It is a great honour to be the Club's new Chairman and I thank my predecessor, Richard Farrer, for all his hard work during his term in office.

I would also like to convey my thanks to Steve New and Ian Fasham, both of whom have stepped down from the Committee, for their many years of sterling service to the Club. Dave Bowen and Tim Stephen have recently joined the Club Committee, and I am looking forward to maximising their respective contributions over the coming months. 

I hope that everyone who attended the Club Lunch and AGM in June, at the Savile Club in Brook Street, enjoyed the venue, food and occasion. Our next Club Lunch on 1st November is now in Paris, at the superb Terminus Nord Restaurant and our Christmas Dinner, at the Dorchester on 9th December, is also now fast approaching. The flyer for the Paris Lunch has already been sent out to the Membership and I would encourage you to send your payment asap to Dave Bowen, as places are limited. Further details on the December Dinner, including the identity of our guest speaker, will be released very shortly, together with the dates for the Club Lunches and other Social Events being organised for 2011.

It is a very exciting time for the Club moving forward, we have a great team on Committee and the Club is attracting some excellent new applications for membership. In addition to the Olympics in 2012, we will be celebrating 40 years since the Club's inception in 1972 and this will, hopefully, coincide with our 50th Bus Handover.

During my term as Chairman, I am very keen to ensure that the Club continues to flourish by attracting the right people to become members and also to encourage a greater percentage of the current membership to attend the excellent lunches and other events organised by the Club each year.

I look forward to seeing as many of the Membership as possible at our next Bus Handover at Fitzwaryn School in Wantage, Oxfordshire in September. Details of the confirmed date and arrangements for the day will be circulated to Members and posted on the club website very soon.

Kind regards

Mike  Peskin