banner

                     BULLETIN  2 September 2022                                        Today in History 1960                          

New Zealand sport enjoyed one of its greatest days in Rome’s Olympic Stadium. Peter Snell won the 800 m and Murray Halberg won the 5000 m.

Snell was ranked 26th in the world. Cannily coached by Arthur Lydiard, he cruised through the three qualifying rounds, running impressive times.

The final was run at a red-hot pace. The favourite, Belgian world record-holder Roger Moens, took the lead with 100 m to go and seemed certain to win until Snell surged past him on the inside. When he realised he had won in Olympic record time, Snell was too stunned to take a victory lap.

Minutes later, Halberg lined up in the final of the 5000 m, for which he had qualified easily. Running to a plan set by Lydiard, he burst ahead of the field with three laps to go and hung on to the finish before collapsing on the infield, completely spent.

                                                   Editor  Steve Dorrington

Club  Directors
President
 
Past President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Community Service
 
International Service
 
Director Membership and Club Services
 
New Generation
 
Environment
 
If you wish to apologise or register a Leave of Absence Request, please use the links below. Any problems please use contact form and emails will be forwarded. Remember absences need to be submitted before 6 pm on Thursday to be credited. LOAs require board approval
 

Apologies

Leave of Absence

 
 
Meeting Information
Fridays at 7:00 AM
Tauranga Club
Level 5
Hotel on Devonport
Tauranga,
New Zealand
DistrictSiteIcon
District Site
Upcoming Events
Fund Raising Auction
Sep 09, 2022
 
Rotary Charity Auction
Sep 09, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
 
AGM
Oct 21, 2022
 
View entire list
Upcoming Speakers
Sep 09, 2022 7:20 AM
Sep 16, 2022 7:20 AM
Bay Conservation Aliance
View entire list
 
TODAY'S NUMBERS

Attended

32

Apologies

15

LOA

8

Silent

4

TOTAL

59

 
Visitors:   Peter Garnett (DG 9910)
 
Welcome From President Lynda Burch.
 
Announcements – Jim is now the roster man. His message is:- Let him know of any possible speakers, check the duties each week, if you don’t want to be sergeant, reconsider, tech volunteers are required, ditto bulletin editors. Thanks Jim.
 
Auction – The Annual Rotary Auction is on this coming week, so bring a friend along if you have one. Grant Child form Eves will again wield the auctioneer’s hammer.  Talk to Les Geraghty if auction items are still to come in. Proceeds will go to Shelter Box and Vanuatu projects.
 
Treasured Art- The first planning meeting for this event is underway so some in the club are now in Treasured Art mode. Venue and date still to be finalised but it will run for a week in mid-May somewhere near you. The first notifications to artists and buyers will go out this week.
 
Badges – are being renumbered – Be careful not to be masquerading as someone else next meeting.
 
Speaker – The Drain-Sock was listed as the guest speaker, but Michele Beaton stepped in at the last minute and undoubtedly did a better job.  Her biggest challenge, she claimed was sticking to time, and so it transpired. The Drain-Sock, was apparently Nathan Capper’s idea – always blame the guy who’s just left. Plastic is a big issue for the ocean environment, with 90% of (dead) seabirds having a bit of plastic sequestered away in their crop, which from all accounts has not enhanced their wellbeing. Not only that, there is, apparently a Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where all things plastic accumulate. Fortunately, we are able to blame Asia for this state of affairs, having protected the Pacific locally with our drain-sock.
Given the time pressure, Michelle took us through a whirlwind of stakeholders, funders, designers, sign- makers, oyster saboteurs, blessings, news stories and sock repairs. “Darn it”, some wag suggested. The next step is to get other Rotary clubs involved, with a drain of their own, then there’s only sediments, minerals, hydrocarbons, metals and microbes to deal with. Good stuff.
 
Paul Harris Award: It turned out there was a reason Perter Garnett, was visiting. Peter is taking over from our own Glenys Parton as the Regional Chair for ROMAC. He was also there to award Glenys a Paul Harris, second Sapphire Pin. This got most members excited, with a spontaneous standing ovation. Glenys responded by telling us that ROMAC sustained her in Rotary and drives her as being a member. She also thanked her “Rotary family” for their support after the recent death of her mother. Well deserved, Glenys.
 
 
Sergeant Session: Phil Mangos, took us where some members, didn’t want to go:- The volume by aliquot, and other attributes attached to flatulence. Too much detail, some claimed. Others huffed and puffed. He claimed it could be enjoyed at all levels. Thanks heaps Phil!
 
 
 
 
 
Parting Thought Barry Fredhiem:
“But the most beautiful things in life are just not things. They’re people and places, memories and pictures. They’re feeling and moments and smiles and laughter.”
 
 
Zoom Meeting access for this Friday ( thank you Rosalie )
Zoom meeting link is:
 
 
 
Duties
 
Duties
9 Sept
16 Sept
23 Sept
Welcome (Hotel Door )
John Carlson
Dan Allan Gordon
Kevin Atkinson
Technology Set-up
Henry Kayser
Kathy Webb
Bryan Winters
Second Door and Parting Thought
Ian Burns
Kat McMillan
Glenn Dougal
Attendance recorder
Les Garaghty
Jane Nees
Brett Hobson
Speaker Intro and Host
N/A
Chris Dever
Mary O’Sullivan
Sergeant
Steve Dorrington
Les Garaghty
James Ross
Speaker Thanks
N/A
David Robinson
Phil Mangos
Bulletin Editor
Warren Banks
Indeevar Duhan
Graham Cornes
Backup
Jim Rickard
Bryan Winters
Rhonda Wisbey
Speaker
Club Auction
Julian Fitter
Club Committees