NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH NEWS

JUNE MEETING
“MANAGEMENT OF WASTE”
&
BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our guest speaker for the June NSW Branch meeting will be Dr. Karl Baltpurvins from Entech Industries. Entech Industries provide consulting and management of hazardous waste and contaminated soil. Dr. Baltpurvins’ talk will be on "Management of Waste", including discussion on the recent changes to the Waste Classification Scheme, with particular interest in changes to classifying magnesium oxide immobilised waste.

Following the presentation, we will be conducting our branch Annual General Meeting, which includes the presentation of the branch accounts to the members, and the election of the committee for the forthcoming year.

Wednesday 4th June 2008
Bankstown Sports Club, 8 Greenfields Parade Bankstown
commencing at 6.00pm

Dinner will be provided at a cost of $30.00 to members and $35.00 to non-members (the meal will be served at 7.30 pm). For catering purposes could you please confirm your attendance by contacting Heather Hoggan on 03 9416 2222 or email aisf@aisf.org.au

Non members are most welcome to attend

NB. Please note that we are charged for all meals ordered. Therefore, if you order a meal but do not attend (and have not notified us that you will not be attending), we will have to invoice you to recover our costs)

Click here for booking form

2008 GOLF DAY REPORT

The annual NSW AISF Golf Day was held on the 14th March, with 56 players taking part in this years’ event. After more than twenty years of holding the day at the Liverpool Golf Club the event was changed to Georges River this year to the general approval of all concerned. The course was in excellent condition and although once again we seemed to choose the hottest day of the year to play, competitive scores were the order of the day.

The day’s event was played as an Ambrose, and with a shot-gun start and most teams finishing at the same time, it soon became evident that the team from Artarmon Electroplating had shot a hot round. Robert McLeod’s team of Phil King, Mike Roberts and former Wallabies defensive coach John Muggleton finished with a nett 53 3/8 winning the perpetual PALS Trophy and bragging rights for the next twelve months. Great round guys, and well done!

Once again the team of Cameron O’Brien, Paul Fradd, Murray Player and Mark Craven were very competitive and won the scratch event with a seven-under 63. Nearest the pin winners were Casey on the 3rd, Ross Woodley 5th, John Cantrill 9th and 14th (obviously hot on the day), Greg Dunn 12th, and Glen Cantrill 16th, with Greg Dunn also winning the longest drive.

The most excited team was the winners of the Bradman, the team from Swift consisting of Ron Thomas, Don Chapple, Brad Rose and Glenn Goodacre. Glenn has now been part of the “winners” of this prize at his last four attempts and assures us he will be back next year to defend his title!

As usual we had great sponsorship with Coating Supplies, Astor Electroplaters, SEC Plating, Finished Products, Artarmon Electroplaters, Swift Electroplaters, MacDermid Australia, Enthone, Atotech, Associated Silver Refiners and Mechanical Plating all providing prizes. And once again our gratitude goes to Bob Lynch of Silvergleam Electroplaters for donating the nett and scratch trophies.

The day ended with a hearty meal at the golf club and a few drinks over some hard luck stories of narrowly missed putts and unlucky bounces. My thanks to all the players and sponsors whose assistance made the day a huge success.

Tim Elley
Vice-President
AISF NSW Branch

TRAINING COURSES

The New South Wales branch is pleased to offer two courses for its members for the first half of this year.

Introductory Electroplating:

This is a new two day course that will be run in Sydney for the first time in almost 10 years. The course will be presented by Mr Pat McIlvena, who is the Victorian apprentice trainer for the AISF. As the class size is limited to just 20 people, members are encouraged to “get in early” and secure your place by downloading the online form and returning it to the AISF office, Melbourne.

Date - 26th & 27th May 2008  
Location – Bankstown District Sports Club, Bankstown
(for booking information, click here)

Introductory Powder Coating Application:

This year’s course will again be run over two days in Sydney. The presenter will be Mr Brian Bray, who is the Victorian trainer of Powder Coating apprentices. The class size is also limited with only 14 places available.

Date – 19th & 20th June 2008
Location – ITW Finishing Systems, Riverwood.
(for booking information, click here)