Manager’s Report for November 2022

It’s the Racing Season and we are looking forward to
seeing you in the Club for Melbourne Cup, Cup and Show Week, especially for the NZ Trotting Cup on Tuesday 8 November, as well as the Public Holiday Friday and before or after the Riccarton races on Saturday for a great Brunch or to see the Girl Power 90’s tribute show..

Outside of the Club

• Dart Section member Kayden Milne competed in the World Youth Championships last month alongside a number of other competitions in England. Congratulations on your trip and the experience you gained Kayden.
• Speights Shield was a great result for the Club with some really competitive teams put forward from Hornby. Well done.

Build Update

The Main Entrance has been shifted, as noted in last month’s newsletter, to the temporary entrance for the next 3-4 weeks while our drop off area is updated.

You can see the great changes and progress that was made outside last month and I am looking forward to the road marking being completed to assist everyone in access to The Warehouse and the flow of traffic.

For van users, pick up and drop off from will be outside the Pavilion entrance until the works are completed. We will be keeping the Pavilion Gate and entrance open to assist you all with easy access to your Club.

Our accessible toilet is nearly complete upstairs, being slightly delayed with some COVID sickness amongst the contractors.

You will also see a new Playground put in place outside the Pavilion Café. This was always part of the plan, and it will be so nice to see it completed.

On the back of the Civil works being completed we will be having our Grand Opening from 8 December to 10 December (More about this further in the Newsletter).

Trading

• Your continued use and support of your Club is fantastic, thank you. The Club is trading really well across the board. At this time of year, Functions are a staple and support the rest of the Club’s operation. Thank you to the Sections for your flexibility around the Functions use of the Club’s spaces.
• It was so good to see Crack the Cube go for $900 last month. Come and try your luck this month.

Gaming

• Keep an eye out for a couple of game changes later in the month
• The Board has approved over $50,000 of donations to the community from our Gaming Room operations. You will see the list of the organisations we support in the Gaming Room at the end of the month.

Staff

• There will be more new faces coming on the staff to meet the business of the Club. Please introduce yourself if you see them and make them feel welcome.

In the Club this month we have: New Members
• The first 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
• Additional Raffles on Tuesday 1 for Melbourne Cup and Tuesday 8 for the NZ Trotting Cup

Wednesdays & Thursdays

• Members draws 2 x $100 vouchers on your card – drawn before 6.15pm, after the raffles

Crack the Cube

• On EVERY Friday – sign up by 6.15pm to be drawn between 6.30pm and 6.45pm – You could win over $500.

Christmas Buffet

Events and Music

• See the calendar in the back of this newsletter.

Looking forward to December as we have our Grand Opening Thursday 8 December to Saturday 10 December, Buffet Lunch and Dinners EVERY Sunday in Chalmers, Set Menu Dinners for smaller work groups in Chalmers, Christmas Bonanza on 18 December and a New Year’s Eve Concert with a Buffet beforehand.

So, get dressed up for Cup day and enjoy the run into the festive season at The Hornby Club, your Club.

Kind regards,
Tim Mathews