Bulletin notes - Club meeting 20/06/19

Welcome

Four HPNZ athletes from Canoe Racing New Zealand Men’s team were welcomed to the meeting by President Ray. They were Max Brown, Hamish Legarth, Ashton Reiser and Benjamin Duffy. Also welcomed was Silvio Ribeiro as well as Nigel Salter a visitor from the Rotary Club of Tully, North Queensland.

HPNZ Canoe Racing New Zealand Men’s team – journey to World Cups in Poland, Germany, Romania and France

Four of the five members of the Canoe Racing NZ Men’s team were present and spoke of their backgrounds, how they became involved in canoe racing and the journey since the beginning.

First to speak was the oldest of the group – Max Brown. Max said he was familiar with Rotary as both his father and grandfather were Rotarians. He spoke about the importance of resilience to face and master the challenges to achieve in a competitive sport. Max had had 10 years of paddling, starting at about 14. Outside of his sport, his professional life was in the world of music performance. He gained a Bachelor of Music majoring in jazz performance and said the time when he was canoe training and studying was stressful and he was pushed to the limits. He now teaches guitar at Cambridge East Primary School. Unfortunately at 21 he slipped a disc and took two years to recover but he avoided surgery. Having just made the A-finals, he said the six campaigns to reach this goal and trying to qualify for the Olympics had been a long and frustrating journey.

Hamish Legarth originated from the Hawkes Bay and has been involved in all different types of sport. He was first keen to play cricket but after losing a finger in an accident that was ruled out so he took up kayaking and canoe polo. He studied for a Bachelor of (Civil) Engineering at Waikato University and joined the Men’s Sprint Kayaking team. He has had a series of injuries and kept on dislocating his shoulder.

Ashton Reiser from Auckland spent a number of years as a surf lifesaver at Mairangi Bay. His canoe training was first at Lake Pupuke on the North Shore but finds Karapiro more beneficial to race training. As well as his high performance training, Ashton studies biology at university. To overcome challenges he said you need to have respect, accountability and courage as well as being self-sufficient. Ashton said that the Cambridge community is always very supportive of the high performance teams.

Notice

In the absence of a “Magic Moment” ……… our “stand-in” Sergeant - John Bishop “interviewed” Rotarian Nigel Salter of Tully

Nigel originates from South Africa where he grew up in Durbin. He graduated as a Chartered Accountant in 1973 and left South Africa for Australia in 1974. Now retired, he held a senior position with the Tully Sugar Mill. Tully in North Queensland has been recorded as having the highest rainfall and sports a Giant Gumboot (but no gumboot throwing competitions!). He visits Cambridge periodically as his daughter who is an engineer lives here. He confesses to now being a Wallabies and Reds fan!!!

Counsellors - outgoing Youth Exchange Students

Thanks to Shona Devoy and Julie Bryan for agreeing to be counsellors, as well as Deb Robinson as a “reserve”.

Matching Grants

Opportunities for matching grants available. Members are encouraged to see Doug Lang if they have ideas for a community project for which the club could apply. Every idea will be considered. The Rotary Foundation will match the money contributed by our club. The Club needs lots of ideas. Applications close 31 July.

Rotary Club of Cambridge – changeover - will be held on Thursday, 27 June. Partners welcome. Confirmation of attendance and extras for the changeover is required by Sunday 23 June.

Rotary Cambridge – grants round

The Board has approved the recommendations of the Grants Team for the 2018/19 round. The grants allocated were explained by President Ray. At this stage they are to be kept confidential but the list will be circulated to club members once the applicants have been advised. The list will be publicly notified also.

District Changeover – 30 June – RSVPs closed on Sunday 16 June.

Rotary Branded Clothing

The club is looking to collate together a bulk order from Rotary Down Under in Melbourne for members wishing to purchase Rotary Branded Clothing. The Board has also decided to include the name Cambridge on the branding as well. (This incurs an additional $10 cost).

The items selected from the RDU website are shown below, with the cost to our members, i.e. the Cambridge branding included.

Please advise Roger Hill by email (roger.hill@hill-labs.co.nz) of which items you require and the size. A clipboard with these options is also being passed around on club night.

Content for Bulletin

Please send any content for bulletins to Don Wilson no later than the Friday night to ensure it is included.

Roster

Please take note of the Duty Roster and be in good time for your duties.

NOTE The Duty "Magic Moment" is: A short comment referencing something in our community, or within Rotary which you find inspiring, encouraging or adding to the joy and pleasure of life. It should be an uplifting story that takes no more than two minutes to deliver. Ideally it will be something from the last week or so, something others may not yet have heard about.

	27 Jun	4 July	11 July	18 July	25 July
Attendance	Ian Rogers Keith Rogers	Peter Fisher Tom Pickering	Peter Fisher John Windle	Ian Rogers Keith Rogers	Tom Pickering Ted Mason
Welcomer	John Bishop	Bill MacMillan	Di Hopwood	Jeremy Irwin	Roger Gordon
Intro		Bob Teal	Andy Newman	John Tarbutt	Roger Hill
Thanks		Dennis Finn	Bill Robinson	John Bishop	Ron Geck
Magic Moment		Don Harris	Bill Wilson	Julie Bryan	Shirley Haycock
Bar	Mark Hanlon Ken Leatham	Brian Palmer Carey Church	Gavin Levesque Mark Hanlon	Brian Palmer Laurie Graham	Shona Devoy Carey Church
Kitchen	Elaine Ruis Denis White	Ray Milner Bruce Hancock	Colin Davis David Smith	Kim Prichard Lesley-Anne Thomas	Don Harris Jan Bilton
Equipment	Andy Newman Shona Devoy	Dennis White Jan Bilton	Doug Lang Elaine Ruis	Phil McCreery Richard Seabrook	Andrew Bateman Bill Robinson
IT Equipment	Bill Robinson	Bill Robinson	Doug Lang	LesleyAnne Thomas	Andrew Bateman

Weekly Duties

A new description of the weekly duties has been published. You can see the full description on ClubRunner using this link to the duties. In each bulletin, we will publish a couple of the duties.

Magic Moment
Time:	During Meeting

Duty:	3 minutes to talk to the club on a topic of their choosing. This is a talk about a current or relative topic that you find inspiring. Please keep this talk positive.

How:	While such comment is the choice of the individual member, it is important to remember Article 16 Community, National, and International affairs Section 1 — Proper Subjects. The merits of any public question involving the general welfare of the community, the nation, and the world are of concern to the members of this club and shall be proper subjects of fair and informed study and discussion at a club meeting for the enlightenment of its members in forming their individual opinions. However, this club shall not express an opinion on any pending controversial public measure. Section 2 — No Endorsements. This club shall not endorse or recommend any candidate for public office and shall not discuss at any club meeting the merits or demerits of any such candidate. Section 3 — Non-Political. (a) Resolutions and Opinions. This club shall neither adopt nor circulate resolutions or opinions, and shall not take action dealing with world affairs or international policies of a political nature. (b) Appeals. This club shall not direct appeals to clubs, peoples, or governments, or circulate letters, speeches, or proposed plans for the solution of specific international problems of a political nature.