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