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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine. Volume 9 No.2 July 2012

F rom the large number of emails, telephone calls etc that I have received, it would appear as
if the format of this years’ President’s lunch in celebration of the 200 anniversary of the birth
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of Charles Dickens has been extremely well received. I think you will all agree that the quality of
the entertainment was first class and I know that all performers thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Not only was the quality of entertainment of a good standard, but also I believe, and many of you
have agreed, the quality of food and service produced by the Connaught Rooms was probably
as high as we have had for some considerable time. I have congratulated the Connaught Rooms
on behalf of The Club.

We also tried as an innovation a pre-wine ordering service. The Connaught Rooms advise me
that some 40% of The Club took up that offer and have made one or two suggestions to improve
the service from December. This may include on-line ordering facilities, but full details will be
given with the ticket applications that will be sent out towards the beginning of October.

On behalf of The Club I would like to thank those members of the Dickens 200 Celebration
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Sub-Committee who have worked hard in producing the programme and memorabilia to date.
Further meetings will take place and it is hoped that further events will follow. Details will be set
out on the website which is now up and running and the password has been distributed to the
member’s section. Those members who do not have access to the internet will receive the details
by post.

It is important that if members change their email address that they let me know at the earliest
opportunity. I still have, whenever electronic communication is distributed, some 6 or 7 “returns”.
Some of these indicate that the email address is not known, but most seem to indicate that the
recipient’s system will not receive the circulated email. Would you all please check your system
to ensure that anything from Pickwick is acceptable?

Looking forward to the summer I am sorry that I will not be with you on the Golf Day and shall
miss the camaraderie of Club Fellowship. I wish all competitors and attendees good fortune and
good weather on that day.

I will be riding in the Benson Event at the beginning of July and look forward to seeing as many
Club Members as possible on that ride.

Further details will follow of the cycle event in September which again has been organised by
Pruffle and of course the end of my year as President will be at the Garden Party on Thursday
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6 December 2012.
Please enjoy the summer (when it arrives) and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible
at the various Club events over the next few months.

Samuel Pickwick
President