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Newsletter – Spring 2025 Edition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Good Talks Event – 12 September 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

On Friday 12 September<\/strong>, the PK Community Foundation held Good Talks, an annual event reflecting the Club\u2019s commitment to community and meaningful conversations.<\/p>\n

160 members and guests filled the dining room to hear PK member Andy Lee in conversation with Dylan Alcott AO. Former Australian of the year and one of the world\u2019s greatest Paralympians, Dylan enthralled the audience speaking frankly about the challenges of growing up as a paraplegic, the role of sport in his life and his passion to improve the lives of people with a disability.<\/p>\n

He brought along his three Olympic medals, including one designed to rattle so blind people could hear it and differentiate between the different coloured medals.<\/p>\n

Before the event, Dylan visited Mahogany Rise Primary School, our neighbouring primary school that has received grants from our community foundation of $125,000 over the last five years. Dylan \u2018opened\u2019 the inter-school sports that the school was hosting for the first time, thanks to facilities built with PK Community Foundation funding. The teachers, along with their students and families, were overjoyed to have Dylan at their school and Dylan was too.<\/p>\n

Dylan has become a fanatical golfer \u2013 he plays off a handicap of 24. Two bidders competed for a round with Dylan and Andy plus lunch. When a second round was generously offered, both bidders successfully boosted the proceeds for the day. All up, we raised almost $50,000<\/strong> for the PK Community Foundation.<\/p>\n

Thanks again to everyone who attended the lunch. Your support is very much appreciated.<\/p>\n

Click here to view all of the photos from the event.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Newsletter – SUMMER 2025 EDITION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PKCF Pro Am Golf Day – 20 January 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The 2025 PK Foundation Pro Am took place on the South Course with 20 professionals from all around the country coming to play, including several players with status on multiple worldwide tours.<\/p>\n

Best scores:
<\/strong>The best score of the day came from Connor McDade and Jack Munro who were tied on -3 par, followed by David Bransdon and Matthew Millar on -1 par.<\/p>\n

Teams Event:
<\/strong>The teams event, an Irish Teams Stableford <\/em><\/strong>was won by Andrew Turner, Jeremy Vogler, James Temple & Stephanie Bunque on 117 points. Congratulations to Troy Legudi who had the best individual score of 37 points.<\/p>\n

Thank you!
<\/strong>Thank you to all who played and supported the event which raised $30,200 for the PK Community Foundation. Huge thanks<\/strong> also to PK\u2019s fantastic Pro Shop staff for their work to ensure that great golf and fun was had by all, plus sincere thanks to host Marcus Fraser<\/strong> and MC Andy Lee<\/strong> for helping to make this another successful event for the pros, members, guests and the Foundation!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PKCF Younger Members Guest Day – 17 November 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Foundation\u2019s (PKCF) Younger Members Guest Day, originally planned to occur in March had to be postponed to November because of extreme weather on the original March date. The event held on 17 November <\/strong>was hosted in partnership with great support from TGI Sport <\/strong>and Speak & Share<\/strong>, which is one of the charities supported by the Foundation.<\/p>\n

It was a very well-planned and executed event by Hayden Surrao (PKCF Committee member)<\/strong> until a significant storm suddenly struck from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM disrupting all activities, including blowing away the party hole at 9th South!<\/p>\n

Despite these challenges, both golfing competitions were salvaged as were the presentations. While the major fundraising portion of the day was impacted, the event delivered many direct and intangible benefits for PKCF and the wider club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Red Hill Peony Estate Visit – 28 October 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

This wonderful day was a collaboration between PK Community Foundation and our Women’s Committee and held on a beautiful Spring day on 28 October 2024.<\/p>\n

Over 45 members and guests enjoyed a special day at the Red Hill Peony Estate which was timed to see fields of the magnificent peonies in bloom.<\/p>\n

Our hosts, PK members Jill and Phil Holmes-Smith<\/strong>, did an extraordinary job preparing for our visit which included a tour of their beautifully designed and maintained garden, and a rare sighting, a large field of unpicked peonies in full bloom.<\/p>\n

A sumptuous picnic lunch prepared by the PK kitchen followed, including Jill’s peony flavoured ice-cream. Then back to PK on the bus, most of us clutching bunches of stunning coral peonies to take home.<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to Phil and Jill Holmes-Smith, Louise Keeran – PK’s Hospitality and Events Manager,  PK Community Foundation Committee, the Women’s Committee and our members who volunteered their time and great help, plus all those who came – a great team effort for those in need in our local community, raising over $5,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Good Talks Event – 6 September 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The latest Good Talks lunch held on Friday 6 September featured two distinguished guest speakers, Brendon Gale<\/strong>, former player and (at this time) CEO & Executive Director of Richmond Football Club, and renowned sports journalist Caroline Wilson<\/strong>. The event attracted an enthusiastic audience eager to hear insights from two of the most influential figures in Australian football.<\/p>\n

Brendon oversaw Richmond’s Premierships in 2017, 2019 and 2020 and at the lunch he shared his experiences on leadership, team culture and Richmond\u2019s rise to success, offering valuable lessons on resilience and strategic planning. He also briefly touched on his move to Tasmania and the exciting challenge he faces in setting up the new AFL team, the Tasmanian Devils.<\/p>\n

Caroline, known for her pioneering work in sports journalism did a great job interviewing Brendon. Their mutual love of AFL and Richmond was evident with the free-flowing banter between them.<\/p>\n

The talk concluded with a lively Q&A session, where Brendon engaged with the audience, offering several personal stories including his rise to CEO status.  <\/p>\n

The lunch was a great success with the added benefit of the auction items raising much needed funds for the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Estate Planning Insights Session – 16 August 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Foundation was very pleased to be able to present a fascinating and in depth session regarding  issues and considerations we need to be aware of when planning our wills and estates.<\/p>\n

We were delighted that Emma Woolley, a Hall & Wilcox partner and a specialist in this area, could share her extensive knowledge with PK members. Topics covered included family law, issues of capacity, awareness of superannuation guidelines and much more. Following the presentation, members were forwarded a copy of her slide deck so they had a record of what was discussed.<\/p>\n

With nearly 50 members and guests in attendance, this event demonstrated to the foundation that the offer of a timely, practical information session targeting members’ interests and stage of life concerns, was a valuable offering. The fact that this was also a free event was no doubt a helpful bonus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Newsletter – WINTER EDITION JULY 2024<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PKCF Pro Am Golf Day – 15 January 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

On a warm and windy Monday, the PK Community Foundation staged its fourth Charity Pro Am on a Composite course.<\/p>\n

We had a full field with Matt Griffin, the winner of the Heritage Classic on the Sunday leading a star-studded professionals field which included Wade Ormsby. Matt and Wade jointly took out the event with a well-crafted 3 under par in very challenging conditions on the day.<\/p>\n

Other prominent pro\u2019s included, Olympians, Su Oh and Marcus Fraser along with PK favourite sons David Micheluzzi, Andrew Kelly, Cam John, Tim Walker, Daniel Gill and Harrison Gilbert-Wong. The winner of the 2023 Sandbelt Invitational, Daniel Gale was joined by retuning favourites Andrew Martin, Zach Murray, Steph Bunque and a couple of very competitive veterans, Richard Green and David Bransdon among others.<\/p>\n

Andrew Turner\u2019s Banner Asset Management team with Adam Kelly, Gareth Thomas and their pro Steph Bunque took out the teams competition. The leading amateur in the field was Frank Andrews with a workman-like 38 points. Congratulations and well played to the winners!<\/p>\n

The composite course set up along with high winds and fast greens provided plenty of \u201creflections\u201d over a fabulous lunch. We are grateful for Andy Lee\u2019s light entertainment roving the room and light-hearted chats with players.<\/p>\n

PKCF Chair, Mandy Milledge did a spotlight chat with Ben Farish<\/strong> and Mason de Wit<\/strong>  the co-founders of Speak & Share<\/strong><\/a> about their important work in the Frankston Mornington Peninsula community on mental health and suicide prevention with young people. This was followed by an auction held by member Mark Guthrie which raised a further $16,000 to take the grand total just over $50,000<\/strong> for the event. Funds raised for the event will be distributed across a number of Frankston community programs such as Speak & Share.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to express our deep gratitude to all participants for their generosity and some major contributors to the successful event being:<\/p>\n