What a fantastic day for Janelle Hall on Saturday. A huge turnout of people ignored the windy conditions to be there to support Janelle. So many people looking for ways to assist and their generosity illustrated how highly regarded Janelle is not just at our Club, but in the local community. Thanks also to the opposition players who joined the big crowd in the Clubhouse for the presentations and raffle draw. This list of people I am thanking will probably miss someone, my apologies if I have!
In the canteen Janelle was there all day of course, with her regulars Lorna Latham & Michelle Ritchie, with Loretta Woods & Tracey Forde joining the crew. Carolyn Sturgess & Kylie Vawdon were kept very busy at the bar with Stew Jenkins labouring away getting drinks from the fridges to the bar. Julia Ninness, Kerrie Yates & Deborah Morris sold a huge amount of raffle tickets. Paul Briggs kept caffeine up to the crowd, Megan Lawler with her handmade muffins, Robert Burns worked the crowd professionally(?) with the PA, Richie Pogson & Terry Sturgess for helping wherever they could during the day, especially in cleaning up the Clubhouse during the big night. The BBQ helpers all did a great job, special mention to Paul Jacob who often happily puts in long spells on the BBQ before watching his twin sons in 1st grade. Club captain Tim Warwick organised the ummm . interesting .. bad suit day - which had suitably shocking participants! Of course we have all of our other volunteers, dedicated contributors who volunteer so much time and knowledge; coaches, managers, first aiders .. while it was sort of a normal match day, along with the players they contributed hugely to what was one of the great days for the Club. Jesse Parahi took a break from his hectic pre-Olympic schedule to be there with Carlien Parahi to visit Janelle, present his 7s jersey and then stayed for a long time to draw the raffles, catch up with mates and receive very loud encouragement from the crowd for success in Rio. It was a day/night for everyone to be proud of - gotta love this Club!
Raffle winners were:
2 tickets to Bledisloe Cup lunch : Margie Sybaczynskyj
signed/framed Mariners jersey: Adam McKay
Archies thongs: Andy Hoban
Archies thongs: Frank Latham
Simply Sublime Voucher: Debbie Jacob
Cafe Cressa voucher: Karyn Griffin
Karmalogic voucher: Wendy May
Karmalogic voucher: Dean Gillias
In the canteen Janelle was there all day of course, with her regulars Lorna Latham & Michelle Ritchie, with Loretta Woods & Tracey Forde joining the crew. Carolyn Sturgess & Kylie Vawdon were kept very busy at the bar with Stew Jenkins labouring away getting drinks from the fridges to the bar. Julia Ninness, Kerrie Yates & Deborah Morris sold a huge amount of raffle tickets. Paul Briggs kept caffeine up to the crowd, Megan Lawler with her handmade muffins, Robert Burns worked the crowd professionally(?) with the PA, Richie Pogson & Terry Sturgess for helping wherever they could during the day, especially in cleaning up the Clubhouse during the big night. The BBQ helpers all did a great job, special mention to Paul Jacob who often happily puts in long spells on the BBQ before watching his twin sons in 1st grade. Club captain Tim Warwick organised the ummm . interesting .. bad suit day - which had suitably shocking participants! Of course we have all of our other volunteers, dedicated contributors who volunteer so much time and knowledge; coaches, managers, first aiders .. while it was sort of a normal match day, along with the players they contributed hugely to what was one of the great days for the Club. Jesse Parahi took a break from his hectic pre-Olympic schedule to be there with Carlien Parahi to visit Janelle, present his 7s jersey and then stayed for a long time to draw the raffles, catch up with mates and receive very loud encouragement from the crowd for success in Rio. It was a day/night for everyone to be proud of - gotta love this Club!
Raffle winners were:
2 tickets to Bledisloe Cup lunch : Margie Sybaczynskyj
signed/framed Mariners jersey: Adam McKay
Archies thongs: Andy Hoban
Archies thongs: Frank Latham
Simply Sublime Voucher: Debbie Jacob
Cafe Cressa voucher: Karyn Griffin
Karmalogic voucher: Wendy May
Karmalogic voucher: Dean Gillias
Janelle with Jesse & Carlien Parahi
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