4th Club Gathering

25th March 2006

The 4th Club Gathering was attended by approximately 20 BOD and prospective members. The afternoon was dedicated to fun and games to promote fellowship and Rotaract amongst the new students. There was lots of laughter as the games started off with 'What's your favourite pet?' where everyone had to draw their favourite or ideal pet on pieces of paper. The drawings were randomly given out and had to be matched back to the owner. The person holding the drawing would have to introduce themselves to the owner and get to know them better.

Next, it was 'Backfire!'. Everyone was required to write down an action they wanted to be carried out, and the slips of paper were returned to Charllene, the Games Mistress for the day. She then asked people questions such as 'Who do you think has the potential to be a good singer?' The person they named, would then have to carry out the action that he or she wrote down, thus the name 'Backfire'. It was especially interesting to see the crazy actions suggested by the more naughty people of the group, being carried out by themselves. Kind of like 'a taste of their own medicine'.

Edison kissing his new wife, after a successful proposal

Mike: Do u Charllene, want to buy this handful of air?

RAC Swinburne's award-winning monkey

And of course, there was the infamous traditional Rotaract game, 'Lap Dance'. Charllene asked a series of questions, and those found the question applicable to them, would move a step to the right or left as instructed. If the seat was occupied by someone else, then the person on top would just take a seat, on their lap! This led to many pile-ups and traffic-jams all through the circle. Finally, after a lot of squashed legs and human sandwiches, Edison Ho, managed to reach his own chair and was awarded a hamper for his efforts.

The last game was 'Charades' and the participants were divided into 4 groups. Each group took turns to send a representative to act out movie scenes or titles and the rest of the group would guess. There were some hits and misses as each representative had their own version of the movie.

The winning group for Charades

Before the prize-giving ceremony, President Andrea gave a short presentation to remind the prospective members about the upcoming activities over the next 2 months. Hampers were then given out to the deserving winners and a group photo was taken. Overall, it was a fun but tiring afternoon for everyone.

Had a great time!