PCYC manager addresses Rotary

Umina Police and Community Youth Club manager Mr Martin Eddy has addressed the Rotary Club of Umina Beach about the club's strengths and future needs.

His address to the Rotary meeting touched on the history of the youth club movement.

He explained that in 1936, Police Commissioner William Mackay returned from England and established a youth club in a disused lockup in Woolloomooloo with boxing as an early mainstay.

Mr Eddy told local Rotarians that boxing remains one of the club's strongest activities and three or four Umina members would be capable of gaining gold medals at a future Olympic Games.

The strength of Umina PCYC boxing has enabled the club to secure $25,000 additional funding which has resulted in planning for the redevelopment of the building's interior and the additional of a Covered Outdoor Learning Area along the side of the building.

Mr Eddy is currently raising funds to purchase a mobile boxing ring and trailer for the club.

Other activities organised at the club include archery, judo and gymnastics as well as traffic offender courses and Learning and Provisional driver lessons.

Mr Eddy said there was a need for ideas in planning the building, developing new courses or looking for an alternative location and said he considered the club's relationship with Rotary an important one.

Mr Eddy spent 16 years in the NSW Police Force as a driving officer.

He was employed for seven years at Lake Macquarie and Newcastle as a top and safe driving trainer.

Mr Eddy told the Rotary meeting that he was married with three children and his hobbies included travel, photography and guitar.

His travels have included destinations such as Cambodia, Egypt, Korea and Italy.

Newsletter, 1 Aug 2016

Rod Radford, Rotary Club of Umina Beach