{"id":14086,"date":"2026-01-12T11:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=14086"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:49:46","slug":"january-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=14086","title":{"rendered":"January Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fish and Chips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to let Gary know your order for the Fish and Chip run this Sunday! More details can be found by reading the post on Sprite News <a href=\"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=14079\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=14079\">>HERE&lt;<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the menu on line and send Gary a message with your order,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a great run, late afternoon and the long range forecast look like it will be a great evening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Australia Day Thong Throwing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please come along to the traditional Thong Throwing Competition at the Chabrel&#8217;s, overlooking the beautiful Oakbank Racecourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has to be one of the most hotly contested (and, as a former winner, prestigious) trophies in the Sprite Club Calendar and is in consideration as a State v State event for the Nationals (I can&#8217;t actually confirm this and really have just made this bit up, but now its out there it has to be food for thought right Gordon??).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that EVERYONE read Sprouting Forth over Christmas so OF COURSE everyone knows the details, but for the small minority that didn&#8217;t read it (shame on you all!), details are below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Where?<\/span> Des and Penny Chabrel&#8217;s, 2 Dorset Lane, Oakbank<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">When?<\/span> Monday, 26th of Jan, from 1230 onwards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What do I bring?<\/span> Chairs, a picnic lunch and something cool to drink. Penny and Des will provide dessert, tea and coffee!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What can I win?<\/span> As always, the highly coveted John and Judy Bowering Memorial Trophy is up for grabs. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What is the John and Judy Bowering Memorial Trophy and why is it so important? If you don&#8217;t know, shame on you, so come along and find out!. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I&#8217;m  unreliably informed that the Australian Cricket Selectors wish this event was earlier in the summer so our spin bowlers can come along to get some new wrist flick ideas of a killer curve ball, such is the skill required to win.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=474%2C292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=1024%2C630&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=768%2C473&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?w=1102&amp;ssl=1 1102w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spriteclub.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Not to self &#8211; don&#8217;t Google &#8216;images of thongs&#8217; when looking for a suitable picture&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fish and Chips Don&#8217;t forget to let Gary know your order for the Fish and Chip run this Sunday! More details can be found by reading the post on Sprite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=14086\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January Fun!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-spritely-chat","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgyCDM-3Fc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14086"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14093,"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14086\/revisions\/14093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}