{"id":7852,"date":"2026-01-27T13:31:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/?page_id=7852"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:13:16","slug":"convention-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/convention-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Convention 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-76507c3c36388419b0fdc4bf194719c1 wp-block-paragraph\">SERG would like to invite you all to <strong>register<\/strong> now for the Australian Foxhunting Championships to be held on the June long weekend (June 6\/7) in Mount Gambier, SA.<br><br>Please send an email to Tim at <a href=\"mailto:convention@serg.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convention@serg.org.au<\/a> &nbsp;with the following information.<br><strong>Team Callsign<br>Team members name and callsign (if they have one)<br>Number of dinner seats to book<\/strong>.<br>We will then reply to the email with details of payment etc.<br>Information about the event can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/convention-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/convention-26\/<\/a><br><br>The foxhunting events will again be run by Greg VK5ZGY and myself Tim VK5AV.<br>We look forward to receiving your registrations to assist our organising committee in our preparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-bright-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e07813ab3a874263f46ce43089ee7e40 wp-block-paragraph\">Please note: the club does not have an EFTPOS machine so all payments need to be in cash e.g. door entry, daytime food<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-Convention-poster-V3small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-Convention-poster-V3small.jpg 600w, https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-Convention-poster-V3small-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yes, the convention and Australian Fox Hunting championship is on for 2026. The usual June date for the King&#8217;s Birthday Weekend, this year it&#8217;s the 6th and 7th. Location will again be at the Scout Hall in Mt Gambier.<\/p>\n<p>More details will follow as the organisation gets under way but we can tell you the dinner will be on the Sunday evening with John VK5JOB in charge and the whole club as helpers. The dinner will follow the presentation of the Fox Hunting Awards and the Home Brew Competition results. We have a guest speaker arranged too.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding home brew, last year was down on entries and this was recognised by a number of attendees and promises were made to contribute in 2026. Home brew is an important part of our hobby, we will continue the competition. <strong>Have a think about how you can contribute.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The committee has now met several times and things are shaping up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Catering progressing as are the fox hunt plans, a grant has been promised to help with costs, banners organised, Elite Communications have already responded enthusiastically, a Codan antenna has been donated, &#8220;foxboxes&#8221; being expanded and software for the hunt is being practised. Lots more has already been organised.<\/p>\n<p>Our leader is Maxwell VK5AC ably assisted by a small committee.<\/p>\n<p>Fox hunting is in the hands of Greg VK5ZGY and Tim VK5AV.<\/p>\n<p>Our contact email for the convention is <a href=\"mailto:convention@serg.org.au\">convention@serg.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fox-Program-2026-final.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Fox Program 2026 final.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8de37ea1-7a55-4d58-9a36-748ea3944a27\" href=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fox-Program-2026-final.pdf\">Fox Program 2026 final<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fox-Program-2026-final.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8de37ea1-7a55-4d58-9a36-748ea3944a27\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERG would like to invite you all to register now for the Australian Foxhunting Championships to be held on the June long weekend (June 6\/7) in Mount Gambier, SA. Please send an email to Tim at convention@serg.org.au &nbsp;with the following information.Team CallsignTeam members name and callsign (if they have one)Number of dinner seats to book.We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/convention-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Convention 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7852"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8112,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7852\/revisions\/8112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}