Press Report February 2020
Brockenhurst WI Storm Ciara was in full flow when the windswept ladies arrived for the birthday meeting of Brockenhurst WI. Some 46 Members and 3 guests attended for our fish & chip supper although it was proudly announced that our membership this year had reached a record total of 72 ladies. Business of the day included handing out the birthday posies to Barbara Ball, Karen … Continue reading Press Report February 2020
Press Report October 2019
Brockenhurst WI On a wet and windy evening, the good ladies of Brockenhurst Women’s Institute arrived at the October meeting with a total of 45 members and 2 guests attending. There was so much to cover that the President made the decision not to sing Jerusalem – it was one of those tumbleweed moments! We quickly got on with handing out birthday posies to Louise … Continue reading Press Report October 2019
Press Report September 2019
Brockenhurst WI An autumnal chill was in the air last Monday at the September gathering of Brockenhurst Women’s Institute, where some 35 members and 3 guests attended our evening. After singing Jerusalem our president, Liz Wingham, presided over the meeting and Pam McInnes stood in for secretary Karen Whitty’s absence. We firstly had a heart warming and moving chat from a lovely lady called … Continue reading Press Report September 2019
Skittles group match on 1st October 2019
Congratulations to our skittles team! Brockenhurst ladies came second, with Barton Bees taking first place. We pipped Sway to second place by a couple of points gained in the last round. In fact our last round was the highest scoring of all the teams, I think we had warmed up by then! The team consisted of Ruth McDermott (captain), June Helyer, Maureen Phillips, Meral Carter … Continue reading Skittles group match on 1st October 2019
Press Report June 2019
Brockenhurst WI On June 10th 41 members and 3 visitors left the comfort of their own homes to brave a horrid wet and windy (Summer?) evening to attend the meeting in the Village Hall. After stretching our lungs with a rendition of “Jerusalem” we embarked on quite a lengthy business agenda. A Welcome Pack was presented to new member, Janice Pettigrew, who is already making … Continue reading Press Report June 2019
Press Report May 2019
Brockenhurst WI Press Report May 2019 In May Brockenhurst WI have their AGM so a good turn out by the members was required and, of course, they didn’t disappoint us. We had 41 members and 7 visitors who all warbled Jerusalem with great gusto and enjoyed a glass of wine! We had our speaker first because of other business to conduct later so the magnificent … Continue reading Press Report May 2019
Press Report February 2019
As February was the 101st Birthday for Brockenhurst WI it was decided to celebrate the occasion with a dinner at the Balmer Lawn Hotel. 37 members congregated for the evening which began with a chat over a glass of Prosecco and ended with a fun quiz. After singing “Jerusalem”, the only business to conduct was to start eating! However there were 13 birthdays to … Continue reading Press Report February 2019
Press Report January 2019
A very happy 2019 to everyone, not only those in our WI but also to all the local WIs in the area and, of course, the good people of Brockenhurst. We had a magnificent turn out for our January meeting with 45 members attending and 3 visitors. We were serenaded when singing Jerusalem by our speaker, Mr Simon Morgan, playing a soprano saxophone which made … Continue reading Press Report January 2019
Press Report June 2018
June is a busy month and no less so for Brockenhurst WI. We welcomed two guests and 43 members, Jerusalem was heard (due to the open windows) nearly a mile away and we hope they enjoyed our singing. A record month for the birthday posies and celebrating this month were June Helyer, Pat Farr, Anne Nolan, Mel Carter, Sue Griffiths, Liz Wingham, Geraldine Angel, Mary … Continue reading Press Report June 2018
Press Report May 2018
On a beautiful summer’s evening we gathered for our AGM, it always comes around so quickly every year. We welcomed 42 members and 3 visitors, the usual rendering of Jerusalem in the warm summer breeze was enjoyed by everyone and birthday posies were given out to Pat Worn, Anne Panayi and Christine O’Connor. Welcome packs were given out to our new members Elaine Blachford, Anne … Continue reading Press Report May 2018
