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Hi All,

I am in the process of pencilling in 20 rooms at the Kidman Wayside Inn in Griffith for the Friday night. I have just sent an email to them to confirm my discussions and am waiting for them to get back to me.

I also rang the Hydro - but we have been beaten to the punch for the Saturday night by Peter Davidson - they must have a milestone reunion perhaps? So we cannot have the dinner or any accommodation there on the Saturday evening.

It occurred to me though that we could do it in reverse. Have our reunion and get together at the Hydro on the Thursday evening previous - this would then allow for a casual Friday - maybe drop by the Beach Carnival and then head over to Gtriffith for the Friday night and maybe drop in to Gala Day on the way home or get some other accommodation to stay on - that would be up to you guys then to source.

What do we think? I am assured we can get 20 rooms at the Hydro on the Thursday as well as having Dinner.

John E

So - what do you think?

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OK - so from what I have heard back so far most seeem to want to go to the Friday night in Griffith, stay overnight, head off to Gala Day, stay in Leeton for a Saturday night getogether as usual. I will have a chat with Col and John I re accom options in Griffith and will ring the Hydro - thinking I will pencil in say 20 rooms with both establishments and a dinner on the Sat night. I will let you know how I get on.

John

On 15 Mar 2021, at 9:50 pm, John Eyles via groups.io <john.eyles1@...> wrote:

?OK - so from what I have heard back so far most seeem to want to go to the Friday night in Griffith, stay overnight, head off to Gala Day, stay in Leeton for a Saturday night getogether as usual. I will have a chat with Col and John I re accom options in Griffith and will ring the Hydro - thinking I will pencil in say 20 rooms with both establishments and a dinner on the Sat night. I will let you know how I get on.

John

On 15 Mar 2021, at 10:09 pm, Graeme Folley via groups.io <graemefolley1@...> wrote:

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------ Original Message ------
From: "John Eyles" <john.eyles1@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, 15 Mar, 2021 At 9:46 PM
Subject: [YAHS64] Local get together

Hi All,

I sent out an email to the normal local group? but I see the emails going to Hotmail have all bounced. And that seems to have affected 3 so far but I see at least some of them have responded to this full group. So I wil re-send via this group so everyone will be on the same page. And if you are going to be in the area or want to come for a run please get back in touch.

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Hi All,

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I meant to get something happening a bit earlier than this but just been too busy ;0).

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So – I am thinking of a day immediately after Easter or the following week. Can you consult your diaries and get back to me as per usual. I will also put out a note on the YAHS group and FB once we settle on a day and venue. Given we have done Griffith, Ariah Park and Wagga over the past few – perhaps we again aim for Narrandera again? Anyway – open to suggestions – please get back to me so we can get something underway.

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BTW – Happy Birthday to Zac – the big 70 J on 30 March. I think there are quite a few 70’s due this year – luckily I am too young ;0)

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John E.

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------ Original Message ------
From: "John Eyles" <john.eyles1@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, 15 Mar, 2021 At 9:46 PM
Subject: [YAHS64] Local get together

Hi All,

I sent out an email to the normal local group? but I see the emails going to Hotmail have all bounced. And that seems to have affected 3 so far but I see at least some of them have responded to this full group. So I wil re-send via this group so everyone will be on the same page. And if you are going to be in the area or want to come for a run please get back in touch.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hi All,

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I meant to get something happening a bit earlier than this but just been too busy ;0).

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So – I am thinking of a day immediately after Easter or the following week. Can you consult your diaries and get back to me as per usual. I will also put out a note on the YAHS group and FB once we settle on a day and venue. Given we have done Griffith, Ariah Park and Wagga over the past few – perhaps we again aim for Narrandera again? Anyway – open to suggestions – please get back to me so we can get something underway.

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BTW – Happy Birthday to Zac – the big 70 J on 30 March. I think there are quite a few 70’s due this year – luckily I am too young ;0)

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John E.

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Hi All,

Hope this finds you all well.

Next year as you are probably aware is the 100th anniversary of the School. At our last reunion I asked whether we were interested in having another getogether then. It is just 12 months away so I thought I should put out some feelers. I can imagine that accommodation will be very tight so if we do plan on doing something you might need to book now.

Anyway - get back to me if you are interested. I would think that other than say a dinner or breakfast somewhere for us and partners outside of the Friday night activity - I doubt we would be doing too much else.

John

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Hi All,

Hope this finds you all well.

Next year as you are probably aware is the 100th anniversary of the School. At our last reunion I asked whether we were interested in having another getogether then. It is just 12 months away so I thought I should put out some feelers. I can imagine that accommodation will be very tight so if we do plan on doing something you might need to book now.

Anyway - get back to me if you are interested. I would think that other than say a dinner or breakfast somewhere for us and partners outside of the Friday night activity - I doubt we would be doing too much else.

John

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Hi All,

Thanks to those of you who have responded. I have been on to the school and discussed with them their plans and also with Graem Bollington re the OYU plans.

So - the date for Gala Day 2022 is Saturday 12th March. The day will kick off around 9am and go all day culminating in a dinner at the school. At this stage I am not aware whether it will be by invite only although my contact at the school advised me that while there would be some invites, tickets will be sold and she has taken my email address to keep me in their loop and I have promised to keep her informed of ours.

Talking with Grame Bollington - he advises me that based on the numbers at the previous milestone events they are looking at least at 600 people attending. The only venue they have that will cater for that many is the Yoogali Club in Griffith and that is where the reunion will be held on Friday 11th March. Under Covid rules as they stand up to 750 people can accommodated.

My thinking at this stage is that I would at least try for the Friday night and get accommodation in Griffith, aim to have a get together over Saturday breakfast and head out to Gala Day. If tickets were available I may stay for the dinner - it really depends on whether the school limits those tickets to invited guests or not. If we were not going to get a gurnsey there we could easily organise our own dinner again - and if that's the preferred option I need to book fairly quickly and get some accomm booked in Leeton as well.

So...please respond back to me reasonably quickly whether a) you are coming, b) do you wish me to do some block booking of accomm for 1) Fri and 2) Sat night and finally c) do you wish to have our own dinner on the Sat evening. Once I get an idea of our collective thinking I will get back to you all again.

Looking forward to some responses

John E

On 10 Mar 2021, at 10:58 pm, Alan Wetten <alwetten@...> wrote:

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I’m up for it, Jonno.?

On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 8:22 pm, John Eyles <john.eyles1@...> wrote:

Hi All,

Hope this finds you all well.

Next year as you are probably aware is the 100th anniversary of the School. At our last reunion I asked whether we were interested in having another getogether then. It is just 12 months away so I thought I should put out some feelers. I can imagine that accommodation will be very tight so if we do plan on doing something you might need to book now.

Anyway - get back to me if you are interested. I would think that other than say a dinner or breakfast somewhere for us and partners outside of the Friday night activity - I doubt we would be doing too much else.

John

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Hi All,

Thanks to those of you who have responded. I have been on to the school and discussed with them their plans and also with Graem Bollington re the OYU plans.

So - the date for Gala Day 2022 is Saturday 12th March. The day will kick off around 9am and go all day culminating in a dinner at the school. At this stage I am not aware whether it will be by invite only although my contact at the school advised me that while there would be some invites, tickets will be sold and she has taken my email address to keep me in their loop and I have promised to keep her informed of ours.

Talking with Grame Bollington - he advises me that based on the numbers at the previous milestone events they are looking at least at 600 people attending. The only venue they have that will cater for that many is the Yoogali Club in Griffith and that is where the reunion will be held on Friday 11th March. Under Covid rules as they stand up to 750 people can accommodated.

My thinking at this stage is that I would at least try for the Friday night and get accommodation in Griffith, aim to have a get together over Saturday breakfast and head out to Gala Day. If tickets were available I may stay for the dinner - it really depends on whether the school limits those tickets to invited guests or not. If we were not going to get a gurnsey there we could easily organise our own dinner again - and if that's the preferred option I need to book fairly quickly and get some accomm booked in Leeton as well.

So...please respond back to me reasonably quickly whether a) you are coming, b) do you wish me to do some block booking of accomm for 1) Fri and 2) Sat night and finally c) do you wish to have our own dinner on the Sat evening. Once I get an idea of our collective thinking I will get back to you all again.

Looking forward to some responses

John E

On 10 Mar 2021, at 6:37 pm, Mark Briggs <mdbriggs111@...> wrote:

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Hi John and everyone,

We are go for this.

Please book us in for Friday (Griffith), Gala Day Saturday and accommodation that night (Leeton). Perhaps the Hydro again for another great party?

Cheers,

Mark & Debbie Briggs

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From: John Eyles
Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2021 3:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [YAHS64] Gala Day 2022 and Centenary celebrations

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Hi All,

Thanks to those of you who have responded. I have been on to the school and discussed with them their plans and also with Graem Bollington re the OYU plans.

So - the date for Gala Day 2022 is Saturday 12th March. The day will kick off around 9am and go all day culminating in a dinner at the school. At this stage I am not aware whether it will be by invite only although my contact at the school advised me that while there would be some invites, tickets will be sold and she has taken my email address to keep me in their loop and I have promised to keep her informed of ours.

Talking with Grame Bollington - he advises me that based on the numbers at the previous milestone events they are looking at least at 600 people attending. The only venue they have that will cater for that many is the Yoogali Club in Griffith and that is where the reunion will be held on Friday 11th March. Under Covid rules as they stand up to 750 people can accommodated.

My thinking at this stage is that I would at least try for the Friday night and get accommodation in Griffith, aim to have a get together over Saturday breakfast and head out to Gala Day. If tickets were available I may stay for the dinner - it really depends on whether the school limits those tickets to invited guests or not. If we were not going to get a gurnsey there we could easily organise our own dinner again - and if that's the preferred option I need to book fairly quickly and get some accomm booked in Leeton as well.

So...please respond back to me reasonably quickly whether a) you are coming, b) do you wish me to do some block booking of accomm for 1) Fri and 2) Sat night and finally c) do you wish to have our own dinner on the Sat evening. Once I get an idea of our collective thinking I will get back to you all again.

Looking forward to some responses

John E

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Hi All,

Thanks to those of you who have responded. I have been on to the school and discussed with them their plans and also with Graem Bollington re the OYU plans.

So - the date for Gala Day 2022 is Saturday 12th March. The day will kick off around 9am and go all day culminating in a dinner at the school. At this stage I am not aware whether it will be by invite only although my contact at the school advised me that while there would be some invites, tickets will be sold and she has taken my email address to keep me in their loop and I have promised to keep her informed of ours.

Talking with Grame Bollington - he advises me that based on the numbers at the previous milestone events they are looking at least at 600 people attending. The only venue they have that will cater for that many is the Yoogali Club in Griffith and that is where the reunion will be held on Friday 11th March. Under Covid rules as they stand up to 750 people can accommodated.

My thinking at this stage is that I would at least try for the Friday night and get accommodation in Griffith, aim to have a get together over Saturday breakfast and head out to Gala Day. If tickets were available I may stay for the dinner - it really depends on whether the school limits those tickets to invited guests or not. If we were not going to get a gurnsey there we could easily organise our own dinner again - and if that's the preferred option I need to book fairly quickly and get some accomm booked in Leeton as well.

So...please respond back to me reasonably quickly whether a) you are coming, b) do you wish me to do some block booking of accomm for 1) Fri and 2) Sat night and finally c) do you wish to have our own dinner on the Sat evening. Once I get an idea of our collective thinking I will get back to you all again.

Looking forward to some responses

John E