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Club Information
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Petridish
8 Stafford Street
Dunedin,  9016
New Zealand
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Meeting Attendance
Members are encouraged to attend Thursday lunch meetings whenever they can. They are an opportunity for fellowship, to hear interesting speakers, and to catch up with our Club activities.
 
 
COVID-19 Protection
It is important that no members feel excluded from Club meetings or events because of these changes.
If you have any concerns or feedback, please let President Cameron know (in confidence).
 
Meal Orders
The current $20 lunch menu (includes a drink) can be downloaded from here
(updated 15 January 2022)
  • Order before 10am on Thursday and your order will be in the till under your name
  • Enter through the Cafe via the MIDDLE GLASS DOORS on the street, and go into the Cafe. We no longer require the in/out flow 
  • Please show your 'My Vaccine Pass' and pay for your meal. Let staff know you pre-ordered and your name
  • Masks are optional
It would be appreciated if you can spread the word to other members and to encourage them to order via email. orders@thedishcafe.co.nz
This helps us with congestion at the counter and enables faster transactions for everyone.
 
All emails received after 10am Thursday will not be viewed. Please call the cafe before 11:30am to change, cancel or place an order. 

034771236, then press option 3 for The Dish Cafe.
 
Any cancellations received via email after 10am, or calls after 11:30am will be charged in full.
 
Please Note:
 
11:50am-12pm Guests arrive and pre-pay
12.00-12:10pm      Guests who have pre-paid before 12pm to collect their drinks from the cafe
12:15-12:20pm Food delivered to the side table in the event space
12:20-12:30pm All other pre-ordered hot drinks now made and delivered to the side table in the event space
12:30-12:45pm  All orders previously taken at till (not pre-ordered) will now be made and delivered to the person
Bulletin Editor
Bruce Collier
Stories
Welcome 2022
Indoor bowls, 10pin , Skittles- whatever you like to call it, it’s FUN. On Sun 16th we rolled up for a great little welcome back event organised by Ron and his friend, Sue. Skills varied but us Rotarians were no match for the talented and ambidextrous Sue, who was also a great coach and good sport! (N.B.  we are going to enter Sue into the rotary haggis throwing champs on St Andrews day!!). Coming in behind Sue, Ron and John’s team we had Cameron, Bruce, Fiona & Robin with a slightly more hit and miss approach.
Following the bowls we relaxed over at Cableways where Bruce's All day breakfast was sure to set him up well for a (long) while.
If you donated a family pass to Indoor Bowls as part of your Christmas gift for Salvation Army you did well, it’s a really good interactive activity for families, friends and Rotary fellowship, hopefully we can do it again soon and even set up some team challenges so you’ll all go along with it.
Last Weeks Speaker - Anna Grimaldi  (MNZM)
We certainly started off the new year with an outstanding young woman as our guest speaker. In a question and answer session, compered by our very own Bruce Cowan, Anna kept club members entertained with her engaging and vivacious personality as we were led through her journey to become a two times Paralympian gold medallist (with more to come?).
Anna started off at age 16 when she was contact by Paralympics NZ and invited to join a training camp in Dunedin in 2013. At the time netball and basketball were her sports of choice but she was encouraged into the springing and long jump when she showed some promise at the training camp. Two years later she attended the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha and won the bronze medal  with a personal best jump of 5.41m. Anna said she had not realised she was very good at the sport until she won the medal, saying she had barely qualified to even attend the games.
Anna was selected for the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and because it was a surprise to her to be selected, felt no pressure going into the competition. Anna jumped had another PB of 5.62m with her last jump of the competition and this was enough to give her the gold medal.
Post Rio, Anna was injured with stress fractures in her foot. This meant two years out of the sport while she recovered. With the 2020 Paralympics being delayed until 2021,  this gave Anna a longer period to get fully fit. She continued her training as best she could in lockdown.  Off to Tokyo, which was stressful as travel plans constantly changed with Covid. She arrived in Japan one week out from the competition but this was really tough, enduring the heat (42 deg), while not being able to do anything or go anywhere.  Luckily on the day of the competition, the heatwave broke and it was only 16 deg.
In contrast to her experience in Rio, Anna led the competition from her first jump with a jump of 5.76m, a Paralympic record. This was enough to give her a second gold medal. Following the competition Anna has had a 3 month break and is now getting back into her training. The World Champs which were supposed to be in Japan this year have been cancelled, so she has her eyes on the Paris 2023 World Champs to be followed up by the Paralympics in Paris in 2024.
While her training schedule is not full time, it is 7 days a week and physically and mentally tiring. Anna has also been studying Quantity Surveying and Construction Management so will be looking to further her experience in the work force in one of these areas.
Thanks you Anna for coming along to our meeting to share your experiences, we wish you all the best for the future – you are a truly inspiring role model!
 
Sponsors
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Professor Terence Dennis of Otago University is NZ's leading collaborative pianist, but is also an expert on the early postage stamps of New Zealand and a consultant to the Royal Philatelic Society of NZ.
Speakers
Jan 27, 2022
NZ's first postage stamps
Feb 03, 2022
The Dunedin Wasp Eradication Project
Feb 10, 2022
Why farmers are unhappy
Feb 17, 2022
The Toiora CoHousing Project in High Street
Feb 24, 2022
Cochlear Implants for the hard of hearing
Mar 03, 2022
Four Way Speech Contest
Mar 10, 2022
The Otago Hospice
Mar 17, 2022
How to avoid diabetes
View entire list

Speaker Ideas

If you would like to hear a particular speaker, or have any speaker suggestions please email John Drummond drummond_john@yahoo.co.nz

Duty Roster

Follow this link to the Duty Roster. 

The five week roster is the most accurate and members are urged to check the Duty Roster webpage regularly. 
Club Management Group.

Essentials

SPEAKER HOSTS please remember to send a summary of the Speakers presentation complete with photo to   Bruce.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Brian Daniels
January 6
 
Brenda Harwood
January 7
 
Craig Radford
January 30
 
Join Date
Jackie St John
January 27, 2005
17 years
 
John Drummond
January 31, 2008
14 years
 
 
Red Cross Annual Appeal
Volunteers required
Friday 18th & Saturday 19th March
If you can help please email
 
Improve our Open Spaces !
The DCC would like our input
about the open spaces around the city.
Their eight question survey is at:
www.dunedin.govt.nz/open-spaces-plan
Please let them know what you think.
 
Save The Date - Central Otago Wine Trail
Weekend of 26/27 February
COVID is having an impact on  planning  but an itinerary and costings will be available very shortly.
Meantime, register your interest with Andy Kilsby the.kilsbys@xtra.co.nz
 
Join the Rotary Dunedin team and support the Cancer Society! Contact Ron Mackintosh - goingforward832@gmail.com
 
Event Programme Jan-Mar
The programme was emailed to all members, and can be downloaded here. Please use this to invite friends and colleagues to visit
 
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