Our newsletters will be issued at appropriate times to ensure that members are fully informed regarding general matters and our social programme.

CURRENT NEWSLETTER

Our latest club newsletter was published on the 17th January, 2026.

To view this, please click on January, 2026.

For historic newsletters and other information, including the last A.G.M. Minutes and the latest Approved Club Accounts, take a rummage in The Loft.

SOCIAL PROGRAMME - GENERAL INFORMATION

Details of our futures planned events appear both in our Newsletters and in our Social Events pages on this website.

Once each Newsletter has been issued, please remember to apply early if you do not want to be disappointed as many of our events have a limited number of spaces available and places are allocated on a “first come first served” basis with priority given to Members..

Some events that are fully booked may have a "Reserve List" if there are more members wishing to attend than there are places available, so I would ask that, if you need to cancel your attendance, please contact the Social Team as soon as possible in order that your place can be filled from the Reserve.

PAYMENT FOR EVENTS

As you are aware that although you may have to send off several cheques at the same time they are not presented until much nearer the event date, and there is always a “cancel with a refund” date given in case your circumstances change.

Also, please can you not post-date your cheques as this can cause problems for the Event Organiser and Treasurer when doing our banking. Thank you.

2026 SOCIAL PROGRAMME

As our membership profile continues to change, we are having to adapt our Social Programme to meet the Members’ needs. We are therefore still looking to arrange local events that are self-drive and events that run for less time giving the dual benefit of keeping cost under control (less coach hire costs) and less tiring for the participants.

However, following numerous requests we are arranging two events in 2026 which include coach travel. As you will already know the cost of coach hire has risen considerably so it is essential that these two events are fully supported with all places filled as the Club will be unable to sustain any large losses.

The Social Team have been working hard to devise a varied and enticing programme for 2026. The events that have been confirmed and booked to date are included witn the Social Events Page of this website and in the list at the end of the September, 2025 Newsletter for you to keep close to hand.

Further information regarding each event will be published in the Newsletters as we progress through the year ahead. Once each Newsletter has been issued, please remember to apply early if you do not want to be disappointed as many of our events have a limited number of spaces available.

Thank you to Julia and Jenny for all their hard work and commitment during 2025.

BEWARE OF SCAMS

This is just another reminder of the need to be alert to the efforts of those unscrupulous Scammers.

They have too many schemes to list here, but one that is making the rounds again is where they steal someone’s email address and send out messages that look like they have come from the real person – someone you know.

These messages invariable ask for help, say the person’s phone is not working (not true) and will involve a request for money.

DON’T BE FOOLED – DON’T RESPOND TO THE EMAIL – TELEPHONE THE REAL PERSON TO CHECK.

BARCLAYS CHEQUE BOOKS

We understand that Barclays will no longer issue a new cheque book automatically when you are running low. You will need to either order a new cheque book through Online Banking, by calling the central telephone number, or by visiting a Branch.