St Marys Diggers Club

St Marys Diggers Club is conveniently located close to the M4 Motorway and offers a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere for members and guests with traditional RSL values.

Whether you want to have a meal, dance the night away or get involved in our weekly Club promotions, St Marys Diggers has something for everyone.

We have a Sports Lounge area where you can watch all the big games on our massive screen or play Pool or Snooker. Full TAB and Keno facilities are available, too.

The Hall St Brasserie is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. It offers light snacks or Full Meals. Blackboard and weekly specials are available.

We cater for most functions at the Club and pride ourselves on making your special occasion memorable.

The Club is home to the St Marys Diggers and Band Club Bowlers. We have two beautifully manicured greens that host social and competition events.

 

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024

Please view the Notice of the 2024 Annual General Meeting.

 

St Marys Diggers and Band Club Annual Report 2023-2024

Please view the 2023 – 2024 Annual Report

 

Board of Directors

Ross Franklyn-Smith – PRESIDENT

 George McGivern – SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

 Karen Cassel – JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Brett Greenow – DIRECTOR

Andy Ward –DIRECTOR

Bob Higgins – DIRECTOR

Lee-Ann Taylor – DIRECTOR

Uwe Schoenherr – DIRECTOR

Sam Vecchio – DIRECTOR

 

Community Club Grants 2023 – 2024

St Marys Diggers & Band Club remains diligent about supporting local charities, organisations, and projects that continue to serve our community and need our help. To date, the Club has made substantial cash donations totalling $158462.

Community Junction Inc

Community Junction will hold two free National Children’s Week events from Arthur Neave Memorial Hall, Werrington, and North St Marys Neighbourhood Centre, North St Marys. Both events will include various interactive leisure activities and entertainment for children and their parents to explore, relax and play. Children’s services within the Penrith LGA will be invited to share information about their organisations, enabling parents and carers to connect to local services.

End Youth Suicide Suicide

Suicide is the largest single cause of death for young Australians. Through this project, 80% of youth participants will reduce their suicide risk. Therefore, Youth research will provide 15 Western Sydney youths access to individual support from a Greater Sydney Social Worker and access to a proven peer-facilitated program. This supports them in unpacking trauma and addressing poor mental health and life challenges. This program supports youth in feeling safe and included while improving their future.

Golden Oldies

Bringing seniors together for a luncheon and entertainment to welcome them back to the centre and celebrate their anniversary. The Golden Oldies Seniors Group has met at the South Penrith Neighbourhood Centre for over 28 years. There are 35 members, both men and women aged 80+. This group meets every Thursday for morning tea and activities such as house, crafts, games, trivia, guest speakers, and bus trips.

Learning Links

Learning Links psychologists will work at Oxley Park Public School to support local children in achieving sound mental health and social and emotional well-being. The psychologists will support up to 39 vulnerable students using evidence-based therapies and programs to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger management and poor social skills, which, if left untreated, can leave children feeling disconnected and disengaged with life and learning.

Our Community Cares Inc

A High Tea Fundraiser will raise funds to purchase 14 workshops to train nurses and carers in the Penrith LGA on dementia patients, what they see, and what sparks their confusion. This can foster empathy in the carers and allow them to change environments to suit the patients, thereby reducing the terror and confusion they experience.

South Creek Probus

South Creek Probus is for retired and semi-retired people. It meets monthly and allows isolated and lonely people to socialise.

South Creek Probus

This project will subsidise the morning tea provided at each monthly meeting and subsidise the cost of the room hire and catering for their Christmas function, thereby assisting members at this financially stressful time of year.

South Sudanese & CALD Communities Empowerment Project

The project will address the welfare and social service needs of the South Sudanese and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in the Penrith LGA. The project aims to deliver culturally appropriate health services, community development programs, and employment assistance activities that will help improve the living standards of low-income and disadvantaged individuals.

The Haven Nepean Women’s Shelter

The Haven provides up to 3 months of supported crisis accommodation for up to 6 women and their children who are at risk of homelessness or are experiencing domestic violence. During their stay, they are provided tailored support and wrap-around casework services to best enable them to live a life free of violence and move into transitional or stable housing. There are 6 bedrooms to
accommodate various family sizes, including large families and a single woman. Families per year = 24.

Vietnam Veterans Association St Marys Outpost Sub
The Association has 18 well-being support officers who visit veterans & war widows/ widowers in the Greater Western Sydney area who are in hospitals, aged care facilities and at home. The ST MARYS DIGGERS & BAND CLUB COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 202 3 -2024 organisation has 8 compensation advocates who assist veterans of all conflicts to apply to the Department
of Veterans Affairs (DVA) for their entitlements. In addition, the organisation provides computer training for veterans & members of the local community.

WestCare

Funding to complete a specialised fit-out of the new WestCare Youth Services Van to provide the new Yes School Breakfast Program at Jamison and Kingswood High Schools, plus ongoing
family emergency relief and welfare support through local primary and secondary schools.

Zonta Club of Nepean Valley

Every year, three secondary school awards and three tertiary awards are given to encourage young women to continue in their fields. The three secondary awards are for STEM subjects at Glenmore Park High, Creative Arts at Nepean CAPA High, and Girl Showing Initiative & Community Service at St Marys Senior High.

Zonta Club of Nepean Valley

A festival of art and design in conjunction with Nepean CAPA High School, in its second year, aimed at encouraging artists and students to exhibit their work to highlight their extensive talent.

In addition to the above-listed organisations, the Club has contributed a further $72,500 to support St Marys Pipes & Drums, St Marys Band Club Rangers Football Club, Euchre, Colyton/St Clair Little Athletics, Colyton/ St Clair Colts Cricket, St Clair Comets, Toastmasters, Rotary, and St Marys Bowlers.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CLUB MEMBERS

This club is required by law to make available to its members information that relates to the management and financial administration of the club, including:

1. A register of disclosures made by the directors and employees of the club.

2. Details of the overseas travel made by the directors and employees of the club.

3. Details of loans given by the club to employees.

4. Details of employment contracts for top executives.

5. Details of the payments made by the club for consultant services.

6. Details of legal settlements made by the club with a director or an employee of the club.

7. Details of legal fees paid by the club for a director or an employee of the club.

8. The club’s annual gaming machine profit.

9. The amount applied by the club to community development and support.

10. Details of training completed, or exemptions claimed, by a director, club secretary or manager of the club.

AND

The club must provide quarterly financial statements to its board for adoption and make them available to members, including:

1. The club’s profit and loss accounts and trading accounts for the quarter and

2. A balance sheet as of the end of the quarter.

 

GAMBLING POLICY STATEMENT

View our Gambling Policy Statement

View our Gaming Plan of Management