Vale - Ray Dickie & Barry Toovey

Telephone: 0467 475 263 Postal Address: PO Box 49, San Remo, VIC, 3925 Web: www.woolamaibeach.org.au Email: Secretary@woolamaibeach.asn.au

The Members and Board of the Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club have been saddened to hear that two strong contributors to the local community and supporters of the WBSLSC in Ray Dickie & Barry Toovey have both passed away in recent weeks.

Ray Dickie has been a terrific supporter of the WBSLSC for many decades with his valued work on behalf of Rotary as a hard working member of the organizing committee of the San Remo Channel Challenge along with his great mates, Ted Jeffrey & Dennis Harris. No task was ever too much for Ray with his strong work ethic and his valuable advice as an experienced fisherman with the San Remo Co-operative on matters of ocean tides was much appreciated by all involved. In recent years Ray and his family have been very proud of the active role taken up his Grand Daughter, Bonny, as a very enthusiastic lifesaver with the Woolamai SLSC and also a keen competitor in the Channel Challenge and her brother Tully has also been involved with the club. We pass on our condolences to Ray’s wife, Pam, and the families of their children, John, Warren & Narelle (Dec).

Barry Toovey was on board as a helper with the Cowes Classic from day one through his involvement with the Phillip Island Netball & Football Club and in fact he built the first ever run through used for that event. Barry was always there early in the morning to help erect barricades and other structures for the Cowes Classic and occasionally he helped his great mate Dennis Harris at San Remo as they also put up structures for the start and finish of the Channel Challenge.

The Phillip Island community has recently lost four stalwarts in Dennis Harris, Ray Dickie, Barry Toovey & Don Dixon who all grew up in the local community and at one stage played football together with the Phillip Island Football & Netball Club. They were all of a type who rolled up their sleeves and got things done and they will be missed.

Kindly written by Life Governor, Ron Nicholson