Bingo on Permanent Suspension

At present we have placed Saturday Night Bingo on permanent suspension.

We do not know if it will return early next year, but at present we have no plans to bring it back.

October School Hoidlay Program – Circus Skills

Here is another video of the kids taking part in the Circus skills workshop run during the school holidays.

They were able to learn Juggling, Plate Spinning, Unicycling, walking on stilts, the diablo, devil sticks, hoolahoops and other circus skills.

All the kids had a lot of fun.  Many of them were interested in buying some of their own circus equipment.  The place to purchase in Australia is this on-line store:

Circus Shop WA

You can get anything from Unicycles to dangerous knives to juggle.  🙂

We are looking forward to the January School holidays when we are having another Circus Skills workshop for the kids to learn the same sort of skills.

October School Holiday Program – Climbing Wall

In October we ran a School Holiday program which included Circus Skills, Painting T-Shirts, Air Rifles and a climbing wall.

This is a video we shot on the day of our good amigo Fernando climbing the wall.  He’s using the most difficult climb [which consisted of only the yellow grips].

The kids absolutely loved the climbing wall as well as the other activities we had with them.  The food was raved about by the kids, especially the roast lunch that was cooked by our own Manager First Class Constable Kay Turner.

Holiday Program Success

Gosnells PCYC recently held a Holiday Program for the elder siblings of our Tiny Tots Gymnastics.The participants had lots of fun playing Indoor Hockey, Dodgeball, making things from cardboard boxes, computer games, painting plaster dinosaurs and painting.

Our thanks go out to all those who hlped on the day, especially the parents, Jodie, Anne and Erica.

Due to its success, we are hoping to run a holiday program in the October school holidays.

AGM Photos

Gosnells PCYC had it’s Annual General meeting at the end of April.

During the year the Club has proven itself in its crime prevention focus, as well as providing quality programs for the local community.  Financially it is sound and has improved on its financial position since last year.

Left to Right: Sgt. Gerard O’Meara, S/C Chas Cassey – Manager, David Stevenson – Assistant Manager, Con. 1st Class Kay Turner, Inspector Sharon Leonhardt.

 

Left to Right: Vivienne Byng – Office, Gayle Ledingham – Canteen, S/C Chas Cassey – Manager, Sue Eatwell – Volunteer, Cheryl Hayes – Manager of Bingo

Left to Right: Mayor Pat Morris, Sue Eatwell – Volunteer, President Frank Fretz

Left to Right: President Frank Fretz, Christine Donaghy – Girl Volunteer of the Year, Gosnells City Mayor Pat Morris, Aiden Donaghy – Boy Volunteer of the Year, S/C Chas Cassey – Gosnells PCYC Manager, Inspector Sharon Leonhardt

Mothers Day Raffle Results

Winners of the Mothers Day Raffle in May were in order:

1. Sunny Cazalet
2. Jacqui
3. Chloe
4. Wendy
5. Haylee
6. Bonnie Beattie
7. Sgt. O’Meara
8. Lisa
9. Adie Warrilow
10. C. Tilbury

Congratulations all our winners.  Hope you all enjoy your Neutrimetics and/or facials.

Judo Results 12th of May, 2007

At the most recent Judo competition on he 12th of May at the Ocean Reef Leisure Centre, hosted by Kano Judo Club, the Gosnells PCYC Judo Club once again had a successful day.  Both competitors from Gosnells succeeded in getting a medal competing in the same divsion.

One of the Gosnells PCYC coahces Gerhard Weaver took the gold medal in the mens under 81kg division, fighting in a division higher than he weighed in at.  Tim Freeman did exceptionally well taking the bronze medal in the same divsion after fighting competitors considerably more experienced than himself losing only to one of his coaches and a first dan blackbelt.

Both players will continue to train and hopefully have further success in whatever challenges are undertaken next.

Mothers Day Raffle

We’re currently running a Mothers Day Raffle.
The prizes have been kindly donated by Dawn Blackmore and consist of a Nutrimetics Hamper full of goodies as first prize and ten consolation prizes consisting of facials.

So, if you want to contact Dawn for any Nutrimetics Goodies then by all means call her on 08-9490-8506 or 0407-991-493.

I wish all ticket holders the best in the draw.

For those who have not got their tickets yet, they are available from Gayle in the canteen, and cost only $1 a ticket.

Judo State Championships 2007

At the recent 2007 Judo State Championships held on the 24th of March at the UWA Claremont Campus, Gosnells PCYC Judo Club proved itself as a particularly strong Judo club having a successful days fighting.  All competitors fought well in one of the most demanding competitions of the year.  Gosnells PCYC Judo Club bought home a number of medals, placing in every division entered.

In the young mens under eighty one kilogram division, Robbie Jordan took out second place fighting early in the day.  He then went on to acheive a third placing in the mens under eighty one kilogram division.

One of the Gosnells PCYC coaches, Gerhard Weaver remains undefeated this year, taking out the first placing in the mensunder seventy three kiogram division.

Alicia Berner had an excellent day winning both the womens over seventy eight kilogram division and womens open weight division.

The absence of the mens open weight division meant that our male entrants were not given  another opportunity to compete on the day.

All our fighters are continuing to train hard with targets set a little higher.  All of those qualifying will consider travelling to Adelaide in June for the 2007 Judo National Championships.

On Behalf of the Staff and Members of Gosnells PCYC, I’d like to extend our congratulations to Alicia, Robbie and Gerhard on their great results, and wish them all the best in the National Championships coming up in June.

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If you are over thirteen years of age and would like to train in Judo, then head down to the PCYC on Tuesday nights at 6PM.  Gerhard and the team train in the Gymnastics Hall.   The cost is $7 per session, with a $20 membership fee which covers you for the calendar year [renewable on the 1st of January each year].

We’d love to see you down here.

Up Coming Unlimited Potential Programs

What are the Unlimted Potential Programs?

The Unlimited Potential Programs are FREE basic computer courses aimed to promote computer literacy in the community. The courses are open to anyone, especially people who have never used a computer before. The courses are run in conjunction with The Smith Family, Microsoft and Community based partners [such as Gosnells PCYC]. The courses run for six weeks and will cover basic computer use, basic Microsoft Word, basic Microsoft Powerpoint, and basic internet use.

We also run some computer courses that we charge for.

The upcoming FREE courses are available starting on the following dates:

DAY	DATE	TIME
Tuesday	10th of April	2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday	11th of April	2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday	11th of April	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Thursday	12th of April	2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Friday	13th of April	2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Friday	13th of April	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Monday	16th of April	2:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Bookings essential. Classes will only run if there are six or more participants.

Phone: (08) 9459 – 1168 during Office hours [8:00 AM to 4:00 PM]
Course held at Gosnells Police and Community Youth Centre, Corner of Lower Park Road and Alloa Street Maddington.

Please have an idea as to which course date you’d like to attend before phoning, and try to have a second option in case that date is booked up.

Please leave your name and contact details with the office staff in case a course is cancelled due to lack of participants.