As usual, please find below the confirmed dates for our next Presidential years programme. The full programme details will be published following the AGM in February. Please note the Annual Dinner changes as mentioned at Septembers meeting.
2027
March 2nd, 16th
APRIL 6th, 20th Spring Lunch
May 4th, 18th
June 1st, 15th, 29th
July 15th Annual Dinner, 20th
Sept 14th, 21st
Oct 5th, 19th Autumn Lunch
Nov 2nd, 16th
Dec 7th, 14th Christmas Lunch
2028
Jan 4th, 18th
Feb 1st, AGM, 15th
Following the successful Spring Lunch meeting at Crosland Heath, This venue has now been confirmed for the remaining lunch meetings and the Annual Dinner.
As discussed at the recent AGM, our normal lunch venue (Outlane GC) will be unavailable from early April. The Spring Lunch venue is Crosland Heath Golf Club (Felks Stile Road, Crosland Heath, Huddersfield, HD4 7AF)
As usual, please find below the confirmed dates for our next Presidential years programme. The full programme details will be published following the AGM in February. Please note the September dates as they vary from the normal schedule.
March 2026 – 3rd and 17th
April 2026 – 7th and 21st (Spring Lunch)
May 2026 – 5th and 19th
June 2026 – 2nd and 16th
July 2026 – 7th and 21st( Summer Lunch)
Sept 2026 – 8th and 22nd
Oct 2026 – 6th, 15th (Annual Dinner) and 20th
Nov 2026 – 3rd and 17th
Dec 2026 – 1st and 15th (Christmas Lunch)
Jan 2027 – 5th and 19th
Feb 2027 – 2nd (AGM) and 16th
Following our AGM on 3rd February we will, once again, provide a free lunch {not including drinks) at Fixby Golf Club.
The choices will be as follows:
Pie & Peas with mushy peas & mint sauce.
Fixby Clubhouse Toasted Sandwich with bacon, chicken, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
BLT Three rashes of bacon with tomato, lettuce and mayo served on toasted bread.
Fish Butty
All accompanied by chips!!
Our Social Secretary, Jack, will be taking names and choices at our next meeting on 29th January, however if you are not able to attend this meeting but still intend on being at the AGM, please contact Jack via email (send email ) with your menu choice.
As usual, please find below the confirmed dates for our next Presidential years programme. The full programme details will be published following the AGM in February.
2025: 4th and 18th March, 1st & 15th April, 6th & 20th May, 3rd & 17th June, 1st &15th July
August 2025 – No meetings – but hopefully our Annual Bowling tournament will happen!
2025: 9th & 16th September, 7th &21st October, *23rd October(Annual Dinner).4th &18th November, 2nd & 18th December.
2026: 6th & 20th January, 3rd and 17th February
*Please be advised that the Annual Dinner date is still being confirmed
Some of you may remember the quarterly Probus magazine from the pre-Covid era! Unfortunately the UK Probus magazine is no longer in current production. At the last committee meeting we thought that it may be useful to include a link to the International Probus magazines for members to explore the range of Probus clubs. These can be viewed here!
If you think someone is trying to trick you into handing over money or personal details, you can call 159 to speak directly to your bank’s fraud prevention service. This number is available for UK banking customers and works in the same way as 101 for the police or 111 for the NHS. The cost of calling 159 will vary according to your phone provider, but in many cases, it will be the same as a national rate call. The following banks currently use 159:
Barclays, Bank of Scotland, Co-operative Bank, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds, Metro Bank, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander, Starling Bank, Tide and TSB 1.
The telephone companies involved in 159 are BT (including EE and Plusnet), Gamma, O2 (including giffgaff), Sky, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone 1.
For more information please see Stop Scams UK
Please be aware that the venue for this years Annual Dinner has been moved from Fixby Golf Club to Outlane Golf Club. The time stays the same : 6:30 for 7:00pm
Please find attached the latest West Yorkshire Trading Standards Newsletter Scam Alert. This Monthly alert outlines trending fraud patterns during the current COVID-19 pandemic and what we can do to stay protected. There have been further reports of scams, doorstep Crime and business complaints all relating to the COVID-19 pandemic here in West Yorkshire. This news alert will give you an indication of the current situation here in West Yorkshire.
You can read it here
