Upcoming Fundraiser

Hi Tigers,
Well done to all those who competed at States on the weekend! Now it’s onto Masters season as well as the start of a number of upcoming social and fundraising events. Coming around quickly is our annual Quiz night being held on Saturday 2nd April, Tickets for this are available at $25 and are available via money transfer to the club (click “Quiz Night” link for details).
Thanks to all of you who have come forward with an Auction item for donation to date, however I’m on the hunt for a few more if possible. For those not familiar with the format we usually have a live auction in between quiz rounds and a silent auction running in the background. It’s our major fundraiser of the year and every little thing can help. I’m looking to lock down our auction items by Friday 18th March so we can prepare for the night. Continue reading “Upcoming Fundraiser”

Up up and Away!

Just wanted to give you a quick update on our fundraising achievements recently and also tell you about what’s next.
Thank you to all those kind tigers who donated something into the Christmas hamper. We raised $750 through the raffle which was won at the Christmas party by Geraldine Goss (congratulations).
 
Secondly was the New Year’s Eve party, we raised $2,400 from ticket sales and bar profits, which is an awesome effort.
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Quiz success

“Japanese!”
“Eh?” responded Justin
“We’ll do Japanese” she insisted
“I think I’d prefer an Indian tonight”, I still missed the point.
“No, hülye, the theme for the quiz this year, we’ll do Japanese this time” And so it came to pass, Katalin, the (largely unseen) creative force for the RRC quiz for the last few years decided our clubhouse would have an oriental flavour on March 14. After Irish, Russian and Roman themes I found myself researching the Honshu Wolf and the films of Kurosawa.
Of course the quiz is only half of the night, this was to be the major club fundraising event of the year and for that to happen you need a good auction and a well stocked bar. Asking Vicki to stock the bar is like asking a panda to grow bamboo but it was still good of her to do it amongst the other things she does for RRC. She has organised the auction in the last few years but this time it was the turn of Lindsey and Emily who put the War of 1812 well and truly behind them to form a powerful North American alliance. No auction is complete without its auctioneer; Simon took the gavel as he has done for the last eight years.
And you need people too, the talented Ainsley produced a fantastic poster to bring in the punters while Shern masterminded the bookings. We have our friends at MRC to thank for lending their tables while Interior designer Laurent probably found himself with his least creative role of lumping their tables into our clubhouse.
So the night began with a record a hundred and ten members and guests packing into the hall, the bar buzzed and the quiz began. Lecturer Matt marked the papers and accountant Jon added the scores. Most teams did well and each round was punctured by productive auctions with our fundraising gauge slowly rising under Nic’s supervision. Of course there were accusations of ‘phone a friend’, allegations of cheating in the origami and twice I wanted to garrotte someone with the microphone lead (a reduction on most years) but the bow balls surged to the line…and two of them finished level.
So there they were, some of the club’s newest members against a couple of the old stagers, the tie-break question the height of Mount Fuji. The prizes sat before them, a dozen chocolate roses, a year with a wombat and of course, eternal glory. The warm March evening turned cold with tension as I read the right answer… 3766 metres, old guard triumphant, DS denied.
Thanks to all that came, especially those that worked behind the bar and of course a very big thanks to all those who generously donated auction prizes. Over $8,000 was raised on the night, exceeding the target, this is being put to immediate good use. The committee’s deliberation wouldn’t have disgraced the World Trade Organisation for detail, producing the question “Could we have the short answer first next time?” at one point. Women’s sweep oars and two new ergos have already been ordered.
Justin Thomas, RRC VP

Mega Month of March

Happy long weekend all! This week there is lots going on at the club so here’s a little round-up and reminder to sign up to help us with organisiation:

  1. Thursday night beer and pizza – following normal Thursday night training we will be opening the bar and ordering some pizzas for anyone who wants to stay around and enjoy some relaxed post-exercise drinks and chat.
  2. Saturday Quiz night – it’s the club’s big annual fundraiser and we’re looking forward to a big night involving mind boggling trivia, games and auction prizes, make sure you contact Shern to book your table/ticket.
  3. Sunday morning Club Races – the fun continues this time on the water with club races. Please sign up and add a comment on sportsplanner if you are able to help out. The plan is to use the infamous sorting hat to select crews and we need people to arrive at 9:30 to get organised and on the water. As usual all this events are open to everyone and the more the merrier! These short sprints will get everyone tuned up and ready to go for sprint racing at Essendon next weekend, or at least we’ll have fun trying. Brunch and prizes for the winners will follow the racing and there will be a small donation for food required (normally $5). Any volunteers to help with races and brunch please contact me, president.

So sign up now on sportsplanner and I look forward to seeing you all at the clubhouse this week.

RRC Quiz Night…the drum

Yes indeed – just when you thought training at RRC only involved doing tuff with your legs, we now want to give those brain cells a work out too. Your IQ will be put to the test in order to raise money for the club and more specifically to our ageing fleet. So on Saturday March 20 you and your friends, family and work colleagues will be able to impress the committee both through brain power and cold hard cash!
Last year on the same weekend we raised $3300 on the night and speaking on behalf of all those who attended we had a lot of fun doing it too. We have set a higher target this year and I am confident that we can achieve it.
The format of the evening will be a little like this:
Food, Drinks, Quiz, Live and Silent Auction and of course some cool games.
So what’s required from you at this stage?
1. Keep Saturday 20 March from 6.30pm free
2. Start brushing up your knowledge on geography, pop culture and Justin’s favourite chocolates – Justin will again be our Quiz Master, don’t worry I won’t let him make the questions too hard
3. We are going to be running an auction so if you think you have something that we could sell off please contact either Justin or myself. Examples of items that fetched a tidy sum included Mike Numa – Handyman services, tickets to play on Margaret Court, holiday house for the weekend, etc.
4. Assistance. While Justin and I will organise the bulk of things we could also do with some help, this includes both set up and pack down on the weekend of the quiz as well as general stuff beforehand. If you have some time and would like to get involved – again touch base with either of us, we would love to have you on board.
More info, including a proper flyer, will be coming your way soon – so stay tuned.
Justin ‘Quiz Master’ Thomas