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17 April 2019

Hi all

Youth Achievement Awards Night
Wow! what a great night Wednesday, 10 April 2019, at Strathfield Town Hall, 200 plus, youth and family attending the Youth Achievement Awards Night. If you have not already done so, have a scroll through the photos (click)

This year's evening was an open event, family and friends attending with no cost. This approach was the core to the success of the evening along with the planning by Arie, Usha and Rod. Thanks, must also go to our partners for the event, Strathfield Council, and their staff who worked with our own Club’s President Elect Arie and his team. The team was the Rotary Club of Strathfield, Honorary Member, Jodie Mckay, Mayor of Strathfield Gulian Vaccari, our MC for night, Dimitry Palmer, Thaya, Ed, Janell, Christine (wife of Chris Haseldine), Rick, and to the audience. Rotary possible membership and other members were there holding the night together.

Agricultural Man at the Show
Over the weekend, I was at the Royal Easter Show. Other than just enjoying the Show, I was out looking at cattle, the Devon breed (click), with the possibility of buying, for the country, 2 breeding cows. Devon were one of original breeds to come into the north coast, and dominated until recent times with the Hereford and Angus becoming more the preferred herds. Discussions and attending the late finishing judging on Sunday and asked to assist in sashing the grand champion Devon bull. I was honoured and my doubts on purchases were now none. The preparation of the paddocks and yards are underway.

Who would be a Show Judge?
The Devon breed (click) is a reddish brown, not black. The popular breed is Angus that can be black or brown, generally presented as black. For the table black cattle are priced higher than their Browns or white, and speckled relatives. This may explain the late finishing judging of the Devon, the earlier afternoon judging was for the Angus and Limousin, a French breed, also in either black or brown, finishing late, it took over 2 hours, the dominant colour of the Limousins on show was black. Palm Sunday, as it was last Sunday, is a big day at the Show. If you look through the judging list, it is a very big day, for all exhibitors, dogs, cats, horses, flowers and cattle. For an exhibitor, it is a day starting before dawn, having the exhibits and animals ready and on display before 8.00 am, when the gates open. By the end of the day everyone was tired indeed.

Partners Night
Please save the date: 1 May 2019 - it will be a Partners Night. We are making the presentation to the Trish Foundation from the funds raised on our Trish Golf Day, in February 2019, and our Honorary Member, Niall King OAM, will speak to us about MS. He has titled the talk, “The personal side of MS’’. This is our first proper Partners Night at the new Strathfield Golf Club, and hopefully a good experience, leading us on the changeover dinner later in the year.

Charles

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