First up we enjoyed drinks and dinner at the adjacent Newmarket Hotel, our old meeting venue.  We then adjourned upstairs to the Ten Pin Superbowl to be fitted out with shoes and balls.

Then followed the fun, with a broad mix of atrocious bowls bouncing and landing in the gutter within seconds, to sheer brilliant deliveries and strikes.   Julie even did her best to follow her ball down the alley!  We were lucky to have our own cheer squad of supporters!

In all a great night.

Since our last meeting ...

We recently made several donations to local deserving causes:

1.  The Deli Women and Children's Centre.  We received a lovely note of thanks from Leila, the General Manager:

A big thank you to you and everyone at the Rotary Club of Botany Randwick for your incredibly generous $2,000 donation. We truly appreciate your support—it means so much to all of us here at The Deli.

As discussed with Jennifer, your donation will go directly toward running our Managing Angry Adolescents Differently (MAAD) Parenting Group this August. It’s a powerful program that supports mums who’ve experienced domestic and family violence to reconnect with their teens and build more peaceful, respectful relationships at home.

2.  Sydney Children's Hospital School.  Past President Christine attended a recent school assembly to present our donation, who reported:

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