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Graham Smith
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Graham Smith JP
 Issue No. 93 Autumn 2025
Greetings one and all. I hope you are enjoying the wonderful summer of 25. Of course, it may well be all over by the time you read this but hey, it might not.

Welcome to this autumn edition of the RPGA newsletter, and our thanks to our editor Paul Laxton and contributors as ever. More items are always welcome.

We are looking towards the RPGA AGM on the 13th October, which is to be facilitated in Nottingham by the PGA annual conference. Our thanks to them and as always, we would appreciate your attendance in person or via the ZOOM app.

 
HMPPS seems to be in the doom and gloom arena as ever, and headlines that appear are very similar to the ones I remember when I joined HMPS in 1969.

What have you been up to this summer? I hear you ask. Well, something new was a 7-night river cruise on the Rhine starting at Cologne in Germany and ending at Basel. There were 160 on the river boat with a crew of 46. Highly recommended, all-inclusive includes all drinks, food and daily trips out. We paid extra for a 3-night extension in Zermatt Switzerland which is stunning and included a 8-hour trip on the Glacier Express. Go on, book it!

My thanks to the RPGA committee who continue to enable the association to move forward each year. A couple of them are up for re-election this year and hope they stay for another term. As I always ask if any of you would like to join the committee, you are very welcome.


GRAHAM SMITH, RPGA CHAIRMAN