Alf's Imperial Fifth Waikato Dragoons

04/09/2026

Mess this evening, Sausage Sizzle tomorrow, Clubs Showcase in 41 days: all on at this end, wot!

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01/09/2026

I say! Spring!! Well, more or less Spring, with hints of Winter until some time in October, wot! Mess on the weekend, with a sausage sizzle chaser, Clubs Showcase looming in just over 6 weeks, and the Imperial Open 3½ weeks following that. And then it's all on for Yuletide and the close of the Secular Year

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08/08/2026

This evening's Mess, of course! Promises to be rather fun, and also marks the 111th anniversary of the Capture of Chunuk Bair by the Wellington Battalion

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08/08/2026

Completed last evenings annual Quiz Night for male Voices Waikato in the high middle: not our best showing by any means, but creditable nonetheless.

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26/07/2026

And not forgetting that Kitchener's Commandos will be vying for Victory at the annual Male Voices Choir Quiz Night, which is always a bit of Fun, wot!

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26/07/2026

And as we coats through the somewhat cooler days of winter, we are bouyed up by the thought that in the warmer weather the Enemies of Empire will be far more willing to crawl forth and do battle! Excellent!!

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04/07/2026

I say, for some reason i can smell onions ... can't think why. Sausage sizzle on the morrow - light rain expected, high of 16, so a good day to sell out, with luck and a following breeze wafting the smell into Mitre 10

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28/05/2026

I say, glorious autumnal day out as we plunge on towards the Winter Solstice next month - preceded, as it happens, by our next Sausage Sizzle. Mess on the morrow, chill on the air, must be time for a spot of farnarkling - look it up, it is a thing

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03/04/2026

The Easter mess is just under an hour away, distinguished by a pot-luck dinner of 19th Century English favourites. So far I know we have a Beef & Ale Stew with dumplings, there was mention of spotted Dick as well

08/03/2026

Warm & Imperial Welcomes to Marion, Marcus, Anthea & Mike, all of whom have discovered us in recent days. Draw up a comfy chair and settle in for sunrise over the Imperial Mews

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