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 30th September, 2026.

To view this, please click on September 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.

DO YOU HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS?

If you are willing for us to correspond with you by email then please can you let us know. The benefits are twofold – a) with the cost of postage rising again on 7th April this will save the Club some money, and b) email is more reliable than the post. On March 20th I received a letter that was posted to me on January 16th from Haywards Heath!!

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

After a considerable struggle and the perseverance of Janet & Julia, I am pleased to announce that we can now offer a direct bank transfer option for paying for our social events. This will be run on a trial basis starting with this year's Christmas Lunch which is advertised on our Social Events page

If you prefer to continue to pay by cheque and post this along with your application form, as we have done in the past, then this will still be possible. Please bear in mind that with the current irregular postal deliveries to allow sufficient time for your letter to arrive!!

Hopefully this trial will run smoothly, and it can become a permanent feature for the Club.

If you pay for events by cheque, you may have to send off several cheques at the same time, however they may not be presented until much nearer the event date.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.


2027 SOCIAL PROGRAMME

The Social Team have been working hard to devise a varied and enticing programme for 2027. The events that have been confirmed and booked to date are included on our Social Events page.

Further information regarding each event will be published in the Newsletters as we progress through the year ahead.

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.