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Chartered on 30 May 1953

Our History

Over 70 years of fellowship, service and international commitment. This is the living memory of Table Ronde 06 de Mons.

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Chapter I

Mons, 30 May 1953

OnaspringSaturday,inMons,Belgium'ssixthRoundTableisborn.RoundTableBelgiumissixyearsold,theworldwidemovementtwenty-six.Thetableisround:nohonorarypresident,nohierarchy,justyoungmenwhochooseoneanother.

Table Ronde 06 de Mons was officially chartered on 30 May 1953. It joined a movement born in Norwich in 1927 that reached Belgium in 1948, driven by Round Table Nederland.

Among the founding members, one name would leave a lasting mark on the movement's history, in Belgium and far beyond: Jacques Moiny. Discreet, well-read, tireless, he would become the editorial and international soul of RT Belgium for an entire decade.

To this day, RT6 Mons has around fifteen active members, part of Zone 4 of Round Table Belgium, and faithful to the spirit of the early days: fellowship, service, openness to the world.

1927

Round Table, Norwich

1948

RT Belgium

1953

RT6 Mons

70+

Years of fellowship

Chapter II, Our Emeritus Member

Jacques Moiny

Founder · RTI Editor · RTI Treasurer · 1st IRO of RT Belgium

"Round Table is an act of faith in people."
Jacques Moiny, letter to Claude Joseph for the 50th-anniversary charter of RTBE

Jacques Moiny was one of the most influential Belgian Tablers of the early years. Not for the presidencies, but for everything he built behind the scenes: editorial, international, administrative. A member of RT Mons 6 from its founding, he shaped the identity of Round Table Belgium across borders.

We owe him, in particular, for naming and giving its identity to the official Belgian bulletin, Sceptre, and for founding and single-handedly running Look Over Round Table World, RTI's international magazine in its formative years.

A decade in the service of the Table, from local to global

  1. 1953-1954 Mons 6

    Founding member of RT Mons 6

  2. 1954-1955 National

    National Secretary

  3. 1955-1956 National

    National Secretary

  4. 1956-1957 RTI

    RTI Editor

  5. 1957-1958 RTI

    RTI Editor

  6. 1958-1959 RTI + National + Mons 6

    RTI Editor, National Editor, Vice President Mons 6

  7. 1959-1960 RTI + Mons 6

    RTI Treasurer, President of Mons 6

  8. 1960-1961 RTI

    RTI Treasurer

  9. 1961-1962 National

    National IRO (1st IRO of Round Table Belgium)

  10. 1962-1963 National

    National IRO

  11. 1963 Honour

    Named Honorary Member of Round Table Belgium

The presidential insignia that still travels today

In 1991, David Van Riel and André Verbrugghe tracked down Jacques Moiny, who had carefully kept his original RTI insignia in perfect condition. He generously agreed to lend it for reproduction. The original chain, attached by mistake to the RTI collar, stayed on it. Today it accompanies every RTI President around the world, journey after journey.

A tribute to the man who was deeply saddened to see RTI disappear to become WOCO.

ARTB archives, around 1980

The portrait, by René Gicart

Tribute written in Dutch by Réné Gicart, National President in 1961, and published when Jacques Moiny was reinstated as an Emeritus Member in the ARTB directory in 1980. Original on the left, English translation on the right.

Original text, in Dutch
Réné Gicart · ARTB Directory, 1980

Réné Gicart, Nationale Voorzitter 1961, beschrijft Jacques Moiny als « een actieve man, met zin voor organisatie, onvermoeibaar, maar eerder in zijn nopjes als uitvoerder dan als leidinggever, wat dan ook uitlegt waarom hij nooit Nationale Voorzitter geworden is ».

Eigenlijk is Jacques Moiny in de Tafelgeschiedenis een « geval », een uniek fenomeen, zoals vermoed wordt uit zijn dienststaat. Jaar in jaar uit bekleedt hij nationale en internationale functies, beter nog : meestal cumuleert hij ze.

Hij was de nimmer aflatende verdediger en de bezieler van de Round Table International, wiens zelfmoord ten voordele van de Woco hij altijd zal betreuren. Maar tegelijkertijd gaf hij zijn volle medewerking aan zijn eigen Tafel Mons 6 en aan het Nationaal Bestuur. Hij bracht ontelbare nieuwe ideeën, en toch bleef hij liever in de schaduw.

1953-54, membre fondateur TR Mons 6

Onder Jacques Gilles en Jean Wuilbaut was hij Nationale Secretaris. Dank zij een fantastische briefwisseling en ontelbare verplaatsingen lag hij mee aan de oorsprong van de formidabele Tafeluitbreiding tussen 1955 en 1959. Het Secretariaat hervormde hij tot een functioneel orgaan, volgens de wensen van een grote associatie. Hij gebruikte als eerste statistieken als prognosemiddel. Tijdens zijn dubbel mandaat als uitgever, toen nog een officieuze functie, zou hij het bulletin omtoveren tot een echt informatiemedium, waaraan hij later zijn definitieve naam « Sceptre » gaf.

Innovator was hij eveneens op internationaal gebied. Als RTI-Editor gaf hij nieuw leven en een nieuwe naam aan het magazine « Look over Round Table World », dat hij praktisch zonder hulp zal uitgeven. Hij maakte er trouwens een onmisbare bijbel van in die jaren van vitale betekenis voor het internationaal karakter van de Ronde Tafel.

Gedurende zes jaar, van 1954-55 tot 1958-59 en in 1960-61, vertegenwoordigde hij onze associatie als officieuze « afgevaardigde van het Nationaal Bestuur bij RTI ». Hij is het die in grote mate aan de ARTB een internationale dimensie gaf, hem komt het initiatief van de eerste European Meetings toe. Eens de functie officieel geworden, bekleedde hij twee maal het ambt van Nationale IRO.

Het lijkt bijna symbolisch dat Jacques Moiny uit de Ronde Tafel verjaart enkele tijd na de ontbinding van de RTI, waarin hij zo geijverd had om aan de Tafelcontacten een beslissende internationale wending te geven.

Even kenschetsend voor zijn bescheidenheid : zijn titel van Emerituslid ARTB, hem in mei 1963 door de AGM aangeboden, prijkte zelfs niet meer in de directory. Meer nog dan de namen van Jacques Gilles, Walter Heinz en Jean Wuilbaut, die andere pioniers van de ARTB, geraakte zijn naam bijna voorgoed in de vergeethoek.

Hoe broos is de roem in de Ronde Tafel…

In 1980 werd hij terug opgenomen als Emerituslid in de directory !

Réné Gicart
Nationale Voorzitter · 1961
English translation · 2026

A pioneer in the shadows

Réné Gicart, National President in 1961, describes Jacques Moiny as "an active man, with a gift for organisation, tireless, but far more at ease as a doer than as a leader, which is also why he never became National President".

In truth, in the history of the Table, Jacques Moiny is a "case", a unique phenomenon, as one can sense from reading his record. Year after year, he holds national and international roles, better still: most of the time, he holds several at once.

He was the unwavering defender and inspiring soul of Round Table International, whose suicide in favour of the WOCO he would always regret. And at the same time, he gave his full cooperation to his own Table of Mons 6 and to the National Council. He brought countless new ideas, while preferring to stay in the shadows.

1953-54, founding member of TR Mons 6.

Under Jacques Gilles and Jean Wuilbaut, he was National Secretary. Thanks to a remarkable correspondence and countless trips, he was behind the tremendous expansion of the Tables between 1955 and 1959. He turned the Secretariat into a functional body, fit for a large association. He was the first to use statistics as a forecasting tool. During his twin term as editor, still an unofficial role at the time, he turned the bulletin into a true information medium, to which he would later give its definitive name: "Sceptre".

An innovator he was on the international stage too. As RTI Editor, he breathed new life and a new name into the magazine "Look over Round Table World", which he would publish almost single-handedly. He made it an indispensable bible, in those years of vital importance for the international character of Round Table.

For six years, from 1954-55 to 1958-59 and then in 1960-61, he represented our association as the "unofficial delegate of the National Council to RTI". It was he who, to a large extent, gave the ARTB its international dimension, and it is to him that the initiative of the first European Meetings belongs. Once the role became official, he held the post of National IRO twice.

It seems almost symbolic that Jacques Moiny stepped away from Round Table shortly after the dissolution of RTI, for which he had worked so hard to give contacts between Tables a decisive international direction.

Just as telling of his modesty: his title of ARTB Emeritus Member, awarded to him in May 1963 by the AGM, no longer even appeared in the directory. Even more than the names of Jacques Gilles, Walter Heinz and Jean Wuilbaut, those other ARTB pioneers, his name nearly sank into oblivion for good.

How fragile glory is, within Round Table…

In 1980, he was reinstated as an Emeritus Member in the directory!

Réné Gicart
ARTB National President, 1961

Archive document transcribed faithfully. The English translation aims for contemporary readability while respecting the tone and substance of the original Dutch text.

Chapter III

Mons 6 in the service of the movement

FromJacquesMoinyin1956toAlistairDeNevetoday,theTablersofMons6playtheirpartateverylevelofthemovement.Atraditionofcommitmentthathasneverdiedout.

First circle

At International level (RTI)

1956-1961

Jacques Moiny

RTI Editor then RTI Treasurer

Founder of RT Mons 6 and Honorary Member of Round Table Belgium.

2017-2019

Mirko Cudrig

RTI IT Manager

2024-2025

Alistair De Neve

RTI Social Media Manager

2025-2026

Alistair De Neve

RTI Public Relations Officer

National commitment

At National level (RT Belgium)

1961-1963

Jacques Moiny

1st IRO of Round Table Belgium

2016-2017

Mirko Cudrig

RT Belgium P.R.O.

2024-2025

Alistair De Neve

RT Belgium National P.R.O.

2025-2026

Alistair De Neve

RT Belgium National P.R.O.

Regional presidencies

At Zone 4 level

2005-2006

Romuald Zanutti

Zone 4 President

2015-2016

Mirko Cudrig

Zone 4 President

2019-2020

Hervé Jacquemin

Zone 4 P.R.O.

2023-2024

Alistair De Neve

Zone 4 President

2024-2025

Yannick Malengreau

Zone 4 I.R.O.

2025-2026

Yannick Malengreau

Zone 4 I.R.O.

Chapter IV

The successive boards of Mons 6

Year after year, an elected committee keeps the Table alive: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, P.R.O. and I.R.O. Here is the timeline of our boards. The line-ups are being pieced back together, archive by archive. If you have minutes, a handover photo or a precise memory, write to us .

Term

2025-2026

To be completed
  • President To be completed
  • Vice-President To be completed
  • Secretary To be completed
  • Treasurer To be completed
  • P.R.O. (Public Relations Officer) To be completed
  • I.R.O. (International Relations Officer) To be completed
Chapter V

The rondel and its symbols

The RT6 Mons rondel tells two stories in a single image. The border takes up the Belgian national colours and, by extension, the rondel of Round Table Belgium, itself built on the reference to Philip the Good and the Order of the Golden Fleece.

At the centre, where other Tables display the golden ram of the Fleece or King Arthur, RT6 chose Saint George slaying the dragon. A direct nod to the Lumeçon, the battle re-enacted every year during the Ducasse of Mons, listed as UNESCO heritage since 2005.

The Warmup Doudou, RT6's fundraising evening held just before the Ducasse, is therefore not just a name: it is our whole rondel set to music and light.

More soon

More chapters in the works

This history page is alive. Here are the sections we are writing now, and will publish over the coming months.

Coming soon

Boards before 2010

Extending the Chapter IV timeline back to the origins (1953-1954).

Coming soon

The great Warmup editions

From the first evening in 2014 to today's records, the story of a decade.

Coming soon

CEETM 2019 and Euromeeting 2026

When Mons welcomes Europe's Tablers, twice in seven years.

Coming soon

Anecdotes and photo archives

Memories from the elders, archive photos, standout moments.

Do you have an archive, a photo, a memory to share? Write to us .

Write the next chapter with us

RT6 Mons has been writing its story since 1953. Are you under 40, eager to act and to meet new people? The next page might be yours.

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