{"id":13962,"date":"2012-10-21T17:35:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T07:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=13962"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T04:16:36","slug":"red-ants-reunite-for-a-fantastic-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/10\/21\/red-ants-reunite-for-a-fantastic-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Ants Reunite For A Fantastic Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13964\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13964\" title=\"20121020 Red Ants Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Craig Norris, Barry Clark, Wayne Jensen, Dennis Moore and Brian &#8216;Preacher&#8217; Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 21, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first Red Ants Reunion to be held for more than 20 years has been declared a huge success by organisers.<\/p>\n<p>Club treasurer Janine Ploetz said between 250 and 270 people &#8211; former players, coaches and their families &#8211; attended the celebration, which was held under a marquee on Saturday night at T.J. O&#8217;Neill Oval in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n<p>She said the night was &#8220;fantastic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Red Ants media co-ordinator Mick Dugdell said visitors travelled from Victoria, NSW and all over Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Many life members of the club came along, including John Norris, from Hervey Bay; Alan and Yvonne Irwin, and Bob Jones, who travelled back from North Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Other well-known club identities included former Australian International and State of Origin forward Dave Brown, Brian &#8220;Preacher&#8221; Smith and Tony Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>The raffles &#8211; which included signed jerseys and other memorabilia &#8211; also went &#8220;really well&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Profits from the night will be put towards the completion of the club&#8217;s new building.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13963\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13963\" title=\"20121020 Red Ants Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gina Hop, Caboolture; Kay Perren, Brisbane; Melinda Green, Tannum Sands; Tracey Cavanough, Nanango; and Rachel Sippel, Boyne Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13965\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13965\" title=\"20121020 Red Ants Reunion\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121021redants3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Ants committee members Helen Schaffer, Janine Ploetz, Peter and Rayleen Moss, and Mick Dugdell worked hard in the lead-up to make the evening a big success<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Red Ants Reunion to be held for more than 20 years has been declared a huge success by organisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":13967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,82],"tags":[21,1140],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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