Newsletter November 2025
FROM COLIN HUGHES – PRESIDENT Fellow scribes, Tis the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, as Keats informs us, but we have not seen much of that so far, do we put that down to climate change, who knows? It is true though that we are fast approaching Christmas when we remember the family and […]
Newsletter July 2025
FROM COLIN HUGHES – PRESIDENT Fellow Scribes Well, the rain has arrived at last, just before the hose pipe ban comes into effect here in Hampshire. We were lucky that the rain didn’t come earlier, as it could have put a dampener on our memorial unveiling Ceremony at Worthy Down on 28th May. The day […]
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 […]
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 […]
Newsletter – December 2023
FROM THE CHAIRMAN, COLIN HUGHES Fellow Scribes, Tis the Season to be Jolly as the carol goes and I hope you are all looking forward to Christmas and the New Year. This is a special newsletter to introduce the new officials and allow them to explain what has changed. Many of you will have seen […]
Newsletter – August 2023
Foreword from the President Fellow Scribes, The year marches on and we are rapidly approaching the Reunion dinner and the Annual General Meeting. The Committee have been busy revising the Rules of the Association and have decided on a version that hopefully will not need any revision for quite a while. We thought that last […]
RNWA Newsletter – June 2023
Foreword from the President I hope you are all well and looking forward to the holidays, I was going to put summer before “holidays” but it has been so unseasonably cold that I don’t want to rock the boat by mentioning it. I am sure you will agree that the coronation went extremely well despite […]
February 2023 Newsletter
Foreword from the President ‘Fellow Scribes’ I hope you had a very happy Christmas and have avoided the flu and covid and the New year is being kind to you all. Now that the days are drawing out it is time to start planning for the Spring and the obvious event that reminds us of […]
July 2022 Newsletter
Foreword from the President ‘Fellow Scribes’ I hope you are all well and that Covid 19 is no longer at the forefront of your mind each day but is now on the back burner and we can get on with our lives once more. Thank you all for participating in the Grand National Draw which […]