Entertainment
18 July, 2025
Cash in on club’s 80th birthday
CLUB Mossman is getting ready to celebrate 80 years.
The popular venue has undergone extensive improvements in recent months, costing about $5.5 million.
The revamp has proved to be popular with both locals and visitors to the Douglas Shire and their timely completion has coincided with the club’s celebration of 80 years in the community, making it the area’s oldest social club.
The current clubhouse opened in 1996 with the original site located near the current Mossman Showgrounds.
With nothing more than a small cottage and a patch of land, the members cleared the site and built the first bowling greens by hand.
This original cottage eventually relocated to Mango Park Rd and is now the Mossman Sharks club rooms.
To commemorate this 80th year milestone, Club Mossman is giving away weekly prizes with the draws taking place each Sunday until August 24.
A grand finale will also take place on Sunday, August 31, which will include entertainment and allow members to take a share in $10,000 cash.
To be part of the draws, members must spend $20 or more at the club, with tickets being electronically generated.
“The weekly prizes have been kindly donated by local businesses to the tune of over $3000 which is amazing,” said club marketing and advertising manager Melissa Di Pietro.
“Each Sunday, three draws will take place at 4pm, 5pm and 6pm and each winning person will choose a golden envelope that will contain a number that will determine the prize,” she said.
“They could win anything from a Sunset Sailaway voucher for two adults, to a $200 voucher at Vic’s Mowers, or a two-hour clean from The Fairy’s Been Cleaning Services,” she said.
The major prize draw of $10,000 total cash prizes held on August 31 will start initially with $1000 drawn every half hour from 2pm until 4.30pm. Then at 5.30pm the grand prize that will start, initially at $4000, but may jackpot if any of the earlier prizes have not been claimed.
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