The  Club Dinner had the largest attendance in recent years and was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.  Cryptics 18-84 years old enjoyed excellent food and wine and a superb after dinner speech by Robert Winder.*  Many thanks to Robert and indeed to John Hamilton who made a hugely successful debut as Dinner Manager.

At the start of the evening the Club remembered Cryptics who have died in the last year - Colin Dean, Patrick Nolan, Douglas Henderson and Peter Spencer.

Once again the OUOTC did us proud and enabled us to keep the ticket price very reasonable.  Thanks to a generous donation by a member not able to be there we were able a couple of the younger members tickets for nothing.

The AGM preceded the Dinner and saw the election of Officers for 2022-23, the approval of the Accounts and the election to be Vice Presidents of David Fawcus Christopher Dean, in recognition of their many years of membership and service to the Club.

*Robert Winder, Journalist and author.  Formerly literary editor of The Independent for five years and Deputy Editor of Granta magazine during the late 1990s, Robert Winder has written novels and non-fiction books including two about cricket.  He is the Chair of Judges of the Cricket Society/MCC Cricket Book of the Year.