Sports & Leisure
Team Leader: Beryl Northcote
We offer a full programme of sports and leisure activities
throughout the year - almost an A - Z !
We have 2 Kurling Sets and come out to WIs.
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We have a Bingo Machine you can hire for £10 Download a Booking form
JULY
How would you like to join the Sports and Leisure Team? We are looking for new members to join the team or help with putting on events during the year. If you are interested, please contact the Office or myself (berylnorthcote@btinternet.com)
Coming up in September we have our annual Rummikub Competition on Thursday 18 at Lowdham WI Hall and Archery session on Saturday 27 at Maythorne Cottage Field in Southwell.
There will be another Bingo night which is always popular, on Friday 10 October at Lowdham Village Hall. Please come and join us at some of our events, they are always enjoyable and you get to meet other like-minded WI members. Beryl
JUNE
On behalf of the Team would like to thank Wendy Richardson for all her hard work and dedication to this committee.
During May we had a new event of Crazy Golf at Ramsdale Golf Centre – what a wonderful morning we had and then another great evening of Bingo at Lowdham. Did you know your WI can Hire the Bingo Machine? Contact the office about it. We hope many of you are sending a team for the Kurling Competition on Wednesday 2nd July at Lowdham Village Hall when we can expect a lot of fun. Finally, a reminder about an Evening at the Dogs at Colwick Park Stadium, Nottingham on Monday 4th August and there will be lots more fun to have during the rest of the year. If anyone would like to join the Team please contact the office. Report by Beryl Northcote.
MAY
We held our annual Bridge Day & Lunch at Rolleston Village Hall, a new venue for this event, which worked well for the catering side as well as for the players. Everyone seemed to be enjoying playing, but it was nice to hear a lot of the players saying they also came for the food! Thanks very much to the Sports & Leisure team for all your efforts. The winners were Mano Saravanamutta & Avis Norman (Eakring WI) with 4250 pts and the runners-up were Elaine and Michael Ackroyd with 2210pts. Thank you to everyone for your support.
The Darts league results will be sent out to the WIs who took part. I hope you are sending a team to the Kurling Competition on Wednesday 2 July at Lowdham Village Hall. Another great night of Bingo is planned, this time at Rolleston Village Hall on Friday 10 October.
I am saddened to say that this is my last Hornblower piece as the Chair of the Sports & Leisure team and also as a Trustee. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me along the way, especially the ladies who have served on the Sports & Leisure team with me over the last dozen or more years - you have all made my job so easy with your support. I would also like to thank all the members that have attended the different events we have put on over the years and it has been a pleasure to go out and teach you all Kurling and Rummikub.
I would like to thank Heather Roberts who has worked so hard for the Federation while I have been the Chair of the Sports & Leisure team, Sue Sanderson the Federation Secretary who does a fantastic job of keeping everything together. I hope the move of our office to Kirkby doesn't mean the Federation loses them, as I am not sure the Federation will be able to run without them. So, thank you again.
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