Ronnie Moore Hill ClubHow it all Began...
The Ronnie Moore Hill Club was first discussed the late 1990's, as the viewing area inside the sports club (commonly known as "THE CAGE") was starting to make the loyal supporters of the dingoes go around the twist.
So after many long hours of discussing where was the best to watch and support
the dingoes, it was decided that we should venture over to the other side of Dingley to the
barren hill, (Dingley West) which for many years we had looked at and wondered what it was like
to travel so far from the social club.
After packing the brown bomber with a few supplies, and on a very barmy Saturday morning of April 2000 we set off for the long journey to the hill which we decided would be at least a one can trip. One must query as to who wanted to make it only a one can trip as we discovered that the first journey into unexplored land was to take all of five minutes, most of that time spent starting the brown bomber and persuading it that it would be safe in our new found land.
By 2002 we had many new settlers to the new land and had a membership of 85.
That year we started to charge for the use and privilege of being on the hill and an entrance fee of $10.00 was introduced for all settlers with all profits forwarded on to the Dingley Football Club.
It was also suggested by one of the members that we should start selling alcohol on the Hill, which at the time we thought was a stupid idea as the members were there to support the Dingoes and that, selling alcohol would be wasting our time.
But Ron said that he would try the idea and so
we did, selling out of all drinks on that first home match and raising the
profits of some considerable lengths for the Dingley Football Club.
Originally asked to raise enough money to sponsor the Dingley Football Club for all trophies for that year, the RMHC raised $1100 for the trophies as well as handing over $1200 to the committee to help pay for some of their immense overheads.
2003 saw the RMHC build on it's first official year and the membership increased marginally. It also saw the beginning of the two fire places and the lucky margins draw, beer sales increased and the return that was given to the Dingley Football Club was $3398.00.
Not to rest on our laurels, in 2004 Ron decided to go out and buy a marquee so that the members would have some protection on those cold Melbourne wintery days and that must also have worked as not only was it a successful year on the field, it also saw the profit margin grow to $4144.
By the end of season 2005 the RMHC would have hoped to raise over $12,000 in support of the Dingley Football Club and hope that the supporters get behind us and help the Dingoes climb to the top.
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