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Newsletter of the Bancoora Surf Life Saving Club                                                          March 2021

Important Message                                                Or you could focus on the lack of car parking amenity at Item
                                                                 3 (Car Parking). We have had instances over recent season
                                                                 where ambulances have had difficulty reaching patients
for all Members                                                  at our club’s first aid room because beach patrons have
                                                                 parked illegally and/or partially blocked Surf Club Lane.
                                                                 This current car parking issue has the potential to cost a
Dear Members
                                                                 life due to delays in getting paramedics to the Surf Club
                                                                 for emergencies.
We start this newsletter with an important call to action.
                                                                 Or another option might be to comment on Item 8
A response to the Bancoora Precinct Plan IS DUE to Council       (Patrol Tower) and the need to replace the current patrol
by 29 March 2021.                                                shelter/tower which is in disrepair, rarely used due to
                                                                 its condition, notwithstanding the club’s and sponsors
For further information please refer to this link:
                                                                 (Southern Cross Windows) annual efforts to upgrade and
https://yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/bancoora-beach-          maintain the Patrol Tower.
precinct-plan-draft-community-consultation
                                                                 It is really up to club members to decide what you believe
                                                                 are the most important issues, however what is really
The City of Greater Geelong has prepared a detailed draft        most important, is that you do take some time and write a
plan to guide redevelopment of the Bancoora Beach                response to Council. If you have any questions regarding
Precinct, which includes the area from Breamlea Road and         this matter, please contact:
along Surf Club Lane, Breamlea. This document came out
of discussions in 2018 with Bancoora SLSC, Breamlea                 Andrew Cross, Vice President
residents and submissions from others that consider
                                                                    Bancoora SLSC Committee &
Bancoora Beach an important place.
                                                                    Bancoora SLSC Building Committee
You may have noticed in the past week some Council                  Phone: 0409 541 296
signage appearing at Bancoora Beach regarding the                   Email: enquiries@bancoora.asn.au
Bancoora Precinct Plan.
                                                                 As a club, we may not get another chance to provide critical
It is really important that all members take the time (it will
                                                                 input into the improvement and enhanced safety measures
take a maximum of 15 minutes) to read and respond to the
                                                                 works of Bancoora Beach. We are the closest surf beach
one-page plan, referring to the weblink above.
                                                                 to Geelong City (and to many parts of Melbourne) and we
There are 16 items that have been identified as priorities       are getting busier every year. Many additional people are
in the Bancoora Precinct Plan. The Committee strongly            moving just five minutes’ drive away, into the Warralily /
recommends that you respond to the most important three          Armstrong Creek area. There are critical works required for
(3) issues from a club perspective.                              our beach and surrounds to better manage the increase in
                                                                 patronage at Bancoora.
For example, you could respond to the issues around Item 7
(Pedestrian Safety) and request safe pedestrian paths rather     Thanks in advance to all members for getting involved to
than the current practice where families are required to walk    assist the club to make our beach and our surrounds safer
on the road to the beach from Breamlea Road and Surf Club        for our children, our patrolling members and the community
Lane on busy days due to a lack of suitable parking.             that loves visiting our beautiful beach.
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In this edition:
                                                             urrent Building Works –
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                                                            Improvements to Change
                                                            Rooms, Toilets and
Current Building Works – Improvements to Change
Rooms, Toilets and Showers
                                                            Showers
                                                     As flagged in recent Banny Bulletins, the Club has received
New Building Works – Potential for Ocean Views in    a building grant from the State Government.
Redeveloped Clubhouse
                                                     Some of the funds from this grant will be used to completely
Nippers Update – Club Carnival Coming Up             redo our change rooms, toilets and shower facilities. These
                                                     building works will commence on 6 April and end on or about
Mass Rescue at Bancoora                              6 June. What this means to members is that the entire club
                                                     will be off limits between these dates. The only exception
                                                     is that the gear shed will be able to be accessed for patrols
Bancoora Celebrates International Women’s Day 2021
                                                     only. Please note that the council toilets attached to our
                                                     building will remain open during this period.
Club Merch – 2019/20 Commemorative T-shirt
                                                     The Committee looks forward to showing off our new
LSV Awards Training – Current Opportunities at       facilities when the club reopens during June.
Bancoora

Patrol Roster 2020/21

Training Update from Callum
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                                                            Potential for Ocean Views
Bancoora is getting more Social                             in Redeveloped Clubhouse
Bancoora Strategic plan – 2021-2025                  Would you like to see an upgraded Bancoora SLSC with
                                                     ocean views?
Bazz’s Local History – Graves at Bream Creek
                                                     Further to the information provided regarding the Bancoora
Crossy’s Corner – Ripper Nippers                     Precinct Plan, the Bancoora Building Committee is moving
                                                     ahead with plans for upgrading the entire clubhouse.

Change of Date – Presentation Night                  The model shown has been built by Gary Frencham, a
                                                     Bancoora member and shows what Bancoora SLSC could be
Important Dates for Season 2020/21                   with a second storey and an upstairs training/function area
                                                     with a view of the ocean!
Thanks Andrew S. McNeil.com – Corporate
Governance Advisor for Sponsoring our March
newsletter

Newsletter Sponsorship Opportunities

Content from Members is Welcome for the
Banny Bulletin

Thanks to our BBQ sponsors – Brumby’s Manifold
Heights and Pacific Meats who donate food for our
Nippers BBQs each year

We thank our growing list of Sponsors for Season
2020/21
Important Message for all Members - Bancoora SLSC
The post-COVID budgets that are coming are likely to be
our best chance to respond to current and future needs of a
                                                                          Mass Rescue at Bancoora
modern surf lifesaving facility and potentially better-serving
                                                                  The Adventures of Patrol 5
the greater Geelong community of approximately 250,000
people.
                                                                  We all know how dangerous the beach can be, especially
Your Committee is very keen to have a building that also          around the change of tides, with flash rips a common
provides a great community asset, improved amenity and            occurrence at Bancoora. As the change of tide approached
much joy to the members and the community over the next           on 10 January, Charlotte had already safely escorted two
25 years.                                                         swimmers back to shore, but little did Patrol 5 know, more
                                                                  action was to come.
We are inviting all who wish to comment/be involved on
either the Bancoora Precinct Plan or the Proposed Building        Already sitting out the back on rescue boards, Emily and
alterations to stay on after Nippers on Sunday 21 March. The      Jake were quick to react to a flash rip outside the flagged
session will last for approximately one hour, commencing          area, which saw five swimmers being swept out into deep
at 12:30pm, and will give members a chance to discuss the         water and the impact zone. The swimmers included several
important Precinct and Building issues. Bancoora has also         bystanders and an infant. Having raised the alarm for further
engaged an external consultant, John McCartney, who will be       assistance (for a mass rescue), Emily and Jake were able
there on Sunday to discuss questions from members.                to return all swimmers to shore on their boards, with Sean
                                                                  also bringing in another swimmer. Fortunately, no swimmers
If you are unable to get to this session, a survey monkey link    required any further medical assistance. Well done to all of
will be sent out shortly, to give you an opportunity to have      Patrol 5 who worked fantastically as a team on the day.
input into the proposed building upgrades.
                                                                  On the latest patrol, Michael and Stephen were quick to
In the meantime, any comments should be directed to               secure a surfboard that had broken free of its leg rope in
enquiries@bancoora.asn.au.                                        huge surf. Fortunately, the surfer had made his way safely
                                                                  back to shore, so was reunited with the board. It was one
Kind regards                                                      of those massive surf days at Banny where even some of
Your Bancoora Building Committee                                  the most experienced surfers were getting smashed off the
                                                                  point.

                                                                  If you want to check out the action of Patrol 5, there are two
                                                                  more opportunities on March 28 and Easter Monday.
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       Club Carnival Coming Up                                    See you at the beach!

                                                                  Cheers, Emily
The Nippers season is coming to an end soon and we
encourage all Nippers to have a go at the club carnival
which is being held on Sunday 21 March from 9:30am
(arrive at 9am).

The aim is to make the day fun and to encourage great
sportsmanship and participation. We are on the lookout for
some additional helpers on the day, so if you are at the club
with your Nippers, please feel free to see Craig and ask where
you might be able to help.

There is no pressure at all to take part, and the carnival is
designed to encourage Nippers to showcase the skills they
have learnt throughout the season. For those Nippers with a
competitive streak, points are tallied for all placings in each
event and the best results over the carnival will be recognised
at the club’s presentation night.

We ask that adult helpers remind Nippers to compete with          Good view from the platform of the rip and channel that have been
                                                                  causing issues at Bancoora this season (photo taken Sunday 14
fair play in mind and to encourage all spectators and Nippers
                                                                  March at Nippers).
to support your Nippers teammates, particularly to those
who are new to the club.

Thanks to everyone in advance for your help with the final
week of Nippers.
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       Celebrates
       International                                                                                 Cara
       Women’s Day                                                                                  Edwards
                                                                                                      10 March 2021
During the month of March, the Committee celebrated the
great women of Bancoora on our social media channels as
part of International Women’s Day.
                                                               Cara, whilst balancing numerous other commitments
                                                               including full-time university and part-time work, still
                                                               manages to find time to give back to Bancoora as Club
                                                               Captain and a trainer to our members. Cara had a really
                                                               tough initiation into the Club Captain role this year with
                                                               having to deal with all of the new COVID measures and
Special thanks to Emily Cross who led the campaign with        has done an excellent job in her usual professional and
Andrew McNeil, with assistance and drive from Barry Hunt       understated style.
and Sean McNeil. Thanks also to all Committee members for
the work that was done behind the scenes in drafting why
our selected women of Bancoora are so great!

Our great women are listed below and the dates they were                                            Christine
mentioned on our social pages.
                                                                                                     Pope
                                                                                                      11 March 2021

                                    Sarah
                                    Andrews                    Awarded the honour of Bancoora Life Membership in
                                                               season 2019/20, Christine is the embodiment of a
                                                               community-minded person. Christine is committed to
                                     8 March 2021              always helping others and seeks to have a positive impact
                                                               on everyone she deals with. She is an extremely experienced
                                                               Patrol Captain and has accrued 340+ hours of patrolling on
                                                               our beach. She is a long-standing Committee member and is
Sarah is impressive not only for her leadership and her        always initiating and facilitating training for our membership.
skills, but also for her kindness and her commitment to        Christine is a linchpin in continuing to build our community
our club. Bancoora SLSC is a better club for having her        and club culture.
counted amongst our Nippers program, Committee and
our membership.

                                                                                                      Kate
                                      Emily                                                         Johnstone
                                      Cross                                                           12 March 2021

                                     9 March 2021

                                                               Without members like Kate, our SLSC wouldn’t be half
                                                               as exciting for our youngest members. Kate has endless
Emily’s dedication to Bancoora SLSC is to be admired.          enthusiasm for boards and provides brilliant coaching and
She always takes on any task sent her way and attends to       instruction for those learning these skills. Kate is looked up
these tasks professionally and always above and beyond         to by many of our Nippers and can always be found doing
expectations. Without involved and passionate members like     water safety to keep our Nippers safe.
Emily, our club simply wouldn’t function as well as it does.
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Kaaren has co-ordinated the BBQ for at least the last three
                                                                  years and is a true example of the volunteer spirit that makes

                                    Dora                          our club so great. Kaaren is ever-reliable and always brings
                                                                  her best efforts to support the club.

                                  Dos Santos
                                      13 March 2021
                                                                                                           Lisa
Dora has been involved at Bancoora since the late 1990s
as a national level IRB competitor, patrol member, coach
                                                                                                           Happ
and trainer. Dora is a kind and professional member who is                                              16 March 2021
always striving to bring out the best in our membership by
drawing on her 30-plus years of surf lifesaving experience.

                                                                  Bancoora is so fortunate to have added passionate surf
                                                                  lifesaving expert Lisa to our membership in recent years. Lisa
                                                                  has many years of elite level competition and coaching and

                                       Wendy                      has been so helpful to Bancoora since she has joined, by so
                                                                  freely giving her time and expertise to develop our lifesaving

                                       Reyntjes                   teams. She is also a brilliant IRB driver and trainer and Lisa
                                                                  has had a huge impact on our club already.

                                      14 March 2021
                                                                  Our Emerging Leaders

                                                                  The Committee also recognises our emerging leaders who
Wendy has been a pillar of our Nippers program over the           have all contributed greatly to Bancoora and display maturity
years and has made an outstanding contribution to the             and dedication to our great club. Thanks goes to our former
training and development of surf lifesaving skills in our young   Nippers and Young Guns Fay Briggs, Tegan Reither and
members. Wendy’s enthusiasm and love for surf lifesaving          Ruby Leishman. Your dedication and efforts are greatly
is always evident. She inspires our junior members several        appreciated by us all.
times a week through coaching our Wave Warriors squad –
she is incredibly skilful as an athlete and a coach and always
humble in her approach. Her passion and enthusiasm are
infectious, and she has inspired many of our Nippers to
develop outstanding water skills and feel part of our amazing
surf lifesaving community. Wendy is integral to Bancoora
and is personally responsible for loads of Nippers and
members’ involvement in the future growth and development
of the club.

                                      Kaaren
                                                                            Fay Briggs.                    Tegan Reither.

                                      Siddall
                                      15 March 2021

Not all the great things that happen at our Club are on the
Beach. Just ask the seemingly endless queue of hungry
Nippers and parents waiting for their sausages and a drink
on Sunday. The weekly BBQ happens largely due to the                                      Ruby Leishman.
tireless work of Kaaren Siddall.
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 lub Merch – 2019/20
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         Commemorative T-shirt
A reminder that out COVID-19 tee shirts are still available
to purchase. We are hoping to sell all stock so the club
does not have to fund the leftovers.

Sales of the shirt at the club have gone better than
expected and there is some remaining stock in:

•   Small     12 available and would suit large Nippers

•   Large     2 available

•   XL        1 available

•   2XL       3 available

Please email enquiries@bancoora.asn.au with your order
(in the remaining sizes) and your details.

The cost of the shirt is $20 (cost price to club – this is
a not for profit project) and direct credit details will be
provided via email. This shirt is open to all members –
not just those who were here last season.

If you feel inclined, you can make a $20 donation to the
club to help meet the costs of the shirts. Of course –
every bit of financial assistance helps.

Thanks for your support.

         LSV Awards Training – Current Opportunities at Bancoora
The Committee is supporting two course opportunities for members listed in the table below.

                                                  Bronze      Min   LSV Award         Bancoora            Target Bancoora
#    LSV Award           Season 2020/21           Reqd        Age   Category          Category            Member

     Surf Rescue                                                                                          Nippers looking to
                         Optional for                                                 Nippers Patrol
1    Certificate                                  No          13    Aquatic Rescue                        progress to Patrol
                         Patrol                                                       Member
     (In Progress)                                                                                        duties

     First Aid                                                                                            All members, including
                         Required for                               First Aid &       Full and Nippers
2    (Date to be                                  No          12                                          parents Young Guns
                         Patrol in 2021/22                          Emergency Care    Patrol Member
     Confirmed)                                                                                           and Nippers

If there are any open courses of interest to you, please contact our training officer Callum Edwards at
bancoora.training@gmail.com.
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Patrol Roster 2020/21

                     Patrol Group 1          Patrol Group 2      Patrol Group 3          Patrol Group 4        Patrol Group 5

Patrol Captains   Callum Edwards       Lachlan Edwards        Ben Pope              Christine Pope         Andrew Hunt
                  Hamish Edwards       Cara Edwards           Andrew Cross          Leigh Reither          Michael Peel

Vice-Captains     Ted Page-Walker      Andrew McNeil          Jordan Semjaniv       Tegan Reither          Will Magher
                                                                                    Ruby Lieshman          Emily Cross

Extra Awards      Ed Steenberg         Peter Edwards          Charlotte Semjaniv    Dora Dos Santos        Rowan Jobling
(ART, IRBC,       Alex Gilbert         David O’Brien          Nathan Morton         Bill Briggs
IRBD, SM, FA)     Seb Snelling         Chris Behan            Nick Williams         Fay Briggs
                                                                                    Cate McNeil

Bronze            Ronan Finn           Cain McFarlane         Peter Watts           Georgia Siddall        Eve Davalga
                  Kya Werner           Kate Johnstone         Sarah Andrews         Lucy Briggs            Oscar Davalga
                  Lucy Worsley         Ant Johnstone          Indi Ryan             Harry-James Broekman   Craig Sherman
                  Cooper Welsh         Wendy Reyntjes         Scott Bowman          Jake Birley            Max Goulter
                  Jack Frencham        Jason Reyntjes         Lynn Semjaniv         Darcy O’Neill          Sean Rafferty
                  Glen Nobes           Jim Tucker             Lachlan Williams      Carmen Drake           Garratt Plunket
                  Kim Nobes            Angus Tucker           Daniel Hall           Kathryn Anderson       Penny Scott
                  Henry Atchison       Lacey O’Brien                                Will Jackman           Eilidh Cormack
                                       Jack Simsic
                                       Chanel Simsic

SRC                                    Sean McNeil            Molly Bowman          Caitlin Reither        Charlotte Mackenzie
                                                              Zach Watts            Sarah Joordens         Fletcher Guy
                                                                                    Will Hoare

                                      Patrol      Patrol                                                   Patrol   Patrol
  Patrol Dates                                                        Patrol Dates
                                      Times       Group                                                    Times    Group

Saturday 6/3                           1-4          3               Friday 2/4 (Good Friday)               10-4          3

Sunday 7/3                            10-4          2               Saturday 3/4
                                                                                                           10-4          4
                                                                    (Saturday before Easter Sunday)

Monday 8/3 (Labour Day)               10-4          4
                                                                    Sunday 4/4 (Easter Sunday)             10-4          1

Saturday 13/3                          1-4          5
                                                                    Monday 5/4 (Easter Monday)             10-4          5

Sunday 14/3                           10-4          1
                                                                    Saturday 10/4                           1-4          4

Saturday 20/3                          1-4          2
                                                                    Sunday 11/4                            10-4          3

Sunday 21/3                           10-4          3
                                                                    Saturday 17/4                           1-4          1

Saturday 27/3                          1-4          1
                                                                    Sunday 18/4                            10-4          2

Sunday 28/3                           10-4          5
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       from Callum                                                   is getting more Social!
The busy summer has continued for the training team           A reminder to that we have recommenced our Twitter
having delivered a second ART course, an IRB Crew and IRB     feed, enhanced our Facebook presence with more activity,
Drivers course and an SRC course.                             started an Instagram account and continued to offer
                                                              members the opportunity to recognise their club service
A massive thanks needs to go to our trainers and assessors,   via LinkedIn.
these courses would not be possible without your help.
A big thanks also to Conor and 13th Beach SLSC who ran the    Thanks to Emily Cross, Andrew McNeil and Sean McNeil for
IRB course in combination with our trainers and assessors.    your efforts in managing these accounts for us.
A great time was had by all and we hope to do more training
with 13th Beach again soon.
                                                                          Facebook:     @bancoorasurflifesavingclub
Recent Awards earned at Bancoora

Advanced Resus Techniques                                                 LinkedIn:     Bancoora Surf Life Saving Club

•   David O’Brien              •   Darcy O’Neill
•   Will Jackman               •   Georgia Siddall                        Twitter:      @Bancoora_SLSC
•   Jack Simsic                •   Emily Cross
•   Penny Scott                •   Jack Frencham                          Instagram:    bancoora_slsc
•   Jake Birley

IRB Crew                                                      People have asked why do we have LinkedIn?
•   Georgia Siddall            •   Darcy O’Neill              In LinkedIn you have the option to highlight your volunteer
•   Jack Frencham              •   Jake Birley                work. If you volunteer at Banny, please don’t hesitate to list
•   Will Jackman               •   Cooper Welsh               the club as a place you volunteer. It certainly helps the club
                                                              build its professional profile to new members and to potential
                                                              sponsors.
IRB Driver

•   Ted Page-Walker            •   Andrew McNeil

The SRC course is almost completed for Nippers – this is
the next crop of Young Guns! Results in next month’s
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Banny Bulletin.                                                      2021 – 2025
The First Aid course is now being planned for mid-2021
                                                              The Committee has begun planning for
due to the Club’s Building Works. Apologies for any
                                                              the next Bancoora Strategic Plan.
inconvenience caused.
                                                              A subcommittee has been formed
Thanks to our trainers and assessors!                         and a survey is being prepared
                                                              for members’ feedback which is
The club thanks those members and trainers who were           expected to be circulated later
involved with the ART course during January. Special thanks   than first anticipated, due to
to our trainers Lisa Happ and Christine Pope.                 the focus on the Cub’s building
                                                              works and also responding to the
The club also thanks those members and trainers who were      Bancoora Beach Precinct Plan.
involved with the SRC course during February and March:
Callum Edwards, Dora Dos Santos, Sam Ficarra, Christine       We expect to send the survey
Pope, Ted Page-Walker, Fay Briggs and Lisa Happ.              regarding the Strategic Plan
                                                              midyear. Thanks to all members
Finally, the club thanks our very experienced IRB training    for your patience.
crew of Lisa Happy, Barry Hunt and Leigh Reither and
of course Conor McKinnon form 13th Beach, for their
exceptional work during January and February.
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 azz’s Local History –
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        Graves at Bream Creek
                                                               The Crossys deliver again in March!

We have a couple of history buffs in your Bancoora
membership and Barry is one of them. We have a new             RIPPER NIPPERS!
potential monthly starter here with ‘Bazz’s Local History’.
                                                               If you are a Nipper or a Young Gun at Banny, this is all about
Feedback welcome!
                                                               you! Last month we were asking you to write in and tell
                                                               your mates what you have enjoyed down at the beach this
Unidentified graves at Bream Creek are thought to be those
                                                               summer.
of three unknown sailors whose bodies were washed up on
the beach and then buried by an early settler.
                                                               We had an entry from Cate McNeil.
Has anyone heard of this story written in a Jack Loney book?
                                                               The best thing I did at the beach this summer was…
After extensive research asking local families which go way
                                                               when I started officially patrolling for the club as a First
back, historical societies and a librarian, I have found no
                                                               Aider. Bancoora has done so much for me and it feels great
positive proof. This is a shortened summary from “TROVE”
                                                               to know I can help in some way. Everyone on my patrol was
National Library of Australia, which could explain it.
                                                               so welcoming to me when I started. Sometimes, a member
                                                               of the public will come up to us at the end of a day at the
                                                               beach and thank us for patrolling. We truly have a beautiful
                                                               community down here at Banny. Shout out to the super-fun
                                                               team of Patrol 4 and the Patrol Captains Christine Pope and
                                                               Leigh Reither for helping me settle in.

When the ship the “Loch Ard” sank in June 1878 near Port
Campbell, people came from far and wide to pillage. Thomas
Lindsay and James Bolden set out from Warrnambool in
a small open boat on 10 June 1878 called the Goldhunter
bound for the Loch Ard. A gale sprang up (editor’s note –      Our Ripper Nipper for March, Cate McNeil, enjoying a cooler day at
no surprise on the ‘Shipwreck Coast’) and Lindsay and          Banny on Patrol.
Bolden were never seen again. However a boat upside down
and holed answering the Goldhunter’s description was           We are taking more entries for RIPPER NIPPERS
washed up near Breamlea on 14 June 1878. We don’t know if      so send your entries to Crossy’s Corner at
there is any link between the three unknown sailors found at   enquiries@bancoora.asn.au.
Bream Creek and the sinking of the Goldhunter.
                                                               The best entries will get into the next newsletter.

                                                               And because AJs jokes were such a hit in the last
                                                               newsletter… here is one more (See page 10 for answer).

                                                               Q.	Why don’t oysters like
                                                                   to share their pearls?
                                                               The Committee thanks the
                                                               Cross family for their support
                                                               of the Banny Bulletin.

Our seafaring historian and club legend Barry.
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       Presentation Night                                         Newsletter Sponsor
       (24 July 2021)                                                  Profile
Due to new building works at the club, we ask all members         This month’s newsletter has been brought
to change the ‘save the date’ of our annual presentation              to you by Andrew S. McNeil.com –
evening to Saturday 24 July 2021, at the Clubhouse.                     Corporate Governance Advisor

This is of course subject to the relevant COVID restrictions at
that time. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this
change of date.

                                                                  Andrew S. McNeil.com, Corporate
       I mportant Dates for                                      Governance Advisor, is very proud to support
        Season 2020/21                                            this very special addition of the Banny
                                                                  Bulletin, celebrating the wonderful works of
                                                                  the great women of Bancoora.
We would like to remind all members of the confirmed key
date for this season:                                             As a Corporate Governance advisor, we
                                                                  specialise in guiding family businesses, small-
                                                                  to-medium sized entities (SMEs), charities,
Young Guns Sleepover                 Saturday 20 March 2021       not for profits, professional membership
                                                                  bodies, the University sector and of course the
Nippers Club Carnival                 Sunday 21 March 2021        financial services industry.

Young Guns Session 10                 Sunday 21 March 2021        Our specialty is offering independent director
                                                                  services and advisory board services.
IMPORTANT –
Consultation with external            Sunday 21 March 2021        With over 30 years of corporate experience in
expert on Bancoora                      12:30pm at the Club       Australia and the United States, Andrew uses
Precinct Plan                                                     his commercial knowledge to help people and
                                                                  companies navigate challenging corporate
                                      Sunday 28 March 2021        circumstances, for example family succession
Senior Club Champs                       (Were rescheduled        issues, capital structuring, and seeking
                                          due to COVID-19)        partners for growth/expansion capital.

                                                                  As a former national rowing champion,
IMPORTANT –                       5 April 2021 to 6 June 2021
                                                                  national record holder and international team
Clubhouse will be Closed          (Note gearshed is available
                                                                  coach, Andrew applies what he has learned
for Building Works                    for patrolling members)
                                                                  in sport to benefit his client base. The themes
                                                                  of grit, determination, hard work and getting
                               Friday 2 April through Monday
Easter Weekend Patrols                                            results can be applied from sport to business,
                                   5 April 2021, 10am to 4pm
                                                                  every day of the week.

Final Patrol                            Sunday 18 April 2021      For a no obligation confidential chat about
                                                                  your circumstances or opportunities, please
                                      Saturday 24 July 2021       contact Andrew at the club. For further
PROPOSED –
                                        (Note change of date      information, please also refer to our website at
Club Presentation Night
                                  due to club building works)     AndrewSMcNeil.com.

Please note the above dates are subject to change due to
COVID guidelines and restrictions.
                                                                  Crossy’s Corner Answer
Our calendar section on our website
www.bancoora.asn.au/calendar will be updated as dates             Q: Why don’t oysters like to share their pearls?
are confirmed for the remainder of the season.                           A: Because they are shell-fish!!
Newsletter                                                      Submission of articles for
        Sponsorship                                                      Banny Bulletin welcome
        Opportunities                                                   and due by 1st of the month
                                                                            To all members, we welcome your contribution
   Thanks to those people that have asked
                                                                                       to the Banny Bulletin.
    about sponsoring the club newsletter.
                                                                     If you would like to submit an article for consideration, please
    We are on the lookout for a sponsor for
                                                                     email to enquiries@bancoora.asn.au by the 1st of the month
  the April newsletter. If you are interested in
                                                                      and our editorial team will do our best to include your item in
sponsoring the newsletter or the club in general,
                                                                       the Banny Bulletin. Thanks to all those members who have
please see Committee Member Andrew McNeil
                                                                       contributed content for the newsletter and to Barry, Andrew
      or President Ben Pope at the club.
                                                                           and our other contributors for the excellent photos.

                                                                                      We thank
                                                                                Our Sponsors for
                                                                                Season 2020/21
                                                                           Thanks again to our Nippers BBQ Sponsors,
                                                                      Brumby’s Manifold Heights for the Nipper’s bread and
                                                                       to Leo at Pacific Meats for the BBQ Nippers snags.

                 Our Valued Sponsors for 2020/21

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                                          CORPORATE ADVISORS TO WHOLESALE INVESTORS
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                                                                                           FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER SPONSOR

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