NEWS
Finchale
Priory Lodge 7059
Annual
Golf Day - Roseberry Grange Golf Club
Monday
30 June 2008
(Tee off between 12 noon and 2.00pm)
Neil
Chilton Trophy
Main sponsor W.Bro T.P. Harbottle.
Individual
entries are required for the above event, which will be proceeded by
soup and a roll from 11.15am. A presentation of trophies and prizes
will be made after the last players are back in the clubhouse. A hot
meal will be served immediately on completion of the round.
All Competitors are requested to bring a raffle prize.
Full Club Handicap - Yellow Markers - Stableford Scoring.
A draw for the order of play will be made, either fourball or threeball depending on the number of entries.
Cost
£20
Members of Roseberry Grange £10
Social Visitors £10
Click
the following link for a printable Entry
Form.
Organizer Ken Jeary, 23 Carrowmore Road, Chester-le-Street,
DH2 3DY by 23rd of June, 2008. (0191 3884062)
NOTE
CLOSING DATE 23RD JUNE, 2008
Full payment required to secure entry to competition
Meningitis Research Foundation Presentation
A
presentation was made at our meeting on the 12th of March 2008 to a
representative of the Meningitis
Research Foundation. Mrs Maureen Carr received a cheque for the
amount of £600 raised at our Charity Ladies Night held on the
26th of January 2008.
Mrs Carr thanked everyone for their hard work and generosity and gave a short and very informative talk about the role the Meningitis Research Foundation plays in combating the disease, in terms of research, awareness and providing support to the people affected by Meningitis and their families.
Finchale
Priory Lodge No. 7059
Charity
Ladies Night
Finchale
Priory’s Ladies Night took place on Saturday 26th of January 2008
and had an excellent attendance of some 82 guests. After enjoying a
two-course meal, toasts and speeches were made by the Worshipful Master
of Finchale Priory Raymond Gowan and Jen Oliver who acted as the Masters
Lady for the evening.
Bro.
Eddie Arries provided Entertainment singing songs from the fifties and
sixties, followed by a tribute to Elvis Presley. A quiz, raffle and
a competition to see who could throw 10p the closest to a Bottle of
whisky proved very successful and the total profit of the evening amounted
to £600, which will be donated to the Meningitis
Research Foundation.
On behalf of the Worshipful Master, his family, and the Officers and Brethren of Finchale Priory Lodge we would like to extend our most heart felt thanks for the kindness and generosity of all who supported this event. We would also like to thank everybody who donated their time and effort so freely making this event not only possible, but also the great success it has proved to be.
Congratulations Tom!
At
our meeting on the 14th November 2007 meeting W.Bro. Thomas Robson Laws
received a certificate to mark his 50th year in Freemasonry. Assistant
Provincial Grand 
Master
W.Bro. Kenneth Edward Coatsworth Howe made the presentation in open
lodge, remarking on W.Bro. Laws’ many achievements in both Freemasonry
in general and Finchale Priory Lodge in particular. As a token of appreciation
from the Brethren of Finchale Priory Lodge, W.Bro. Tom was presented
with an art work depicting St. Mary’s and St. Cuthbert’s
Church in Chester-le-Street.
Tom also accepted and Bouquet of flowers on behalf of his wife, in appreciation
of her support and understanding in loaning Tom to the Sunday Nights
Boy’s Lodge of instruction for so many years.
The Worshipful Master, Officers and Brethren of Finchale Priory Lodge
would like
to express their Pride in Tom’s remarkable achievement. As well
as their thanks for the many years of dedicated service Tom has given
to our Lodge. We would also like to extend to W.Bro. Tom and his family
our best wishes as he starts his next 50 years in the Craft.
Finchale
Priory Lodge 7059
Annual Golf Day
Some
50 Freemasons and their friends assembled at Roseberry Grange Golf Club
on
18th June 2007 as part of the Lodge’s continued support of Freemasonry
in the community. Thanks to generous sponsorship all competitors again
received a prize and over £300 was raised for charitable purposes.
The day was blessed with fine weather and some excellent golf was played. The winner was Tom McMahon, a guest from Whitburn Golf Club with 44 points - Tom also received the Myson Shield.
The Neil Chilton Memorial Trophy was competed for by Freemasons for the 16th successive occasion. This year the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, Ken Howe, had to concede the trophy to a more worthy winner, the results were:-
| 1st Place | 40 Points | W.Bro. Peter Gow | Norman Lodge |
| 2nd Place | 36 Points |
W.Bro. John Knaggs | Lumley Lodge |
| 3rd Place | 36 Points | Bro. Alan Garden | Earl of Durham |
| 4th Place | 35 Points | Bro. John Guarnaccio | Finchale Priory |
| 5th Place | 35 Points | W.Bro. Ray Gowan | Finchale Priory |
| 6th Place | 34 points | W.Bro. Alan Dufton | Norman Lodge |
Bro.
John Gaurnaccio, Tyler of Finchale Priory Lodge, also received the Derek
Harbottle
Rose Bowl narrowly defeating last year's winner W.Bro. Ray Gowan,
Master of Finchale Priory Lodge.
The booby prize was awarded to W.Bro. Carl Garden, Master of the Earl of Durham Lodge. W.Bro. Gowan presented the prizes and afterwards thanked the Steward of the Golf Club for an excellent meal. Special thanks were also afforded to the organiser of the event W.Bro. Ken Jeary.
A
number of none - golfers participated in a pool competition which was
won by W.Bro. Brian Tinkler, the Director of Ceremonies of Finchale
Priory Lodge.
The event continues to be an attraction and will again be held in 2008
at it’s new venue of Roseberry Grange Golf Club.
Widows Social A Great Success
Chester-le-Street
Lodges held the fifth annual social for the widows of the Chester-le-Street
members on Saturday
5th May. The event started at 4pm 
with
a sherry reception, followed by a two-course meal then tea or coffee.
Entertainment included a singer, singing songs from the sixties and
seventies.
The evening was organized by the Almoners of Finchale Priory, Earl of Durham, Lumley, Lodge of Progress, Cestria, and Eardulph Lodges and was attended by 60 Widows and thier guests. The Almoners of all six Lodges would like to thank all the brethren who volunteered their time to help make the evening a great success.