The Duke of Connaught's Own Club Fareham

12th December 2025

Hello all,

A big thank you to those that attended the Special General Meeting followed by the Annual General Meeting last Sunday 7th December. 68 of you attended out of a membership of circa 700.  That tells me that 632 of you were either otherwise engaged, or happy the way that your Club is run. On the flip side, I was asked on the day, what would happen if everyone turned up. Well, we would simply abandon the meeting and reconvene in a much larger premises somewhere with a higher fire limit.

The meetings went smoothly. I’m pleased that you were all, by majority, in agreement to the rule changes that we want to make. I will be in touch with the Financial Conduct Authority in the new year, to set about making these changes. I also hope any questions you had were answered satisfactorily.

Following the ballot for committee nominations the result was as follows:

Chairman – Lee Downer

Vice Chairman – Ian Lasseter

Committee – Michele Sherwood – Mark Sherwood – Jade Hodgson – Tim McBride – Ian Osborne – Adi Brown – Anne Harrop – Leanne Clarke – Colin Eden

We will endeavour to continue the hard work into 2026.

As always, any questions, comments or queries, please click on the ‘Email Lee’ tab below to send me a message.

In closing, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year.