ISSUE: December 2018 / January 2019

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1 ISSUE: December 2018 / January 2019 COORDINATOR S REPORT To our New Horizons Family, I would like to start this December newsletter by wishing you all a beautiful Christmas and holiday season (not starting for a few weeks, I know - but I hope you are looking forward to it!). I hope to see many of you at our barbie in person to share in some festive spirit, but to those who can t make it, we ll be thinking of you! It has been an unusually tough year at the Club, and there are some very loved members of our big family who we just could not have anticipated would no longer be with us this December. John, Louise, Robbie, Ted, Katherine and Laurie and their loved ones will be in our hearts as we celebrate, that s for sure. We also have members and friends who have lost close family recently too, and who we will think of this Christmas. It s our members who are at the heart of our organisation and you have all made us so proud this year with your support of one another, as well as your many personal and sporting achievements. As you turn up week after week for training, and travel the state and country (and overseas!) to compete in your chosen sports, as well as host visiting sports-people here at home, you have been the most incredible ambassadors for New Horizons. For those of you taking part in our rec programs like Art & Craft and Song & Dance, wow - what a group of talented, fun people we are lucky enough to share time with! I know I speak for our instructors Ruth, Janice, Melissa and Maryanne too when I say that these sessions bring as much delight to us as to our participants. Inside this issue: Coordinator s Report Sports Schedule & Points tally NHC Events Club News People Places Calendar Save the Date Friday 1 st March Awards Night Sunday 3 rd March Carol Tanner Swim Carnival, Scottsdale Cycle Challenge Sunday 24 th March 2019 NHC OFFICE HOURS Weekdays 10 am 3 pm Admin Staff hours Mon Ruth 9.30 am 3 pm Tues Saskia 9.30 am 5 pm Wed to Fri Lucy 9.30 am 3 pm Please contact the office if you need to make appointment times outside of these hours. Can I please send special wishes also to each and every volunteer, who make what we do possible. Thank you so much for giving of your most precious resource- your time. It is indeed humbling and we are beyond lucky to have such an incredible crew of volunteers. (continued next page)

2 Now back to our sports stars I d like to wish our cricketers my very best as they train in preparation for selection for the National Carnival in Geelong in early January AND to our Futsal players who will be representing Tasmania in their in Sydney in January too! Keep safe, active and stay merry this Christmas and have a lovely, peaceful New Year! We are feeling very positive about what 2019 has in store for us all the newsletter will be back for February. Yours in sport, recreation and a bit of tinsel too, Belinda Kitto CEO We hope to see you at the Christmas barbeque taking place in our beautiful new Rotary Garden space! Bring yourselves and a salad OR a dessert per family please. Please park in the Streetwise Developments carpark (the old James Nelson site) to keep our carpark free for festivities. IF you need to make other arrangements pease call the office by Friday 14 th December PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to take part in the Kris Kringle, please let the office know and forward $5 per person. Can t wait to see you!

3 SPORTS SCHEDULE 2018 New Horizons supports participation in sport and recreation as a way of encouraging a healthy lifestyle. Activity club program Day Time Venue Cost New Horizons Club - North AFL NHC In recess $3.00 Boccia NHC Mon pm Max Fry Hall, Trevallyn $4.00 Craft NHC Tues am New Horizons Club $5.00 Cricket NHC Mon pm NTCA Astro pitch $3.00 Fitness Class NHC Mon to 12 noon MY Gym $5.50 Gymnastics NHC Mon pm PCYC $12.00 Indoor Bowls NHC Thur In recess New Horizons Club $3.00 Running Group NHC Meet at the Gorge Thur pm swimming pool $3.00 Soccer/ Futsal NHC Tue pm Newstead College Gym $3.00 Social Bowls NHC Wed to 12 noon New Horizons Club $3.00 Song and Dance NHC Tue pm Life Without Barriers $4.00 Junior Song & NHC Dance Tue pm New Horizons Club $3.00 Taekwondo NHC Tue pm Newstead College $5.00 Basketball NHC Sat am am Queechy High School Gym $3.00 Golf NHC Mon pm Launceston Country Club $6.00 Swimming NHC Wed pm pm Launceston Aquatic Centre $5.50 Tennis NHC Wed 4-5pm Australian Italian Club $3.00 Launceston College Program all enquiries to L ton College Athlete L ton Development College Wed In recess Launceston College Gym $ North West Program Activities Wed pm Wynyard High School $5.00 South Program All Abilities Golf Thur 1.00pm Rosny Park Public Golf Course YMCA Cricket Tues TCA Ground $5.00 TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH CLUB INFORMATION; LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Updated tally ESK BASS TAMAR BOOBYALLA TOTAL POINTS New Members New Horizons Club welcomes and encourages new members. This month s applicant is Sharleah Wells-Brown. If any member having just cause why the above applicant should not be inducted into the club, they must advise the Public Officer (Belinda Kitto) or Secretary (Olwyn Nilon) in writing no later than FRIDAY 14/12/18. Mail can be directed to the club, PO BOX 49 Mowbray 7248 or dropped in. Without any objections, these members will be inducted into the club and advised accordingly.

4 North East News Hi All! This photo was taken one morning when we went for a foreshore stroll in the more senior group. Recently our entire group went to the Launceston Entertainment Centre where we all enjoyed the activities that they provided. Golf and Trampolines were the most popular. We also had a fun afternoon at the stadium with activities, including the egg and spoon race, while blowing a party blowout, three-legged race, basketball dribbling around cones, Relay teams of 4, skipping rope race, and finishing with no winners but all grinners. Regards Vicki Forsyth Social Dinner & Karaoke Last month an enthusiastic bunch rocked out at Rockin Hot Pizza on the Karaoke after an enjoyable meal together at our Social Club. Save the date for our next dinner and join us in 2019 on, Wednesday 6 th February Thursday 4 th April Friday 21 st June North West Christmas Party The North West Branch invites you to their Christmas Party at Upper Burnie Sports Stadium on Wednesday 12 th December pm. Please rsvp to the NHT Office by Friday 7 th December. PS wear/ bring your sneakers! If you are attending please bring a wrapped unisex gift to the value of $10 for secret Santa and $5 to cover costs. Many thanks to the Marthick family for donating the dinner.

5 A New Look for New Horizons thanks to Stream Design! So - be honest have you noticed that we have a new logo and a slightly new name? Or did it slip by you? Our lovely new logo is certainly more of a refresh than a re-design and we are really thrilled with it. Keeping our sunbeams has meant retaining the sense of optimism and welcome so many of us loved about our past logo, but our New Horizons Tasmania font is now a little more clear to the eye and contemporary. Perfect for where we stand now as an Inclusive State-wide Sport and Rec group! The person behind our new logo is Kate Stokes of Stream Design (also adored Aunty of Tommy and Harry Colgrave), who along with Stream Manager Anita Pava, donated many hours of design work. As a team over several months they came up with over twenty (yes TWENTY) fabulous new logo proposals for New Horizons, and demonstrated the most incredible patience as time after time, we felt that something wasn t QUITE right. You guessed it - we were missing our sunbeams, we just didn t realise it! Thanks so very much to the Stream team for their dedication, generosity and kindness while working with us - they must have been as relieved as we were when a decision was finally made! Soon you ll see a new website and notice new banners and signage (also created by Stream). We are very grateful to have received a Healthy Tasmania grant which has made the production of these essential new marketing materials possible. Thank you to Lusy Productions for our new video! If you weren t at the Gala, and aren t on facebook, you may have missed our new New Horizons video clip, starring some of our members! This video was produced at a heavily discounted rate by Scott Atkins of Lusy Productions. We really appreciated this generosity and enjoyed getting to know Scott too. Thanks also to Rachel and Finn Hilder, Beth Grayson and Justin Nilon for giving their time to be interviewed about their involvement with us. To view the video (also made with funds from a marketing grant from Healthy Tasmania), go to You Tube (youtube.com) and type New Horizons Tasmania in the search space. Enjoy!

6 Lomond Windows and Doors- Futsal Partners again in 2019! We are thrilled to announce that Lomond Windows and Doors will be partnering with us again in 2019 to ensure that the Tasmanian Inclusion Futsal Team will be representing the state in the National Tournament in Sydney! Lomond are an award-winning Tasmanian business who specialise in PVC double glazed windows and glass doors. It has been a pleasure to get to know Jamie and Nat, and our Futsal players are proud to be wearing the Lomond logo as they head in to this great Competition! Tennis anyone? A great opportunity for YOU at the Launceston International Tennis Tournament We have exciting summer news! New Horizons has been chosen as the Not-For -Profit partner for the 2019 Launceston International Tennis Tournament being played in January This not only means that New Horizons will receive all of the gate takings (gold coin donations from spectators) from the 7 days of play, BUT our members will also have the opportunity to take part in the tournament as support staff and exhibition players! The fun starts when you receive your official kit at a media launch in January If you will be in Launceston between January 28 th and February 3 rd 2019 and are keen to offer a few hours, or even a few days to help PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE ASAP. Thank you so much to Tournament Manager Rick Fontyn and his committee for this incredible opportunity. NEW HORIZONS 2019 CALENDAR - $20 each New Horizons 2019 Calendars will be on sale shortly at $20 each! There will be just 60 available, so please let the office know, or comment here if you would like us to reserve you one. Collection will be mid- December (or at the Christmas Barbeque). As always, we have tried to include as many faces as possible We do mix it up year-to-year, so if you're not featured this time, and would like to be for 2020, do let us know!

7 AGM and Strategy Planning Thanks so much to our members who attended our Annual General Meeting on November 29th, and to those who stayed on for Strategic Planning. It was fantastic to have the session led by Jacynta and Leigh from the Department of Communities, Sport and Recreation, who used the results of our members survey as the basis for our work. Stayed tuned for updates! TAV s TAS INCLUSION SHIELD - Match 1 rained out! Our Northern Cricketers were confident as they headed down to Hobart for the first match against the South the inaugural Tav s Tas only to be rained out! Instead of a game, all cricketers moved indoors and took part in a terrific skills session, as well as getting to know some new Southerners too! We ve now got our eye on Match 2 BREAKING NEWS. Wynyard Cricket Club is now an Inclusion Cricket hub! This is great news and we encourage you to spread the word to all of your NW friends who might be interested. Contact President of WCC, Clayton Hawkins directly, or give us a call at the office and we ll refer anyone interested. Tasmania Police Charity Ride All done! Around 400km on the bike with the Tasmania Police Charity Ride. What an amazing journey it was with some really good people. I would like to say thank you to all the people who have donated to my fundraising page, it means a lot! I want to say thank you to our support Crew who did amazing job to keep safe and really looked after us for the whole journey. Thanks to Steve Ockerby who helped me get through the ride and had to put up with my whinging on Mt Arrowsmith. I also say thank you to Richard for letting me come on the ride and doing such a wonderful job organising it. Alan (Dingo) Dengate Day 1 looking ready to go! Want to buy a Police Charity Trust Tea Towel but can't get in to the office? Go to purchase online and have your tea towels delivered free!

8 2018 Production Wow, a sensational afternoon of Song and Dance prowess was on display at the Scotch Oakburn College Auditorium yesterday, Sunday 2 nd December. It was the culmination of a year s hard work tripping the light fantastic by our Song and Dance troupe under the tuition of Melissa Wimmer, and our Junior Song and Dance group under the guidance of Maryann Keach. Congratulations to the members on a wonderful display and sincere thanks to everyone who made the afternoon such a success! Tasmanian Emerging Community Leaders Program - Supported by (TCF) Tasmanian Community Fund Our CEO Belinda Kitto has just graduated from the Emerging leaders Program after a dedicated year of study and participation. New Horizons are grateful for the support of TCF. A huge thankyou to Kerry Finch for all his support and encouragement. Belinda we are so proud of you!!!

9 Warm up from 9.30 am (Open to Athletes with a Disability & Under Age Mainstream Athletes) HOSTED BY: North-East Branch of New Horizons Club SUPPORTED BY: Dorset Council & Scottsdale Swim Club Carol Tanner Swim Carnival Entry Form Sunday 3 rd March 2019 Scottsdale Swimming Pool am 2.00 pm 25, 50 & 100 m All Strokes Relays &Across the Pool Walk & Kickboard Races Underage: - U 10, U12, U16 Remember to bring: bathers, swim goggles and cap (if needed), towel, hat, sunscreen, drink, lunch (or money to purchase food available), change of clothes. Transport: The NHC Bus will be available for those without their own transport. Please book ASAP as there are limited seats available. Book at office Cost: $5.00. AWARDS: 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place getters will be awarded ribbons following each event. ATHLETE OF THE MEET (with a Disability) Male and Female (For most points gained) will be awarded at the close of the Carnival ENTRY FEE: $8.00 Entry Fee to accompany entry * VOLUNTEERS AND PARENTS REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR BATHERS FOR THE RELAY * PLEASE TICK EVENTS YOU WANT TO ENTER ( ) 25 m Freestyle ( ) 50 m Freestyle ( ) 100 m Freestyle ( ) 25 m Backstroke ( ) 50 m Backstroke ( ) 100 m Backstroke ( ) 25 Breaststroke ( ) 50 m Breaststroke ( ) 100 m Breaststroke ( ) 25 m Butterfly ( ) 50 m Butterfly ( ) 100 m Butterfly ( ) Across the Pool Walk ( ) Across the Pool Kickboard ( ) 100 m Individual Medley ( ) 4 X 25 m Freestyle Relay ( ) 4 X 25 m Medley Relay (Anyone entering any 50 m races or more than one 25m event CAN NOT compete in the kickboard or across the pool) NAME: ADDRESS: CONTACT NUMBER: Phone:. Mobile: ENTRY FEE: $8.00 Per Swimmer Any Volunteers available to assist with duties on the day please contact Belinda. Entries to be returned to New Horizons Tasmania office by Friday 15 th February info@newhorizonstas.org.au Fax:

10 December 2018 MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN 3 Gym/Fitness Golf Gymnastics Boccia final session Cricket final session NE Program 10 Gym / Fitness Boccia lunch Newstead Hotel Golf- final Gymnastics - final Cricket State team only NE Program 17 Gym final session Cricket State team only Christmas BBQ 4 Craft Junior Song & Dance Futsal State Team training Taekwondo Cricket South 11 Craft final & lunch Taekwondo Cricket South Christmas Day 5 Tennis Swimming x 2 NW Program 12 Tennis final session Swimming - final NW Program 6 South Golf Running Group 13 South Golf Running Group NHC Office closes 26 Boxing Day Running Group 7 8 Basketball January 2019 MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN 31 1 New Years Day NHC Office reopens Cricket State team only 8 Futsal Sydney 9 Futsal Sydney 10 Futsal Sydney 11 Futsal Sydney 12 Futsal Sydney 13 Futsal Sydney 14 Gym/Fitness Gym/Fitness Cricket Geelong 28 Public Holiday Office closed 22 Cricket Geelong 23 Cricket Geelong Strategic Planning Forum Cricket Geelong 25 Cricket Geelong 26 Australia Day Cricket Geelong 27

11 New Horizons Caretaker's Unit Available $80 pw rent with caretaking duties to supplement discounted rent. 1bedroom self-contained unit with parking for a vehicle available. Please call the office to register your interest. Boccia News Last month Minna Blaney and Nic Milner competed at the 2018 Queensland State Boccia Championships, and Ro Blaney travelling as Team Coach. Congratulations on a fine effort! Congratulations to Nic for taking out Silver at the Championships - we're especially proud of this dedicated athlete for being named 'Best & Fairest' for the tournament! December 2018 BIRTHDAYS 1 st Connor Riley Happy 18 th!, Garry Quill, Merlene West, Natalie Dennis and Alex Riley 2 nd Joy Terry 4 th Linda Cox 7 th Mitchell Mansell and Bryson Simkus Happy 21 st! 10 th Brian Abey 11 th Vincent Hall 12 th Xavier Bartninkaitis 13 th Davinia Hart 15 th Craig Skinner, Ryan Stott and Jade Radford, 16 th Bronte Hart Happy 21 st! 17 th Felicity Poke 21 st John Cullen Happy 70 th! 22 nd Patricia Young 25 th Darlene McLennan 26 th James Fisher 28 th Phil Moir Happy 60 th! and Sam Marthick 31 st Jo O May Coaches we need your nominations for Champion and Merit Awards for 2018 calendar year by 31 st January. Keep your eye out for your nominations over the last weeks of the year.

12 Proudly supported by: PRINT POST PP 10000/3340 Postage Paid Australia Providing sport & recreation opportunities for people with disabilities. PO BOX 49 MOWBRAY, 7248 Phone (03) Fax (03) Address Address Address Address Address Address CLUB NEWS PEOPLE PLACES January 2019 BIRTHDAYS Condolences Our thoughts are with Damian Colpo and Family on the recent loss of their Mother. 2 nd Glenn O Brien 3 rd Barry Skinner 4 th Helen Martin 7 th Amy Young & Isaac Gration 8 th Jac Spencer, Maryann Keach 9 th Nic Carter, Roger Walker, Annette Devine 10 th Elly Thompson 13 th Kaye Drinkwater 14 th Katrina Bartninkaitis 15 th Justin Nilon, Joanne Wallace 18 th Denise Young 22 nd Puneet & Nonadini Kashyap, Claire Colgrave 23 rd Chris Meale 26 th Jenny Dell Get well Wishes A huge Get Well wish to Jacquie Spencer. We re glad to hear you are home now and we hope you keep getting stronger every day! Condolences Vale to our great friend and supporter Charles Black. Charles was the initial driving force behind our incredible backyard upgrade. Our sincere sympathy goes out to Charles family. THANK YOU TO MICHAEL FERGUSON MP AND HIS OFFICE FOR THE PRINTING OF OUR NEWSLETTER New Horizons Tasmania receives funding from the Crown through the Department of Communities Tasmania