Community & Club News

Nominated for Club Patron

On the 8th of May at the club's AGM, Father Jim Boland's nomination for Club Patron will be up for endorsement.

Father Jim has had a long standing relationship with Petersham RSL, including officiating at our pre-ANZAC
Day activites 35 years ago.

From his first posting at St. Josephs, Riverwood right through to starting the Police Chaplaincy of NSW and
obtaining the prestigious role of Manager of Religious Services at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Father Jim has been a strong pillar of our community for the past 40 years.

Cricket News

Petersham RSL Club has long been a supporter of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
which is celebrating the fact that they now have four players from 1st Grade currently playing for the State Speedblitz Blues, more than from any other club. Their reps are opening bat and captain of the Blues, Simon Katich, spinner Nathan Hauritz, batsman Usman Khawaja and fast bowler Burt Cockley. Cockley was further upgraded recently to join the Australian squad for the one day series against India which Australia won.

Pink cricket stumps are all the rage!

Randwick Petersham cricket is playing with pink stumps this year. The club decided to add a bit of colour to the all white clothing and the players reckon that being so bright, they're easier to hit when trying for a run out! There's no evidence so far however that the number of direct hits has gone up.

PETERSHAM RSL SUPPORTING A NEW COMMUNITY INITIATIVE - SPECIAL OLYMPICS INNER WEST

Petersham RSL club has been a great supporter of Special Olympics, which provides sports
training and competition opportunities for people with an intellectual disability.

In 2008, with the help of a sizeable grant from Petersham RSL, Special Olympics
began to set up a new sports club covering the Sydney Inner West area. The aim of Special
Olympics Sydney Inner West, is to provide a variety of sports opportunities in the local area.