Coming Events
District 9685 Conference
21st -22nd March 2025
at PENRITH
Fabulous Speakers and experiences
"Balgowlah Rotary Club 50 years Celebration " Wednesday June 19th.
Congratulation to all of the Balgowlah Rotary Club members and supporters who have made the club such a success in helping our community both locally and internationally for the past 50 years and many more to come. A special mention to our awardees:
John O'Brien - PHF Sapphire Alois Lechner - Aust. Rotary Health Gold Companion Warwick Waddell - President's Award
Charter Member John Havilah and 50th president Dr Di Hart OAM cutting the 50th cake.
"Cars'n Clues Road Rally" Sunday 23rd June
Starting & Ending next to BMX track Terrey Hills
Thank you to all of the participants who ignored the terrible weather conditions on the Saturday and came along for the unique opportunity to hunt down answers to clues around the Northern Beaches.
The Car Rally winners were:
1st Team - William Siomiak 2nd Team - Nina Griffiths Limerick - Rebecca Thomas
Guessing Competition (118)
Adult - Chiaki van Brugge Children - Finn & Will Jaques
"Charity Golf Day & Dinner " Friday April 5th.
Thank you to all of our sponsors and donors who helped make our event a roaring success, despite having to cancel the golf day due to heavy rain.
Thank you to Kerry Gwynne from Dalwood Spilstead Sarah Grattan from Lifeline NB for speaking about their work and how the Rotary Club of Balgowlah helps them through our projects.
There was lively bidding for the live and silent auctions, generous purchasing of raffle tickets and calculated guesses for the the golf balls in the jar to raise funds for our projects.
"Cluster Dinner" Tuesday 5th March
at Manly Leagues Club
Welcoming members and guests from Rotary Clubs in the northern Beaches with guest speaker
Martin Thomas AM
with John Campbell DGN and Balgowlah Rotary President Roger Gray
replacing Tony Irwin due to illness
"Should the future of Electricity supply in Australia include nuclear power?"
A very informative talk dispelling many of the mis information of nuclear power.
"It's in the Bag"
Nearly 90 bags packed and delivered to Share the Dignity for women and children fleeing domestic violence especially during the festive season.
The bags of essential items and a few luxuries would be a welcome gift to the women and children in need of support.
What a wonderful achievement and a huge thank you to all donors and members who helped to make this happen.
"Christmas Dinner 2023"
at Wine Room, Balgowlah RSL
A fun night for members and guests to finish a very busy year of activities including weekly meal deliveries for One Meal Northern Beaches, various fundraising events, district conference and other supportive roles.
The members donated gifts on the night for the families in need at Dalwood Spilstead. Kerry Gwynne the service manager gave us an update on the needs at Dalwood Spilstead then accepted the gifts on behalf of the recipients.
Awards Night
2nd May 2023
Balgowlah Rotary Club recognised the outstanding contribution to our community of 13 recipients in the categories of
- Youth
- Apprentice
- Small Business
- Community Service
- Pride of Workmanship
A special event at Wakehurst Golf Club
Congratulations to the Awardees
"Turkey & Syria Earthquake Appeal" at Stocklands Balgowlah
25-26th March 2023
Balgowlah Rotary members raised funds for the people devastated by the Earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria where ongoing support is needed.
The funds went directly to ShelterBox who provide emergency shelter tents, kits and solar lights to communities to help rebuild their lives.
Guest Speaker Gabriel Radzyminski from Sandon Capital
7th March 2023
Thank you to Gabriel for enlightening us on how Activist Funds Management works and how Sandon Capital seeks out companies on the Australian share market that need improvement.
Wonderful to be able to socialise with a club dinner again.
"Fun Day" at Flower Power Terrey Hills
12th March 2023
Balgowlah Rotary members helped out by serving sausages and drinks.
Customers queued continually during the day and kindly gave a donation as a thank you.
All funds raised go to the Community Projects we support locally & internationally including our Youth Projects
Having Fun
Summer Picnic
16th January 2022
Balgowlah Rotary new year began with a get together at Clontarf Reserve. It was great to catch up and share our news, despite the rain & Omicron. Great banter among the members, and a possible new one.
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Recycle for Rotary
Our hard working Rotarians at Balgowlah have collected over 25,000 bottles and cans since November and the teams are still working hard to keep up with the demand.
We are now helping Warringah Rats Rugby to recycle during there home matches.
Speakers at Zoom Meetings
National Youth
Science Forum
Lara Heesom from Mackellar Girls Campus gave a wonderful talk about her experience at the NYSF in Canberra in January.
Kerry Gwynne
Dalwood Spilstead
Kerry Gwynne spoke about Dalwood/Spilstead Early Childhood Intervention Centre.
In 1928 Dalwood donated the property to the fund placing it in trust to be utilised only for children’s services.
Birds at North Head
Our November guest speaker was Matthew Taylor from Bush Heritage Australia. He is the President of the North Head Sanctuary Foundation.
Talk about StreetWork
April 2022
Sonya Mears from StreetWork Australia gave our members insight into the plight of vulnerable youths in our area.
StreetWork is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation that focuses on prevention and early intervention strategies for ‘at risk’ youth (aged 12- 18 years).
Youth Night
Balgowlah Rotary Club sponsored 3 year 10 girls from Mackellar Girls Campus to attended RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program Enrichment) Camp via Zoom.
The girls spoke on their experience, achievement and the value of the camp.
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