Annual invoices for subs, locker rental and ekey hire have now been mailed out to your physical mail box. Please make your online payment promptly and include your name as reference. If you have not received your invoice yet, perhaps you have moved house in the last twelve months? If so, email the Treasurer with your new address so we can get your invoice to you. Most of you will be aware that we will be celebrating the 50th Birthday of Tahurangi Lodge this coming Queens Birthday weekend. In order to recognize this special occasion we are going to hold […]

Could all members please make sure you have submitted any Open Climb feedback to me. We are looking at a couple of important changes for future Open Climbs. The first is to make the starting point Stratford Plateau rather than North Egmont. Parking at North Egmont has become nigh on impossible, and those participants who did walk around from Stratford for this year’s event gave positive feed back on their walk. Secondly we are looking hard at making a call on the Friday morning as to which day we will choose to hold the event, ie the Saturday or the […]

A big thank you to all those members who made themselves available for the Open Climb last weekend. Unfortunately a disappointing weekend for club members and participants alike, as the weather didn’t play ball. Due to the decision not to attempt the event on the Sunday, we have offered participants a 90% refund of their fee, as a matter of good faith. Many participants have still opted to donate their fee to us, and we also gave people the option of transferring their fee to 2019 Open Climb, which some have chosen to do. Just a reminder, the club’s AGM […]

Happy new year everyone and welcome to 2018. First up is the Club Barbecue on Thursday 1st February at 6.00 pm at the usual venue Audrey Gale Reserve, Merrilands Domain. The club will supply a barbecue, just bring along your own meats, salads and drinks and don’t forget your cricket gear and togs for a swim. The Open Climb registrations opened early December and at the time of writing there are 132 participants registered. Registrations are coming in steadily so it is quite possible that the event will be fully booked with 200 participants. For those helping out on the […]

We’ve had a huge number of entries for the club’s Annual Photographic competition and these are now with the judges. There are some incredibly beautiful photos in the competition. We’ll view these and have a few drinks to celebrate the end of 2017 at the December club night, usual venue, Thursday 7 December at 7.30 pm. The latest FMC bulletins have now arrived and you can collect yours at the above mentioned club night, or follow the link below to view online. FMC actually had the online Bulletin available prior to the hard copy being delivered to clubs. You can […]