Regular Meeting Venue: We don’t have a regular meeting venue, we move around all of the time and can usually advise of the location about 1 month ahead of time so keep an eye on the web site and we will advise you each time we have a get together scheduled.
Beth Docksey
Secretary
Murray River RFPA Branch
SECRETARY EMAIL ADDRESS: Click to email the Secretary
UPCOMING GET-TOGETHERS
Unless otherwise advised on the event as to who should be contacted please contact the Social Secretary Christine Eddes by email … Click to email the Social Secretary
Murray River RFPA functions. Bring your family, friends, and non members.
Luncheon – Balldale Hotel, Balldale NSW.
WHEN: Sunday 1 st March 2026 at 12pm.
WHERE: 33 Railway Road, Balldale, NSW. Ph.02 6082 9613
RSVP: Wed 25 th February 2026 by SMS, Email, or Facebook event
Coffee & Chat – Fox & Brew, Jindera NSW.
WHEN: Tuesday 17 th March 2026 at 10am.
WHERE: 92a Urana St, Jindera, NSW. Ph.0418 292 946
RSVP: Fri 13 th March 2026 by SMS, Email, or Facebook event
Luncheon–Woomargama Hotel,
Woomargama
WHEN: Sunday, 12th April 2026 at 12md.
WHERE: 679 Woomargama Way,
Woomargama. NSW. Ph.02 60205232
RSVP: Wed 8th April 2026 by SMS, Email, or Facebook
Coffee & Chat –Trilogy Hospitality 101 Café, Wodonga, VIC.
WHEN: Friday, 24 th April 2026 at 10am.
WHERE: 101 Hume St, Wodonga. Ph. 02 6056 4781
RSVP: Mon 20 th April 2026 by SMS, Email, or Facebook event.
BEYOND THE BADGE 2 DAY CAREER TRANSITION
FACE TO FACE PROGRAM Friday 13th – Saturday 14th March, 2026 at THURGOONA COUNTRY CLUB RESORT, THURGOONA, NSW.
The Murray River RFPA have been notified by the Beyond the Badge founders Sean Haran & Simon Bradstock, two former police officers, that they have organised another FREE 2 day Face to Face Career Transition Program for all First Responders & Armed Forces Veterans to attend at Thurgoona, Albury. The attached information will provide you with the details.
If you are transitioning out of one of these organisations, are already out no matter how long or you know someone that might need this program to help them move on into the next chapter of their lives, then please forward it to them. There are many former officers as well as first responders and veterans out there that are not connected to us via email, SMS or Facebook who you may be able to forward this to or speak to about this valuable life changing opportunity in the regional area.
If you need accommodation it is available at the actual location it being the Thurgoona Country Club Resort Hotel.
Please nominate and/or spread the word so that we are able to support and change lives. RSVP and book in ASAP on the web site or direct with Sean Haran below as there are just on 3 weeks to go before it is on. Below are the details from Sean Haran.
Thanks Beth Docksey
BEYOND THE BADGE CAREER TRANSITION
FACE TO FACE PROGRAM Friday 13th – Saturday 14th March, 2026 at Thurgoona, (suburb of Albury), NSW.
A Face-to-Face program has been organised by Beyond the Badge & Murray River RFPA which will be held at the venue of our generous sponsor the Thurgoona Country Club Resort, Thurgoon. The program is open to all Veterans and first responders from all agencies. You may be serving, transitioning, or have already left an agency.
The programs are conducted over two (2) days from 9:30 am – 2:30 pm, with a follow up session on line for day 3.
MARCH 13th & 14th, 2026
LOCATION: Thurgoona Country Club and Resort,
Address – 1 Eversham Place, Thurgoona.
Two Day face to face program
Support Material provided.
Catering provided.
For your information, I have attached a flyer that outlines the program.
If you are interested in this program, please contact Sean Haran, one of the organisers as soon as possible so we can make the required arrangements to get you booked in.
If you want to talk to Sean Haran or Simon Bradstock about it you can click on the Program Bookings link below, fill it in and they will contact you via text to arrange a confidential discussion regarding the program and or support services.
Program Bookings | BTB Website
Do not hesitate to contact Sean Haran if you have any questions on the number below!
Sean Haran | Director
Dip Sec Risk Management | Dip OHS
BEYOND THE BADGE | Supporting our First Responder Community
Correspondence to PO Box 3, Menai Central NSW 2234
W https://beyondthebadge.com.au
Any issues or info you can also contact us at the Murray River Branch of the RFPA by email or phone call.
Kind Regards
Beth
Beth Docksey
Secretary
Murray River Retired & Former Police Association
M.0412 661 738
Email
BOWLS GR8 FOR BRAINS
Come along and have a fun time bowling, chatting, or just having a cuppa. All members, family and friends are welcome. Bowls supplied and if you have never bowled before we have a coach available to show you how to bowl a good, curved ball. Covid procedures are in place.
When: Every Thursday at 9.30am to 11.30am
Where: Bowling Green, first floor, Commercial Club, 618 Dean Street Albury.
Enter via Stanley Street Carpark entries
Hope to see you all there.
MURRAY RIVER RFPA CLOTHING BROCHURE
MURRAY RIVER RFPA BRANCH COMMITTEE
The following members hold Committee Positions at the Murray River Branch July 2025 to July 2026.
Chair Ken Zegiel
Vice Chair Phil Eddes
Secretary Beth Docksey
Treasurer Ken Medway
Assistant Treasurer/Secretary Christine Bentley
Social Secretary Christine Eddes
Committee Member Brian Rosewarne
Committee Member Graeme Stephens
Committee Member Christine Eddes
Committee Member Louise Stephens
Wellbeing Officer Co-ordinator Louise Stephens
Wellbeing Officer Allan Grogan
Wellbeing Officer Martin Stenson
Wellbeing Officer Christine Eddes
Thank you all for taking up the positions in support of our branch and members. Enjoy the 12 months in our wonderful branch.
Beth Docksey
Secretary
Murray River RFPA Branch
SECRETARY EMAIL ADDRESS: Click here to email the Secretary
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE MURRAY RIVER BRANCH AND ACTIVITIES
Murray River Branch covers an area from the Hume Highway Albury up to Holbrook, halfway to Wagga, including locations about 45 minutes north of the NSW/Victorian border all the way across past Deniliquin stopping short of Mildura. We also cover the whole of Victoria, have had Tasmanian members, and have former members of the NSW Police Force who reside all over this state as our members. Therefore, we have very broad membership coverage with currently 117 paid members & another 80 who we contact via email. We are inclusive not exclusive; however membership has increased by 75% with this mantra in the last 7 years. We have an Executive Committee that meets bi-monthly and manages all issues relating to the branch including the social activities, welfare, membership, etc., with input sought from branch members prior to the meetings and if they wish they can attend. We have welfare officers that support our members in the broad ranging area of our branch.
As a result of our spread of members, we don’t have regular meeting venues, dates, days of the week or times as we move all around the branch area so that it gives all members the opportunity to get together. We also have our get togethers on different days of the week so that this enables our former and retired members who work or look after grandchildren on various days of the week or weekends to attend our get togethers. We always invite partners, friends, family members, some have young children and grandchildren that have attended our functions which has created great friendships with all of these people.
We have travelled to our Deniliquin members about once per year, down into Victoria on a number of occasions, to locations such as Bright, Myrtleford, Yackandandah, Chiltern & Beechworth and our members in those areas host our branch visits in that location. We have had a number of dinners in Melbourne for our members there and generally try to hold one there at least once every 4-6 months. When we travel around we try to include an activity before such as in Bright we went to look at our member Annie’s art works at her house, in Myrtleford, we went to our member John & Margaret’s Open Garden and Antique Firearm collection, & at Beechworth we went to our member ‘Bruiser’s’ Brew house for some home-made ale. We have also been to the ‘Bald Archie’s Exhibition’ when at Corowa and then the Corowa Chocolate factory after to make huge chocolate freckles & drink lots of various flavoured hot chocolates.
We also have Coffee & Chat get togethers about once a month in locations in Albury and other townships within about 30-50 minutes’ drive from Albury. We schedule our get togethers at our meetings and a couple of weeks ahead we notify all members by email, SMS and create an event on our Murray River RFPA Private Facebook Group. We of course require RSVP replies so that we can book adequate seating. We always generally have a minimum of about 20 people attend our coffee and chats & often 30. These get togethers are quite flexible and we always ask that any of our far flung or other branch members who just happen to be coming through the area to please advise us, even at short notice that they are in the area and we have put on a number of coffee & chats with two to three days’ notice to catch up with them whilst they are here. We have had members, and their partners come through for Coffee & Chats from Tasmania, Deniliquin, Sydney, Mudgee and Far South Coast, to name a few. So, if anyone is in the area or passing through, we only need a couple of day’s notice, and we will have a Coffee & Chat for you.
For any of these activities or information contact the Secretary Beth Docksey via email or phone.
Kind Regards
Beth Docksey
Secretary
Murray River Retired & Former Police Association
Click here to email the Secretary