At the meeting on the 1st May, President Mike Robins gave a cheque for £2000 to Dr. Matt Faircloth PhD MRCP, a Consultant Cardiologist at the nearby Frimley Park Hospital, to assist in the purchase of equipment for a second Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at the hospital. The cheque was the result of contributions to the President’s Charity during the past year.

Matt Faircloth used a screen presentation at the dinner following the meeting to show how angioplasty is used to save lives and alleviate problems in heart attack cases. This proved very interesting and there were many questions at the end – most Brothers left in a reasonable optimistic mood!

On Friday 30 March West Surrey met at the Jolly Farmer, Blacknest for their Annual Beer and Skittles. This was well attended with 26 brothers and their wives in excellent form knocking down the traditional 9 skittles with a round wooden ball at about 30 feet. Good beer, a buffet meal, the competitive edge and a good sense of humour all went into the melting pot for an jocular, verging on raucous evening enjoyed by all. Firstly, everyone had 3 rounds with a prize for the highest score, which Walter Noronha won for the men and Pat O'Neill won the Ladies each receiving a prize. The second event was 'Killer' whereby each contestant had 3 lives and lost a life each time they missed the available skittle or skittles left by the previous contestant. The Ladies were particularly good at this game and Pat O'Neill won again. For the men Chris Smith was the last man standing but there was some acrimony caused when the husband left only one skittle for his spouse to aim at, to the extent that some ladies wanted to be moved up the order above their husband, but all's well that ends well. Particularly for Past President Peter Attridge who won first prize of a bottle of whisky in the raffle which raised money for the President's charity.