On Tuesday the 28th of June we held our official Grand Opening. We were joined by Gerry Wood, Member for Nelson who did the honours of "Opening" the shed. Thanks Gerry!

Gerry and Sarah cutting the ribbon

This shed is the culmination of years of hard work by members in all sorts of fundraising, from sausage sizzles, quiz nights, raffles and stalls. Huge thanks to all that have assisted in making this dream a reality.

Thanks to everyone who has attended training, taught training and helped out with training. Training funds are our 'bread & butter' and all of it goes in to improving the club. The building of our shed has been our aim and focus for many, many years.

Thanks also go to all the un-noticed jobs of countless people. Those who have been on the Committee, those who fundraised, those who have stored and cared for equipment, those who contributed to working bees, syllabus planning days, all who assisted at trials with the table duties, judges dinners, billeting judges and organising all the paperwork.

The Shed/Club House is the first time in 20 years we've had a place to call home. Now we have a home our focus will be on improving training and equipment for the future.

A big thanks goes to Jeff at Area Steel. Without Jeff's generous discount we would still be a few years away from having our shed. Jeff and Cathy were a pleasure to work with and incredibly helpful.

If you are thinking about a shed call Area Steel on 8988 4531 for a quote.

Special Shed thanks go to:

NT Government, Department of Justice for the 2010 Community Benefit Fund grant
Jeff & the crew at Area Steel - especially for the donation of insulation and whirlybird to keep us cool!
David Ewing for concreting the ramps
Shane Smith & Ben Urquhart for their electrical work

Eileen Fletcher for shelving donations