Please do not be offended (especially if you have already paid), just a very polite reminder – the £15 annual standing order subscription is due on 1st December (or as near that date as possible please – to make life more manageable for the Treasurer & Membership Secretary).
This first two years have been extraordinarily successful with 341 members committing to the annual fee. the Association is forging ahead but we mustn’t be complacent – for those still thinking about signing up the bank details are below, we still need your support.
If not already a member you must be desperate to join us:
Please set up an annual standing order for £15 commencing on 1st December 2025 & let me know at rnptba@hotmail.co.uk, also please include the year you qualified & your date of birth.
PAYMENT DETAILS – ALL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES £15 pa
Account Name – RN Physical Training and Rec Branch Assoc (for info, it is a business account – not personal)
Account No – 01971637
Sort Code 30-96-11
Lloyds Bank PLC
Use SURNAME & INITIAL as the Reference.
Over the last two years annual subscription members have benefitted from a variety of discounts, grants & subsidies provided by your subscriptions & from additional sponsors, these have included:
RNPTBA visit to HMS RALEIGH for a Passing Out Parade, lunch and visit to the gym.
The 2024 Biennial Social and Reunion at the CFCC, arguably the best for many years, with full entertainment provided by Association members.
The 2025 50th Anniversary Reunion, even better than 2024, heavily subsidised & largest attendance ever! Once again, all entertainment by Association members.
2025 RNPTBA golf, small subsidy provided by new sponsor.
Harbour boat tour, fizz & lunch sponsored by the RNA.
Two RNPTA Boxing Dinner shows – heavily subsidised.
Two London Cenotaph Remembrance parades, wreaths purchased by the Association plus a very small grant for lunches.
We continue to celebrate the life of PTs ‘Crossing the Bar’. Our Standard has now been used at several of the 16 funerals plus the coffin drape gifted to the families & where possible a Royal Marine Bugler provided.
Small grant towards travel costs for members attending a funeral abroad.
11 framed copies of ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ gifted to retiring PTIs.
Fees waived for members who have fallen on hard times.
We now have a new merchandise rep & will have a greater variety of items available in the near future, % going back to our fund, full details will be published shortly.
