Our 2011 AGM was held at Westmead Children’s Hospital on 20th August 2011. An election of the new council members was carried out and the new committee members are: State President/Chairperson – Michael Blair State Secretary – Brittany Mamula State Treasurer – Tracey Mamula Social/Youth Co-ordinators – Brittany Mamula/Dawn Bos Sports Co-ordinators – Michael Blair/Brittany Mamula […]
The Victorian Branch of the SSPA hosted it’s annual Grand Gala Dinner on July 30. Full details of the event are on the Victorian Branch website at http://vic.sspa.org.au/?p=139.
*** This event was postponed due to a lack of numbers. We’ll hopefully run it in the future and will advise on the site and in the email newsletter. *** What: A day hiking part of the Royal National Park Coast Track (Otford to Bundeena). How much of the track we actually do depends on […]
On Saturday 9th July we met at the AMF Ten Pin Bowling in Castle Hill for some games of Ten Pin Bowling and then had some dinner at the GPK (Gourmet Pizza Kitchen) at Castle Towers afterwards.
Our July picnic was originally being held in April, but was postponed due to bad weather. The picnic was held at Blackbutt Reserve, Kotara (near Newcastle, NSW). We had a few new families along, and plenty of fun and games and a bbq lunch. Thanks to all who attended.
Our annual trivia night fundraiser was held again at Carlingford Bowling Club on May 28. There were the usual mixture of a trivia competition, games, raffles and an auction. We were primarily raising funds to contribute towards the 2011 SSPA Queensland Convention. Whilst numbers were originally looking quite low, we managed to get a reasonable […]
In May we held a social weekend in our nation’s capital. Over the course of the weekend we had a regular meeting, a dinner and a picnic. A group from Sydney travelled down to Canberra to meet up with members from Canberra and the surrounding region. Everyone had a wonderful time and we’ll almost certainly […]
On Sunday, 27 February we held a branch meeting at Michael Blair’s house in Narrabeen (Sydney’s Northern Beaches). Following the meeting we had some lunch then headed for a swim down at Narrabeen Beach. During the meeting we discussed NSW’s plans for the hosting of the 2012 SSPA Convention, including organising the planning committee and considering […]
We held another Pool Party and BBQ at the Mamula’s house in Greystanes (Western Sydney) on February 12. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t good so not many of us went swimming, but we still had a very enjoyable day. Thanks to Tracey, Britt and the Mamulas for their wonderful hospitality!
We held a sports weekend on December 11 & 12 in Western Sydney at Emerton Leisure Centre. Over the two days we played a variety of sports including basketball, boccia, badminton, indoor soccer and kick cricket. We were very grateful for the attendence of a group from Victoria who joined us for both days of […]