Our 1st meeting back since March when the Community Centre went into lockdown. was a very covered up affair.
We met under strict Covid rules....... (ie) distancing, masks, sanitizer, etc.... and we finally had our change over and as it was our August meeting it was also our 41st birthday .
We had not had our change over meeting that was due in April so this meeting we were catching up on several months as well as celebrating our birthday.
Our New president Carol Thornton finally took the reins and the collar from the previous president Caroline Frohmuller.
We held a minutes silence for 2 very loved members Joyce Crawford and Trevor Fist who were both very valued members of our club and are no longer with us.
Joyce's husband Derek Crawford was present for the first time in many months and Trevor's sister Glenis was also present.
It was lovely to see them both and for them to share in our minutes silence for Joyce and Trevor .
We presented John Vaughan with his OBE , earned a few months earlier and Marja Ioannou accepted the OBE for Tim Ioannou who was unable to be there, he also earned his OBE several months ago .
We presented Barry Turton and Mick Ryan with "THANK YOU" certificates .
They have both served our club well and for many years, THANK YOU from all of us .
We were unable to present several other THANK YOU's as the members were not present .
There were some lovely visitors today and they all enjoyed the meeting , even though it was very different to normal, they have taken home membership forms and seem keen to join our club.
When it came to our beautiful birthday cake , purchased by Carolin Frohmuller (Thank you Carolin) it was decided to ask Derek Crawford (who was also celebrating his birthday) to join with our President Carol in cutting the cake .
No photos of the new committee etc due to MASKS being worn....
Photos below of our special "Masked" birthday party meeting.
Who is that UNMASKED man ????
President Carol presented past President Carolin with a thank you certificate and a 
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| THANK YOU Mick Ryan |
We hope to have another meeting in September but things could change by then ... I am sure President Carol will keep you all informed of what is happening .