RSVP to Allan & Eva (08) 6202 2840    Email: socialcoordinator.wa@ipa-australiapolice.com.au

International Police Association, Western Australia Region

NEWSLETTER

Editor: Allan Voak

Patron: Dr Karl O‘Callaghan APM—Commissioner of Police

Chairman’s Desk

Happy New Year to everyone.

Congratulations to Henrik Wulff (Murdoch Detectives) for becoming a recipient of The Arthur Troop Scholarship.

Henrik intends to choose from a range of courses available at the IPA Training facilities at Gimborn castle in Germany.

Anyone with a minimum of 12 Months membership of IPA is eligible for the scholarship.

Members should be encouraging young officers to join and apply for the scholarship. Hope everyone has a safe and happy 2012. If you intend traveling, enjoy and where

possible take advantage of what the IPA membership has to offer.

Keep an eye out for upcoming social functions and please make an effort to attend some functions this year.

Chairman

Paul LaSpina

BALI WEDDING

Congratulations to Brett and Nicole PENGILLY on their Bali Wedding

Ross and Cheryl Pengilly with their grandson Jake recently traveled to Bali where their son   and Jake’s father Brett and his partner Nicole were married. The Wedding Photographs will be published in the April edition of the PDU.

Further congratulations to Brett Pengilly who has recently been promoted to Sergeant. Brett has been an IPA members since 2008.

SOCIAL NEWS:

Dear Members once again we are about to commence our social calendar for 2012 there has been a change of night for the Dinner / Mystery Movie night. I have been advised by the Cygnet Theatre that the Preston on Como (Formerly the Karalee Tavern)  will only do the “Dinner Nights on a Tuesday night.

For our members who enjoyed a nice curry unfortunately the D’Tandor Indian Restaurant has now closed and we will be searching for a new Indian restaurant close by.

The Dinner / Movie night is still priced at $22.00 which gives members a choice from three main meal on offer and entry to the Cygnet Theatre. I have had several talks with Paul the manager of the Preston on Como and he has advised me that the menu will change on a regular basis.

This year I have produced a Social Calendar so members can place it in a place that you can regularly refer to and meet the RSVP dates if you intend to attend any of the Social Functions.

All of our Monthly Meetings and Social Functions are family friendly and members can bring either family members or their friends.

Allan Voak  Social Coordinator

TUESDAY MARCH 6th

Dinner / Mystery Movie Night at the Preston on Como & Cygnet Theatre

Cost: $22.00 pp

RSVP  if your attending by the 28th of February

No late bookings will be accepted due to limited seating

Contact Allan or Eva (08) 6202 2840 or Email: voak.ipa@virginbroadband.com.au

VISITORS TO WA

On Saturday the 14^th. of January our host coordinator Vic Smith attended at the Perth International Airport to welcome George Simpson and his wife to Perth.

George and his wife left Scotland on Friday the 13^th. when the temperature was minus 3D Celsius and arrived in Perth with a temperature at 27C, this was the evening temperature. (The average temperature while they were here was 39C.)

After the formalities were over Vic took them to their chalet at the Perth Village Caravan Park.

On Monday Vic picked them up and took them for a tour of Perth.

They did the usual tour of the city, Kings Park Botanical Gardens, the University of Western Australia and a tour through Nedlands and Mosman Park and down to Fremantle for fish and chips at Cicerellos.

After lunch it was a quick tour of Fremantle and along the coast to Cottesloe, City Beach to Scarborough and then along Reid Highway back to their chalet at the caravan park.

Because of the limited time Vic was unable to assist them anymore and they were left to their own devices for the next two days before they left to go to the eastern states.

They were driving overland and making stops at Merredin and Kalgoorlie before crossing the Nullabor and heading to Broken Hill in South Australia.

Pete Lewis a member of the United Kingdom Section is here in Perth for a holiday with his friends who reside in Marangaroo.

Pete had previously been to Perth and other parts of Australia with his late wife Ivy. Val and Colleen visited Pete in  Marangaroo and went out to lunch with him.

Pete is enjoying our hot weather. It hoped that we will see him again before he returns to the UK.  

GUEST  SPEAKERS

Dear member’s are you interested or do you know of someone who you think would like to be a guest speaker at one of our monthly meetings. Please contact me so we can make it happen.

Western Australian Sections Monthly Meetings

Are held on the 3^rd Monday of the month

WA Police Union Building 639 Murray Street West Perth

Commencing at 7:30 pm and followed by a light supper

Members attending have the chance to win the lucky door prize raffle.

SOCIAL CALENDAR  2012

March Tuesday 6th:

Dinner / Mystery Movie Night

Preston on Como & Cygnet Theatre

Cost: $22 pp

RSVP by 28th February

May Monday 7th:

3 Course Dinner Soup, choice of Steak, Fish, Chicken, Salad Bar and Deserts

Lynwood Arms Tavern

Cost: $14.20

RSVP by 30th April

July Sunday 22nd:

Mystery Day Trip and Lunch

Cost: $41pp

Seating limited to 21 passengers

payment will be required at time of booking

RSVP by 1st June

September Sunday 16th:

AGM / CHAIRMAN’S LUNCHEON

Venue to be advised

December 16th

Christmas Luncheon

Miss Maud’s Swedish Restaurant

Murray and Pier Street Perth City

12 midday sharp

Cost: TBA by October when Miss Maud’s set their pricing

RSVP if you’re attending by 25th November

Seating is restricted as we must give numbers by 28th November to secure our booking