The SOCIAL REPORT from Brian Delaney

The May social night was ten pin bowling in Ballina. There were five of us so we were able to use just the one lane for more intense competition. It had been years or decades since any of us had put foot inside a bowling alley and there have been changes since then. You do not need a pencil and score sheet to keep score now and arguments over scoring have been eliminated because sensor technology has taken over. The screen at your alley keeps score of how many pins were knocked down and the scores of each player. There is now audio/visual entertainment that is like a scaled down version of the Eurovision music contest. There are pulsating, swirling multicoloured lights syncronized to the big screens showing the videos of the current favourite songs. We were multitasking the bowling to the stimulation of the senses and also not hearing each other. We got that old feeling of being 15 or 16 again having a night out away from the oldies. We refrained from squealing like those in other lanes but we did cheer when we got a good knockdown. It was good fun, I can't remember who won but it wasn't me.

The next social night is a bistro night at Lennox Head Bowling Club at 6:30 on Friday, 26th June. Note, this is later in the month because of a fairly big contingent going to the Wrecks and Relics comp at Noosa on the weekend before. We do need to book seating so please let me know if you'd like to come along. Email - delaney@aapt.net.au or phone - 6628-5317.

Please note we have two venue changes to the social calendar. The Tintenbar Sports Day and the Teven Golf Day have been replaced with dinner at the Cherry St Bowling Club and Wicked Restaurant. See the social calendar for more details.

bye for now,
Brian D.

Wrecks & Relics Away Trip?

Wazza suggested we organise a social away event at the Noosa Heads Malibu Club's annual Wrecks & Relics long board competition for the over 50's. At the time of writing we have 12 members competing so it's shaping up to be a fun get away and we might even win a few prizes. We'll report on the results in the next newsletter. For more details go to www.noosawrecksandrelics.com

COMPETITON UPDATE

The fifth comp round for the year was another fun day with clean half to one metre left and right peaks breaking down the beach. A bright sunny day with off-shore breeze early was only temporarily interupted mid-morning as a thunder and lightning laiden storm-front moved off the coast. Twenty-five surfers turned up for this month's compeitition round. It was great to see another new member turn up, welcome to Adi Lenygel. Congratulations to Gary Burden on a great win. Check out this month's video... AND the pics

Vice Captain Mick Calnan and Captain Eric Walker assisting
judges - Kerry Wilcox, Bil Webster. New member Adi Lengyel observing.

Adi Lengyel with Col Harper spotting and Ken Garrington judging.

After the mid-morning storm-front passed the day warmed up offering
a perfect opportunity after the comp for a cold beer and a chat in the carpark .

COMPETITION RESULTS - JUNE 2009

The next club round is on Sunday 5th July.

PIC OF THE DAY

Each month we feature the best picture taken on the day.

Sorry there's no surf pic this month but there's heaps of video footage. Pic above shows
Peter Wilcox explaining to the ladies why men make better drivers! Nah... he's not that mad...

Mi Thai Winner

This month's winner of the Mi Thai $25 voucher is Phil Calnan.

BBQ ROSTER

The BBQ roster seems to have fallen by the wayside with Roger Coulthurst again running the BBQ. Thanks go to Roger Coulthurst for helping out again.

JULY BBQ TEAM: Col Woodbry & Phil Calnan

TRAVEL REPORT

Please email the secretary if you have an interesting travel story.

MEMBER PROFILE

NAME: Adi Lengyel

ADDRESS: 10 Seaswallow Pl, East Ballina

PHONE: 0408-296-428

AGE: 38

ORIGINS: Born in Sydney, grew up in Durban South Africa, lived there for 24 years, returned to Sydney in 1996, just moved to Ballina.

FAMILY: Married for 9 years to Melinda, two kids Isabella 6 and Dillon 12 months.

CURRENT JOB: High School English Teacher, currently a home Dad

TIME on the NORTH COAST: 2 months

SURFING STYLE: Natural

QUIVER: 9'2 Malibu Deluxe

STARTED SURFING (AGE & LOCATION): 15 years old in Durban

FAVOURITE SURF SPOT: Cave Rock, The Bluff Durban

FAVOURITE FOOD: Biltong (South African dried meat, like jerkey but heaps better!)

FAVOURITE MOVIE: A river runs through it

FAVOURITE ACTIVITY (BESIDES SURFING): Fly Fishing

REASON FOR JOINING THE CLUB: To make new friends.

NEWSLETTER & NEW WEB SITE

The club has a new web site – www.ballinamalibuclub.org. All the club newsletters can now be accessed via the web site and viewed online. Members who have provided their email addresses to the secretary will receive an email each month containing a link to the newsletter. The Committee urges all members to take advantage of the new web site and register their email address. Members without an email address will still receive a printed copy via surface mail.

Members will find many benefits with the new web site including:

Members interested in submitting stories for inclusion in our monthly newsletter should Email submissions to secretary@ballinamalibuclub.org

MEMBERS CLASSIFIEDS

Items for sale (eg. used surfboards, surfing-related items etc) may be listed free of charge by members. Members are invited to lodge advertisements by Email to the Secretary. Please include a description, asking price, contact details, and preferably a color photograph of the item(s) for sale.