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1 March Newsletter Sponsored by Hansen Design & Print Ararat Please support our sponsors. Bistro Update We have two very exciting announcements regarding our bistro: The name of the new bistro will be Chally s Bar & Bistro. This name identifies with our members and the local community as everyone knows the club as Chally, as well as reflecting the new operations under club management. The second but by no means less important is the appointment of our new Head Chef - Tim Andrew (yes we now have two Tim s!). Tim has a wealth of experience in club bistro s, function catering and management in large businesses. A fantastic acquisition for Chally. The renovations are progressing well with the ceiling and dome painted, new lights and a couple of wall alterations completed. We still have a fair bit to complete and are hoping to have the finished product by mid May. Our designer has come up with some excellent colour and décor recommendations which will give the room a completely new look and feel. We will keep this under wraps to generate a wow factor once its finished. In the mean time the bistro will commence business in the Members Bar under Tim A s control on Thursday April 17th so please come along and taste our new menu. The new menu is just about finalised and will be ed out to all members shortly. An article will appear in the Ararat / Stawell paper this Friday with more information. Committee News The following items of business were discussed at the March General Committee Meeting: The upgrade to the power supply is being re-costed and will be a priority in our coming budget The dress code was reviewed and agreed that the current policy is satisfactory however is being ignored by some members. The enforcement of our dress code will be raised with the offenders and rectified. A suggestion to relocate our honour boards from the committee room to create a Hall of Fame in the passage was supported. Sub-committees will be consulted about this. The Strategic Plan progress was discussed and due to time constraints the next stage was put back to April. New Members Peter Hawkins - Country B Mark Dadswell - Provisional Ellen Pollock - Junior Merv Hobbs - Ordinary Please take the time to introduce yourself to our new members and make them feel welcome.

2 Page 2 Golf News Anyone know the smoker in this cartoon? March Monthly Medal went to John Berg with nett 66 from Terry Hinch on nett 68. Well its been on the cards for a while but we ve had a changing of the guard at Chally with our Club Championships for 2014 run and won. Winner of the inaugural William Harricks Memorial Cup is Andrew Maconachie. Andy shot 3 fine rounds of for a 54 hole total of 220 giving him the championship by 9 shots from title holder Michael Harricks. Also thanks are due to the Harricks Family for the impressive new cup soon to be adorning our revamped reception area. It is a fitting memorial to a fine gentleman and an avid supporter of our club over many years both in golf and bowls. Thanks to all participants. We saw some good field numbers over the 3 weeks, and it was also good to see so many stay back for presentations each week. Your continued support is good for our club. Below is the Pennant Draw once again and we desperately need numbers for our Division 3 team. While getting away to a fair start with our home game, going down narrowly to Ballarat 4 and 3 we had to forfeit our match at Bacchus Marsh due to lack of numbers. One player from seven is disappointing to say the least. We re playing Midlands at Ballarat next Saturday 6 th April so travel is minimal and the club will subsidise a percentage of your fuel bill if you take other players. Please contact myself or the club if you can play, we really need your support. Congratulations too, to Gary, Lachie and Jeremy for the fantastic effort over the summer and autumn for the presentation of the course. Despite damage from birds, kangaroos and drought, we are still able to enjoy such a high class facility here. Thanks guys. Until next month, Happy Hitting Lloyd Color printing specialists Photocopying Rubber stamps... made on-site Complete design service

3 Page 3 A Message from President Geoff On Thursday 3rd, the 1st round of the Ballarat Vets Championships was played at Chalambar and 101 players took part. We provided coffee etc before and after and thanks to John for his help. Quite a few of the golfers indicated that they would be back to play in our Triangular Tournament on Easter Tuesday. That of course is a major event, so we are hoping for decent weather and a large field. Thanks again to Noela, Gwen and Margaret for their help towards the last monthly luncheon which I think was enjoyed by all. Congratulations to the various grade winners of the Championships and a particular mention to David Haddow for winning the Vets handicap, amongst a heap of other prizes. I would just like to say that Gary and his team have the course in great shape in very difficult conditions. Veterans Report Wednesday 5 th March12 members played at Buninyong Phil Goudie, John Pola, John Berg Phil Hall and Vern Poole won balls. Phil Goudie was the big winner collecting the Money Hole $ Monday 3 rd March John Berg, Daryl Dunford, Phil Hall, Robert Porter, Noel Davidson and Merv Fox played at Warracknabeal. Daryl, Robert and Phil collected balls. Monday 24th March Daryl Dunford, Merv Fox, Phil Hall and Des Hull travelled to Edenhope. Daryl, Phil and Merv won balls.daryl also won a nearest the pin. Des got us safely there and back. The next Ballarat day is Thursday 3 rd April at Chalambar the 1 st round of the District Championships 9.30 am for 9.45 am shotgun start. The next Wimmera Days. Monday April 7 th at Nhill and Easter TUESDAY 22 nd April at CHALAMBAR. April Golf Calendar Men s Saturday Golf Ladies Golf ~ 10:00 am start Sat 5th Monthly Medal - Stroke Wed 2nd Wed 9th Wed 16th Wed 23rd Wed 30th Allanvale Cup, Stawell Stableford Stroke Brooch. 2nd Round of Silver Spoon Stableford. 1st Round WGBD Silver Spoon 27 Hole Medley Stroke. 1st Round of Championships Sat 12th Sat 19th Sponsor: Sertori & Co Stableford Mystery Partner Sponsor: Jerram s Auto Pro Shotgun start Jim Kelly Memorial Three Person Aggregate Stableford Shotgun start Sponsor: Kelly Family Sat 26th Stroke Sponsor: Choices Carpet

4 Page 4 Bowls News Ladies Bowls Report B Grade Singles Championship Finals was played between Margaret Stephens and Julia Keath. Margaret Stephens was ultimately the winner Landsborough Triples Tournament was won by Eileen Sherwell, Jacqui Grimmer and Margaret Marshall of Chalambar Invitation Day. 48 players from various local clubs competed in this event and the day was won by Dulcie Molan, Barb Matthews, Lesley Habben and Muriel Hart of Stawell Golf. The day was a great success and raised in excess of $500 for the Bowls Club. A good result all round Social Bowls - Dawn Brennan and Eileen Sherwell were the winners for the day Veterans Day This event was hosted by Bowls Victoria and held at Chalambar. Nadine Verrant and Dawn Brennan of Chalambar received their Veteran badges along with several other bowlers. The winners for the day were Jackie Bishop, Helen Kelly and Noreen Morgan Men s Pennant Final Congratulations to the Chalambar Division 1 Pennant team on their win against Ararat Bowls Club and at Warracknabeal and good luck for Barham Up Competition This event has not been finalized as yet Golf & Bowls Cancer Day This was a most successful day both financially and socially. Golf, bowls and cards were played and a good time was had by all. The bowls event was won by Leonie King, Karen Brennan and Margaret Nanncarrow.

5 Page 5 Ladies Golf News The March Stroke /Brooch event results were: A Grade: Margot Green with 85; B Grade Alwyn Kitchen with 96 and C Grade Sue Leeke with 103. The Brooch winner with a Nett of 71 was a very thrilled Marg Brehaut Well done Marg on your first ever Brooch. Lois Dunne & Irene Helmich played in the Marg Williams Day at Ballarat Golf Club, and Lois, Elaine Richie, Nola Mahoney, Kaye Powell & Jenny Conboy played at Grange Open Day last Thursday. Thank you to the ladies who travel to other clubs. Pennant is well underway and a Pennant Final consisting of a play off between 1st & 2nd in each division will be played at Beaufort on 5 th May. This year results will be decided on matches won. When giving shots ¾ of handicap is used. Game over when match decided. Australian Match Play index will be used on all courses. Results to date are as follows: Division 1: Round 1: Chalambar v Buninyong with a win to Ballarat. Ruth Brain lost 4/3, Ruth Gellert won 1 up, Nola Mahoney lost 1 down, Marg Lardner & Alwyn Kitchen lost 5/3. Thank you to Alwyn who filled in at the last minute for Trish Heard. Round 2: Chalambar v Chalambar with both teams ended up square. Ruth Brain won 2 up, Ruth Gellert won 1 up, Sally Philip lost 2 down, Marg Lardner lost 2 down and Trish Heard was square. Division 3: Round 1: Chalambar v Chalambar with a win to Skipton Marg Peoples lost 2/1, Joy Cronin lost 4/3, Irene Helmich lost 3/2, Elaine Richie won 5/4 and Helen Tucker won 2/1 Round 2: Chalambar v Hepburn Skipton with a win to Hepburn Springs Marg Peoples lost 5/4, Joy Cronin lost 2/1, Elaine Richie lost 4/5, Irene Helmich lost 5/4, Helen Tucker lost 4/3. A Very Successful Joint Fundraising effort was held last Wednesday with golf players, bowlers and card players all contributing to raise funds for the Ballarat Cancer Research Centre. Golf was a guest Pinehurst and the winners on the day were Rene Hamilton and Bev Gray with a score of / /8. Runners up were Barb Gow and Val McCarthy with a score of / /8. A magnificent total of $ was raised on the day. The Clubhouse looked magnificent. Congratulations to all the ladies responsible. Pink was worn by ladies to represent the Cancer Council. The Members room looked magnificent. Below is the most beautifully decorated Trophy table with produce table in background and a group of happy golfers at presentation. Marg Peoples, Ladies Captain

6 Page 6 Bowls News Men s Bowls Report Since the February newsletter Chalambar Division 1 defeated Ararat Bowls Club in the Grampians Bowls grand Final. Chalambar won all 4 rinks. The following Saturday we journeyed to Warracknabeal for the Group final (all group games have only 3 rinks). Playing St Arnaud first up we managed to win by 8 shots overall. In our second game we played Hopetoun and won a little easier. The final game was against Coglan Park from Horsham who had also won their 2 games. After a very tight contest Chally rallied and managed to retain the Shield. We will now represent the district s Group 3 at Barham on May 2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th. Sixteen teams from across Victoria will compete in this state final of the Bowls Victoria State Saturday Pennant. Roger Young and Gary Todd will also represent the Group in the pairs final playing at Bendigo on April 13 th and 14 th. Roger and Gary will also team up with Chris Young and Grant Seeary for the Group 4 s final on April 10 th and 11 th. A fine effort by all our players and we wish them the best of luck. President Peter Dohnt