Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club
Held in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 2nd December 2014

In the absence of both Club President and Vice President, Past President Graham Kane took the chair, and welcomed members and guest John Tan to the meeting. The President then introduced our speaker for the morning Rev. Graham Nevin, who then set too, telling us about 'Northern Ireland - The last 1000 Million Years’.
A brief summary of this talk is available in the Speakers Record Book, and also on the club web site. A vote of thanks was proposed by Des Johnston and was passed on by the Past President. The members showed their appreciation.
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Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club
Held in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 18 November 2014

Club President Gordon Ward welcomed members to the meeting. The President then introduced our speaker for the morning Judith Lavery, Crime Prevention Officer (P.S.N.I.) for H-District which includes the Council Districts of Coleraine, Ballymoney and Moyle.
A brief summary of this talk is available in the Speaker’s Record Book and also on the Club Web Site.
A vote of thanks was proposed by John Ludlow and was passed on by the President. Members showed their appreciation. Read More...

Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club
Held in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 11th November 2014

Club President Gordon Ward welcomed members and guests James McDowell, David Elliot and John Tan to the meeting. The President then introduced our speaker for the morning Mr. Andrew Baird. Unfortunately, there being a technical hitch with the presentation, it was decided to take the business part of the meet first, while the problem was being sorted. Read More...

Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club
Held in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 4th November 2014

Club President Gordon Ward welcomed members and guests to the meeting and then introduced our speaker for the morning Dr. Richard Burns. Richard began his talk on 'Good Practice' by saying he would be mainly speaking about his memories of his father and situations with various patients over the years. He likened the talk to a W. F. Marshall poem, "Me an Me Da'", and then gave a short reading of his version of the poem, much to everyone's enjoyment. What followed was then another 40 minutes of highly entertaining anecdotes from TWO lifetimes of GP practice. A brief summary of this talk is available in the Speakers Record Book, and also on the club web site. A vote of thanks was proposed by Ross Torrens and was passed on by the President. The members showed their appreciation. Read More...

Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club
Held in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 21st October 2014

Club President Gordon Ward welcomed members and guests to the meeting and then introduced our speaker for the morning Ms. Mandy Hunt who works for the 'Heart Start Department' of the Northern Health Trust. Mandy then went on to explain a little about her job, show an interesting video about CPR and then give a teaching demonstration for all our members and guests to learn how to do CPR - that's 'Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation'. A brief summary of this talk is available in the Speakers Record Book, and also on the club web site. A vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. John McGlade and was passed on by the President. The members showed their appreciation. Read More...