Premier Sponsors
Organisers
O2C Mental Health Resilience Training and Consulting
We are an innovative, imaginative and creative Canberra based company specialising in building resilience within organisations. Our programs, training and coaching covers a panoply of areas including resilience, mental health, emotional intelligence, leadership and team building. We combine cutting edge techniques and activities such as appreciative inquiry, positive psychology, and world café to stimulate the thought processes and motivate relevant organisational growth and transformation.
Our team are all highly qualified experts within their respective fields and we draw on the resources of our affiliates, where necessary, to meet and exceed client expectations.
We believe, as Aldous Huxley said, “Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you”. In this regard, we believe our role is to establish and foster an environment for people and organisations to understand and act on their experiences.
We contribute to our community in many ways with our provision of training for Lifeline volunteers an involvement that gives us a great degree of meaning and satisfaction.
Major Sponsors
Fairlane Canberra
Fairlane Canberra was established by Eric and Luzia Doeberl and is now owned and run by his daughter Rosemarie. Fairlane provides property development and property management solutions in the Canberra Real Estate market. Fairlane are proud to offer sponsorship towards conditions for local and overseas Grand Masters. This support ensures that the Premier tournament continues to allow the top Australia players to experience strong competition without leaving Australia.
The Hellenic Club of Canberra is located in the suburb of Woden just outside the city centre. The interior design and décor of the Hellenic Club is inspired by Ancient Greece, subsequently designed and built with a Greek architectural theme, creating a unique club environment.
The popular Bistro is renowned for its quality steaks and seafood, and offers members and guests great dining at fantastic prices. Other dining options are The Trattoria Pizza Pasta Restaurant or the authentic Greek Taverna Restaurant.
Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the Triton Lounge. Featuring a massive 4m wide screen showing all the big sporting events, the Triton Lounge also features live entertainment every Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights and Sunday afternoons. The Sports Lounge features two massive screens for your sporting enjoyment, ACTTAB and Keno facilities along with no fewer than 27 monitors for all the form guides and your viewing pleasure. Experience all the excitement of Las Vegas in the state of the art Gaming Lounge.
Minor Sponsors
Mind Games is Australia's premier games store, stocking the largest range of games in the country. They stock the latest Australian and international board games, including euro style, card, war, family, abstract, classic and party games.
Game enthusiasts can also visit the Mind Games knowledge base which provides information on a number of aspects of gaming, including which games have won awards, game designers and manufacturers.
Stratagem is an Australian owned, Canberra based company specialising in supplying quality IT personnel and services. Stratagem was established in 1985 and has built a reputation on providing quality service to clients and contractors alike. With more than 22 years experience in the Canberra region, Stratagem has forged strong relationships with both the public and private sector.
Australian Chess Enterprises is Australia's premier chess supplier. Our main website is at www.chessaustralia.com.au. ACE is the publisher of the Australasian Chess Magazine. We offer a wide range of chess equipment, books, DVDs and software, including Giant Outdoor Sets. We are organisers of many of Australia's top class chess events, including the Myer Tan Australian Grand Prix and the Sydney International Open. Our showroom and offices are in Riverstone in North-West Sydney, where we have been established since 1991.
Talent International is one of the largest and most successful privately owned IT recruitment agencies in Australia with offices in all major capitals. Talent boasts some of the largest and most successful blue chip companies as its clients. Talent is widely recognised as a leader in the provision of quality IT recruitment services to clients and candidates alike.
We are one of Australia's largest and most influential credit unions, with more than 185,000 members, approx. 500 employees and 48 branches across South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales & Western Australia.
We offer a diverse range of financial services including face to face advice and transactions, personal and business banking, a national ATM service, financial planning, tax and accounting, insurance, telephone and internet banking, Bank@Post, BPAY® and foreign exchange services.
Our aim is to build relationships with our members to assist them to achieve their lifestyle goals and financial success, and to contribute to the improvement of our local communities through our Community Membership Program.
We are 100% Australian owned by our members so we're not answerable to financial shareholders. Our surplus funds are returned to our members in the form of better services and member advantages. These include no account keeping fees, lower transaction fees and Australia-wide ATM access.
Anyone is welcome to become a member!