17/12/2023
Annual Address from B.S. Dhaliwal.
As one year reaches its twilight and the dawn of another is tiptoeing into our lives, let us step forward to greet it with the doors of opportunity and adventure fully open in our minds.
A New Year is a milestone in the 'Continuum of Time'. It provides for us an opportunity to stop, pause, reflect and re-establish priorities, to break out towards new horizons, set new goals and reach for another rung up the ladder.
2023 has been the first 'proper' year after the trauma of the Covid lock-down years and much has been achieved by our fantastic Instructor Group. 3 new clubs have been opened and established this year and existing classes have seen member numbers rise to pre-Covid levels. The Association Calendar of 2023 has been full with Special Courses, Gradings, Hucklow Training Camp and the Association will be providing another full list of Events for 2024 offering all students an opportunity to engage in specialist dimensions of the Art Form and to meet and train with other colleagues from all over the country.
It is my personal mission in 2024 to visit every club in the Association and I look forward to meeting you and training with you all.
From myself and Masters Trevor Brindley, Martin Sharratt, Bal Singh and Michael Newton we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful, happy Year ahead.
Master B.S. Dhaliwal