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Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club Ocean Reef Marina, Boat Harbour Quays, Ocean Reef WA 6027 Postal Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club, PO Box 59, Hillarys, WA. 6023 Phone 08 9401 8800 Email office@orssc.asn.au

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From the Commodore Graham Hindley

G’Day Members, We have been fortunate enough to have a couple of hot days already this season so hopefully this is a sign that the warmer days and nights are not too far away now, so we can go back to those warmer evenings enjoying the sunsets while chilling over a drink! We will be upgrading the Festoon lights in the patio area so you can enjoy the evenings coming up even longer. I would like to acknowledge and thank all staff, volunteers and helpers that aided in making our 50th Opening of the Season Day such a success. I have received nothing but praise from internal and external people who have commented on how good the food was and especially how friendly and helpful our staff are. We are proud of the team we have at ORSSC and need to look after them going into the future. The recent changes to the menu have been well received and with the introduction of the Chef specials on a Friday ensures there is enough choice for all members. The increased opening times of Friday and Saturday afternoons, are steadily increasing in popularity and hopefully will continue, as we go into the holiday season. Just a gentle reminder to all members that when the Galley is open there is no external food allowed to be brought on to the premises. 4

As you may have noticed there has been a small increase in our drink charges as from the 1st November. This has been long over due as for the last few increases from our supplier we have absorbed the increase in house. ORSSC will still offer prices that compare well with our peers, and significantly lower than public bars in the area. Keep an eye out for up and coming events at the club, we have Melbourne Cup, Kids Christmas Party, just to name a few and remember we are still celebrating our 50th Year so there will be some events coming in the new year. The Marina is progressing away with the breakwater wall finished, and a contractor has been appointed for the initial project who are BYTE, we are looking to get the Marina Sub Committee to give us an update on proceedings in late November, so will be looking to organise a member information night for those who wish to attend.

them too, as we're not a daycare and don't have trained childcare staff. Also, when you're heading to the bar, why not take a sec to return any empty glasses? This simple gesture helps our staff focus on serving you, reducing those pesky waiting times. Thanks for helping us keep things running smoothly! Thank you for your time, wherever you maybe this holiday season please stay safe enjoy and will see you in the new Year From Loraine and I have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Graham Hindley Commodore

As we head into our busy period can I please ask for all members to be patient and courteous to both other members and staff, and don't forget to stay sun-safe. If you're enjoying the great weather—cover up, but remember to take off your hats or caps before stepping inside, including the Galley when grabbing a bite. For the little ones, it's important they wear shoes at all times since we host external events and can't control what happens on the premises. Please keep an eye on 5

From the Club Manager Kym Shephard

Hello Members, I hope you have been enjoying your time down at the Club.

Galley Update Our Friday and Saturday lunches have gone off with a bang, and we've seen lots of Members and their guests coming down to make the most of it. As we welcome the warmer weather, the Club is now open from 11.30am on Saturdays and Sundays so you can get down that little bit earlier. The Galley is open for Lunch and Dinner on Fridays from 12pm – 8pm and Saturdays 11:30am – 2:30pm. Just a reminder that if you would like to dine in the Hall on a Friday night, bookings are essential to guarantee your table. Reservations are not required for dining anywhere outside or in the rest of the Club. You can book your table here https://www.orssc.asn.au/reservations.

Opening of the Season Our Opening of the Season was held on Sunday 8th October. It was a special day for the Club being our 50th Year, and we celebrated by holding an opening ceremony with esteemed guests including past 6

Commodores and special invitees. We opened the doors to the Members as well as the public this year at lunchtime and held a mini Section expo held by our fantastic Rear Commodores. This gave Members and Visitors the chance to explore what our Club is truly about – Sea Sports. We had some Bubble Soccer and Face Painting for the kids which proved to be a big hit, and a special thanks goes out to our wonderful Members who consistently volunteer at Club Events. We had Silvio, Scruffy, Paul and Leith who ran the BBQ and always have a smile on their faces no matter what they are doing. We are like one big family at our Club and its Members like this who make it so special. A big thank you to our amazing staff who work hard to ensure our Club is clean and tidy and service is to the highest of standards. We take pride in being known to be the family-friendly club by the sea, whose core values will forever stand the test of time.

Upcoming Events We have some exciting events planned for our Members, starting with Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 7th November. Its been a few years since we have held this event, so we wanted to bring it back in style. It has been well received, and is now sold out. For those who were lucky enough to secure tickets, the dress code is Race Attire – Dress to impress! The day will include a 3 hour drinks package, freshly cooked paella on site, Fashions on the Field, Sweepstakes and live entertainment by MG and the Shakers Band. The Christmas Buffet and Kids Christmas Party will follow in December, we will end the year with our New Years Eve Party. Given that New Years Eve is on a Sunday this year and it will be classed as a whole Club Event, the Galley will be CLOSED for lunch and dinner and it will be BYO Platters. We will have a Kids New Years Eve at 8pm so kids are welcome to attend up until that point. Then the real party will start with live entertainment to see us through to the year of 2024! Australia Day is coming back to the Club again which is on a Friday next year so this will be a big one. Tickets will go on sale on the 1st December and you can find all of the information on our Website. Bali by the Sea has been postponed and will now be held on Saturday 17th February 2024. We thought long and hard about holding it in November, however we want to ensure we spread our events out evenly to give Members every chance to be a part of them. As you can see, we have a lot planned up until January so bringing Bali by the Sea back in February will give our Members more to look forward to! So please put it in your

diaries now – as it will be a sellout event like it usually is.

Kids Eat Free We have been tracking the ever-growing popularity of our Kids Eat Free special on Wednesdays (Excluding Steak Night) and it is great to see so many families heading down to the Club on Wednesdays. To manage the rising cost of goods and assist us in the amount of kids' meals we outlay, we've had to slightly tweak the offer. Starting from November 1st, our Kids Eat Free special will be modified to Kids Eat for $5 on Wednesdays (excluding Steak Night), applicable with the purchase of 1 x Main Meal (excluding share meals). _______________________________________ In conclusion, as I reflect upon the past year at Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club, it is with great pleasure that I report that it has been a year of tremendous growth, strong camaraderie and fantastic events. Our dedicated team of Staff and Committee, along with the unwavering support of our valued members has propelled us to new heights which will only continue to evolve next year as we approach the move into our new Clubhouse in the new Marina. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas, and I look forward to seeing you all down at the Club over Christmas.

Kym Shephard Club Manager 7

2023 Management Committee PATRON

Ian Younghusband

TRUSTEES Gary Bell, Phil Gallagher and Corrie Coetzee

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Meet the

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At ORSSC, we value our club members and strive to ensure they feel welcome and included as an integral part of the clubs' operations and celebrations. Tide Magazine seeks to select and feature one member of our club in every issue, highlighting aspects of their personality and their contribution to the club so you can get to know them and maybe even say hello next time you see them. The questions we ask share insight into each members personal tastes and lifestyle away from their club duties.

F E AT. F L A G O F F I C E R VICE COMMODORE

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Name: Erick Erhard

Occupation: Bricklayer Favourite beverage: Corona and bourbon Favourite saying: It soon will be Xmas Favourite sport: Scuba diving & motorsports

Hi I am Erick one of the new Vice Commodore’s on the new committee.

How do you like to start your day: Fruit toast and coffee

I have volunteered on the committee before in the role of Rear Commodore of the dive section.

Best piece of advice you’ve been given: Work hard

My wife Diane and I join the club about 8 years ago. A short time after joining we got involved with the dive section which has opened up our social life and our diving adventure’s. There are so many great people in the section that are prepared to help you get involved with your diving and to make you welcome in the section.

Favourite holiday destination: Vietnam What’s your guilty pleasure: Liquorice & dark chocolate What would we most likely find you doing on the weekend: Enjoy a early morning cycle ride and coffee with friends from the club and catching up with the family What do you enjoy the most about the ORSSC: I enjoy the company of all the friends we have made at the club and being involved with the dive section Why do you enjoy most about being the Flag Officer Vice Commodore: This is my first year in the role of Vice Commodore so it's bit of a learning curve, I enjoy meeting the members and helping out whenever I can

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Entertainment

Spring Sessions Seasonal Opening Hours

November 2023 Barry Gee Duo Gray Sanders Pazzazz Trio Nikki Dagostino Qynn Beardman Allan Webb Neil Adams Sugar Duo

FRIDAY 3 SUNDAY 5 FRIDAY 10 SUNDAY 12 FRIDAY 17 SUNDAY 19 FRIDAY 24 SUNDAY 26

December 2023

DAYS

BAR

GALLE Y

Monday

closed

Tuesday

3pm - 10pm

bar snacks*

Wednesday

3pm - 10pm

5.30pm - 7.30pm

Thursday

3pm - 10pm

5.30pm - 7.30pm

Friday

12pm - 10pm

12pm - 8pm*

Saturday

11.30am - 10pm

11.30am - 2.30pm

Sunday

11.30am - 10pm

12pm - 7pm

Public Holidays (unless otherwise advised)

closed

*Bookings are essential for the Galley in the hall on Fridays 6pm-8pm. *Bar snacks - includes the use of the pie warmer, if available. * The above closing times are a guide only. If there is a Function on, or a significant amount of Members present, the Bar will stay open.

The club hosts live music and entertainment every week on Fridays from 7pm to 10pm and Sundays from 4pm to 7pm.

Mag 2 Neil Adams Moxie Duo Qynn Beardman Christmas Buffet Dinner Sundance Duo Kids Christmas Party Acoustic Dragons Gray Sanders Christmas eve music Rick Caldwell

FRIDAY 1 SUNDAY 3 FRIDAY 8 SUNDAY 10 FRIDAY 15 SUNDAY 17 FRIDAY 22 SUNDAY 24

Christmas Day CLOSED Boxing Day hours 2-7pm BAR ONLY

MONDAY 25

Barry Gee Duo New Years Eve Party DJ Devoe

FRIDAY 29

TUESDAY 26

SUNDAY 31

Flavours Delicious FRIDAY & SATURDAY LUNCHES

Weekly Club Favourites Kids Eat For $5 on Wednesday Nights Except on Steak Night *applicable with the purchase of 1 x Main Meal (excluding share meals)

AT THE GALLEY Galley Hours

MONDAY

CLOSED

TUESDAY

CLOSED

WEDNESDAY

5.30pm - 7.30pm

THURSDAY

5.30pm - 7.30pm

FRIDAY

12pm - 8pm

SATURDAY

11.30am - 2.30pm

SUNDAY

12pm - 7pm

Steak Night Second Wednesday of every month

Thursday $12 Meals Every Thursday

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COME DOWN TO THE CLUB & ENJOY A MEAL!

BAR MENU IS NOT AVAILABLE WHEN WHOLE CLUB EVENTS ARE ON, SPECIAL EVENT MENU WILL BE AVAILABLE.

The Angling Report

Boat Fishing Report - September Glen Weymouth

UPCOMING E VENT S Boat Captain Buckets Reporting This years annual Jurien Bay 2 day boat comp was going to be a cracker. We had the school holidays on which kicked in open season for demersals. Also we did not have to contend with missing a few soldiers to a AFL grand final which was on the following weekend. That all to rest we had a good show up in J bay with 10 boats and 25 contenders signing on for the weekends fishing. To get the program under way on the we had Friday night at the pub to celebrate our Mum - Maree’s birthday. Great night and plenty of laughs. On to the fishing and all we had to do was hope for the weather gods to play the game. And would you believe it, they kinda didn’t really care about us again. The Saturday weather was pretty cold, 15 knot south wester with showers. This did not stop Crew and Boe Bell getting out in the tinny for some bay bashing action and tracking down the elusive herring. It did however put a hold on Maree and Geoff's day of fishing. The two had to be brought back into port due to over supplying the deep blue with to much stomach burley. Maybe they should have passed on the ever so tempting sketch home made sausage rolls that have been in the service station bain-marie for the last 6 weeks. The Sunday was not much better in my opinion and the swell had piped up for sure. Out in the 90 meter line the chop was standing up over the cab on a regular basis giving the solar panel on the roof a good clean. All that said it did not deter the majority of us getting a line in the water and having a bag to bring to the weigh in. 14

Next boat comp is on 7th October 23.

The weigh in back at Terry's house was very homely. You just cannot beat the smell of snaggers and onions on the barbie. Also we had a decent assorted platter of foods laid out on the table, kids giving me lollies, very spoilt at a weigh in that’s for sure. Onto the much anticipated weigh in. Dan Bell got the two groms Crew and Boe out both days in the tinny. They got stuck into some great fish with Bow landing herself an very nice school mackerel. They also encountered a mako shark but could

not entice the critter to take a bait and this was all within the bay itself. Geoff's boat got among the fish, even the skipper himself got a few species, must have been the burley he was providing. Troy Leighton ended up with the biggest mackerel for the weekend at 3.622kg. Troy being the gentleman he is gave his award to Mini Junior Bow for effort in catching her first mackerel-legend. Reel Crazy being the home team is always on the fish. Francis landed a goliath snook of just over 3kg, man it was huge and the biggest I have seen. Also in his bag he had very nice harlequin which is kinda the end of the line these species go up the coast. Buckets boat ended wide, very wide in 250m chasing cod. After nearly not dropping due to plagues of north west blow fish destroying rigs in the 45 meters. Red had one final drop nabbing himself the biggest mulloway for the weekend at 3.442kg. Dan Mal’s boat got into some very respectful yellow fin tuna, sambos and pink snapper. Belinda Mallon, the better half also had a decent haul of fish in her bag. My favorite one of hers was the hammer head shark at 17.68kg. For someone who hates holding fish she sure knows how to catch them. Now lets move onto the tuna whisperer, Elliot Tunahurst! Landing yet another brute yellow tail of 19.7kg. One year ago he had never caught one and now he holds the club record! Great work Elliot. The fish of the weekend was the 19.7kg Yellow fin for sure. Results for the weigh in as follows. Mini juniors in second with 2 species, 1 heaviest, 0.366kg and 30.2 points Boe bell. Brother Crew edging sis out with 2 species, 2 heaviest, 2.103kg and 32.7 points, well done you little machine.

Only 1 junior weighed in who is getting rite into it and we have been seeing him collecting prizes more frequently. Stewart Graves, 3 species, 11.51kg and 71 points. Good to see you up in Jurien buddy. The Vets had 2 opponents banging heads. Geog Leighton with 3 species, 1 heaviest 5.46kg and 46.9 points - all over it mate. Terry had a cracker bag of fish that would have given all a run. 12 species, 12 heaviest, 34.39kg and 260 points, good bag man. In the ladies Gemma Bayens decided to get out of bed and wet a line picking up 1 specie, 1,322kg with 12 points coming in 3rd. Imagine if she fished for more than 20 minutes? In second place and first time in second in the boat was Mumma

The Angling Report (continued)

Maree. Maree had 3 species, 2 heaviest, 5.51kg and 53 points, well done. In First place with a sweet bag of fish that she never physically touched one of was Belinda Malloon with 7 heaviest, freaking 28.567kg and 169 points - that’s a cracker bag of fish rite there by all means!

It was a really good weekend with our fishing family and friends. We all had plenty to laugh about around the fire that night. My highlight of the weekend was when everyone got there cameras out at the weigh in and took a photo of Maree holding a fish! so funny.

The mens seen another new face up the podium with a close points race. In third, the tuna whisperer, Elliot Tunahurst had 7 species, 2 heaviest, 38.78kg and 159 points. Ryan “Red” Ferguson running in second with 9 species, 2 heaviest, 32.63kg and 167 points. Just getting on top of the lads was Buckets with 10 species, 4 heaviest, 39kg and 202 points. Also did pick up the biggest dhufish for the weekend at 14.6kg, I was happy with that LOL.

Thanks again to Terry for having the weigh in at his house, all our specie sponsors, Troy Clugston for supplying snaggers and onions again. This was our last comp for the season and what a way to finish off. Boat Captain Buckets signing out. Go deep

Glen Weymouth Boat Fishing Captain

Fishing Competition Results

1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd

Mini Juniors Crew Bell Boe Bell Juniors Stewart Graves Veterans Terry Bell Geoff Leighton Ladies Bellinda Mallon Maree Ellis Gemma Bayens Mens Glen Weymouth Ryan Ferguson Elliot Broaddhurst

No. Species

No. Heaviest

Weight (kg)

Points

2 2

2 1

0.366 2.103

32.7 30.2

11.510

71.0

12 3

12 1

34.394 5.464

260.08 46.9

7 3 1

7 2 0

28.567 5.511 1.322

169.1 53.0 12.6

10 9 7

4 2 2

39.020 32.639 38.787

202.0 167.3 159.6

Heaviest Species Winners & Sponsors Species Baldchin Breaksea Cod Dhufish Herring Harlequin Leatherjacket Mackerel

Winner Francis Mckeon Glen Weymouth Glen Weymouth Francis Mckeon Francis Mckeon Francis Mckeon Troy Leighton

Weight (kg) 3.592 1.586 14.6 0.256 1.455 1.388 3.622

Sponsor Debbie & Geoff Joe Wettinger Rob Walters NuStone Concrete Francis Mckeon Geog Leighton Terry Bell

Mulloway Pink Snapper Samson Fish Shark Tailor Trevally Tarwhine Tuna Whiting Interboat

Ryan Ferguson Goeff Gunn Elliot Tunahurst Bellinda Mallon Ryabn Ferguson Matt Knaylor Glen Weymouth Elliot Tuna hurst Daniel mallon Terry Bell

3.442 5.320 13.500 17.680 0.344 2.312 0.430 19.7 0.165 20 species

Kev & Lyn Malone Shore Catch PTY LTD Corrie Coetzee Buckets Abrolhos tackle Drew Elliman Virgin Bores Virgin Bores Sinker Factory Joe Wettinger

Participation draw

Buckets

Angling Section

The Angling Report (continued)

Boat Fishing Report - October

UPCOMING E VENT S November Boat Comp - Saturday 4th

Glen Weymouth

Summary The first boat comp for the new season hit off with something very unusual. The forecast was on our side. Temperature above 24 degrees and a wind speed bellow 15 knots! About time we got some decent weather.

On the way back through we stopped in at Burns rock and pulled up anchor next Dan and Belinda. The water was so clear on the inside and the herrring where in plague proportions eating the secret Doritos chip burly, even Drew landed himself a fine specimen of a herring.

Highlights

Bags for weigh where all in by 4pm sharp. We had some very good species coming in over the scale but there was no one around to take photos? Maree was busy getting her self ready for her own birthday bash! Young Stewart Graves was in it again with a very decent Break sea cod that took out the heaviest specie in its class. Graham Coles find himself some nice fish for the day and had no

This comp was still a demersal comp and being a decent forecast we attracted a good turn out of 9 boats and 19 fishers for the day. Early morning start time of 5am now had jumped back in and it was a beautiful morning to be kicking the twin Suzukis in the guts to get out on the water. I had a new decky on board with me for this one, one of our club faithfuls Drew Elliman. First stop was the herring and skippy hole that never fails - till Drew put a cast in and all we managed for the next hour was rock cod. Drew mentioned to me also he never catches King George whiting and would you believe what else we never caught that day. Yep you guessed it, not a single KG hit the deck. I even went to my A1 George spot labeled “KING GEORGVILLE” and we caught nothing! We did how have a insane session on the pink snapper and Samson fish whilst on the pick in the shallows. The Samson fish where eating on the surface and we left the pink snapper in a feeding frenzy. Was a sick session and so good to get the green horn to enjoy the experience.

Fishing Competition Results

1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd

Mini Juniors

Juniors Stewart Graves

No. Species

No. Heaviest

Weight (kg)

Points

3.498

39.0

Veterans Terry Bell Graeme Coles Geoff Leighton Ladies Belinda Mallon Samatha Tunahurst

9 5 3

6 3 2

21.854 5.069 2.689

169.7 78.1 47.4

5 3

3 3

3.922 1.403

75.8 50.8

Mens Glen Weymouth Drew Elliman Chris Dixon

7 7 5

3 2 2

14.71 13.591 3.453

117.4 109.2 68.9

The Angling Report (continued)

Heaviest Species Winners & Sponsors Species Baldchin Breaksea Cod Dhufish Herring KG Whiting Mackerel Pink Snapper Samson Fish Tailor Trevally Tarwhine Whiting Interboat

Winner Terry Bell Stewart Graves Terry B Geiff Leighton Graeme Cole Glen Weymouth Sean Neil Glen Weymouth Terry B Terry Bell Glen Weymouth Chris Dixon Glen Weymouth

Participation draw

Glen Weymouth

troubles getting among the King George whiting picking up the biggest for the day. Terry “jaggy bum” Bell had troubles getting the King George and had to settle for a 12.37kg Dhufiush that took the KG rig instead. Gotta hate when that happens! Sean Neil was out wide “whip whip jigging” away and ended up with the fish of the day. A 9.9kg pink snapper, absolute donkey mate and well deserved effort persisting with artificial baits. Onto the results as follows. We had no mini juniors enter this one. Stewart Graves on the podium in the Juniors with 2 species, 2 heaviest, 3.49kg and 39 points - nice work. Veterans had a good show

Weight (kg) 2.055 1.398 12.37 0.259 0.487 0.249 9.9 6.1 0.269 1.036 0.576 0.216 14 Species

Sponsor Debbie & Geoff Joe Wettinger Rob Walters NuStone Concrete Rolly & Rose Terry Bell Shore Catch The Boreman Abrolohos tackle Drew Elliman Virgin Bores Sinker Factory Joe Wettinger Angling Section

of grey hair or no hair. In 3rd Geoff Leighton with 3 species, 2 heaviest, 2.68kg and 47.4points. In 2nd with just as much hair was my second favourite vet Graham Coles with 5 species, 3 heaviest, 5.12kg and 78.1 points. In first place would you believe it or not was Terry “jaggy bum” Bell. 9 Species, 6 heaviest, 21.8kg and 169.7 points. Good bag of fish and good dhu banger on the little gear. The ladies seen the 2 next door neighbours scrap it out again. Samantha Tunahurst, wife to the tuna whisperer Elliot Tunahurst racked up 3 species, 3 heaviest, 1.4kg and 50.8 points. In first position was Belinda “I don’t touch fish” Mallon. Just getting on top of Sam with 5 species, 3 heaviest, 3.9kg and 75.8 points, well done.

Onto the Mens and we seen more new faces on the podium. Chris Dixon in 3rd with 5 species, 2 heaviest, 3.4kg and 68.9 points. Cheers to Dicko for getting us cut off from the bar on Saturday night-he he. It was a tight one between first and second. Drew Elliman romping into second with 7 species, 2 heaviest, 13.5kg and 109.2 points. Good work mate even if you have now jinxed the worlds best KG fishery. In first was Bucket with 7 species, 3 heaviest, 14.7kg and 117 points and no King George for dinner - LOL. Thanks all for the help at the weigh in. Cheers to Kiwi for helping with the weigh in again mate, always appreciate it. The next boat comp is in November, one day comp and is a non demersal held on the 4th November. I will keep all posted leading into it. We also have our annual kids comp in December which is always a cracker of a day for our groms and only getting bigger each year. From… Boat Captain Buckets signing out. New name for Blow Flies - “Dunny Budgies” Cheers Drew for that one had me in stitches.

Glen Weymouth Boat Fishing Captain

The Angling Report

Beach Fishing Report – September Rob Meneguz

UPCOMING E VENT S 50th Anniversary Club event 8th October Next Beach Comp is on the 21st/22nd October. Angling Awards Night is on the 28th October.

Summary Last comp of the year drew out good numbers with 16 weighing in! Kiwi and Bron got stuck into some quality Pink Snapper. The biggest rivalry of the weekend was with Boe & Crew Bell, sibling rivalry, battling it out for Mini junior champ. Terry Bell dominated the Vets with ten species!

Highlights The last comp of the 2022/23 season has officially been and gone! The weather gods delivered one more time and produced some relatively good weather for the most part. Saturday late arvo/ evening got a bit windy but all an all we couldn’t really complain. We had an impressive 16 anglers weigh in which is the most we have had in the past few months. We had anglers in every division competing which is always great to see! My wife even let me wet a line, giving me the green light whilst she stayed home and looked after our 3-week-old Rexy! Kiwi was hot on my tail for the overall men’s beach champ, after impressively closing in on my 140 lead back from the last comp to just 60 points.

I knew I had to fish well this comp if I wanted to win. I lost a few good fish on Saturday morning and thought it wasn’t going to be my weekend. I finished off reasonably well though, getting seven different species which earnt me 110 points and the win for the weekend. Kiwi finished off with 100 points and second place with a huge 1.57kg Flathead and a 4.21kg Snapper. Kiwi also lost a few big, suspected Sambo’s on Sunday morning which would have made things VERY interesting with the final years results! Joe Wettinger again, was up near the top of the leader board with a respectable 79-point third placing. Joe had a King George Whiting in his bag which weighed 212g, I believe the heaviest one caught off the beach this year! Bron landed a great Pinky Saturday morning, shortly after I pulled hooks on one. Bron’s second Pinky later that evening was the heaviest weighing in at 4.65kg and winning the ladies. Carolyn came second with a couple of fish and 27 points. After the morning session I headed back to my local spots to be closer to home. The beaches around town were all ordinary. Weed had set in from Ocean Reef all the way to Two Rocks and beyond.

The local rock walls were our best chance to get a fish so that’s what I did! The weed did magically dissipate Sunday morning for the anglers who went on and persevered for round two! Terry headed up to his Jurien residence where he fished very well and produced ten different species. The Pink Snapper alluded him, but he did witness a few being caught, he just couldn’t convince any to take his bait. Terry got himself a very nice Black Bream of 457g and a large Pilch (mullet) of 265g, comfortably winning the Vets. Clive finished up second in the Vets with 58 points and a decent Tarwhine of 445g which was the biggest from the weekend. Colezy finished off the placings with 2 species and 28 points.

The biggest rivalry of the weekend was between the siblings Boe & Crew Bell. Boe came up to me before the weigh in, excited to see who would have the bragging rights over the weekend. Boe fished very well and got herself 3 species including a Garfish, Herring & Wrasse. Unfortunately for Boe, Crew also ended up with 3 including a Garfish, Herring & Skippy. Crew had the larger fish though securing him those extra weigh points plus the different species! Was great to see Boe weigh a bag in and so very close to pulling off the upset! Brothers Cruz and Ashton were guided by Colezy for the weekend and both young fellas featured in the placings with Ashton coming third in the Mini juniors with 17 points and Cruz winning the 23

The Angling Report (continued)

LUCK Y COMPE TITOR PRIZE Joe Wettinger

Juniors also with 17 points. Ashton would have bragging rights this comp though as his fish was Wrasse was 59 points heavier than his brothers. This concludes the 2022/23 season with the launch of the 2023/24 season officially kicking off on the 21st/22nd of October. I will be continuing into next season as your Beach Fishing Captain. If you have ever thought about competing in a beach comp but haven’t yet, then please give me a PM or flick me a text. They’re great to be a part of and for most of the time very enjoyable. I am happy to go through any questions you may have and/or offer some advice. I will be down at the club for their 50th Anniversary celebration for the opening of the season on the 8th of October. I’ll be at a small stall doing some rig demos, how to select the right rod and reel for the application, general advice and answer any questions regarding the beach fishing comps that you may have. Tight lines

Rob Meneguz Beach Fishing Captain

Fishing Competition Results

1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd

Mini Juniors Crew Bell Boe Bell Ashton Marsden Juniors Cruz Marsden Veterans Terry Bell Clive Powell Graham Cole Ladies Bron Gaston Carolyn Benniman Mens Rob Meneguz Kiwi Joe Wettinger

No. Species

No. Heaviest

Weight (kg)

Points

3 3 1

3 0 1

0.800 0.490 0.242

52 32 17

0.183

10 4 2

8 2 1

2.66 1.3 0.367

159 58 28

5 2

5 1

5.17 0.200

101 27

7 5 6

5 4 2

2.45 6.48 1.65

110 100 79

Heaviest Species Winners & Sponsors Species Flathead Herring Skippy Tailor Tarwhine Mulloway Whiting Yellowfin Whiting Mystery Fish Dart Snapper Wrasse Pike Shark Black Bream

Winner Kiwi Gaston Kiwi Gaston Terry Bell Rob Meneguz Clive Powell Not Caught Rob Meneguz Not Caught Not Caught Not Caught Bron Gaston Rob Meneguz Terry Bell Not Caught Terry Bell

Weight (kg) 1.571 0.249 0.341 0.660 0.445 0.098 Red Snapper 4.65 0.535 0.279 0.457

Sponsor Ricko & Sue Ricko & Sue Kiwi Locky John Lebeter Rob Meneguz Terry Bell Mark Purchas Kiwi Clive Powell Doug Rasmussen Daniel Bell Maree Ellis Bruce Bennett Bruce Bennett

The Angling Report (continued)

LUCK Y COMPE TITOR PRIZE Tyla Gillespie

UPCOMING E VENT S Next Beach Comp will be the weekend of the 18th/19th of November.

Beach Fishing Report – October Rob Meneguz

In the Mini juniors, Crew got himself three species in a quick little Saturday morning local session tying him up the win! Crew caught a good Wrasse of 630g, a Wirrah Cod and a very impressive Tarwhine of 600g which was the heaviest of the weekend! In the juniors, Stewart Graves won with a couple of species, including a nice Tailor of 540g and chunky Wrasse of 736g which was the second biggest of the day. In the Ladies, Maree enjoyed fishing with her new Assassin combo she got her birthday, putting it to good use catching a couple of fish.

Summary Bron weighs in a Sambo as well as releasing a Shark with the catch and release codeword! Tyla got himself into a sticky situation needing the Lancelin recovery service to lend their services. The vets seen a big Flathead and two scores over a ton with some great scorecards!

Maree gained second place for the weekend with a Tailor of 378g and a Wrasse. Bron made a statement in the first comp, showing she intends to continue where she left off from last season posting an impressive score of 106 points. She caught four species including two larger specimens earning her some good weight points. Bron caught and released a whaler shark, getting her the pre-determined 20 points, along with a 7.29kg Samson fish.

Highlights The first beach comp of the year turned out to be a huge success with 20 anglers weighing in, no doubt all hoping to secure that big sum of cash the mystery fish has on offer. Weather was fairly nice for October, with light to moderate winds for the majority. We had competitors compete in every division with some good scorecards posted, especially in the vets.

Fishing Competition Results

1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd

Mini Juniors Crew Bell Juniors Stewart Graves Veterans Ricko Platt Terry Bell Graeme Cole Ladies Bron Gaston Maree Ellis Mens Kiwi Mark Purchas Tyla Gillespie

No. Species

No. Heaviest

Weight (kg)

Points

1.6

1.27

9 8 5

5 4 3

3.6 2.24 1.6

137 113 74

4 2

4 1

12.89 0.500

116 28

5 6 4

2 2 1

6.12 2.17 3.2

87 81 59

The Vets division looks like it will be highly contested this year, with the first comp results providing two scorecards over 100 points. Graeme Cole ended up finishing 3rd with a very respectable score of 74 points with five species! Terry Bell fished very well and managed eight different species and the only Skippy weighed in. Terry also had a nice dinner plate size Flounder in this mix at 292g, which isn’t something weighed in all that often. Terry’s 113-point score earnt him second place. Ricko had the bag of the day, with nine species including the only Dart of the day at 277g. He also caught a Gold Spot Sweet lip at 638g and a Sea Trumpeter at 441g. Also worth a mention, was Clive Powell’s impressive 955g Flattie! What a beast!! Seems to be a lot of good size Flathead getting caught in the past 12 months, with at least three last season all going over 1.5kg. In the Men’s, Tyla finished in 3rd place with the first Pink Snapper of the year, weighing in a little over 2kg. Tyla also had three other species, hoping that one of those would be the Mystery fish to take some of the sting out of the $400 bill he got when Lancelin 4x4 recovery winched him out some very soft sand by the water’s edge. Although this wasn’t the case, I was extremely pleased to randomly select his number for the participation prize, which was a nice consolation

prize. Mark Purchas found some fish, catching six in total with the biggest Wrasse and Wirrah of the weekend. Mark also lost something BIG with it putting a huge bend in his Assassin Beachmaster rod, making it very difficult to pull out of the rod tube. Mark suspected it could have even possibly been a Mackeral, as he seen a few over the weekend with someone catching one not far up the beach from his location. Mark ended up with an impressive 81 points and second place. Kiwi won the men’s narrowly with a score of 87 points, just six clear of Mark. Kiwi ended up with five species also including a catch and release Shark. Kiwi’s was the biggest of the two released on the weekend. With the warmer weather upon us I expect to see similar numbers over the next couple of beach comps. The mystery fish has now jack potted to $450, hopefully someone can bag this Mystery soon!! Tight lines

Rob Meneguz Beach Fishing Captain

Heaviest Species Winners & Sponsors Species Flathead Herring Skippy Tailor Tarwhine Mulloway Whiting Yellowfin Whiting Mystery Fish Dart Snapper Wrasse Pike Shark Black Bream

Winner Clive Powell Ricko Terry Bell Chris Weggelaar Crew Bell Not Caught Vince Cox Not Caught Not Caught Ricko Tyla Gillespie Mark Purchas Graeme Cole Kiwi Terry Bell

Weight (kg) 0.955 0.274 0.369 0.967 0.600 0.130 Baldchin 0.277 2.197 0.767 0.280 5.00 (Released) 0.262

Sponsor Ricko Rob Yates Kiwi Locky John Lebeter Rob Meneguz Terry Bell Mark Purchas Kiwi Clive Powell Doug Rasmussen Daniel Bell Maree Ellis Bruce Bennett Bruce Bennett

The Darts Report

UPCOMING E VENT S •

Winter series finals commencing Nov-23

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Winter series presentation 25th Nov-23

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Summer series kick-off early Dec-23

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Christmas Break Darts Competition

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Fun Social singles starting up every Friday / Sunday from 3.30pm-4pm. Come down and put your name up on the board in the Mason’s bar and start. It’s a great way to meet other members and improve your darts from our more experienced players (and remember no dart is a horrible dart).

Season Summary Erin Osbaldiston

Summary

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Winter Series Update

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Christmas Break Singles Darts tournament

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“Friendly” Sunday Singles

ORSSC Opening Day Shanghai Comp results

General Business •

Tuesday night BlueWater Darts Association Summer Series

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Darts boards available for social games for all club members BYOD (Bring your own darts)

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New players wanted for Summer season starting early - Dec 23 (All grades), FIFOs accepted. Information in the darts section notice board in the Masons bar or Home Bluewater Darts Associations (bwda.com.au)

A busy night at the Tuesday night Winter Series (with 10 teams in action)

Interested in playing? Some outstanding averages from OR White (B2 Grade)

Highlights •

The Bluewater Darts Association Tuesday night Winter competition is coming to a close. With final round robin games this week 17 Oct-23. All grades should have an ORSSC team respresenting.in the finals

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Summer series will be kicking off at the end of Nov-23. Players wanted so please register your interest at the bar or in the Masons area

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Christmas break singles darts tournament will be held between 27th Dec-23 and NYE. (TBC) Everyone in with a chance as will be handicapped according to grade. Wicked prizes to be won

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8th Oct-23 on ORSSC Open Day a Shanghai Darts competition was held throughout the day. 1st place convincingly taken out by Richard Woodgate with Chris Gaston taking out 2nd prize.

Player registrations can be made at any time during the Season which goes through until November 2023. For any interested players, there is a form to put your details in the Mason bar on the Darts notice board.

Serious Business Time

Hope to see you at the Oche!

Erin Osbaldiston Darts Section

Chris Dixon – Darts extraordinaire!

The Sailing Report Season Summary Andy Hodkinson

Welcome to a new season of sailing! We kicked off our 2023/24 season with our annual Rear Commodore’s Cup. The day could not have been better, with sunny skies, warm temperatures, calm winds, flat water and the post-race festivities being held up at the club. A big congratulations to Leda for taking home the Cup this year. We recently wrapped up our Winter series before a short break leading into the new season. We had our share of challenging conditions, but as many will tell you, the Winter series contains a few beautiful days out on the water that surpass even the weather during our warmer months. A handful of skippers and their crew competed in the conditions, fair or otherwise and we had a few new faces jump on board to, quite literally, learn the ropes. With our Spring series just beginning and the Summer series right around the corner, we are back to our weekly sailing schedule for the majority of the summer months. Additionally, we have a host of standalone races, social cruises, novelty and inter-club events planned for the conclusion of 2023 and the beginning of 2024. Our sailors are certainly looking forward to weekends back out on the water after the winter. See you on the water,

Andy Hodkinson 30

Rear Commodore, Sailing

The Power Boating Report

Season Summary Stephen Lazenby

Hi Ocean Reef Seas Sports club community. I am pleased to share with you the great events of the past few months and what’s planned for the future. The club held a successful annual opening day with Oceanique Marine displaying four of their magnificent boats. We were so fortunate to have such an amazing opportunity to view these vessels from our club sponsors.

The section is also planning a trip to Rottnest Island in November. This will be an exciting expedition that we can all look forward to. If you are keen to join us please reach out to myself and I will provide further details. Finally, in December, we are planning a trip to Mandurah to see the beautiful Christmas lights on the canals. This promises to be a weekend full of holiday cheer and joy that we can all take part in. I hope that you are all as excited as I am about the activities our powerboat section has planned. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events.

St ephen Lazenby Rear Commodore, Power Boating

The Diving Report PA S T E V E N T S Dive Container clean out of accumulated junk. Annual cylinder testing - pre season opening.

Season Summary Laurie Campbell

Summary •

Open day

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Ammo Jetty dive

Highlights Open Day-Diving

Age and number are not a hindering factor to start and stop Scuba Diving, one of our mature members is in his 80’s and still enjoys the plunge to the underwater world.

UPCOMING E VENT S Karrie Valley – 27-29 October Jurien Bay – 23-26 November

As with all sports, technology and evolution changes the equipment and the experience for the divers. The section presented a display to show case some of the old and new wetsuits, BC’s, spear guns and cylinders. The experienced divers were at hand from 12noon to meet and greet and give advice to the curious non drivers. Should anyone require further information on becoming a Scuba Diver, please contact the club to obtain assistance and information. Laurie Campbell- Rear Commodore – Diving, has volunteered his time again for 2023 season, we thank you for your leadership and input to the section. Helen Grimes

Ammo Jetty Dive October 15th 5 divers and two willing helpers ventured south for a shore dive at the old Ammo Jetty, Coogee. Everyone met in the car park, unloaded to trolleys to transport the gear down to the water’s edge, Erick, Daz & Peter Creswell. Two decided to wear their gear down Peter Hawker and his son Ryan. Which was the wiser move!!!! Once on the water’s edge, the usual banter of trying to fit into wet suits that seem to have shrunk during 32

the winter months, nothing to do with expanding waistlines. Once geared up, all five divers ventured into the water, groans abounded about how cold it was! Slowly the divers disappeared below the surface and the support crew of Karrie and Di with the trolleys ventured on to the jetty to await their return. 45 minutes later the divers returned stating visibility was very poor, so bad they were basically crashing into the sandy bottom. Lots of little fish nothing too exciting other than Ryan who saw a Sea Horse. Very exciting sight in the wild. The divers with the helpers then again had the arduous job of loading up the trolleys and headed back to the cars to change, then over to the Kiosk for well-deserved coffee and toasty for breakfast.

Laurie Campbell Rear Commodore Diving 33

Social Report

UPCOMING E VENT S Tuesday 7 November

Melbourne Cup

Sunday 17 December

Kids Christmas Party

the last race, the coaches will bring us back to the ORSSC for kick on drinks!

Past Events (last month)

Season Summary Joanne Harfield

Hey Everyone, Social has been busy over the last 2 months. We had volunteers helping out at the 70s Night, including myself, Linda and Maree on the door and Paul and Dave (Scruffy) helping with moving tables and chairs and setting up the Hall before the big event by hanging all the decorations – huge effort! Sheila ran her monthly Quiz Night on Wednesday, 6 September and Wednesday 4 October. The monthly Quiz Night runs straight after Jag the Joker and Chase the Ace down in the Hall. The winners received $50 on their member card.

Upcoming Events The next Social Section event will be ‘Back to the Races’ for Irish Day at Ascot Racecourse on 28 October 2023 which sold out in record time!

We have lined up big luxury Coaches to pick us up from the ORSSC at 10:30am and drop us at Ascot for a few drinks before the first races commences at midday. We have booked the Pavilion Bar which is nicely shaded, plenty of seating and sectioned off from the rest of the race day crowds and not to mention, has its own bar! We will have prizes for the best dressed man and woman on the day, whether that be in your best race day wear, or you want to dress up all things green and Irish! After

The Social Section ran a High Tea to raise money for the Cancer Council on Saturday, 26 August. We raised a whopping $5,070!! I’d like to personally send a HUGE shoutout to Sheila Hearson, our Honourable Secretary, who ran lead on this event. This event was a personal one for Sheila who is a cancer survivor herself, which I think is why it was so successful, she put her heart and soul into it (Sheila has provided her own words within this Report). Sheila had multiple friends rally around her and offer items to raffle off, as well as rallying around town herself collecting so many more donations. Sheila also organised volunteers for the day and a fashion show and selling over 150 Cancer Council pins in the weeks leading up to the event - absolutely enormous effort! And of course, a MASSIVE thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all those who attended, all 144 of you, who made this event the success through your generosity and support, it was overwhelming! On the day, we had a fashion show sponsored by Erica’s Fashion & Gifts located in Beaumaris shopping centre (Ph: 6200 7940), a silent auction, Lucky Number game, Count the Daffodils game and so many raffles up for grabs! All prizes and entertainment were donated, so we would like to thank all our event sponsors. We also had several Club members donate items on the day for the raffles and silent auctions, who I am told would prefer to stay anonymous, however we want to know we are grateful. One of our Club members, Angie Doyle who owns Photogenix Photo Booths also donated her time, and her mirror photo booth for everyone to capture some selfies on the day! Angie created a daffodil inspired frame for the photos which were printed out and given to guests on the day. I was unable to attend the event, due to a family emergency, however, I would like to thank all the other volunteers who made the event possible,

including Mel (our amazing Marketing Manager) for MC’ing the event, Wendy (one of our Office Administrators), Deb (our Functions Coordinator) and Phylis for selling raffle tickets, Graham Hindley (Our Commodore) for drawing the raffles, Leith, Dave (Scruffy) and Pete for helping set up for the event and Dot, Kathy, Kate, Trish, Lorraine, Sharon and Sarah for being our models for the catwalk, and another thank you to Sarah who put together the music playlist for the day. And last, but not least, Paula, our Club Chef for cooking up the delicious High Tea. I hope I didn’t miss anyone! On Sunday, 8 October we had the Opening of the Season and we were blessed with some beautiful weather for the day! The morning consisted of all the formalities and the firing of the canon, which was quickly followed by a sail past. The Social Section was busy on the day, for those who attended, you would have received a quiz which as created by Sarah and Dave Harnett. I think I answered about 15 out of the 27 questions, and most of them were the wrong answer ha ha. Dave kindly ran the quiz on the day announcing the answers in the afternoon. The winners were Tash and Baz Marsden, who scored 26/27 and received $100 on their Club card. Well done! To anyone who missed out and would like a copy of the quiz, send me an email. It was a ripper! Sheila Hearson made homemade playdough for all the kids and set it up in front of the Social stall along with shape cutters and a few other fun things. The kids loved it, I don’t think I saw that table empty all day. Dave also ran a darts competition in the Masons Bar, running a game of Shanghai. The two members with the highest scores were Richard Woodgate (Woody) with 548 points and Chris Gaston (Kiwi) with 337 points. Both received $50 on their members cards. We also had a colouring in competition available for the kids from the beginning of September and winners were chosen shortly after Opening of the Season. The winners were Charlotte, Age 6 (#1913), Grace, Age 7 (#4445), Gemma, Age 9 (#4248) and Amber, Age 10 (#2573). Each winner received a voucher for a free kid’s meal at the Club! Well done to our winners! Paul Thompson, Dave Lockhart (Scruffy) and Silvio Delfino ran the sausage sizzle from midday through to 3pm. These guys are absolute legends and volunteer to run the BBQ at every Club event!

General Business For new Club Facilities information, please email the Social Section representatives Silvio Delfino delfino@iinet.net.au, or myself at social@orssc.asn.au. Or if you see us at the Club, we’re always happy to chat!

Any important information? Lastly, if you’re interested in getting more involved at the Club, involved in the Social Section and joining the Social Committee or have an event idea you would like us to look into please contact me at social@orssc.asn.au.

Joanne Harfield Rear Commodore – Social Section

Social Report (continued)

Letter from the Secretary When Jo Harfield, our Social Rear Commodore asked me if I would like to run lead on organising a Fundraising event for the Cancer Council, I was very keen to get involved in this project, as a cancer survivor myself, I understood the importance of raising funds for Research into beating this terrible disease. We kicked off our campaign by selling 50 daffodil pins in 2 hours in the Clubhouse to members who attended the club to watch the Matildas play their semi-final game against the UK. Jo was able to pick up another 100 pins the following week and we managed to sell most of them before the big day and could have sold more, the Cancer Council were very impressed by this achievement. The High Tea for August 26th to coincide with Daffodil Day was planned and we put our heads together to make it a memorable day. We approached companies for donations for our raffles, silent auction and lucky 100 numbers and we were overwhelmed by the response, especially from friends, local businesses, and Club members with many sending me messages offering vouchers and prizes. We had some wonderful prizes on offer for our raffle, vouchers from various businesses, fresh flowers from Sonny & Willow, cupcakes from Sweet Daisy May, various beauty products from Poolwerx Beaumaris and Parlour Beautique and many more. In the Silent auction we had a $250 photoshoot voucher from Kevin McGinn Photography, hairdressing voucher from Hair in the Air, wine donated by Emily Hamilton MLA, yoga classes from Yoga to Fitness, Retravision vouchers and a large plant that I was outbid on!! 36

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S (C L U B ) The next Club event is Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, 7 November and we couldn’t be more excited! The Social Section has been working with the Club to make sure it’s a great event with lots of entertainment throughout the day including sweeps, exactas and quinellas, fashion on the fields with prizes up for grabs and a couple games in the afternoon that should be a good laugh! Photogenix is coming back with their photobooths too, so make sure you’re dressed to impress!

Jo has listed our donors so please support them and we thank them all for their support. We sold 144 tickets and could have sold more, it was a beautiful sunny day and everyone looked fabulous. The fashion show was the highlight of the day, Erica from Erica’s Fashion & Gifts in Beaumaris kindly agreed to host it and spent many hours with the model’s selecting outfits before the big day. All of our models were club members, Lorraine, Kathy, Tricia, Sarah, Kate and Sharon who certainly did strut their stuff down the catwalk I suspect with the help of a few glasses of dutch courage of the bubbly kind! They certainly looked like they were having a lot of fun, and I know the audience enjoyed the show. Erica kindly donated a couple of vouchers and $10 vouchers for every guest, so next time you are shopping up at Beaumaris, pop in and say hello and have a look at her wonderful of selection of women’s fashion. Photogenix Photobooths was another fun addition to the day and the daffodil backdrop was amazing, thank you for your contribution. I approached Sabrina Ives a young girl I have known since she was 10 years old requesting if she would be interested in performing for our event, she was very keen to help as she lost her great grandmother this year to cancer. Sabrina has followed her musical dream, studying at WAPA and now writes her own music following her Celtic Heritage, thank you for performing for our guests, beautiful young lady with a beautiful voice. The guests enjoyed a scrumptious morning tea presented by Paula and her kitchen helpers, the scones were delicious. The success of the day would not have been possible without the help of our volunteers who were kept very busy, we had three staff members who volunteered their time, Debbie (our Functions Coordinator), Wendy (our Office Administrator)and Mel (our Marketing

Manager) who did a great job as MC and keeping us on track and we thank you for supporting this event with all your hard work. I would also like to thank the men, Scruffy, Leith and Pete who were kept busy moving equipment, setting up the tables and fetching the glasses, setting up shade for the Photobooth otherwise there would not have been any photos, selling raffle tickets and shaking donations boxes and of course our Commodore, Graham Hindley, who came in uniform and was kept busy clearing tables and drawing the raffle. I would like to make a special mention to Phylis, a member of the club who approached me at the start offering to volunteer, she was busy setting tables and selling raffles tickets and she also managed to snag us 3 significant prizes, we had a lot of fun filling a trolley at Tucker Fresh Illuka with a $100 worth of food which was used as first prize for our Lucky 100 number competition, and she also donated three prizes - You are a Star Phylis! This community event was a great success and we raised $5,070 for Cancer Research, this is thanks to the Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club and its members for supporting such an important cause, Daffodil Day funds go to cancer Research, wouldn’t it be wonderful to find a cure for this terrible disease. The Cancer Council gifted Jo and myself gold daffodil pins as their appreciation of our contribution to this event.

Social Report (continued)

I have had a lot of positive feedback from members who have said it was an enjoyable day and I certainly enjoyed planning and participating in this event, a very worthwhile cause.

Sheila Hearson Honourable Secretary

Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club Presents

Christmas BUFFET

FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER

FROM 6 PM

Bookings are essential, Full buffet dinner including Turkey, Ham & Beef and Dessert table.

Live music from 7pm - 10pm Adults - $35 Kids 6-12 - $17 5 Under - $5

Bookings: www.orssc.asn.au/events

Kids

OCEAN REEF SEA SPORTS CLUB PRESENTS

MEMBERS ONLY

CHRISTMAS PARTY SUNDAY 17DEC 1-5PM Santa Visit Face Painting Carnival Games Ice Cream Van Live Music by Acoustic Dragons PARENTS - Please provide a gift that Santa can deliver. All gifts must not exceed $20 in value and must be wrapped with child’s FULL NAME, AGE & MEMBER NUMBER so Santas Elves know who’s present it is. Presents must be dropped at the Club between 1st December - 14th December ONLY.

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Come down for a bevvy and a chat and find out how you can become a member today.

Location & Convenience

Sea Sports Opportunities

With sweeping views of the Indian Ocean, watch the new Marina being built every day as well as yacht races, sea birds and sunsets.

Participate in various Sea Sports activities including sailing, power boating, angling and diving, and become a part of their community.

Including plenty of parking for members and guests, there really is nothing else like us along the sunset coast, we are completely unique!

Family friendly venue Kids playground and large green lawn areas. Family friendly events with an emphasis on providing kids entertainment while the parents can kick back and relax.

Events & Functions The perfect event venue that holds 500 people, 4 separate indoor rooms, separate outdoor areas, 4 bars with 2 outdoor pop up bars, fully licensed with no restrictions.

Entertainment & Discounts Free live entertainment every Friday and Sunday. See Entertainment Page for more details. Huge discounts on food and beverage prices, event tickets and function room hire.

Community and Connection As a member you will become part of the large family and have an opportunity to make new friends. You can also build relationships with our stable team and long term staff members. Members can bring up to 4 guests on each visit.

Have your voice heard As a member you have the opportunity to vote in AGM's, give feedback and join the Steering Committee if you choose to do so.

New Clubhouse First priority members will have VIP access to the new clubhouse, expected to be completed in 2024.

Short wait list The current wait time for approval is 2 months. This is increasing rapidly so get in quick! Visit www.orssc.asn.au/membership for more information or to join online.

c i s u m e v i L EVERY WEEK

F R I D A Y S from 7.0 0P M - 10.0 0P M

& S U N D AY S from 4.0 0P M - 7.0 0P M

BARRY GEE DUO

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER FRIDAY 29 DECEMBER

G R AY SANDERS

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER

PA Z Z A Z Z TRIO

FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER

NIKKI DAGOSTINO

SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER

QYNN BEARDMAN

FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER

ALLAN WEBB

SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER

NEIL ADAMS

FRIDAY 24 NOVEMBER SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER

SUGAR DUO

SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER

MAG 2

FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER

MOXIE DUO

SUNDANCE DUO

FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER

ACOUSTIC DR AGONS

RICK CALDWELL

SUNDAY 24 DECEMBER

FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER

SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER

OCEAN REEF SEA SPORTS CLUB PRESENTS

Have you been paying attention? Questions will be about current events and general knowledge.

F I R S T W E D N E S D AY OF EVERY MONTH from 7 P M Please keep tables to a 6 people max. All other club facilities will operate as per normal for members that do no wish to participate in the quiz.

STEAK NIGHT 2ND W EDNE SDAY OF E V ER Y MON T H

Tuesdays

6 P M - L AT E

5.30pm - 7.30pm

DARTS NIGHT

DARTS NIGHT Bar opens at 5pm. Galley closed.

T H U R S D AY NIGHT S 3 P M - L AT E

FOOD SPECIAL S

C H A N G I N G W E E K LY

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Member's Draw! E V E R Y F R I D AY Imagine winning money on your membership card just by enjoying a cold beverage, good company and live music. The Member's Draw is held every Friday night and you must be in the club at the time of the draw for your chance to win.

! k c u L d o o G

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Did you miss the last draw? JUNE

t he Winner's Corner Congratulations to all our Members that have won the draw and took home the big prize!

Emma Brannigan ($2,800) SEP TEMBER

Sharon Juliartha ($2900 Mark Robins ($3,000 ) Christopher Peattie ($3,100) Erin Osbaldiston ($3,200) OCTOBER

Leonard Au ($3,300) John Love ($3,400) Adam Calderwood ($3,500)

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Christmas & New Years Trading Hours

DAYS

OFFICE

Friday 22 Dec

BAR

GALLEY

9:00am - 5:00pm

12:00pm - 10:00pm

12:00pm - 8:00pm

Sat 23 Dec

CLOSED

11:30am - 10:00pm

11:30am - 2:30pm

Sun 24 Dec

CLOSED

12:00pm - 9:00pm

12:00pm -7:00pm

Mon 25 Dec

CLOSED (Public Holiday)

CLOSED

(Public Holiday)

Tues 26 Dec

CLOSED (Public Holiday)

2:00pm - 7:00pm (Public Holiday Hours)

CLOSED (Public Holiday)

Wed 27 Dec

10:00am - 3:00pm

12:00pm - 10:00pm

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Thurs 28 Dec

10:00am - 3:00pm

12:00pm - 10:00pm

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri 29 Dec

10:00am - 3:00pm

12:00pm - 10:00pm

12:00pm - 8:00pm

Sat 30 Dec

CLOSED

11:30am - 10:00pm

11:30am - 2:30pm

Sun 31 Jan

CLOSED

11:30am - 12:00am (New Years Eve Event)

CLOSED

2:00pm - 7:00pm

(Public Holiday)

(Public Holiday Hours)

Mon 1 Jan

CLOSED (Public Holiday)

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CALENDAR OF

Event s

NOVEMBER

S U ND AY

M O ND AY

T U E S D AY

W E D NE S D AY 1

T H U R S D AY 2

$5 KIDS NIGHT

F R ID AY 3

$12 SPECIALS

QUIZ NIGHT

S AT U R D AY 4

À LA CARTE*

BOAT FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

SAILING MEALS NIGHT

weather permitting

OFFICE 9am - 5pm BAR 12pm - 10pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT Barry Gee Duo 7pm - 10pm

GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

8 DARTS NIGHT

SUNDAY SESSIONS

STEAK NIGHT

$12 SPECIALS

BAR 11.30am - 10pm

À LA CARTE* DIVING MEALS NIGHT

BOAT FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

weather permitting

BAR 12pm - 10pm BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Gray Sanders 4pm - 7pm

OFFICE CLOSED

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT Gray Sanders Pazzazz Trio 7pm -- 10pm 10pm 7pm

GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

BAR CLOSED

DARTS NIGHT

SUNDAY SESSIONS

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

$5 KIDS NIGHT

$12 SPECIALS

BAR 11.30am - 10pm

À LA CARTE*

BEACH FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

POWER BOAT MEALS NIGHT

weather permitting

OFFICE 9am - 5pm BAR 12pm - 10pm BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Nikki Dagostino 4pm - 7pm 19

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT MoxieBeardman Duo Qynn 7pm -- 10pm 10pm 7pm

GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

OFFICE CLOSED BAR CLOSED

SUNDAY SESSIONS

DARTS NIGHT

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

$5 KIDS NIGHT

$12 SPECIALS

BAR 11.30am - 10pm

À LA CARTE* ANGLING MEALS NIGHT

BEACH FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

weather permitting

BAR 12pm - 10pm BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Allan Webb 4pm - 7pm 26

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT Neil Adams 7pm - 10pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

OFFICE CLOSED BAR CLOSED

SUNDAY SESSIONS

DARTS NIGHT

$5 KIDS NIGHT

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Sugar Duo 4pm - 7pm

OFFICE CLOSED BAR CLOSED GALLEY CLOSED

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

$12 SPECIALS

OFFICE 9am - 5pm BAR 3pm - 10pm GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm

CALENDAR OF

Event s

DECEMBER S U ND AY

M O ND AY

T U E S D AY

W E D NE S D AY

T H U R S D AY

F R ID AY 1

S AT U R D AY 2

SUNDAY SESSIONS

À LA CARTE*

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY

SAILING MEALS NIGHT

BOAT FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM weather permitting

OFFICE 9am - 5pm BAR 12pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

ENTERTAINMENT DJ Dvoe 1pm - 6pm

ENTERTAINMENT Mag 2 7pm - 10pm

BAR 11.30am - 12am

SUNDAY SESSIONS

7 $5 KIDS NIGHT

DARTS NIGHT

GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm 9

$12 SPECIALS

À LA CARTE* DIVING MEALS NIGHT

QUIZ NIGHT

BOAT FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

BAR 11.30am - 10pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

weather permitting

BAR 12pm - 10pm BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Neil Adams 4pm - 7pm 10

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT Moxie Duo 7pm - 10pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

OFFICE CLOSED BAR CLOSED

$12 SPECIALS

STEAK NIGHT

DARTS NIGHT

SUNDAY SESSIONS

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm 16

À LA CARTE*

BEACH FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

POWER BOAT MEALS NIGHT

weather permitting

CHRISTMAS BUFFET OFFICE 9am - 5pm BAR 12pm - 10pm

BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Qynn Beardman 4pm - 7pm 17

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT Sundance Duo 7pm - 10pm

OFFICE CLOSED BAR CLOSED

DARTS NIGHT

SUNDAY SESSIONS

BAR 3pm - 10pm

$5 KIDS NIGHT

$12 SPECIALS

GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm 23

À LA CARTE*

KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY

ANGLING MEALS NIGHT

BEACH FISHING WEIGH IN @ 4PM

BAR 12pm - 10pm

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT Gray Sanders 7pm - 10pm

weather permitting

BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY OFFICE CLOSED 12pm-7pm BAR CLOSED ENTERTAINMENT Acoustic Dragons 2pm-5pm GALLEY CLOSED

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

BAR 3pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

SUNDAY SESSIONS

BAR 11.30am - 10pm

25 CHRISTMAS DAY

DARTS NIGHT

$5 KIDS NIGHT

OFFICE 9am - 5pm

$12 SPECIALS

BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY LUNCHES 11.30am - 2.30pm 30

À LA CARTE*

OFFICE 10am - 3pm BAR 12pm - 10pm BAR 11.30am - 10pm GALLEY 12pm-7pm ENTERTAINMENT Rick Caldwell 4pm - 7pm

OFFICE CLOSED BAR CLOSED GALLEY CLOSED

OFFICE CLOSED

OFFICE 10am - 3pm

BAR 2pm - 7pm

BAR 12pm - 10pm

GALLEY CLOSED Bar snacks/pie warmer

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm

BAR 12pm - 10pm

GALLEY 12pm - 8pm ‘À La Carte’ Bookings essential*

GALLEY 5.30pm - 7.30pm (meal specials only)

ENTERTAINMENT Barry Gee Duo 7pm - 10pm

OFFICE 10am - 3pm

Weddings

OCE AN REEF SE A SPORTS CLUB

Events

With sweeping views of the Indian Ocean, the Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club makes for the perfect location to hold your wedding or next special occasion.

Featuring three function areas with stunning ocean views, four licensed bars, a full service kitchen, a superb chef, a great functions coordinator and bar staff; we have all the facilities to ensure your event goes off without a hitch. Get in touch for more details and booking enquiries. Functions Co-ordinator, Debbie Clark | functions@orssc.asn.au | 0437 880 040

n o ti c n u F te a v i r P

Room Hire Rates

With three separate function areas, each boasting sweeping views of the magnificent Indian Ocean, our venue offers the perfect space for your next event. Whether you're planning a wedding, birthday celebration, or a corporate function, we have the expertise and facilities to cater to all your needs.

PANORAMA DINING HALL WEDDINGS Member Non-Member

$650 $700

OTHER EVENTS Member $350 Non-Member $400

SUNSET LOUNGE WEDDINGS Member Non-Member

$300 $350

WEDDINGS Member Non-Member

$200 $250

Functions Co-ordinator Debbie Clark 0437 880 040

TIDE MAGAZINE ADVERTISING RATES Full Page Half Page Quarter Page 1/8th Page

$200 $100 $50 $35

*All prices are excluding GST.

Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club Ocean Reef Marina, Boat Harbour Quays, Ocean Reef

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