From the President

 Chers, Amis,

It was with deep regret that we cancelled the French inspired car tour planned for Sunday, 15 August.  The event had been enthusiastically received by our members and 31 people in 8 teams had registered to participate on the day.  Of course, everything came to an abrupt halt with the imposition of a lockdown in NSW due to a rise in the discovery of Covid cases in regional areas.  The good news is that all of the work by Sylvie and Wal which was put into organising the day has not been lost.  Nor has all of the work that kept the participants up late at night studying French geography, history, wines, food, poetry, literary allusions, cinema and popular culture in order to decode the cryptic clues which were going to guide us to our destination.  Rest assured, we will reschedule the car tour as soon as circumstances permit.  While on the subject of upcoming events I should mention that our AGM and French Film Night is scheduled for Monday, 27 September.  We will use the same format that proved popular last year and will start with dinner in the Club Sapphire restaurant at 6 pm with the meeting starting at 7pm followed by the film at 7.30pm.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed that regional lockdowns will be a thing of the past by then so mark the date in your diaries.  I hope that you are all well and coping with the current restrictions.  I know that it’s a second best option but if you are aware of any of our members who are finding things a bit tough, give them a call or a text and let them know that they are not alone and that we are thinking of them. 

Best Wishes, Rob McCombie