ASASA (VIC) Annual Dinner 2025

6 September 2025

The ASASA VIC Annual Dinner 2025 was our first annual dinner since before COVID.

It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces, and the new ones too.

The night welcomed a mix of veterans, partners and family. At the dinner were members who had served in every year of the 60 years of SASR.

Whether we served one year or many, did not deploy or deployed 10 times, the night was about celebrating what connects us – our service with the Regiment, our stories, and our common bond that lasts a lifetime.

Being a partner of a member of the Regiment is a tough gig, and it was great to have all the partners share in the evening too!

Phil Sullivan, retiring President, was thanked for his years of service to the Committee, with an engraved glass plinth and a custom-made knife from Black Swan Blades as a token of our appreciation.

Acknowledging their years of service to the Committee, the following former Presidents who were stepping down from the Committee were also given these gifts as a token of our appreciation:

• Terry Nolan
• Barry Jones
• Tony Bowden

The success of the night was having every single person who was there join us for a fantastic evening.

It was a great night!

Special Thanks

Special thanks go to all who helped make the night a success:

• To all who attended the evening!
• All members of the Committee for doing the hard yards behind the scenes
• Steve, our guest speaker from Perth
• Martin Hamilton-Smith (ASASA National Chairman)
• Harry Moffit for MC duties
• Justin Holland for photography
• Ben the Piper
• All the staff at the Kelvin Club

Sponsors

Special thanks also go to our sponsors:

• Camberwell Pompey Elliott RSL
• Watsonia RSL
• Ryan Oswin and Towers
• Searoad Ferries
• Mark Direen and Dog Tag Whiskey
• Luke Mullins and Black Swan Blades
• Harry Moffit and the “Fourth Pillar”
• Ben Doyle-Cox for the Regimental flag

We’ll See You At Next Year’s Dinner!