65 Roses Day

The City of Devonport Lions were out and about in the Rooke Street Mall again this year for 65 Roses Day. Over $500 was collected in the 3 hours of rain, not a bad effort for Devonport!

In other news... June 23rd is the Soroptomist 60th Anniversary dinner to which we are invited, and it is also the Lions Club of Ulverstone's change-over night - where we are also welcome to attend! Our own change-over dinner is the week after, on June 30th.

The Devonport (horse) Racing Club is scheduling 19 meetings for next year which will keep us on our toes. The income our club receives for attending the gates is  significant. Next year we will finetune the member rostering procedures so we get a bit of a say in when we are rostered on and this should help in keeping us happy. The Lions have been on the race-gates for over 40 years now - since January 1966.

Lion Hoss was awarded with a fine poster for the shed to recognise his major part in making the shed a reality. We hope Lion Hoss hangs the poster in the shed, and not in his bedroom at home.

We need to arrange a busy bee for our Lions Caravan as it is in need of some TLC. Our June 14th meeting has a guest speaker scheduled make sure you make it, the Magic Show is locked in for  December 3rd this year,... If anyone has any notes on the Work for the Dole guest speaker we had earlier please email/see Lion Walter!

WE NEED PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES AND PHOTOS FOR THE BULLETIN AND THIS BLOG! Email vanpraag@devonportlions.info.

City of Devonport Lions Club Biggest BBQ

When: 14 Apr 12 Saturday 14th April, 2012 from 11am – 2.30pm.
Where: The Bluff BBQ area Cost: Free. Sausages, Burgers & Drinks for sale for $2 and $3.

The Lions Biggest BBQ annually raises funds to help achieve Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation's mission of preventing kids with cancer dying. This year's event is again hosted by the City of Devonport Lions Club on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the Devonport Mersey Bluff precinct BBQ area from 11am-2.30pm. Come along, enjoy a BBQ and be entertained by local buskers, in addition the popular Brightstars Dance Group, whose members are affected by Down's Syndrome, will be lending a hand in entertaining the crowd.



All City of Devonport Lions are urged to come along and support this Childhood Cancer Research fundraiser. Lion John Momsen and his Committee have organised posters around town, advertising on 7BU & 7AD as well as newspaper articles including the Advocate!

Lion Judy doing Race-gates

1st of April, 1st time as a New Lion on the Race Gate, 1st time at a Race Track and the 1st time (hopefully never again) I have seen several horses spooked and saw a man knocked down, and injured, by an agitated horse! All that aside, Lion Sam and I chose two horses each in the first race, as winners, and mine came 2nd & 3rd. (Sam forgot to tell me I had to put money on it to win!!!).

Lion Lady Denise kindly provided some yummy muffins, for all to enjoy, thanks Denise. Weather was perfect and I found the day interesting day. I learned another aspect of how other people spend their time. Lion Lyndon came to check all was in order.

Lion Judy :)

Adopt-a-Highway 2012

Preliminary reminder: Keep Saturday 12 May free to help with our regular adopt-a-highway cleanup!

 

 

Taste the Harvest 2012

Devonport proved to be the City with Spirit. Driving the Spirit last weekend was the City of Devonport Lions Club which hosted their annual Taste the Harvest Festival at Roundhouse Park on the Mersey fore-shore.

The weekend began with the Friday night’s Taste the Harvest Celebration Dinner at the Waterfront Function Centre which again proved to be a first-class event. Melbourne’s Dwayne Bourke, from award winning restaurant Pure South. used produce  sourced from  the North West’s finest producers, to come up with a five course degustation. Each course was accompanied by a matching matching Tasmanian wine. It can be safely said that nobody was disappointed – except of course those who missed out. The event was sold out!

The sun came up on St Patrick’s day, promising a perfect day to go with the perfect venue. The Tasmanian weather Gods are in the good books again - after washing out the recent Devonport Apex Regatta held in the same place. The Taste was well attended with an estimated 5-6 thousands tickets sold on the day. The Soroptomist manned the gates and Devonfield provided wonderful hands to keep on clearing the bins. The City of Devonport Lions in close association with the City of Devonport Council  had organised everything, with members patrolling the event ensuring all went along smoothly. Many services came together in unison to make it a perfect experience for most. Entertainment galore, life bands, face painting and hair colouring, cooking classes by Nigel Squibb no less, and a huge array of wonderful dishes and drinks. 

People dancing to The Sun Kings doing their 50s repertoire, Devonport’s choral society sang Right on Cue,  the Cheeky Monkeys playing their 70s tunes, Gina Timms, Marcus Wynwood and many more... and then the wines from Iron Pot Bay, Ghost Rock and Velo, beer from Seven Sheds and Iron House, Rhubarb drinks from RhuBru, just to drop a few names!

All the hard work of planning and the days of setting up and cleaning up paid off, the City of Devonport Lions club’s major annual fundraiser was pulled off without a hitch!
Read the Examiner's article [here].