Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club

Attendance: 41 members.

The Club President, John Graham, welcomed members to the meeting . He then introduced our speaker for the morning, John Campbell, the topic of his talk being “WALK ACROSS ENGLAND”.

John Campbell, as a Probus Member himself brought greetings from Riada Probus Club. After retirement, having spent 40 years with the Dept. of Agriculture, John was persuaded to take up long distance hill walking.

John’s Wainwrights coast to coast walk was undertaken in support of the “Smiles Foundation”. The route from St. Bees Head on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay on the English North Sea coast has been traditionally stated as 192 miles. John’s journey, illustrated with numerous photographs, took us from St. Bees through the magnificent scenery of the Lake District, the Pennines, the North York Dales, The Vale of Mobray the Cleveland Hills and the North York Moors, completing the enthralling journey at Robin Hood’s Bay.

A summary of this talk is available in the Speaker’s Record Book and also here on the Club Website.

A vote of thanks proposed by Cecil Leitch was passed to John Campbell by the President. The members showed their appreciation.

Weekly Business

Apologies: James Dinsmore, Eric Fulton, Jack Henderson,Danny Kennedy, John McHenry, Des Moore, James Nesbitt and Cecil Spotten. (8)

Minutes: Because of time constraints it was agreed that the minutes of 5 January be taken as read. These were then signed by the President. These minutes can be examined on the Club Website.

Matters arising: None not covered by the agenda.

Correspondence: None

REPORTS:
Social: Nothing to report.

Welfare: Nothing to report.

Treasurer: Nothing to report.

A O B:
1. A formal notice was given that the AGM will be held on Tuesday 26th January 2016. Members wishing to raise matters for the agenda or make changes /additions to the Constitution should inform the Secretary; Dead line today Tue. 12 Jan. 2016.

2.The Charitable Collection in support of the” SMILES FOUNDATION” realised the sum of £167:50.

Next Speakers Meeting: Will be held on Tuesday 19 January 2016 and the speaker will be Hugh McGrattan on the subject of “OLD PORTRUSH”.
The President thanked the members for attending and looked forward to seeing them at the next meeting.
Meeting closed at 12.03 pm.

SIGNED: John Graham
President
Date: 19 January 2016