Following the further lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions - announced from the 19th July, 2021 we have re-started the 150 Club Fish & Chip Suppers.

The next talk - and final one for this year - is scheduled for Thursday, 25th November - and is by Barry Groves - on "Joe Castairs - the fastest woman on water and Queen of Whale Cay.

Covid-19 Precautions and Restrictions will be in place - see below - and we may have to limit numbers on a first come first serve basis.

ALSO – MONTHLY “150 CLUB” CASH DRAW AND RAFFLE.

All Club & 150 Club Members plus family and friends welcome subject to limit on numbers attending.

Unfortunately we have been forced to increase the charge to £10 for the FISH & CHIP SUPPER following an increase in the charge made for the Fish & Chips.

ALL FOOD ORDERS TO STEPH HICKMAN PLEASE, BY MONDAY 22nd NOVEMBER AT THE LATEST.

TEL: IW 613077 OR EMAIL : steph.hickman1944@gmail.com

NB. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE MEALS IF ORDERS ARE PLACED AFTER THE DEADLINE.

ACCESS TO RYDE ROWING CLUB CLUBHOUSE WHILE SOUTHERN WATER WORK CONTINUES AROUND APPLEY PARK.
Access to the Clubhouse is via a newly installed ramp. You enter the ramp near the Cafe - it splits into three - one route going to the Cafe, one to our Clubhouse and one continues up Appley Lane.

Car Parking is restricted - you can either park along the front by the Canoe Lake and walk to the Clubhouse or - at your risk - drive past the road closure sign - where you can access the five bays in Appley Lane or continue into the Car park which states it is closed but in fact is open although space is limited. Presumably you won't have to pay as it is officially "closed" see attached. You will have to drive up and down the “wrong way” – the road furthest from the Clubhouse - of Appley Lane (See attached).

After this talk/Fish & Chip Supper - there will then be a break for Christmas and the New Year the talks resuming in February, 2022 - among the Talks lined are so far are -

Thursday 17th February – Marc Earp – Ryde 200 years, ‘From smugglers haunt to largest town’.

Thursday 31st March – Stuart Bennett – Ethiopian Northern Trails.

Thursday 28th April – Kevin Shaw - The Charge of the Light Brigade – Tennyson’s Poem & the Crimean War.

Thursday 26th May – Adrian Searle – Churchill’s last wartime secret.

Thursday 27th October – Martin Woodward – The tragic sinking of the SS ‘Mendi’ off the Isle of Wight in 1917.

Thursday 24th November – Philip Norman – (to be continued …)

All provisional and subject to change.

Covid-19 Precautions and Restrictions

The Covid-19 Bar Opening Restrictions we have to have inforce are listed below -

Before entering the Lounge please use the Hand Sanitizer provided.

Please record your name & address on the forms provided for NHS Track & Trace purposes.

We will impose the following conditions -

1) Restricted to designated members only.

2) Those attending MUST book in advance - TEL: IW 613077 OR EMAIL : steph.hickman1944@gmail.com - so we can list those in attendance and comply with "Track & Trace" procedures.

3) The Bar will be open from 7.30pm to 10.45pm – and must be closed by 11.00pm

4) Hand sanitisers to be used on entry to the lounge.

5) Forehead Thermometer to be used before entry into the Clublounge and anyone who shows a temperature of 37.5 degrees C or above - must not enter the Club Lounge and must immediately leave the Clubhouse until your temperature reads under 37.5 degrees C.

6) Preferably payment by Credit card or smart phone.

7) Alcohol only to be served in bottles or cans.

8) Attending members are advised to wear masks until they are seated and if they leave their table.

9) Attending members should scan the QR code with their NHS COVID-19 App if they have this on their mobile device on entry to the Clubhouse.

No one who feels ill or has Covid-19 symptoms should attempt to enter the Clubhouse and those invited/attending must advise me - by Email - stephencbull@gmail.com - or Text - 07786034941 - if they intend to come down.

Steve Bull

RRC Bar Committee.