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IOBA Reunion & AGM – Programme of Events 2024
INDEFATIGABLE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION
INDEFATIGABLE 160th CELEBRATION AND IOBA 40th AGM 2024
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
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FRIDAY 7th JUNE 2024 – VIBRANT SHIRT NIGHT IN AID OF PROSTATE CANCER
Timings | Activity | Location | Remarks |
18:00>19:00 | Vibrant Shirt Night | Bangor University Management Centre Bar 1884 | Meet and greet. |
18:00>21:30 | Catering – Self reserve | Bangor University Management Centre Restaurant 1884 | Unlike 2023, Evening Dinner reservations 2024 will be down to the attendee/s to reserve their own dinner. It is the responsibility for members & guests to book their own catering requirements on the Friday night. |
Midnight | Bar Closed – Service Finished | Bangor University Management Centre Bar 1884 | Guest can stay in bar until 0100hrs to drink up. |
*As this is a charitable event voluntary donations will be collected on the night.
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SATURDAY 08th JUNE 2024 – DAY TIME PROGRAMME
Timings | Activity | Location | Remarks |
09:30 | Arrive and book in at Main Security Gate. | JSMTC Indefatigable Main Security Gate | Walk or Car/share Vehicle access: Registration Numbers in advance via the Online Booking Form only |
10:00>10:30 | The late Mark Palmer 1980/82 scattering of ashes | Shoreline | Meet directly down at the Bottom Gate Open to Jetty and Shoreline. Richard Lawson sponsor. |
11:30>13:00 | IOBA Shop Open & Refreshments | JSMTC Indefatigable Main Building/Bar | Back up at the School for Tea/Coffee/Beers |
13:30>15:00 | IOBA 40th Annual General Meeting | JSMTC Indefatigable Training Room | |
15:30 | All off site |
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SATURDAY 08th JUNE 2024 – EVENING PROGRAMME
Timings | Activity | Location | Remarks |
18:00>19:45 | Arrive for pre-dinner drinks | Bangor University Management Centre Bar 1884 | Meet and Greet |
19:45>20:00 | Seated ready for dinner | Bangor University Management Centre The Hugh Owen Room | |
20:00>23:00 | Reunion dinner | Bangor University Management Centre The Hugh Owen Room | 4 Course Dinner, Live Music, Raffle & Auction |
Midnight | Bar Closed – Service Finished | Guest can stay in bar until 0100hrs to drink up if needed |
*Dress Code: Smart.
*The Programme is subject to change.
IOBA Reunion & AGM – Programme of Events 2024 | Indefatigable OBA (ts-indefatigable-oba.org)
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Indefatigable 160 yrs – Old Boys 41st Reunion 2024
Indefatigable 160 Years – Old Boys Association 41st Reunion 2024.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO :
The 41st IOBA Reunion Dinner to be held on Saturday 8th June 2024 assembling by 19:00 hrs in the ‘1884’ bar, for dinner at 20:00 hrs.
Venue : The Hugh Owen Room, Bangor University Event Management Centre, Collage Road, Bangor, Gwynedd. LL57 2DG
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/management_centre/contact.php.en
Reunion Dinner Ticket price : £55.00 per person (confirmed 20/03/24).
Ticket price to include :
4 Course Dinner, with two bottles of wine selection per table, after dinner music entertainment, there will be a Quiet Room.
The BOOKING FORM LINK for Dinner Bookings for Saturday 8th to be published here (by this Easter confirmed 20/03/2024).
The final cut off date for Menu choice & Booking payments 6th May 2024.
Every Indefatigable Old Boy & IOBA Member attending ‘the ‘Reunion Dinner’ will receive a free enamelled memento ‘160th 2024 badge’ in marking the Indefatigable Training Ship anniversary.
IOBA Fund Raising raffle tickets will be available for sale for: Indefatigable Glassware. There will be an Auction (i.e. signed copy of the book ‘The Inde‘ (unused) by the late Reverend Canon Bob Evans & any other donations forthcoming) and a general Raffle Table.
Dress code : Smart
For those who wish to join the annual IOBA ‘Vibrant Shirt‘ night in aid of Prostate Cancer (2023 raised £300), this will also be held once again at Bangor University on the previous evening Friday 7th June, in the bar ‘1884’ with exclusive use for the evening.
The University are able to provide a hot buffet dinner for the Friday evening, but unlike last year, Evening Dinner reservations will be down to the attendee/s to reserve their own in advance. It is the responsibility for members & guests to book their own accommodation, and catering requirements on the Friday night.
Registered total showing interest via the recent ‘Feedback Form’ attending as of 20/03/2024 = 67
Accommodation : The IOBA has blocked book rooms, *you now can book directly with Bangor University as of 26/01/2024 >
01248365900
info@themanagementcentre.co.uk
Single = £91, Double with single occupancy = £101, and double occupancy = £113, Twin single occupancy = £121, and double occupancy = £134, all are B&B.
Please state when booking accommodation, if you require Breakfast or not.
If you would like to reserve a room, please contact the reception team directly and quote the group code = GAO1887 in order to book the rooms at the group rate, guests can either call on 01248365900 or send an email to info@themanagementcentre.co.uk.
Unbooked rooms not reserved by IOBA attendees will be released back to the university having been block booked by the IOBA, these will be for Friday 7th June and Saturday 8th June evenings.
Wheel Chair users: Facilities are fully accessible for wheelchair users, please note that due to The Management Centre being a Grade II listed building, there is no lift access to the third floor bedrooms.
Parking : Parking is free on site and there is capacity for up to 100 cars.
2024 Reunion: Old School visit / 41st AGM / Reunion Dinner ;
Friday NIGHT 7th June: Vibrant Shirt‘ night in aid of Prostate Cancer (2023 raised £300), this will also be held once again at Bangor University on in the ‘1884 bar‘ with exclusive use for the evening.
Saturday DAY 8th June: Attendees arriving down at the Old School for 10:00. Scattering of the late Mark Palmer 1980/82 ashes at the Boathouse, 10:30>11:00, Back up at the School for Tea/Coffee/Beers for 11:30>13:00, AGM 13:30>15:00. Off site by 15:30.
Saturday NIGHT 8th June: Meet for drinks by 19:00 in the ‘1884 Bar‘, Dinner for 20:00. Bangor University.
41st Dinner Menu choice: to be published prior event.
After dinner music entertainment
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2024 40th AGM Question invite.
All IOBA members are invited to submit questions for the 40th AGM in advance of 08/06/24, this is also to cover non attendees.
Please email AGM questions to <joss@twistedspire.co.uk>
Joss Barns : IOBA General Secretary
IOBA Committee | Indefatigable OBA (ts-indefatigable-oba.org)
‘You wouldn’d last a month without Seafarers’
‘You wouldn’t last a month without Seafarers’
By The late Reverend Canon Bob Evans;
RIP 3rd January 2024 age 99
INDEFATIGABLE CHAPLAIN
Well-known to tens of thousands of Liverpool Seafarers over a period of almost fifty-five years, Canon Bob Evans is the most iconic figure in the Liverpool Shipping commiunity and INDE OLD BOYS!
Here’s the first part of our interview with Bob;
Part One: http://www.liverpoolshipsandsailors.com/2015/10/21/canon-bob-evans-part-one/
Here’s the second part of our interview with Bob;
Part Two: http://www.liverpoolshipsandsailors.com/2015/11/07/canon-bob-evans-part-two/
Part Three: http://www.liverpoolshipsandsailors.com/2015/11/25/canon-bob-evans-part-3/
The Indefatigable BOOK by : The Reverend Canon Bob Evans, The Story of Indefatigable 1864-1995
On sale via the IOBA below
Indefatigable old boys association merchandise and engravings by Rolldove studio
Indefatigable Old Boys Association (IOBA): Archives Secretary