Annual Dinner 2024 at Farleigh Golf Club

On Friday 14 June, a wonderful evening was enjoyed by 65 members and guests at Farleigh Golf Club. The venue and food were excellent. Throughout the evening, we were entertained by Bertie the Magician with lovely background music by Mark Dowling on his piano. Our outgoing President, Miss Ranee Thakar, presented a richly deserved Lifetime Achievement Award Medal to Dr John Spicer and then handed over the Presidency to Dr Nick Ford. He was presented with the CMS Presidential Medal and Gavel, with every good wish for him to have a successful year.

Many photos were taken – these can be viewed in the members part of the website.

Self Defence lesson by Jim Nayyar

On Wednesday 21st February Jim and his team, (a black belt 3rd Dan in Jujitsu) gave us 2 hours of their time to show CMS members tips on how to defend ourselves against any assault. Our lesson showed that with the use of Jujitsu a practitioner can turn their opponent’s strength against themselves.

A reminder of the basic techniques learnt

Jim took up Jujitsu at the age of 50 following on from an assault at East Croydon Station. After learning Jujitsu, he went on to provide Jujitsu instruction to a wide range of people, including children bullied at school and older people.

View the photos in our members’ part of the website.

Christmas Quiz Evening 2019

There was an excellent turnout to this year’s Quiz Night.

It was held at The Cedars School with 55 members and guests taking part. It was a fun evening and highly competitive. The Grinch also made an appearance and trashed our President’s phone! I have included a couple of photos – not brilliant ones as I only had my rather ancient iPhone instead of a proper camera.

The scores were as follows:

• 1st The Urodynamos 60.5
• 2nd Parkside Paradise 59
• 3rd This is Going to Hurt 58
• 4th Super Hero’s 54.5
• 5th Rudolph’s Registrars 54
• Joint St George’s Alumni 51
• 6th Coulsdon Crawlers 51
• 8th The Two Nicks 47.5
• 9th Louise’s Angels 43

The top three teams were all very close but well done to the Obs & Gynae team for toppling the Parkside Team who have been consistent winners over the years. Dr Khalid Khan is the brains behind this event and he puts in many hours over the course of the year to put together a challenging and fun event.

Thank you Khalid!

Annual Dinner 2019

The last event of the President’s year is of course the Annual Dinner and this year it was held at Purley Downs Golf Club for the first time. We had 66 members and their guests who enjoyed a delicious meal and we were entertained by Paul Dickson and his close-up magic.

The President was delighted to present this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr John Annear and Dr Mary Clarke spoke movingly about Dr Annear’s contribution to mental health in Croydon throughout his 40-year career.

Our Speaker was Professor Tim Draycott, Consultant at Southmead Hospital and the University of Bristol. Over the last 14 years Tim has led the development of a new academic department in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at North Bristol that is now recognised as a world leading intrapartum and safety research centre.

Professor Draycott’s programme of work has been recognised by prizes from NHS Innovations, NICE, and the BMJ. He was also awarded Hospital Doctor of the Year for his intrapartum emergencies work. He has been recognised as a NHS Hero, and in 2014 he and the PROMPT team were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Excellence, followed by the International Prize for Resilience in Healthcare in 2016.

Professor Draycott is the senior clinical advisor to NHS Resolution in the UK, and is an elected member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Council representing members from America, Australasia and the Pacific Rim.

Professor Draycott gave a very entertaining talk with topics ranging from personal experience in developing countries, meeting the Queen and highlighting the value of simulation training in dealing with obstetric emergencies.

Photos of this event are now available in the Members’ Area.

The Christmas Quiz Evening 2018

On 11th December we held another entertaining Christmas (Medical) Quiz which was put together by Dr Khalid Khan and the ‘CMS Mug’ was again won by the Parkside Group Practice. We had a delicious fish & chip supper at Purley Downs Golf Club and it was a very entertaining evening.

Annual Dinner 2018

Dr Nick Cambridge was delighted so many members and guests attended the Annual Dinner on 18 May 2018. This was again held at Farleigh Golf Club and, as well as having Bertie the Magician entertain us, we concluded the evening for the first time with a disco which was hosted by DJ Prince.

Some thought the music a little loud and retreated to the bar area but many took full advantage of dancing to some great music!

A ‘Dancing Disco Cup’ was won by Miss Ranee Thakar who really entered into the spirit of the occasion and impressed the DJ who was tasked with choosing the winner. Well done Ranee!

During the evening Mr Michael Mowbray received a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award and our President for 2018-2019, Mr Abdul Sultan, was introduced and presented with the President’s Medal and Gavel.

Photos of this event are available in the Members’ Area.

Annual Dinner 2017

Dr Tony Newman-Sanders presided over another very successful Annual Dinner which was held at Farleigh Golf Club on 19 May 2017. There were 65 members and guests present who enjoyed being entertained by Bertie the Magician and our very own Croydon Medics Jazz Ensemble.

During the evening the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2017 was presented to Dr Rupert Courtenay-Evans and he was delighted to be honoured in this way. Towards the end of the evening the new President for 2017-2018, Dr Nick Cambridge, was welcomed by the outgoing President (Dr Tony Newman-Sanders) and given the President’s medal and gavel.

The Committee wish to thank all those involved in making the evening a great success and look forward to seeing even more members at next years dinner.

Photos of this event are now up on the website.