A Snap Shot of our Club
Our Club belongs to Rotary District 9780 and is now based in Waurn Ponds, a suburb of Geelong.
Our General Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month from 10.00 am to 12 noon at the Waurn Ponds Hotel, 1154 Princes Highway, Waurn Ponds and are usually followed by lunch at the same venue.
Management Committee meetings are normally held on the third Thursday of the month at 9.30 a.m.
Our Club endeavours to
- Provide a range of opportunities and activities for our members which will keep their minds active and expand their interests
- Promote the 3 F's of Probus which are Fellowship, Friendship and Fun
- Provide a caring and supportive climate for all members at all times.
- Be always mindful of the needs of members by constantly seeking input and feedback from them.
- Be proactive in establishing strategies and practices that are aimed at ensuring the safety and well being of members during all approved Probus Club activities and functions. (See our Risk Management Policy in the Important Club Documents page)
- Be proactive in maintaining membership at an optimum level.
Why Should You Join Our Club?
- We are still a relatively young Club having been launched in November 2006.
- We schedule a very wide range of Interest Groups or Activities (see below).
- We are successfully meeting our objectives as stated above.
- We fully endorse the sentiments expressed in this PSP Press Release. (5 April 2019)
Current Membership
81 members - 59 ladies and 22 gents. After 17 plus years of operation we still have 21 of the original 91 Foundation Members on our books.
Current Activities
- Afternoon Coffee (Coffee Lovers)once a month
- Art Exhibitions in Geelong, Bendigo and Melbourne
- Barefoot Bowling in November (an annual event)
- Bocce once a month
- Chick Flicks once a month
- Crazy Whist once a month
- Dine Out once a month
- Fifth Thursday Drive - whenever there is a fifth Thursday in the month
- Garden Club once a month with a winter recess.
- Monthly Outing once a month, sometimes twice
- Morning Coffee once a month
- Potato Shed Shows 5 or 6 times a year
- Reading once a month
- Short Break (trips) once or twice a year
- Solo Dine Out especially for single members once a month on a Sunday
- Ten Pin Bowling socially once a month. Currently we have two Probus teams playing in competition every Monday morning and two Probus teams playing competition every Friday morning.
- Walking once a week
- Zumba once a month
- Zoom sessions were run regularly during the pandemic but now are on a very occasional basis.
The Club Activities page has more detail on each of the above activities as well as activities that have run in the past.
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