Club History
Charter Members, Past Presidents & TTG Paul Harris Fellows
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Charter Night at Hotel Australia, 7th June 1975
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1st Meeting held on 13th March 1975.
Club Founded: 19th April 1975
Club Chartered: Saturday night 7th June 1975, and celebrated in style at The Hotel Australia, North Adelaide.
Sponsored by: Rotary Club of Campbelltown
Chairman for Evening was Jim McClaren (President of Campbelltown).
Representatives from 32 Rotary Clubs in District 250 attended.
252 Rotarians and Guests toasted The Rotary Club of Tea Tree Gully.
District Governor: Geoff Evans (Rotary Club of Port Pirie) D250
Charter Club Officers:
John Thomas (President), Dean Oliver (Secretary), Graham Alderman (Vice President), Dick Milner (Treasurer), Graham Smith (Director), Graeme Molony (Director), Bob Van Der Hoeven (Director).
Charter Members:
Jack Bowden, Milton Bowman, Bevan Carson, Stuart Green, Ian Hay, Ron Krieg, John Lodge, Frank McElroy, Jim Merrifield, Keith Mitchell, Kevin Munro, Brian Petherick, Donald Prince, Peter Rostron, Fred Scott, Mike Siddall, Don Smith, Gerard Swart, Chuck Townsend.
Past Presidents :
1975 – 1976 | John Thomas | 1976 – 1977 | Graham Alderman |
1977 – 1978 | Dean Oliver | 1978 – 1979 | Dick Milner |
1979 – 1980 | Merv Martin | 1980 – 1981 | John Simpson |
1981 – 1982 | Kevin Todd / Graham Alderman | 1982 – 1983 | Don Duff |
1983 – 1984 | Doug McAlpine | 1984 – 1985 | Bill Blight |
1985 – 1986 | Arthur Jeffries | 1986 – 1987 | Mike Bertholini |
1987 – 1988 | Bevan Carson | 1988 – 1989 | John Cunningham |
1989 – 1990 | John Gardner | 1990 – 1991 | Lindsay Gibb |
1991 – 1992 | Graham Combe | 1992 – 1993 | Trevor Graske |
1993 – 1994 | Brian Stone | 1994 – 1995 | Ian Hay |
1995 – 1996 | Peter Rostron | 1996 – 1997 | Ray Whalley |
1997 – 1998 | Layton Catford | 1998 – 1999 | Ian Wilkinson |
1999 – 2000 | Graham Klose | 2000 – 2001 | Leo Forrest |
2001 – 2002 | Paul Klepczynski | 2002 – 2003 | Dean Crook |
2003 – 2004 | Brenton Burford | 2004 – 2005 | Claude Whitehead |
2005 – 2006 | Margaret White | 2006 – 2007 | Arthur Jeffries |
2007 – 2008 | John Trueman | 2008 – 2009 | Graham Fussen |
2009 — 2010 | Doug McAlpine | 2010 — 2011 | Graham Klose |
2011 — 2012 | Jack Richardson | 2012 — 2013 | Sam Siami |
2013 — 2014 | Glenn Mitchell | 2014 — 2015 | Paul Bahr |
2015 — 2016 | Margaret White | 2016 — 2017 | Ray Whalley |
2017 — 2018 | Ynyr Hughes | 2018 — 2019 | Glenn Mitchell |
2019 — 2020 | Glenn Mitchell | 2020 — 2021 | Ray Whalley |
2021 — 2022 | Ray Whalley | 2022 -2023 | Ray Whalley |
Paul Harris Fellows
Sapphire (S) & Ruby (R) Pins:
Graham Alderman | July 1985 | |||
Ron Krieg | Feb 1989 | Dec 2013 +1S | ||
Graham Combe | Oct 1991 | May 2007 +1S |
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PDG Trevor Graske | Nov 1993 |
(PDG – 1994-95) | ||
PDG Peter Rostron |
Feb 1997 | June 2010 | Dec 2013 +3 R | |
Ray Whalley | Feb 1997 | Dec 2013 +4 S | July 2021 +5 S | |
Graham Klose | Aug 2004 |
Dec 2013 +1 S | ||
Claude Whitehead | June 2005 | Dec 2013 +3 S | ||
John Simpson | May 2007 | May 2011 | Dec 2013 +2 S | |
John Gardner | May 2007 | May 2011 | ||
Margaret White | Oct 2008 | Dec 2013 +1S | ||
Graham Fussen |
Dec 2013 |
(+3 District) | + 2 Rubies | |
Glenn Mitchell |
May 2017+1 S | |||
Paul Harris Fellows :
Apr 1988 | Maxine Graske | Jun 1988 | Gwen Roberts | ||||
Jun 1988 | Kathleen Cunningham | Oct 1988 | Doug McAlpine | ||||
Feb 1989 | Bill Blight | Mar 1989 |
Dean Oliver | ||||
May 1989 | David Roberts | Jun 1989 | Arthur Jeffries | ||||
Jul 1991 | Mike Bertholini | Jul 1991 | Lindsay Gibb | ||||
Oct 1991 | Bevan Carson | Oct 1991 | Graham Combe | ||||
Nov 1995 | Brian Stone | Nov 1995 | Tom Jenkins | ||||
Brian McDonald | Feb 1997 | Craig Dawson | |||||
Feb 1997 | Layton Catford | Feb 1997 | Ian Hay | ||||
Jun 1998 | Ian Wilkinson | Jun 2000 | Ray Kretschmer | ||||
Jun 2002 | John Cunningham | Jun 2002 | Robin Hodgkison | ||||
Jun 2003 | Leo Forrest | Aug 2004 | Dean Crook | ||||
Aug 2004 | Paul Kilepczynski | June 2005 | John Trueman | ||||
May 2006 | Hilary Gardner | Oct 2013 | Brenton Stehniak | ||||
May 2017 | Jack Richardson | Jun 2019 | Kaye Rostron | ||||
July 2021 | Joylene Mitchell | ||||||
Other PHF Awards
Dec 2013 Elenor Cuputo Non Rotarian
Nov 2013 Geoff King (Modbury Press) Non Rotarian
The Rotary Foundation Certificate of Appreciation
Dec 2013 Modbury Branch Bendigo Bank