As Harold has quite rightly pointed out, all F&W committee members deserve a huge “thank you”. But I still say that his project management of the venue, equipment and people organisation, contributed to the success on the day. I can also vouch for his Port-a-Loo cleaning capabilities after they had been pushed over during the night! Well done Harold and enjoy your holiday from early October. See you in November sometime!

As reported earlier, our Treasurer has been exploring the northern hemisphere but will be back next week. Acting as Deputy Treasurer I can advise a fantastic preliminary, nett result for the Food and Wine Festival at between $40,000 and $50,000. John will confirm on his return as I only have some of the figures. Thank you all for this great result, especially our sponsorship champion led by the indomitable Peter Lorschy. Thank you from all of us.

For the next four weeks, Canisius is unavailable for any meetings. This is possibly a good thing at the moment as we have EIGHT members overseas. Our numbers for the last two meetings have been below 18 and this is not encouraging. Members, we have had two great presentations at our meetings in recent weeks, please support your Club for future meetings.

This Wednesday 26th September we will repair to The Top of The Green at 7.30am for a breakfast meeting. I have been exploring quite a few venues for the subsequent two weeks and believe the revamped, restyled St Ives Bowling Club, might be our best option. This week their restaurant re- opens with a new chef, new service team, new management and a new menu. I have yet to confirm details with the General Manager but Wednesday nights are available and we might be able to arrange a separate area. They also wish to encourage our business. TBA.

Our next major event consists of our hosting Professor Martins speaking about Dementia at the Persian Rose Restaurant on 17th October. Four Clubs are involved and only 80 places are available. We will be calling for bookings in the coming weeks.