What's been happening ...
Christmas in July at Oak Flats Bowling Club 2/7/2024
Last Tuesday 67 U3A members enjoyed a great Christmas in July function at Oak Flats Bowling Club.
It was a different format going to the Club for the function but there was lots of positive feedback and it will probably now become an annual event.
Several members lead by Julie Drysdale gave us a some memories of their Christmas' past and you will see them in the accompanying image carousel.
The Club gave us a lovely meal and members dressed in their Christmas finery and a great time was had by all.
An added special presentation of flowers and a plant was made by President Wayne to Di Phillips and Pam Watt who are retiring from their duty as 'tea ladies'.
It was as an acknowledgement and a thank you to them for their years of organising the afternoon tea for our Tuesday meetings.
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GERTIE MAUL
One of our original U3A table tennis players, Gertie Maul, passed away on 3rd June 2024 at the age of 98.
Greg Carthew's table tennis class had a remembrance on Monday 11th June 2024. Some of Gertie's neighbours attended and gave an insight into Gertie's life outside of table tennis.
Gertie played table tennis with Shellharbour U3A into her 90s and when she could no longer play with her right arm, she played with her left.
She will be well remembered as a determined lady.
RIP Gertie
Gertie in Action. (Photo P. Prentice)
Members of Shellharbour U3A table tennis group who attended the remembrance for Gertie Maul. (Photo: P. Prentice)
What a great afternoon we had on 21/5/24 at our Tuesday meeting. Firstly we were entertained by the great Kiama Probus Men's Choir under the directorship of Wendy Leatham.
Check out the little clip of a little bit of their encore!
And, our second half speaker was one of our members Helen Fahy who kept us greatly entertained with recollections of her life as a high school French teacher.
It was très magnifique ...
Its always great to have a coffee and a chat.
Here's a few of our members who got together for a social morning tea last Friday morning.
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Shellharbour City U3A Seniors Festival Trivia Team
(L-R) R Edwards, M Koplin, C Farrell, J Matheson, L Farrell
Tuesday Talks
On 28/5/24 in the theme of U3A we were entertained by the very talented local musician and radio personality Mark Matthews. Mark came along with his Redkite mascot Sebastian and gave us a bit about his history and his musical journey while fundraising for the Redkite Organisation which supports children with cancer.
Thank you Mark, it was a great session, enjoyed by all.
WE DID IT!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
SHELLHARBOUR CITY U3A TRIVIA TEAM
WINNERS OF THE 2024 SENIORS FESTIVAL U3A TRIVIA COMPETITION
Also, congratulations to the winners of the Community Division of the Seniors Trivia. All members of the team were Shellharbour City U3A members,
S Moran, B Castray, V Castray, V Cocksedge, J Griffiths and M Gorman.
WELL DONE EVERYONE
Cards Anyone?
Here are some of our card players at the Uniting Church Hall in Shellharbour yesterday 28/2/24. It is great to see 28 members gathering to enjoy their cards. There's an empty table there - so there is room for more people?
Visit to the Rameses Exhibition
Pam writes ...
Last week 20 enthusiastic members visited this Exhibition in Sydney, After our train trip up & coffee break at Central we proceeded to the Museum where our group leisurely took their time looking in wonder at the amazing carvings, statues, jewellery & lots of other wonderful items from these 900 year old artefacts.
We were mesmerised to view the sarcophagus of Ramses 11. This exhibition is one we would certainly recommend. Yet another interesting & informative U3A outing.
We didn't chose a Quiet carriage as there was our usual chatter on the train to & from Oak Flats.
Thanks to Di Phillips and Pam Watt for the organisation and Pam and Glenda for the great photos.
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2023 Christmas Luncheon
Here are some happy faces from our Christmas lunch at Warilla Bowling Club on Tuesday 12th December.
Our last get together for 2023.
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Card Making Workshop
On Friday 27 October 2023, eight lovely U3A members got together to make handmade Christmas cards in a really successful one day workshop. Everyone had a very pleasant, social day, chatting and laughing as they crafted away, learning new skills and producing some fabulous cards to take home.
Thank you to everyone for helping to make the day a success. We hope you enjoyed the experience and are proud of your efforts - and you now have some truly lovely and unique handmade cards to give to family and friends for Christmas!
Mary and Chris
National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week is the largest acknowledgement of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia and this year was celebrated between 15-21 May 2023.
Here are our representatives Jenny Garnett and Kim Lynch with Mayor Chris Homer at the mayoral Morning Tea hosted by the Shellharbour City Council on Friday 3oth June 2023.
Susie Munkman and her assistance dog Casper joined us as a speaker at one of our Tuesday meetings.
Susie has led a varied life coping with hearing loss and the wonders of cochlear implants.
She is now supported by her hearing dog Casper who was provided by a Lions Club initiative.
Table tennis is for everyone.
Here is a photo of Gertie Maul who is 96 years old playing doubles with Herbert Hirning.
Ray Quartly is in the background.
Thanks to Phil Prentice for the photo
