| For the Month ending 31 May 2024 | |||
| GENERAL ACCOUNT | |||
| Opening cash balance | 1 May 2024 | $6,265.90 | |
| Interest | $0.05 | ||
| Deposits | $480.00 | Annual dues and joining fees received | |
| $480.00 | |||
| Expenses | $0.00 | PSPL Capitation fees / Fair Trading | |
| $(271.04) | Admin costs / Website Fees | ||
| $0.00 | Speaker Costs / Welfare | ||
| $(139.25) | Hornsby Council venue hire | ||
| $0.00 | Morning teas | ||
| $0.00 | Transfers to / (from) Activity A/c | ||
| $0.00 | New member costs | ||
| $(410.29) | |||
| Closing cash balance | 31 May 2024 | $6,335.66 | |
| ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT | |||
| Opening cash balance | 1 May 2024 | $25,375.44 | |
| Interest | $24.16 | ||
| Deposits | $0.00 | Ettalong | |
| $0.00 | Scenic Rim | ||
| $0.00 | Norfolk Island | ||
| $0.00 | Cards 500 | ||
| $0.00 | & Juliet | ||
| $260.00 | Jersey Boys | ||
| $276.00 | Epping Book Club | ||
| $0.00 | Newcastle | ||
| $1,146.00 | Temple | ||
| $87.50 | Windy Ridge | ||
| $2,160.00 | $3,929.50 | Golf Week 2025 | |
| Deposits to be identified | |||
| Payments | $(9,485.29) | Scenic Rim | |
| $0.00 | Norfolk Island | ||
| $0.00 | Brooklyn Postie cruise | ||
| $0.00 | & Juliet | ||
| $(1,443.50) | Jersey Boys | ||
| $0.00 | Epping Book Club | ||
| $0.00 | Newcastle | ||
| $0.00 | Temple | ||
| $(212.50) | Windy Ridge | ||
| $(809.40) | $(11,950.69) | Golf Week 2025 | |
| Closing cash balance | 31 May 2024 | $17,378.41 | |
| Open Activities | Balance | ||
| Ettalong | $0.00 | ||
| Scenic Rim | $9,498.71 | ||
| Norfolk Island | $0.00 | ||
| Cards 500 | $190.00 | ||
| & Juliet | $50.10 | ||
| Jersey Boys | $311.50 | ||
| Newcastle | $0.00 | ||
| Temple | $3,082.00 | ||
| Windy Ridge | $0.00 | ||
| Golf Week | $3,390.60 | ||
| $16,522.91 | |||
| Add: | |||
| Activities surplus | $783.50 | ||
| Unresolved fixes | $72.00 | ||
| Bank balance | $17,378.41 | ||
| TERM DEPOSIT | |||
| The Term Deposit was rolled over in July at a value of $5,000.00, and has earned $118.42 this year, | |||
| at current interest rate of 4.75% p.a. | |||
| INTEREST | |||
| For this year, $121.67 has been received as interest – General Account $0.07, Activities Account $121.60. | |||
| ACTIVITY SURPLUS | |||
| The Activity Surplus currently stands at $783.50. | |||
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Dr Ross Brown worked at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for 48
years. Most of this time was as Principal Scientist in the Haematology laboratory. Despite his commitment to managing a busy routine blood testing laboratory which was operating a 24/7 service, he was also able to supervise a number of cancer research projects and a had a significant contribution to the testing of doping in elite athletes. One of his novel tests contributed to the detection of systemic doping amongst cyclists and other endurance athletes. Ross is one of a few Australians to give evidence at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Since retiring he has been asked to assess many international anti-doping laboratories including Doha (World Cup soccer) and Tokyo (Olympics). Athletes dope to improve their performance. There are 2 basic types of doping. Drugs, like steroids, to build strength; and blood boosting for endurance. For many years, Antidoping laboratories only tested for drugs that built up strength – like steroids. This all changed at the Sydney Olympics. Then at the Athens Olympics a new test was introduced which was invented by Ross Brown and his team at RPAH in Sydney. In this talk Ross will tell the history of blood doping and then his involvement. Be warned - You may be shocked at the widespread use of doping in recent years amongst top athletes! |
| Activity Group | Leaders |
| Book Challenge | Sue Calabrese |
| Book Club | Bev Davison |
| Cards | David Turner, Ray Heaton |
| Cycling | Gerard Siddle, Tony Coote |
| Day Trips (Bus/Train/Ferry) | Helen Games |
| Dining Out | Looking For Monthly Leaders |
| Domestic Travel | Max Henderson |
| Gardening | Julie Stinson, Sue Small, Lorenza Powyer |
| Golf | Terry Ridge, Jeff Swan |
| Mens Club | Rene Beutler |
| Mixed Social Group | Helen Beulter, Hilda Somerfield |
| Movies | Donna Fraser |
| Overseas Travel | Looking For Leader |
| Photography | Rob Clarke, Bain Shenstone |
| Ten Pin Bowling | Douglas Matthews, Paul Day |
| Tennis | Bob Davison |
| Theatre and Musicals | Bruce Bartle, Robyn Bartle |
| Walking Group | Enio Dona, Lynne Henderson |
| Wine & Cheese | Julie Shenstone, Susan Antonjuk |
| For an activity group to start, a member needs to step forward to lead the group | |
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What happens when you take your 85-year-old mother to live with you on a Greek island? Meet eighty-five-year-old Barbara and her sixty-two-year-old writer–daughter Susan, who asked her mother—on a whim—if she wanted to accompany her to live on the Greek island of Kythera. What follows is a moving unravelling of the mother–daughter relationship told in irresistible prose. Aphrodite's Breath is a strikingly original, funny and forensic examination of love and finding home, amid the stories of the people, olives and wonders of the birthplace of Aphrodite. |
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On Sunday 23rd June a group from the book club are attending another Literary Lunch at The Epping Club. The Author is Nicola Moriarty. She will be launching her new book Every Last Suspect. She will discuss her writing process and favourite literary themes – women, relationships and scandalous tales. |
Terry & Jeff
Grandad
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Newsletter Editor for this month: Enio Dona
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