The 2024 Foundation lunch was very successful raising $32,500 which will greatly assist the Foundation in providing assistance to the Club in line with its objectives.
This year 157 people attended the event with John Bertrand as the guest speaker. The theme was the 40th Anniversary of the America’s Cup win of Australia II skippered by John Bertrand considered by many as Australia’s greatest sporting achievement. John gave a very interesting talk on the history of Australia’s various challenges for the Cup culminating in the 1983 Victory and following his talk he answered questions from the audience. We are extremely grateful that John gave his time to the Foundation and the Club ensuring that we would achieve a full house and lots of interest in the event. In fact we sold out in two days and unfortunately there were a number of members who would have liked to come, but missed out.
The Foundation would like to thank everyone who assisted in the event; those who donated prizes and auction items, those who purchased them or bought raffle tickets, those who assisted in the set up and clearing up of the room, the Tag team, the Rocks who provided an excellent meal and who managed the meal service very professionally, and not forgetting Sarah and Tayla who contributed significantly under pressure. Finally special thanks to our event sponsor Marshalls+Dent+Wilmoth lawyers who again materially assisted and provided gifts for everyone present.
The renovations to the Harbour room allowed us to increase the capacity of the lunch from 120 last year to 157 and as a result our final total of $32,500 was well up on the previous year of just under $25,000.
The Foundation Board’s challenge is to prepare for the 2025 lunch. Ideas for this event are welcome as well as feed back on what we did well and what could be improved in the future.
Regards,
Stuart Gooley, Foundation Chairman
This year 157 people attended the event with John Bertrand as the guest speaker. The theme was the 40th Anniversary of the America’s Cup win of Australia II skippered by John Bertrand considered by many as Australia’s greatest sporting achievement. John gave a very interesting talk on the history of Australia’s various challenges for the Cup culminating in the 1983 Victory and following his talk he answered questions from the audience. We are extremely grateful that John gave his time to the Foundation and the Club ensuring that we would achieve a full house and lots of interest in the event. In fact we sold out in two days and unfortunately there were a number of members who would have liked to come, but missed out.
The Foundation would like to thank everyone who assisted in the event; those who donated prizes and auction items, those who purchased them or bought raffle tickets, those who assisted in the set up and clearing up of the room, the Tag team, the Rocks who provided an excellent meal and who managed the meal service very professionally, and not forgetting Sarah and Tayla who contributed significantly under pressure. Finally special thanks to our event sponsor Marshalls+Dent+Wilmoth lawyers who again materially assisted and provided gifts for everyone present.
The renovations to the Harbour room allowed us to increase the capacity of the lunch from 120 last year to 157 and as a result our final total of $32,500 was well up on the previous year of just under $25,000.
The Foundation Board’s challenge is to prepare for the 2025 lunch. Ideas for this event are welcome as well as feed back on what we did well and what could be improved in the future.
Regards,
Stuart Gooley, Foundation Chairman
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