Renmark Apex Club

Annual Shoot Night a Success

Pete Keynes — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:16 +0000

On the 16th of May, the Apex Club held its Annual Small Bore Rifle Competition.

The night was attended by 10 x members and 1 x prospexian. Shane organised dinner (but didn’t cook it….) and Nigel had arranged the use of the Rifle Range and volunteers from the Rifle Club supplied the shooting sticks and some coaching.

Newest Member, Kevin Van Amstel took out the award for Top Gun with a score of 197, hitting the bullseye 9 times. One of the oldest members, James (Mozzie) Robertson took out the Shit Shot award, with a score of 188. Pete hit the bullseye 12 times, but also had the worst shot of the night, but hes not talking about that one….

Renmark Apex Club Donates 5 Tonnes of Firewood to PS Industry

Pete Keynes — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:47:32 +0000

On the 29th of April, the Apex Club collected and donated 5 Tonnes of firewood from local a citrus farm, CostaExchange and donated it to the Friends of the P.S. Industry. The collection took around 10 x man hours to complete.

The firewood replaced wood that had been stolen from the volunteers of the PS Industry a few weeks earlier.

President, Peter Keynes said that “The Apex Club of Renmark has had a long association with the PS Industry, and that collecting and donating the firewood was a worthy excersise and would assist the PS Industry.”

Apex Club of Renmark donates $2,800 trailer to Salvation Army

Pete Keynes — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:52:18 +0000

On the 19th of April 2012, The Apex Club of Renmark donated a brand new 8 x 5 trailer (with cage) to the Renmark branch of the Salvation Army.

Kevin Van Amstel form the Salvation Army was a guest speaker at a club meeting in 2011 and asked the club for a small donation to assist with the purchase of a trailer so he could better assist people in need in the Renmark community.

Instead of making a small donation, the members voted to purchase and donate a suitable trailer. President, Peter Keynes, said that the club thought that by donating a trailer, with the Apex name on it was a better than simply writing a cheque. The trailer will last for many years and is a community assett that carries our name, along with the Salvation Army.

Kevin Van Amstel said that the donation was overwhelming, and that is was terrific to receive such great support form a local service club. “The trailer will be used to collect food from the Riverland Food Bank as well as move furniture and large bulky items for Salvation Army clients.”

The donation was covered by the 2 x local newspapers, as well as WIN news.

Renmark & Loxton Apex Clubs Donate $630 to Riverland Make a Wish Foundation

Pete Keynes — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:45:02 +0000

On the 4th of April, the Renmark and Loxton Apex Clubs donated a total of $630 to the Riverland Make a Wish Foundation.

Dallas Zelliff, President of the Riverland Make a Wish Foundation attended a combined meeting held at the Loxton Apex Shed and spoke about the fantastic wishes that the Riverland Make a Wish Foundation have granted ill children from our area. His presentation touched a lot of the members.

The money donated by the two Apex clubs was raised through an interclub cricket match, which Renmark won. The full match report can be read here.

Rhian Hondow (left) & Pete Keynes (right) Present Dallas Zellif (centre) with the cheques

More Sheep Manure Bagged

Pete Keynes — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:15:45 +0000

Recently 6 x Apex members bagged over 150 bags of fresh Sheep Manure (Shanure) for sale during the autunm period.

Shanure can be purchsed from Barry Sullivans Place, or from the Stoney Pinch Quarry & Earthmoving depot.

For more information, please click here

Shane (AKA Mr. T) showing his lifting skills....

Barry Sullivan bagging Shanure

Renmark Apex Donates $285 to Renmark North Primary School

Pete Keynes — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:40:55 +0000

On the 18th of November 2011, the Apex Club of Renmark cooked hot chips and donuts for the thousands of people who attended the Renmark North Primary Schools annual continental. The chip cooker was falt out for nearly 3 hours, with 6 members kept busy all night cooking and serving. The event was a great welcome to the club for Kevin Van Amstel, and he learnt how to use the chip cooker under pressure.

Whilst the donuts didn’t pan out so well, the chips were a massive hit.

From the profit of the night, the Apex Club donated $285 to the School.

Apex provides manpower for Christmas Carols

Pete Keynes — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:49:19 +0000

On Sunday 4th December, 4 x Apex members volunteered 22 x hours of their time to assist Dot Fforde and the Renmark church groups to setup and packup for the Renmark Christmas Carols. Around 1,000 people attended a fantastic night in perfect weather on the lawns of the Jarrett Memorial gardens.

Click here to watch the time lapse video of the setup & packup of the stage.

Apex provides Santa for the Renmark Christmas Pageant

Pete Keynes — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:38:29 +0000

On Friday 2nd December the Apex Club of Renmark escorted Santa along the pageant route through Renmark. A huge crowd of approximately 6,000 – 7,000 came out in spectactular weather to see Santa and the rest of the pageant wind through town. Santa passed out around $200 of lollies to the children on the night.

Santa Service – Renmark Paringa Area

Pete Keynes — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:17:05 +0000

The Apex Club of Renmark provides a Santa Service for various community and sporting groups, as well as commercial organisations. The Apex Club is traditionally the last float in the Renmark Christmas Pageant, escorting the Apex Santa on his red sleigh along the pageant route handing out lollies to the children that line the streets.

The Apex club has recently invested a lot of money in a professional, high quality suit, and our Mystery Santa has all the Christmas cheer required to please the crowd.

If you would like Santa to appear at your Christmas event, please contact us.

: Apex Santa 2009

Catering Van = 91% complete

Pete Keynes — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:59:53 +0000

The re-building of the catering van is moving along steadily with the stainless bench tops now secured to the bench frames and the floor and pantry are complete.

The main things remaining are the exhaust fan, wheels & tyres, electrics, water, fitting the cooking equipment.

Then it will need painting and signage and it will be nearly ready to roll by early 2012.

As Nathan says, the last 10% is the hardest and longest part of the job…..