Special appearance: Guest speaker Chris Anstey at the Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch.
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Rechelle Zammit
The latest edition of the Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch was a raging success at the Museum of Vehicle Evolution in Shepparton on Friday.
At 11am, everyone was gearing up for the event and starting to show up.
The event was being catered by four local rotary clubs, with the room being split into four sections, one for each club - Shepparton, Shepparton Central, South Shepparton and Mooroopna.
As people entered the doors, they walked through the exhibits at MOVE, and many people stopped by to grab their raffle tickets for the Menulog car.
By noon, there were stacks of people filling the room. They were given their freebies on entry - a beer, a stubby holder and a beanie.
In the networking portion, lots of men were sharing a laugh, having a drink, hanging out with their friends and meeting new people.
Everyone was happy to be there and ready to enjoy the afternoon.
By 12.30pm, the room was filled with hundreds upon hundreds of people, with more still coming through the doors as they got ready to sit down and share a meal - and plenty of important conversations.
News photographer Rechelle Zammit was there to capture the day through the lens.
Pick up a copy of Monday’s News for full coverage of the event.
Visy table: Fred Zito (front left), Simon Grumley, Matthew Thomas, Lloyd Johnson, Peter Bullen, Kym Ziersch, Rocky Raco (back left), Chris Van Der Merwe, Anthony Ciavarella, Steven Whelan.
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From Graham Thomson Motors: Anthony Conte, Gerry Van Grinsven and Gerard Michel.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Comic Peter Hellier.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Bert Syer (front left), Graeme Syer, Brett Sharp, Darren Ransone, Rick Maloney, Ray Maloney (front left), Craig Green, Josh Syer, Brent Ransone.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Shepparton South Rotary’s Su Neilsen, Shepparton Central Rotary’s Malcolm Watt, Shepparton Rotary’s Nell Popelier and Shepparton Rotary’s Trish Barr.
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Bowel nurse: Lynda Morrison.
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Prostate nurse: Sonia Strachan.
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Prostate nurse: Nicole Lewis.
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GV Health CEO: Matt Sharp.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Telfords staff, including Paul Davies, Shane Simmons, Daniel Telford, James Smith, Chris Higgins and Mark Cecil.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Prostate cancer survivor John Ryan.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Prostate cancer survivor Peter Ryan.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Bowel cancer survivor Gregory Brooks.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: John Ryan, Gregory Brooks and Peter Ryan.
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Team effort: Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch Organising Committee.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Nathan Tranter, Nick Durston, Chris Anstey, Zane Foott, Joel O'Sullivan and Dave Kennedy.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: A huge crowd was in attendance.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Des Dowling, John Ryan, Gregory Brooks and Peter Ryan.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Shepparton South Rotary Club’s David Earle.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Former NBA basketballer Chris Anstey.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Organising Committee chair Shane O'Sullivan with Des Dowling.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Prostate nurses Sonia Strachan and Nicole Lewis, bowel nurse Lynda Morrison and GV Health CEO Matt Sharp.
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Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch: Guests entering the building.
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