Completed meetings and events 2024-2025

Mon 31st March 2025 Life as a Concord pilot - John Tye

Retired Concord pilot and author

Sun 30th March 2025 Art exhibition and sale

Exibition and sale of paintings by local artists

Sat 29th March 2025 Art exhibition and sale

Exibition and sale of paintings by local artists

Fri 28th March 2025 Art exhibition & sale

Paintings exhibited by local artists

Mon 24th March 2025 Desert Island Discs - Tess Watson-Smith

Club member Tess, our own Kirsty Young, leads us through members’ music choices

Mon 17th March 2025 Scatter Night

No meeting at The Bull. Members visit other clubs.

Mon 10th March 2025 Club Business meeting

Club council meeting at 6.30pm.

Mon 3rd March 2025 SUDEP Action

Complications with epilepsy

Mon 24th February 2025 Club social - curry night

Asian Spice - Overdown Road

Mon 17th February 2025 CPR and how to use a Defibrillator - Di Hughes

Di is a qualified sports coach, with particular interests in aquatics.
Training session on CPR and use of a defibirillator

Mon 10th February 2025 Club Business meeting

Club Council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 3rd February 2025 An American’s View of the Thames Valley - Jim Donahue

Jim is a photographer, author, local councillor now resident in Whitchurch-on-Thames

Mon 27th January 2025 Climate change and extreme weather - Professor Richard Allan

Richard is the Professor in Climate Science at the Meteorology Department, University of Reading

Mon 20th January 2025 My Personal Views on the US Election - Marius Hopley

Marius is an entrepreneur, current member of Pangbourne Rotary and a former District Governor with a special interest in US Politics

Mon 13th January 2025 Club Business meeting

Club Council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 6th January 2025 Morris dancing - Malcolm Major

Malcolm is secretary of the Wokingham Morris dance team, the Berkshire Bedlam, regarded as one of the top in the country

Mon 30th December 2024 No meeting

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Mon 23rd December 2024 Club social tbc

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Mon 16th December 2024 Christmas Party

Christmassy entertainment

Mon 9th December 2024 SGM and Berkshire Vision - Viv Lowery

Viv Lowery is Relationship Development Officer for this long established local charity supporting visually Impaired people in our county

Mon 2nd December 2024 525 Patent Applications-Nutty Professor or Del Boy? - Brian Davies

Patent applications

Mon 25th November 2024 What’s Happening at Launchpad - Fiona Keyte

Fiona is the Fundraising Manager at Launchpad Reading and will give us an update on Launchpad

Mon 18th November 2024 Club business meeting

Club council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 11th November 2024 M&S to Smart Works - Nanya McIntosh

Former M&S main board director, enterprise, and charity activist

Mon 4th November 2024 ReadiFood visit

Help with sorting & stacking food at ReadiFood followed by a meal at about 8.00pm nearby (venue tbc)

Mon 28th October 2024 Physiotherapy to Triathlon - Kirsty Johnson Cox

Kirsty is a physiotherapist specialising in heart/lung transplant patients and an international triathlete

Mon 21st October 2024 Club business meeting

Club council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 14th October 2024 Richard Benyon - interview

The Rt Hon. the Lord Benyon interviewed by member Richard Anderson

Mon 7th October 2024 Scatter night

No meeting at The Bull. Members visit other clubs.

Mon 30th September 2024 Dementia - Fred McCrindle

Experienced Rotarian speaker on this on this subject

Sat 28th September 2024 Art exhibition & sale

Paintings exhibited by local artists

Mon 23rd September 2024 Bridewell Consulting - Anthony Young

Founder and CEO of a successful Reading startup specialising in cyber security

Mon 16th September 2024 Club business meeting

Club Council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 9th September 2024 RYLA - Farrah Murphy

Rotary Youth Leardeship Award is a leadership development programme run by Rotary for young adults. Farrah will talk about her experience.

Mon 2nd September 2024 Family history and genealogy - Dr Jameson Wooders

Dr Wooders has a long interest in archaeology, history and folklore, and has attended and participated in many traditional events across the country.

Mon 26th August 2024 No meeting - Bank Holiday

Mon 19th August 2024 Social evening - BBQ

chez Tony N

Mon 12th August 2024 Club business meeting

Club Council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 5th August 2024 B12 and me - Margaret Sampson

Retired school teacher who took on the NHS over mystery illness

Mon 29th July 2024 Classic car owners - Jerry Wilson, Kristina Hill-Williams, James Richardson

Question and answer session with classic car owners

Mon 22nd July 2024 Fish and chip supper

At Old Rectory Padworth

Mon 15th July 2024 My job/life - Ted Millichap

New club member -
Parallel lives, surviving the Luftwaffe and education system

Mon 8th July 2024 Club business meeting

Club Council meeting at 7.00pm

Mon 1st July 2024 My Doctorate journey - Rev Dr Derek Spears

Former Church of England vicar now a Doctor of Philosophy

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