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From The Secretary Ampersand’s New GM

I hope that you all enjoyed the summer and managed to relax. I hope that you all have had a wonderful summer and enjoyed some earnt rest. I am take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am
Whilst London seemed to quieten down, we still enjoyed some events from Polo at the Ham Polo Club, to enjoying summer drinks in the Brian White and I have taken over from Chris Pickup at the beginning of August as the new General Manager for Ampersand.
Courtyard which is looking fabulous thanks to Neville and his team re-laying all the flagstones and restoring the levels which had moved I have recently left the Victory Services Club in Marble Arch where I was employed as the club’s Food and Beverage Manager. I was
over time. there for just over 6 years having spent a wonderful time culminating in the total refurbishment of the club’s kitchens, restaurants and
As the Club continues to grow from strength to strength, a few changes have occurred. Brian White took up his position as General banqueting rooms. Leaving such a wonderful services club was a tough decision to make
Manager for our Catering bringing with him a wealth of experience from years in other Clubs and over the next six months, shall be especially after the completion of the refurbishments last August. However, when I saw
making many improvements to this area. Niki left us at the end of August to finally join her husband in Dubai and we wish her well in the Naval and Military Club role advertised I knew it was worth applying.
her future there, taking with her our thanks for all her support over the years. Niki has always been here for us and has done a great job I started my career working for the Goring family at their country house property in
in looking after our Events. She will of course be missed but we look forward to keeping in touch with her. Julie Kerckhove has taken Tunbridge Wells. They were a marvellous family to work with and their knowledge in the
on that role combined with Membership as our Membership and Social Secretary and Tracy has joined her from Ampersand to support hotel business gave me great understanding on how to pay attention to detail and exceed
this role. Tracy has been part of the Club for seven years so knows us well and between the two of them, they will make a great team. expectations.
We shall be launching a new Brasserie menu for the Goat Bar and Courtyard this autumn and hope that we shall see many of you taking This is my third private members club having originally worked for the Royal Automobile
advantage of this and enjoying the still warm evenings in such beautiful surroundings. Club at their Epsom clubhouse. That certainly was the busiest operation I have ever
The Club team have been very busy behind the scenes ensuring that your “London Home” is looking better than ever, and far too many experienced especially Derby Day where we would serve over 800 members and their
little things to mention, but it just feels that much more comfortable. With Nedka in charge of our Housekeeping and her new team in guests.
I hope that you all enjoyed the place, our Club has never looked better. Improvements such as our new 200 thread count mercerised cotton sheets, to new king size My vision is to continue the great service and tradition that your wonderful Club has. We have an exciting new menu coming shortly
summer and managed to relax. pillows designed to give you a wonderful night’s sleep, our new duvets in the pipeline, bathrobes and flannels in all rooms which have in The Goat and the Coffee Room going back to more traditional British greats that should be seen in club menus.
Whilst London seemed to been well received, and to come this autumn our new amenities from Truefitt & Hill, we hope we can tempt you to come and stay with We have some other exciting events coming up such as the new Members drinks on the 10th of October, Trafalgar Dinner on the 19th
quieten down, we still enjoyed us more often especially at the weekend when you can take advantage of some amazing rates and enjoy London with all it has to offer. October and Oktoberfest on the 27th October. The Coffee Room will be open on Remembrance Sunday and I hope to see you all
some events from Polo at the Our Newsletter would normally go out during August, however, due to a number of reasons with recent changes, we hope that you for the end of year parties.
Ham Polo Club, to enjoying would enjoy this update whilst we prepare your Newsletter which will go out towards the end of November. This will be in an electronic Brian White
summer drinks in the Court- format which we have tested and has come through extremely well. We shall of course have hard copies of the Newsletter available at
yard which is looking fabulous the Club and delighted to post them to anyone that would prefer the hard back copy, so please do let us know. A considerable amount
thanks to Neville and his team of money is spent annually on postage both here and internationally and by being able to send this electronically, the amount of money Digital Newsletter
re-laying all the flagstones and saved would go a long way towards the refurbishment of a bedroom which we thought would be far better spent as we continue to
improve your home here. Our future editions of the newsletter will be sent by email. Paper copies will be available around the Club but
We look forward to seeing you back at the Club and from all the staff, send you our best wishes. should you require a copy by post please contact Julie on 020 7827 5748 or Julie.Kerchove@theinandout.co.uk.
Anthony Lee

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