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Hi All, Hope this finds you all well. In case you are unaware – here is the text from the YAHS Old Yanconians Network on FB. If you haven’t contacted them with your details and you wish to still receive the Echo then please contact Graeme Bollington. The Yanco Echo is going digital and our first edition is hitting inboxes very soon. Are you signed up? Email the following to Graham (The President of the old Yanconians Union) at bollo@... Name: Email address: Mobile [preferably]: Years at School: If you have friends who might be interested? We want them on the list too, so send them this post (or add them to the group, always encouraged!) John

Hi All, Coll contacted me suggesting he could organise a venue for a partners dinner on Friday night in lieu of attending the main event at the Yoogali Club. So - what do people think? Let me know and we can put it in train. John

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

Yes Mark as Graeme points out – partners are welcome for the Friday night and of course very welcome on Thursday night. John

Hi All, Tickets now available for the OYU reunion Dinner. Please go here to purchase https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/old-yanconians-union-reunion-dinner-for-school-centenary-2022-tickets-148721535115?fbclid=IwAR1dlVBegBKvcNkozypypCOjFiCEoaVZZGPTRRP0BTfwCbIbA-l27qJq0N4 John

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?

Hi John. I am booked in Thursday night Hydro and Friday at Kidman. Lyn and I will be attending Dinner Thursday night. Regards Graeme

Hi All, April 15th - Thursday - 10 ish at (I think) the Red Door coffee shop on western side of main street in Narrandera opposite Robertsons. We can then make a decison on lunch from there I have sent out to the locals individually but note others may want to come over as well. John E

Hi All, Again - beaten to the punch. I have pencilled the last remaining 5 rooms for the Thursday night (10/3/22) at the Hydro - yep, they have been inundated with bookings since I last spoke to them last week. I have also indicated to them that we will be looking for dinner for at least 30 on that evening and will confirm a little further down the track. I have also secured a further 14 rooms (pencilled in) at the Motel Riverina - giving us a total of 19 rooms under YAHS 1964-1969. I personally have booked a twin room at the Hydro as well as at the Kidman - hence the 19 and not 20 If you are going and need accommodation I very strongly suggest that you ring either the Hydro on 6953455 or the Motel Riverina on 69532955 as soon as you can to secure one of the pencilled in rooms. Once you do that - please get back to me with an indication of numbers for the Thursday night Dinner so I can start locking that in as well. This is clearly going to be a big week :0). I will post here any further updates I see from the OYU. John For those not on Facebook - below is what the OYU posted earlier today. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2022 Centenary Reunion: We are expecting a large number of Old Yanconians to make the trip back for the school's centenary in March 2022. The OYU has decided to move the reunion dinner to the Yoogali Club (Griffith) on Friday evening, 11th March 2022. The Yoogali Club can currently (under covid restrictions) seat about 750 people. Bookings must be made online, through Eventbrite, and paid for in advance of attendance. It is highly unlikely that any ticket sales will be possible at the door as firm catering numbers will be required in advance of the function. The cost will be $60 and a small booking fee will apply. Arrangements with Eventbrite will go live online in another month or so. If you are planning to travel by yourself, you may like to consider arranging Friday night accommodation in Griffith. If you are attending as part of a class reunion group which is staying in Leeton, you might consider car-pooling with your group. Recent advice from the school suggests the following activities are being planned for the centenary: Thursday 10/3/22 afternoon/evening - Art Show opening at YAHS Friday 11/3/22 - Annual Beach Carnival, probably 9am to 3pm at Middle Beach near the school. Friday evening - Old Yanconians' reunion - Yoogali Club, 11/3/22 Griffith Saturday 12/3/22 - Gala day Saturday evening - Fireworks over the school lake Saturday evening - By invitation only, centenary dinner at YAHS (no further details available) The OYU will update further arrangements for the reunion and school plans for the centenary on this page, as they come to hand.

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

That’s sounds pretty good John. Count us in, thanks Dave & Leonie

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

Hi All, See below from Bill Barwick. Looking for contributions to the Centenary book and seeing as how we are in that mode at the moment you might like to add a little bit J. You can return the form to Bill direct at William H. Barwick <whbarwick@...> Either use the dot points to make a short story or use none of them and write your own. John

Hi All, Got a phonecall from Col Semmler today to let me know that Chris is back in hospital for an extended stay down in Melbourne. I am sure you will join me in wishing him well for a speedy recovery. Also he tells me that Nona Dart (wife of Ray and mother of Elizabeth and Brendan) has passed away at 94. All the best - John

Hi All, Absolutely miserable day here so I have used it to do some photo correcting and have added them to albums in the photos section. Have a look /g/YAHS64/photos and compare what I have with your own collections and see if there are any I don't have. If you do, can you please scan them at the highest resolution you can (600 DPI is good) and save them as TIF files. That way I can correct them. Or alternatively send them to me and I will do it...or somewhere like Officeworks would do them as well. All in all it is a good collection from our time there. I have also added a couple from our last get together. Hope this finds you all staying away from the virus and in good health. John

Sorry if you get this twice – I have a plan to fix that J - watch this space. So – update for Friday Riverina getogether – we are still on for both coffee and lunch with both being confirmed today. For the Wagga locals – say my place at 8.45am? Don – we can pick you up on the way through if you like. Otherwise – looking forward to catching up. John E

Hi All, So far the following people have confirmed for the 17th July in Ariah Park. John Eyles Chris Davey John Irwin Geoff Fox Doug Williams Neil Crawford Kel Furner Dave Sanderson Col Semmler Cpl Smeeth Pete Fraser Don Dyce Angus Cox John Catterson Grahame Morris Apologies from Dave Stott, Bill Moncrieff if the Qld border opens and Russ sends his regards to everyone. Now have I missed anyone or are there any late starters as I want to ring the booking through tomorrow. Good thing we aren’t having it right at the moment as it is bloody cold down here (well for us anyway J ) John

Hi All, Sad news from Dave Sanderson that Mick Tynan has passed away - apparently from kidney failure at 94. Damn good innings I think. I often think of him when I am playing in the shed on some wood project or other and now often regret not paying more attention. :0) . Not sure where he lived but guess others will. RIP Mick John E

Hi All, Unfortunately the week beginning the 6th July doesn't suit Chris, our host, but it looks like Friday 17th does. For the people heading off to Qld and can't make this one we will have another one prior to Christmas with the venue tba - probably time to head back over to Griffith maybe. Chris tells me that the Ariah Park pub has been done up quite nicely and Jacquie and Paul have really turned the place around and are a wonderful asset to the town. So if you are looking for accommodation, please try them - you can contact them on 69741182 or 04258741182. have a look here for further details. Chris also tells me the cafe (on the same side of the main street as the Pub) does coffee so the early birds can meet up there and then we can head off to said pub for lunch. So let's say 10am for the early birds and 1pm for lunch. Please bring your best memories so we can further pick brains. :0). Thanks Chris. So we can book ahead for lunch and cafe coffee can you please confirm with me for numbers....perhaps by say Wednesday next week - 24th Look forward to hearing from you all. John

Hi All - again, hope this finds you well and that Chris Davis and Dave Stott are all improving. They're the only ones I am aware of that have been on the sick list recently. I have sent out an email to see if our Riverina locals wanted to get together somewhere around the 7th July and probably in Ariah Park. When I have a date and confirmation of venue I will put out another email in case any of you outside the area want to come across. These get togethers are always a good fun day out. Secondly, a bit of a heads up and a question for you all. As you may be aware, I have been on Col Semmler's back since 2014 to get him to write up some memoirs as his memory seems to be somewhat better than many - LOL. The Covid shutdown gave him the impetus and he has been very diligent...some might say that Messrs Bladwell and Thompson would have been proud of him :0). Suffice to say that sometime between now and our next reunion in 2022 we should have something for you to read. I anticipate the end product will be a collective effort and if you are interested in contributing your memories let me know as they too can be added in. So start winding back your memories 50 something years back and jot down some of your memorable moments. Things that come to mind are your 1st year experiences, the streaking craze, out bush adventures, seances, dances, gala days, dorm raids, dining room raids, Muck up day etc. List could be endless. I have quite a few photos as well. I do not envisage a published tome but more something to be printed and bound and left for you to reminisce and perhaps left with your descendants to read. And finally, some questions - in 1968 who was the Mutch Dorm 8 prefect? We are pretty sure Howard Briggs was Dorm 7 and Mad Dog Davidson may have also had one of the three dagging holes out the back. And speaking of those two dorms - where was everyone else as those two dorms would have housed a max of 20-24 and according to the 1968 class photo there were 42 of us so if you include Ken, Bill Sheridan, Phil Young and Bruce Adams who were Prefects that year that still leaves at least another dorm's worth somewhere. So, if you can remember, can you let me know what Dorm you were in that year and the prefect. John