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YIPs raise a glass to 2017 young Insurance Professionals (yIPs) celebrated the end of the year at functions around Australia and in Auckland. New South Wales members enjoyed drinks and canapes at the Bavarian Bier Café in york Street, Sydney, while Queensland celebrations were held at Brisbane’s Garden Bar. In Victoria, the venue was Fargo and Co, which has opened in Richmond following the restoration of a former Commonwealth Bank heritage building. Nearly $500 was raised for Movember by the Victorian group while NSW also supported the men’s health foundation with a raffle. Auckland members cruised the harbour aboard the Ocean Eagle, once owned by US billionaire Bill Koch and used as an America’s Cup chase boat. yIPs, which has expanded to more than 6700 members, also held year-end festivities at the Royal Hobart Bowling Club, while award-winning bar and Spanish restaurant Udaberri was the venue in Adelaide. In Perth, tickets for an event at The Lounge Bar included a donation for Moving Mountains for Mitch, a campaign for Mitch Cleary who suffered devastating injuries following a coward punch in 2013.
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