Golf Day - January 2008

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Australian Synchrotron Open Day  - August 2007

On Sunday 12th August the Rotary Club of Clayton organised and held a  BBQ at the Australian Synchrotron Open Day. It was estimated that 2,000 sausages were cooked and 1,200 drinks were sold on the day. All up approx $4,500 was raised. A big special thanks goes to PP Neil Rickard for all the work and effort he put in to organise the event. Also a special thank you goes to the following people who helped on the day:- 

Jim & Jean Cochrane

John & Gaye Barnes

John & Mary Goldspink

Ralph & Leslie Zuccaro

Bob Millen

Heather Norling

Richard Simmons

Kelly Allan {Past member}

DG Dick Garner

PDG John Glen

Lewis Hunter {Rotaract}

Glenis, Zoe & Neil Rickard

Dianne Day

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Kath Byer PHF - April 2007

On the 30/04/07, Kath Byer from the Notting Hill Hotel was recognised as a Paul Harris Fellow for her dedication and achievements in the local community for many years. Kath has also been great support during the last 40 years with the Clayton Rotary Club with regards to our annual Golf Day where she provided donations and sponsorship. (click here to see a copy of the full presentation speech)

Golf Day - January 2007

Our 41st Annual Golf Day was held on the 29th of January 2007 with great success. This year our raffle was used to buy two Shelter boxes (pictured below).

A big special thank you goes out to all the sponsors, golfers and members who turned up and also help out on the day. We hope to see you all again next year for the 42nd Annual Golf Day.

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Food Deliveries to Dixon House

One of the activities performed by the Rotary Club of Clayton is the picking up of food from the Toorak Ecumenical Council and delivering it to Dixon House in Clayton. The food which has been collected during December is just in time to go to the needy families to brighten up their Christmas. This job has been performed year after year with the main contributors in the club being Jim & Jean Cochrane and John Barnes. 

Here are a few words from the Dixon House Team Leader, Kathryn Shedden :-

 

Golf Day - January 2006

Our 40th Annual Golf Day on the 30th of January 2006 was a great success. The day was held at the Spring Valley Golf Club, with 96 players teeing of at 12.30 pm and completing their rounds by about 5.30pm. The day started off with rain, but by after lunch the sun had come out and dried up the course for the golfers. Even with the early rain we were quite lucky with the weather, as we had just been through one of the hottest and humid January's for a long time. So getting a cool day was a blessing.

This year our raffle was used to buy wheelchairs for the "The Wheelchairs for Kids" program. Our goal on the day was to at least raise enough money to purchase 10 Wheelchairs and with the generosity of all the golfers, we were able to donate the $1,000 towards the purchase of the Wheelchairs.

A big special thank you goes out to all the sponsors, golfers and members who turned up and also help out on the day. We hope to see you all again next year for the 41st Annual Golf Day.

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Never Too Old for Christmas 2005

Never too old for Christmas was held on the 7^th of December and approximately 120 guests from homes and private residents attended.  Once again the day went well with the new venue, the Bayview Conference Centre working well.  Thanks to Harald for being such a great Santa, to all the members and family who helped out, to the Rotaractors Sarah and Shonagh for their help and to DG Philip Hedley for pitching in.  Also, thanks to John Gesthuizen and the Wheeler’s Hill Primary School for entertainment.

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Official Opening of Heatherton Park

This was a most unique community involvement project since the creation of the Friends of Heatherton Park and the partnership of Clayton Rotary Club with Kingston Council to turn a former 19.5 hectare municipal waste site into a passive recreation area with more to come from future development. On Saturday 9th of April 2005, the community celebrated the planting of 150 trees around the site with 12,800 ground cover plants to be added by April 2006. The partnership with the Rotary Club of Clayton resulted in the gifting of five park seats made completely from recycled materials. One seat contains 1,500 2-litre plastic milk bottles or 2 1/2 cubic metres of material that will not end up in landfill.

The landfill was closed in September 1984 and a "Parks' Consultative Group" formed under the previous City of Oakleigh resulted in the eastern section of the park becoming developed gradually over a period of time. In November 2000, former Oakleigh Councilor David Catchpool convened a meeting of local residents that was to become the Friends of Heatherton Park. Sale of a portion of the land by Kingston Council to the adjacent Spring Valley Golf Club for development of a driving range generated sufficient funding to allow the park to be upgraded to its current state. A large slice of that funding was use on careful preparation of earthworks followed by seeding with hard wearing turf (kikuyu grass) to bind the very thin fragile earth capping covering the landfill.

Other funds used was for the laying down of granitic sand walking trails extending approximately 1 kilometre over the park's surface, installation of the farm fence across the Heatherton Road frontage and the renovation of existing concrete paving trails. These works were carried out by Kingston Council contractors. To come is a toilet facility at the western end of the park together with construction of a regional playground. Farm gates will replace existing cyclone wire gates at the main entrance and at the first bend. Long term, it is envisaged that a wildlife habitat corridor will be established between Osborne Avenue and Heatherton Road via The Grange, Spring Valley Golf Club and Heatherton Park.

Added information about the history and the future plans for the site can be obtained from David Digby, Kingston Council Team Leader for Parks & Urban Design (8585 3352); Friends of Heatherton Park President David Catchpool (9547 4740) and Secretary Norm Bury (9546 2448).

Photo #1: Recycled Seating. Partnership with Rotary Club of Clayton resulted in the sitting of five seats made entirely out of recycled plastic bottles. Seated are Bill Sides of Clayton Rotary and Glenda Rose of Friends of Heatherton Park. Standing (l-r) are President Michael Ellinger of Clayton Rotary, Kingston Mayor Topsy Petchey and Clarinda Ward Cr Arthur Athanasopoulos.

Photo #2: One of 150 trees planted Saturday held by Norm Bury, Secretary of the Friends of Heatherton Park, assisted by Clarinda Ward Cr Arthur Athanasopoulos and Kingston Mayor Topsy Petchey wielding the commemorative Council Rates@Work shovel used on capital works ceremonial occasions.

Photos # 3 &4: The ceremonial plaque was unveiled at the entrance to the park located on the northern side of Heatherton Road, 100 meters west from Tootals Road traffic signals. The entrance is shared with the Spring Valley Golf Club. Pictured (l-r) are David Digby, Kingston Council Team Leader for Parks & Urban Design; David Catchpool, President of the Friends of Heatherton Park; Mayor Topsy Petchey and Clarinda Ward Cr Arthur Athanasopoulos holding the Council Rates@Work shovel used on capital works ceremonial occasions.