SOCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT Mrs. Kim Archer
Social Committee: Garth Mitchell, Kane Thorburn & Col Turnell Leading up to 2021, the Centenary year for the Association was extremely busy as we prepared for a full social calendar to celebrate 100 years of CBDRLRA. Intense planning for our Gala Centenary Dinner, venue, invitations, menus, accommodation packages, photographer, entertainment, room styling, and gifts was all very time consuming and of course with the pandemic the worry if the function could proceed at all! I appreciated the support of my fellow Centenary Social Committee of Kane Thorburn and Adam Gee who were allotted various tasks. It would be remiss if I didn’t mention our President, my husband Paul who also worked long hours to contribute to the smooth organisation and conduct of the function. The Gala Dinner was able to go ahead with numbers limited to 180 due to Covid restrictions and unfortunately no dancing was allowed. Several special guests were in attendance including members of the Board of both the Canterbury League (major sponsor) and Bulldogs Football Club and Junior Bulldogs, representatives from NSWRL, NSWRLRA, affiliated associations and NRL referees. A special mention to our sponsors who attended, Steve & Sara Dib (Soneta), Geoff & Micheline Dib (DeVel), Bruce & Lyn Pawley (Bankstown RSL) and Buddy & Nancy Semrani (Cleanrite). The venue was the subject to much discussion prior to the event but I’m sure that I can speak from all who attended we could not have selected a more perfect location, pre-dinner drinks in the Rose Garden followed by the formal dinner in The Big Barn at the William Inglis Hotel, the venue was why we selected January for the dinner to make the most of the gardens. Following the dinner, drinks were in the Garden Pavilion, which was most enjoyable in particular to those dozen people who saw the commencement of trackwork at 3am, including our President (who hasn’t had a red since!).
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CBDRLRA Inc. 100th Annual Report & Financial Statement – Season 2021
