The presentation weekend this year was once again very well attended, despite the challenges posed by the weather.  In fact we only had one cancellation, our president Roy Walker suffered some snow damage to his house and had to cancel, no doubt we will see Roy and Brenda again next year.  We did however have members once again attending from Scotland.  Bob Nolan and his party flew down from Aberdeen to Exeter, then got diverted to Birmingham, not due to snow but fog, John Beresford once again attended travelling down from Glasgow on the train.

 

 

The weekend followed the usual format with the AGM being held on Saturday morning attended by 26 members followed by a committee meeting, both being ably chaired by Brian Dawson did not last too long and with the meetings concluded we all dispersed to either enjoy the facilities in the hotels or into Torquay.

 

Saturday evening saw the Presentation dinner taking place, the format was altered slightly this year so that we could get the dinner and formalities concluded and leave some time after for members to socialise a little more than previous years.  The raffle raised a very creditable £245 to be used for photos in "Quo Vadis" with editor Geoff De'Ath winning back the prize he donated, never mind Geoff, saves you buying another one next year! 

 

We were treated to  a unicycle demonstation by Roger Davies, one of the prize winners, which proved to be a bit of a highlight of the evening.

 

Once again some fantastic sums of money have been raised for charity by our members (details elsewhere on the site) and as usual the hotel staff provided us with a memorable weekend.  General Manager Nigel Beck and his wife Suzi the Group Bookings Manager where unanimously enrolled as honorary members in recognition of all their hard work on our behalf over the years.

 

If you didn't manage to make it this year I look forward to welcoming you next year. 

 

See you soon

 

Julie Jones

Social Secretary