Hi All,

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who has already registered for the Scott Sharpe Fundraising Dinner on Friday 10 September 2010.

For those who have yet to register – this is your last chance to purchase tickets. 
Final numbers are required by 6pm Thursday 2 September 2010.
To book please use the form given here.. 
It will be a great night and the more people who are able to attend the better it will be!

Any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me on 0414 484 394.

Many thanks,
Susan Reynolds

On the afternoon of Thursday 5th August Scott Sharpe was killed in a tree felling accident whilst working near Launceston.

Scott was one of the great arborists and tree workers of Australia; a past Victorian tree climbing competition winner and leading contract climber.  Tree workers from all over Australia will remember him for his good humour, his wealth of expertise and the enthusiasm with which he shared it.  His technical climbing and equipment knowledge were world-class, in recognition of which he had recently accepted a seat on the technical advisory committee of the international tree climbing competition.  His loss is a severe blow for our entire industry.

Scott had recently moved back to Tasmania with his family to start a business.  We send our deepest sympathies and condolences to his wife and children.

Some of Scott’s colleagues and friends will be meeting to remember him at 3pm on Tuesday 10^th August, at the Notting Hill Hotel on Ferntree Gully Rd., across from Cannings.  Further details will be posted presently.

The full results from the recent International Tree Climbing Competition have now been posted, and are available here.

The VTIO would also like to invite members and interested parties to a meeting of the VTIO committee, to discuss the draft Climbing Guidelines. The meeting will start at 6:00pm on Tuesday 10th August, and will be held in the Arboriculture classroom of NMIT.  Please contact one of the committee if you wish to attend and require further details.

The guidelines have now been available for download from the site for approximately six months, and have previously been mailed out to all members.  We are grateful for all of the feedback and comment that has been received, and the points raised will be discussed at the meeting, as we aim to get the document out of the draft stage.  After the meeting, a revised and updated version will be sent out to all members for your further comment.

The first ITCC results have come in, and congratulations are due to Australia’s Kiah Martin, who finished 3rd overall!  We are still waiting for the official results to come in, so we don’t yet know where Grant Cody placed, but the winners of each event are given below.

*New world record of 13.26 seconds.