THE EURASIAN

DECEMBER 2012 VOL 34 ISSUE 9

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Our next Sunday lunch will be on the 10th of

February 2013 and we are bringing back the big

YOUTH day Sunday lunch for the 10th of March

2013. Plans are in tow but the main event will

be the return of Eurasianlympics straight after

the March lunch. Please mark your diaries and

TELL THE KIDS!!!

On the subject of Eurasianlympics, our sister

Associations held their inaugural Malaysian

Eurasian Games on the 10th & 11th of Nov 2012.

7 EA’s from Perak, Malacca, Kedah, Sarawak,

Selangor & Federal Territory, Singapore and

host Penang participated in a range of events. I

have written a brief report inside and would

like to encourage all members to seriously

consider participation next year.

A final point or two, our membership runs on a

calendar year and being at year’s end renewals

are now due. Please contact us asap for your

renewal and please invite a friend to join us!

We also have 3 great Awards that we give away

each year. It is sad and disappointing if we have

no nominees or winners, so please make sure

you hand in your forms to us before the closing

date.

Christmas/New Year’s is a time to reflect on the

past and plan for the future. I would like to take

this opportunity to thank my committee for

their support and friendship and everyone who

have helped and volunteered their services in

one way or another, all for our beloved

Eurasian Association! On behalf of the

Management Committee I would like to wish

all members and their loved ones a Merry &

Blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with

joy and peace. God Bless. Chad

It’s the most wonderful time of

the year!! Happy holidays!!

Christmas is finally here!! This is

my last message to you as we

all take a well deserved break and do it all

again in February next year!!

We had another fantastic turnout of around 180

people at our Remembrance Day November

lunch. The bowl was filled with wonderful

notes to our loved ones as we celebrated our

solemn tribute in memory of our dearly

departed. Many thanks as always to all who

kindly assisted. Thank you also to Barney

Morier and Mel Nerva for the lovely music, all

the cooks and kitchen helpers and to Troy

Quintal and Yong for the demonstration and

sharing of their Tai Chi experience with us.

We have some great events lined up in

December as we journey towards the festivities

of Christmas and New Years Days. The

Christmas Tea Dance is on 2nd of December and

our Christmas Sunday lunch and Children’s

Christmas Party is on the 9th of December. We

will celebrate Christmas lunch with curry devil,

feng, ham, sugee, a singalong to some of our

favourite Christmas songs and of course dance

the afternoon away. While we are doing this,

our children will be well taken care of by the

Children’s Christmas Party Committee who has

arranged some brilliant games, fairy floss and

food and sweets galore! Christmas is about

being with the family so please bring the whole

family along…

Chad Beins —President

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Enjoy traditional Eurasian Christmas Fare & Great Music

MENU

Curry Devil

Feng

Ham

Pickle

Sugee cake and

Fruits

Menu subject to change

Regular Sunday Lunches

Venue : Redcliffe Community Hall Corner Morgan Road and Field Avenue

in Redcliffe entrance also from Grand Parade.

Tickets given out strictly on a first come first served basis.

Tickets will not be given out for

those who are yet to arrive.

Lunch served from 12 noon.

Members bringing guests, please sign in the Visitors Book

at the door.

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Sunday Lunch 2

News & Changes 3

November Sunday Lunch Photos 4

Family Picnic Day 25 Nov 2012 5

Senior’s Report 6

AEAWA Awards Notice 6

Channel 7 Visit Report & Photos 7

1st Malaysian Eurasian Games 8

Member’s Affairs 9

Gig Guide 10

Business Classifieds & Notices 11

Our Calendar 12

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

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PRE-PAID LUNCH VOUCHERS

To serve the lunches faster, purchase a pre-

paid lunch voucher. This is how it works:

When you arrive you get a numbered

ticket as usual.

You then purchase a lunch voucher at

the entrance, currently $6 (half price for

over 80’s). You may also purchase a

side dish voucher.

When your number is called, present

your numbered ticket plus the voucher

at the kitchen and get your meal.

(N.B: One ticket = one main meal + side dish).

A gentle plea - please have the correct amount

handy to save us running out of change.

In the unfortunate event that we run out of all

meals, we will refund your money.

PRIZE DRAWS

We raised $350 from the raffle

at the November Sunday Lunch

for the Children’s Christmas

party. Thank you to Chad Beins

for donating the 1st prize and

also to Julia Jansen for donating

the 2nd prize.

Winners

1st prize : Marina Klassen

2nd prize : Rita Gostelow

Member’s Draw

Congratulations to Horace Sta

Maria who won $40

Sunday 9th Dec 2012

11 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

Redcliffe Community Centre Annexe (adjacent to the hall)

Please call Kay Klass to enquire if spaces still available.

Specials for our

over 80s and 90s

Members aged over 80

will be given 50% off the

cost of their main meal.

Members over 90 years

will receive their main

meal free

AND get table service.

Christmas

Get Together

Tea Dance

Tickets on sale Please call

Kay Klass before 30th Nov

Members $10 Non-members $15

Sun2nd Dec 2012 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Band : Passionworks Redcliffe Community Hall

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Sunday Lunch 12 November 2012

Friendship at its Best

Should you object to your photos being posted or published on the Newsletter, webpage or

Facebook page, could you please advise any of the committee members accordingly,

so it can be removed.

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Family Picnic Day - Sunday 25 November

About 40 members enjoyed a midday picnic under the Casuarinas along the

Swan foreshore at A P Hinds Park, Bayswater on a warm but pleasant day. The

kids entertained themselves with various games whilst the adults indulged in

their regular Eurasian delicacies. After lunch the guitars were brought out, and as

usual, the sing-a-long lasted well into the afternoon.

Apart from someone falling off their chair - either from laughter, a full belly or a

few tipples - we savoured the comradeship. Well done organisers!

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SENIORS REPORT

Not just for Seniors ... but for all

members & friends

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“Merry Christmas” “Bon Natal”

“Felice Navida” to one and all.

Yes it’s that time of the year for peace, love and happy gatherings with families and friends. Spare a thought for the “Have Nots” and keep in mind the true meaning of Christmas.

64 attended the Melbourne Cup at the Crown Casino. Some of the ladies donned on hats and looked very charming. Per-haps next year the men will also dress up for the occasion.

We are delighted to have visited Channel 7 Tour (please see report by Ernie Lopez).

Next event by the Seniors Sub-Committee, will be the weekend away at Kerrilly Park Farm from Fri 1st to Sun 3rd March 2013. Ring me or any Sub- Committee Member if interested.

God Bless and have a safe Christmas. See you in the New Year 2013 .

Joan Reincastle

BE A STAR!

IT IS THE AEAWA AWARDS

TIME !

Nominations open to current financial

members for the following AEAWA

Awards:

IDA DA SILVA

AWARD FOR THE ARTS

ANDREW CLARKE

AWARD FOR SPORT

IVAN RICHARDS

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

The application forms are available

in the “Download” webpage found

on the AEAWA website

http://www.aeawa.asn.au.

Application forms will also be avail-

able at all AEAWA Sunday Lunches

prior to the closing date.

If you would like a form emailed or

posted to you, please email to

community.services@aeawa.asn.au

or call Kevin de Souza at 93251700.

The decision of the Awards

Committee is final.

All applications must be received by

the closing date which is 31 January

2013. Details of how to submit the

application form are found in the

form itself.

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At 1pm Wed 21st November, 24 members and guests of AEAWA fronted up at the Gate of Channel 7 at Dianella for our arranged visit and were very warmly greeted by Sharon Neates the PR & Promotional Manager who showed us to the Reception and Presentation Room where we watched a 10 minute video clip of how news is put to air. It involves a whole lot of processors before we get to see in our living rooms after re-processing from Melbourne.

Channel 7 commenced operations as the first TV station in WA on 16th October 1959 from Studio 1 from where 7 News, Weather and the Today Tonight (current affairs) programs are beamed. Many iconic shows like Telethon, Its Academic and Children's Channel 7 programs are also produced. The studio has all the latest technologies and most expensive cameras costing up to $200,000 each ($80,000 per lens). We were sud-denly shuffled out of the Studio in haste as the crew were to update the latest news and Sharon led us into Studio 2. Here we were briefed on the use of Cyclorama; the studio walls are covered in white canvass curving around to meet the floor to give the effect of infinity in the room - "there is no end"! End of the tour and we were led to the Cafeteria where we were treated to Tea & Coffee and Scones (with fresh cream and jam) apparently a special treat in conjunction with Seniors Week. Whilst there Natalia Cooper the Weather presenter and Basil Zempilas the sports commentator kindly joined us to have a chat and sign autographs. Altogether a memorable visit many thanks to Sharon Neates of Channel 7and not forgetting our Joan Reincastle for organ-ising the visit .

Ernie Lopez

Channel

7 Visit

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Chad

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1st Malaysian Eurasian Games was held on

the 10th & 11th of November 2012. This

was hosted by Penang Eurasian Associa-

tion. Participants came from Penang Eura-

sian Association (PEA), Portuguese-

Eurasian Association of Perak (PEAP), Ma-

lacca Portuguese Eurasian Association

(MPEA), Kedah Eurasian Association

(KEA), Sarawak Eurasian Association

(SEA), Selangor & Federal Territory Eura-

sian Association (SAFTEA) & Eurasian As-

sociation of Singapore (EAS).

The programme included an Opening

Ceremony, March Pass, Opening of the

Games, Lunch, Games Start, Sunset Mass

and Gala Dinner on the first day and

President’s meeting, Games Start, Lunch,

Cross Country, Tug of War and Closing

Ceremony on the second day.

The competition events included Badmin-

ton, Carom, Table tennis, Darts, Cross

country – relay, Tug of war, Volleyball,

Hockey, Telematch and Football.

Malacca was commended for having the

largest contingent of 78 participants and

came in 2nd overall. The host State was

the overall Champion Team.

I have extended my congratulations to

the organisers and winners on behalf of

AEAWA. I would like to thank Aloysius

Gaspar & Michael Singho for graciously

extending their invitation to us. I have

offered our assistance and likely participa-

tion in next year’s games.

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To become a new member obtain an ap-

plication form from the Management Committee or from the net - aeawa.asn.au.

To renew your membership, please post

the form below with your cheque.

Payment (either cheque or cash) can also be handed at our Sunday Lunch .

Pay directly to AEAWA

Account Name: Australian Eurasian

Association of W.A. Inc. Bank : Bank West

BSB: 306 042 Account Number: 082 139-5 Reference: Subs (name) or

(membership number)

Fees for 2012

Pensioner: 1 yr $15 or 3 yrs $40.50 Single: 1 yr $19 or 3 yrs $51.30 Family: 1 yr $28 or 3 yrs $75.60

Members Affairs

Charles Reincastle

No new members

Rejoining Jerry & Belinda De’Mello

Renewals Paul & Molly Richards Barbara & Winston Carvalho

Hazel Retnam

MEMBERS RENEWAL FORM

Name(s) ……………………………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………….…. Amount $ ........................................................ Membership No ……………………………. Send this form to AEAWA Members Affairs PO Box 875, Cloverdale WA 6105

Reminder Renewal of Membership for

2013 is due on 31st December 2012.

Payment can be made at the

Dec’12 & Feb’13 Sun Lunches

Anniversary Dinner/Dance You have to be a financial

member by 13th of February

2013 to be entitled to the financial membership price

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As part of our community service to the association and if you are looking

for a good night out why not come and support our talented musicians!

Fridays Soul Corporation - Moon & Sixpence U2ME - Woodbridge Hotel Passionworks—North Ale House

Mirrabooka 8.30 p.m. till midnight

Saturdays Soul Corporation - Universal Bar

Sundays Klassworks - Maylands Peninsular

Golf Club 5.30 till 8.30pm Passionworks—Morley Ale House Walter Road 2.00 till 5.30 p.m. Krystel – Nollamara Sports Club 16th Dec.

For details of the next round of golf or any up and coming

sports, please contact —

Graeme Mitchell 0403 336 899

Thank you to all members and

friends for your support to

AEAWA.

We look forward to seeing you in

2013 at our Sunday Lunches,

events & dances.

Hope you & loved ones have a safe

Christmas & New Year!

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The Management Committee en-

courages and welcomes construc-

tive feedback from members. All

signed suggestions will be re-

sponded in writing.

Letters to

the Editor

If you have some interesting news or

things to celebrate, please write to:

P O Box 875

CLOVERDALE WA 6105 OR

email : editor2@aeawa.asn.au

SUGGESTION

BOX

Our Warmest Thoughts are

with . . all of our members and

their families who are unwell or

grieving. If you know of someone

who would like to share their loss,

or just need a prayer, please feel free

to contact the committee or drop us

a line.

Our sincere condolences to the

family of a long standing mem-

ber of AEAWA, Mrs Audrey

Schooling. Please keep her and

her family in your thoughts and

prayers.

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YOUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

President Chad Beins 0402 113 897

Vice President Kevin De’Souza 0400 044 882

Secretary Brian Leicester 0419 944 323

Treasurer Carol Richards 0411 812 981

Seniors Joan Reincastle 0419 906 719

Member’s Affairs Charles Reincastle 92769439

Catering Margaret Chowdhurie 0403 179 505

Catering Sue James 93321294

Functions Kay Klass 0410 478 334

Sports & Games Graeme Mitchell 0403 336 899

Sunday Lunch Derrick Holmes 0409 119 387

Sunday Lunch Gary Aviet 0413 240 429

Please contact any one of the Committee if you have any questions or ideas.

We are always happy to hear from you!

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Dec’12 Jan’13 Feb’13 Mar’13

Sun 2nd X’mas Tea Dance

3—7 pm Redcliffe Hall

Happy New

Year !!!

Sun 10th 11 am

Sunday Lunch

Sun 10th 11 am

Sunday Lunch Youth Day

& Eurasianlympics

Sun 31st Happy Easter!

Sun 9th 11 am

Sunday Lunch Inc Children’s

Xmas Party

Sun 10th Gong Xi Fa Cai! Events to mark

this occasion Details TBA

Sat 15th or Sun 16th

Golf @ Araluen or Port Kennedy

Sat 23rd 24th AEAWA

Anniversary Ball Details TBA

OUR

CALENDAR