Welcome to the Spring issue of your Club’s magazine. I am pleased to advise you that we are reverting to four issues of the Rawson Review per year so you can expect to see more from Epping Club in your mailbox over the next 12 months. Reflecting, 2023 has been a strong year to date and I am pleased to present to you the 2022/2023 Annual Report as Club President. At this time, I would like to thank my fellow Directors, our Chief Executive Officer, Peter Saez, and his Management Team for their continued commitment, work ethic and innovative vision for your Club.
The Annual Report will be available for viewing on the Club’s website and you will find the required notice of the Annual General Meeting on page seven. We were able to achieve a net trading profit of $5,871,009 and after depreciation, interest paid and income tax expenses a net profit of $2,715,498.
The last 12 months has seen your Club continue its passionate support for the local area by donating to relevant charities, associations and schools. We have continued to work with our major partner, Karonga School, but we have also added some new organisations to the list including women’s shelter, Wiyanga, and Heart of the Nation. There’s plenty of wonderful activities to get involved in this quarter including our stylish Melbourne Cup Seafood Luncheon, Pink Ribbon Morning Tea, Drag Queen Bingo raising funds for the Animal Welfare League and a dinner with renowned psychic Kerrie Erwin. Our Christmas Day Luncheon has now also gone on sale and while this might seem early, this fabulous event does sell out, so don’t delay in securing your tickets.
Of course there’s always the Ford Puma - which I’m sure you’ve seen in the foyer - to be won in November, fingers crossed if you’re hoping that’s you!
On behalf of The Board of Directors and our Management Team, we hope to see you at the Club this month.
Regards,
Drawn Thursday 2 November | 8:40pm
Accumulate tickets right now until the draw date
You could be the lucky winner of the brand new Ford Puma valued at over $42,000!
To enter simply swipe your membership card every day from 7am for your chance to gain entries in the draw*. Place your entry tickets in the barrel by 8.40pm on draw night and you could be driving away in a brand new car! To gain extra chances, receive an extra ticket when you spend $20 in the Club.
Tuesday 26 September & Tuesday 31 October | 8:30pm
You could win one of two extra chances to be a finalist in the car draw or share in $800 cash each Turbo Tuesday! Simply swipe your membership card from 7am on each of the draw dates and place your entry tickets in the barrel located in the foyer from 6pm. You must be present to win.
David Taylor OAM President
The NSW Companion Card program is for people with significant and permanent disability who need a high level of care. The Companion Card allows a cardholder’s support person free entry into ticketed events so that people with disabilities can engage in the community and reduce the risk of social isolation and exclusion. Your Club is proud to now accept the Companion Card (and promote inclusion!) when it is presented at the point of ticketing purchase. For more information on this program see www.nsw.gov.au/community-services/companion-card or ask at the Customer Service Desk.
Luncheon
Grand Ballroom & Rawsons Restaurant
Monday 25 December from 11am
Members $130 | Non Members $140
Children $49 (2-12 years)
Celebrate Christmas Day in stress-free style with your loved ones. Enjoy a deluxe buffet created by Head Chef Nicholas Blair with traditional roasts, Australian seafood and your all-time Christmas favourites - the desserts! Of course, Santa will make an appearance and there will be lashings of festive spirit! This event always sells out so do not delay in planning ahead.
Bookings for both Rawsons Restaurant and the Grand Ballroom are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
Friday 19 January 2024 from 8pm | $39 plus booking fee
Save the date! Sure to sell out, secure your tickets now for a musical journey through the very best of ABBA’s biggest hits. Guaranteed to have you singing from the very first song, bring your friends, bring your family and most of all – bring your dancing shoes!
Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
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With an all new seasonal menu and stylish, casual atmosphere Rawsons is the perfect place to dine with friends this Spring.
We’re confident we serve the best steaks in the area but there’s also plenty more to try with new tapas style share plates and fresh menu additions including Australian Red Snapper, Crispy Skinned Pork Belly and Pan-Seared Chicken Supreme. For vegetarians and those with dietary requirements we’re pleased to have expanded the menu to better suit your needs.
Make your restaurant reservation today via Customer Service 9876 4357 and see the full menu online www.rawsons.eppingclub.com
Thursday 16 November from 7pm
Member $99 | Non Member $109
Includes 3 course meal, sparkling wine on arrival & show
Bringing a dramatic new twist to Rawsons Restaurant join us for a crash course in everyone’s favourite operas! From Madama Butterfly to Marriage of Figaro – it’s all the classics without the boring bits. Enjoy a delicious three course meal while you’re entertained with the fabulous absurdity of four professional opera singers taking over our award-winning restaurant. Whether you’re an opera buff, novice or just want a delicious night out, come and try something new – and hugely entertainingwith ‘Opera in the Club’. For more information including the 3 course menu please see the website.
Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
Thursday 26 October from 7pm
Members $99 | Non Members $109
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Vat 47 Chardonnay and other extraordinary Tyrrell’s vintages, explore the grand releases of this iconic Australian label with guest speaker Chief Winemaker, Andrew Spinaze.
Chef Cristiano Domingues will create an impressive 5 course degustation menu to perfectly compliment these hand-selected Tyrrell’s wines.
Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
Grand Ballroom Tuesday 7 November | 12pm
Members $84 | Non Members $94
Celebrate the thrill and excitement of ‘the race that stops a nation’ at your Club. Join us for our ever-popular deluxe seafood buffet in the Grand Ballroom by Head Chef Nicholas Blair, live entertainment with the Carmel Mesiti Duo, fashion on the field prizes and all the action of the racing on the big screens. TAB facilities are available at the Club. Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com See the full Melbourne Cup Menu online.
Thursday 26 October 10:30am
Members $10 | Non Members $14
Join us for one of the most popular events on your Club’s calendar, our annual breast cancer fundraiser. Hosted in the Grand Ballroom you’ll be treated to a guest speaker from NBCF, delicious morning tea and lots of prizes. Come and enjoy the fun whilst raising funds for a deserving organisation, the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
Saturday 11 November | 7pm | $20pp with $100 Mega Round
Drag Queen Bingo will return to 45 on Rawson this November!
Guaranteeing cheeky fun and hosted by drag queen royalty Annie Mation, you’ll be in stitches of laughter. All funds raised support the valuable work of the Animal Welfare League Hills & Western Sydney Branch. If you’re looking for an exciting evening full of humour, fun and more than a hint of fabulous secure your tickets now.
Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
Thursday 7 December from 7pm | $99pp includes 3 course meal, sparkling wine on arrival & show
By popular demand we have secured a second date with the incredible Kerrie Erwin! Join us in Rawsons Restaurant for an exclusive dinner and show with this renowned psychic, spiritual medium, clairvoyant and ghostbuster.
With over 30 years’ experience as one of Sydney’s most respected mediums, dinner with Kerrie is an interactive experience of audience questions, spine tingling stories and messages from the other side with love, laughter and tears. Bring your friends, bring an open mind and prepare for a joyful, uplifting and emotional event like nothing you’ve experienced before. Bookings are essential via the Customer Service Team on 9876 4357 or book online at www.eppingclub.com
Hundreds of Australian organisations have entrusted Epping Events with their ‘End of Year’ or corporate Christmas celebrations, recognising The Grand Ballroom as a contemporary and sophisticated choice for their staff and clients. When it comes to finding an elegant and cost-effective location, our all-inclusive Christmas party package (priced from $75 per person) is the perfect choice. With 5 hours event duration, a two or three course decadent menu, complimentary arrival cocktail, professional DJ, Christmas table centrepieces and included photo booth there’s nothing to do but arrive and enjoy the fun*. Let our experts make this year’s Christmas celebration your best yet!
Contact Epping Events on 9876 4357 or visit www.eppingclubevents.com.au for more information.
Begins Monday 20 November, closes Friday 8 December
Help those in need in November by donating to your Club’s community food drive. Supporting the work of local organisation CCA donated items are distributed to families in our area. Please donate sealed, non-perishable pantry items to the trolley displayed in the foyer during the period.
Contact the Customer Service Team for more information or visit www.eppingclub.com
Tuesday 21 & 28 November & Tuesday 5 December
If you’re a bingo player you can enjoy three great weekly bonus rounds when you donate to the CCA Food Drive. Every Tuesday (during the donation period) bring a pantry item to hand in during bingo and you’ll play a donation bonus round with a $20 points value prize!
Notice is hereby given that the 51st Annual General Meeting of The Epping Club Limited will be held at the Club premises, 45 Rawson Street, Epping on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 7.30pm.
AGENDA
• To confirm the minutes of the 50th Annual General Meeting of The Epping Club Limited held on Thursday 27 October 2022 at 7.28pm.
• To receive and consider the Balance Sheet, Income & Expenditure Account, reports of the Directors and the Auditor for the period ending 30 June 2023.
• To consider and if thought fit approve Ordinary Resolution 1(a) – (e) in accordance with section 10(6)(b) of the Registered Clubs Act.
• To consider and if thought fit approve Ordinary Resolution 2.
• To declare in accordance with the Club’s Constitution the result of voting for the positions that have fallen vacant on the Board of Directors according to the triennial rules.
• To transact any other business that may be brought forward in conformity with the Constitution.
As a result of changes to the Corporations Act, the requirements for registered Clubs producing financial reports has changed. The Club will still be producing an Annual Report and this will be displayed on the Club’s website and distributed electronically or in hard copy if requested. If you wish to receive this report electronically or in hard copy, please contact the club.
Note: To ensure accurate information is given, any member with specific enquiries regarding the Financial Report is requested to supply them in writing no later than seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
1. Under the Registered Clubs Act, any extra benefits or allowances offered to sections of the membership must be approved at a General Meeting of the members.
(a) That pursuant to the Registered Clubs Act the members hereby approve and agree to expenditure by the Club in a sum not exceeding $130,000.00 for the following benefits, professional development and education of Directors until the next Annual General Meeting and being:
I. To partake in a meal (reasonable food and beverage) whilst on duty, together with their spouse or companion when that duty coincides with meal times;
II. Each member of the Board be provided with the necessary tools of trade to professionally facilitate their roles and responsibilities as a Director;
III. To partake in a meal (reasonable food and beverage) after a scheduled Board Meeting;
IV. Provide a uniform for each director consisting of a lounge suit, ties, shirts and jacket
V. Use of the Health Club and its facilities
VI. Selected Directors to attend official Club Industry educational seminars, conferences and exhibitions covering the cost of accommodation, meals, fees and travel;
VII. A dinner before the Annual General Meeting and again at Christmas with spouse or companion;
VIII. Attend Club entertainment events along with their spouse or companion;
IX. Allow the Club President to incur reasonable food and beverage expenses whilst attending to Club responsibilities;
X. Reimbursement of reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in the course of their duties & tabled at each Board Meeting.
XI. Provide a 20% food discount on personal events held at the club.
(b) That members approve the designation of seven (7) car spaces in the Club’s car park for the use of the Directors, Sub- Branch Officers and Life Members;
(c) That members approve the Board holding a Life Members’ lunch/dinner with spouse or companion annually as well as the provision of a Life Member’s blazer;
(d) That members approve the Club to sponsor an Anzac Day breakfast for those people who attend the Sub-Branch Memorial Service on that day;
(e) That the details of the cost of these benefits be reported upon at the succeeding Annual General Meeting
Ordinary Resolution 2
1. To consider and if thought fit to approve an honorarium for Directors for the 2023/2024 year as follows:
- President (1) – $12,000 per annum
- Vice Presidents (2) – $10,000 each per annum
- Directors (4) – $9,000 each per annum
2. Honorarium to be payable monthly in arrears.
These notes are to be read in conjunction with the proposed Ordinary Resolutions:
1. The First Resolution is to approve benefits which have traditionally been provided in the Club but which are not equally available to all members.
(a) To approve an amount no greater than $130,000 for the expenditure by the Club in relation to duties performed in or about the Club by directors and expenditure for directors to attend seminars, lectures, trade displays intrastate, interstate or overseas. Events including the ClubsNSW Annual General Meeting and to visit other clubs to enable the Club’s governing body to be kept abreast of current trends and developments which may have a significant bearing on the nature and way in which the Club conducts its business.
(b) – (e) to approve the expenditure and these benefits
Prior approval is required by members to ensure the Club complies with relevant legislation.
2. The Second Resolution is to approve the payment of honorariums.
The payment of honorariums to Directors of licenced clubs was introduced some years ago. Members voted last year to approve Honorariums and we ask that they be approved for this coming year. The duties of the Directors have become more onerous with the continuing increase in the Club’s performance, financial or otherwise as reflected in the financial accounts and director reports which accompany this Notice. Honorariums are modest.
To be passed each ordinary resolution must receive votes in its favour from not less than a simple majority of those members who being entitled to do so, vote in person at the meeting.
Peter Saez Chief Executive Officer
All week from Monday 18 September Bingo commences 10am
Help raise much needed funds for the Wiyanga Women’s Shelter.
Play our daily special bonus round for a gold coin donation and be in the running to win $50 in E Plus points - every day this week!
Saturday 7 October from 7:30pm $10 per person redeemable for food & beverage.
From Toy Story to Monster’s Inc… and beyond! Think you’re a bit of a Pixar movie buff? Disney + Pixar Trivia is for you! Hosted by Jason Montgomery this night is a winner takes all, brain bending battle with a $200 cash prize!
Children over 12 years welcome and must hold a ticket. Maximum table size 8 people. Please book as a team where possible. Bookings are essential via Customer Service 9876 4357 or online at www.eppingclub.com
ALL NEW QUESTIONS
$200 CASH PRIZE
AFL Grand Final Saturday 30 September
NRL Grand Final Sunday 1 October
Contact the Customer Service Team for more information or visit www.eppingclub.com FRIDAY & SATURDAY 2 FOR 1 Cocktails
Gear up for Finals Season at the Sports Bar
When it’s finals time, the Sports Bar is the place to immerse yourself in the excitement of your favourite codes! We can’t guarantee your team will be victorious but we are confident of exceptional service, mouth-watering meals and an extensive selection of beers on tap. Live and Loud in the Sports Bar is the perfect spot to soak in the game-day atmosphere.