Photo: President Ross Torrens greets Bernie McKenna, with Press Officer John Dobson and Vice President Graham Kane

Talk by Dermot Gordon about sailing from Gran Canarias to St. Lucia

Our President Ross Torrens welcomed members to the meeting and then introduced our speaker for the morning, Dermot Gordon. Dermot gave an exciting talk, slide show and short video presentation about sailing from Gran Canarias to St. Lucia in an Atlantic Rally. Dermot began his talk with a short mention of how he first got interested in sailing - his daughter thought she would like to try sailing, so Dermot went along to keep her company. She didn't take to it, but Dermot was instantly hooked.

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Photo: President Ross Torrens greets Bernie McKenna, with Press Officer John Dobson

Talk by Bernie McKenna on ‘Emergency Life Support Skills’

Our President Ross Torrens welcomed members and guests to the meeting and then introduced our speaker for the morning, Bernie McKenna. Bernie gave a highly informative talk, presentation and demonstration on heart attacks, bleeding and choking, in other words 'Emergency Life Support Skills' (ELSS). For Bernie, these were skills that everybody should have, and her excellent illustrated talk convinced members and guests that was indeed correct.
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Photo: President Ross Torrens welcomes Robin Walsh, with Speaker’s Sub-committee coordinator, John McHenry

Talk by Robin Walsh, retired controller of BBC NI

Mr Walsh thanked the members for the opportunity to speak to then, and reported that he had met our President Ross Torrens for the first time when they had played on opposing Under 15s Cricket Teams!
Robin said that the subject of the National Lottery would take about ten minutes (which may be longer than it takes to play, but nothing like as long as it takes to win anything - MT) and would then take a trip down memory lane as he remembered some of the incident during his time with the BBC and UTV.
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