Seniors AGM 2023
Horizons
Cricket St Thomas Golf Club
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| Good Turnout on Wed 15th November 2023 |
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| Freshly sourced and engraved Trophies |
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| But first we had a game of Golf in glorious Autumn Sunshine |
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| Andy Rowland Ian Thomas Keith Branchflower Mark Cording Barrie Heath Chris Gingell John Wandless |
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| Bert Robinson Nick Gabb.......oh forget it.....too many |
Treasurer presents his accounts
- £7,000.00 will be presented to Air Ambulance on Friday at Dinner
- £600.00 expended on replacement Trophies and Engraving
- £103 donated to RAFA
- Currently Seniors Subs do not cover operational expenses and money raised in charity appeals is diluted as this excess tends to come from reserves.
- Subs have remained at £3 for many years.
- After much discussion , initial proposal to increase to £5 was doubled to make it £10 per Year .
Subs can be paid by BACS
Cricket St Thomas Seniors Golf
NatWest Bank
Sort 60 03 29
Account 79198791
Ref (Name) Subs 24
Amount £10.00
or cash to Treasurer or in envelope ( with name) in post box by filing cabinet in locker room.
Eclectic
Dennis Hussey
Winter League 2022/23
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| Peter Spencer-Farr and Martin Bargery Stunning 47 Points in last round saw them take the title by 5 clear points. At the start of the day, they were only in 3rd place |
Summer Knockout Pairs
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| Norman Markby and Jeremy Blackburn Tough Final match against Gordon Brent and Steve Southgate which was not finished until the 17th Green, when they went 3 Up after being Dormie 2. |
Summer Knockout Individual
Peter Spencer -Farr
encountering
Chris Hiam
John Evans
Barrie Heath
& John Baker in the Final
A debate ensued to change the format to stop High Handicappers winning this Comp, by changing to Medal Stroke-Play so every shot counted and a couple of other devious methods.
A stirring speech from Clubman of the Year proposed that we stick to the rules and spirit of Golf - saying if that was the genuine handicap then that is how it should be played on the day. The Chairman, Mark Cording quickly realised this proposal was going nowhere and did not need to put it to a vote.
Previous Winners
2022 Roger Davis
2021 Gordon Brent
2020 Keith Hunt
2019 Roger Hinds
2018 Roger Hinds
The March Hare
Terry Rutherford & Keith Hunt
Phew !...close finish with 2 teams scoring 46 Points
You can see from History, it usually takes a really good score to win this very popular trophy
Partner Dave Mugridge over in St Lucia
The Battle of Britain
Vice Captain Keith Hunt on stage for this completely rebuilt trophy rebuilt by 2024 Captain Andy Rowland -
Captain John Wandless thanked his Vice Captain, Andy, for all his work on the Trophies . We are desperate for some better way to store or display them - any ideas ?
Challenge Plate
The Challenge Cup
Derek Gardener
Challenge Cup 2024
James Siabi Manager
I'm trying to book next year's challenge cup venues. Chosen
venues are 3 of the following 5
Oake Manor; Churston ; Stover; Enmore & Long Sutton
* Some of these courses don't allow society golf before
11:30. Is this a problem?
* Entry fees vary between £40 and £45 but I may be able to
reduce this based on numbers
Will try to book for Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays. Course
availability & our preschool games may alter the days.
1st round mid April
2nd round on or before 8th May
3rd round 10-14th June
Final to be played at St Pierre 1st week in July
Back to the points system with top 10 qualifying.
Anyone unable to attend the final will not be replaced by the 11th placed
player
Please send your responses directly to me, and not the group
James Siabi james@higrade.com
Super Seniors
Clive Fisk - not present at AGM
AGM left without a Mark
Memorial Trophy
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| Martin Bargery Martin Leigh Chris Hiam |
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| Lost Nobby in 2023 |
Jubilee Salver
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| Barrie Heath Doug Oliver Keith Hunt |
We were told about a new event for 2024 - Festival Week
- Monday 15th July - Ladies South West Rally
- Wednesday 17th July - Seniors Open
- Friday 19th July - 4 Ball Open Scramble ) 1 Junior and any other combination
- Sunday 21st July - I was so excited I forgot to write it down
Yellow Ball Trophy
No Picture Available
Past Captain's Trophy
New for 2023
Inaugural Winner
Oops..bit of a record Stableford Score, but followed by a lovely Dinner Afterwards - thanks for Organising for us.
Seniors Championship Handicap Winner
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| Steve Holt |
Champion Golfer of The Year
( That's what they say at The Open)
Clubman of The Year
Personally chosen by Captain
James Lauchlan
But so many others thanked by Captain for contributions during the year:-
Dickie Hall; Clive Fisk; Barrie Heath; Dave Mugridge; Match Captains; Mark Cording; Keith Branchmanager; Ian Thomas; Norman Markby ; Chris Gingell and a few more.
New Captain - Andy Rowland was on his feet and outlined the year ahead.
He was delighted to reveal his Vice Captain as Keith Hunt.
Thanks to all of you that were able to attend and who contributed to some very lively debates.
One Match Captain asked if they could be allowed to place reports directly onto This BLOG.
Seniors Fixture Card will be available shortly, Barrie is still awaiting final dates. This Year will be trimmer as Monthly Qualifiers will only be on Chris's 'Golfing Program' page and not on the Fixture Card to have less clutter and allow more flexibility when other factors cause us to adjust dates.
Until Secretary Ian publishes the AGM Official Minutes.
Seniors AGM 2019
Clubhouse
Cricket St Thomas Golf Club
59 Seniors were cramed into the Restaurant- but it was a little too small and we should fight for Horizons or the Marquee next year.
59 Seniors were cramed into the Restaurant- but it was a little too small and we should fight for Horizons or the Marquee next year.
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| James looking nervous....about to take a very big step... |
2019 Seniors Trophies
1. Mr and Mrs Trophy Mark Cording/Rosa Atkinson
2. March Hare Martin
Bargery/Peter Spencer-Farr
3. Winter League Ian
Griffiths/Roger Davis/George Wallace
4. Seniors Foursomes Stuart Pope/Rod Stevens
5. Battle of Britain John Wandless
6. Mike Light Challenge Cup Roger Hinds
7. Challenge Plate Ron Sutherland
8. Super Seniors Cup Edmundo Paoloni
9. Canadian Greensomes Dave Mugridge/Peter Spencer-Farr
10. Memorial Trophy Tony Church/Mike
Banfield/Malcom Roy
11. Most Improved Ron Sutherland
12. Senior Championship Gross Danny Dowell
13. Senior Championship Net David Smith
14. Summer Knock out Roger Hinds
15. Eclectic Mark Cording
16. Order of Merit Mark Cording
17.Jubilee Salver Dave Mugridge/Richard Holmes/John Pearce
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| Peter & Martin March Hare Winners |
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| Mark Cording get the Rolling Pin - Mr & Mrs Trophy on behalf of himself and Rosa Atkinson |
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| ..and the Eclectic & Order of Merit |
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| Surprise Winner of Seniors Championship - Danny Dowell |
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| Captain picked his partner again, this time to win the Canadian Greensomes Trophy |
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| Always the Bridesmaid....but special applause for Dickie and his amazing Fundraising effrorts |
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| Edmundo is our Super Senior for 2019 |
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| The Battle of Britain...won again by Squadron Leader Johnnie Wandless |
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There has been a big mistake....
I haven't won anything......
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| A brief glimpse of Nick who organized all the Trophies and Engraving..plus the mammoth task of looking after them all "I need a Signature" was his constant cry |
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| ..and finally I can confirm that there were 365 days this year, which beat Barrie by one as he was not skipper in a Leap Year, which was a tough break. |
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| Inaugural Seniors Foursomes Winner Rod Stuart... maybe we can find the proper trophy next time.... |
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| Roger Davis wins the Winter League whilst Ian and George ticked the 'No Publicity Box' |
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| A battle to the very end but Roger Hinds triumphed over Danny to win the Summer Knockout |
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| Another show of consistency as Roger also wins the Mike Light Challenge Cup over 4 Rounds. Ron Sutherland won the Challenge Plate |
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| Memorial Trophy was fought over by Mike , Tony and a famous 79 Year-Old.... |
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| Clubman of the Year - new for 2019 for the Golfer that was good at everything except Golf ! |
CRICKET ST THOMAS GOLF CLUB
SENIORS SECTION
AGM 8th November 2018 13-30
Present 59 members
Apologies Norman Markby, Ray Gudge, Rod Young, Malcolm Roy
Minutes
1
Captains Welcome
The captain opened the
meeting by thanking everyone for their attendance.
2
Presentation of prizes
Mr and Mrs Trophy Mark Cording/Rosa Atkinson March
Hare Martin
Bargery/Peter Spencer-Farr Winter League Ian
Griffiths/Roger Davis/George Wallace
Battle of Britain John
Wandless
Mike Light Challenge
Cup Roger Hinds
Challenge Plate Ron Sutherland Super Seniors Cup Edmundo Paoloni Canadian Greensomes Dave Mugridge/Peter Spencer-Farr Memorial
Trophy Tony Church/Mike
Banfield/Malcolm Roy
Most Improved Temperament Ron Sutherland Senior Champs. Gross Danny Dowell
Senior Champs. Net David Smith
Summer Knockout Roger Hinds Eclectic Mark
Cording
Order of Merit Mark Cording
3
Minutes of meeting held on the 10th
November 2017
The meeting accepted the minutes as a true record and there were no
matters arising.
4 Captains Report
Pete opened by remarking
*where did the year go* and said it had been an honour and privilege to
represent the section. Although he had been counting the time down he was going
to miss it. Things like George saluting him every morning was PRICELESS.
He was conscious he had
less hassle than the previous Captains with improved club management and chef.
His job had been made much easier by back up support of the committee and other
members.
His year didn’t start
well with the Capt drive in down the A30. Then the interclub matches got off to
a poor start losing 6 of the first 7. However the year finished with 12 wins
and 15 losses, many very close. He thanked James for stepping in when Ian had
to forgo the vice captaincy. James had been very helpful and was sure he would
do a fine job as captain wishing him every success for the coming year.
The unprecedented sum
of £7500 had been raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind largely to the generosity
of the group. Three people stand out as fund raisers:
Dickie Hall for his
monthly draw and Pie/Fish and chip nights.
Stuart Pope for the
Charity Open working hard cultivating friends and connections to generate
donations.
Nobby who raised £1000
for his haircut.
As a result of the
donation we can name 2 dogs with one being presented to us after 10 months of
training. Sensible suggestions were requested.
Pete was looking
forward to reducing his handicap which had risen from 17 to 22 during his
captaincy.
Finally he thanked
everyone again for their support stating he had enjoyed his year and hoped he
had done a half decent job.
5
Financial Statement
Keith presented the
financial statement (copy attached) going through many items in detail.
We currently have 148
members of which 14 are exempt and 20 new members joined during the year.
The total money paid
into the pro shop for the Roll ups amounted to £7800 all of which is allocated
back to the winners of the competitions.
6
Clubman of the Year
Pete had a new trophy
and decided to award it to who he considered to be most deserving as Clubman of
the Year.
He considered Bob for
all his work in organising some roll ups, staying to scrutinise the cards and
working tirelessly to complete the open results.
He also considered
Keith for the management of the money, allocating winnings/banking/keeping the
accounts all with good humour.
Finally the trophy was
awarded to John Pearce for his terrific sense of humour handling the
blog/taking photos/attending every function and always taking an active roll.
He also could be relied upon to substitute at the last minute if someone had to
drop out of matches.
7 Election of offices
Captain James
Siabi Vice
Captain
Mark Cording Treasurer Keith Branchflower Secretary Richard Forster Handicap
Secretary Frank Martin Web/Blog/Fixtures John Pearce
Internal competitions
Nick Hill External
competitions Alan Chance
Charity
Day Stuart Pope Chief
Scrutineer Bob Barrow
Other
committee members Norman Markby/John MacOmish/
John
Wandless/Barrie Heath
The meeting then
unanimously voted for those nominated en-block to stand for the coming year
8 Elected Captains Statement
James started by stating
he was outside his comfort zone addressing the seniors and was much more
comfortable in front of students who accepted everything he stated.
He thanked Peter for
his year of captaincy and helping him as vice captain. He also thanked Mark for
agreeing to be his vice captain. James stated he had been a member under the 3
previous captains and if he fulfilled his duties half as well he would be
pleased.
His chosen charity is
The Royal Brompton Hospital.
The Royal Brompton
specialises in heart and lung surgery and is a teaching hospital supplying
surgeons to other hospitals.
He was looking forward
to his captaincy and wished everyone an enjoyable 2020 and hoped to play more
social games during his year.
9 Items for discussion
(i)
Birdies and 2’s
It was proposed to play for birdies in individual competitions and 2’s in
team events. This was agreed
unanimously.
(ii)
New Roll Up Competitions
New competitions have been suggested to add more interest to the roll
ups. More suggestions were encouraged and the committee would meet to discuss.
(iii)
Early and Late starter issues
The issue with the early and late starters is that on occasions the late
starters feel that they are held up by the early starters if they play a fourth
player in a rolling stableford joining a team of 3. This item provoked a long
and heated debate which did very little for the harmony of the section. With a
little bit of give and take from both this would not be an issue.
Nobody likes playing the rolling stableford so either the spare men from
the earlies hang back and go out first with the lates or the early arriving
lates make up numbers with the earlies.
The situation is worsened by a block of club t times between the seniors
start times. This is going to be requested to be given to the seniors. There is
a danger that the seniors who are treated extremely generously by the club may
lose more allowing more time to be offered to other club golfers.
Finally a vote was taken to stop the earlies playing 4 men in a 3 men
competition. This was a totally unfair vote as the early starters were grossly
outnumbered. The motion was
agreed with only 2 against.
(iv)
Printing of an annual schedule of events
calendar increasing the membership cost
to £5
This item was explained by James but
received no support.
(v)
Captains Day Event
James proposed to hold
a senior captains day as a fun day for all. This was
unanimously agreed.
(vi)
Computerised draws
This item was withdrawn by the captain
The meeting then
concluded at 15-00
RF
Seniors AGM 2108
Horizon's Suite
Cricket St Thomas Golf Club
The Preparations
Around 66 seniors attend
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| some later than others ! |
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| I've checked every one,,,,,nothing !!!! |
The Prize Winners
The March Hare
TheWinter League
The Challenge Cup
Super Seniors Cup
Canadian Greensomes
Mark Cording
The Order of Merit
Bryan Frost and Richard Forster
The Memorial trophy
Chris Gingell
Summer Knockout
The new Captain speaks.
The Order of Merit
Roger Davis
The Jubilee Salver (yes honestly)
The Memorial trophy
Summer Knockout
John Pearce
Challenge Plate
CRICKET ST THOMAS GOLF CLUB
SENIORS SECTION
AGM 9th November 2018 13-30
Present 65 members
Apologies Clive Fisk, Norman Markby, Ray Gudge, Rod
Young, John Wandless, Bob Hollingworth, Iain Roland.
Minutes
1
Captains Welcome
The Captain opened the
meeting by thanking everyone for their attendance remarking how well it was
attended in comparison to the club AGM.
2
Presentation of prizes
March Hare Nick
Gabb/Bob Rees
Winter League Chris
Gingell/James Siabi
Jubilee Salver Roger
Davis/Ray Gudge/Ron Sutherland
Battle of Britain Ron
Sutherland
Mike Light Challenge Cup Barry
Singleton
Challenge Cup Plate John
Pearce
Super Seniors Cup Mike Aldridge
Canadian Greensomes Bill
Hilson/Ian Housham
Memorial Trophy Maurice
Arnold/Richard Forster/Bryan Frost
Most Improved Not
presented this year
Senior Champs. Gross Danny
Dowell
Senior Champs. Net Richard
Agar
Summer Knockout Chris
Gingell
Eclectic Mark
Cording
Order of Merit Mark
Cording
Christmas Cracker (2017) J. Warner-Booth/ M. Hone/ B. Robinson
Captain’s Gavel Handed
over to Peter Spencer-Farr
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Minutes
of meeting held on the 10th November 2017
The meeting accepted the minutes as a
true record and there were no matters arising
4 Captain's Report
Barrie opened by
remarking how quickly the year had passed and thanking everyone for their
support knowing it would continue for Peter through the coming year.
His year started with
the problem of continual rain and also having to deal with Sean the General
Manager.
There had been 31 inter
club matches of which 10 won,13 lost,4 halved, and 4 cancelled. 47 seniors
enjoyed the experience of playing in our teams of which Barry Singleton and the Captain played over 20 times. He encouraged members of all standards to
similarly support Peter next year stating it was a good experience meeting
fellow golfers and playing different courses at excellent rates.
We also entered the
usual 4 external team competitions at clubs in our area of which in the last
one at Minehead we did particularly well. One team coming second overall with a
score of 169 only 2 shots below the winners and 3 of our 4BBB players scoring
46 points 1 point off winning.
We entered a team in
the Avalon league for the first time, set up and run by John Wandless aided by
Chris Gingell. The year was surprisingly successful by winning the league but
unfortunately losing to a strong Enmore team in the semi final.
He thanked the
committee for their background support and in particular Alan Davis for returning
at very short notice to run The Opens, Stuart Pope for organising our Charity
day in May, Nick Hill for organising the internal competitions and backing up
John with the blog, J.P. for his excellent and sometimes outrageous work on the
blog, Alan Chance for organising the external competitions and Norman Markby
for the Challenge Cup. Bob Barrow was thanked for the tiresome work
adjudicating the cards after each roll up and Andy Beale for scheduling the
rollup. Bert Robinson's work in keeping our name in the public eye was also appreciated for his Press Reports.
Finally Richard Hall was thanked for all the work he does throughout
the year organising the raffle for the Captain's charity.
The amazing total of
£5000 was raised for the Clic Sargent Charity and everyone was thanked once
again for their support as he relinquished the captaincy handing over to Peter
with his good wishes for the coming year.
5 Election of officers
Captain Peter
Spencer Farr
Vice
Captain
Ian Housham Treasurer Keith Branchflower Secretary Richard Forster
Handicap
Secretary Frank Martin Web/Blog/ John Pearce /Nick Hill / Andy Beale
Fixtures Card/ Matches Barrie Heath
Fixtures Card/ Matches Barrie Heath
Internal
competitions Nick Hill
External
competitions Alan Chance
Charity
Day Stuart Pope
Chief
Scrutineer Bob Barrow
Press Reporter Bert Robinson
Other committee members Norman
Markby/John MacOmish/George Wallace/
John
Wandless/Barrie Heath
The meeting then
unanimously voted for those nominated en-block to stand for the coming year
6 Financial
Statement
The Treasurer presented
the financial statement for2017/2018 (attached)
The membership stands at 148 of which 11 are over 80 years
old. There have been 17 new members and 13 not renewed.
The pro shop controls
the competition money and will setup a Seniors Club Account. Invoices are
presented to the pro shop for payment and also RAFA.
The monthly raffle run
by Richard Hall raised £1430.
Other significant
incomes were the 65+ Charity Day and
open raffles.
The excellent sum of
£5000 was handed to the Clic Sargent Charity.
Other charities
supported were Children in Need and RAFA.
It was agreed to
maintain the level of £40 each to be paid to the now 5 Greenstaff.
The sum of £300 was
paid to the cleaner Dee Pie to support her after the death of her husband.
There is a healthy bank balance of £3342.09. Subs are to remain at £3 and
will
be collected after the meeting.
Norman Markby was
thanked for covering as Assistant Treasurer for holiday periods.
7 Elected Captain's Statement
Peter refrained from
telling inappropriate jokes and thanked Barrie and the committee for their tireless
hard work behind the scenes making it a very successful year. He particularly
thanked Barrie for his help, dedication and conscientiousness and he would be a
hard act to follow.
He believes the Seniors
section is special and something to be proud of. It is an honour to represent
us all as captain. Golf is a way of life for most of us and takes up a lot of
our time,” it’s what we do”. Peter will endeavour to do his best to make sure
we enjoy our golf and make it a fun year.
There would be no major
changes from last year, if it’s not broken why fix it.
There is a new trophy that
will be contested as a Greensomes competition.
Peter intends to
recognise someone as Clubman Of The Year who excels in some way in the section.
Peter is very pleased
to have Ian Housham to help him as Vice Captain. He believes having similar
outlooks on life they will work well together to make the coming year special.
The chosen charity for
the year is ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’. Peter has chosen this charity as he has
seen first hand how man’s best friend can change lives and make a huge
difference to people of all ages. It costs £58600 to train a dog from birth to
retirement and they receive no government funding. So that figure is the target
which would be a colossal achievement. He thanked the members in advance and
stated our fund raising is something we should be duly proud of.
Peter was asked to be
Vice Captain last year as no one else was forthcoming and because of his unique
humour and joke telling. Although he has been warned there are times he has to
be politically correct I believe he should just be himself and he will have all
our support.
Finally he wished
everyone an enjoyable 2019 and will try hard to be worthy of the Captaincy.
8 Items for discussion
(i)
Roll Up and Qualifier Entrance Fees
After debating the proposals the entrance fee
for the Roll Up will remain unchanged at £1 and 50p for birdies.
The result of the vote
was 34 to remain unchanged 19 to increase and 4 to scrap entrance money
(ii)
Birdies and 2’s
The proposal to scrap birdies was defeated with only 7 people in favour.
(iii)
Rolling Stableford
The proposal to make this a weekly
competition was defeated with only 16 people in favour.
(iv)
Cheating
The tricky subject
about members cheating created various comments.
The game relies upon
the integrity of the members and anyone deliberately cheating is very difficult
to prove.
Any one seen to be
deliberately cheating should be challenged on the course.
It was stated that some
cases have ended in court.
There was no known
policy from the club.
A point of order was
raised that a proposal must be seconded before being voted on.
As no-one seconded the
proposal there was no vote.
The meeting then concluded at 14-40
RF
Seniors Annual Dinner 2018 -
Menu
Starters
Half Pint
Shell of Prawns
Served with garlic
mayonnaise
Winter
Vegetable Soup
Served with a rustic bread
roll
Mains
Slow Roasted Norfolk Turkey
Crown
Served with pigs in
blankets, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and pot gravy
Oven Roasted
Salmon Steak
Served with Asian style egg
noodles, bok choi and lime butter
Mediterranean
Vegetable and Cous Cous Stuffed Portobello Mushroom
Topped with Devon blue cheese and served with salad and home cut
coleslaw
Desserts
Traditional
Christmas Pudding
Served with brandy custard
Tangy Lemon
Sorbet
Served with lime tuile
£17.50 per person
Tea and coffee included.
Friday 2nd
November
