Socials take place every Friday evening from October to
March, starting at Crofters (Michael’s bungalow) in Wallaford Road, usually at
7pm.
For those activities that are not based at Crofters you can
either book a car place by ringing Michael in advance and then meet at Crofters
at the time specified in the newsletter, or ring Michael and arrange a time to
meet directly at the venue.
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Indoor Games evenings.
Held at Crofters every other week, these evenings are free format offering a
range of computer and board games, and occasionally Table Tennis on our
full-size table. Members are invited to bring their own games or computers to
help make the evenings even more fun. The admission price (around 50p, see
newsletter) includes a free drink and two biscuits. A large range of drinks
and snacks are available from the club shop. |
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Ten-pin bowling. Usually twice per season, at LA Bowl, Newton Abbot.
Some members elect to take part in Lasercraze instead of having a second round
of bowling. Full supervision of all junior members at all times. |
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Badminton. Usually at Ashmoor Leisure Centre, Ashburton, once or twice
per season. Details of costs and equipment hire charges if you don’t have
your own racquet are given in the newsletter. Usually about two hours of
badminton on specially-reserved courts. |
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Snooker. Usually once per season, at Galaxy Snooker Centre, Torquay.
Pool is also available. |
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Swimming. Usually at ERiC, Torquay, maximum once per season. |
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Cinema trip. Usually once or twice per season, to a popular U or PG
certificate film at a local cinema. Ask Michael near the published date to
find out which film we’ll actually be seeing. |
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Music
Quiz. Michael uses his computer equipment to play some instrument
tracks from a well-known pop song, tv or film theme, and marks are given to
the first team to correctly identify the piece. There are variations on the
theme each year. |
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Give
us a Clue. Team members take it in turns to mime the name of a film,
tv programme, pop song or book to the rest of their team-mates. Points are
awarded to each team, and there is a prize for the winners at the end of the
evening. Suitable for all ages – great fun! |
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Video
evening. Popular U or PG certificate video shown at Crofters. Ring
Michael near the date to find out which video will be featured. |
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Tour
preview. Don’t miss this slide or video presentation giving you an idea
of what the forthcoming summer tour will be like. |
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Christmas special. This is a special, extra-long, festive version of
our indoor games evenings, with extra competitions, prizes, and a free hot
mince pie and ice cream for everyone who comes along. |
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Annual General Meeting. The AGM, held on the first Friday in October,
is our most important official meeting of the year. It gives you, the
members, a chance to say what you like - and what you don't like - about the
club, to elect the people who will run the club during the coming year, to
offer yourself for one of the Section's many jobs, and to meet many other club
members. You'll also get a first look at the attendance lists for the year
ended 30 September, showing who has won attendance prizes for overall, Sundays
and Fridays. If you aren't there to say what you think, changes may be made
with which you don't agree. If you
have any new ideas which you think should be discussed at the meeting, please
tell the Secretary by mid-September. |
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Map-reading quiz. Learn to read maps the fun way. You work in small
teams to follow the trail across a local OS map by answering the questions on
the clue sheet. There is a prize for the first team to complete the trail. |
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Star
Trek Extravaganza. An evening not to be missed even if you’ve never
seen much Star Trek before. In case you don’t know, there were 79 episodes of
original Star Trek, 21 episodes of Animated stories, 178 episodes of Star Trek
The Next Generation, more than 100 episodes of Star Trek Deep Space Nine and a
similar number of Star Trek: Voyager. We’ll be selecting the very best
stories from each of these five series, so you’re assured of an exciting
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