Completed meetings and events 2013-2014

Mon 30th June 2014 HANDOVER NIGHT President Edward hands over to President Patrick.

Handover at the Lyndhurst Park Hotel read more...

Mon 23rd June 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting and CLUB ASSEMBLY

Hosts: Woolley, Baker, Bennett.

Mon 16th June 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Old & New Council

Hosts: Sutton, Stratford, Thomson.

Wed 11th June 2014 KIDS OUT AT PAULTONS PARK 2014

A fun day out for local youngsters. George organising read more...

Mon 9th June 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting and New Committees

Under the 2014-5 Chairmen. Planning for the next year

Hosts: Smith, Stephens, Stewart.

Sat 7th June 2014 PRESIDENT'S NIGHT AT THE BEAULIEU HOTEL, BEAULIEU ROAD

A special evening to celebrate President Edward's Year. read more...

Mon 2nd June 2014 6.15 for 6.45 pm MASTER BUILDERS HOTEL, BUCKLERS HARD,( RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT) Dinner and 'Old' Committees

This is not a Family and Friends evening.
Last meeting of 2012-3 Committees. New Committees next week.
Hosts: Matcham, Page, Roe
Liaison and info: Tony Roe

Wed 28th May 2014 NEW FOREST LITTER PICK.

At Horseshoe Bottom Car Park (approx 3 miles from Brockenhurst). Meal after at The Rose and Crown, Brockenhurst.
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Mon 26th May 2014 NO MEETING SPRINGBANK HOLIDAY

Mon 19th May 2014 An Evening Event at Furzey Gardens.

A short talk and a tour of the gardens with the Head Gardener followed by a finger buffet.
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Sat 17th May 2014 HORSE OR CYCLE OR WALK. OUR MAJOR EVENT OF THE YEAR.

A hugely successful day, raising money for many charities.
For masses of photos and information go to www.horseorcycle.co.uk read more...

Mon 12th May 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Comittees plus Council. Hosts: Hole, Kernan, Knight.

Note: The Family and Friends evening is on the following Monday. 19th May

Wed 7th May 2014 ANNUAL CHARITY CLASSIC CAR RALLY

The third annual event organised by New Forest Rotary (Geoff Gook) read more...

Mon 5th May 2014 NO MEETING. EARLY BANK HOLIDAY

Sun 4th May 2014 EDWARD AND ANNETTE'S GARDEN PARTY

President Edward and Annette's American Lunch Garden Party read more...

Mon 28th April 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING plus Council.

Hosts: Gook, Gully, Harrison.

Mon 21st April 2014 NO MEETING EASTER MONDAY

Mon 14th April 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting and Committees

Hosts: Dawes, Eyers, Garrod

Mon 14th April 2014 RECENT DONATIONS EARLY 2014

Donations made in early 2014, to The Stable Home Family Trust,The Minstead Training Project and to LifeLab. Plus follow up on our collaboration with Testwood School and LifeLab. read more...

Mon 7th April 2014 7 pm 7:30 pm Family and Friends Dinner AT THE CROWN HOTEL. Speaker Jill Daniels "The Test Way".

Hosts: Ball, Long, Lansdell.

Mon 31st March 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting and Business. PRESENTATION AND CLUB DISCUSSION.

Patrick Dibben, Chair of Club Service, will present the results of the Forum, the Club Questionnaire and the Maurice Porter Memorial Commmittee and the proposed action.
Hosts: Brown, Calvert, Clark

Mon 24th March 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting and Business

"FOUNDATION AND OUR CLUB'S DONATION" Presented by John Brown & Philip Dinn.
Hosts: Blair, Blaylock, Antoni.

Mon 17th March 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council + Short Talk by SAM TURNER.

Sam will talk on "Hitch Hiking through Africa: From Mozambique to the River Nile, Uganda. 1961"
Hosts: Turner, Woolley, Baker

Mon 10th March 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45pm Dinner Meeting and Committees

Hosts: Stewart, Stratford, Sutton

Mon 3rd March 2014 7 pm 7:30 pm Family and Friends Dinner at the Lyndhurst Park Hotel as usual with Speaker: Lawrence Sim "Lymington - Salt making, Smugglers and Racing Yachts "Hosts :Dibben, Robinson, Crocombe

Contact: John Bloomfield
Hosts: Dibben, Robinson, Crocombe

Sun 2nd March 2014 Brockenhurst College Lunch.Sunday 2 March 2014

Sunday Lunch at B.J's Restaurant. Les Sutton organising

Mon 24th February 2014 Dinner Meeting TALK BY BECKEY WITHEY, AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR.

Beckey was sponsored by Cosham Rotary Club as an Ambassadorial Scholar for 2012/2013. Becky is studying for a Masters in Development Studies and spent for a year at the University of Ghana in Accra.

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Mon 17th February 2014 6:15 for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council + SHORT TALK - DAVID MATCHAM

Hosts: Knight, Matcham, Page

Mon 10th February 2014 7 for 7:30pm Family and Friends Dinner. Speaker: Alan Brindle. A magic lantern show on 'VICTORIAN HUMOUR'

Liaison: John Crocombe. (This Friends and Family meeting was changed with Committees to avoid being the day after the Past Presidents' Lunch)
Hosts: Turner, Bloomfield, Clayton.

Mon 3rd February 2014 6:15 for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees

Hosts: Gully, Harrison, Hole

Wed 29th January 2014 VISIT TO DISCOVERY YACHTS, MARCHWOOD. Makers of probably the finest bluewater cruising yachts in the world.

JANUARY VISIT TO DISCOVERY YACHTS. read more...

Tue 28th January 2014 GATEWAY BINGO AT BROCKENHURST COLLEGE (CALLER : CLIVE BRACE)

Our annual Bingo Evening for the Brockenhurst Gateway Club.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED. Please contact the organiser John Thomson.

Mon 27th January 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Business + Speaker: Madeleine Durie, Project Director of the Minstead Training Trust

This is one of President Edward's Charities of his year.
The Minstead Training Project offers whole year round services and training for adults who have learning disabilities. See www.minsteadtrainingproject.org

Hosts: Crocombe, Garrod, Gook.

Mon 20th January 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council + Short talk by Peter Clayton. (Arthur Kennedy had to cancel)

Hosts: Calvert, Clarke, Dawes

Mon 13th January 2014 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees + 'Introducing .... MALCOLM WOOLLEY'

Hosts: Woolley, Baker, Bennett

Sat 11th January 2014 New Year Drinks with the President

Members and partners have been invited to drinks with President Edward and Annette at their home from 12 noon (or on Sun 12 Jan).
If you missed the information earlier or have forgotten the date you chose please please turn up on the date that suits you.

Mon 6th January 2014 7:00 pm for 7:30pm Family and Friends Dinner - Speaker Trevor Sapey

Join the crew of the Mary Rose. a TALK OF LIFE ON BOARD HENRY VIII'S FLAGSHIP. Trevor Sapey is a member of The Mary Rose Trust.
Hosts: Richardson, Lansdell, Turner.
Liaison John Kernan.

Sun 5th January 2014 New Year Drinks with the President

Members and partners have been invited to drinks with President Edward and Annette at their home from 12 noon or on 11 or 12 Jan.
If you missed the information earlier or have forgotten the date you chose please please turn up on the date that suits you

Mon 23rd December 2013 CHRISTMAS PERIOD. NO MEETING

Fri 20th December 2013 - Sat 21st December 2013 Morrisons Collection.

Members and Santa will be there.

Mon 16th December 2013 Carols at Asda and Meal afterwards. (NO CLUB MEETING)

~TONY ROE organising the carols with TIM organising the meal.

Fri 13th December 2013 Asda and Morrisons Christmas Collections and Carols at Asda

Asda and Morrisons Supermarkets welcomed us into their foyers to collect for local charities. read more...

Mon 9th December 2013 THE CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our annual Christmas Party at the Lyndhurst Park Hotel read more...

Fri 6th December 2013 CANCELLATION OF Whisky Galore at the Brockenhurst Fun Evening.

Info Fred Helyer. It has proved necessary to cancel our participation in this event. The constantly added burden of the Parish Councils restrictions and added health and safety impositions meant that it was simply not 'fun' and not a viable event.

Thu 5th December 2013 HONEYPOT CHARITY CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT.

7.30 PM at BEAULIEU ABBEY . Featuring the Southampton Rock Choir and the Beaulieu Warblers.

Wed 4th December 2013 VISIT TO DISCOVERY YACHTS, MARCHWOOD. Makers of probably the finest bluewater cruising yachts in the world.

Club Service organised visit to Marchwood. We saw the luxury hand built yachts being built from start to finish. read more...

Mon 2nd December 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting, introducing Kevin Stratford and SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.

Hosts: Stratford, Sutton, Thomson
NOTE: The Ladies are also having a Christmas Dinner at the Sir John Barleycorn at Cadman.

The handover of some of the boxes to Honeypot

Sat 30th November 2013 CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES 2013

A hugely successful shoebox appeal this year for children supported by the Honeypot charity read more...

Mon 25th November 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Business + Introducing ...Les Sutton

Hosts: Smith, Stephens, Stewart

Mon 18th November 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council + "Introducing....Peter Stewart"

Hosts: Page, Puttock, Roe

Mon 11th November 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees + Introducing Dave SMITH

Hosts: Knight, Matcham,(Kernan)

Wed 6th November 2013 VOCATIONAL VISIT. HAMPSHIRE POLICE CONTROL ROOM, HAMBLE

Mike Eyers organising.Limited numbers List is in circulation.

Mon 4th November 2013 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm BALMER LAWN HOTEL. Family and Friends Dinner - Speaker Eric Moody, British Airways Captain.

Apologies to Tony Roe by the Thursday before, on this one occasion.
Hosts: Helyer,Long and Dinn.
Our speaker was a British Airways captain who was flying a Jumbo 747 to Auckland. Over Indonesia it lost the power in all four engines.

Mon 28th October 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Business + Introducing CLIVE RUTLAND

Hosts Ayers, Garrod, Gook

Mon 21st October 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council

Hosts Gully, Harrison, Hole

Mon 14th October 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees + Introducing TIM RICHARDSON

Hosts: Calvert, Clarke, Dawes

Fri 11th October 2013 - Sun 13th October 2013 OUR DISTRICT 1110 CONFERENCE AT PLYMOUTH

The Wessex District Conference

Mon 7th October 2013 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm Family and Friends Dinner - Speaker Jon Cuthill, TV Presenter and Reporter on BBC 'Inside Out' etc

Liaison John Robinson
Hosts: Dibben, Robinson, Crocombe

Mon 30th September 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and CLUB OPEN FORUM

Discussion with no set agenda to air members queries and views.
Hosts: Blair, Blaylock, Brown

Mon 23rd September 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Business + INTRODUCING... NICOLA ANTONI

Hosts: Woolley, Baker, Bennett

Fri 20th September 2013 The Michael Buble Experience with LIAM WHITE at the Concorde Club, Eastleigh

An event run by Wessex Heartbeat. Organised by Tina Richardson read more...

Mon 16th September 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council

Hosts: Sutton, Thomson

Mon 9th September 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees + Introducing Geoff Gook

APOLOGIES TO JOHN BROWN ON THIS ONE OCCASION PLEASE.
Hosts:Stephens, Stewart, Stratford

Wed 4th September 2013 Group 3 Meeting at The Elm Tree Inn, Hightown

Group 3 Meeting with optional meal after.

Mon 2nd September 2013 7:00 pm for 7:30pm Family and Friends Dinner - Speaker: Andrew Stuart CMG, Diplomat and Barrister. “Pandemonium in the South Pacific - A Colonialist in Wonderland".

MEETING AT THE BALMER LAWN HOTEL IN BROCKENHURST.
NOTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE AND APOLOGIES TO TONY ROE FOR THIS EVENT BY THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LATEST. (Emergency changes after that to John Brown)

Hosts: Turner, Bloomfield, Clayton read more...

Mon 26th August 2013 WHISKY GALORE AT BROCKENHURST.

Our jolly booze fundraiser was in action at the Brockenhurst College Carnival Ground. Nobody told the weather it was a Bank Holiday so the sun shone with gusto and we raised a profit of £124.
Fred Helyer organised.

Mon 19th August 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council. Visit of our D.G. John Eade

DG Visit
Hosts: Page, Roe, Smith

Mon 12th August 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees + Introducing Mike Eyers

Hosts: Kernan, Knight, Matcham

Tue 6th August 2013 MAURICE PORTER 1931- 2013. MEMORIES.

Our Maurice Porter passed away on 28 August 2013 and many members attended the memorial service following the funeral on 6 August in Lyndhurst.
Maurice was our Founder President and a loyal and much loved and respected member. read more...

Mon 5th August 2013 7:00 pm for 7:30pm Family and Friends Dinner - Speaker Marion Davies "The Stable Family Home Trust" (President's Charity)

Hosts: Helyer, Richardson, Dinn

Sat 3rd August 2013 WHISKY GALORE AT THE BURLEY VILLAGE SHOW

HARD WORK BUT FUN I AM TOLD. THE INCOME FROM SALES ETC WAS £343.30 WHICH GAVE A FINE PROFIT ON THE DAY OF £173.30

Mon 29th July 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Business. Introducing Lawrie Lansdell.

Hosts: Gully, Harrison, Hole

Mon 22nd July 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Business. Introducing Jim Knight

Hosts: Eyers, Garrod, Gook

Mon 15th July 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Council. Introducing Sue Gully

Hosts: Calvert, Clarke, Dawes

Mon 8th July 2013 6:15 pm for 6:45 pm Dinner Meeting and Committees. Introducing Edward Latimer Sayer

Hosts: Blair, Blaylock, Brown

Mon 1st July 2013 HANDOVER NIGHT.

PRESIDENT ROBIN LONG HANDS OVER TO PRESIDENT EDWARD LATIMER SAYER.

Fuller details below the pictures (by RAY DAWES). read more...

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