Chairman’s Report

As I write this short report I have a feeling of déjà vu. Earlier this summer it looked as though we were slowly exiting from the pandemic but recent figures show that it is still very much with us.

We (the committee) were encouraged by the positive vibes and even held our first face to face meeting for a long time in the Runway Café down at the airfield at Shuttleworth in early September.

Despite many of us ‘oldies’ having our booster jab, things are still far from normal, with over 30,000 daily cases being reported as of the middle of November. With this growing uncertainty, the college authorities have still not confirmed that the Presentation Day will go ahead next June and therefore our long-awaited reunion may have to be postponed yet again. More about this elsewhere in the newsletter.

I was very pleased to welcome Mike Laflin as a new committee member. Mike was NDA 62/64 and farms in Attleborough, Norfolk. I am sure that he will be a valuable member of the team. If anyone else would consider putting their name forward they would be most welcome – especially some younger blood!!

I would, once again, like to thank Catherine Lloyd (director of Field Studies at the college) for keeping us up to date with college activities and, of course, to all the members of your committee for their unstinting help and assistance and without whom the Association would not exist.

As Christmas and the New Year approaches may I wish you and your families the compliments of the season and here’s hoping that 2022 proves to be a better year.

Tony Abbott NDA 1965 - 67