The programme of events up to June 2026

Meetings will be held in the Bridge Room of the Exeter Golf and Country Club, Topsham Road, Exeter and start at 10:30am prompt on the second Monday of the month (except if this coincides with a public holiday when the meeting will be held on a different Monday). Members’ meetings are private but if you would like to attend please contact the Club Secretary on 01803 553691 or send a message via our Contact Form.

DateTypeDescription
12 January 2026Meeting EGCCGraham Tombs – ‘The Cray Dam, Brecon Beacons’
9 February 2026Meeting EGCCColin Howell – ‘Bottling Water in Afghanistan’
9 Mar 2025Meeting EGCCBrian Femley – ‘Destination Utah’
13 April 2026Meeting EGCCTBA
11 May 2026Meeting EGCCPeter Haines – AGM
8 June 2026Meeting EGCCGrahame Forshaw – ‘The Work of the Exeter Harbour Master, Part 2’
13 July 2026Meeting EGCC
10 August 2026Meeting EGCC
14September 2026Meeting EGCC
12 October 2026Meeting EGCC
9 November 2026Meeting EGCC
14 December 2025Meeting and Lunch at EGCCChristmas Lunch

The meetings programme for 2025

DateTypeDescription
13 January 2025Meeting EGCCJohn Davidson – “Who really Discovered the North Pole”
10 February 2025Meeting EGCCColin White – ‘The Y stations of the Second World War’
10 Mar 2025Meeting EGCCAlan Bullock, – “Mineral Refining and Processing”
14 April 2025Meeting EGCCRay Ambrose – ‘A personal history of electronics’
12 May 2025Meeting EGCCGeoff Pettinger – “Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, a Cornish Engineer – Development of a steam carriage”
9 June 2025Meeting EGCCColin White – “Taking Balls – A study of sports projectile trajectories”
14 July 2025Meeting EGCCGrahams Toombs – “The flood defences of London”
11 August 2025Meeting EGCCGrahame Forshaw – “The work of Exeter Harbour Master”
8 September 2025Meeting EGCCJim Saunders – “Engineering project difficulties in Gaddafi’s Libya”
13 October 2025Meeting EGCCBrian Denham – “Detectorist! An engineering perspective”
10 November 2025Meeting EGCCRay Ambrose – “A Personal History of Electronics (Part 2)”
8 December 2025Meeting and Lunch at EGCC‘The Treasures of Exeter Cathedral’ presented by Emma Laws, followed by a Christmas lunch.

The meetings programme for 2024

DateTypeDescription
8 January 2024Meeting EGCCProf. Wibberley – “Technology in Farming”
12 February 2024Meeting EGCCJRodney Battey – “The Search for Portable Electric Power”
11 March 2024Meeting EGCCJohn Davidson – “Volcanic Eruptions”
8 April 2024Meeting EGCCJohn Dike – “The first sub-ocean telegraph cables ” This is a change from “Princes in the Tower”
13 May 2024Meeting EGCCAGM, Barry Hayden – “Time”
10 June 2024Meeting EGCCGeoff Pettinger -“Nuclear Power -Past, Present and Future”
8 July 2024Meeting EGCCMike Sheehan – “Land Speed Record”
12 August 2024Meeting EGCCMike Pillage – “The Engineer in (someone else’s) Society Again”
9 September 2024Meeting EGCCRodney Battey – “Surface Phenomena in Engineering: adhesion, friction and lubricity”
14 October 2024Meeting EGCCBrian Fearnley – The Amazing Mr Cotton
11 November 2024Meeting EGCCRobbie Sillars – Offshore Gas Liquefaction
9 December 2024Meeting and Lunch at EGCCLucilla Phelps – Fine Art Photography