BAY'S KARATE KID FISHING FOR NEW IDEAS

with funds going back to local charities

Insurance premiums to cover these activities rose significantly last year and meant that events in 2023 would be unaffordable. But with the assistance of a $1200 Hervey Bay RSL Community Grant to pay for this cost, the club can now get back to concentrating on working together to run a club that benefits members and gives back to the community, Margaret said. There are some great ideas on the horizon.

“We want to encourage members to think outside the square and back new ideas with the security

GETTING involved in Karate has been a life saver for Hervey Bay’s Tobias Outred.

week and worked incredibly hard to qualify to compete in the prestigious ISKA National Karate Championships in Sydney recently.

A Hervey Bay RSL Community Grant of $1500 plus $500 in fuel vouchers helped pay for accommodation, entry fees and fuel costs.

of insurance behind us to work more with the community, especially youth, elderly and the disabled,” Margaret said.

“We have successfully run the Junior Whiting competition for two years in a row and now we want to do more.”

The club has trialled using a wheelchair to take elderly folk and the disabled to the beach to wet their feet or cast a line which was “absolutely brilliant”, Margaret said.

“Once again, our insurance stopped us from seeing it through at the time.

“We can now get this activity off the ground, make our Junior