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1 June 2006 -
Regular Meals Menu Announced
And you get a chance to try meals for the first time tomorrow
night from 6.00pm. Download a copy of
the menu and check it it out!
30 May 2006 -
Programme for the opening weekend
Taking last minute preparations to a new level....!
Download a copy now
29 May
2006 - Front lawn installed
Final pavers being laid, gas cylinder installed a sensible distance
from the clubrooms and the carpet and vinyl is being laid.
23 May
2006 - That Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine,
Malcolm Catt, has flown over Ravendale and obtained a very
nice aerial photo for us :)
16 May
2006 - Air conditioning installed
Ducted air conditioning right through the top floor, the bottom
floor has a very well insulated ceiling built in!
31 December
1980
 Is
this where it all started? A germ of an idea at a fancy dress
party at the Wangary Hall over 25 years ago? Who knows?
Ah, destiny! You can always ask him, he will be there on
Saturday night......
10 May
2006 - Front lawn installed
No time to wait for the grass to grow, in goes the instant lawn out
the front
9 May
2006 - Ceiling frames installed
Ceiling frames installed, starting to get an idea of the size of the
main funtion area now.
T4 May
2006 - Beer system goes in
The boys from Fosters came over and installed the high tech beer
system which is very important for nice cold beer!
3 May
2006 - Tilers at Work
Tiling throughout the building is nearing completion.
Check out the photos.
2 May
2006 - Paving & plumbing
Paving and plumbing well advanced and some very nice kitchen
appliances installed.
22
April 2006 - Rotary Conference Fundraiser
Now because we are gluttons for punishment we rolled up again at
the Rotary conference and served a couple of thousand serves of food
and washed about a million dishes and still managed to knock off by
midnight.
10 April 2006
- Tradesmen Aplenty
There is all sorts of stuff going on now, the tiles are going
down upstairs, lots of painting and gyprocking, the staircase
concreting is complete and its all systems go!
6 April 2006
- And In Go The Big Windows
With a sigh of relief from Rusty & Howie, the weather was a bit
inclement so it is now toasty warm upstairs.
4 April 2006
- External Painting Finished
One could suggest that the clubrooms makes a bit of a
statement....and it does! Check out the
photo,
all we need now are some big glass windows......
22 March 2006
- OK, too much happening now!
Let's see, gyprocking nearly finished, rendering of the outside
walls complete, tiling started in all the change rooms, trenches
going in for the sewerage, cool rooms in for the upstairs kitchen &
bar, a million kilometres of cabling installed, lift surrounds
installed, stairwell underway, windows installed, doors being hung,
things are going at a cracking pace!
Check out the latest
photos
15 February
2006 - The Roof Is On
Big day today, the roof is well under way, should be finished by
the end of the week. Which means a veritable army of tradesmen
will be beavering away over the next few months to make sure we are
ready for the grand opening!
13 February
2006 - Big Photo Update
Well, I had not taken many photographs over the past couple of
months so here is an update!
4 February
2006 - This Is Your Captain Speaking
Technically, Dave Russell is not the captain, however you will
hear his dulcit tones from time to time over the speakers. We
have speakers in the kitchen, speakers in the bar, upstairs,
downstairs, in the office, in the toilets.....no wait, not in the
toilets, but nearly everywhere else.
18 January
2006 - The Lights Go On
The official turning on of the lights on both footy ovals, very
impressive. The photos I took were from the top of Barley Road
just in case you were wondering.
11 January
2006 - The Lift Goes In
Much nicer day today, I got the call to take photos of the lift
going in and when I got there it was in! But not quite
functioning just yet.
30 November
2005 - Up go the lights for the football ovals
OK, so the footy lights are a little higher than the hockey
lights which are a little higher than the netball lights which are a
little higher than the light on Cliffie's shed, but we were in front
for a little while!
20 November
2005 - We nearly have a roof over our heads
Displaying the very latest architectural designs, we have a
straight roof and a curved roof, well, the trusses are in place at
least.....! Check out the new photos in the
Photo Gallery
16 November
2005 - Cladding starts
The breeze way on the ground floor between the hockey and
football change rooms is the first are to be clad with colour bond
custom orb.
10 November
2005 - Roof trusses started
The roof trusses have arrived and the building of the roof is under
way
8 November
2005
- Greg gets paid out by tradesman's mother.....!
Oh the pressure..........word came today that an un-named
tradesman's un-named mother in an un-named location on Yorke
Peninsula has noticed the photos are not quite up to date.
Well, they are now! Proof positive that there is wide
excitement about our world-leading project. Now if only I
could find out her name so I can explain
J
In the meantime, browse to our Photo
Gallery for all the latest construction photos.
25 October
2005
- Light's and high jumps
Balsam Pacific have laid the run-ups for the high jump and long
jump, consisting of a shock pad like the hockey pitch with a
gel-coat covering. And the concrete foundations for the
football lights have been poured.
17 October 2005 - Wall frames construction well under way
Crikey, it is a challenge keeping up with the photographs, give
the builders a few days and they assemble a heap of wall frames and
erect them upstairs and downstairs. Check out the new photos in the
Photo Gallery
14 October 2005 - Foster's reps check out the view
Peter & Marty and John from Foster's checked out the
construction progress and did some pre-planning with regard to the
provision of beer on tap in the new clubrooms (we'll have Carlton
Draught, VB, Cascade Light, Coopers Pale Ale and West End Draught on
tap). Not sure where Peter waswhen the photo was taken with
Rusty and Jack, he could have been on the phone I guess.....
Check out the new photos in the
Photo Gallery
11 October 2005 - The dance floor has been installed!
Cliffie's capable concreting crew got the job done beautifully
today, 6.00am start and finished at lunch time, we now have a top
floor. The supports remain in place for a week or three,
however there should be plenty of activity on the top floor starting
next week. Check out the new photos in the
Photo Gallery
5 October 2005 - Ready for the big concrete pour
The reinforcing mesh is installed, the top floor has been boxed
up and is ready for concrete on Friday. Two concrete pumps, a
plethora of concrete trucks and heaps of concreters all starting at
3.00am on Friday should make for an exciting day. Check out
the new photos in the
Photo Gallery
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September 2005 - Bondek goes down
The Bondek supports the concrete slab for the top floor
25 August 2005
- Hockey Training under our own lights
Check out the photo of our light towers shining brightly.....!
23 August 2005
- Up go four of our light towers!
We'll buy the other four when we have some more money, but for
now we'll make do with just 40,000 watts of light which will be fine
for training and may even a match or two. More photos in the
Photo Gallery
20 August 2005
- The steelwork has arrived
Three trucks worth in fact, all unloaded by lunchtime ready for
construction starting on Sunday and going through to next weekend.
Checkout the latest photos.
8 August 2005
- Another early start for the concrete crew
Same again today, 5.00am start and another gazillion tonnes of
concrete goes into the foundations. Extras took a bit of a
pounding today with an extra 100 tonnes of concrete required because
the foundations were dug a little deeper than estimated at the start
to make sure we reached solid earth. Good plan that, can't
have too much concrete on the ground floor! Check out the
latest photos in the
Photo Gallery
4 August 2005
- Holes for poles with lights
That's right, the holes for the foundations for the first four
light poles on the clubrooms side of the pitch were dug today,
photos to come of course!
20 July 2005
- Early Bird Gets The Slab Laid
Yep, at 5.00am the concrete pour for the first half of the slab
started today. And they did not finish until 10.00pm.....!
And it looks wonderful as well as having some functionality with
regards to putting stuff on! Check out the latest photos in the
Photo Gallery
16 June 2005
- Plumbing Fittings Being Installed
The earthworks have been done and most of the pieps are in for
the ground floor plumbing. Check out the latest photos in the
Photo Gallery
2 June 2005
- DK Quarries moving the earth for us
Lots of truck and tractor and grader and roller activity on the
site already, the building site is being leveled in preparation for
the foundations. And there are lots of coloured lines painted
on the grass showing where electrical conduit is to be laid for the
building (and for the lights on the pitch!). We won't be able
to use the side gate to enter the pitch this weekend, all movement
on and off the field will be through the double gates at the
southern end of the pitch. Check out the latest photos in the
Photo Gallery
20 May 2005 -
Building contract signed & first sod turned
First thing Friday morning, round to John Lowe Design to
sign the
building contract with Cliff Carpenter. in attendance
were John Lowe, Dave Russell, Wayne Harvey & Greg Williams from the
RCSC Steering Committee.
Then at 4.30
Friday afternoon a cast of thousands (well there were at least 30
people there!) watched our Federal Member of Parliament Barry
Wakelin
turn the first sod.
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