Newsletter May 2025
FROM COLIN HUGHES – PRESIDENT I hope you are all enjoying the fine weather, but I expect many of you who are gardeners, like me, would like a rest from watering the garden and hope all the flowers will thrive. We have had a difficult time this last 6 months, the Membership Secretary resigned, our […]
COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING THURSDAY 15 MAY 2025
ROYAL NAVAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (RNWA) COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING HELD 1900 THURSDAY 15 MAY 2025 Present Colin Hughes (CH) President Pat Prior QVRM (PP) Vice President & Treasurer Lyn Gannon (LG) Secretary Martyn Cornish (MC) Webmaster Jim Donaldson (JD) Committee Member Jim Donaldson (JD) Committee Member David Spicer (DS) Committee Member Tony Webber (TW) Committee Member Ian […]
Grand National Draw 5th April 2025 Winners
Congratulations to Bob Gelder who is now £200 richer thanks to the winning horse ‘Nick Rockett’ the winner of this year’s Grand National. In 2nd was ‘I am Maximus’ with Val Blackwell winning £100. In 3rd was ‘Grangelclare West’ with Glyn Baldwin winning £75, and in 4th was ‘Iroko’ with Colin Hughes (obviously a fix) winning […]
COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING THURSDAY 20 MARCH 2025
ROYAL NAVAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (RNWA) COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING HELD 1900 THURSDAY 20 MARCH 2025 Present Colin Hughes (CH) President Pat Prior QVRM (PP) Vice President & Treasurer Lyn Gannon (LG) Secretary Brenda Ryan (BR) Membership Secretary Martyn Cornish (MC) Webmaster Jim Donaldson (JD) Committee Member David Spicer (DS) Committee Member Tony Webber (TW) Committee Member Ian McHugh […]
COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING THURSDAY 16 JANUARY 2025
ROYAL NAVAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (RNWA) COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING HELD 1900 THURSDAY 16 JANUARY 2025 Present Colin Hughes (CH) President Pat Prior QVRM (PP) Vice President & Treasurer Lyn Gannon (LG) Secretary Jim Donaldson (JD) Committee Member David Spicer (DS) Committee Member Tony Mason (TM) Committee Member Ian McHugh (IM) Serving Member Greta Grindell (GG) Member […]
GRAND NATIONAL DRAW 2025
This year’s Grand National Draw is being held on Saturday 5th April 2025. 2 books of Draw tickets – value £10 – will be sent to all RNWA members within the next couple of weeks, unless you have asked specifically not to be sent any. Please let the Secretary know ASAP on gannons1@virginmedia.com if you […]
COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2024
ROYAL NAVAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (RNWA) COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING HELD 1900 THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2024 Present Colin Hughes (CH) President Pat Prior QVRM (PP) Vice President & Treasurer Lyn Gannon (LG) Secretary Don McGeorge (DM) Membership Secretary Jim Donaldson (JD) Committee Member Tony Mason (TM) Committee Member David Spicer (DS) Committee Member Tony Webber (TW) […]
19th September Committee and Members Meeting
ROYAL NAVAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (RNWA) COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS MEETING HELD 1915 THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2024 Present Colin Hughes (CH) President Pat Prior QVRM (PP) Vice President & Treasurer Lyn Gannon (LG) Secretary Jim Donaldson (JD) Committee Member Tony Mason (TM) Committee Member David Spicer (DS) Committee Member Tony Webber (TW) Committee Member Gill Orchard (GO) […]
Newsletter August 2024
FROM COLIN HUGHES – PRESIDENT Fellow Scribes, We are fast approaching the season of “mists and mellow fruitfulness” when we don’t appear to have had much of a summer. Forecasters no doubt will come up with statistics on hours of sunshine and inches of rain compared with other years. They are forecasting that September will […]
Newsletter – April 2024
FROM COLIN HUGHES – PRESIDENT Fellow Scribes, Here we are again looking forward to some warmer weather, as those who are keen gardeners awaiting delivery of flowering plants are busy preparing borders for them. The committee has also been busy looking ahead. The draw for the Grand National took place as advertised on Wednesday 10th […]