News and Events

The Wednesday activity 2 pm group were looking for a fitness activity in the community to be involved in. We went for walks around the Goldfields reservoir and other places. Eventually we were able to organise a yoga afternoon with Bree Gregory who is a qualified Hatha yoga instructor.   The group started early this year and have in that short time improved their fitness and flexibility. The entire group have said how much they enjoy the class.

            

             

Maryborough was again able to send a full team with a few spectators each day for the annual cricket carnival in Ararat.

Our team was made up of four members of the Young Achievers group, one ABS worker and five AIS clients each day.

As always the team was very excited to participate and had been honing their skills in the preceding month.

We played Warracknabeal first up and our top order batters put on a great display, finding the boundary on many occasions. As is always the case with matches with Warracknabeal the game was played in great spirit, and although the opposition performed well, Maryborough was victorious by around 15 runs.

After lunch we played another very friendly match against St Arnaud who won the game narrowly with a fair bit of encouragement from the umpire. Ararat’s unpredictable weather again threw up a challenge or two in the form of windy rain squalls which briefly disrupted play.

On Thursday we played Skene Street Specialist school (from Stawell) who were very enthusiastic opponents. Their opening bowler caught Bec’s shoulder  with a ball that a baseball pitcher would have been proud of and stopped the game momentarily. Once the stinging subsided in Bec’s shoulder we continued with some modification to his bowling technique.

Maryborough batted well but it was our bowlers 10 wicket haul that saw us comfortable winners in this match.

Our final game was against Ararat which presented our biggest challenge for the competition. Ararat batted first and posted a daunting total. Our batters started impressively with some great hitting from Bec, Callum (one mighty six), Blair and Brent. The team played very well but fell short of the target.

This year’s carnival was definitely more about participation and having fun than results, but our team came away feeling very pleased with their efforts.

An all team photo was taken which was applied to a mug and presented to each team at the close of the competition. Each player also received a participation certificate to take home.

This event is very much enjoyed and several of our team have already asked to go again next year.

It is always a pleasure to be involved in this event which brings so much enjoyment and satisfaction to our clients.

On Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th of November 2009, clients from ASTERIA Services Inc. competed in the Tri State Games held at Stawell & Ararat. The participants included Amy, Jill, Tracey, Jack, James, Nick, and Scott. They all competed against many athletes from all around Australia. They made new friends and caught up with old ones. The games were held in fashion to the Olympics’ with the exception of the quarter & semi finals. All athletes tried their best in the true sportsman ship and thorougly enjoyed every aspect of the games.

Due to the time commitments required to be ready to undertake the quality audit this year, dramarama will not be running. Some organisations suggested they would look at attending dramarama one year and awakenings the next so we hope more organisations will also give this some consideration. Although awakenings is much bigger than dramarama it is still a fantastic experience that all organisations should have a go at experiencing, the organisers are very supportive.
We will look at having dramarama at the same time next year. Thanks to all the loyal supporters of this event and we hope to catch up again soon!

ASTERIA Services Inc. hosted a special evening where by the past Directors and Members of Wattle Human Services & ASTERIA Services Inc. were recognised for their years of service on the Board.