WOMENS SECTION
Women’s Section Update from President Joss Myers Happy New Year to one and all. Our first meeting for 2026 will be held on Tuesday 3rd February @ 1:30 pm and is held in the Restaurant; new members are welcome to attend. Congratulations to Beverley Forrester our member who received the Merit of NZ Medal, for her services to the wool industry, in the New Years Honors List. Bev is the siter of Noelene Price-Quedley and the daughter of Ona Price the founding President of the Warkworth RSA Women’s Section. Bev it is a wonderful honor for all your hard work with wool. The Women’s Section run Housie every second Wednesday starting from 4th February @ 1:30 pm. A raffle is run at our meetings as well on the Housie days, this is our main source of fundraising. From our fundraising we donate $800 per year to four charitable organisations around/connected to Warkworth. We also offer support to the RSA with different projects. Come and join us for a bit of fun! Joss Myers President
NOVEMBER MEETING At our November meeting the two Noelene's spoke on their travels. Noelene Brown with a camper van touring the upper regions of Australia, discovering how vast the terrain was and how friendly and accommodating the holiday camos were. Travelling against the road trains was another experience. Noelene Price Quedley's travels to the South Island in particular the tulip fields. Tulips are grown outside of Invercargill for the bulbs which are exported to various countries worldwide. The fields for tulip growth are only used every 7 years to enable the bulbs to be germ free. The flowers are not used but mulched into the ground once the bulbs are collected. December we had our Christmas luncheon with spot prizes given to some lucky members. All members enjoyed a home baked Christmas pie from our Secretary Joy. A farewell presentation to Sherryl (Bar Manager) was had prior to a Christmas cooked lunch and a glass of beverage. Last day for housie is Wednesday 17th December at 1.30pm. Coming up for the New Year we will have: First Meeting will be held on Tuesday 3rd February at 1.30pm. Wednesday 4th February Housie will resume for 2026 at 1.30pm. This will then be every second week thereafter at 1.30pm Purple Poppy Day - Supporting the animals will be on Saturday 28th February 2026. On behalf of the Committee I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone of the Women's Section and the RSA Members a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2026 Joss Myers President Warkworth Women's Section