Christmas Cheer

Jean heads over a little problem at Mt Piddington. [Photo courtesy J Mycroft]

David at the start of an interesting crack. [Photo courtesy J Mycroft]

A big thank you to everyone who came along to the Christmas climb and dinner over the past weekend. Despite the heat, a great day climbing was had by all at Mt Piddington with everyone managing some good climbs, and many increasing their skill level trying something new! The sun was out in full force and by lunchtime the cliffs were in full sunlight which made the conditions quite tricky, but it didn’t halt the climbing and everyone had a very enjoyable day.

We then headed back to Jean’s house in Hartley Vale for a very welcome shower and a wonderful Christmas dinner and evening socializing. Here we were able to catch up with friends and family, and meet some new club members over great food and drinks. A good time was had by all.

Wonderful table decorations straight from the yard. [Photo courtesy J Mycroft]

Fairy lights, tarps and tables give everything a lovely look. [Photo courtesy J Mycroft]

A huge thank you needs to go to Jean for allowing us to camp in her yard and use her showers as well as providing tables, chairs, tarps, eating equipment and everything else for making this night go ahead so well. Another massive thank you to Kathy, our chef for the evening, for the amazing food (which disappeared surprisingly quickly!) and everyone else who supplied tables, tarps, eskies and other useful items. Finally a big thank you to everyone who helped with set up and clean up – it was much appreciated.

May you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and we look forward to seeing you in 2018!!

New Committee

Thank you to everyone who came to or provided a proxy for the SRC AGM. For those of you who could not attend the results were:

1. President – Andrew Lishmund

2. Vice President – Andrew Stevenson

3. Treasurer – Elly Short

4. Club Secretary – Mark Holmes

5. Membership Secretary – Nestor Woodhart

6. Access Officer – Jean Cane

7. Business Manager – Kyong Choe

8. Social Secretary – Martin Bucknall

9. Thrutch Editor – Andrew Lishmund

10. IT Officer – Matt Short

11. Librarian – Kyong Choe

SRC Committee 2017

Also thank you for everyone who ran a trip last year. As you know club members who run a trip go into a prize draw to win 1 of 5 $100 Mountain Equipment vouchers, the winners this year were:

1. Andrew Lishmund

2. Andrew Stevenson

3. Hugh Ward

4. Jean Cane

It has been an honour to lead the club over the past 2 years and I have been glad for all the support I have received from the committee and other members during my time as President. I am happy to now pass leadership of the Club on to Andrew L who I am sure will do a great job.

Social climbs go from strength to strength

Our president, Matt, gets to grips with a new bouldering problem. [Photo courtesy A Lishmund]

The T-shirts were out in force on Monday at St Leonards’ for the social climb. If you haven’t got one already – they are disappearing fast so get in touch with us to get your own!

Liam gets stuck into a crack. [Photo courtesy A Lishmund]

We had eight members and one new non-member come along on Monday night where we managed to get a heap of climbing in in a short evening there. More than half the members there were in the club t-shirts making it very easy to locate who was around. It was a great evening all round with plenty of climbing and new partners met. The $15 burgers at Gilroy’s after was an added bonus. Thanks to everyone for coming along!

Martin reaches for the top. [Photo courtesy A Lishmund]

Andrew gets started on a new climb with Martin belaying. [Photo courtesy A Lishmund]