September 2024 Update

Our Chairman prefaced the 2024 Members’ Booklet thus:

2023 proved to be a successful year for us bearing in mind the existential threat we faced following the Covid fall out.

We have increased our numbers in the period largely due to our members’ efforts and we look to do the same this year.

Covid, especially pre-vaccine and luncheon clubs for retired professionals didn’t mix but we kept going, initially with virtual meetings, followed by “real” lunches when permitted. Unsurprisingly we lost members but, as life normalised, growth resumed and 2024 continues the trend. Our current situation is:

  • Membership, although lower than pre Covid, has substantially recovered and continues to grow as we welcome new members
  • Early 2022 saw the resumption of “real” monthly lunch and Family Finances Forum meetings after the Zoom interim
  • Summer 2024 has seen the resumption of golf matches against other clubs, the most recent won by us.
  • Bowls and Visits have yet to resume.