Having sold its Hall Street premises to the Toga Group in 2007, the Club continued to operate on a lease-back basis until its last day of trading on 4 November 2009.
As far as our physical presence is concerned, we continue to maintain an office at the front of this building. The Toga Group have been kind enough and we have accepted their offer to allow us to occupy the shopfront office that most of you will recall was once upon a time a travel agency as well as, more recently, a football shirt retail outlet.
Bearing in mind that we have not been in a position to provide a clubhouse immediately after 4 November, we are pleased to announce that every member will have their membership extended by a year. So, if your membership was due to expire on 31 October 2009, it now will not lapse until 31 October 2010. If you have already renewed until 31 October 2010, your membership will be extended until 31 October 2011. It is staggering that over 2,000 members have decided to renew notwithstanding that we have been unable to advise of new premises.
All new members joining after 31 October 2009 will also receive an extended membership period.
We intend to keep members up-to-date with what is happening through regular emails. Whilst we have an extremely large database of email addresses, there are many of you who currently don't receive our weekly emails. The best way to keep informed is to provide us with your email address. So simply drop us an email at myclub@hakoah.com.au and ask us to put you on the newsletter database or just follow this link http://www.quikmail.com.au/hakoah/join.html
We also intend having an active social committee that will organise events from time to time. These events may be a movie night, a picnic day, a boat cruise or other such event. Once again, the best way to know about such events is to provide us with your email address.
The office can be contacted on 91303344 or email myclub@hakoah.com.au or pam@hakoah.com.au