WELCOME
FROM THE SECRETARY
Throughout our history, the Club has adapted to changing circumstances and ridden through crises and, once again, we are rising to meet new challenges. In considering these challenges, the Board was briefed recently by Kate Nicholls, the Chief Executive of UK Hospitality, on the key issues facing the Government and the hospitality sector in dealing with the pandemic. She highlighted that the most successful organisations were those which had ‘pivoted swiftly’ to adapt facilities and services to embrace the ‘hybrid requirements of more seamless work and leisure activity’. We have done this: we have been creative in adapting quickly to the COVID-19 restrictions and your requirements. As I write this, almost all of the facilities at both clubhouses have been open for several months, providing the excellent dining and sporting facilities, the high standards of service and the warm welcome that you expect. As you will see from the pages of this edition of Pell-Mell & Woodcote, your Club has an enormous amount to offer and I firmly believe that there is nowhere else which can provide such a safe environment in which to enjoy our breadth of services. I would like to thank you for the tremendous support we have received from you, our members, throughout recent months. There is much to look forward to in 2021 and I am sure that your Club will continue to offer you a familiar and relaxing sanctuary where you can enjoy the company of your colleagues, friends and family. I very much hope to see you at Pall Mall or Woodcote Park soon and that you have an enjoyable, if somewhat different, Christmas.
Miles Wade CBE Club Secretary
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