With round 1 done and dusted the Grassroots Sports Club AFL lunch was perfectly timed. Footy is back and we want to celebrate.
When it comes to racing the names don’t get bigger than Damien Oliver and Jamie Kah. The best male and female Jockeys Australian has ever produced were our guests and they didn’t disappoint.
This was a lunch for the ages. The GSC “Thanks a Million Lunch” was a celebration of the incredible achievement that the GSC and its supporters had raised in excess of $1 million dollars to assist disadvantaged kids access sport and recreation.
After many failed attempts and postponements, we finally got together for a much need Grassroots Sports Club Lunch and it didn’t disappoint. Everyone’s favourite MC Jason Richardson welcomed over 200 guests to the Plaza Ballroom and got the crowd pumped up for an afternoon of sport and fundraising.
With the COVID pandemic raging along and our GSC members in and out of lockdown we were unable to run any face-to-face Grassroots Sports Club events from October 2019 through to April 2021. The need to support charities and vulnerable children was greater than ever and the GSC community rose to the occasion with multiple fundraising initiatives during this time
The GSC racing lunch was upon us again and we pulled out the big guns with champion trainers, champion jockeys and some super talented form analysts
On Friday 24th May at the salubrious Glasshouse, the Grassroots Sports Club welcomed former UK cycling great David Millar to keynote the annual cycling lunch.
Jason Richardson introduced our famous racing lunch as ‘The official launch of Melbourne’s Spring Carnival’. And why not, it has become an institution?
The 2018 football lunch was massive and featured an all-star, premiership cast of Damien Hardwick, Alex Rance and Bob Murphy. It doesn’t get much bigger than that.
GSC's second Cycling lunch 'Boards to the Bergs', featured Brad McGee - AOM, Hall of Fame, Olympic Gold medallist and Tour Green Jersey winner. It doesn’t get bigger than that!
The Spring Carnival must be here because the annual Grassroots Sports Club Racing lunch hosted by Jason Richardson just went off with a bang.
Our first ever Grassroots Sports Club cycling event was an absolute winner and delivered a stellar line-up
The GSC has kicked off in Tasmania, with the first lunch being held in Hobart on Saturday 3rd September.
Unprecedented demand for tickets saw the annual footy lunch sell out in just 48 hours. The recently retired Chris Judd obviously a massive draw card.
Jason Richardson opened the lunch with a traditional heads and tails trivia challenge that not only tested the members’ racing knowledge, but also set the tone as a celebration of the start of the spring racing carnival.
On the eve of the Swans v Hawks grand final rematch in Sydney we held our second Grassroots Sports Club Sydney lunch at the magnificent Ivy Ballroom. What a day!
The GSC's 7th Caulfield Guineas Eve racing lunch boasted an all star line up, including Robbie Waterhouse, Michael Rodd, our very own MC to the stars, Jason Richardson and the stars of 'The Punter's Show'.
The launch of the Sydney Chapter of the GSC was a resounding success with a record amount of money being raised for the Mirabel Foundation.
Miracle surpassed all expectations and has been widely lauded as one of the best GSC speakers to date.
This was always going to be a big day. We opened the footy season at the MCG with two of the biggest and most controversial names in footy.
Richie Callender’s opening monologue set the scene for what was to be arguably the greatest GSC lunch to date.
Glen Boss was the star attraction of GSC Lunch #8 and provided a fascinating insight to his career to date and his progress as he returned from injury.
It was always going to be tough for this event to match the previous, where our first international speaker (Francesca Cumani) had drawn a record attendance.
Our first international guest speaker resulted in unprecedented demand for seats and a record attendance of over 300 new and existing GSC members.
A GSC record crowd of over 200 piled into the RACV club for what turned out to be a terrific afternoon.
It was a perfect Melbourne Spring day that played into the hands of the venue we had chosen. The Naval and Military Club boasted an outdoor greeting area where we indulge in a cool beverage and listen to the dulcet tunes of Shane Pullen to start the day.
A sincere thank you to everyone who attended last Thursday’s inaugural GSC lunch at Bluestone Restaurant. It was a perfect way to kick of these lunches, with great food, wine and company.
