Club Meetings

The Club meets on the third Monday of each month at 10.00am at the 7a Lord Street, Roseville, NSW 2069. The initial half-hour of the meeting is used for Club notices and future outings. The members then adjourn for morning tea or coffee. The guest speaker for the day then addresses the resumed meeting; the meeting concluding before noon.

Next Meeting

At the next meeting on 17th November,  the author Greg de Moore will speak on the topic “Tom Wills: the insubordinate life of an Australian sporting legend”. Tom Wills was a flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, Australia’s first great cricketer – and the man most often credited with creating the game we now knowas Australian Rules football. But away from the adoring crowds,

in the desolation of the Queensland outback, he experienced first-hand the devastating effects of racial tension.

Tom Wills lived hard and fast, challenging authority on and off thefield. But when his physical talents began to fade, the
psychological demons that alcohol and adrenaline had kept at bay surged to the fore, driving him to the most brutal of suicides. He was forty-four and destitute.
In his talk Greg de Moore will share details of Tom’s life and giveus a portrait of one of Australia’s first sporting heroes.