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The Carbiner “For sport and for good fellowship”

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CARBINE CLUB

CARBINE CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA-Festival of Racing Luncheon On Friday 4TH May, 2018 over 480 Carbine Club Members and their guests attended the luncheon in the Derby

Pavilion overlooking Morphettville Racecourse, which was looking magnificent in preparation for three weeks

of premier racing in Adelaide.

MC for the day, Terry McAuliffe, from TAB Racing and SA on-course

Commentator took us through the history of Carbine and then welcomed to

the stage, CCSA President Nick Chigwidden who welcomed our guests from

the SAJC in Chair Ms Bodelle Francis and CEO Grant Mayer. Thoroughbred

Racing SA was represented by Deputy Chair Simon Ward and CEO Jim

Watters. Also in attendance was the Editor of The Carbiner, Merv Hill from

Tasmania as was Colin Woods from the Carbine Club of NSW along with his

guests.

Clare Lindop with

Terry McAuliffe

Nick Chigwidden presented Club ties to South

Australia’s new Carbine Club Members in Tony

Modra (Crows legend) and Paul Di Iulio (Norwood

FC President), along with reinstated senior member

John Hardy. Our very own long serving Honorary

Secretary John Condon OAM was elevated to well-

deserved Life Membership. L-R: Paul DiUlio; Tony Modra;

Nick Chigwidden; John Hardy; John Condon OAM

EDITION 5 of 2018 – 26 May, 2018

SA- Festival of Racing Luncheon ~from John Condon OAM & Robbi Timms

NZ News~from Vicky Latta

TAS Grant Recipients shine~ info from Ross Burridge

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South Australia’s retiring jockey, Clare Lindop was introduced to the gathering and interviewed by Terry to

the accompaniment of a number of videos from prominent races in which she featured. Unfortunately one of

these included a terrible fall which required considerable time “out of the saddle” to recover to be in a

condition to race ride again. Clare was the first woman to win the VRC Derby (on Rebel Raider) and was

hailed as a “trailblazer” for female jockeys. Clare explained that her time in the saddle had provided her with a

most enjoyable career, and that she hoped to help others in the future, working with SAJC and associated clubs

to encourage and assist new jockeys – particularly females – in the sport of racing. CCSA Member and

prominent South Australian Trainer, Leon Macdonald made a presentation on behalf of the Club and wished

Clare well in the future.

Simon Marshall was the key note speaker talking up his career in racing and

the arduous time he had with a very unforgiving father who “rode” him to the

end of his mettle in a very up and down career. His time with boxer Jeff Fenech

also taught him strength and perseverance, to the point that he didn’t give up

too easily but soon realised that his time with racing was not going to be an

enduring one.

Simon Marshall

As a finale to a very entertaining day ever popular Paul Martell, a Carbine Club

favourite, wowed the audience with some great humour and enticing ways to

woo the many wives that he has had!

TAS Recipients to the Fore CCTAS has been very pleased to watch the progress of two grant recipients in Sam Edgar (tennis) and

Alex Peroni (Formula Renault racing).

Sam pictured below in the green shirt) recently reached a milestone when he won his first Mens Open

Tournament (The Clarence Open AMT) while Alex carried the Carbine Club logo to victory in two major

European races.

You can watch Alex in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8JZNU3juA

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CARBINE CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND - NEWS MEMBERS HONOURED BY COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION

CCNZ Members Susie Simcock ONZM and Kerry Clark CNZM, OBE were awarded the Order of Merit by the

Commonwealth Games Federation at their recent General Assembly.

Susie Simcock was acknowledged for her huge contribution as a sports administrator, particularly her contribution to

squash. She served for a total of 20 years on the World Squash Federation, first as a board member, then in 1996 as

its first female President before becoming Emeritus President. In 1996 she became a board member of the New

Zealand Olympic Committee, a role she filled for 12 years. She was elected as the first female council member of

the General Assembly of International Sporting Federations in 2000 and appointed to chair the New Zealand

Olympic Committee’s Women in Sport Committee in 2008. Among her other sports links she was for seven years

Vice-President of the Association of Recognised International Sports Federations, and from 2002–10 was a governor

for the International Masters Games Association.

Kerry Clark was a champion lawn bowler before going on to build a distinguished career as a sports administrator.

He represented New Zealand at two Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal in the fours in Christchurch in

1974. His contribution to the development of lawn bowls throughout the world has been immense.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Club’s Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, 27th April 2018 followed by a

Members’ luncheon at which Phil Gifford and Grant Fox discussed rugby, the All Blacks and issues

surrounding the Blues. In addition, members were also given an insight into the challenges facing golfers

getting established on the professional circuit.

POST- COMMONWEALTH GAMES LUNCHEON - Friday 11th May 2018

Members Mike Stanley as President of the NZOC responsible for the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand

and Rob Waddell as Chef de Mission spoke along with hockey gold medalists Sally Rutherford and Liz

Thompson, and swimmers Bradlee Ashby and Jesse Reynolds. members and their guests were treated to

insights into the Commonwealth Games, their role in the international calendar and memorable moments

from the Gold Coast.

DONATIONS TO PARAFED AUCKLAND AND PARALYMPICS NEW ZEALAND

At the Commonwealth Games luncheon, cheques of

$20,000 were presented to representatives of both

Parafed Auckland and Paralympics New Zealand.

Scholarships from Parafed Auckland enable the

development of athletes who now feed into the

Paralympics New Zealand development programs.

(left to right) Peter Jeffares following presentation of cheques

to representatives of Paralympics NZ (Ian Sargeant,

Commercial Manager and Fiona Allan, CEO) and Parafed

Auckland (Tina Harris and Grant Sharman, Board Chairman).

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Coming Events:

8 Jun QLD Informal Strategy Meeting, Easts Rugby League Club

14 June NSW AFL Luncheon Four Seasons

14 Jun NT V8 Supercars

19 Jun QLD State of Origin Lunch, Intercontinental Hotel, Sanctuary Cove

22 Jun WA 30th Anniversary Luncheon, Beaumonde on the Point

26 Jun HK New Members Cocktail Party

28 Jun London Lord’s Long Room Lunch

13 July SA 35th Anniversary Members Luncheon

17 July VIC Delegates Meeting, RACV

17 July VIC Annual Dinner, Australian Club

20 July NZ Golf Luncheon

20 July S’pore Racing Lunch

21 July NT Raceday, DTC

2 Aug NT Darwin Cup Luncheon, Convention Centre

10 Aug ACT AFL Luncheon, National Press Club

11 Aug Vanuatu Race Luncheon, venue TBA

17 Aug WA Broome Cup Luncheon, Cable Beach Club

17 Aug NSW Australia v New Zealand Rugby Luncheon, The Westin

29 Aug NSW Golf Day, St.Michael’s GC

8 Sep HK Wine Dinner

14 Sep S’pore All Sports Lunch

18 Sep QLD AFL Lunch, Southport Sharks

20 Sep SA SANFL Grand Final Luncheon, Adelaide Oval

21 Sep WA WAFL GF Luncheon, Hyatt Hotel

21 Sep London Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Day, Richmond

25 Sep VIC AFL GF Luncheon, Crown Palladium

27 Sep NSW Rugby League GF Luncheon, venue TBA

28 Sep HK Golf Day, Shek-O Country Club

5 Oct ACT Tony Campbell Memorial Cup Day, Thoroughbred Park

12 Oct NT Golf Day, Darwin Golf Club

19 Oct WA Members Only Luncheon

26 Oct NT Cox Plate Eve Luncheon, Wharf One

26 Oct HK Cricket Luncheon

2 Nov VIC VRC Derby Eve Luncheon, Crown Palladium

5 Nov London AGM & Melbourne Cup Dinner, Alfred Tennyson

23 Nov WA Racing Luncheon, Hyatt Hotel

3 Dec ACT Russell Parkes Memorial Golf Day, RCGC

3 Dec ACT Christmas Cocktail Party, RCGC

5 Dec SA Test Cricket Luncheon

7 Dec ACT AGM Lunch, Jim Murphy’s Fyshwick

7 Dec HK International Races Lunch

11 Dec VIC Members Xmas Lunch, RACV

14 Dec S’pore Christmas Lunch

14 Dec NT Christmas Dinner