Hi,

Around a month ago I sought your support for the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s fundraiser – The 72Km Long Run and you very generously responded. It was truly humbling to receive so many positive responses from past OTU members, some of whom I had not seen for 50 years and others I have never met, truly a great group.

To keep contributors informed I maintained a running blog on the Team website during September so supporters could follow where things stood and I hope you found it interesting (still available on the website). Regardless of whether you read it though I thought you may appreciate a brief summary of September’s events so…

Firstly and most importantly a lot of people (over 300) donated a lot of money, everywhere from $10 to $5,000. In total we i.e. you and I, raised over $41,000 in fact we were the third highest fundraising ‘team’ in the nation – a fantastic outcome.

Secondly and equally importantly over 40 people joined Team FORBES as “runners” and most achieved the 72Km target, some in short time. Some of us  then pushed on and added extra K’s to achieve personal goals but that’s an individual story, it’s all on the website.

Team participants came from the USA, UK, NZ, France, Morocco, UAE, Libya and throughout Aust. Some people ran on dirt tracks (guess where), others in wind and rain, some in significant heat (Houston) and some under robust C19 related quarantine restrictions (Melb). I feel guilty admitting some including me, ran in WA in Spring sunlight most days and where the most relaxed C19 related circumstances on Earth prevail. Most of us finished our respective distances and as far as I know… no-one did a hammy which is great news!

For those who donated to me personally (64 not including the person I am married to who had little option), a huge personal thank you! Together we raised over $17, 700 for the Foundation which was another fabulous result – the third highest ‘individual’ fundraiser. Terrific!

Now in case you know someone who forgot to donate during September, or perhaps the kids have annoyed you lately and you want to reduce the size of their inheritance, The Long Run website is still active but otherwise this the end of the story.

In closing I just want to once again say how much I appreciated your support. It was tremendous and your financial generosity was beyond expectations… my heartfelt gratitude.

Together we provided men diagnosed with prostate cancer, and their families who go through it with them, practical assistance through the Prostate Cancer Foundation… and importantly hope – you demonstrated you care!

My sincere thanks and my best wishes – Bill

Scheyvillians

The attached photographs show a Parade on the OTU Parade Ground. They were sent to the then Editor of The Scheyvillian, Alan Storen (1/67) some years ago.

Photo Q2: When lined up on the Parade Ground a larger class is seen at the front, with a smaller class at the rear.

This is the usual format for a Mid-Term Church Parade, when the Juniors had been at OTU for about 3 weeks.

From the relative class numbers the ‘Senior Class’ at front is larger than the ‘Junior Class’ in the rear so it is not a 4^th Intake as the Senior Class.

To the right of the line-up can be seen the Governor-General’s Banner, so the parade is post Class 2/67 Senior Class as they received the G-Gs Banner.

Photo Q6 shows the formation of a ‘Hollow Square’ and the Chaplain in front of the Band (ie a Church Parade)

If anyone can identify this parade please advise:

Neil Leckie

The Editor

The Scheyvillian

0400 573 802 or

nkaleckie@optusnet.com.au

Dear All,

I am passing on the following email at the request of Bill Forbes  2/70.

Cheers,

Ian Kelly  2/67

OTU Webmaster

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THE PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION’S LONG RUN

Good Afternoon

With the intent of acknowledging all of you who have supported me this Sep in my fundraising efforts for the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Long Run, with some 3 days to go I have increased my personal target to 200K’s.

So far I have completed some 180K’s, the toenails have stopped bleeding and while the right knee may need some reconstruction one of these days, at the moment it’s holding up…so why not?

To date for this great cause we have together raised close to $32,000 under the Team Forbes name and over $10,000 under my own name – fantastic results in both instances!

As fundraising has progressed over the past 28 days I have attempted to thank each of you through The Long Run website and periodically posted updates on the site so you know how things are progressing. I hope you have had a chance to read them.

Your generous financial assistance and in many instances your physical support on the Team as a runner has boosted my morale and encouraged me from Day One, so once again my sincere thanks. The first 180K’s have been run to help those people impacted upon by this terrible disease… the final 20K’s are for you!

All the best – Bill