Completed meetings and events 2021-2022

Wed 29th June 2022 President's Night and Handover

Derek comes to the end of his year and hands over to Saerah

Mon 27th June 2022 No meeting

President's Night/Handover on Wednesday 29 June

Mon 20th June 2022 Club assembly

Saerah, the Incoming President, and her team for 2022-23 will give their ideas for the upcoming Rotary year.

Sat 18th June 2022 Dragon Boats

Dragon Boats' race at the Pangbourne Village Fete held at Pangbourne Meadows

Mon 13th June 2022 Reading Pubs, from A to Z - John Dearing

John Dearing, Reading historian, CAMRA member and co-author of ‘Abbot Cook to Zero Degrees: An A to Z of Reading’s Pubs and Breweries’, will look at our pubs and breweries – both past – and present.

Mon 6th June 2022 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00 pm

Mon 30th May 2022 Humanitarin trip to Ukranian border - Richard Anderson

Richard will relive his trip to the Ukranian border to deliver much needed supplies for an orphanage in Ukraine

Mon 23rd May 2022 Walk through Englefield Estate

Walk starting at The Bull at 7.00pm and going through Englefield Estate returning to The Bull at about 8.00pm for dinner at 8.30pm

Mon 16th May 2022 Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue - Andrew Viney

The Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue Charity is the primary search resource for Thames Valley Police. Consisting of a team of highly trained volunteers, they use specialist skills to search for high risk vulnerable missing persons. read more...

Mon 9th May 2022 Club AGM/ business meeting

AGM reporting on the year and election of Council members

Sun 8th May 2022 Art Exhibition

Pangbourne Village Hall - exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists.
Artists collect unsold paintings. Clear up hall from 4.30pm

Sat 7th May 2022 Art Exhibition

Pangbourne Village Hall - exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists.

Fri 6th May 2022 Art Exhibition Preview Evening

Pangbourne Village Hall - exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists.

Fri 6th May 2022 Art Exhibition

Pangbourne Village Hall - set up display of paintings.

Fri 6th May 2022 Art Exhibition

Pangbourne Village Hall - exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists. Set up display of paintings.

Thu 5th May 2022 Art Exhibition

Pangbourne Village Hall - exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists.
Artists bring paintings for display.

Mon 2nd May 2022 N0 meeting

May Day Holiday

Mon 25th April 2022 Theale Community Fire Station

Visit to the new Theale Community Fire Station followed by dinner at The Bull

Mon 18th April 2022 No meeting

Easter Monday

Mon 11th April 2022 Club Business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00 pm

Mon 11th April 2022 Club Business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00 pm

Mon 4th April 2022 Blood Bikes - Kamran Irani

Outside of working hours, Blood Bikes provide a service to transport blood, plasma and other vital services to hospitals - www.serv-obn.org.uk

Mon 28th March 2022 Scatter night - no meeting at The Bull

Members are encouraged to visit another club during the week.

Mon 21st March 2022 The work of MAF UK - John Ledger

Mission Aviation Fellowship believe nothing should stop people from receiving the essentials of life – no matter how remote they are. John will talk about the work of MAF

Mon 14th March 2022 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00

Mon 7th March 2022 Welsh Night - Clive Williams

Social evening with a Welsh theme

Mon 28th February 2022 Photography - Richard Pinches

Richard is a commercial and corporate photographer with 35 years of experience having done commissions for major global brands such as Sony, Dell, Lamborghini, Honda, BMW, Mini, Rolls Royce, Lotus, B.A. and Waitrose.

Mon 21st February 2022 Rotary scholar - Nick Tenci

Nick, our Rotary scholar from New Zealand, will give a talk on his course at Oxford.

Mon 14th February 2022 Club Job/life talk - Andre Jacobucci

New Rotarian desribes his job/life

Mon 7th February 2022 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00

Mon 31st January 2022 Visit by District Governor

DG Karen Eveleigh

Mon 24th January 2022 Quiz night

Tony N testing our grey cells.

Mon 17th January 2022 - Fri 21st January 2022 Scatter night

There is no meeting at The Bull. Members are encouraged to visit other Rotary clubs.

Mon 10th January 2022 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00

Sun 9th January 2022 Woodcote 10k Run

Fund raising event

Mon 3rd January 2022 Bank Holiday - no meeting

Bank Holiday - no meeting

Mon 27th December 2021 No meeting

Bank Holiday - no meeting

Mon 20th December 2021 Club social

Just a meal at The Bull

Mon 13th December 2021 Christmas Party

Christmas meal and seasonal entertainment

Mon 6th December 2021 SGM & The RYLA experience - Eric Britton

Following the club SGM, Eric will give a talk on his experience of RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadeship Awards)

Fri 3rd December 2021 Top Hat - Mill at Sonning

Bar open from 6:00 pm - Dinner served between 6:15 pm and 8:00 pm -
Performance starts at 8:15 pm

Mon 29th November 2021 Club social

No formal entertainment - just a social get together.

Mon 22nd November 2021 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00

Mon 15th November 2021 Plight of the Afghan refugees - Nick Harborne

Nick is the CEO of Reading Refugees Support Group. He will be giving an update on the Afghan refugees housed in Reading

Sun 14th November 2021 Remembrance Sunday

Club wreath to be laid at Pangbourne War Memorial

Mon 8th November 2021 Live Aid - Pete Smith

The real organiser behind the fund-raising pop concert of the 80s, Pete had to deal with everyone and everything in the run-up to - and during - the concert.

Mon 1st November 2021 Hitler's inner circle - Richard Anderson

This is the story of how the Nazi party set out to change the image of Hitler by making him a man of the country who loved animals and children.

Mon 25th October 2021 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00 pm

Mon 18th October 2021 Antarctica, the Falklands and South Georgia - Clive Williams

Clive’s talk on Antarctica will include the Falklands and South Georgia. His talk will reflect on the links between these places – and Berkshire! He will also touch on the Battle of Falklands in 1914.

Mon 11th October 2021 Quiz night with David & Julia Eversham

David & Julia raise funds for Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service - Berkshire's only hospice for children.

Mon 4th October 2021 ReadiFood - 31- 33 Boulton Road, Reading RG2 0NH

Help with sorting and stacking foodstuff that has been donated.
We will be going to The Queen's Head, 54 Christchurch Road for a meal thereafter.

Mon 27th September 2021 Social/fellowship night

Informal evening with games etc

Mon 20th September 2021 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00pm prior to the main meeting.

Mon 13th September 2021 The Royal Parks London - Mike Turner

Mike, who is theTree Officer, will talk to us about the work that he does to keep the Royal Parks functioning and looking at their best all year round.

Mon 6th September 2021 Vietnam & Myanmar - and back in an old Aston Martin

Charlotte and Robin Morrison took the adventure of a life-time. They drove their classic Aston Martin through the most remote and difficult roads in the world... starting in Vietnam they journeyed all their way through to Myanmar

Mon 30th August 2021 No meeting

Bank Holiday

Mon 23rd August 2021 Shaw House - Sarah Somerville

Shaw House – Berkshire’s Hidden Gem. Sarah will share many of its secrets which were not revealed until a £6 million conservation and restoration.

Mon 16th August 2021 Club BBQ

Chez Tony N

Mon 9th August 2021 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00pm prior to the main meeting.

Mon 2nd August 2021 Reading's Trolleybuses - Dave Hall

The story of Reading's Trolleybuses using digital image photos and cine footage… the story itself will start with the arrival of the Great Western railway in 1840.

Sun 1st August 2021 Art Exhibition & Sale

Exhibition and sale of works by local artists

Sat 31st July 2021 Art Exhibition & Sale

Exhibition and sale of works by local artists

Fri 30th July 2021 Art Exhibiton & Sale - preview evening

Exhibition and sale of works by local artists

Mon 26th July 2021 Club social

President's Night postponed from 28 June

Mon 19th July 2021 Tutts Clump Cider - Tim Whale

Tim will talk about cider production. What started as hobby producing 25 litres of cider has now turned into a family business producing over 70,000 litres of cider

Mon 12th July 2021 Club business meeting

Council meeting at 7.00pm prior to the main Club meeting.

Mon 5th July 2021 Jeanne d'Arc - Richard Kirby

Richard became interested in Jeanne d’Arc some years ago only to discover that there are two versions of her life: the French version… and the English version!
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