National President – Memorial Day 2024

Fellow Ulysses Club members,

On the second Sunday in September
every year, we officially remember those who have ridden on. We
celebrate their lives and keep the memories going. This year the Ulysses
Club National Memorial Day is on the eighth of September.

On this day, we will get together,
share stories and memories and often a drink or two. We will celebrate
the lives of friends, fellow riders and Ulysses Club members at events
and services all around Australia.

This last 12 months has unfortunately
seen the loss of many long-term Ulysses Club members, sadly, our club
is ageing and with that, so do our members.

Wherever you are, whether at an event
to remember those that have Ridden On, at a Branch social meeting,
event or on a Branch ride, look around you, share thoughts with the
people you are with. As most of you will know, without the Ulysses Club
you would not know most of the people you ride and socialize with.

We are so lucky to have had the
opportunity to join the Ulysses Club family and make these people our
friends. Ok, so you won’t get along with everyone, who does? But life is
interesting when you have variety! Thank goodness we are not all the
same!

Make sure to welcome visitors to your
rides and gatherings, let them learn the value of being a Ulysses Club
member and I am not speaking financially, I mean from the friendship,
the support, the comradeship and the family that we all become. Give
them the opportunity to feel welcomed and when they ride on, to be
remembered.

Make good memories and appreciate the
life you have and the people you know and share it with. Ensure that
the lives of those that have ridden on continue to be relevant. Just
because someone is no longer physically with us, does not take away from
the lives they lived, the impact they had on our lives and the memories
we shared.

Check on your mates, make sure
they’re ok. Be there for each other and include those that are often on
their own. Life is way too short to hold grudges and one day it might be
too late to say what you need to say.

Whatever your journey, make your life one worth living and remembering.

Keep the shiny side up and ride safe

Allan Pratt 9186

Ulysses Club National President

 
National Committee
Allan Pratt -  President
Dave Wright – Vice President
John Tout – Treasurer
Lyn Tout – Secretary
Committee members – Blue Knowles, Dennis King, Lea Morgan