Gary decided to bring the meeting forward by one week due to the absence of members on the normal date.

NHGC Meeting Minutes
Date: 22/10/2025 Time: 6:35pm – 7:40 Location: Bar Beach Bowling Club
President: Gary Herman Secretary: Kieran Black
Attendees: Courtney, Adriaan, JOD, Craig, Troy, Ken, Jamie, Dustan, John M, John H
Apologies: Billo, Donnie
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1. Welcome and Apologies
The Chairperson welcomed all attendees. Apologies were noted from those unable to attend.
2. Minutes from Previous Meeting
Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as a true record. Matters arising were discussed as part of general business.
3. Business Arising / Ongoing Items
• Website Updates: Discussion on development and live deployment. It was agreed that the new website would proceed to go live.
• Training and Certification: General discussion held regarding winch training and certification; no motions were passed.
• Shared Equipment Costs: The committee discussed cost-sharing arrangements between clubs and agreed on the proposed allocations.
• Christmas Party: Discussion held, no decision made — deferred to next meeting.
4. General Business
• Safety / Insurance: Committee confirmed that all safety and insurance requirements are up to date.
• Membership Renewals: Membership renewals are ongoing and tracking is current.
• Working Bee / Maintenance: Plans for upcoming maintenance tasks and working bees were discussed; ongoing coordination continues.
• Motions or Action Items Recorded: All motions and actions from this meeting are recorded below.
• Thanks / Acknowledgements: Thanks were extended to members for their contributions to previous events and ongoing club activities.
5. Motions & Action Items
Motion / Action Assigned To Status
Proceed with website going live Adriaan Agreed
Cost-sharing of shared equipment between clubs Committee Agreed

6. Next Meeting
Date: 26/11/2025 Time: 7:30pm Location: Bar Beach Bowling Club
7. Close
The meeting was formally closed by the President at 7:40pm.
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Meeting Minutes – 24 September 2025
Venue:
Date: 24/09/2025
Time: (Not stated)
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1. Apologies
• Kerry Greenall
• Gary Herman
• Kieren Black
• Billo
• Craig
• Jamie
• Rod Moore
2. Attendance
• Tinks
• Adriaan
• Dustan
• Courtney
• JOD
• Shane Duncan
• Bill
• Harry Daniels
• Tony
• Cameron
• Joel (via Zoom)
• John Harriott (via Zoom)
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3. Site Report
• Dixon Park / John Spencer Report:
Positive progress on securing approval to have the bush trimmed.
• Glennie’s Track:
A large tree is down across the track. A team with large chainsaws will be required to clear it.
• Weather:
A good run of favourable weather is needed to complete outstanding track work days.
• Merewether:
The biannual trim has been completed with a strong turnout.
Follow-up trimming will be required every six months to stay on top of maintenance.
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4. Flights
• Cameron flew in strong conditions.
• Scott, Kiero and Dustan had flights at Dudley.
• Cameron’s father had a short landing at Dixon Park.
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5. Events
• Merewether weddings are now live on the club website – members are asked to monitor upcoming bookings.
• Winch Training Day – Hosted by John Harriot and Tony Barton at Denman on the weekend of 18–19 October.
• Rainbow Beach Trip – 10–18 October.
John Madigan and Courtney Street confirmed attending with 4WDs. All welcome to join.
• Christmas Party – Tentatively set for 19 December 2025.
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6. Competition
• FAI and SAFA sanction paperwork has been lodged, and approval is expected next week.
• The Competition Committee will meet later this month for further planning.
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7. General Business
• The NSWHPA Administration Grant of $1,000 when recieved may be allocated towards replacing the broken club laptop.
• Rod Moore has kindly committed to donate $2,000 towards the competition and $2,000 towards a thermal clinic to be hosted by Tony.
• Harry raised concerns regarding the foreshore and will follow up with council.
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8. Treasurer’s Report
Account Balance
(Account 1) $882.69
(Account 2) $14,780.92
(Account 3) $1,387.72
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9. Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on 22 October 2025 to accommodate members being absent.

Newcastle Hang Gliding Club
Meeting Minutes
Date: 27/08/2025
Location: Bar Beach Bowling Club
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1. Attendance
Present:
• Adriaan
• Kieren Black
• Kieran’s Daughter
• Courtney Street
• Ward Gunn
• Sethur Williams
• Kerry Greenal
• Jamie
• Tony
• Craig
• JOD
• Shane Duncan
• Rory Duncan
• Billo
• Sam Finch
• Les Bestt
• Camo
• Cameron
Present via Zoom:
• Tinks
• Patto
 
Apologies:
• Rod Moore
• Mick Wamsley
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2. Confirmation of Previous Minutes
The minutes from the previous meeting were approved.
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3. Business Arising
• Cameron to speak with John Spencer regarding Dixon Park.
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4. Site Maintenance
• Glennies remains too wet.
• Tree trimming required at inland sites – Ward and Sethur to coordinate regarding arborist work.
• Further slashing still needed.
• No response yet from National Parks regarding Hickson Street; trimming required before summer.
• Jamie has purchased new batteries for Glennies and other inland sites and will arrange installation when possible.
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5. Flights
• Sethur had a flight at Elizabeth Beach.
• Kieran and Jamie flew from Newcastle.
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6. NSW Competition
• Scheduled for 22–28 February 2026.
• Organisation progressing well.
• Billo to manage scoring.
• Offers of support received from Shane, Adriaan, and members of Tinks’ existing team.
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7. General Business
• Congratulations to Rory Duncan, who placed 6th at the World Championships.
• Congratulations also to the Australian Team, who achieved second place overall in the team standings.
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8. Treasurer’s Report
• Westpac Community Solutions One: $822.69
• Westpac Community Solutions Cash Reserve: $14,773.42
• PayPal: $1,391.07
• Total Funds: $16,987.09
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9. Presentation
The meeting concluded with a presentation from Rory Duncan on his experiences at the World Championships.
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Meeting Closed: 19:50
Next Meeting: 24/09/2025 6:30 pm Bar Beach Bowling Club

Newcastle Hang Gliding Club – AGM Meeting Minutes 2025
30/07/2025
Meeting commenced at 18:45 and concluded at 19:56
Location: Bar Beach Bowling Club, Merewether
1. Apologies
• Kieran
• Courtney
• Gary Herman
• Mark Leeson
• Hayden Emms
• Troy Horton
• Shane Duncan
• Tony Barton
2. Attendees
• Craig Hand
• Adriaan Mulder
• John O'Donoghue
• Brad Pattifield
• Rob Larkin
• John Harriott
• Ken Harris
• Glenn Selmes
• Ward Gunn
• Harry Daniels
• Dustin Hansen
• Connor Hands

Via Zoom:
• Katinka Smith
• Paul Bowers
• Joel Thompson
3. Acceptance of Previous Minutes
Moved: Brad Pattfield
Seconded: Ken Harris
Motion carried.
4. Business Arising from Previous Minutes
None.
5. Committee Elections
As this is an AGM and all current committee members (President, Treasurer, and Secretary) were happy to continue in their roles, no election was required.
• It was unanimously approved that all current members remain in their positions.
• Additionally, Adriaan Mulder was accepted as Vice President.
6. Flying Reports
• Paul Bowers reported on a small fly-in held at Elizabeth Beach, describing it as lovely. He noted that it’s rare for this site to be flyable during winter.
• John Harriott reported a winter flight at Stanwell Park, spending four hours in the air, flying between just south of Bulli Pass and just north of Hell Hole, completing several laps.
7. New Business
• Life Membership: John O'Donoghue proposed that Adriaan Mulder be made a Life Member. This was accepted unanimously.
• Instructional Body: John Harriott discussed the formation of a new instructional body involving Tony Barton, Curt Warren, and Tony Armstrong.
- Curt sent an email requesting the club's support for using club sites.
- Adriaan followed up with a call to Tony Barton, who confirmed ongoing negotiations to combine efforts.
- The club fully supports these efforts and will monitor developments.
8. Competitions
• Recognition was given to the Australian team for their outstanding performance, placing second at the World Titles in Spain.
• Notably, two club members — Rory Duncan and Scott Barrett — represented the team and performed exceptionally well.
• Congratulations to the entire team on their achievements.
9. General Business
• A club trip is planned to Rainbow Beach from 25th October to 8th November.
• John Harriott mentioned that the club can apply for a $1,000 grant for administrative costs.
10. Club Financial Position
• Westpac Community Cash Account: $14,763.64
• Solutions One Account: $977.21
• PayPal: $1,391.07
• Total Financial Position: $17,131.92
11. Club Assets
• The club owns a few tools stored at various locations, including:
- Whipper snipper
- Trimming tool

Newcastle Hang Gliding Club Monthly Meeting Notes
Date: June 25th 2025
Location: Bar Beach Bowling Club
Start Time: 6:40 PM
Apologies
• Rod Moore
• Gary Herman
• John Milligan
Attending
• Kieran, Courtney, Tony, Ken, Al ( for a beer only), Mark Nesbitt (from Sydney Club), Adriaan, Harry
• Via Zoom, Tinks, Patto(for a short while)
Last Minutes
• Previous meeting minutes accepted and seconded by Shane, despite not being available on the website.
Business Arising from Last Minutes
• Accessibility for Glenny's Creek will be explored; a joint flying event from Sydney is being considered.
• Concerns raised about the track after rain at Lake Sinclair (Glenny's Creek).
• No significant flying reported in the past month, aside from low flying on motorbikes.
Safety Issues
• No safety issues reported.
• Tony highlighted the need for clearing at Merriweather and suggested notifying New South Wales Parks and Wildlife.
• Ongoing negotiations to address bush growth at Dixon Park.
2025-2026 Nominations
• President: Gary Herman
• Secretary: Kieran Black
• Treasurer: Courtney Street
• Vice President: Adriaan Mulder
Competitions Report
• Congratulations to Courtney for his enthusiasm.
• Consideration for an early spring launch date to market the upcoming New South Wales State Titles for 2026.
• Mention of financial support for instructors announced in Sky Sailor.
Treasurers Report
• Cash Reserve: $14,754.26
• Everyday Account: $822.21
• PayPal: $1,376.81
• Total Funds Available: $16,953.28
Meeting Closed @ 7:15pm

Meeting minutes to be supplied by Kieran

HUNTER REGION HANG GLIDING CLUB
– MEETING MINUTES
Date: 30 April 2025
Time: 8:32 AM
Location: Bar Beach bowling Club
Chair: Garry Herman
Minutes Recorded By: Kieran Black
1. Attendance and Apologies
Attending:
Gary, Courtney, Paddo, Ken, Camo, Adrian, Donny, John (online), Joel (online), Kieran, Harry
(arrived late at 7:30 PM)
Apologies:
Jamie (at the farm), Shane Duncan (flooded in)
2. Meeting Opening
- Meeting commenced with a casual icebreaker: an interactive Kahoot! quiz on hang gliding
trivia
- Participants joined using personal devices, and the top scorer was john. Kieran’s lack of
understanding of the basic rules of hang gliding were highlighted.
Paddo was encouraged to take up hangliding
3. Confirmation of Previous Minutes
- Previous meeting minutes were tabled.
- One correction noted: to add Donny’s name to participants.
- Motion to accept the minutes: Moved by John, Seconded by [TBD].
- Motion carried.
4. Business Arising from Previous Minutes
- Recognition of contributions from John, Donny and Dustin during competitions was
discussed.
- Courtney committed to finalising setup for the bank account and installing club-related
videos on the clubhouse TV.
5. Safety Issues
- Discussion on right-of-way rules for ridge soaring; emphasis on improving awareness
among paragliders.
- Suggestion to include safety refreshers or quizzes in future meetings.
- Concerns raised about e-bike visibility and speed near the launch zone at Dixon Park due
to bushes being too high.
- Council should be contacted regarding safety issues posed by bush visibility at Dixon park.
There is too much Bush!
6. Site Reports
- Ongoing maintenance and visibility issues discussed.
- Need for windsock installation at Camo’s.
- Weather station updates provided for Bungan and Dooleys.
Dixon Park - Challenges with council and vegetation management discussed following a
meeting with Council representative Andrew:
- Impressions of Andrew is that he is an unhelpful and lazy government drone and
probably the kind of guy that chronically masturbates over illegal dark-web material
in his spare time.
- Andrew appears to be unmotivated in any way to assist because it is just too difficult
for him.
- Andrew lowered club member’s expectations by saying that it will probably take
him several years to get around to finding the correct form to fill in and concerns
that their could be native plants amongst the weed (saltbush) that we would like to
not kill but simply trim.... it’s a lengthy process Andrew stated before checking his
phone.
Frustration expressed by club members over Andrew’s insipid lazy attitude, lack of action
and vague language regarding commitments. No one wants to break their back because of
Andrew’s lazy incompetence.
Suggestion made to send meeting minutes in email summarizing key discussion points in
attempt to prompt some accountability for lazy darkweb browsing Andrew.
7. Competition Reports
- NSW State Titles dates discussed:
- Preferred: Last week of February (8–14 March not confirmed by Godfrey).
- Decision: Proceed with late February date as it suits Tinks and is acceptable to majority.
8. New Business
- None raised.
9. Flying Reports
- Informal sharing of recent flying experiences at Dixon Park and other locations. Jamie and
Bill Pan had awesome fly on Saturday.
Kieran mentioned dune gooning flights in poor weather conditons. All agreed that Kieran
cant fly and is a dickhead.
- Jamie and others reported strong flying conditions over the past week.
10. Treasurer’s Report
- Invoices sent to NSW HBI for slashing and NE Heaton—still unpaid after 30 days.
- Balances:
- Savings: $12,993
- Spending: $417
- PayPal: $1,376
- Total: ~$14,786
- Noted: Expenditure currently exceeds income.
11. General Business / Other Items
- Shane Duncan was nominated in absentia to organise a club weekend at Glennies. Kenny
was keen to come, same with Kiero.
- Request made for members to submit quiz questions for next month’s meeting.
12. Meeting Close
- Meeting concluded with thanks to all attendees.
- Recording and transcript to be reviewed and distributed.

Newcastle Hang Gliding Club inc

26th March NHGC Meeting 2025
When: 26/03/24 at 6:30pm
Location: Bar Beach Bowling Club
Conference: Zoom ID83223333256
Chairperson: Gary Hurman
Minute Taker: Courtney Street

Minutes
1. Meeting Open
6:35p.m.

2. Members Attending
Gary Herman, Courtney Street, Cameron Evans, Allan Giles, Ken, Jamie Oorschot, Ward Gunn, Craig Hand, Dustan, Adriaan Mulder, Selmsey, Ryan Brown, Shane Duncan, Hayden, Conrad, Tinks, Don, Conrad, Patto and Ian Ladyman.

3. Apologies
JOD, John Harriot, Tony Barton, Kieran Black, Joel Thompson,.

4. Introduction of New Members
Nil

5. Minutes read and approved
Moved Gary Herman Seconded Courtney Street

6. Business arising from previous minutes
Nil

7. Site reports
Northeast Heaton
Carmels in new of new windsock Craig to supply Jamie to install

Dicko
John Boy, JOD and Bilo reported weeds have been trimmed back slightly
Notice they will no take off at Dixon Park due to work being undertaken my council retaining wall on beach.

Bombala
The weather stations are up at Bombala Street thanks to Ian Ladyman.

Hooley Doolies
Conrad now the liaison officer for the club.

8. Safety Report
NIl

9. President report

10. Treasury report
Cash Reserve Account $12,993.23
Solution One Trading $2,578.64
Pay Pal $1,651.10
Total $17,222.97

Invoice have been submitted to NSWHPA for refund
North East Heaton forestry fee $1558.63
Slashing of Carmel’s paddock $680.00
Courtney To chase up bank signatures

11. Secretary Report
Not in attendance

12. NSW State titles
Huge thanks to the State Titles Committee
Tinks, Dustan, Gary and Billo
6 Days of flying with 2 stop tasks best titles for many years
Shirts were a hit.
Donation from Rod $500 to Ryan best beginner balance to Tony for development.

BEST OF THE REST
1 - Harrison Rowntree
2 - Gary Herman
3 - Andrew Sutton

FLOATER
1 - Andy Schmidt
2 - Don Gardner
3 - Rick Evans

OPEN
1 - Craig Taylor
2 - Jonny Durand
3 - Scott Barrett

Profit $500
New hang glider has been put up at the pub thanks to Tom Dicky
Work for next year Committee
Set date

13. Flying reports
Nil

14. Flight of the month
None awarded

15. General Business
Glennies
Shane recommended club weekend trip to Glennies to enjoy winter flying.
He self appointed at the organiser. approved

Promotional video loop for bowing club with QR code.
Courtney to chase to have it displayed in the club

Try to fly day
Though on low sand dunes at Dicko
Cameron?

16. Decisions
TBA

17. Tasks
Item Decisions

18. Next Meeting
Wednesday 30th April 6:30 Bar Beach bowlo

19. Meeting closed
7:13p.m

The minutes are to be supplied by Kieran.

Due to the NSW State Hang Gliding Titles the meeting was delayed by one week