40th Anniversary Dinner

District Governor Ian Pinker & Club President Nicole

40 years is really worth celebrating and it was a wonderful evening. We were honoured to have the District Governor, Metropolitan Division Governor and Area Governor to celebrate with us.

District Governor Ian Pinker presented our club with a 40 year patch to display on our banner.

Charter member John S received 40 year badge.

Ian presented a 40 year badger to our charter member, John S. John has held continuous membership in our club since 1974. During that time he has been a District Governor ( his district attained Presidents Distinguished status that year & was the 3rd highest achieving District in the world )  Metropolitan Governor, Area Governor, District Treasurer, Speechcraft Chairman, and District Historian. He has been Club President 4 times and held just about every other club officer position at least once. He is currently our Club Parliamentarian and takes a very active part in our meetings.

Nicole & John S

John S and Nicole cut the Anniversary cake together.

 

Toastmaster Trish - club member for 20 years

Toastmaster Trish conducted the evening with her usual flair.

On behalf of all our members, Trish presented John S with a plaque in appreciation for all he has done for our club.

John S, and other long term members, Annette and Liz Wo recounted some entertaining stories about our club's history and some of their amusing experiences. Others were invited to share some memories.

John S

Annette -  club member for 37 years

Liz Wo - club member for  26 years

.As it was the last time Immediate Past President Liz We would be with us before returning to England, she was presented with a gift from the club. It was a beautiful scarf that Dave's wife Sandy had made. We will miss Liz and hope to see her back in our club sometime in the future.

Nicole & Liz

Liz and her team had organised the evening.

Liz opening gift

Liz's scarf

The floral table decorations were appreciated.  

Table Flowers

Appreciation - or is he still hungry?

Thanks to all who helped to make the evening a successful memorable occasion.  

Some more photos on this page.