CHEAM PROBUS CLUB
WELCOMES YOU
Make New Friends in your Retirement
Cheam Probus Club offers Retired or Semi-retired Professional and Business Men an opportunity to enjoy a monthly lunch with an informative talk, a monthly coffee morning with our ladies and new found friends together with several organised outings to places of interest in the South East.
In 2022 Cheam Probus Club completed fifty years of helping its members make new friends in their retirement.
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WHO WE ARE
Professional and Business men enjoying their retirement
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We are a friendly and sociable lunch club for retired and semi-retired Professional and Business men living in and around Cheam, Surrey. It is an ideal way for those who have spent their working life locally or commuting to London, to socialise with like-minded people who live in the area. The Club was founded in 1972 and currently we have over forty members with ages ranging from mid 60s to early 90s.
WHAT WE OFFER
The opportunity to meet with like minded people in a relaxed environment. To make new friends. To learn something new. To have fun! All for a £32.00 annual subscription
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A MONTHLY LUNCH AT CUDDINGTON GOLF CLUB
Good food and interesting facts
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We meet on the third Wednesday of the month and gather just after midday for pre-lunch drinks and a natter before sitting down about one o'clock. In April and at Christmas we invite our ladies to join us. Current cost for a two course lunch with coffee is £28.00
After lunch we adjourn for an educating and entertaining talk given by a wide variety of speakers.
AFTER LUNCH TALKS
2025
Following a two course lunch with coffee we are entertained and educated by an eclectic selection of speakers
January 15th
"Yorkshire" - John Goodhead
February 19th
"Sailing" - Ian Worley
March 19th
"Banstead Prisons" - Jean Watson
April 16th
"Music Night" - John& Chris Clachen
May 21st
"Rye, Sussex" - Geoff Mead
June 18th
"Industrial Revolution - (Why Britain)" - Laurence Scales
July 16th
"Conquest Art" - Ann Bland Botham
August 20th
"Pilotage/Mercy Ships" - Don Cockell
September 17th
"VE Day" - Peter Stammers
October 15th
"Clandon Park History and Future" - National Trust Personnel
November 19th
"Grace Darling" - Mark Lewis
December 17th
"Christmas Garden" - Nick Dobson
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
2025
February 28th
Visit: Tour of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
March 28th
Visit: Crossness Pumping Station
April 7th
Visit: Wings Aviation Museum
May 14th
Visit: TBC
May 17th
Chairman's Coffee Morning
June 5th
Visit: Wey and Arun Canal Boat Trip with lunch on board
September 10th
Visit to Royal Logistics Corps Museum nr Winchester and Watercress Line, with afternoon tea.
October 22rd
Curry Night at Cuddington Golf Club
December 6th
Visit: RPO Christmas Cracker at Cadogan Hall
We thank the following members for their time and efforts to ensure our Club runs very smoothly
Committee for 2025
Chairman: Norman Rodda
Vice Chairman: Ed Rochford
Immediate Past Chairman: John Goodhead
Secretary: Geoff Pope
Treasurer: Philip Wilkins
Assistant Treasurer: Ian Newton
Catering Secretary: John Gilbert
Social Secretary: David Griffiths
Speakers Secretary: Bill Scott
Webmaster: David Griffiths
Committee Member: David May
Accounts Examiner: Chris Cuss
CONTACT CHEAM PROBUS CLUB
To find out more about Cheam Probus Club you could post a letter in the Gold Pillar Box but we would rather you contacted our Club Secretary Geoff Pope by email. He will be pleased to answer any questions you have about membership and help start your social networking in retirement.