Tony Ward's Memorial Weekend at Club Manning Point
When : Friday 29th November thru to Sunday 1st of December 2024
Friday : 30 x $25 Meat Trays to be Raffled off, meat is supplied by Old Bar Butchers.
Friday thru Saturday 3:30PM : Fishing Competition, To take part, pls call Paul Hodges on 0401444443
Fee to be paid prior to the weigh in in the “Beer Garden”, back of the Club at 4pm Saturday.
Prizes Galore. All fish kept must be of legal size.
Fresh Water and Frozen fish, will not be accepted.
Saturday : Seafood Raffles, 15 x $25.00 trays. Seafood supplied by Stone’s Oysters.
Tickets on sale Saturday 5.00 PM – Drawn at 6.30 PM
Saturday : Massive auction to start at 6:00 PM
Many local industries and great friends of Tony, donate good things to promote this event. They're all worth bidding on. Id suggest that you get involved.
Saturday Music : with Gary Harrison “Harro", singing and entertaining from 6pm till late. See below.
Sunday : Club Manning Point Big Breakfast. From 8 AM – 10 AM. Cost is $7.00 per person.
See below, there is More ...
Sunday : Barefoot Bowls 10 AM – 12.30 PM Cost $10.00 per person
No experience necessary to have a fun game.
Spider Bowl start. BYO Spider, joking ...
Club bowls can be borrowed on the day.
A fun filled morning with lots of mystery prizes given out during the game.
A sheet will be at the Club to register for bowls.
Put your name down. All entries to be in by 9 AM Sunday.
Things to Note :
An ATM is available within The Club.
EFTPOS is available for Bar sales.
Payment by Cash Only for the raffles and the auction.
All proceeds go to the WESTPAC HELICOPTER
Come and have a XXXX for Wardy
The Club's Christmas Ham and Pork Raffles go on sale from Sunday 17th November 2024, Selling at 5 PM to 6 PM
Check out Gary Harrison on Facebook :
Personal Testimonials
Steve Altair - Next Door Neighbour at Manning Point
Tony and Deb hadn't been at Manning for all that long. One morning I heard a loud crash and looked outside, nothing. Later I noticed one side of my garage door was on the ground. I tried lifting it back into place, silly idea, termites had eaten through the front structure.
Tony got wind of it and came and had a look. We recruited the help of Luke who we knew was good at demolishing things. He was up a ladder swinging a mattock, third swing, the entire front of the garage collapsed to the ground.
Tony drew a "plan" on the inside of my garage wall and said "that's what we need". I had to get him to spell it out to me. Then he went and tied a resting pole to the front of his ute using fencing wire and threw me the keys. "Petries is the best". After working out what that meant, I was on my way. I returned with all the treated pine and fibro we needed. Meanwhile Tony had been chatting with another neighbour across the road, Pip, about borrowing a very large concrete drill. Pip was currently working at Coates Hire. Tony had worked out that the termites were under the garage concrete slab. We needed to drill through and poison the buggers. But first, spray the entire garage inside and out and then rebuild. We worked together for several days, I was the lacky and supplier of XXXX. He'd show me how and I'd take over. Finally we hoisted the old roller door back up and it worked a treat.
I put $1000 in an envelope and left it with a thank you note inside their garage as they were out. Later Tony came storming in and shoved it down my shirt front. "I didn't do it for money".
I hope this gives you an insight into the type of man I knew.
Thanks Mate.
If you have a story to share, email me, stevealtair@iinet.com.au and I'll publish it.
Be sure to include your name and relationship to Tony.