Canterbury survival swim program help educate local Year 4 students
Thursday, 26 October 2017In response to the spate of migrant drownings last Christmas, Canterbury League Club banded together with City of Canterbury-Bankstown Council and Royal Life Saving NSW to deliver a new swim survival program to local primary schools. The pilot program, called Canterbury Aquatic Survival Skills Project, engaged 306 Year 4 students from seven schools including Campsie
$1206.80 raised for National Breast Cancer Foundation
Thursday, 19 October 2017For a week in October, Canterbury and its staff were awash in all things pink to fundraise funds for National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) and their fight against breast cancer. During the Club’s October Breast Cancer Awareness Week, Bakehouse Café’s front dessert display cabinet was jam-packed with delicious pink sweets and treats such as pink
Canterbury takes out the top spot
Monday, 16 October 2017Canterbury League Club was announced as the winner of a ClubsNSW Clubs & Community Award at the recent awards night on 15 October 2017 in recognition of the Club’s work to feed the homeless in the city with local Punchbowl group, Maronites on Mission. Awards in nine different categories were up for grabs on the
LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AT THE WESTERN WING
Saturday, 14 October 2017Since the last magazine, work has really ramped up and there has been a lot of progress on all construction areas at the Western wing of the Club. New bathrooms on the first floor were unveiled several weeks ago – there are now even more toilets in the male and female section, sleek golden doors
THE BISTRO CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS
Tuesday, 10 October 2017Behind the black hoarding, away from public eyes, work is happening at an energetic pace to transform the former Banyan Brasserie into Canterbury’s latest dining offering, The Bistro. At last check, the Western side escalators have been demolished and replaced with new ones. Builders have shifted the angle which connects the two floors so now
VALE HARRY MURRAY
Friday, 6 October 2017Cyril Henry Murray, or more fondly known as Harry, aged 88, passed away on Wednesday 13 September 2017. Born on 29 November 1928, Harry was a Canterbury League Club Member since January 1964, joining not long after the start of another adventurous expansion program of the original ‘Paragon No.1’ building back when the club was known
Canterbury is turning pink to support NBCF
Wednesday, 27 September 2017Canterbury staff will be throwing their support behind National Breast Cancer Foundation’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month by running activities in October to raise funds for breast cancer research and prevention. From 9-15 October, Bakehouse Café’s front dessert display cabinet will be awash with delicious pink sweets and treats such as pink cupcakes, pink donuts, pink
Ultimate Grand Final Competition
Tuesday, 26 September 2017Congratulations Ian Streater you and 3 friends have won the Ultimate Grand Final Experience.
Starlight magic coming to 14,615 kids after fundraising telethon
Monday, 25 September 2017Canterbury League Club has always been part of the magic of ‘Big Change for Little Champions’ telethon to raise money for Starlight Children’s Foundation and this year was no different. Canterbury Director Steve Mortimer OAM was on-hand during the live taping of The Footy Show to present a cheque to Starlight for $25,000 and to
Try Canterbury’s newest family-friendly Italian restaurant
Thursday, 21 September 2017With a variety of wood-fired pizzas, pastas, meat dishes and salads on the menu, diners wanting to experience great Italian food will surely find it at Lavico Italian Ristorante. Lavico, which means lava in Italian, is Canterbury League Club’s latest family-friendly restaurant. It got its name from the Club’s iconic volcano water feature which sits