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We’re a Covid Safe Venue

We are proud to confirm that we are a registered and approved COVID Safe venue with NSW Health. It’s very important to us that you and our staff feel safe and comfortable at the Club.

  • Our staff have all been Covid Safe trained
  • We have sanitiser stations throughout the venue
  • We have Covid Safe Marshalls rostered on each shift to enforce 1.5m distance between patrons. Members from the same household are exempt.
  • All Members and guests must sign in with their contact details upon arrival.
  • All Members and guests must sign out of our venue.
  • Our venue has a capacity limit of 1306. Once this is reached, unfortunately we must restrict patrons from entering the venue.
  • We have increased space between tables and machines to encourage social distancing
  • We have an enhanced sanitisation schedule for all frequently touched areas
❌ Anyone experiencing any flu like symptoms is not permitted to enter our venue. These symptoms include fever, coughing, sore throat, tiredness and shortness of breath. You are encouraged to test for CoVID-19.
❌ Anyone who has travelled overseas in the past 14 days is not permitted to enter our venue.
❌ You must not have been exposed to anyone who has been tested for CoVID-19 in the past 14 days unless they have received a negative result.
❌ We ask patrons that have been in known CoVID-19 hotspots not to visit our Club until 14 days after their visit.

Please remember to maintain a safe distance from other guests at all times. Your health and well-being is our priority.

Seven Hills RSL Opens on Monday!

After a long wait, we’re so pleased to advise that Seven Hills RSL will be opening our doors again on Monday 1st June. We’ve missed all our Members greatly and can’t wait to welcome you back!

As we ease back into Club operations, we would like to advise of a few changes we have made during this level of government restrictions:

  • Operating Hours – Seven Hills RSL will be open from 10am – 7 days a week
  • Limited Services Available – Our Bistro, Cafe, Bars, TAB, Keno and Gaming Lounge will be open, however all promotions and events (including Bingo, Raffles and Members Draws) will not be available at this time.
  • Patron Limits Apply – Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we have a patron capacity in our venue. Once this limit is reached, unfortunately we must restrict patrons from entering the venue. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
  • Star Buffet Closed – Until further notice.

Clubhouse & Caddy Shack Bistro Re-Opens at Fox Hills Golf Club
Our avid golfers can rejoice with the exciting news that Fox Hills Golf Club will be re-opening on Wednesday 3rd June. The Clubhouse will be open from 10am seven days a week with a patron limit in the venue. We look forward to signing up any golfers who wish to apply for a Golf Membership.

Pennant Hills Bowling Club Re-Opens
For our Members in the Hills Shire, Pennant Hills Bowling Club will also be re-opening next Wednesday with opening hours from 10am seven days a week and patron limit applied in the venue. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, please note the play area will not be available for use.

Other Club News
Penrith Golf Club renovations are going full steam ahead and we look forward to welcoming you back to the Club as soon as the internal Clubhouse renovations are complete. Unfortunately, Blacktown Bowling Club will also remain closed at this time.

 

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

  1. All Members and Guests must sign in with their contact details at the designated Visitors Register upon arrival.
  2. Anyone experiencing any flu like symptoms is not permitted to enter. These symptoms include fever, coughing, sore throat, tiredness and shortness of breath. You are encouraged to test for CoVID-19.
  3. Your body temperature may be taken upon entry.
  4. You must not have been exposed to anyone who has been tested for CoVID-19 in the past 14 days unless they have received a negative result.
  5. Physical distancing will be enforced. 1.5m distance between patrons. Members from the same household are exempt.
  6. Groups can be no larger than 10 people.
  7. Please follow ALL directional signage.
  8. Our venue capacity limit is 400. Once this is reached, we must restrict patrons from entering the venue.
  9. Practice good hygiene.

Respect the Day – ANZAC DAY 2020

“There’s no doubt that ANZAC Day 2020 will be very different to ANZAC Days of previous years,” says Ray James, Acting President, RSL NSW.

“While we will not be gathering at services or marches, there are still many ways to acknowledge ANZAC Day and ensure Australian servicemen and women are appropriately remembered.”

“Traditional dawn services and marches are just not possible this year, but as with all other Australians right now, we have to change the way we do things, evolve and make the best of our situation. Nothing can ever take away the importance of ANZAC Day or our values of mateship and camaraderie as we honour our service personnel and show our ANZAC Spirit.

“Now is the time for all of us to show our ANZAC Spirit, including ingenuity, and we welcome the many and varied ideas that have been embraced by the community. Any activity that respectfully shows commemoration and thanks is most welcome.”

7 ways you can celebrate ANZAC DAY in 2020

1. Tune into live services and virtual commemorative services
5:30am: A national dawn service will be televised on the ABC from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This service will be led by the Governor General and Prime Minister. It is scheduled to commence with the pre-service program at 5am with the national service at 5.30am.
10.00am: RSL NSW will facilitate a 10am televised service attended by the Governor at the Hyde Park Memorial. Please check your local TV guides.

2. Light up the dawn at 6am on ANZAC Day
6:00am: Go to the end of your driveway, stand on your balcony or in your lounge room facing east from 6am, for a minute silence to remember those who have sacrificed so much for the freedoms allowed to us today and listen to a brief commemorative service. Together – even while apart – we’ll remember those who served and sacrificed. You can pledge your support here.

3. Be part of the Community Ode
Recite the Ode and play the Last Post at 6am in driveways, balconies and living rooms followed by one-minute silence to mark when the first Australian troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, 1915.

Record a video of yourself reciting The Ode or sharing a message of support for veterans on your social media. Respond “Going” to the RSL’s ANZAC Day 2020 Facebook event. Then use the hashtags #ANZACspirit and #lightupthedawn and share how you’ll be commemorating privately, as well as who you’ll be remembering this ANZAC Day.

4. Bake ANZAC biscuits with your kids
Baking Anzac biscuits with your kids is a great way to celebrate ANZAC Day, and is a time-honoured tradition to mark our country’s National Day of Remembrance. It has been claimed that biscuits were sent by wives and women’s groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation. Click here for the recipe.

5. Reach out to a mate or veteran who might be alone
Many people are alone during this time of isolation. It’s an opportunity to invoke the ANZAC value of mateship and check to see how a mate is doing. And if you know a veteran please call or reach out to them, check in on them, thank them for their service and help them if needed during this time. You could even arrange a virtual happy hour with a few of your mates via Zoom or the House Party app to participate in a group video chat and talk about what ANZAC Day means to each other and raise a glass to our ADF past and present.

6. Keep the kids amused with the downloadable ‘Poppy’ stencil 
Print off our ANZAC Day Poppy stencil and have the kids colour it in red and then stick it in your window or on your letterbox to show that you will be participating in your own Dawn Service.

7. Draw a poppy on your driveway 
Draw a Poppy on the driveway or footpath with chalk and include the words ‘LEST WE FORGET’. A great way to do something different all while talking about why we all pause on this special day.

Seven Hills RSL is saddened that this will be the first year in a long time that we will not be hosting our ANZAC Day Dawn Service, however we would like to encourage you to mark Anzac Day by Respecting the Day from your homes. As a community we must all still take the time to stop on ANZAC Day and remember those men and women who’ve made incredible sacrifices for others during past moments of conflict and crisis.

Respect the Day – Saturday 25 April, 2020

 

Club Closed

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Dear Members & Guests,

We regret to inform you that following the Prime Minister’s announcement that Clubs and other hospitality venues are to close, Seven Hills RSL will be temporarily closed from 9.30am Monday 23 March.

We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as we all adapt to these unforeseen and difficult circumstances affecting all Australians.

We hope to see you all again shortly and wish you good health and an end to the current corona virus event in the very near future.

Please check in for further updates on our website and Facebook page as they are available.

Important Update: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Hand sanitisation

I would like to inform you of the additional measures Seven Hills RSL is taking in regard to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) health concern.

Our number one priority is the safety of our Members, guests and staff.

We are actively monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and have implemented a range of measures to keep our community members safe:

  • Additional cleaning and sanitising of high usage areas throughout all Seven Hills RSL Group venues including receptions areas, restaurants, bars, gaming floors and lounge areas.
  • Disposable gloves are readily available for all employees to use Gaming machines are being wiped frequently with antibacterial cleaning products.
  • Change booths are sanitised frequently
  • All persons who have returned from overseas travel from midnight Monday 16th March 2020, or been in contact with people who have returned from overseas travel are required by the government to self-isolate for a period of 14 days and as a result will not be permitted to enter any Seven Hills RSL Group venue.
  • All persons whose place of employment, education or socialisation that has been closed due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 are not to enter any Seven Hills RSL Group venue.
  • All persons who experience or show signs of flu like symptoms are not to enter any Seven Hills RSL Group venue. These symptoms may include fever, cough, sore throat, tiredness and shortness of breath.
  • Persons who are onsite and showing flu like symptoms will be asked to leave the premises immediately.
  • The Club’s staff will be discouraged from engaging in personal contact, such as the shaking of hands with fellow staff, members, guests and visitors. Please do not take this in any other way than as a preventative and control measure to help prevent the spread of viruses.
  • We will not be holding events such as concerts with large crowds, exhibitions or major promotions that will attract a static crowd of 500 or more people.

WHAT CAN I DO?
It is important to remember that the best defence against any virus is the practice of good protective health measures. Following the simple steps below will go a long way to ensuring you are protected:

  • Wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub
  • Cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing with a tissue or flexed elbow.
  • Stay home if you are feeling unwell (fever, cough, sore throat or shortness of breath) and seek medical attention if concerned.

We will continue to respond and implement changes as advised by the Department of Health regarding COVID-19 with customer and employee safety top of mind.

Seven Hills RSL Group encourages all members, guests and visitors to stay up to date via our Facebook pages as Board and Management are reviewing the situation daily. If you have any questions, please call us on (02) 9622 2800 or email info@sevenhillsrsl.com.au

 

Kind regards,

Joseph Bayssari
General Manager

Seven Hills RSL Group wins Royal Life Saving Society Australia Presidents Award

Presidents Award

The Royal Life Saving Society Australia Presidents Award is issued annually to recognise the most significant contribution to water safety by an organisation or entity in Australia. This year’s honour has been awarded to the Seven Hills RSL Group.

Seven Hills RSL Group wins Royal Life Saving Society Australia Presidents Award

Presidents Award

Jim Whiteside, President of Royal Life Saving NSW, presenting his Presidents Award to our Club President, Barry Wilson

THE SEVEN HILLS RSL GROUP – MEMBERS & BOARD

This Honour recognises the wonderful contribution that the Members and Board of the Seven Hills RSL Group make to enhancing community resilience and healthy lifestyles. Our children, diverse communities and ageing population are vulnerable to fatal drowning across our diverse waterways.

It is generally accepted that more people drown at the beach. In fact, our rivers, lakes and dams claim more lives than any other waterway. It is therefore critical that we develop the skills and knowledge of local constituents who reside within our broader western Sydney communities.

The best place to start is to educate and train our children so that their future aquatic experiences can be undertaken with an understanding of aquatic risk and dangers that may be encountered. Learning swimming and water safety gives children the best chance to engage with our aquatic environments with confidence and respect. This ensures a lifetime of fun and positive experiences that our abundant waterways provide.

This year the communities in and around Seven Hills continued to benefit from the generosity of the Seven Hills RSL Group, its Members and Board. Over the last 12 months, more than 40 local schools were provided with fully funded water safety programs involving more than 5,500 children. In addition, over the last 5 years more than 500 senior students in local high schools have received free First Aid training. These skills lead to enhanced opportunities to gain employment and also importantly provide a local network of community lifesavers with skills to save a life.

SEVEN HILLS RSL GROUP FUNDS WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR OVER 10,000 LOCAL KIDS

Over the period of our partnership in excess of 10,000 children have participated in a fully funded water safety program provided by the Seven Hills Group. These children have been provided with water safety and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that enhances community resilience and safety.

“This partnership showcases how we collectively can build skills and knowledge across our communities to ensure safety in and around our waterways” says Jim Whiteside, President of Royal Life Saving NSW. “We are greatly appreciative of the support we receive from the Seven Hills RSL Group and the vast investment they make to their local community. Our children are most at risk of drowning and it is important that we teach them vital swimming and water safety skills. Many children, due to their diverse backgrounds are unfamiliar with our aquatic environments. Local programs ensure that these children have the opportunity to learn about Australian conditions.”

“The Royal Life Saving Society Australia Presidents Award is due recognition for the vast contribution the Seven Hills RSL Group make to community health and safety. To put the Honour in context, the Society issues more than 1 million awards across Australia each year. The Seven Hills RSL Group have been identified as making the most significant contribution which is a wonderful achievement and should be a proud moment for its Members” said Whiteside.


TRANSPORTATION FOR KIDS TO LEARN SWIMMING AND LIFESAVING SKILLS

Royal Life Saving’s Aquatic Safety Training Academy in Seven Hills is now able to provide transportation to even more schools and community groups to access vital swimming and water safety education thanks to the addition of a new bus with the support of the Seven Hills RSL Group.

Royal Life Saving NSW has provided transportation to schools as part of its swimming and water safety for the past 5 years with the support of the Seven Hills RSL Group. The demand for transport was so high that Royal Life Saving needed a second bus to keep up with the requests.

The purchase of a new bus allows the Aquatic Safety Training Academy to double its capabilities to transport two primary school classes at a time to service more local students and schools.

“The Seven Hills RSL Group is extremely proud to continue their longstanding support of the Aquatic Safety Training Academy and sponsor the bus. We believe that together with Royal Life Saving we can have a huge impact on children’s lives. All Australian children should be given the opportunity to learn to Swim and Survive” said Barry Wilson, Seven Hills RSL Group President.

Royal Life Bus

Seven Hills RSL Group sponsors Seven Hills Aquatic Safety Training Academy

Anglers Club raises $2,000 for Cobargo Bushfire Residents     

On Friday the 14th of January the Seven Hills RSL Anglers Club held a special raffle to raise money for the people of Cobargo who lost their homes after devastating bushfires ravaged their small town.

Cobargo Bushfire

The Fisho’s would like to thank Seven Hills RSL Management and Members for supporting the raffle, and give special thanks Century 21 Seven Hills, Seven Hills RSL Snooker & Billiards Club and Seven Hills RSL Swimming Club for their generous donations.

The Seven Hills RSL Anglers Club Bushfire Raffle at Seven Hills RSL

Maddy & Kathy presenting the donation from Penny of Century 21, Seven Hills

The Anglers Club raised a total of $2000 and one of our members, Mick Frost, travelled to Cobargo to assess who to allocate the donation to, as everybody in Cobargo have suffered from the bush fires and subsequent floods.

Mick was directed to Anne Holub the president of the Cobargo Country Women’s Association. Please see her report below.

Report from Ann Holub President of the Cobargo Country Women’s Association

We gave your generous donations to these five people, Liz, who lost her beautiful two-story brick stone and cedar home and everything else on her property. She is a single woman who works part of each year consulting with new nurses at the Bega hospital whilst looking after native animals and birds.

She had built a Wombat enclosure which enabled them to return to the forest when they can and nursed many baby Echinacea’s until they were off their bottle feeds every four hours.

She attended Cobargo CWA meetings when she could and helped at a soup kitchen in Bega. She had food and water for all the animals all around her property and while living at the show grounds after the fires went back to refill them.

Liz lost her home shed and gardens completely and has been living in her bus since the New Year’s fire, with her Rottweiler by her side at all times. Sadly, she also lost her two horses. She will go back to her property when she acquires a structure to shelter in and the power and water is on. Somehow, she can still smile and is kind and thoughtful to all who meet her.

Andy is also a single woman who has been on her property for 12 years building it up from bare land. She had built a home in a container and a large Orchard and garden. Andy has lived in a very old caravan at the Cobargo Show grounds since the fire and has renovated it to become more comfortable. She also lost everything in the fire but seems able to keep up a happy disposition and smiles every time I meet her.

She also cares for the native animals and birds and collected food and takes it to them every day. She was very excited when she found some of her fruit trees had sprouted, she will go back and rebuild her home and garden as soon as there is power and water available.

Spud and his wife lost their shed home very close to the Show Grounds and everything they owned. He is a member of CRABS (South Coast motor Bike Club that goes to all the pubs selling raffle tickets to support cancer research) always helping out at the many fund-raising events they hold.

We saw him out at a farm helping a farmer build a new fence the day after we had given him the money.

Denise and Peter had built a beautiful new home and constructed many out buildings, which included a container with a bathroom for guests and the fowl house renamed the ‘Taj Mahal’ when it was finished, fabulous big enclosed area with everything a chook could want to lay many eggs which they sold around Cobargo.

They built the house 10 years ago but had the property for longer. They both worked, Denise at the Cobargo Chemist and other shops that are not there anymore due to the fires, Pete worked at Narooma. Denise told me that she was going to replace a bronze kettle, a Christmas present this year and was very fond of, also a toaster to match. They were delighted with a share of your kind donation. Sadly, all was lost at their property as Mick will show in the photo.

Julie and Larry are both well-known identities who have lived in or close to the area all their lives. Julie was the local Hairdresser at Cobargo for many years now a Red Cross lady and Larry just helps wherever and whenever he can, an active member of the Men’s Shed at Quaama. Both always happy and welcomed us to their home on many occasions. Larry firing up the pizza oven and producing lovely pizzas and Julie making nibbles and the famous ‘Julie’s Rocky Road’ her signature dish that she readily shared at every occasion. Love it!

Larry always keeps us entertained with one joke after another, most suitable for adults only. He was a collector and I think will continue to be; he had an enormous collection of all sorts of memorability which was all lost in the fire. A shed didn’t burn, and a vintage sports car and a pool table was saved. Always a generous couple that’s contributed a lot to the community and they say they are going to stay around.

Sadly, all five that we shared with your donation with lost their home, we feel that the choices we made to share your generous donations with them was greatly appreciated by them all, we hope you do too. Not easy to decide as you know many lost everything too, but from their grateful reactions we feel that with Mick and Maureen’s help, we had made good choices.

Kind thoughts,
Eddie and Ann Holub
Bermagui fishing Club

So, as you can see from the above report, our donation was not a lot of money but may have bought some joy to people who are down on their luck. Just to know that they not alone and we are thinking of them helps a little.

Regards,
Roger Covel
Seven Hills RSL Anglers Club

$100,000 drought relief for NSW Farmers

With NSW experiencing its most intense drought since 1982, Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL has donated $100,000 to support Aussie farming families in need of financial relief.

The donation will go directly to the farmers of Walcha and Bingara, the first two drought-declared areas in NSW.

Seven Hills RSL is proud to be collaborating with the Bingara Lions Club to provide $50,000 worth of financial support directly to 140 farmers in Bingara. The individual donations will be issued to the farmers in “Bingara Bucks” instead of cash, ensuring that the donated funds will be spent within Bingara to support their local businesses.

The town of Walcha also received a $50,000 donation from the Club. Walcha Rotary worked with the Rural Financial Counselling Service to ascertain who was most in need. They decided to distribute $500 each to 100 families in the district who met criteria agreed by the club and compiled a register of the recipients for auditing purposes.

Rotary district governor, Phil Hafey. Rotarian Bob Burnett and Walcha president Andrew Corlette with members from Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL Anthony Holmes, Barry Wilson, John Burgess and Joe Bayssari

Club President Barry Wilson said it was the club’s absolute pleasure to donate. “You hear about the drought on the news and how badly the farmers are being affected, but you don’t get the full picture of what’s going on,” he said.

“We decided to do something to help and made a trip to the towns of Walcha and Bingara to donate directly rather than go through a charity. We’re in a position to do it, and we are happy to do it.”

Rotarian and grazier Rob Blomfield expressed his heartfelt thanks on behalf of the Walcha community. “Most of us have lost our introduced pastures and to replace that is huge,’ Mr Blomfield said.

“We probably only have 25 per cent of cattle and 50 per cent of the sheep left in the district now so every farming business in this area is highly compromised and it’s going to take anything up to 10 years for this community to get back up to par.”

Mr Blomfield went on to say that the impact of the reduction in livestock is that every business in town is suffering and is going to continue to suffer. “We’ve had the physical drought, and the money drought is about to start,” he said.

“Every farming business in this district is only going to have 30 to 40 per cent of its gross income this year – that’s pretty scary, and that is going to flow through the community. So, for you to come here and put $50,000 into the Walcha community via the farming community (which will hopefully be spent in this district to boost all the local businesses) I mean words can’t express – it’s really special.”

“On behalf of our farmers in our district, thank you Seven Hills RSL for your generous donation.”

Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL donates $50,000 to the drought-stricken Walcha Community

Walcha Donation

A Sydney RSL donated $50,000 to the Walcha community on Tuesday night and an emotional thank you came from a grazier who says the town is facing the beginning of a financial drought.

When Walcha Rotary president Andrew Corlette received a call from Joe Bayssari of Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL in January advising him that the club had raised $100,000 for drought relief and wanted to give $50,000 each to Walcha and Bingara, he thought it was someone trying to sell him wine.

“I was driving, and I couldn’t hear, but I reluctantly agreed to accept a call from him later in the day,” he said.

“When I did speak with him, and I understood what he was saying you could have knocked me over with a feather.

“Normally if we are trying to get any funds for projects, we have to go through a lot of paperwork and administration to apply for it. These guys, like manna from heaven, just dropped it on us and it’s a big whack of money.”

CITY GIVERS: Rotary district governor, Phil Hafey. Rotarian Bob Burnett and Walcha president Andrew Corlette with members from Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL Anthony Holmes, Barry Wilson, John Burgess and Joe Bayssari.

CITY GIVERS: Rotary district governor, Phil Hafey. Rotarian Bob Burnett and Walcha president Andrew Corlette with members from Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL Anthony Holmes, Barry Wilson, John Burgess and Joe Bayssari

Walcha Rotary was responsible for working out how best to distribute the money as widely as possible, and Mr Corlette then worked with Debby Maddox from the Rural Financial Counselling Service to ascertain who was most in need while keeping the recipients anonymous.

They decided to distribute $500 each to 100 families in the district via Ms Maddox who checked they met the criteria agreed by the club and compiled a register of the recipients for auditing purposes – and is the only one who knows each beneficiary’s identity.

“These (RSL) boys know that $500 is not going to save someone from going into bankruptcy because they have been forking out money hand over fist to feed – but it is a significant amount to say we are concerned for you, we want to help you, and we appreciate what you are going through,” Mr Corlette said.

“I think that this sort of sentiment with the money attached to it may well be the sort of thing that keeps a finger away from the trigger of a rifle that should be locked in the cupboard – we all know about suicides associated with hard times on the land.”

Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL financial manager Anthony Holmes said his club’s board wanted to contribute to drought and bushfire relief.

“Some of our members have personal connections to both areas, and we also discovered that Walcha and Bingara were the first two drought-declared areas in NSW, so it was a no brainer,” Mr Holmes said.

Rotarian and grazier Rob Blomfield expressed his heartfelt thanks on behalf of the community and said while it now looks green around Walcha the hard times are just beginning.

“Most of us have lost our introduced pastures and to replace that is huge,’ Mr Blomfield said. “We probably only have 25 per cent of cattle and 50 per cent of the sheep left in the district now so every farming business in this area is highly compromised and it’s going to take anything up to 10 years for this community to get back up to par.”

Mr Blomfield went on to say that the impact of the reduction in livestock is that every business in town is suffering and is going to continue to suffer.

WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL president Barry Wilson accepts a certificate of appreciation from Rotarian and grazier Rob Blomfield on Tuesday night

WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: Seven Hills-Toongabbie RSL president Barry Wilson accepts a certificate of appreciation from Rotarian and grazier Rob Blomfield on Tuesday night

“We’ve had the physical drought, and the money drought is about to start,” he said.

“Every farming business in this district is only going to have 30 to 40 per cent of its gross income this year – that’s pretty scary, and that is going to flow through the community.

“So for you to come here and put $50,000 into the community via the farming community ( which will hopefully be spent in this district to boost all the local businesses ) I mean words can’t express – it’s really special.”

Seven Hills -Toongabbie RSL president Barry Wilson said it was the club’s absolute pleasure to donate.

“You hear it on the news how bad it is but you don’t get the full knowledge of what’s going on,” he said.

“We decided to do something and donate directly rather than through a charity. It’s only a small amount, but it’s the best we can do at the moment – we’re in a position to do it, and we are happy to do it.”

Above article written by Vanessa Arundale and published by Walcha News: walchanewsonline.com.au/story/6626188/50000-donation-helps-fight-financial-drought/

2020 Anglers Presentation Day

Our annual presentation day is a very special event, it is a day where we get to spend time with our wife and kids.  In years gone by we used to hold  the day at a reserve and played sport with our kids.  One year we even made it onto Australia’s Funniest  Video with Jimmy McCabe demonstrating his unique bowling technique.  However I suppose some of us are getting older and after many years of inclement weather we now hold the day at Blacktown Bowling Club, they have plenty of room, good meals and are family-friendly.

The most prestigious award we can bestow is CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR and this is presented at the conclusion of a secret ballot. This year I am pleased to announce that Alan Vaughan received the award, after a year of exceptional service to our Club.  The photo below shows Seven Hills RSL Club President, Barry Wilson, giving Alan his award.

Annual fishing competition results

Hakki Yalcinkaya is a true fishing legend but he better watch his tail, some of the young blokes are sneaking up on him.  Hakki won so many trophies I was running out of fingers and toes to count them.

Blackie can be seen in the photo gallery below presenting  Hakki with the award for Best Overall Fisherman for 2019 with the most fishing species won. Hakki won Best Snapper, Best Bream, Best Luderick, Best Morwong, Best Leatherjacket.

Next on the board was Bill Watkins JC with a fine Taylor.

Then we had Club Director, Blackie, presenting Gary Bailey with his Flathead trophy. Gary also won best other Species, a beautiful Dolphinfish.

Then the young members began their charge.  Lachlan Maddeford caught a honker Mullerway (Jewfish) at a secret location on the Hawkesbury River.  Blackie presented Lachy with his award.

Not to be out done, Lachy’s mate and partner in crime, caught an amazing Murray Cod in Wyangler Dam. This monster was the thing of legend that the ancients used to talk about coming in at a metre long. Blackie presented Nathan Miller the award for biggest freshwater fish.

Well there we will have to leave it for another year. We will have the chance to create more fantastic memories, maybe the new kids on the block will knock Hakki off his perch.

Thanks to the Bar & Restaurant Staff for your good work.


 

Article written by Roger Covel