patdaw posted on March 02, 2011 09:26
Thank you to all past and present Committee and Players who were able to attend on Sunday.
We would like to thank "Eddie the Butcher", for a great lunch, and his sponsorship contribution for our day! Eddie can be found at 29 Mason Street, Newport.
It was wonderful to see so many faces from past years, including Max Burnham, who was President from 1966 - 1972, Kath Hindson, who won a Victorian Singles Title in 1960 and John Berry and Peter Daw (who were signatories on the WSBA Building Fund Account, which enabled WSBA to prove we have saved money for the future and enabled Badminton to convince the Altona Council that we were responsible and reliable tenants of the proposed building, it could well have been the Basketball Centre, however Basketball didn't have any money to contribute), Natalie Cronin, who has been a Committee Member since 1984 and is currrently Vice-President and Alan Walsh, who relentlessly lobbied the Council to get our Stadium built!
Part of this informal celebration, included the opportunity to watch our WSBA Junior Squad train, many older WSBA members were amazed at how times had changed, as coaching back in the 30s, 40s and 50s was what the team learned from the older players in that team......
As President, I would like to thank Philip McNally for the wonderful research he did into our History of the last 25 years and the setting up of our "75 Years of Feathers" publication.
I would also like to thank Ron Gray for his commitment over the last 28 years, as a Committee Member, Treasurer and now Manager.
WSBA continues to grow from strength to strength because of the ongoing commitment of many dedicated people.
Thank you all!
Pat Daw, President WSBA Inc.
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