The new Probus Year is nearly underway with the AGM on 24^th  March when we must finalise who’s who in the tent. On reflection the past year has been a great success during which we have welcomed nine (9) new members, Jeremy Pearse, Andrew Baldwin, Frank Brody, Ian Rosenberg, Bruce Moore, John Waters, John Jobling, Roger Bourne, and Stephen Russell. We continue to welcome you, and hope you are enjoying your membership.

Movement through the year resulted in 3 down, an opportunity for many new members. Ask your wife, partner or companion, whoever, to suggest who you can bring along as a visitor and a potential member. You could bring them as a guest as an initial introduction or just bring them along to Giorgios on a Friday for a coffee. We need to know your mates; people who will tell us the truth about you; blokes who are not afraid to say what they think and willing to dob you in, over your past and present misdemeanours.

Birthdays: We have 11 birthdays in both March and April. When you bring your mate on Wednesday, they will be able to join the fun singing happy birthday. I bet they will laugh and enjoy the experience.

Last week there were 14 walkers in the walking group. The walking group has 20 regular participants, well done walkers.

A task on the Assignments List is the role of Banner Monitors at Giorgios: Ian Connelly PP, Alan Hay PP, and David Richards. When you see the banner is not on display at the entrance to Georgios, tap Ian, Alan or David on the shoulder and remind them to do their job. Constantly Alan and David forget and are reminded by Ian when he turns up late and notices the banner not on display.

Of particular interest is the job specification for future “Chairman of the Day”. Please read the emailed version and make yourself aware of the responsibility of Chairman of the Day. If you notice something missing let me know. The committee were keen to make the role significant, interesting and with a procedure to follow.

Being your president has been a privilege that I have enjoyed. Should you choose, I would be happy

to repeat the exercise for 2026.

Thank you. Dave