Those on raffle duty, it is only the selling of the tickets, the club has accepted to responsibility for the prizes. There will be a container of mixed prizes held in the store room of the tennis club.
Bruce has now informed me that this the last Bulletin for this year with next edition in January.
A short note to recommend Volunteering for the Bendigo Tennis Association.
The city will be hosting international players from late December till the start of the Australian Open with the main focus being the Bendigo International from January 2 to
January 9 2022.
To be a volunteer and drive Tennis Internationals around, just check out the Tennis website at www.bendigotennis.com.au
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all, be safe.
Iain Campbell Smith is an Australian diplomat, singer/songwriter and comedian. He performs under the stage name Fred Smith in Australia and his full name in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCmcaRApHV0
In this rousing performance, singer songwriter, diplomat and raconteur Fred Smith moves from poignancy to laugh-out-loud hilarity with irreverent grace and ease. In his unique yet unmistakably Australian style, Fred brings 'The Dust of Uruzgan' to life.
Smith joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in 1996 and worked in the Indonesia, South Asia, and Human Rights sections. Postings included the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby and international peace monitoring missions in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. He served as a civilian peace monitor in Bougainville Province between 1999 and 2001. He hosted a weekly program "Saredi Nait Pati" ("Saturday Night Party") on Radio Bougainville.
Smith speaks fluent Melanesianpidgin, and regularly conducts lectures on the Bougainville peace process.
In July 2009 he was the first DFAT civilian to be posted to Uruzgan as part of the second Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force.[3] He served most of his 18-month tour of the province living and working on the Multinational Base in Tarin Kowt,[4] and at a Forward Operating Base in the Chora Valley.
You are warmly invited to join us in Albury for our District Conference being held 22nd - 24th April 2022.
Save the date and go to our District Website for information on the event including accommodation and local attractions.
Registration information will be avaliable next week and details of our exciting speakers and program will be available on the District Website in January.
So put the 22nd to 24th April, 2022 in your diary and reserve your accommodation.
Maureen and I look forward to welcoming you to Albury next April.
