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Presidents                                        Bowling  Club.  This  should  once  again  be
                                                                an  enjoyable  weekend  with  the  highlight
                                                                being  our  Secret  Santa  event.  There  will
                   Report                                       also be a ride organised for the Saturday in



    Winter has finally arrived with a cold blast                the local area around North Haven.
                                                                Our Branch social meeting will be held on
    of Antarctic weather hitting the region over                Saturday  11   June  at  Wallsend  Diggers
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    the  last  week  bringing  strong  winds  and               Sports Club. Come along and join us for a

    some sprinkling of snow to the Barrington                   bistro meal and social meeting starting at 6
    Tops.  The  real  downside  to  this  year’s                PM, catch up with old friends and enjoy the
    weather  has  been  the  effects  on  our  roads            social side of the Ulysses Club.
    with  local  Councils  and  road  maintenance               An  item  to  put  in  your  diary  is  our
    workers  unable  to  keep  up  with  the                    Bunnings  BBQ  fundraiser  to  be  held  at
    deteriorating road conditions. I attended our               Wallsend  Bunnings  on  the  3   September
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    mid-week ride to Ettalong this month, all be                2022, the day before Father’s Day. This is a
    it in a tin top, and I was amazed at the bad                big day and does require a lot work on the
    state  of  many  of  the  secondary  roads  that            day with people required to man the BBQ
    we  used  on  the  day.  In  a  few  areas  we              from  8  AM  through  to  5  PM.  We  are
    virtually  had  to  nearly  stop  to  negotiate             putting  together  a  roster  that  will  be
    through  some  of  the  potholed  sections.                 available at our social meeting on Saturday
    Unfortunately, it will most likely be many                  and if you could spare a few hours of time

    months, if not years, before the condition of               on that day we would appreciate your help.
    these  roads  will  be  bought  up  to  a                   All funds from this day will be donated to
    reasonable standard.                                        UCARF,  which  is  the  Ulysses  Club’s
    During  the  month  we  held  another                       preferred  charity  which  provides  100%  of
    successful  BBQ at  Brisans  Motorcycles, it                money  raised  to  arthritis  research,  a  truly

    is very hard to predict how these days will                 worthy course, which impacts on all of us.
    go as you are at the mercy of the weather,                  Let us all hope for some sunny days so we
    and on the day, there was wind and rain to                  can all get out there and enjoy the rides.
    contend  with.  To  our  surprise  we  had  to              Keep healthy and safe.   Mike            Abberfield
    chase extra sausages and bread to meet the                  #8158
    demand.  Many  thanks  to  those  hard-
    working members who regularly turn up to
    help on these days.

    Plans are well under way for our Christmas
    in July weekend at North Haven, to date we
    have  had  about  30  members  confirm  that
    they  are  attending  and  the  committee  has                             Happy birthday to-
    decided that the cut-off date to book will be
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    17   June  2022.  If  you  have  not  already
    booked your intention to the secretary, and                   Louise Goodwin
    you intend to join us, please advise John as
    soon as you can. I have been in contact with
    the  Port  Macquarie  and  Mid  North  Coast                  No Wedding
    Branch and they will be joining us for the                    Anniversaries this month
    Saturday evening dinner at the North haven

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