More than just a course
The iconic Morisset Country Club, the golf and bowling clubs are now lost to it's members and the Morisset and Lakeside communities.
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Sadly a property gifted to our community for sport and recreation in 1964 somehow ended up in private ownership in the late 80s.
The ladies golf section at this time of year would normally be donating a huge amount of food and gifts to our various church groups and other charitable organisations for distribution to the less fortunate.
We were definitely not an elite group, just a happy mix of ladies enjoying our chosen sport. Twenty-three of our lady members were 80 years-plus.
Tuesday golf provided their sport and a social outlet for them every week.
Our incredible ladies along with the amazing sponsorship of our then club Professional David Stretton have raised approximately $70,000 for breast cancer groups. Money has also been raised for prostate cancer research and a smaller group of our ladies have donated to various local and Central Coast charities. Money was also raised and donated for course improvements.
Wyong, Toronto, Toukley, Kooindah Waters and Waratah golf clubs have benefited with our golfers making their choice of which these club to join. Sadly some of our older members have declined to join any other golf clubs and have given the game away.
I personally am devastated to see the current dreadful state of decline in what was probably one of the best golf courses on the Central Coast and the gateway to Morisset.
Ellen Rae o.a.m, member and volunteer for 51 years, Morisset
Also read: Letters to the Editor, December 12
Gift hope at Christmas
The challenge of financial hardship and social isolation at Christmas is more complex and challenging this year as The Salvation Army responds to the poverty in our cities as well as the devastating impact of a rolling bushfire crisis and the relentless grip the worst drought in living memory has on rural and regional Australia.
Christmas is the busiest time of the year for The Salvation Army. We distribute half a million gifts and toys, assist 300,000 people and serve more than 100,000 meals. We'll also be active in evacuation centres in fire-affected areas, and in distributing drought relief and Christmas-Cheer in rural and regional areas affected by drought.
It is our privilege to bring joy and hope at this time of year to families and individuals experiencing hardship and despair. But we can only do it with the help of generous Australians who support us, to support others.
So, this Christmas, let's remember those doing it tough. By donating just $29 to The Salvation Army's Christmas Appeal, you can help put a present under the tree and food on the table, bringing hope where it's needed most for someone in need of a hand up. For more visit salvationamry.org.au or call 13 72 58.
Lieut. Colonel Neil Venables, The Salvation Army
Also read: Letters to the Editor, December 5
Is Santa coming to town
Will Santa come into Secret Bay? That is the question.
After reading Santa's schedule for his lake visit, I hope that in between leaving the F wharf at Rathmines and heading for Wangi Workers Club he can detour into Secret Bay (Fishing Point, Balmoral, Buttabah and Arcadia Vale) for the children and adults alike who look forward to his visit.
The reason for this letter is up until the last couple of years Santa had come into Secret Bay for his helpers to distribute bags of lollies to children who ran onto jetties to see him, but the last few years he has gone straight from the point at Fishing Point to Wangi, disappointing anybody waiting to see Santa.
Neville Timmins, Fishing Point
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