Club contact: Catriona Hyland (Secretary)
Email:catriona_hyland@hotmail.com
St. Nicholas Ladies Probus Club was founded in 2000. The Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month from September to May. Meetings are held at Aberdeen Cricket Club, Morningside Road, Aberdeen, starting with a speaker at 2.00pm and finishing by 4.00pm after a cup of tea/coffee and a short business meeting. We aim to have a varied programme of speakers and meetings are generally attended by approximately 50 members. The annual subscription is currently £30.
Members can sign up for club activities such as Book Group, Lunch Club and Walking Group.
Christmas Lunch is held at RNUC and the AGM and Lunch at a local venue. Money for these lunches must be paid no later than a week before the event.
New members are always welcome. Please contact the secretary in the first instance.
Office Bearers (2023/24)
President Alison Lobban
Vice President Margaret Stirton
Secretary. Catriona Hyland
Treasurer Linda Topp
Past President Marguerite Henderson
Committee Margery Farquharson Maureen Bissett
Maureen Arpe Kathleen Helms
Mary Hunter
Groups
Book Club 1st Monday each month
Morven Room, Cults Kirk Centre (small cost involved)
10.00am coffee for 10.15 start
Contact: Katie Dawson
Lunch Club 2nd Monday each month
RNUC 12.00 for 12.30
Contact: Margery Farquharson
Walking Group Karen Duncan
Subscriptions
The subscription is £30.00, payable at the first meeting or as soon as possible thereafter, by cheque or bank transfer.
Cheques should be made payable to St. Nicholas Probus Club. They can be sent to the Treasurer:
Ms Linda Topp 100 Stanley Street AB10 6UQ
The bank transfer details are:
Sort Code 80-06-19 Account Number 00534977
If paying by bank transfer please use your name as a reference for the payment.
Lunch Club
The Lunch Club meets on the second Monday of the month. The first lunch of the session is Monday 9 October@12.00 for 12.30
Book Club
Meetings are at The Hub in Cults on the first Monday of the month.10.15am
Walking Group
Karen’s contact details are kaz5308@hotmail.com. Start yet to be decided.
Meetings
The first meeting for session 2023/24 will be on Wednesday 27 September @2.00pm.The speaker is Bob Sanguinetti, CEO Port of Aberdeen. The title of his talk is: Port of Aberdeen, Building for the Future.
Speakers for September/October/November
29 September: Bob Sanguinetti(as above)
25 October: Professor David Reid-Dem Bones
29 November: Mike Gibb-The Forgotten Heroines of the North East
6 December: Christmas Lunch RNUC
The syllabus for the 2023/24 session will be available at the September meeting.
Coffee Morning
A coffee morning has been arranged at Drum Garden Centre on Friday 27 October at 10.15am. Cost £6.00 to include gratuity. Please sign up at September meeting to gauge interest.
Christmas Lunch
Wednesday 6 December RNUC
Details of cost and menu choices will be available on the website by mid October and at the October meeting. Please sign up at this meeting.
Calendars
2024 Calendars will be available at the September meeting, possibly also in October, at a cost of £9.00. The Scottish Aerial Views taken by Peter Scott are stunning and the sale of these calendars supports five charities. Please note we can only accept cash.
Mahjong
There has been some discussion about restarting the Mahjong Club. We are working on it and would welcome your thoughts, especially if you might be willing to help with set up and organisation.