Social Jottings

 Angela Johnstone visited Fiji with her family - they occupied most of an
island! Going barefoot all the time - even to dinner - was not good for
Angela’s feet so she had to slowly get back into the routine of wearing
shoes all the time. Angela is filling her retirement hours with lots of new
activities including Italian lessons. She is hoping not to have to use the
skill very quickly as she would prefer to fit in more lessons. Her Bridge
playing skills are also being refined so that means any spare time is
becoming limited.

 Sue Jones has spent time with her family in UK enjoying watching
Wimbledon in daylight!

 Katrina & Greg Narker took their son Lachlan to Sweden and Denmark
to compete in a soccer tournament. Wonderful g’parents Kathie &
Graeme kindly looked after the other 3 Narker children for 3 weeks.
Lachlan was pleased to win a few matches to get to the round of 16 in
the Gothia Cup in Gotherberg. They played teams from 60 countries after
an opening ceremony with 60,000 spectators. They then played the
Dana Cup in northern Denmark which also went well.

 Kerrie Rymer has been through some difficult health scares but it has
all worked out well with the final diagnosis showing her tumour was low
grade, and requires no further treatment at this time. She hopes to be
back on the court for Spring Comp. They have delayed their planned trip
to the Kimberley but will now take a 3 week break travelling to Canada to
catch up with Kit’s daughter Krystal in Whistler, and to visit some of
Kerrie’s relatives.

 Adrienne Bruce is back on court after the removal of a lump in her
neck. She had many more stitches than originally thought so was
restricted in total movements for several weeks.

 Paul Anderson’s knee has recovered enough to let him return to the
tennis court for a few weeks before travelling overseas.

 Dan Manesque’s injury is also improving.

 Dave Keogh was delighted to convince his son Brent to return to tennis
after a 6 year absence, to play with him in the 5 week mini-comp.

 Joye & Don Walsh flew to Adelaide & drove north to the Flinders
Ranges before heading to William Creek where they took a flight over
Lake Eyre seeing the water flow from Cooper’s Creek into Lake Eyre for
the first time in 20 years, and lots of birds. Don created a blog of the trip
as they had so many funny and enjoyable experiences - including
sleeping in part of what would normally be classed as a shipping
container, and also a former opal mine in Coober Pedy! The outback was
in greener condition than expected because of all the recent rains.

 Joy Simpson is recovering after her knee operation. She hopes to be
back on the court early next year with Erica Reading who also has had
an injury – to her foot.

 Congratulations to Mark Harris who is very happy to announce his
engagement to Melissa. They plan to marry later next year when they
can organise a time to suit their families in Adelaide & overseas.

 Haidene Maltz is pleased her shoulder has recovered enough to allow
her back on court. Joye Walsh is still struggling with hers but hopes to
play Spring Comp.

 Renate Handel has proved to be a great organiser with the historical
outing she planned for a group of friends to Windsor. Activities were
planned from 9am until late in the afternoon. Ian Bowie added interest
with his knowledge of the local constructions.

 The Staniforth family went to Canada in January where Paul, Matthew,
Jordan & Mitchell had a great time skiing while Viccie lay on the lounge
in pain after damaging her shoulder. Eating chocolates was no
compensation to being able to take part in all the exciting activities on
offer. Viccie is happier now she can return to her golf.

 Dennis Fryer returned from Melbourne where he delivered his TR6 to the
Healey factory to sell for him. Anyone interested in a great bargain can
check it out in the Sports Car magazines. Chloe Grace, his first
grandchild is an absolute delight. Dennis is planning a round the world
trip next year – he says he has been saving since his last trip in 1968!

 Robyn Crosbie is planning her next trip - a cruise from Darwin to
Broome.

 Linda and Terry Warder are off to Goulburn for Scott’s graduation from
the NSW Police Academy. They plan to stay a night in Crookwell but are
a little concerned at the idea of the minus 6 degree overnight
temperature. Linda & Terry are in opposite teams in the mini-comp and
Linda and Brendan Jack managed to scrape home with a 2-1 victory.

 Brendan & his wife Christine had a victory at the Port Macquarie Special
mixed - beating his twin brother Kevin along the way.

 Helen Knight enjoyed her trip to Fiji - one early morning highlight was
going jet skiing at dawn from her island - Sonaisali Is Resort to another
little island. The only down fall was the colour of the sand – volcanic -
meaning the water is therefore not crystal clear in that area. Helen’s
forced house renovations - due to a burst hot water tank - have almost
finished. Helen woke up one morning and found herself sloshing through
a very wet carpet. A new hot water system has been installed and the
carpet replaced with tiles.

 Paul Jelfs has had a slow recovery from his hernia operation but is now
back at work. Added to his discomfort was a discovery that his credit
card numbers had been used after a recent trip to Darwin. He was
frustrated by the lack of assistance from the bank, and the knowledge
that he still had possession of the card! Hard to imagine how the
numbers could be used by several different merchants with such