Interclub Volume 27 Issue 1 2021

16 INTERCLUB • VOLUME 27, ISSUE 1 - 2021 W e W i l l R e M e M b e R a n Z a c Taumarunui & District RSA Inc 10 Marae Street Phone: 07 895 7517 Email: taumrsa@xtra.co.nz www.taumarunuirsa.co.nz 5:45ammarch to Centaph for 6am dawn service “Remembering those past & present” Te Awamutu & District Memorial RSA (Inc) 318 Alexandra Street, TeAwamutu Phone: (07) 871 3707 Email: tarsa@xtra.co.nz “The Rose of the Waikato” 502 South Titirangi Road Titirangi, Auckland Phone: (09) 817 6415 Email: o ce@titirangirsa.co.nz Web: titirangirsa.co.nz “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we shall remember them” Far North Kaitaia RSA Club 12 Matthews Avenue, Kaitaia Phone: 09 408 0423 Email: farnorthrsa@gmail.com www.kaitaiarsa.co.nz Assemble at clubrooms 5:30am March to Cenotaph 5:45am “We are the dead. Short days ago, we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow” Parade assembles Memorial Square New Lynn 8:45am. Departs 9am. March to RSA for a service 9:30am. Band after the service. “Remembering those past and present” 2 Veronica Street New Lynn, Auckland Phone (09) 827 3411 New Lynn Memorial RSA (Inc) Whangamata RSA 324 Port Road, Whangamata Phone: 07 865 9419 Email: rsamanager@outlook.com www.whangamatarsa.com 6.30am Sunrise Flag Raising & Service at Whangamata Surf Club Cooked breakfast available at Blackies 10:30am March to War Memorial Hall 11:00am Service, back to RSA for entertainment facebook.com/WhangamataRSA 1 Francis Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland. 09 376 2909 Parade assembles Castle St 9:15am Proceedes at 9:30am followed by service outside the club. Grey Lynn Returned Services Club “Remembering those past and present” Everyone Welcome Club open for breakfast at 7.30am March commencing 11 -11.15am Service will be commencing at 11:30am 66-70 Railside Avenue Henderson, Auckland Phone (09) 838 9012 Email secmanager@hendersonrsa.co.nz www.hendersonrsa.co.nz “We are dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow” Henderson RSA Whakatane Returned and Services Association (Inc) “Remembering those past and present” Richardson Street, Whakatane Phone: (07) 307 0343 www.whakatanersa.co.nz Email: admin@whakatanersa.co.nz Avondale RSA (Inc) “At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them” 48 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland Phone: 09 828 5000 Email: office@avondalersa.org.nz Far Nor th Kaitaia RSA has community at its hear t T here’s a strong sense of community at the remote Far Nor th Kaitaia RSA, which suppor ts local businesses because it’s so hard to get anything in from anywhere else. “All of our 1035 members work together,” says club manager Tracy Russell. “Mowing the lawns, maintaining the proper ty, painting the chairs…the little jobs they see and do make a big difference to our club environment.” Since the Covid lockdown, the RSA has reduced its opening hours, a move initially unwelcome by members but now having a welcome effect on the club’s financial position. The club is now open Tuesday to Saturday, from noon until late. “We only had deliveries and enquiries between 11 and 12, and Sundays were very quiet,” says Tracey. “Everyone was up in arms when our executive suggested closing on Sundays, so we said we will open if we have an event on. Like a lot of RSAs, we were open for all of these hours, which was costing us money. Covid did us a favour in that sense.” After the lockdown, RSA won a small business competition sponsored by Toyota New Zealand which was looking to mobilise and suppor t 100 small businesses by providing them with the use of a brand-new Toyota Highlander SUV for 12 months. "I wrote a letter about our poor old cour tesy van, which is an old rattly thing that’s done more than 300,000 kilometres, and we won,” says Tracy. “We have had it signwritten with Far Nor th Kaitaia RSA Suppor t Services, and that’s how we use it. Our suppor t officer, Colin Kitchen, takes a lot of people to their hospital appointments at Whangarei. That’s two hours away and now the ride is a lot more comfor table.” The RSA is now fundraising for a new cour tesy van, putting aside $100 every week from the door draw to build up a decent deposit. club manager Tracy Russell and club member bill clode with the Toyota Highlander the club won. angel erstich, president of the far north kaitaia RSa, presents Mana Taylor with a $1059 cheque as the 2020 recipient of the keith athol ferguson award. keith ferguson bequested the funds be used to support young people in the kaitaia area pursue careers in trades or on the land. Mana, who is in the second year of his four-year plumbing and drainlaying apprenticeship, will use the money to invest in his tools. Adjunct activity is strong, especially in the women’s section, golden oldies, snooker, outdoor bowls, dar ts, and 8 ball. The club hosted the Far Nor th Pool Association’s ‘Hen Of The Nor th’ women’s 8 ball competition on October 31, and the event was so successful a new women’s competition (Grand Wahine Toa) will be launched on March 27, 2021 and will be held annually at Far Nor th Kaitaia RSA. Armistice Day produced a good-turn out, and a black granite bench painted with poppies was unveiled. It was donated by Geards Funeral Services.