Celebrating 160+ Years
HMS Conway School Ship 1859 – 1974
The club exists to foster social relationships between former cadets of the training school ship HMS Conway. If you are an Old Conway and not yet a member we would strongly urge you to join so you can get back in touch with your old chums.
From the President – John Noble 62-64
It is a great privilege to be President of the Conway Club and I look forward to serving out my term with high spirits although regrettably I must end my period of office early (at the end of 2024) for personal reasons. This is an unexpected and very recent decision which came too late to be included in the AGM Agenda. I am very pleased to announce the AGM unanimously elected Vice President Paul Heaver (66-71) to become our 23rd President in January 2025. David Fawcitt (67-69) was elected to replace him as a Vice President.
I am hugely assisted as President by the Hon Sec Steve Barnet (65-68) and Treasurer Rob Tubb (67-70). OCs will be pleased to learn that the Committee remains very active, with the able help in arranging social functions and the Dinner from Mim Smith (Honorary Member).
The youngest OCs are now in their late 60s, so we must turn our thought to the Club’s long-term future. In response to discussions at the 2023 AGM a working party was formed to examine our options and its recommendations are in the ‘Club Closure Passage Plan’ which was fully endorsed by the full Committee. It can be downloaded using the link below. The plan was summarised on pages 16 and 17 of the July 2024 The Cadet which also sought your views on its recommendations. 16% of members responded and their responses were discussed by and ratified at the 2024 AGM. A full report will be in the next The Cadet including details of our next steps and how you can get involved.
