NEWSLETTER - KLUBNACHRICHTEN December 2014 Austrian Association of South Australia Inc. 11-17 Torrens Road - Ovingham SA 5082 (08) 8269 1736 Email: mail@austrianclubsa.com Website: www.austrianclubsa.com From the President’s Desk Liebe Mitglieder! The festive season is just around the corner and the end of another busy club year is coming to a close. We have done well this year and many thanks must go to my executive colleagues and extended working committee for a job well done and of course to the membership who bring in family and friends to the various functions. Thank you to all of you! The big news over summer will be the renovation of our tired kitchen and we look forward to a bigger and more operational kitchen that should make a big difference in preparing our menus. Gerhard Lachs has been working hard to put this project together and I am sure with everyone’s support we will get the desired result. Thanks Gerhard for the work so far it is much appreciated. With the renovation happening in January 2015 please note that the club will be closed for the whole month and will re-open on the 6th February 2015 with a “Live Music Night”. The club program for 2015 is now complete and is included in this newsletter. There is good news for members as the entry fee to our Biergarten‘s has been dropped and now is absolutely free for everyone. We hope this will encourage more members and their families and friends to attend these enjoyable Sundays at the club. On Friday the 13th March 2015 we are proud to announce that we will have in concert the very talented “Laterndl Trio” direct from Salzburg. It is going to be another fabulous night of Austrian entertainment with Volksmusik, Schlager, Yodelling and fantastic Stimmung under our vergola! Tell all your friends and book early to get the best seats with Sybille on 0427 234 350. This concert would make a great Christmas gift!! The annual Schützenfest is moving again and please note that it will be held at Rymill Park on Friday the 30th January and Saturday the 31th January 2015. A new look Schützenfest is promised and our famous Austrian Grill will be there so please come and say hello and enjoy our delicious menu if you are planning to attend. The New Year’s Eve party 2014 will be well attended again and it’s going to be the party of the year! Please note that the vergola area will not be in operation this year. Please pick up your tickets with Sybille by Friday the 6th of December. On behalf of the Austrian Club team may I take this opportunity in wishing all members, their families and friends A Very Merry Christmas and A Safe and Happy New Year 2015. See you all soon at the Club! Mit freundlichen Grüssen - Herbie Reiter 3 From our Secretary Liebe Mitglieder, At one of the first committee meetings and as the first Secretary I was able to convince the members of the committee of scraping the joining fee for new membership applications. This move showed an immediate success of membership applications. Ten new applications for the month September only. I will try to have this joining fee not only for one year, but permanently removed in the future. At the moment we have about 260 members registered. The proposed extensions to the kitchen area are well advanced, the building permits have been received and work will start on the 2nd of January 2015 and finished by the end of January. The cost of this alterations will be about $ 50,000 including new appliances and is fully covered. I must thank Mr Gerhard Lachs for his time and effort, to arrange all of this, getting offers of quotations, find the right appliances and also the time he will spend on site to get this project going. Again - THANK YOU GERHARD! At this is the last newsletter for this year, I would like to say again the adage G‘scheid sein - Anteil nehmen Be smart - take part. And think about what you can do for the betterment of the Club and let any committee member know about your ideas. Finally, as the festive season is fast approaching I wish all members and friends A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! FROHE WEIHNACHT UND EIN GUTES NEUES JAHR! Kurt Riess 1st Secretary We are pleased to welcome new members: Mr Bernard Grummerl & Mrs Shiela Harrison Mr & Mrs Jozsef & Katharina Urban Mr & Mrs Danny & Edith Ribarich 4 Seniors Group Liebe Mitglieder, Once again we are nearing the end of another year. Is it only our imagination or are the years going by faster every year? I remember when I was 17 years old, time did not go fast enough for me, I wanted to be 21 years old. As we look back over 2014 we did have a lot of good times, good outings and many laughs. We said good bye to 3 of our Members during the year but also welcomed 5 new Members. The latest ones to join us were Edeltraud and Josef Fries, we hope you both enjoy the Group as much as our Members do. On Thursday 4th December we are having Christmas Lunch at the Club with Manfred and Traudl Andersen preparing a delicious meal for us. We hope that all our Members will attend. Due to the kitchen and bar extension work during January 2015, our Group will hold its 1st meeting on Thursday, February 12, 2015 (providing the temperature does not go 40 degrees or more on that day). Being the last Newsletter for this year we wish all Club Members and Families a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year. Gerhard and Brigitte Lachs Seniors Group Leaders Tenpin Bowling/Austrian Keglers Dear Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen! The Austrian Keglers are having a good time. Our position in the League is good. With five weeks to go to the end of Bowling season we hope to win the Trophy again. As we bowl more less our averages I can not excite you with extreme good scores. With "Good Holz" and some luck we venture on. As this is the last Newsletter this year we all wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Austrian Keglers and Captain Heinrich Monz 5 Table Tennis Group Dear Friends of the Table Tennis Group! It is nearly Christmas time again, another year gone by! I would like to thank all our players for the support they have given me over the year. It is good to see that our membership has increased every year. Congratulations to the “SEPP WEIKL SHIELD” competition. ● Winner for 2014 is Peter Singer. I also would like to congratulate the winners of the “AASA CHAMPIONSHIP” for 2014: ● First Place: Ivan Vrbatovic ● Second Place: Peter Singer ● Third Place: Sybille Tomasin My sincere thanks to Joe Dionisio who helped me repair our Table Tennis tables. Now they are nice and strong and great to play on! We celebrated our breakup party this year on the PORT PRINCESS DOLPHIN CRUISE ship. It was most enjoyable! We play every Monday night from 7.00pm – 9.00pm (approximately). We break up on the 8th of December this year. Next year we will start again on the 2nd of February 15. My Telephone number is: Home: 8395 0137 Mobile: 0422 086404 I would like to wish all members and friends of the Table Tennis Group a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Franz Tomasin ADVERTISE IN OUR NEWSLETTER ! If you like to present your business please contact Herbert Stauber on (08) 8387 3035 or send an Email to: editor@austrianclubsa.com 6 Chor Alpenfrieden GRÜASS GOTT VOM “CHOR ALPENFRIEDEN”! Ja wer kann es glauben, dass Weihnachten schon wieder for der Tür steht. Der Chor hat ein gutes Jahr verbracht und unsere Reise nach Canberra zum Sängerfest war auch erfolgreich, weil wir wirklich schön gesungen haben und das Publikum mit unseren Liedern begeistern konnten. Im Grossen und Ganzen war das letzte Jahr ziemlich erfolgreich und wir hoffen, dass wir unseren Gästen auch in 2015 mit unseren Weisen von zu Hause viel Freude bringen können. Für uns ist es immer eine grosse Freude unser Publikum zu unterhalten. Wir bedanken uns auch herzlichst beim Österreichischen Klub für die grosszügige Unerstützung für unsere Reise nach Canberra. Es hat uns allen wirklich sehr geholfen. So nochmal herzlichsten Dank von allen Chormitgliedern. Zum Schluss wünschen wir dem Komitee und allen Mitgliedern ein sehr schönes Weihnachtsfest und ein gutes, erfolgreiches Neues Jahr! ———————————————— Yes dear friends, one can hardly believe it but a new year is again around the corner. For us the highlight of the year was our trip to Canberra to take part in the Sängerfest 2014. It is always interesting to listen to all the different choirs and their interpretation of well known and not so well known songs. We performed our songs well and brought tears to some eyes, that is always a good sign that we sang pretty well. The choir would like to thank you all for listening to our performances in the Club. We know that most of you don’t understand the words when we sing but we are sure that the melody brings you some joy, we hope. The choir wishes you all a wonderful Christmas and a New Year filled with good times, but most of all Good Health! Till next time God bless. Your choir leader Anni Clark. Visit the Austrian Club Adelaide on Facebook 7 Friday 19 December 2014 - 6.00pm CHRISTMAS PARTY On the last Cellar Night in 2014 Entertainment: Jägermeister Trio Chor Alpenfrieden FREE ENTRY ! Enjoy a visit from Father Christmas who will give out some goodies to the children so the whole family is invited. Visit the The famous German Schützenfest at Raymill Park will be held on: th Friday 30 January 4 pm – midnight Saturday 31st January 11 am – midnight Our Austrian Grill will be there again and we look forward in greeting club members and friends at our stall. For a great tasting grill and super sausages along with fast and friendly service you can not go past the Austrian Grill. See you all there! Info: Schützenfest Website www.schutzenfest.com.au 8 Austrian Consulate Austrian Consul: Mr Robert Gerard Administration: Mrs Gitti Schuster Office hours: Tuesday and Friday: 10 am - 4 pm Address: 101 Port Wakefield Road, Caven SA 5094 Tel: (+61/8) 8139 7336 • Fax: (+61/8) 8139 7338 E-Mail: austrian.consulate@gerardcorp.com.au Robert Gerard and his wife Fay would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a great Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2015 The Consulate will be closed from 23/12/2014 – 22/1/2015 For emergency please call the Embassy on (02) 6295 1533 Ich wünsche Euch allen ein schönes Weihnachtsfest und beste Gesundheit für das neue Jahr 2015. Gitti Schuster 9 LIVE MUSIC on Friday Cellar Nights with The Jägermeister Trio Friday February 6th 2015 ************************************************** Please note: Bookings are essential ! Call Sybille on 0427 234 350 Radio Austria 4 - Sendezeiten Mittwoch 20:30 - 21:30 Musikalisches Kaleidoskop / Nachrichten und Sport Samstag 19:00 - 19:30 Singendes, klingendes Österreich / Servus Adelaide Sonntag 10:30 - 11:00 Grüss Gott und Guten Morgen am Sonntag Jeden 1. Mittwoch im Monat: Gruss aus Wien (E. Zib) / Wr. Melange (Crazy Joe) Jeden Monat im Internet: ”Musik ist Trumpf”. Eine Sendung von und mit Herbert Stauber. Programmwechsel ist jeden 1. des Monats. 10 RADIO AUSTRIA 4 - 5EBI-FM 103.1 MHz Liebe Zuhörer, liebe Freunde von Radio Austria 4! Wie jedes Jahr hatten wir auch heuer wieder das jährliche Radiothon von 5 EBI-FM, wobei von allen Nationen Spenden entgegengenommen werden. Die Zuhörer von Radio Österreich 4 haben uns auch diesmal fleissig unterstützt. Somit bedanke ich mich im Namen unseres Radiokomitees bei Ihnen auf das Herzlichste. Vor einem Monat musste unsere Sekretärin, Frau Ursula Thomas, aus privaten Gründen zurück nach Wien. Herzlichen Dank für all Deine Hilfe bei Radio Österreich 4 hier in Adelaide. Wir wünschen Dir alles Gute für Deine Zukunft. Das Weihnachtsfest steht wieder vor der Tür. So sind wir fleissig an der Arbeit, ein schönes Weihnachtsprogram für den Heiligen Abend zu gestalten. Heuer bringen wir für sie zwei Stunden voll mit sinnlichen, weihnachtlichen Gedichten und Kurzgeschichten, Weihnachts- und Neujahrsgrüsse von unserem Konsul Herrn Robert Gerard sowie auch vom Präsident des Österreicheischen Klubs hier in Südaustralien. Natürlich spielen wir wieder schöne weihnachtliche Musik aus unserem Heimatland. Diese ganz spezielle Weihnachtssendung bringen wir für Sie am Heiligen Abend, Mittwoch den 24. Dezember 2014 von 19.30 bis 21.30 Uhr. Vielen Dank an das Komitee des Österreichischen Klubs für die gute Zusammenarbeit durch das ganze Jahr. Herzlichen Dank an alle Zuhörer und Freunde unserer Radiosendung RA4 für die grosszügige Unterstützung unseres Senders. Und last but not least: Vielen herzlichen Dank an alle Mitarbeiter von Radio Österreich 4 für Eure unermüdliche Unterstützung und Treue zu Radio Austria 4. “Ohne Euch geht nix ...” Noch ein Gedanke über den Begriff “Zeit”: Nimm dir die Zeit für die Menschen die du liebst, denn irgendwann nimmt dir die Zeit die Menschen die du liebst. Somit wünsche ich Ihnen liebe Zuhörer und Ihren Familien ein recht frohes, gesegnetes Weihnachtsfest, ein gutes, erfolgreiches neues Jahr 2015 in bester Gesundheit. Auf ein baldiges Wiederhören bei RA4 Herzlichst Heinz Fuchs für Radio Austria 4 Webseite: www.radioaustria4.com 11 Austrian Association of S.A. Inc., 11–17 Torrens Road, Ovingham Club Program - December 2014 Sat 6 December Krampus-Rummel (Trad. Incubus Night) Herbert Stauber Sun 14 December Austrian Biergarten Herbert Stauber Fri 19 December Weihnachtsfeier mit dem Jägermeister Trio & Chor Alpenfrieden Wed 31 December 57th New Years Eve Party Herbert Stauber Club Program 2015 Thursday 1 January - Thursday 5 February the Club will be closed due to renovations Fri 6 February Cellar Night with Live Music Jägermeister Trio Sun 15 February Austrian Biergarten Sun 1 March Club Picnic at Hazelwood Park (Members only) Fri 13 March LATERNDL TRIO from Salzburg (Under the vergola) Sun 29 March Austrian Biergarten Fri 3 April Good Friday - Club closed Fri 10 April Cellar Night with Live Music Jägermeister Trio Sat 18 April Trachtenball (Trad. Costume Ball) Herbert Stauber Fri 1 May Cellar Night with Live Music Jägermeister Trio Sun 10 May Bauernschmaus (Mothers Day / Lunch) Jägermeister Trio Sat 30 May Tiroler Abend Fri 5 June Cellar Night with Live Music Sat 20 June Wiener Abend Fri 3 July Cellar Night with Live Music Sat 18 July Schuhplattler Abend Sun 26 July Brettl-Jausn (Lunch) Chor Alpenfrieden / Herbert Stauber Herbert Stauber Chor Alpenfrieden / Herbert Stauber Jägermeister Trio Chor Alpenfrieden / Herbert Stauber Jägermeister Trio Sen. Dance Group / Herbert Stauber John Kampes 12 Fri 7 August Cellar Night with Live Music Jägermeister Trio Sun 9 August A.G.M. (Members only) - 2.30pm Sat 22 August Steirer Abend Fri 4 September Hofbräuhaus Cellar Night Jägermeister Trio Sat 19 September Austrian Dinner Dance Herbert Stauber Fri 2 October Cellar Night with Live Music Jägermeister Trio Sat 10 October Alpenfrieden Ball Chor Alpenfrieden / Herbert Stauber Sat 24 October Association Ball Chor Alpenfrieden / Herbert Stauber Fri 6 November Hofbräuhaus Cellar Night Jägermeister Trio Sun 22 November Austrian Biergarten & Christkindlmarkt Herbert Stauber Sat 5 December Krampus-Rummel (Trad. Incubus Night) Herbert Stauber Sun 13 December Austrian Biergarten Herbert Stauber Fri 18 December Weihnachtsfeier mit dem Jägermeister Trio & Chor Alpenfrieden Thu 31 December New Years Party Chor Alpenfrieden / Herbert Stauber Herbert Stauber Opening Hours and Entry Fees FRIDAY EVENINGS: Club opens at 6pm - No entry fee for Members and Guests !!! SATURDAY FUNCTIONS: Club opens at 6pm - Entry fee: Guests $ 10.00, Members $ 7.00 AFTERNOON FUNCTIONS: Club opens at 11am - Entry fee: Guests $ 10.00. Members $ 7.00 AUSTRIAN BIERGARTEN: Club opens at 11am - NO ENTRY FEE for Members and Guests !!! (Different prices apply for events with a set menu) ENTRY FEES FOR SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AS ADVERTISED FOR BOOKINGS ON CLUB FUNCTIONS PLEASE PHONE SYBILLE ON 0427 234 350 Sybille 13 Normal Friday Nights at the club If members are bringing a large group to the club for a normal Friday Night, would you please give Sybille a ring on 0427 234 350 to help us with catering. Thank you! Friday Nights with Live Music Please note that due to the popularity of our live music nights, it is essential that you book a seat for these evenings. We will be in future limiting the seating so it is not too overcrowded and more comfortable for members and guests so book early with Sybille on 0427 234 350 or per mail: sybille@austrianclubsa.com. FREE ENTRY ! ... for all ‘Austrian Biergarten‘ The club facilities are available for any FUNCTIONS e.g. weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, parties. Our special offer: Catering for up to 150 guests Personalised Services • Entertainment • MC For details ring Kurt Riess on 0429 201 028 14 Dear Members! Receive 10% Discount when ordering your next main course at the club! Subgroups don’t forget your reports are needed to keep members informed. The closing date for the next newsletter will be the 13th February 2015. Looking forward to your contributions. Inform your friends about advantages of a membership: • Reduced entry fee for club functions • Participation in the Club Picnic • Receiving the latest Club Newsletter • Reduced meal price at the counter • Opportunity to join the sub groups • Working in a team of volunteers 15 16 17 Visit our website! www.austrianclubsa.com Fly to Europe with Major Sponsor of AAA Member Clubs Emirates, the award-winning airline, internationally acclaimed for its superb level of in-flight service. With Services from ADELAIDE, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Auckland to Vienna, Munich, Zürich, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and over 80 destinations worldwide. For more INFO click www.emirates.com Emirates, operating the most modern fleet in the world has just introduced a world first on its new daily non-stop flights to Dubai with private suites in First Class which includes a personal minibar and room service. "LUXURY REDEFINED" 18 Ein paar Bilder zur Erinnerung Viel mehr davon finden Sie auf unserer Webseite unter “Archives“ Internet-Adresse: www.austrianclubsa.com Austrian Association Ball in October2014 Oktoberfest in Oktober 2014 Schuhplattler Abend in September 2014 19 Hallo und guten Tag, It is the first time the kitchen brigarde want to let you know about New Years Eve Dinner. For catering purposes it is important to know if you dining with us. So please let Sybille know - Dining YES or NO - as the Club is closing for renovations from 1st January till 5th February 2015. New Years Eve Menu Pork Schnitzel with potato salad and garden salad Roast Pork with Sauerkraut and potatoes Sauerbraten with red cabbage and potatoes Barramundi with chips and garden salad After 9.30pm open Sandwiches with smoked ham, ham sausage, cervelat salami, herring and tartar, garnished with lettuce, eggs and gherkins. Traudl and Manfred wishing you the best for Christmas - Gesundheit und "Geniesst jeden Tag" - and a Happy New Year 2015! 20 21 DO N' T Saturday 6th th Sunday 14 Friday19th Wednesday 31st MI S SO UT ! December Krampus-Rummel Austrian Biergarten Christmas Party New Years Eve Party January Club closed for kitchen renovations Friday 6th Sunday 15th February Cellar Night with Live Music Austrian Biergarten For Bookings please phone Sybille on 0427 234 350 Online-Bookings are welcome under sybille@austrianclubsa.com Information about opening hours and entry fees on page 13 For general club infos please call Kurt Riess on 0429 201 028 22 Photo: Schuhplattler Abend - 27th September 2014