Hog Roast and 60/70’s Disco
On Friday 26 June the Social Sub Committee organised a hog roast and 1960/70s disco which combined with delicious food, lively music and dancing made it an enjoyable occasion for everyone.
The traditional cooking method produced tender, flavoursome meat with crispy crackling and apple sauce. Everyone enjoyed the meal and then it was disco time. We all knew the 60/70s music singing and dancing to classic hits played by Tony the DJ. The atmosphere was fun and friendly, brought people together which ensured a fantastic atmosphere.
Social Sub Committee
Games Afternoon
On Friday 27th March 72 members enjoyed an afternoon of friendly competitive games.
In Part One Teams of 4 competed against each other to play: Bar Skittles, Shut The Box, Executive Golf, Shuffleboard, Basket Toss Connect 4, The Bomb and Sticky Ball Darts.
At the break we enjoyed an excellent buffet provided by Cathy our regular caterer and tea and coffee were provided by Christine and John Berrill.
During the break teams completed a silent quiz and it could have been the food or the quiz, but following a hectic playing session hush descended in the hall.
To complete the afternoon Melvyn led 2 card games of ‘Sticky 13’
When players started to declare ‘last card’ the tension was palpable.
A prize of a pack of Cadbury’s Cream Eggs was awarded to the winners of the quiz and Sticky 13 games.
For the Team Games two teams tied for 1st place a tie breaker game was won by
Kay Twells, John Twells , Marion Curran and Alan Curran
who received eggs and a golden cup.
The Social Sub Committee wish to thank all competitors, the staff at JGC and Cathy for supporting this fun event. A date for your diary is Friday June 26th Disco and Hog Roast.
Events
Games Afternoon Friday March 27th
Let the Games Begin: An Afternoon of Friendly Fun
Doors Open 1.00pm Finish time 3.30/45pm
Games start 1.30pm, end 2.30pm.
Teams of 4 competing for prestige and prizes
2.30pm to 3.00pm Plated afternoon buffet
Silent Quiz during the food break.
Sticky Thirteen 3pm. Event ends 3.30/45pm, doors close 4pm.
Tickets are £8.00 each and will be on sale at the March 11th monthly meeting.
Social Sub Committee
Interest Group Leaders and Helpers Meeting
On the 30th January, we held a get together and meeting for our Interest Group Leaders, Helpers and Committee Members.
With 42 people in attendance, we had some very profitable discussions.
We started with a few updates from the Committee on Guidelines for: Affiliated and Temporary Members; Data Security; Group Finances and we had the opportunity to ask Committee Members any burning questions.
The main focus of the meeting was then to think about possible new Interest Groups.
As a Committee we would like to try and introduce a few more to our list of 47.
Those who attended the meeting were very helpful and I now have a list of possible new groups. Of course, a new Interest Group needs a Leader, so we also discussed how best to achieve this and what sort of help is needed by a new Group Leader.
I will give you more details in a future Newsletter, which will give me time to consider these possibilities.
We finished the meeting with six fictional Scenarios. These created a lively end to our meeting.
Our Group Leaders and their Helpers are doing a great job and I would like to thank them all for their hard work.
Sue Tedstone (Group’s Coordinator)