Events Calendar - Enjoy one of our social events in the cold winter months, and we're looking forward to lots of outdoor spring activities too!

Please scroll down to see the events taking place in each of our five branch areas.  Its a very long page!  Do remember that members may take part in the activities of any RTS branch - just get in touch with the named contact for each event for further details and advice.

 

UPPER  THAMES

 For further details, or to book Rose Island events, contact:

 Colin Reynolds

01865 779241

oldmanofthethames@talk21.com

   
   Monthly Lunch:  Branch members meet on the last Tuesday of each month at The Kings Arms, Sandford, at 12 noon.
   
 MARCH 2012

 

 SATURDAY 10

 Branch AGM:  Littlemore Village Hall.  Further details to be announced.

MIDDLE THAMES

For further details or to book any event, contact:

Colin Howard

01895 230027

colin.howard@onetel.net

 For details of our programme of riverside walks, contact:

 Linda Humphreys-Evans

0118 954 6192

h-evans@ntlworld.com

 

 

 DECEMBER  
 Friday 16  Christmas Dinner at Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames.  From 7.30 pm.  £36.00 per person. Booking essential.
   
 JANUARY  
 Friday 27  Annual Quiz:  Aboard the New Orleans at Hobbs Boatyard, Henley-on-Thames.  Boarding from 7.00 pm.  £12.95 per person including ploughman's supper.
   
 FEBRUARY  
 Thursday 23  Lunch with a Talk - 'Modern Piracy' presented by Ian Black.  Maidenhead Rowing Club, 12.30 for 1.00 pm.  £17.50 per person.
   
 MARCH  
 Saturday 17  Branch AGM:  Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames.  11.00 am, followed by lunch for members wishing to stay at 1.00 pm.

  

TEDDINGTON TO OLD WINDSOR

For further details, or to book any event, contact:  Colin Day
   020 8824 1643
   margery.day@ntlworld.com
   
 DECEMBER  
 Sunday 4  Pub Lunch - Toby Carvery, Windsor.  Meet at 12 noon.
 Sunday 18  Christmas Lunch - The Kingfisher, Chertsey.  Meet at 12 noon.
   
 JANUARY  
 Sunday 8  Pub Lunch - The Kingfisher, Chertsey.  Meet at 12 noon.
 Friday 13  Annual Branch Dinner - The Angler's Retreat, Staines.  6.30 for 7.00 pm.  2-course meal with coffee £14.50.  Booking essential.
   
 FEBRUARY  
 Sunday 5  Pub Lunch - Thames Court, Shepperton.  Meet at 12 noon.

 

UPPER TIDEWAY

For further details contact:
(Please note also the booking/contact information for each event)

John Maguire

020 8840 7512

johnmag2000@tiscali.co.uk

   
 DECEMBER

 

 Friday 2

 Talk by Bruce Gordon-Smith - 'A Georgian Voyage along the Thames c1750'.  7.30 - 9.30 pm at the Twickenham Club, 7 Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ.  Joint meeting with the Twickenham Society and Environment Trust.  Tel 020 8892 2193 for further details.

 

 

 JANUARY

 

 Thursday 19

 Talk by Andy Hawkins of Thames Explorer Trust - 'Rude 'n' Crude: Tales from Beyond the Watershed'   Discover the history of sewage in the River Thames.  7.30 for 7.45 pm at The Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond (next to the multi-story car park).  Joint meeting with The Richmond Society.

 

 

 FEBRUARY

 

 Wednesday 22

 Talk by James Heather on the Ham Hydro Project.  An update on this exciting clean energy project at Teddington Weir.  7.30 pm at the Twickenham Club, 7 Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ.  Joint meeting with the Twickenham Society and ETRuT.  Tel 020 8892 2193 for further details.

 Thursday 23

 Thames Life in Art:  An evening of talks exploring work and leisure on the Thames as seen through art.  Speakers include John Iddon, Catherine Paryy-Wingfield and Mark Edwards.  7.30 - 9.30 pm, Duke Street Church, Richmond.  Event presented by ETRuT.  For tickets and further details see www.environmenttrust.co.uk

 

 

 MARCH

 

 Saturday 24

 Bird Walk along the River Crane, with Keith Martin.  10.30 - 12 noon.  Event organised by ETRuT.  For bookings and further details see www.environmenttrust.co.uk

 Wednesday 28

 Branch AGM:  The Britannia, 5 Brewers Lane, Richmond, TW9 1HH.  7.30 pm.  Following the meeting RTS Chairman, Peter Finch, will look back at some of the key events, challenges and achievements during the Society's 50-year history.

 

 

 

 * The Environment Trust for Richmond on Thames (ETRuT) runs practical conservation events for volunteers.  Details on www.environmenttrust.co.uk or call the office on 020 8891 5545.  All are welcome to come and help, sessions usually last 2 - 3 hours.  Please let the office know if you are coming.  All you need are some old clothes, stout footwear and a sense of humour!  Gloves and tools are provided.

 

CENTRAL TIDEWAY & ESTUARY

For further details, or to book any event, contact:
Peter Finch
  020 8969 9941
  Sailor1057@aol.com

 

 DECEMBER  
 Friday 9  Christmas Lunch, 12.30 pm, The Captain Kidd, Wapping High Street, E1.  Nearest station:  Wapping; Ferry: Tower Pier; 100 bus.
   
 JANUARY  
 Tuesday 10  New Year's Walk - along the Thames Path to Greenwich.  Meet at 10.30 am, DLR Westferry.  Thames Clipper to Canary Wharf.
   
 FEBRUARY  
 Wednesday 15  Pub Lunch:  The Riverside, Vauxhall - on Thames Path upstream from the bridge.  Meet at 12.30.  Nearest station Vauxhall, or Thames Clipper to St George Wharf Pier.
   
 MARCH  
 Wednesday 14  Branch AGM:  The Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, SW1.  6.30 pm.    Food available.  Nearest stations Pimlico & Vauxhall, or Thames Clipper to Millbank Pier.
   
   Non-RTS Event
 DECEMBER  
 Thursday 15  Thames Barrier Closure - 9.30 - 11.55 am.

 

 

 

 

 

RTS Trad Boat Rally

 

At Beale park

Great River Race 2009

Great River Race 2009 RTS Stand

Sunbury Regatta

 

Great River Race 2009

RTS at Reading Waterfest

Reading Waterfest

Thames Traditional Rally