Completed meetings and events 2022-2023

Thu 22nd June 2023 Club Meeting - Zoom

Club Assembly - Tony Aldridge

Thu 15th June 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Chat GPT - Dan Remenyi

Thu 8th June 2023 Club Meeting - Zoom

An update from our Rotary Scholar - Ayomide Olaniyan

Thu 1st June 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Commonwealth War Graves - Karen Elliot. Menu: Starter: Heritage tomato and mozzarella salad with basil pesto. Main: Classic beef lasagne, with garlic bread & dressed salad leaves

Thu 25th May 2023 Club Meeting - Zoom

Rotary Business Meeting

Thu 18th May 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Welcoming our Rotary visitors from Le Roeulx, Belgium. Menu: Main: Pan fried salmon fillet, dill new potatoes & a tomato and olive salsa Desert: Apple crumble with custard

Thu 11th May 2023 Club Meeting - Zoom

Puzzling for Mindfulness - Catherine Eagleson (Rotary Club of Glenferrie, Melbourne, Australia)

Thu 4th May 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Ukraine Ambulance - David Irving. Menu: Starter: Bourbon BBQ chicken wings with cabbage slaw. Main: Spinach, wild mushroom and chervil risotto with shaved Parmesan

Thu 27th April 2023 Club Meeting - Zoom

Shelterbox - Chris Harper

Thu 20th April 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Reading Food Bank - Sarah. Menu: Main: Roasted chicken breast with sauteed potatoes, tender stem broccoli & mushroom sauce. Desert: Warm chocolate brownie & vanilla ice cream

Thu 13th April 2023 Club Meeting - Zoom

RYLA Experience - Lara Salcan

Thu 6th April 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Time to buy an Electric Car? - John Turner. Menu: Starter: Ham hock and pea terrine, toasted bread & piccalilli sauce. Main: Cauliflower and red pepper curry, naan bread, basmati rice & mango chutney

Thu 30th March 2023 Club Meeting - Streatley & Goring Golf Club

Rotary members, partners and guests evening.
"A is for Arsenic" - Dr Kathryn Harkup
For menu and guest bookings please contact Club Secretary.

Thu 23rd March 2023 Club Meeting - Crown Plaza

Cylinder Music Boxes - Bernard Novell. Menu: Starter: Roast tomato and red pepper soup & garlic croutons. Main: Classic beef lasagne, with garlic bread & dressed salad leaves.

Thu 16th March 2023 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Friends, family, other Rotary Clubs invited
Hope Beyond Conflict - Martin Parsons Menu: Mains: Cottage pie, with fresh seasonal vegetables. Desert: Fresh fruit salad with sorbet and ice cream

Thu 9th March 2023 Club Meeting – Zoom call

Topic TBA

Thu 2nd March 2023 Youth Speaks – The Oakwood Centre, Woodley

The club is supporting the Youth Speaks debating competition

Thu 23rd February 2023 Club Meeting – Zoom

Rotary Business Meeting

Thu 16th February 2023 Club Meeting – Crowne Plaza

Hope Beyond Conflict - Martin Parsons
Menu:
Starters: Roasted Butternut Squash soup, sunflower seeds & toasted bread
Mains: Garlic & Thyme roasted chicken breast with saute potatoes & mushroom sauce

Thu 9th February 2023 Club Meeting – Zoom

Speaker Martin Boiling on The Woodland Trust

Thu 2nd February 2023 Club Meeting – Crowne Plaza

Military Map Making - Peter Walker
Menu as follows:
Mains: Classic cottage pie with peas & carrots
Desert: Apple Crumble with Vanilla Custard

Thu 26th January 2023 Club Meeting – Zoom

Annual General Meeting

Thu 19th January 2023 Club Meeting – Crowne Plaza

Burns Night with Partners - Fred McCrindle

Thu 12th January 2023 Club Meeting – Zoom

Speaker TBA

Thu 5th January 2023 Club Meeting – Crowne Plaza

Quilt Making - Liz Gillett
Menu:
Mains: Cumberland sausages with mashed potatoes & onion gravy
Desert: Fruit Salad and Sorbet

Thu 22nd December 2022 Christmas Dinner and Party

At Sonning Golf Club
Kindly advise club secretary Frances Woolaway on your menu choices ahead of the event

Thu 15th December 2022 Club Meeting

1066 - Digby Harper
Menu:
Starters: Roasted Butternut Squash soup, sunflower seeds & toasted bread
Mains: Garlic & Thyme roasted chicken breast with saute potatoes & mushroom sauce

Thu 8th December 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom

Woodland Trust???

Thu 1st December 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Janet Sartorel - How to be a Mayor
Menu:
Mains: Classic cottage pie with peas & carrots
Desert: Warm chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream

Thu 24th November 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom

Business Meeting

Thu 17th November 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Angela Rigby - TV professional speaker

Thu 10th November 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom

TBA Woodland Trust

Fri 4th November 2022 Dinner and Theatre at The Mill, Sonning

Time TBA. Arranged by Steve Rolls

Thu 3rd November 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Grace Loweth - Connect Reading

Thu 27th October 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom

Business Meeting

Mon 24th October 2022 Tour of Historic Wallingford

Time TBA. Arranged by Peter Mason

Thu 20th October 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

TBA - BCF

Thu 13th October 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom

TBA NFU???

Thu 6th October 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Andrew Urquhart - Cryptocurrency

Thu 29th September 2022 Partners Meeting - Sonning Golf Club

Naomi Riches - 2012 Olympic Rower

Thu 22nd September 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom Call

Business Meeting

Thu 15th September 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Judy Dewey - Wallingford Castle

Thu 8th September 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom Call

Digby Harper 1666 and all that

Thu 1st September 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Steve Woodford - Haslam Estate Agents

Thu 25th August 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom Call

Lindsey Cooke - State education: Evolution or Revolution?

Thu 18th August 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Fred McCrindle - Dementia Box

Thu 11th August 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom Call

Lindsey Cooke - State education: Evolution or Revolution?

Thu 4th August 2022 Club Meeting - The Allied Alms

Games night at a unique location!!

Thu 28th July 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom Call

Details TBA

Thu 21st July 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Professor Andrew Urquhart - Cryptocurrency

Thu 14th July 2022 Club Meeting - Zoom Call

Details TBA

Thu 7th July 2022 Club Meeting - Crowne Plaza

Marius Hopley - Rotary Club District Governor

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