Manager’s Report for December 2022

Hi all,

The Christmas season is upon us and the Summer is officially here!!

We have a really busy and fun December and January ahead of us:

Our Grand Opening Weekend from the 8th to the 10th

• Kicking off with the Old Timers afternoon tea on Thursday
• Friday is open to Members and Public and has
  • Whitebait Lunch, have you got your ticket?
  • The official opening with the Mayor
  • A happy “hour” with 20% off all drinks
  • Sausage Sizzle from 4-6pm
  • A pre-concert buffet in Chalmers Restaurant
  • And finishes with David Laplanche, Vicki Galloway and Shalow concert
• Saturday gears up from 10am with
  • The Hits radio station on site from 10am to 1pm
  • A bouncy castle
  • Free sausage sizzle, ice cream and candy floss
  • 10am to 2.30pm has the Section Showcase in the All Sports Hall/ Events Centre
  • Building up to the 3.00pm $5,000 prize give away AND ten $100 club vouchers to those that have signed up early for the 2023-24 year
• Presidents Shout..!! You know that sneaks in the middle of the month there too
• All Sports Raffle gets drawn
• Sunday 18 December the Christmas Bonanza Raffle to wrap up the promotions for the year. Come and win yourself a ham if you haven’t already!!
• Make sure you’ve booked in for the Christmas Buffets on every Sunday for Lunch and Dinner in Chalmers

• Then enjoy Christmas with your families before coming back for the New Years’ Eve Concert upstairs and Buffet in Chalmers

 For January, remembering there is no newsletter for the month:

• Raffles start back on 18 January
• Chalmers Restaurant reopens on 18 January after a Christmas shutdown from 19 December.
• 22 January sees our Family Picnic
• Don’t forget the Methven Races on 29 January (Tickets on sale 20 December, one bus only)

• The Club is also busy in December with functions in all our function spaces, really good bookings for our Christmas Buffets and group or work parties of 6 or more taking advantage of the set menu offering in Chalmers

Build Update

You’ll notice a fair bit has come together this month:

• Carpark and drop off area will be FINISHED on by Saturday 3 December
• The accessible toilet is completed upstairs
• The unisex boardroom toilet has been finished as well
• Some new signage in the foyer has been completed
• The landscaping is complete; and There is a new outdoor playground outside the Pavilion Café

Thank you all for your patience and flexibility while these works have been going on. It is fantastic to see them completed and the Club looking as good as it was envisaged form day one, nearly six years ago

Regular activities in the Club this month we have: New Members

• The 1st Tuesday of each month at 6.00pm between February and October

• Meet a couple of our board members who will show you around our great new facility and advise you of all that our Club and sections has to offer

Raffles

• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 4.00pm
• Saturday 11.00am to 1.00pm

• These wrap up for the year on the 18th of December and start back on 18 January 2023

Wednesdays & Thursdays

• Members draws 2 x $100 vouchers on your card – drawn before 6.15pm, after the raffles, with the last draw being Thursday 15 December.

Crack the Cube
• On EVERY Friday until the 16th of December – sign up by 6.15pm to be drawn between 6.30pm and 6.45pm – You could win over $500.

Christmas Buffet

• Book now, 4th, 11th and 18th of December in Chalmers for Lunch and Dinner

Events and Music

• See the calendars on page 40 and 41 for upcoming events and live music.

Staff

The big team news is that Ray Davis has now been working for the Hornby Club for 30 years. On a personal level I have learned, and continue to learn from Rays experience, knowledge of the Club as well as from the unflappable manner he goes about his day. Thank you for everything you have given the Club over the years and continue to give. Ray will be taking a well earned six weeks off after the opening, before coming back on a more relaxed schedule later in January next year. Thanks again Ray, enjoy your time off.

Members, thank you for another great year at Hornby Club. You have supported your Club strongly and enabled us to come out of the difficult Covid restrictions well. It is great to see new faces around the Club, and equally as good chatting to the regulars on a daily or weekly basis.

I will be having my first Christmas as a dad and am thoroughly looking forward to it. Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and New Year with Family and Friends.

Thanks again,

Tim Mathews