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As a valued member of the Club, you will be aware that next season, 2009/2010, we will celebrate the Centenary of the Club, and you may be either a member of, or aware of the formation of the Newport SLSC “CENTURIONS”.
At this stage, unless you are a recently joined member, you would be aware of our Invitations to join the Centurions, sent in 2006, 2007, and 2008 by the Registrar. This invitation is still current to all members. Membership is available for $500.00. This money is to be held in trust for the Centurions. The funds will be used in the publication of the Book, the Dinner, Centurion shirts, and Club Centenary projects. It will not be used for normal Club running expenses.
Your membership will entitle you to a copy of the Club History Book, a complimentary seat at the Centenary Dinner on Saturday 3rd October 2009, a Centenary shirt, and recognition in the Club’s History Book.
The Centenary Dinner will be held at the Pittwater RSL Club, where we will be able to entertain only 400 members, partners, and guests. There are currently 116 Centurions. Centurions will receive preference in allocation of seats for themselves and their partners at the Dinner. We expect the current Centurions to take between 180 and 200 seats. There will be some guests, so less than 200 seats will be available for our current non-Centurion members! It is therefore advisable to join the Centurions now to ensure your seat(s) at the Dinner. Otherwise seats will be allocated on a “first in, first allocated” basis.
To join the Centurions, we offer two payment options, firstly you may make the full $500 payment up front, or you may make either a $200 payment now and make 3 subsequent $100 payments over the next 8 months. We would therefore be grateful if you would pay online here or send a cheque or fill in the Credit Card Payment form download here, and send your payment to the Club Post Box as shown above.
We look forward to seeing you at our next Centurion function in April, and at our Centenary Celebrations commencing in October 2009.
Yours, with thanks
Ted Smithies
Club President
Regular After Fives Get Togethers
The Centurions will be getting together on the last Sunday of each month. The first of these Sundays will be 29 June so we hope Centurion members can make it.
If you are not sure if you will know anybody just ask for Denis Payne, John Guthrie, Col Mclean, Ian Storey or Doug Menzies and you will be made very welcome. Failing that just offer to shout the bar and everyone will be your friend!
Centenary Planning Well Underway
Planning for the club’s centenary is well underway and the committee has a series of events including a centenary dinner, a sportsman’s lunch and a lot more on the agenda for the big year.
Look out for the Centurions newsletter and click on this website for future news.
Centurions Helping To Celebrate The Club's Centenary
The Newport Surf Club Centurions is a group of members and past members formed to help the club celebrate 100 years of lifesaving in 2009.
The Centurions will build on the distinguished and proud history of the club and bring former members, who have contributed over the years, back to the club to meet old friends again. They will also meet the members who are so successfully carrying on the great tradition of the club established way back in 1909.
The Centurion Members are asked to donate $100 per annum for the next five years. The total of $500 can also be paid up front. It is hoped to raise $100,000 over the next five years.
The funds raised will be used to plan and celebrate our centenary, particularly the publication of a history of the club's 100 years of life saving. Each Centurion will receive a complimentary copy of the history book and will be acknowledged in the book as a supporter through the Centurions.
It is planned to hold a series of events for the Centurions leading up to the 100th Anniversary Dinner. Complimentary attendance at the Anniversary Dinner will be one of the privileges for this special group of members.
There has already been an enthusiastic response from past and current members going back as far as the 1940s and there is strong support for the concept to be an ongoing activity.
Former members are invited to join the Centurions and renew their contact with the club.
For more information please contact Club President Doug Menzies 0419 443 313, Treasurer Ian Storey 9918 9498, Col McLean 9997 5959 or Denis Payne 0418 254 431.