Bally Barker Blog

·       Three Northern Beaches Rotary clubs: -        Upper Northern Beaches Rotary, -        Dee Why - Warringah Rotary and -        Balgowlah Rotary have approached over 30 restaurants and cafes along the northern beaches peninsular and purchased 340 vouchers as part of their National Australia Day Council grant. The presidents of the 3 clubs are presenting the vouchers to a number of the front line organisations. Rob Haines(President Upper Northern Beaches), Lindy Myers (President Balgowlah) Liz McDougall (Dee Why -Warringah) Vouchers are being distributed to a number of front-line respondents with Covid-19 and bushfire fighting activities. The people involved work as SES volunteers, Lifeline telephone councilors, Covid-19 testing and tracing teams and similar groups who have done a magnificent job over the last 12 months to help protect the community.  Lifeline telephone councilors recognised: Roger Gray (Balgowlah Rotary), Liz McDougall (President Dee

    Well you all know the story of our Christmas /New Year for nearly all of us.... “Stillness descends on northern beaches as the cluster grows. The northern beaches is now locked down. As of 5pm on Saturday, everyone living north of The Spit reverted to the same restrictions the rest of Sydney experienced in March” . SMH Dec 21, 2020 Thankfully we held our club Christmas party 4 days earlier and now our New Year kick off could occur   So HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Tuesday Jan 19, 2021 Our first 'get together' for 2021 was at Clontarf Reserve where Rotarians and partners gathered to meet and welcome in hopefully a different and much better year . John took some good Picnic Pics :   Joy, Tracey and Sue...and Paul   Nigi Robert, Lindy and Bev Lindy and Pauline   Sue, Michael and Rick - Wine anyone? Rick, Michael and Roger discussing the vintage Ian and Nigi Bev and Chiaki     Formerly unknown talents - Watch out Baker's Delight! Robert cuts his amazing home baked lo

The way we view the world has changed this year and it's been a challenging time for many and we have had to learn how to adapt, connect and grow in new or unexpected ways. After such a dramatic and uncertain year with many celebrations and social gatherings and events cancelled, postponed or curtailed; many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020. Luckily we could hold a Christmas party without a problem in a nice private setting in the Wine Bar at Balgowlah RSL on Tuesday evening. This year's Christmas party was a particularly happy occasion - a great opportunity to enjoy good company, have fun and celebrate with Christmas fair. Thanks must go to Tony Hill for making all the arrangements, we had a great time and meal and everyone really enjoyed themselves President Lindy opened the proceedings and after welcoming everyone outlined the amazing record of the club activities and some exciting plans and events for 2021. Tony Hill and Graham Evans Peter Stephenson, Pam and Ca

What are the brand names of the footballs used in AFL, Ruby Union and League?; What is the names of the Famous five?, and what is the name of that tune?  Good mental exercise but do you think we all could answer them correctly on the night? Quizmaster David in action David Stewart-Hunter conducted another great quiz night in the main auditorium at Balgowlah RSL on Saturday evening with 85 people attending. David was again ably assisted by Sally Fox and his daughter Clare. Subjects ranged from Sport to Books with a number in the title, Geography to Music and identifying film star characters - a great mix of questions and subjects.   Some of the tables discussing their answers: Table 4 listening to the answers Table 3 deciding their answer Sally checked the answer sheets and recorded the scores - tables had an opportunity to double points on some sets of questions in a Joker Round making the tallying of the scores more challenging. Sally tallying the scores The Raffle tickets and revers

A nice note was sent to Sue Terry from the Rochelle Courtenay, founder and Managing Director of the not-for-profit Share the Dignity which she founded to bring dignity back into the lives of women who are homeless or at risk of domestic violence through the distribution of sanitary products.    Sue has written "In case you'd like to share this with all members and friends (via the Blog, perhaps), this is the grateful response I received from "Share the Dignity" when I shared with them our excellent result of 123 bags, and some of John's photos.   Thanks, everyone ."  Sue T   Hi Sue Thanks so much for your email and for sharing your photos. We cannot thank you enough for supporting #ItsInTheBag and the women and girls across Australia that needs us. We truly appreciate all that you do. I will share these photos with the team, I know they will love them just as much as I do! Take care, Rochelle Courtenay Founder and Managing Director Share the Dignity A