TeeBeeCee GAZETTE – APRIL 2019

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TeeBeeCee GAZETTE – APRIL 2019

Cnr Bobbin Head Road & Apps Avenue, Turramurra NSW 2074. Phone 9144 2800. www.clubturramurra.com.au.

General Manager: Kyra Duggan; gm@clubturramurra. com.au.

Editor: Eva Morris; [email protected].

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News from the Men’s Club

The 2019 Men’s Major Singles Championship is at the Semi Final stage. The games will be David Blackwell against Herb Brenner and Geoff Hamilton against Geoff Martz. The games will be played on Sunday 31^st March. Good luck to all.

The 2019 Pennant season is upon us and the tables after 3 rounds are

2019 PENNANTS TABLES

GRADE 4, SECTION 2 - Round 3, 23 Mar 2019

Team P W L D Pts For Ag

1 Asquith 3 2 1 21 186 160

2 Forestville R.S.L. 3 2 1 19 185 156

3 St Ives 3 2 1 18 168 192

4 Warrawee 3 1 2 11 173 199

5 Chatswood 2 1 1 9 131 131

6 Turramurra 2 0 2 4 118 123

1 West Pymble 3 2 1 20 173 160

2 Seaforth 2 2 0 18 141 102

3 Mona Vale 1 1 0 10 80 30

4 Asquith (2) 2 1 1 10 112 116

5 Pittwater Memorial 3 1 2 10 174 204

6 Turramurra 3 0 3 2 151 219

1 Belrose 3 2 0 1 24 199 152

2 Killara 3 2 0 1 22 177 172

3 Seaforth 3 2 1 18 171 170

4 Asquith 3 1 2 13 182 182

5 Turramurra 3 1 2 11 170 157

6 Chatswood 3 0 3 2 160 226

The club entered a side in the Cyril South Competition at Killara Bowling club.

Turramurra defeated Killara by 35 shots and will play in the semi finals on the 10^th April.

RESULTS FROM THE TAPNER TOURNAMENT AT ST IVES BOWLING CLUB

ST.IVES B.C. TAPNER TOURNAMENT / JACOBS CREEK CLUB EVENT RESULTS Position Club Wins Margin Position Club Wins Margin

1st Denistone 7 49 8th Asquith 4.5 -8

2nd North Epping 7 49 9th Belrose 4 21

3rd St Ives 1 6 46 10th Everglades 3.5 -16

4th Lindfield 6 32 11th W Pymble 3 -35

5th Killara 6 -7 12th Mosman 2.5 -15

6th St Ives 2 5.5 -15 13th Dee Why 2 -16

7th Turramurra 5 9 14th Warrawee 1 -94

PHOTOS FROM THE PENNANT ROUND AGAINST ASQUITH

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PRESIDENT’S BOWLS REPORT FOR LADIES

Ladies pennants is well under way. Our Under 5’s team were very excited to take on the challenge and have had some success. Grades 3 and 1 have also had mixed results. Good luck for the remaining games.

April brings the nominations for the Annual General Meeting. Please consider joining a committee, we are always in need of volunteers. Volunteers are the backbone of our club.

We will continue with a special morning tea on the day of our Annual General Meeting on 14^th May. This year we will be raising much needed funds for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Refuge.

Sadly, I advise that Maurie Martin passed away. Maurie was always a proud supporter of our club, our thoughts are with Jan at this sad time.

Good bowling to all Sue Hamilton President

IGA BBQ

Thank you to all the members who helped man the BBQ outside IGA on Saturday 23^rd March. This was a successful day it not only gave our club exposure to members of the public, many asking questions about the club and its facilities, also raising some extra funds.

This opportunity was offered by IGA as part of their Community Support Program. Future dates are 4^th May, 8^th June and 17^th August. If you can spare an hour or so on any of these dates please give Sue Hamilton a ring 0412758731. This is a great way to profile our club in the local community and hopefully attract some new members.

Sue Hamilton President

MAHJONG AND CARD DAY

Our NEXT Card day and Mahjong will be on Monday the 15^th April 2019, from 10 am, lunch, 12 noon. $15.

Mahjong continues every Monday starting at 1 pm still $5.

All welcome come and join us in very pleasant and good company.

Enquiries: Jeanette Staniland 9489 5616 – and Val Parry 9144 2473

Mixed Bowls Report.

The Entry form for this year’s Mixed Fours Championship is on the board. Give it a try.

Again the Friday Bowls Day is a big success with a light hearted attitude making it a fun day. Hosted by Jan Baker and Yvonne Williams who are true TBC members.

If you don’t support this club in other events and occasions then it will close ! WP.

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BOWLS PROGRAMME ~ Men's, Open & Mixed Events for April 2019

WED 3 APR

M Sponsored Day

LJ HOOKER TURRAMURRA - PYMBLE

SAT 6 APR M Pennants Rd 5

SAT 6 APR All Social Bowls

SUN 7 APR M Pennants Spare day SUN 7 APR

M 1st Sunday H'cap Pairs

LJ HOOKER TURRAMURRA - PYMBLE

WED 10 APR M Sponsored Day GUARDIAN FUNERALS SAT 13 APR M Pennants Rd 6

SAT 13 APR All Social Bowls SUN 14 APR All

WED 17 APR M Sponsored Day KU-RING-GAI DRIVER TRAINING FRI 19 APR All GOOD FRIDAY

SAT 20 APR All EASTER SATURDAY SUN 21 APR All EASTER SUNDAY MON 22 APR All EASTER MONDAY

WED 24 APR All Sponsored Day GUARDIAN FUNERALS THU 25 APR All ANZAC DAY

SAT 27 APR M Pennants Rd 7 SUN 28 APR

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Mixed Fours Championship

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LADIES BOWLS PROGRAMME FOR APRIL 2019

TUE 2 APR Pennants & Social Bowls

PAELLA NIGHT AT THE CLUB

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FARINA PIZZERIA

Italian Ristorante Bar

With a background in iconic Italian restaurants in Australia, the team at Farina Pizzeria brings a passion for quality fresh produce and Italian flavours to the menu at Farina Pizzeria North Turramurra.

To reserve a table book online

LUNCH SPECIAL 50% OFF YOUR FOOD BILL

Thursday to Saturday Available until the end of March

Maximum five guests Book Now

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Creating a better future for women in crisis.

It’s no secret that the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches are huge fans of the work being done at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter.

The Shelter provides temporary supported accommodation for women in times of crisis such as homelessness and / or domestic violence. For a woman to get out of the situation she faces, she needs a range of support services, not just help finding affordable housing. These include access to counselling, healthcare, assistance to navigate government bureaucracy, legal help, further education and employment to re-establish control over her life.

Currently HKWS utilise a rented property to provide this service, but with a strong fundraising push, we are hoping to help them to purchase their own property, which will provide more women access to the service.

Where will the money raised go?

The money raised from this initiative will go towards the greater goal of purchasing a property for HKWS to call home. No more costly rental properties!

When we heard about the plight of the HKWS, we knew we needed to use our resources to pitch in and help make the dream of owning their own home a reality.

The Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches will DOUBLE YOUR DONATION!

Make a tax-deductible donation to the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter at either of the Turramurra or Lindfield Community Bank branches, or online by 31^st May 2019 – and we will DOUBLE YOUR DONATION (up to $20,000).

That means… if the community collectively raise $20,000 for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter, then the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches will match it by donating

$20,000. That’s $40,000 towards capital funds for the purchase of a new property for the HKWS.

Donate online now: https://tlcbb.com.au/product/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-womens-shelter- double-the-donation/

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The Great Escape

Untouched for almost seven decades, the tunnel used in the Great Escape has finally been unearthed. The 111-yard passage nicknamed 'Harry' by Allied prisoners was sealed by the Germans after the audacious break-out from the POW camp Stalag Luft III in western Poland. Despite huge interest in the subject, encouraged by the film starring Steve McQueen, the tunnel undisturbed over the decades because it was behind the Iron Curtain and the Soviet had no interest in its significance.

But at last British archaeologists have excavated it, and discovered its remarkable secrets.

Many of the bed boards which had been joined together to stop it collapsing were still in position. And the ventilation shaft, ingeniously crafted from used powdered milk containers known as Klim Tins, remained in working order.

Scattered throughout the tunnel, which is 30ft below ground, were bits of old metal buckets, hammers and crowbars which were used to hollow out the route.

A total of 600 prisoners worked on three tunnels at the same time. They were nicknamed Tom, Dick and Harry and were just 2 ft square for most of their length. It was on the night of March 24 and 25, 1944, that 76 Allied airmen escaped through Harry.

Barely a third of the 200 prisoners, many in fake German uniforms and civilian outfits and carrying false identity papers, who were meant to slip away managed to leave before the alarm was raised when escapee number 77 was spotted.

Tunnel vision: A tunnel reconstruction showing the trolley system.

Only three made it back to Britain. Another 50 were executed by firing squad on the orders of Adolf Hitler, who was furious after learning of the breach of security. In all, 90 boards from bunk beds, 62 tables, 34 chairs and 76 benches, as well as thousands of items including knives, spoons, forks, towels and blankets, were squirreled away by the Allied prisoners to aid the escape plan under the noses of their captors.

Although the Hollywood movie suggested otherwise, NO Americans were involved in the operation. Most were British, and the others were from Canada, (all the tunnels were Canadian personnel with

backgrounds in mining) Poland, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa.

The site of the tunnel, recently excavated by British archaeologists . The latest dig, over three weeks in August, located the entrance to Harry, which was originally concealed under a stove in Hut 104.

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The team also found another tunnel, called George, whose exact position had not been charted. It was never used as the 2,000 prisoners were forced to march to other camps as the Red Army approached in January 1945.

Watching the excavation was Gordie King, 91, an RAF radio operator, who was 140th in line to use Harry and therefore missed out. 'This brings back such bitter-sweet memories’, he said as he wiped away tears.

'I'm amazed by what they've found. ’ Bitter-sweet memories: Gordie King, 91, made an emotional return to Stalag Luft III.

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PARAPROSDOXIANS

Paraprosdoxians (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit . . . Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put 'DOCTOR'.

11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

13. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

15. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a mechanic.

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