising dinner. This high-profile dinner was attended by well-known benefactors and it had an Italian theme, so we fitted in very well.

The rest of 2020 for us was a wipeout. All our engagements were cancelled. Our only venture was in December singing Christmas Carols in several shopping mall locations for the City of Manningham.

Our founding conductor Elvira Andreoli, for personal reasons mid 2019 decided not to continue taking on the responsibility of conducting our choir. So, after a short search, Giuliano Di Ienno was commissioned. Giuliano is an accomplished musician and conductor who through his patient coaching has challenged and inspired us to do even better. We thank him for is dedication, his drive and commitment.

We also thank the Veneto Club board, especially Fabio Sandona’, for their continuing encouragement and support.

The VC Choir committee members for 2020 – 2021 are: Paul Michielin, Antonio Rossi, Paul Odorisio, Pasquale Marinelli “Si Canta Per Vivere : Si Vive Per Cantare”

PASQUALE MARINELLI

Choir Committee

Lunedì 07 Dicembre 2020 il Veneto Club Melbourne ha ufficialmente accolto il monumento dell’Associazione Nazionale Alpini del Victoria e Tasmania alla presenza di una delegazione della sezione locale capitanata dal Presidente responsabile statale Aldo Zanatta (originario di Cusignana, frazione di Giavera del Montello - TV), dal Consigliere sezionale Lorenzo Bianchin (originario di Camalò, frazione di Povegliano - TV), oltre che dal Capogruppo di Melbourne Riccardo Meneguzzi (originario di Morsano al Tagliamento - PN), dal Vice Beniamino Zanatta (originario di Musano, frazione di Trevignano - TV) e dal Consigliere Antonio Lunardi (famiglia originaria di Foza - VI).

Gli Alpini di Melbourne, storica presenza comunitaria fondata tra la fine degli anni ’60 e l’inizio degli anni ’70, celebrano e mantengono vivo lo spirito e il ricordo di quelli eroici combattenti che per la patria hanno donato la propria esistenza: ricorrenze quali la “Celebrazione per i reduci di Russia” che si svolge e Febbraio, la “Liberazione” e “L’ANZAC Day” del 25 Aprile, piuttosto che la Giornata dell’Unità Nazionale e delle Forze Armate del 04 Novembre, acquistano un significato ancora più profondo nel contesto dell’emigrazione Italiana all’estero e delle sue peculiari specificità.

Il monumento da 2.6 tonnellate, eretto nel 1985 dallo scultore di origine trentina, Magnavacca e benedetto dall’allora vescovo Sir. Frank little, raffigura in modo straordinario l’Alpino mai domo, sempre pronto e fiero al servizio del suo paese facendoci altresì riflettere, profondamente, sui valori e sulle virtu’ caratterizzanti dell’arma ed è dedicato “ALLE PENNE MOZZE, OVUNQUE SEPOLTE E AI SOLDATI DI TUTTE LE GUERRE PERCHE’ RIPOSANO CON CANTORE”.

Fondamentali, per la ricollocazione del monumento, sono state le sinergie messe in campo tra gli Alpini e il Cda del Veneto Club: le volontà espresse dai primi hanno trovato piena sintonia nei secondi soprattutto grazie alla totale disponibilità del suo Presidente Louis Crema il quale ha fortemente assecondato l’iniziativa concretizzandola sia dal punto di vista operativo che logistico.

Il giorno 07 Marzo 2021 si è svolta la riunione annuale dell'Associazione che ha visto l'elezione in qualità di Presidente del Sig. Eliseo Mattiuzzo, Vice Presidente il Sig. Beniamino Zanatta e Tesoriere con funzioni anche di Segretario il Sig. Antonio Lunardi.

Nei loro 50 anni di attività locale, gli Alpini di Melbourne si sono particolarmente distinti, in ambito comunitario, soprattutto per la loro profonda sensibilità storica particolarmente evidente visitando il museo dedicato, sito all’interno dei locali dell’AIA presso l’Università La Trobe di Bundoora (Melbourne - Australia): spazio espositivo inaugurato nel 2005 in collaborazione con il compianto Prof. Genovesi e fortemente voluto e sostenuto soprattutto dall’imprenditore edile di origine veneta Rino Grollo.

Al Presidente del Veneto Club Louis Crema e al suo Comitato così come ai Responsabili operativi del Veneto Club, arrivino i nostri più sentiti ringraziamenti per averci assecondato nella nostra richiesta di far custodire alla vostra realtà associativa regionale questo nostro cimelio così significato con l’auspicio di poter valorizzare la sua importanza e far conoscere i sui valori fondanti, particolarmente alle nuove generazioni, sempre e ancor di più.

FABIO SANDONĀ

per conto del Direttivo dell'Associazione Nazionale Alpini del Victoria e Tasmania

Relazione Annuale 2020/2021

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The Veneto Club Choir has come along in leaps and bounds since its’ inception in 2018. We practice on a regular basis each month with regular attendances from our 28 members. From a humble unsure beginning, supported financially by the Veneto Club Board, we have made quite a name for ourselves. We have been invited regularly to perform for organizations outside our club. At first, we were surprised by the many invitations, then we realized that our male voices were well received and sought after.

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It is with deep regret that we acknowledge the passing of many members during 2019-2020. May they rest in peace.

In February 2019 the Annual General Meeting held at the Veneto Club had an attendance of 170 members. The following Sunday we celebrated the Annual Family Picnic with Father Vito. The day included a barbecue lunch, bocce, mora, singing and children's activities. A free dinner for members concluded a wonderful day that was had by all.

The next function was a bus trip to the Geelong & Bellarine Peninsula. The excursion included a tour of Geelong, a ride on the steam train from Queenscliff to Drysdale and a delicious meal of fresh mussels in Portarlington. The singing, the reminiscing and the telling of jokes all day contributed to a most enjoyable trip.

Il Comitato eletto per 2019-2020 era composto da: Davide Gottardello presidente, Giuseppe Trentin vice-presidente, Katia Bacchin segretaria, Angelo Reginato tesoriere, Maria Ferronato vice-tesoriere, membri Lucia Zandegù, Claudia e Franco Borella, Alessandro e Anna Simion e Mario Todaro – Luigi Marchetti e Giorgio Ferronato si sono dimessi e il comitato è rimasto composto da undici persone.

On Anzac Day, the Trevisani manned the barbecue marquee for the Veneto Club's annual Sagra di San Marco.

On 4 & 5 May, the weekend to Myrtleford was held. The annual event provided the opportunity to meet and socialize with our "paesani". Many of our Melbourne members started their life in that region of Victoria, so it is important that we keep this tradition with the Myrtleford group.

A settembre abbiamo avuto l’incontro per la Festa del papà, con pranzo gratuito per tutti i papà. A ottobre una giornata di allegra compagnia nella Baracca per il “Pomeriggio tra amici” e per finire l’anno in bellezza, il Pic-nic di Natale a novembre.

Fortunatamente abbiamo iniziato il 2020 con il nostro Pic-nic di Carnevale nella Baracca a febbraio.

On June 2nd our luncheon was held at the Freccia Azzurra in Springvale, followed by plenty of roasted chestnuts and Vin Brulé.

On August 18, Festa Del Radicchio and Festa di San Pio X was held at the Veneto Club, with our traditional radicchio risotto luncheon. It was a successful and entertaining day for members.

Poi, come per tutte le Associazioni, il resto del 2020 è andato “perso” a causa del Covid-19. Niente più incontri, solamente anticipazioni che ci si poteva rivedere a distanza di qualche mese, ma tutta speranza al vento. Gli unici contatti con i nostri soci sono stati per telefono. Non si sono tenuti altri incontri ed è stata rimandata anche l’Assemblea generale – e naturalmente il Comitato è rimasto immutato.

On October 10th, a bus left Veneto Club for Sydney for XI I Convegno hosted by "Trevisani nel Mondo Sydney". Friday was spent sightseeing, followed by the 'Meet & Greet' function at the Marconi Club, where the Trevisani members from Italy and the Australian states enjoyed a social evening.

Il 2021 è iniziato con la rinnovata speranza di rivedere i nostri cari soci, con il primo incontro programmato a febbraio per la festa di San Valentino, domenica 14 febbraio. Purtroppo, due giorni prima dell’evento, il Veneto Club ha dovuto chiudere le sue porte a causa del “Mini-Lockdown” che il Governo statale ha imposto all’improvviso e il nostro pranzo è stato cancellato.

Non abbiamo perso la speranza, e siamo andati avanti a programmare la festa del 35mo Anniversario, sempre al Veneto Club, domenica 18 aprile, un bellissimo pomeriggio al quale hanno partecipato circa 150 persone.

Le altre attività previste per il resto dell’anno sociale sono la Festa della Mamma domenica 16 maggio e il pranzo di S. Antonio domenica 13 giugno.

I nostri cari soci ci sono mancati tanto ed erano sempre nei nostri pensieri, ansiosi di poterli rivedere. Ci auguriamo che quest’anno ci si possa abbracciare più spesso e che torni la normalità. I nostri pensieri sono rivolti anche al resto del mondo che sta soffrendo e, in particolare, ai nostri cari in Italia. Come insegna la Storia, il mondo ha sempre recuperato dopo tante tragedie e anche questo periodo passerà e si potrà raccontare la nostra storia alle nuove generazioni, lasciando loro un messaggio positivo: anche nel buio la speranza porterà la luce.

Ringraziamo tutti per il continuo supporto e un grazie al comitato e al Veneto Club che ci ospita.

On Saturday while our group went off to visit Manly and Circular Quay, the Melbourne committee came together with all state A.T.M. representatives met with the A.I.T.M. delegation. In the evening more than five hundred members and guests attended a Gala Dinner at the Marconi Club. The X 11 Convegno concluded with a Sunday Mass and a farewell luncheon. The journey home, included a tour of Windsor, St Andrew's Church, a cruise on the Hawkesbury Paddle Wheeler, and a visit to the Tizzana's Winery.

The last day was spent in Griffith where we organized a dinner with the local paesani, In 2022, Melbourne will be hosting the next A.l.T.M. National Convegno.

The final function for 2019 was on November 10th, when the Trevisani nel Mondo Melbourne, celebrated their 46th Anniversary at the Veneto Club which was attended by 283 members.

In 2020 the year began with the AGM and the Annual Family Picnic which was held at the Veneto Club. Unfortunately, all further planned functions for the year were cancelled due to COVID 19.

The social events planned for 2021 are: 11th July-Radicchio Luncheon @ Veneto Club TBC 22nd August-S. Pio X Luncheon @ Veneto Club.

19th September -Day bus trip to Tulip Farm.

October-Members Mid-Week Luncheon @ Veneto Club.

21st November-47th Anniversary Luncheon @ Veneto Club.

KATIA BACCHIN Segretaria

Associazione Trevisani nel Mondo

C’eravamo lasciati alla seconda metà del 2019 nell’ultimo rapporto contenuto nella Relazione Annuale del Veneto Club pubblicato due anni fa. Nella seconda parte del 2019, gli incontri dell’Associazione Padovani nel mondo sono stati abbastanza frequenti, a partire da luglio con l’inizio di un nuovo anno sociale e l’Assemblea generale, dove come consueto si offre un pranzo di tre portate con bevande a tutti i membri.

We hope and pray that COVID 19 will not be a problem for our community in 2021 and we look forward to sharing many happy times with our members and their families.

ANNETTE PARISOTTO

Secretary

Alpini

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Associazione Veronesi nel Mondo

CALENDARIO SOCIALE 2021 25 Luglio: Tradizionale pranzo antipasto con risotto funghi porcini, Porchetta vini e acqua, frutta e dolce incluso.

Sabato 5-6 Settembre: Gita di due giorni a Griffith.

Domenica 17 Ottobre: Tradizionale festa degli Asparagi con pranzo vini e acqua, frutta e dolce incluso.

Domenica 12 Dicembre: Santa Messa Chiesa di Holy Spirit Thornbury Pranzo special complete bibite incluse e Santa Lucia che porta dolci e doni a tutti I bambini.

La recente pandemia ha portato i programmi di tutti ad un blocco improvviso, ma con le restrizioni ormai alle nostre spalle, l' Associazione Ente Vicentini nel Mondo, Melbourne ha ripreso la sua lista di attività' per il 2021 con entusiasmo.

Nel Gennaio 2020 il gruppo dei Vicentini e' stato a Mirboo North per l' Italian Festival, e nel mese seguente abbiamo avuto il nostro General Meeting AGM nella sala Venezia del Veneto Club.

Purtroppo nel Marzo del 2020 e' cominciato il lockdown e questo ha causato la cancellazione di tutte le nostre feste ed eventi. Uno degli aspetti piu' difficili delle restrizioni e' stato che non era possibile visitare i familiari specialmente negli ospedali.

A causa delle restrizioni per il covid la messa della Madonna di Monte Berico si e' dovuta celebrare senza persone presenti la domenica 6 Settembre 2020 nella chiesa di Santa Brigida Fitzroy North, comunque e' stato possibile seguire questa celebrazione attraverso internet.

Nel Marzo di quest'anno con il miglioramento delle restrizioni per il Covid si e' potuto tenere l'AGM il giorno 7 Marzo 21.

Questo e' stato seguito della festa delle Palme, il giorno 28 Marzo 21 alla baracca del Veneto Club. Tutti hanno apprezzato i piatti preparati per l'occasione, come Polenta e Baccalà'. C'è anche stata la visita del "Easter Bunny" e la "Rottura delle Pignate" per i piu' piccoli.

Da Sinistra; Foto storica di Giulietta e Romeo Veronesi che rappresentano il carro Veronese Italiano alla sfilata dei carri alla Mumba di Melbourne 15 Marzo 1997 Soci ed amici durante un pranzo

Il nostro programma per il 2021 e' il seguente: Picnic dei Soci e festa delle Castagne il 2 Maggio presso la baracca del Veneto Club, sara' seguito del pranzo annuale in Luglio, Festa delle Madonna di Monte Berico in Settembre, Gita delle Ciliegie in Novembre e la Bicchierata di Santo Stefano in Dicembre.

Christine Mengato : 9330043

Un caloroso ringraziamento va a tutti quelli che hanno contribuito per aiutare l'Associazione Ente Vicentini nel Mondo, Melbourne in particolare il Veneto Club. Sperando di incontrarci tutti insieme al prossimo evento.

Cesare Zanchi : 94601300

Un cordiale saluto dal

Per qualsiasi informazione Renzo Ida Zanella P: 93700854 M: 0412150106

Mattarolo Silvana : 0420507435 Veronesi nel Mondo di Melbourne 155 St Leonards Road Ascot Vale 3032 VIC Email: renzo@clayforlife.com.au

RENZO ZANELLA Presidente

Relazione Annuale 2020/2021

Associazione Ente Vicentini nel Mondo

L’arrivo del Coronavirus COVID-19 ha sconvolto il mondo intero in poco tempo, incidendo fortemente sulle nostre vite presenti e future. Ha avuto delle grandi ripercussioni su tutti noi sulle nostre famiglie sul lavoro e cosi pure per noi Associazione Veronesi nel Mondo di Melbourne. In molti casi durante questo periodo alcuni di noi hanno subito notevoli difficoltà, di malattia,finanziarie e perdita di lavoro sono sicuro che non è stata facile per nessuno di noi. L’anno 2020 sara un’anno che non lo dimenticheremo facilmente, e se pur la vita ci messo a dura prova, abbiamo avuto la forza di andare avanti, di sicuro ne usciremo più forti di prima; a parte tutto viviamo in un paese ‘Australia” invitandoci alla corretezza e disciplina. Carissimi Soci ed Amici volevo dirvi che l’Associazione Veronesi di Melbourne e ancora solida piu` viva che mai e siamo pronti e felici di rivedervi, di stare in vostra compagnia, cosi faccio un appello di non mancare alle nostre feste. Come potete vedere “sopra” nel calendario sociale le date delle nostre feste 2021. Noi come al solito saremo lieti di fare del nostro meglio, ormai tutti voi Soci ed Amici sapete che con I Veronesi c’e` mangiare e bere in abbondanza ad un prezzo minimo.

SERGIO POVOLO Presidente

a nome di tutto il comitato 2021.

Photo 1 - Mirboo North, January 2020 Photo 2 - Madonna di Monte Berico mass by Father Savino Bernardi, September 2020.

Photo 3 - Festa Delle Palme, Baracca Veneto Club, 2021

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l’Assemblea Generale dei soci avvenuta Domenica 26 maggio al Veneto Club, per le elezioni del nuovo Comitato direttivo che e` rimasto invariato da oltre 7 anni, lavoriamo molto bene assieme speriamo di continuare cosi`.

Domenica 4 agosto, alle 2pm e` tradizione riunirci nella sala parocchiale di Santa Brigida, abbiamo trascorso un pomerigio di amicizia e gustando cibi della nostra tradizione, pane sopressa dei buoni crostoli e un gustoso e caldo “vin brule`per concludere cercando la fortuna con una ricca lotteria.

Al Pranzo annuale Multiculturale di domenica 20 ottobre parteciparano 153 soci, un buon pranzo, preparato e servito dal Veneto Club, musica da ballo e tutti hanno trascorso un pomerigio in un clima di serena cordialita` e amicizia.

Purtroppo il nostro Picnic annuale del 8 marzo alla baracca del Veneto Club, e`stato l’ultimo incontro che siamo riusciti fare, tutto e` andato bene, la scelta di gustosi piatti tradizionali come ogni anno e abbiamo avuto un buon risultato. Abbiamo trascorso cosi`un pomeriggio in compagnia, e si ravvivano i ricordi del nostro altopiano, con delle buone chiaccherate, fortunati e felici anche i bambini che hanno trovato le caramelle e cioccolattini rompendo le “pignate”.

L' anno 20-21 Abbiamo incominciato con il Picnic annuale del 14 marzo alla baracca del Veneto Club con un totale di 100 soci e amici, dopo 12 mesi di separazione, e' stato per tutti semplicemente magico passare un po di tempo assieme ed e' stato assolutamente fantastico.

Il giorno di Pasquetta lunedi` 4 aprile ci siamo riuniti per la tradizionale bicchierata con uno spuntino e un bicchiere di vino e come tradizione qualche fetta saporita di Colomba Pasquale.

Le date da ricordare sono; 23 maggio AGM al Veneto Club, 1 agosto “Vin Brule`” alla sala di Santa Brigida, 17 ottobre Pranzo Annuale anche per festeggiare il nostro 30 esimo anniversario, dove? al Veneto Club.

Grazie infinite ai membri del Comitato per l’eccellente lavoro che svolgono, ai volontari sempre pronti, ai soci che partecipano alle feste, per il loro supporto e la loro amicizia.

Molte grazie al personale del Veneto Cub per la loro ospitalita' e assistenza.

GIORGIA RIZZATO Presidente e Segretaria

La nostra Comunità veneta locale trova nella Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria l’espressione formale di raccordo con l’Istituzione regionale del Veneto; la Federazione, formata dalle otto Associazioni costituenti ovvero la Comunità Montana dei Sette Comuni (guidata dalla Presidente Giorgia Rizzato), i Padovani di Melbourne (guidati dal Presidente Davide Gottardello), i Veronesi di Melbourne (guidati dal Presidente Renzo Zanella), i Vicentini di Melbourne (guidati dal Presidente Sergio Povolo) e di Myrtleford (guidati dal Presidente Sebastiano Revrenna), i Trevisani di Melbourne (guidati dal Presidente Giorgio Paccagnan) e di Myrtleford (guidati dal Presidente Armando Pasquali) e il Veneto Club Melbourne (guidato dal Presidente Louis Crema), coordina, valorizza e sostiene a trecentosessanta gradi il nostro settore con lo sviluppo di specifici progetti secondo i programmi annuali stilati dalla Regione del Veneto stessa.

La Comunità veneta del Victoria per l’annualità 2019/2020 si è dimostrata alquanto collaborativa e ricettiva rispetto alle manifestazioni e iniziative messe in campo e armonizzate localmente con il tramite della Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria: pur prediligendo eventi “tradizionali e classici” la Collettività veneta locale ha risposto positivamente rispetto anche a nuove forme progettuali che la nostra FAV Victoria integra, gradualmente, anno dopo anno.

La volontarietà, dedizione e disponibilità dei soggetti coinvolti ha permesso di proporre costantemente iniziative rispondenti alle esigenze e aspettative degli affiliati.

Per il 2019/2020, di grande significato, è stata in particolare la progettualità delle “Memorie Venete”, resa possibile anche grazie al parziale sostegno economico della Regione: l’iniziativa ha permesso la digitalizzazione di una parte importante dell’archivio storico della nostra Comunità veneta con la pubblicazione on-line, su formato flipbooks, di decine di annuari illustrativi e di più di mille foto della nostra Collettività dagli anni sessanta ad oggi; tutto il materiale lavorato, narrante la presenza, le attività e la rilevanza dei nostri corregionali, è stato integrato in un sito ad hoc, consultabile all’indirizzo internet www.venetoclubmelbourne. com.au/fav, portale che rimarrà quindi una fonte importante di consultazione anche per le generazioni che verranno.

La Federazione ha inoltre promosso, con il tramite dei Trevisani di Melbourne e del Veneto Club di Melbourne, la consegna di due “benemerenze regionali” a firma del Presidente Luca Zaia e dell’Assessore Manuela Lanzarin, a due meritevoli componenti della nostra Comunità: i Signori Andrea Bettio e Agostino Martini entrambi insigniti per meriti associativi.

La Federazione, durante la fine del 2019, ha provveduto a rinnovare il proprio Direttivo ora composto da: Fabio Sandonà (Presidente – Consultore) originario di Caltrano VI, Giorgio Paccagnan (vice Presidente) originario di Paese TV, Renzo Zanella (vice Presidente) originario di Bovolone VR, Ketti Pezzin (Segretaria) originaria di Dueville VI, Luciano Benetti (Tesoriere) famiglia originaria di Asiago VI. La Collettività veneta del Victoria, tutt’oggi alquanto partecipativa nelle manifestazioni e attività, si può fregiare di elementi associativi e di circoli dinamici che con determinazione e costanza perdurano nella propria missione identitaria e culturale per preservare e tramandare le nostre tradizioni e la nostra identità: ai rispettivi Direttivi tutti, giunga quindi il più forte ringraziamento per l’impegno e la tenacia incessantemente dimostrati.

La Consulta dei Veneti nel Mondo e il Meeting 2019 si sono svolti nel mese di Luglio a Belluno: dalla prima è scaturita soprattutto la richiesta di reperire e mettere a disposizione maggiori risorse per i programmi culturali e di appoggiare lo strumento dell’osservatorio sui veneti nel mondo; dalla seconda invece i ragazzi e le ragazze giovani hanno posto l’accento sulla nuova emigrazione, sui gemellaggi e sulla lingua veneta.

Di forte rilevanza poi, la volontà dell’assessorato e delle assemblee di rafforzare le sinergie di sistema tra Regione, ufficio scolastico e Associazioni dei Veneti nel Mondo per una maggiore diffusione e conoscenza della storia del fenomeno migratorio veneto e quindi delle nostre rispettive realtà venete all’estero.

Nel mese di Febbraio 2020 la Federazione ha partecipato al progetto “Scambio culturale Italia-Australia”: attività scolastica tra un istituto di scuola superiore del Bellunese e un istituto parigrado Australiano, progetto all’interno del quale, grazie alla nostra collaborazione, gli studenti veneti hanno potuto visitare alcune Istituzioni e centri di collegamento tra i due paesi quali il Co.as.it. di Melbourne, la redazione de Il Globo e la sede del Comites Victoria e Tasmania nonché entrare in contatto diretto con la nostra Comunità visitando il Veneto Club e gli uffici della nostra Federazione.

Per l’annualità 2020/2021 invece, l’operatività comunitaria associativa della Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria, è stata purtroppo impattata dall’emergenza sanitaria dovuta al COVID-19 che non ci ha sostanzialmente permesso una normale conduzione costante di tutte le nostre attività: nella prima parte dell’anno sono state portate a termine diverse manifestazioni, come da calendario previsto, per poi doverle sospendere in rispetto alle stringenti limitazioni imposte dalle autorità locali.

Di rilevante impatto emotivo e umano sono comunque risultati alcuni specifici passaggi messi in campo al fine di sostenere la collettività veneta, nell’ambito della pandemia e specialmente verso coloro che si trovavano in situazioni di solitudine e di estremo disagio; la conduzione associativa delle Federazione ha inoltre anche dovuto anche adeguarsi, dal punto di vista gestionale, implementando strumenti di supporto e comunicazione elettronici utili e necessari all’efficienza operativa essenziale della stessa; a partire dall’ultimo quadrimestre dell’anno 2020, ovvero da quando le restrizioni lo hanno iniziato a permettere, si è cercato di riprendere una graduale “ordinaria” funzionalità.

L’Istituzione Regionale stessa ha dovuto effettuare, durante il secondo trimestre del 2020, delle scelte di sistema urgenti e importanti che hanno purtroppo stravolto la nostra programmazione di settore per l’anno in corso, riparametrando verso il basso le risorse precedentemente destinate a favore delle nostre Comunità Venete nel Mondo ovvero sono state cancellate le iniziative culturali, i soggiorni di turismo sociale, i progetti formativi rivolti giovani oriundi veneti, i gemellaggi, i patti di amicizia così come Consulta, Meeting dei Giovani e Giornata dei Veneti nel Mondo: questo al fine di poter destinare maggiori risorse possibili al settore sanitario per far fronte all'emergenza COVID-19 nel nostro territorio di origine.

Relazione Annuale 2020/2021

Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria e Regione Veneto

Nel corso dell’anno 2019-2020 le preferenze del nostro programma sono sempre le feste tradizionali da tutti I soci molto apprezzate piu` importante e` passare qualche ora assieme in buona armonia.

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Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria e Regione Veneto

La nostra Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria, di concerto con i responsabili associativi di tutte le sue componenti, dal canto suo, nel rispondere alle richieste arrivate dalla Regione del Veneto, assecondandole prontamente, ha esteso il proprio appoggio con stima e spirito di supporto: “Rimane essenziale poter dotare dell’opportuna copertura gli strumenti finanziari, a sostegno della lotta contro il virus, che la Regione del Veneto ha predisposto, ragion per cui la rimodulazione del programma 2020 rivolto ai Veneti nel Mondo riscontra il nostro consenso andando sostanzialmente verso quella direzione. Rimaniamo lieti di poter, nel nostro piccolo e anche se indirettamente, sostenere la causa che oggi più che mai ci impone di essere solidali, collaborativi e resilienti.

Siamo infine assai consapevoli dell’importanza che le nostre Comunità Venete nel Mondo ricoprono non solo rispetto ad una questione identitario-culturale-storica ma anche e soprattutto per quanto riguarda l’apporto commerciale che esse possono fornire alla nostra Regione con il proprio turismo di ritorno e tutti gli annessi collegati: in tal senso confidiamo che alle Federazioni e alle Associazioni, nelle prossime annualità e a emergenza COVID-19 superata, le programmazioni di settore ritornino ad essere quantitativamente non inferiori a quelle degli ultimi anni ovvero non sotto un limite al di là del quale il nostro terzo settore ne potrebbe soffrire un definitivo dissesto.”

L’ultimo quadrimestre del 2020 ha inoltre visto una nuova Giunta Regionale insediarsi a Palazzo Ferro Fini: Assemblea che ha visto poi assegnata la nomina per l’Identità veneta e i Flussi migratori/Veneti nel mondo al Dott. Cristiano Corazzari, diventato quindi il nuovo Assessore per il nostro settore: giovane avvocato della provincia di Rovigo al quale, oltre agli impegni che ci riguardano, sono state assegnate le istanze relative alla pianificazione territoriale e urbanistica, ai beni ambientali, culturali e tutela del paesaggio, ai parchi e alle aree protette, alla caccia, pesca e acquacoltura, alla polizia locale – sicurezza, alla cultura, allo spettacolo e sport, all’edilizia sportiva, all’edilizia di culto e residenziale pubblica, ai diritti umani e alle minoranze linguistiche.

La nostra Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria, alla data di stesura di questo testo, ha già partecipato a due attività di confronto con l’Assessore Corazzari il quale si è dimostrato interessato e collaborativo così come disponibile: una prima attività di presentazione svoltasi on line durante il mese di Dicembre 2020 ed un secondo più importante momento di confronto con la Consulta dei Veneti nel Mondo, svoltosi sempre via video link, alla fine del mese di Marzo 2021 nel quale sostanzialmente l’Istituzione per questa annualità del 2021, anche se in maniera meno consistente rispetto al 2019 ma pur sempre maggiore rispetto al 2020, conferma il sostegno economico per alcune specifiche progettualità di sistema che ci riguardano.

Di significativa menzione infine, la collaborazione che permane fra l’Academia de la Bona Creansa - https://www. academiabonacreansa.eu/ e la nostra Federazione Veneta locale che ci ha permesso nuovamente di proporre alla nostra Collettività “el Lunaro Veneto 2021” che con i suoi contenuti nella nostra lingua veneta ovvero nel nostro “dialetto puro” rimane una fonte importante di veicolo della nostra cultura, delle nostre tradizioni e della nostra storia.

Barro Group congratulates the Members of the Veneto Club on its 50th Anniversary.

We celebrate the legacy of those who believed in and acted upon a vision and the

A tutti voi e in particolare al Veneto Club Melbourne che ci ospita in questo suo spazio promozionale, a nome di tutta la Federazione vi giungano i nostri più sentiti saluti e ringraziamenti per la vostra passione e il vostro supporto.

leaders and members who

FABIO SANDONĀ

expanded that vision.

Presidente – Consultore Federazione delle Associazioni Venete del Victoria favvictoria@gmail.com

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VC Membership Profile

Colin Guest 7/10/1937 — 7/12/2018 Melbourne, Victoria

Inelio Lattanzio 17/9/1932 — 29/5/2019 Abruzzi

Cosimo Coviello 10/9/1931 — 7/6/2019 Monterocchetta

Giovanni (Nino) Greco 3/1/1934 — 28/6/2019 Venezia

Adriano Funai 9/11/1932 — 25/7/2019 Toscana

Paolo Paradiso 22/5/1946 — 14/8/2019 Basilicata

Severino Marchi 6/3/1935 — 21/8/2019 Veneto

Remo Mariani 27/4/1933 — 23/8/2019 Abruzzi

Jacquelin Bender 6/8/1935 — 1/9/2019

Achille Brazzale 14/3/1935 — 2/9/2019 Vicenza

Franco Gasparotto 24/7/1940 — 26/9/2019

Angela Pozzobon 23/11/1932 — 3/10/2019 Treviso

Carlo Bergamo 17/9/1925 — 28/10/2019

Angelo Cherubin 14/9/1932 — 1/11/2019 Vicenza

Luigi Calgaro 25/11/1921 — 4/11/2019

Alma Grayson 29/9/1922 — 8/11/2019 Lombardy

Gino Busetto 27/9/1933 — 18/11/2019 Pola

Bruno Mazzolini 23/12/1933 — 22/11/2019 Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Frank Italiano 2/5/1928 — 25/11/2019

Mario Di Maggio 20/10/1932 — 29/11/2019 Veneto

Silvio Gatto 22/2/1933 — 7/12/2019 Veneto

Erminio Poloni 22/8/1934— 20/12/2019 Veneto

Bruna Brazzale 12/10/1937 — 19/12/2019 Lugo, Emilia-Romagna

Antonio Medica 15/4/1934 — 8/8/2019 Istra, Racja

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Crema Constructions, alongside Crema Group, wish the Veneto Club and its board the very best for the coming year.

Raffaele Presti

26/10/1931 – 04/02/2020

Santina (Giovanna) Rigoni 15/4/1930 — 21/4/2020 Vicenza

Robert Colla 20/9/1959 — 1/6/2020 Melbourne

Maurie Presutto 8/10/1955 — 5/8/2020 Abruzzo

Alberto Sonza 14/10/1931 — 4/8/2020 Veneto

Mario Grollo 3/8/1938 — 6/8/2020 Veneto

Sicilia

18/7/1940 — 1/2/2020 Abruzzo

Angelo Sist 30/10/1923 — 21/6/2020 Friuli-Venezia Giulia

26/10/1931 — 5/2/2020 Sicilia

Gastone Favrin 18/7/1944 — 22/6/2020 Veneto Inez Favrin 22/2/1952 — 5/10/2020

21/11/1940 — 24/2/2020 Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Sebastiano Isolani 19/3/1928 — 8/8/2020 Toscana

Sisto Rigoni 4/4/1935 — 12/8/2020 Vicenza

John Cabion 21/5/1933 — 13/8/2020 Adelaide

Domenico Lepore 1/8/1931 —19/8/2020 Campania

Isidoro Rigoni 27/7/1931 — 25/8/2020 Vicenza

Angelo Poloni 30/11/1939 — 7/10/2020 Veneto

Maurice Valmorbida 22/5/1957 — 14/10/2020 Melbourne

Ivone Santi 24/1/1938 — 7/11/2020 Veneto

Vivien Honeyborne 6/4/1952— 13/11/2020 Melbourne

Ada Crema 10/10/1924 — 13/11/2020 Veneto

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Paolo Mirabella 17/10/1936 — 20/2/2021

Angelo Boin 8/8/1933 — 26/3/2021 Veneto

Lino Sartori 24/3/1922 — 1/4/2021 Veneto

Rino Tessarotto 18/2/1940— 25/4/2021 Veneto

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