Next OF Northern Croquet Competition Delayed

Douglas Thomson (K53-61) writes : "The next Northern Gathering has had to be delayed until 2019 unless an OF living in the North would like to organise one in 2018.

My excessive, but very enjoyable, playing of hockey and squash is now showing up in my joints!  I never played to lose! I am currently in line for two replacement shoulders; followed possibly by one hip and one knee.  If all these are replaced I expect to not only ring the bell at airport security but blow the fuse as well!

My apologies for this but I need to keep my diary fairly free at present."

2016 Northern Gathering : The sun shone (well Cumbria style), the fare was good, the wine flowed, the conversation was very pleasurable and even the President’s speech added to the enjoyment of the 2016 OF Northern Gathering held in the garden of Dorothy’s and Douglas’s house in Sedbergh.  Click here to see a full write up and some more pictures.