Apex fishing trips, a legendary part of the Apex culture; sorting the seasoned drinkers from the rookies, separating those with mastered impulse control from those without and the savvy members from the naive. I unfortunately fell into the latter of these areas. At the 2006 fishing trip I may as well turned up with a bulls-eye painted on my forehead (or perhaps I did!), as from the first night of the trip I believe I was doomed to a conspiracy carried out by cunning OC’s and experienced others. The Agenda of the club I was later to find, was to groom an unsuspecting innocent individual into the role of President, namely ME!
2006 – 2007 has been a leisurely year, continuing on with the usual service projects and fund raising activities. Thank you to all members that have made themselves available and contributed to the club and community in these area’s.
Throughout the year the club has donated hundreds of dollars to worthy causes in our community, contributed to Relay for Life, held working bees at Kidstown & continued operating the spinning wheel at the Mooroopna Festival.
2007 has seen our club catapulted into the 21st Century. The Mooroopna Apex club is now in cyberspace with the clubs own website. Thanks to Kevin Perry for initiating and implementing this revolutionary idea. The club also had a strong attendance at this year’s state convention at Wodonga.
I would like to thank all members of the club for their contributions, fellowship and support. In particular I extend my gratitude to Steve Rogers – Vice President, Kim Banfield – Secretary & Kevin Perry – Treasurer, all of whom I could not have coped without.
I would like to thank my wife Linda for her support and contributions.
It is with great pleasure in handing over the presidency to Will Hemming, who has shown exceptional willingness and enthusiasm in leading our club for 2007 – 2008. Will has shown outstanding leadership qualities since joining Apex and I know he will achieve great things during his reign.
YIA Andrew
