Monday 7 October 2013
Dates for your diary
Saturday 19th October. Vintage Film Evening
An evening of vintage films to be presented by David Ward. Three films from the memorable past, but not forgotten, age of cinema will be shown, featuring cartoon favourite Mickey Mouse, golden-voiced crooner Bing Crosby and the lovable slapstick kings, Laurel and Hardy. During the interval a fish and chip supper will be served. Take a trip down memory lane and order your tickets by 12th October from Mike Handcock.
Sunday 8th December. Christmas Lunch
12.30 at the Royal Wells Hotel, Tunbridge Wells.
3-course festive menu £25 per person, Reservations to Marian Attwood.
Excerpts from Newsletter No. 26 dated August 2013
S.A.K.A. Lotto Club Report
The Club is now in its third year and growing nicely. With 44 members in 2012, I was hopeful that we might reach 50 by the time the first draws were made in July. If this happened I calculated that we would be able to present the lucky December winner a prize of £70.00 whilst the other nine monthly winners would be entitled to £20.00 each - just double their membership fee. As the day for the July Draw grew closer so the membership gradually enlarged so that by the time we reached the date for the Cruise on the Allington Belle when the Draws would take place we actually had 54 paid up members. This meant that the monthly prizes this year would be £21.00 except, of course, for December when the winner will receive the £70.00 which is what I was aiming for.
The winners for the first five draws of 2013 were as follows:-
March No 18 C. Stinton £21.00
April No. 52 A. Colangelo £21.00
May No. 18 C. Stinton £21.00
June No. 42 R. Hinton £21.00
July No. 10 A. Angel £21.00
Total sum paid out to the five winners was £105.00
It is still possible to join the Club this year up until Thursday 31st October. The Membership fee remains at £10.00 and cheques should be made out to S.A.K.A. and sent to Mike Handcock.
Good Luck!
Mike Handcock
Events
Pétanque tournament – Sunday 8th September. We at SAKA are invited to take part in a Pétanque tournament on 8th September, which has been organised by TWTFA and SHDOFA at the White Rock Inn at Underriver. Let’s show them both that the Anglo-Ukrainians are the “top dogs” SHDOFA built a designated Petanque Court at the small recreation ground situated half-way down Yew Tree Road so we can practice beforehand and get to know the rules. Contact Brian Dobson for details.
Brian Dobson
“Val and Bert’s “Stupendous SAKA Sizzle” on the 8th June lived up to its billing!
We were given a warm welcome by Mike, who was on duty in the porch and approximately twenty members and friends went on to enjoy the barbeque. We were lucky that our Siberian Spring relented for a few hours to enable us to have lunch in the picturesque garden. A few hardy souls tried their hand at Croquet while the rest of us contented ourselves with the opportunity to relax and admire the scenery. Thank you to Val and Bert Alldis for all their hard work in making this a very enjoyable and worthwhile occasion.
Marian Attwood.
The Allington Belle Paddle Boat Trip – 20th July. We thought long and hard about this event. This is the third year we have put on this event and didn’t want to over indulge. Maybe it was time for a change so the committee had planned to take a trip to Bodiam Castle and maybe go on the Steam Train. However, we had little interest so we re-advertised the boat trip with the help of members Beverley and Steve Henderson, who very kindly accommodated us at the last minute. Thanks to you both. Once more it turned out to be a great success. The weather was kind, although cloudy it stayed warm and our hosts once more put on a marvellous spread of sandwiches, cakes and strawberries and cream. They were also very accommodating as they kept their prices the same as last year. It would appear that this is a must for the diary each year but would welcome other ideas. Mike Handcock announced the winners of the July Lotto Club and we provided a raffle which again was well supported and is a great fundraiser. We also had a winner for the lucky number on the boarding ticket. Thank you to all who attended and a special thanks to Beverley and Steve once more, a presentation of a box of chocolates was awarded to them.
Lynda Emberson
Planned trip in August to Teapot Island. Unfortunately the proposed excursion to Teapot Island clashed with events being held by other organisations, in particular an international get-together of SHDOFA. Response to our excursion was therefore not sufficiently high, so we decided to postpone the visit until late Spring 2014. We want it to be an occasion when everyone can enjoy the company of a large group of fellow members. To those who had planned to come along we offer our apologies.
Brian Dobson
Membership
It was agreed at the A.G.M. that we would retain the cost of membership at last year’s rate. We currently have 70 members.
Trevor Poile
The Club is now in its third year and growing nicely. With 44 members in 2012, I was hopeful that we might reach 50 by the time the first draws were made in July. If this happened I calculated that we would be able to present the lucky December winner a prize of £70.00 whilst the other nine monthly winners would be entitled to £20.00 each - just double their membership fee. As the day for the July Draw grew closer so the membership gradually enlarged so that by the time we reached the date for the Cruise on the Allington Belle when the Draws would take place we actually had 54 paid up members. This meant that the monthly prizes this year would be £21.00 except, of course, for December when the winner will receive the £70.00 which is what I was aiming for.
The winners for the first five draws of 2013 were as follows:-
March No 18 C. Stinton £21.00
April No. 52 A. Colangelo £21.00
May No. 18 C. Stinton £21.00
June No. 42 R. Hinton £21.00
July No. 10 A. Angel £21.00
Total sum paid out to the five winners was £105.00
It is still possible to join the Club this year up until Thursday 31st October. The Membership fee remains at £10.00 and cheques should be made out to S.A.K.A. and sent to Mike Handcock.
Good Luck!
Mike Handcock
Events
Pétanque tournament – Sunday 8th September. We at SAKA are invited to take part in a Pétanque tournament on 8th September, which has been organised by TWTFA and SHDOFA at the White Rock Inn at Underriver. Let’s show them both that the Anglo-Ukrainians are the “top dogs” SHDOFA built a designated Petanque Court at the small recreation ground situated half-way down Yew Tree Road so we can practice beforehand and get to know the rules. Contact Brian Dobson for details.
Brian Dobson
“Val and Bert’s “Stupendous SAKA Sizzle” on the 8th June lived up to its billing!
We were given a warm welcome by Mike, who was on duty in the porch and approximately twenty members and friends went on to enjoy the barbeque. We were lucky that our Siberian Spring relented for a few hours to enable us to have lunch in the picturesque garden. A few hardy souls tried their hand at Croquet while the rest of us contented ourselves with the opportunity to relax and admire the scenery. Thank you to Val and Bert Alldis for all their hard work in making this a very enjoyable and worthwhile occasion.
Marian Attwood.
The Allington Belle Paddle Boat Trip – 20th July. We thought long and hard about this event. This is the third year we have put on this event and didn’t want to over indulge. Maybe it was time for a change so the committee had planned to take a trip to Bodiam Castle and maybe go on the Steam Train. However, we had little interest so we re-advertised the boat trip with the help of members Beverley and Steve Henderson, who very kindly accommodated us at the last minute. Thanks to you both. Once more it turned out to be a great success. The weather was kind, although cloudy it stayed warm and our hosts once more put on a marvellous spread of sandwiches, cakes and strawberries and cream. They were also very accommodating as they kept their prices the same as last year. It would appear that this is a must for the diary each year but would welcome other ideas. Mike Handcock announced the winners of the July Lotto Club and we provided a raffle which again was well supported and is a great fundraiser. We also had a winner for the lucky number on the boarding ticket. Thank you to all who attended and a special thanks to Beverley and Steve once more, a presentation of a box of chocolates was awarded to them.
Lynda Emberson
Planned trip in August to Teapot Island. Unfortunately the proposed excursion to Teapot Island clashed with events being held by other organisations, in particular an international get-together of SHDOFA. Response to our excursion was therefore not sufficiently high, so we decided to postpone the visit until late Spring 2014. We want it to be an occasion when everyone can enjoy the company of a large group of fellow members. To those who had planned to come along we offer our apologies.
Brian Dobson
Membership
It was agreed at the A.G.M. that we would retain the cost of membership at last year’s rate. We currently have 70 members.
Trevor Poile
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