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Conway Club

About The Conway Club
Membership
Presidents Of The Conway Club
Patrons
Newsletter
Social Functions
Officers & Committee
AGM
Branches
Contact Us

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About The Conway Club

The Conway Club was founded in 1910 by the late Captain H W Broadbent RD RNR who was at that time Captain Superintendent of HMS Conway. The first President of the Club was Major Sir Hamilton Gould Adams. He was President for 11 years,

The main purpose of the Conway Club is to maintain and foster social relationship between former Cadets of the Ship and the Conway shore establishment.

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Membership

Membership of the Club is open to all Cadets who served in the HMS Conway school training ship and are known as Old Conways, providing they completed a full course of training. It is to be hoped that this Website will encourage those Old Conways who have never belonged to join, or who have ceased to belong to rejoin, the Club. Provision is also made in the Club Rules for Honorary membership of the Club, for those who have at any time been closely associated with the Conway or with members of the Club.

Membership subscription is GBP15 for full life or GBP5 annually, payable to the Hon. Treasurer on 1st January each year.

Please download the following Application Form (Word document) which can be completed and sent via snail mail:

Membership_Application.doc (64Kb .doc)

Please note that this downloadable Word document may open in your browser, if it does either choose to print the document to be completed by hand or save it to your computer for printing later.

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Patrons

The Committee of the Conway Club by unanimous agreement of all members invite especially deserving or meritorious persons to fill the position of Patron of the Conway Club. The present patrons are:

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Anglesey
Captain David T Smith OBE FNI RN
Lieut Commander Ian E Fraser VC DSC RD RNR

 

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Presidents Of The Conway Club

 

1910 - 20

Major Sir Hamilton Goold Adams GCB

 

1921 - 30

Admiral Sir Sackville H Carden KCMG

 

1930 - 34

John Masefield OM, LL.D

 

1935 - 40

Captain Sir Edward Headlam CSI, CMG, DSO, FRGS, RIM

 

1941 - 48

Captain SS Richardson OBE, RD, RNR

 

1949 - 58

Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard E C Peirse KCB, DSO, AFC

 

1959 - 69

Captain W H Coombes CBE, RNR (Hon)

 

1969 - 72

Captain E Hewitt RD RNR

 

1973

Captain D T Smith RN

 

1973 - 75

Commodore D T Smith RN

 

1976 - 82

Captain D T Smith RN

 

1983 - 85

Commander T Kinloch-Jones RN

 

1986 - 90

Captain L J Thompson MNI

 

1991 - 92

Captain R J R Tyrell

 

1992 - 96

Captain L J Thompson MNI

 

1997 - 99

J F Sheldrake Esq JP

 

2000 - 02

Commander J W H F Dickie OBE RNZN

 

2003 - 05

Capt DNB Nutman MNI

  2006 - A Smith Esq

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Officers & Committee

The Club's Offfciers and Committee are chosen from members of the Club and is limited in number to 24, elected annually at the AGM.

Oficers

  President A F Smith
64-66
  Vice President J R Hughes
54-56
    T Mason
56-59
  Hon Secretary Margaret Hollinrake
Hon Mem
  Hon Treasurer C B Smith
58-60
  Hon Chaplain The Rev S Douglas Lane
-
  Hon Auditor C H Plummer
67-72

Committee

44-45 Lt Cdr J Heath RNR

46-47 J H Lockwood

48-50 Capt A G Burns

49-51 W E Gale

50-51 J McCaughren

50-51 Capt D N B Nutman FNI

50-51 Capt T Powell (representing OCs outside the UK)

51-52 Capt D Owen

52-54 J F Sheldrake JP

56-58 Lt Col D Hilton TD

56-59 Capt M M Reeves

56-59 Lt Cdr C Blakey OBE RD RNR JP

58-61 Capt A D Saunders

66-70 K C Huggins

67-70 R B Tubb

69-71 Capt P P van Bergen

71-73 S A Budd

72-74 M B Burrow

 

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Newsletter

A Newsletter is published twice a year in Spring and Summer. It is full of information on social events, news on the activities of Old Conways around the world and graphic reports from the personal history of Old Conways.

Your letters, reminiscences, news, etc., are all welcome. Closing dates for copy are:

Spring - 28th February
Summer - 30th June

but contributions received after those dates will be included if possible.

Copy for the Newsletter can either:

Be posted to the Editor, Alan Burns, via the Hon Secretary:

Mrs M S Hollinrake
64 Cambridge Drive
OTLEY
West Yorkshire
LS21 1DD


Tel: + 44 (0)1943 465141
E-mail: clubsec@hmsconway.org

Or can be emailed direct to Alan ensuring that you CC the Hon Secretary on the email.

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Social Functions

Annual Dinner Dance

This major function usually takes place with the AGM, alternately in the North and South of the UK in October. Please refer to the Diary for full details of the current and forthcoming year's Annual Dinners.

Annual London Buffet Party

This usually takes place on the first Thursday in June at a venue overlooking the Thames commencing at 1830, and is well attended by Old Conways and their guests from near and far. Details of the next event are in the Diary.

Branch Events

Most Branches in the UK and overseas hold annual dinners and other functions on a regular basis. Please consult the Diary for details.

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AGM

AGMs are held annually in October. Full details are posted on the Diary page.

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Branches

The Conway Club has branches throughout the world established for the furtherance of social contact. They operate as independent organisations and there is no structural, legal or financial linkage between individual branches and the Conway Club e.g. the Conway Club Committeee listed above has no organisational control over branches. Some are "joint" branches with members from Worcester, Pangbourne and General Botha.

Each branch is run by a dedicated group of volunteers who give freely of their time and energies to keep Conway chums in contact and the name Conway alive.

Wherever you are in the world you are encouraged to contact your local branch and join the local group. Contact can be made through the branch secretary.

The following list of branches is probably not exhaustive. Please do not take offence if your Branch isn't listed, instead take up your pen (or keyboard) and contact us to ensure that you are included in the next update of this website.Pleasew provide details of the Branch Secretary's address, ideally an email address and a phone number that the Secretary is prepared to have broadcast on the website, and a note of planned activities and social events.

List of Branches

Australia

 

Contact
 

New South Wales

Maicolm Murray (58-61)

Email : avboz@ozemail.com.au

 

Queensland

John Bedford (45-46)

Email : bedford.john@gmail.com

 

South Australia

David Kemp (48-50)

Tel :  (08) 8294 4719

Email : scriv@ace.net.au

  Victoria

John Turnbull (49-51)

Email : johnturnbull5@bigpond.com

  Western Australia

Capt John Ivor Jones (48-49)

Email :jonesmaritime@bigpond.com

Canada

 

 
 

Central

Doug Wilson (25-54)

Tel: 416-406-2650

Fax: 416-652-8603

Email: violad@can.rogers.com

 

Vancouver

Ian Hopkinson (54-56)

Tel :  (604) 924 4903

Email:marsurv@attcanada.ca

 

Vancouver Island (Conway, Worcester & Pangbourne)

Peter Whitehead (OW 53-56)

Email: pejay-39@shaw.ca

France - Paris

 

David Brown (51-53)

Tel:  01 60 43 32 46

Email: david.brown@dbmail.com

UK    
 

East Midlands

Ken Huggins (66-70)

Tel: 0115 849 3780

Email: ken-huggins@FSBDial.co.uk

 

Isle of Man

Denis Goddard (46-47)

 

London & South East

Matt Burrow (72-74)

Tel:  0171 394 7727

Email: holdtrade-uk@easynet.co.uk

 

North West

Haydn Lockwood (46-47)

Tel: 0151 625 5727

Email: haydn@haydn14.fsnet.co.uk

  North East Conway - Worcester - Pangbourne

J S Crawshaw

 

Scotland

Maurice Cornish (46-48)

Tel: 01436 676 293

 

Solent

Chris Nelson (60-62)

Tel:  02380 293270

Email: chris105@btinternet.com

 

South West

Adrian Mitchell (62-65)

Tel:  01822 841 086

Email: adrian.mitchell@steen-mitchell.com

USA

 

Allan Derham (56-58)

Email: alder01@aol.com

 

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Contact The Club

You can contact the Conway Club through the Club Secretary

Mrs M S Hollinrake
64 Cambridge Drive
OTLEY
West Yorkshire
LS21 1DD


Tel: + 44 (0)1943 465141
E-mail: clubsec@hmsconway.org

 

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