2011 a Big year at The Poynton
It has been a big year at The Poynton – North Shore’s luxury lifestyle retirement village situated opposite Smales Farm. The Poynton offers outstanding facilities and up-market apartments that provide comfort, security and peace of mind. In this issue of Channel Magazine we review many of the events the have taken place at The Poynton during the year.
Early in the year, February, The Poynton welcomed new sales specialist Jan Fisher. “After many years in real estate it was time for a change and The Poynton offered a great opportunity,” said Jan back in March. Jan tells us she is really enjoying the challenging role and especially loves all the people at The Poynton.
Exhibitions, in first floor art gallery, of all types of art has quickly become a part of the village. Local artist Ian Cheesman exhibited his artwork in our first floor art gallery. Residents Lynne Brow, Tom Stout, Brian Rogers, exhibited art work in our first floor gallery. We had Marie Holden’s quilts and a photo exhibition by Arthur Rutter, Graham Vaughan and Keith White. It is great that we have plenty of residents happy to display their hard work in our very own gallery.
Croquet has become a popular sporting pursuit at The Poynton. There has been many croquet tournaments with other villages. The Poynton team has done very well in recent tournaments.
In April we celebrated the Royal Wedding with an afternoon tea and our very own Queen and Prince Phillip as judges.
There are regular concerts featuring leading musicians at The Poynton. These have become popular events for both residents and visitors. Concerts have featured leading pianists Jason Bae, JP Muir, Anya Maksymova, Andrew Faleatua and most recently 18 year old Lucy Zeng. All playing on The Poynton’s very own Grand Piano. Tickets are $35 a head, incudes a glass of bubbles, h’doveres and dessert at half time. All money raised goes to The Lewis Eady Trust which supports young emerging artists such as these that play for us at The Poynton. As a result of these concerts we have now donated $15,000 to the Lewis Eady Trust since The Poynton opened in 2009.
Continuing with the music theme, the evening with Carl Doy – kindly sponsored by residents – was something very special in July, and during the year we have had a number of groups from Westlake Girls over to entertain us and practice.
May and October we held ladies fashion parades with clothing from Gables in Milford.
Other highlights of 2011 were a Quiz night to raise funds for North Shore Hospice; A mid winter Christmas dinner in June when we enjoyed the talents of ‘Tall Order’ singing and dancing; We celebrated World Chocolate Eclair Day in June (with prizes for best éclairs made); We had Vintage Model A Cars on site in June.
Residents organise many of their own events, including Karaoke, pot luck evenings, bingo, snooker, to name just a few.
Melbourne Cup Day is always a great day and it is no different at The Poynton. On Tuesday November 1st there was lots of fun, with best hat and best dressed competitions.
Staff and resident numbers have continued to grow during 2011. We also welcomed new Care Services Manager Karen Schneller during the year.
In August it was a thrill that The Poynton won the ‘Resident Satisfaction Trophy’ for the second year running. This ranks us as number one of all the MLC Villages and we are very proud of that.
In early November we had a Mexican Evening to farewell Village Manager Lynda Hull on her travels. Lynda is due to return on December 5th.
For more information on The Poynton, contact Jan Fisher.
Phone 488-5711 or 021-599-550. Email: janf@metlifecare.co.nz.
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