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20 Mar 2010

e-Log 18032010

e-Log 18032010 Avenal Lockett, Saturday, 20 March 2010     e-LOG DSC's Fortnightly Newsletter   18th March 2010       The Changing Face of DSC   The regular visitors to the club will know it is all action during the day with excavators, large trucks tipping rocks on the foreshore and jack hammers and concrete sanders inside the old bar area. The good news is all this work is proceeding at a rapid rate of knots and it shouldn’t be very long before we can all sit back and admire the improvements to our facilities. There will be the whose out there who aren’t happy with the changes but this is a positive move for the club and these have been very necessary improvements and it won’t be long before we will all be enjoying the improvements.  The bar staff will have a pleasant ergonomically efficient area in which to work. For thirsty members and guests there will be a lot more cold storage area for an increased variety of products available..          Sailing Report  18th March 2010   Email robin.knox@hotmail.com if you have some sailing news for the Log    Since the Sailing News is scant this fortnight the photo at left is reminder of things to come..   The annual Dry Season Working Bee in the Boat Parks is on Saturday 10th April which is the week after Easter. The yardie has been spraying weeds etc so the job shouldn't be a huge one. The usual snags and fluids will be provided by the Club to participants. Bring gloves, hat and shovel.      Northline 2010 Darwin Minnow National REGATTA The NT Minnow association is hosting the 29th Minnow national regatta (The Regatta ) from the 05th to 9th July 2010. for more information click on the link below. http://minnow.org.au/wwwcms/uploads/minnows/Minnow.doc  Keep watching for updates            Happening Around the Club:   Thursday 18th March ANF—Age Care Certificate 3 Course (every Thursday until the end of March)   Thursday 25th March Greek National Day festivities will be taking place at the DSC.   Saturday 27th March Paspaley Pearls, Sunset Cocktails.    Kellie Green - birthday celebrations. Kellie is a valued member of our bar staff. Happy Birthday Kellie.   Friday 2nd April Good Friday—Darwin Sailing Club is CLOSED ALL DAY.   Saturday 3rd April Tanya Fleeting and Phil Thornley — wedding reception, congratulations.   Saturday 17th April Darwin Sailing Club—Expo Sign On Day Lots of interesting stalls again this year, some of our regulars and some new. It promises to be another enjoyable family day at the club. There will be more information available very soon.   Saturday 8th May Commodores Opening Day. Keeping watching for the 2010 theme.    Thursday 20th May New members evening.   Saturday 4th September Return of a popular event the “Crab and Quail “ Dinner It will be a joint fundraiser for the Darwin Sailing Club & Dragons Abreast.   We wish all those using the Darwin Sailing Club for functions an enjoyable and memorable visit to the club.   Photos left: Current happenings at the club.      House Update: Renovations Behind the orange plastic the bar area is taking on anew look thanks to the hard work of a number of members and contractors. It is busy and dusty back there but you can still talk with the office staff. Just walk in behind the plastic that is protecting the rest of the club from the dust. The staff will be only to pleased to assist to you.    As you can see from photos on this site there are a number of  areas around the club were work is taking place.   Safety around the club is very important to the Management Committee, if you see something in need of repair please let us know, speak with a staff member. We do regular inspections but things can occur in between times.      News from the Bar: Wine of the Month Jamiesons Run Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon   Jamiesons Run Limestone Coast   $25.00 bottle or $6.00 per glass   The new cool room has arrived and installations will commence next week.  The   renovations will provide members with more choice of draught beers as well as two new cool rooms for beer, draught beer will be at 4°C and packaged beer at 0°C.      News from the Sailing Manager: Refit of the tractor The tractor will not be available until the end of March due to repair works. The scheduled work includes sandblasting and industrial painting, electrical repairs and parts replacement. David, Sailing Manager.      Members Badge Draw—We have a winner! It has happened after weeks and weeks of draws we have a WINNER.   CONGRATULATIONS—John Carman   Both Thursday and Friday night draws have stood at $2000, last Friday night we had a very popular winner of the Friday night $2000. John was present when his number was called. John is well known to the sailors as he regularly assists on race days either on the water or in the tower.  Well done John.   We still have a $2000 jackpot on Thursday night. Friday’s kitty has been creeping up while the jackpot stood at $2000. remember if you want to collect as John did you have to be at the club when your number is drawn.        Footy Tipping: Click here for all the information on the 2010 DSC AFL Footy Tipping Competition      Important Dates for Members Friday 2nd April Good Friday—Darwin Sailing Club is closed all day.   Saturday 17th April Darwin Sailing Club—Expo Sign On Day Lots of interesting stalls again this year, some of our regulars and some new. It promises to be another enjoyable family day at the club.   Sunday 18th April First race day for the season. Just over 4 weeks away.   Saturday 8th May Commodores Opening Day. Keeping watching for the 2010 theme.  Your e-LOG Dead Line for the next edition: Friday 26th March Please send your contributions (sailing, social, gossip, photos, birthdays, club news, bar news, official communication with members ...) or feedback about the e-LOG, the club's fortnightly newsletter, to publicity.dsc@gmail.com. or call me, Avenal Lockett, Publicity Officer PH: 0400715060