Club Members had a great time helping out behind the bar at the Mt Gravatt Show.

This is an extra special event for members as the Mt Gravatt Club has been involved with the Show since the 1960’s.

Here are some photos of club members hard at work, and a heap of funny hats!

There were a number of photos taken on the night, unfortunately most were on mobile phones so the quality is not great.  You’ll still be able to recognise everyone though!

Stay tuned for more club photos!

The Brisbane City Apex club has always had a great relationship with several of our corporate partners. One of these is Queensland Raceway Motorsport Complex, who have provided us with a number of opportunities to supply manpower. They were kind enough to promote our abilities to the 888 Race Engineering Team who held the 888 All Ford Fan Day on the 4th of December.

Our responsibilities for the day included the parking areas, the corporate areas as well as the Pits and general crowd control. We armed our people with 2 way radios and Fluoro Vests and I must admit that the 888 team management were very impressed with our level of professionalism.

At the end of the day we all got to meet the drivers, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Wincup and had photos taken with them.

For more information on how to get in on this sort of action please contact us at volunteer@briscityapex.org.

As a bit of a change from the usual dinner meetings, the first meeting of September was a social night.

The night strarted with a nice dinner at the Paddo Tavern with a couple of drinks followed by ten-pin bowling held at Milton Bowl.

A great deal of fun was had by all, including a couple of guests. Chris was the ‘winner’ of the bowling, though the shot of the night had to go to Danielle, who was well on the way to taking out the pins with her head, having briefly followed the ball down the lane.

We got to see a variety of styles, from Danielle’s abbreviated shot, to the dance of the sugar plum fairy… Of course the night was topped off nicely with a cake for Sammie and a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday…

The consensus was to hold similar nights in the future, so the great ten-pin bowling challenge is likely to live on.

On the 5th March 2005, the Apex Club of Brisbane recieved its official Charter from the Association of Apex Clubs of Australia.

The presentation of charter marked the end of a two year application process for the new club.

National Secretary, Jacinta Evans, presented the charter to the club at a special dinner held to mark the event. In attendance were Local Councillor, Felicity Farmer, Qld State President, Vince Boeske, Qld State Vice President Shane McDonald, a number of other State and National Board Members, Life Members as well as representatives from other Apex Clubs.

Apon accepting the Charter, Club president Chris Morahan praised the work done by the club members to bring the club to this point. Special mntion was made of Foundation president Samantha Russell, who performed most of the groundwork for the initial formation.

“We have already achieved a great deal in our short time,” remarked Mr Morahan,”however, it is important not to view the gaining of charter as the end of a lot of work, but as the beginning of a great adventure. I look forward to seeing how much we can achieve.”

The Apex Club of Brisbane City cemented itself into Apex history with a very successful weekend at the recent Apex State Convention held in Chinchilla from the 14th to the 16th of January.

The Apex State Convention provides clubs and Apexians, the opportunity to interact with members from across the state while discussing topical and important local, state, national and international issues in a forum environment.

At the pre Convention State Board Meeting, the board endorsed the clubs application to become a chartered club. This is a huge achievement for a club that has been in existence for less than three years especially considering that many other service clubs are declining as a result of membership issues.

Although Brisbane City is a smaller Club, they have been able to work together to achieve great things for a variety of organisations and individuals as a result of their commitment, enthusiasm and sheer hard work.

Their new Club Status will become official at the club’s charter dinner which will be held on March the 5th. This promises to be a week long celebration as current, past and future Apexians throughout Australia will come together to celebrate this huge achievement.

The Club’s President, Chris Morahan, also had a personally successful weekend taking out the highest award in the State for Queensland Apexian of the Year. This was well deserved as a result of his incredibly hard work both in Apex and the wider community. Chris also won the Public Speaking competition with a slightly twisted but very entertaining take on Apex sporting triumphs.

One of Brisbane City’s newer club members, Katrina Radicke, was awarded Queensland Young Apexian of the Year for her outstanding service to the community and the Association. Both Chris and Katrina will now compete at the National Convention in their respective categories which will be held in Tamworth in July.

The Brisbane City Apex Club has huge plans for the future. Their recent success has only made the Club more determined to be more active and involved in an array of local projects. Club members look forward to becoming an integral part of the Brisbane City Community for many years to come.